True Parents’ Course True Parents’ Course (1960-)(1960-)

Part II

True Parents’ 21-Year Course True Parents’ 21-Year Course (1960~1980)(1960~1980)

Chapter 1

1960.03.27 (L.3.1) -- Engagement ceremony establishment of Parents’ Day

1960.04.09 (L.3.14) --- Engagement ceremony of 3 couples

1960.04.11 (L.3.16) --- The Holy Wedding of True Parents

A. The First 7-Year Course – Family Foundation (1960~1967)

1. The Holy Wedding of True Parents

1943.02.10 (L.1.6) Anju-gun, Pyeongan Namdo, North Korea

father --- Seung-oon Hanmother --- Soon-ae Hong

2. True Mother

a. Birth

Mrs. Hong knew that the LSA was living in the South, and they made the journey with the attitude of coming to meet the LSA, bowing 3 times in succession at many places along the way.

Mrs. Hong brought Mother up to remain pure and unblemished.Mrs. Hong raised Mother to lead a very disciplined life just at the age when children love to play the most.Sometimes Mother cried, but Mrs. Hong continued to give her strict training.

b. Going to the South

Mother first met Father in Seoul when she was 13 years old. When Mother saw Father, she bowed very deeply.

Father said to Mrs. Hong, “You have such a lovely daughter, don’t you? Does she do well in school?”

c. Meeting True Father

Mother had to restore through indemnity the failure of Eve:

- Absolute faith and loyalty to God as His daughter

- Absolute faith, obedience and loyalty to Adam as his spouse

- Absolute love, sacrificing herself for the sake of the salvation and rebirth of humanity as the True Mother of all of them

d. The Way of the True Mother of All Humanity

1960.04.16 (L.3.21) --- 3 couples 1961.05.15 (L.4.1) --- 33 couples

3. Blessings

36 coupes

Adam’s family (previously married) ---- 12 couples Noah’s family (previously engaged) --- 12 couples Jacob’s family (virgin love) --------------- 12 couples

These 36 couples became the ancestors of human history, and established the foundation to liberate the spirit world.

The 36 couples did not consult their families or relatives about the Blessing.

great persecution

1962.06.04 (L.5.3) --- 72 couples

36 couples 72 couples(parents) (children)

Cain: 36 couples

Abel: 36 couples

1963.07.24 --- 124 couples

120 couples: symbolizing representatives of all nations of the world 4 couples: previously married couples, symbolizing the gates of east,

west, south and north

1960.03.27 (L.3.1) ---- Parents’ Day

1960.11.19 (L.10.1) -- Children’s Day

1963.06.21 (L.5.1) ---- The Day of All Things

4. Establishment of Church Holy Days

1965.01.28~10.10 --- 1st world itinerary tour Father visited 40 nations, established 120 Holy Grounds.

5. Other Events

1965.06.25 --- Father visited former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

1960~1967 --- First 7-year course; victorious foundation of the True Family

1968.01.01 --- Proclamation of God’s Day

Family level 4PF entered into the sphere of God’s direct dominion.

B. The Second 7-Year Course – National Foundation (1968~1974)

1. God’s Day

(Abel) (Cain)IFVOC Korean sovereignty --- activities of VOC

UC Christian Churches --- ecumenical movement

1968.01.13 --- Establishment of IFVOC (Korea)

1968.04.01 --- Establishment of IFVOC (Japan)

2. IFVOC and the Ecumenical Movement

1970.09.14-20 --- WACL World Rally in Tokyo

1970.11.26-28 --- 1st public hearing of the Divine Principle for Christian

ministers

1/10 of all Korean Christian ministers, more than 1,000, participated until autumn 1971.

But the established Christian churches and the nation continued to suppress UC.

Father went to America for the following reasons:

- To restore the lost foundation of Korean Christianity

- To bring God back to America, making her into an ideal nation based on Christianity

- To protect America from communist invasion and prevent the communization of the world

- To reorganize God’s providence in Asia

- To prepare for the third 7-year course

the worldwide foundation

1971.12.18 --- Father arrived in Washington, D.C.

1968.02.22 --- 430 couples

Korean history: 4,300 years

Israelites’ slavery in Egypt: 430 years

3. Blessings

The 3rd Israel (Korean people) started toward the worldwide Canaan.

1969.02.02~05.02 --- 2nd world itinerary tour to 21 nations

43 couples (America – 13; Germany – 8; Japan – 22) were blessed.The seed of the Blessing was sown throughout the world.

1970.10.21 --- 777 couples

Reaping the fruits of the seed of the Blessing sown in the world – participants came from 10 nations.

Entered the supranational age

1972.2.3~1975.5.16 --- Father’s public speaking tour

Father visited almost all states of America and was welcomed as the “new prophet from the Orient.”

Father also visited Great Britain, Germany, Japan, Korea for the Day of Hope Tour and established

the International One World Crusade (IOWC) to support these rallies.

4. Day of Hope Tour

1974.09.18 --- The Madison Square Garden Rally

The worldwide spiritual foundation and the Unification Church foundation were connected.

1972.08.20 --- Establishment of UTI

1972.11.23-26 ---1st ICUS

5. New Organizations

1973.05.06

--- Professors World Peace Academy (PWPA) was founded.

1973.11.30 --- Publication of “Watergate Proclamation”

6. Watergate Proclamation and Meeting with President Richard Nixon

1974.02.01 --- Meeting with US President Richard M. Nixon in the White House

1970.12.01 --- Blessed wives’ 3-year (1970-1972) pioneer witnessing started in Korea.

1971.01.03 --- Special Ceremony of Jesus’ Holy Marriage on Jesus’ birthday

1971.12.5~1972.5.8 --- 3rd world itinerary tour; visiting 15 nations

1972.11.21~1973.7.22 --- 4th world itinerary tour

1974.10.08 --- Invitation speech at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

7. Other Events

1968 ~ 1974 --- Second 7-year course victory

1975.02.08 --- 1,800 couples (6 + 6 + 6) = 18

C. The Third 7-Year Course – Worldwide Foundation (1975~1980)

1. Blessing

In 1975, at the beginning of the third 7-year course, Father sent missionaries to over 120 countries.

2. World Missions

1975.06.07 --- Father was welcomed by 1.2 million people

3. Korean Rally for World Freedom (Yeouido Island Rally)

America, representing Christianity and the world, celebrated its bicentennial in 1976.

1976 was a very critical year. Therefore Father held “God Bless America Festivals” in that year.

4. “God Bless America Festival”

1976.06.01 --- Yankee Stadium Rally

40,000 people could receive God’s message from Father.

1976.09.18 --- Washington Monument Rally

It was a great historical victory, attended by 300,000 people.

Father appealed for the unification of world religions and unification of the world through unification of three religions.

Judaism – Christianity – Unification Church(1st son) (2nd son) (3rd son)

Israel USA Korea

Father succeeded in what should have been accomplished in Rome at the time of Jesus. He opened the gate to the Heavenly Kingdom.

Result of the victory of this rally:

- Appearance of God on earth as True Parents

- End of the struggle of Cain and Abel and the new age of indemnity on Cain’s side

- Unification Church would stand in the position of the new Chosen People.

Father proclaimed at the celebration of the Day of Victory of Heaven on 1976.10.4 that the next rally would be in Moscow.

1975.05.01 --- Ceremony for the Total Dissolution of Resentment

21 years since the establishment of HSA-UWC,

30 years since the start of Father’s public ministry,

60th birthday of Mrs. Won-pok Choi.

5. Proclamation Ceremony

1977.02.23 (L.1.6) --- Proclamation of the “Day of Victory of Earth”

True Parents’ birthday, True Mother – 34 years old, going beyond Jesus’ age

This day is Day One of the Kingdom of Heaven.

1976.10.04 --- Proclamation of the “Day of Victory

of Heaven”

1977 --- The attack on Bo-hi Pak 1978.03.22~06.20 --- Bo-hi Pak gave testimony 4 times at the hearings of the Fraser Subcommittee.

6. Attack by the Fraser Congressional Subcommittee

1978 --- Start of preparation for the Home Church providence

The new year mottos from 1979 to 1983 were related to Home Church.

Goal of the Home Church Movement of witnessing to 360 homes:

internal goal; perfection of loveexternal goal; restoration of 84 spiritual children

7. Home Church

Providential significance of the Home Church movement:

- Inheritance of the foundation of worldwide victory

- Completion of restoration through the course of historical and worldwide indemnity

- Qualification to become a Tribal Messiah

- Foundation for the entire spirit world to cooperate with the saints on earth

- Foundation for the unification of major religions, their many branch religions, and unification of the realm of tribes.

1980.02.21 (L.1.6)

Over 20 VIPs came from Argentina for the celebration.

Some people from Communist nations attended the celebration.

8. Father’s 60th Birthday Celebration

1980.04.15 (L.3.1) Father proclaimed the completion of the 21-year course centered on True Parents, and the start of the new 21-year course centered on the children.

9. The New 21-Year Course

1980.11.04 --- Ronald Reagan won over Jimmy Carter in the U.S. presidential elections.

10. Other Events