So Important God's Word in Our Lives

For those who were wondering where did Volume 2 of the sermons go; yesterday I could complete Vol 1 text to voice and, this morning did the basic formatting for Vol 2. Through making the text to voice I have been able to connect with this content deeply for the first time. These early sermons are speaking almost exclusively about Jesus. This is the living Jesus who is sincerely striving to get through to the people and not the more usually understood Jesus of the cross.

To be Frank I had thought these early sermons (from the 1950s) had been superseded by the later speeches around the time I joined the Unification Church (1977); such as Washington Monument, The New Future of Christianity and then, much later, the Peace Messages when he was talking very directly about True Parents. True Parents is a term that gives a new insight in to the role of the Second Advent. To state the matter baldly: History started very badly with the Fall of Man and the first human ancestors through that became false parents and put the whole of mankind (their progeny - "us") under the dominion of Satan. This is why the world has been so dysfunctional with conflict, hunger, disease, pollution and etc. With God seemingly powerless.

To state some other fundamental point I came to recognize that people, such as I, were not, at all, the ones who were supposed to connect with the Lord of the Second Advent. At one time, when I was working in Hungary as a missionary for the Unification Church I came to deeply realize that I was one of the blind, crippled, lame who were invited to the wedding feast as the chosen people didn't come.

At the time I was under the impression that Jesus had failed and I was also under the impression that Christians were like an enemy. Small wonder that people like me had a really hard time getting through to Christians that the LSA (Lord of the Second Advent) has come . . .

I could start to connect with Jesus through taking seriously Rev. Moon's successor, Sean Moon, who on "Breaking the Silence" started to teach based on the KJV Bible and spoke about "grace" and "faith" which were things that I really couldn't get a handle on. I was listening to  Sean Moon's sermons 4 or 5 times a week at that time. Yes, I am that sort of extreme person. Between where we were living and the gym that I had joined was a Christian church that had an open door day and I decided to join this church in order to find out about faith and grace.

This church had elders and there was not the usual hierarchical leadership structure. The songs were clunky for the most part and the sermons were firmly grounded in the Bible - KJV, of course. The spiritual atmosphere of this church was almost (even for me) palpable. In short they had "faith" and "grace" in spades. Between attending this church on a regular basis and listening to sermons from Sean Moon I could come to understand Jesus as Messiah and through this could get a whole different perspective on Rev. Moon who is the personage of the Second Coming.

A short digression . . . (second coming concept)

The second coming of Elijah came about in a way that perplexed the then chosen people. They didn't know when the Messiah would come but they knew from a prophecy in Malachi 4:5 that Elijah would come first - 'before the great and terrible day of the Lord'. This prophecy is the last verse of what we know as the Old Testament. It is made even more significant by being followed by 400 years of silence of prophecies from God!

Elijah at the close of his earthly life was seen by his successor to ascend to heaven in a fiery chariot so, logically, to expect Elijah to come down from heaven in a fiery chariot before the Messiah came makes sense, right? Much like the Christians of today are looking to the sky for the return of Jesus. Right?

But, here's the thing! Jesus himself said (if you can accept it . . . ) that John the Baptist was the second coming of Elijah that fulfilled that prophesy. So, according to Jesus the second coming of Elijah was fulfilled by a different person, with a different name. Astonishing, right?

Anyways, I digress. That wasn't what I was going to share with you.

The point is that through connecting with Jesus as the Messiah I could better connect with the Second advent of the Messiah. That Sean Moon has since gone off in an irrelevant direction through asserting that the "rod of iron" is best depicted by an AR15 is, also, irrelevant. The main thing is that I could connect with the Second Coming much more deeply through being able to connect with Jesus.

I followed Sean Moon and his Sanctuary Church for almost 4 years before I came to realize that he was seriously missing the point. Through making this web-site with the intention to make the 8 Great Texts accurately available and accessible even to the point where the text can be read for you I came to work on the sermons of Rev. Moon. I am also checking that the pdf version of what I'm putting on this web-site conforms with the actual printed book.

As I said these sermons are from the 1950s but the content is astonishing because Rev. Moon has a similar role to Jesus, since he is the Second Coming, and when he is speaking about Jesus, the Jesus, that those who were contemporaneous with him experienced and saw, becomes apparent. Each sermon has  some element which gives a unique and personal understanding about Jesus which is like being there. 

I can see why these sermons form a fundamental part of what is the 'new truth' that Jesus promised to bring upon his return. Jesus promised to speak plainly about the Father (Heavenly Father, God). It is also made clear through these sermons the human portion of responsibility, that present day Christians have a hazy notion of, at best.

Expecting the Kingdom of Heaven to float from the sky, or for the believers of the Last Days to be lifted up into the sky becomes patently unrealistic from connecting with these sermons. It is clear that Jesus never taught this also. 

To get an idea of what I am talking about you will need to engage with these sermons yourself. I would recommend the 19th and 20th ones from volume 1 - you can download the mp3 and listen on your commute or jog.

We were originally created in the image of God and need to connect with Heavenly Father's way of thought, standard of values and awaken those aspects of ourselves that have been in a deep and dark sleep as a direct result from the Fall of Man.

I believe that a great awakening is taking place right now on the heels of the Second Advent and it will never again be business as usual. Jesus brought a revolutionary truth when he came that surely changed our world in spite of powerful opposition. Surely the thought and content of the new truth from the Second Coming will be at least equally as revolutionary to us, the Christians of the Last Days.

As I've mentioned in earlier blogs - it is truly astonishing that the first chosen people still do not engage, or admit, with Jesus as Messiah even after 2,000 years. Why should it be so surprising to think that Christianity, as the Second Chosen People, could, quite likely make a similar kind of humongous mistake. Jesus even said that he would first be rejected and suffer -  in Luke 17:25; that could not really come about if the Second Coming is literally on clouds.

This is the time to re-appraise. A spring cleaning. These are really the Last Days - Satan's last hurrah! Satan's last shout. To think that he has been the ruler of this world (John 12:31) or 'god' of this world (2 Cor. 4:4) should start to be less of a concept, and more of a reality, in light of what has been happening in the world since the new millennium.

It is never too late to make a fresh start. This Year of the OX is going be a good one. Check out The Fall of Man from the Red Exposition of the Divine Principle. There are many Bible references that will enable you to see the message of the Bible in an entirely new way (this is true for any Holy Bible translation) Also The Mission of the Messiah to gain a realistic perspective on that topic and an understanding of why, exactly, the Messiah has to come a second time.

Looking forward to hearing from you. And wishing you well on your own great awakening. The Kingdom of Heaven is truly within you! 

Praise God ! ! !

 Andrew Derricutt