And so it is Christmas

On November 18th I bought the Speechelo program as I had listened to the samples that had been made with it and thought that they sounded pretty good. My intention in using this program was to make the sermons and speeches of Reverend Moon more accessible.

The speech, "Cosmic Assembly for the Settlement of the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind; and for the Proclamation of the Word by God's Substantial Self" (What an awesome title!) was one of the first ones that I made with this. This was one of the last speeches made by him where he is listing clearly the things that we need to study even when we are in the spiritual world! 

Certainly from making these voiceovers I have connected more with the content of these speeches. Today, Christmas day, I just finished checking the last Peace Message and corrected the mistakes. It is very good to have these speeches read out and I was checking them against the actual printed book of these Peace Messages to ensure that they line up.

My blog title is from John Lennon's Christmas song. I think that a lot of people have a lot of hope at Christmas time but, then, it's over and the next celebration on the Christian calendar is Easter. Of course there is the glorious resurrection but, also, the fact that Jesus was rejected by the then chosen people and handed over to the Roman authorities to be executed must still be a jarring shock to anyone with any  connection to logic and reason.

In contrast to the hope and joy of Christmas time that gives way to the mundanity of everyday life I realize that I have something much greater than this as I was truly blessed and fortunate to have been able to connect with the LSA (Lord of the Second Advent) whom I now know as the True Parents. Or, as in the title of that awesome speech - "The True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind and God's Substantial Self! 

Just as it took a while for people to connect with Jesus (after his resurrection) to create the world-wide Christian cultural sphere I realize that it will take a while for Christians and people of conscience to connect with the Lord of the Second Coming. Church Christians though are probably gonna be among the very last to find out as the Nation of Israel still does not officially accept Jesus as Messiah. So I'm using the same logic here.

It will take some courage to engage with a new truth. Jesus did say that, "new wine should only be put in new wine skins", right? The purpose of this website is to help with the facilitation of that. My purpose is to put the content as accurately as possible and leave it for You to check it out for yourself. If you've read the Bible you will know how important it is to 'enquire of God'.

To augment that last comment I would add St. Paul's advice to test all things and hold fast to what is good. I do believe that I am doing that. If you find yourself disagreeing with any of the content displayed on this site then I hope you'll let me know so that we can 'reason together'.

In particular I would like to recommend the Peace Messages which were widely spread in the first decade of this new millennium. The fourteenth one speaks about the 'Family Pledge' and this is a synopsis of the fundamental things that we need to align with in order to fulfill the original purpose of creation were it not for the Fall of Man. If you're pushed for time then I recommend Peace Message 15 which can be read for you in just 15 minutes and 4 seconds. When I hear this I cannot but help think of Jesus who lamented that he could not speak the truth in its entirety but had to use metaphor and parables - John 16:25.

I feel that the two fundamental things which the LSA must bring are the lineage and the new truth. Lineage is ultra important. You must know that sincere Christian parents still give birth to children who have original sin. The LSA comes to give re-birth such that parents re-born in this way can give birth to children who are in the lineage of God.

If you can see and understand the importance of spiritual and physical re-birth then you will realize that the LSA cannot come in a supernatural way (on literal clouds). The LSA must be born again on the earth as was Jesus. If you can catch this point then your expectations of the Messiah will be radically changed and you'll be in better alignment with the ability to correctly identify and connect with the LSA.

This is the reason why it is recorded in the Bible that the Second Coming of Messiah will have a 'new name'. This is in line with my previous blog where I talk about how the second coming of Elijah was made that fulfilled the crucial prophecy in the last verses of the Old Testament book of Malachi. Put yourself in the sandals of those contemporaneous with Jesus and check whether you could have accepted that John the Baptist was the Elijah as Jesus himself stated. Important parallel, right?

I'll finish here. Merry Christmas! Please let me know what you think. Thanks 

Andrew Derricutt

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