November 18, 2024

Sunday Service on November 17, 2024

Triangle Family Church Sunday Service on November 17, 2024

Musical Offering

Sermon - Let's Experience Resonance Prayer

The sermon emphasizes the importance of prayer, particularly its role in restoring our connection with God and the transformative power it holds in our lives. Key Insights
  • Prayer as Essential: Prayer is not just a ritual; it is a vital practice that nurtures our spiritual lives and connects us with God’s intentions.
  • Restoration through Communication: The act of praying is a way to restore our relationship with God, emphasizing the need for open communication despite our shortcomings.
  • Purity in Prayer: A pure heart is crucial for effective prayer, as seen in the request for a clean spirit in Psalm 5:1, showing the need for inner purity.
  • Sustenance for the Soul: Just as we need physical nourishment, our spirits require the sustenance that comes from prayer, highlighting the eternal nature of our spiritual existence.
  • God’s Eagerness to Listen: God is always ready to listen to our prayers, illustrating His desire for a relationship with us, regardless of our past sins.
  • Resonance in Prayer: Effective prayer aligns our hearts with God’s, creating a harmonious relationship that leads to transformation and divine response.
  • Miracles through Faith: The story of Honi HaMe'agel (Jewish scholar of the 1st century BC) teaches that persistent, heartfelt prayer can lead to miraculous outcomes, reinforcing the power of faith in our communication with God.

Sunday School: Moral lesson from the folktale "The owl" - Be Kind and Polite to Everyone

  • Character Traits: Mindy is kind and generous, while Mandy is serious and competitive.
  • Acts of Kindness: Mindy's generosity towards the old woman led to rewards and prosperity.
  • Consequences: Mandy's lack of generosity resulted in her transformation into an owl.
  • Moral Lesson: The story emphasizes the importance of treating others kindly and the potential impact on one's future.

November 13, 2024

Tamar And Judah - Morning Devotion in November 2024

Tamar And Judah 

Then Judah acknowledged them and said, "She is more righteous than I."
Genesis 38:26 

Genesis 38
38:1 It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah,
2 There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; he married her and went in to her,
3 and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er.
4 Again she conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Onan.
5 Yet again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah. She was in Chezib when she bore him.
6 And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar. 

Judah was the fourth son of Jacob, and Judah: son married a woman whose name was "Tamar. According to Jewish tradition, if a son died without leaving sons, his brother must act as a husband to the dead brother's wife so that the dead brother's lineage would be continued. 

Tamar did not have children when her husband died, and when the next brother refused to fulfill his responsibility, he died. However, the third brother was not given to Tamar when he became old enough, and Tamar saw that she had no hope to bear children. 

She knew that her mission was to continue the family of her husband and Judah, his father, and she finally decided to sacrifice even her honor and prestige in order to fulfill it. 

Disguising her-self as a prostitute, Tamar enticed her father-in-law to have a relationship with her. Without knowing she was his daughter-in-law. Judah consented. 

At that time adultery was punished by death. In order to save her life for the sake of her child, Tamar asked Judah for his signet, cord and stall as a pledge for payment, and then confiscated them. 

Three months later when it became obvious that the widow Tamar was pregnant, she was brought before Judah to be judged. You can imagine Judah's honor, 'Bring her out, and let her be burned!' But she answered, "By the man to whom these belong, I am with child." and she brought out the things that Judah had given her in his pledge. 

Man fell through fornication, and Tamar was one example of how God frequently used women of most unusual character in restoration. Why would God use adulterous women in the dispensation? They are in a satanic position, but if they completely deny their satanic nature when summoned by God, then they can be restored from one extreme to the opposite extreme. 

God selected His champions from the most miserable situations. Tamar was a righteous woman, and though she was originally in a sinful position, she completely dedicated herself to God's mission, risking her life, honor and prestige. 

Paralleling the way Eve lied to God and her husband to bring about the Fall, Tamar deceived her father-in-law and her husband to-be, the third brother of her original husband. She was in a position to reverse the position of Eve by reversing Eve's actions, but the significant thing is that she risked her life to do Gods will. 

True Parents Day From the Historical Point of View
April 18, 1977 

38:12 In course of time the wife of Judah, Shua's daughter, died: and when Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers. He and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
13 And when Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,"
14 she put off her widow's garments, and put on a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him in marriage.
15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot, for she had coveted her face.
16 He went over to her at the roadside, and said, "Come, let me come into you," for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. 

The first mother, she, fell because she did not believe in God's words, so Tamar, who was to restore Eve's position, had to demonstrate absolute faith in God. She had to forget her self-esteem and pride and, furthermore, she had to determine to risk her life. 

Eve's faithlessness made her abandon her father, God. Instead, she accepted Satan as her father and put him in God's position Therefore, Tamar, on the contrary had to talk directly with God. Eve was not able to be united with her father, so Tamar had to be united with her father... 

In order to accomplish her mission, she risked her life. Isn't that so? She had nothing in her mind at all except the desire to accomplish God's will. Finally Tamar set up a condition to restore Eve's fallen position by walking a course totally opposite to Eve. 

Nobody knew this fact except God. 

The Tribal Messiah
Section 3, Chapter 1 

38:24 About three months later Judah was told, "Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot, and moreover she is with child by harlotry." And Judah said, "Bring her out. and let her be burned."
25 As she was being brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law "By the man to whore these belong, I am with child." And she said, "Mark, I pray you, whose these are," the signet and the cord and the staff.
26 Then Judah acknowledged them and said, "She is more righteous that I, inasmuch as I did not give her to my son Shelah…" And he did not lie with her again.
27 When the time of her time came, there were twins in her, womb. 

Satan sowed the seed of false love within the womb of Eve, which gave birth to evil life. Therefore, God needed to purify a mother's womb from which the heavenly Son could be born. 

That purification period of separation from Satan had to begin at the time of conception and continue to age 40, so even though Jacob was victorious he did not meet that criterion. The great mother who assumed the responsibility to meet this condition was Tamar. 

Tamar had married Er, the eldest son of Judah. But Er displeased God and he died. 

According to the custom of that time, Judah gave Tamar his second son, Onan, so that they might bear a child for Er, But Onan, knowing that Tamar's child would not be his own, spilled his semen on the ground. This was a sin in the eyes of God, for which Onan died. 

Then Tamar wanted Shelah, the third son Judah, for a husband, but Judah did not give him to her. Judah thought that his two sons had died because of Tamar, so he was afraid that Shelah would die and end the family lineage. 

But Tamar had the conviction that she was to carry on the lineage of the chosen people. To do that, she disguised herself as a prostitute and slept with her father-in law, Judah, and became pregnant with twins. 

At the time of birth, one of the twin sons, Zerah, stretched out his hand from the womb to be born first. But he was pulled back into the womb, and the second son, Perez, was born first, taking the position of the elder brother, thus, within the womb of Tamar, the first and second sons fought, and their reversal of position separated them from Satan. 

That became the condition for restoration in the womb. Upon this condition, the Messiah could be conceived within the blood lineage of the chosen people, on the base of the nation of Israel that could stand up to the Roman Empire 2,000 years later. 

The victorious foundation on the national level could then be formed in the womb of a mother free of satanic accusation, prepared for the seed of the Son of God. On this foundation, the Holy Mother Mary emerged in the mainstream of God's Providence. 

View of the Principle of the Providential History of Salvation
April 16, 1996 

38:28 And when she was in labor; one put out a hand; and the midwife took and bound on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, "This came out first."
29 But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother carne out; and she said. "What a breach you have made for yourself?" Therefore his name was called Perez.
30 Afterward his brother came out with the scarlet thread upon his hand; and his name was tailed Zerah. 

Tamar conceived twins. God had been waiting for that moment for 2,000 years. When the time came for her to give birth, the first son Zerah put out his hand, and the midwife tied a scarlet thread on his wrist. 

A fight took place within the mother's womb, and the second son, Perez, came out first, pushing Zerah aside. This restoration, this reversal of a situation, took place within the mother's womb. The principle that Jesus was to be born of Judah's blood lineage is set up here. 

The Tribal Messiah
Section 3, Chapter 1 

If you can understand about Tamar, you can understand the whole Principle... The standard of victory gained in the womb of Tamar was handed down from generation to generation through the tradition of Israel, the descendants who believed in Judaism. 

Why did they have to establish a foundation for the Messiah at the national level? 

Because there were already many nations in the satanic world. God had to establish a national standard with which to deal with them. God's side had to stand in the position of Abel on the national level. For that purpose, God guided the Israelites and helped them develop their victorious foundation on the national level. 

There was another young woman who regarded the historical significance of her actions to be more important than her own dignity or her own social environment. She regarded God's will as the highest priority. 

That girl was Mary. Mary maintained the standard of victory and Satan could not accuse her. So on the foundation established by man, Jesus was conceived. It was that victorious foundation which qualified Jesus to be born from God. 

The Change of Blood Lineage
October 13, 1970 

November 10, 2024

Sunday Service on November 10, 2024

Triangle Family Church Sunday Service on November 10, 2024

Musical Offering

Sermon - Electing To Put God First

The sermon emphasizes putting God first in divided times, fostering friendships over politics, and recognizing God’s presence in our lives. Key Insights
  • Faith Over Division: In polarized times, focusing on faith allows Christians to navigate disagreements with grace and empathy. This promotes unity and understanding over conflict.
  • Friendship’s Value: The sermon highlights that true friendships endure beyond political beliefs, encouraging congregants to prioritize relationships and love over divisive politics.
  • Acts of Service: Engaging in service, like helping storm victims, exemplifies putting God first and embodies the Christian calling to aid those in need, regardless of their background.
  • Family Healing: The message advocates healing familial relationships strained by political differences, urging individuals to seek reconciliation and understanding.
  • Importance of Connection: The narrative of reconnecting with an old friend emphasizes the need to nurture relationships actively, showing that friendships require effort to thrive.
  • Divine Guidance: Personal stories of miracles and healing underline the belief in God’s presence and guidance, reminding congregants to remain open to His workings in their lives.
  • Power of Prayer: The conclusion reinforces the importance of prayer in fostering love and unity, as well as seeking divine assistance in overcoming personal and societal challenges.

Sunday School: Bible Study - New Testament

November 07, 2024

Weekly Update on Nov. 7, 2024

We will have our weekly worship service on Sunday, November 10 at 11:00 a.m.  Pastor Bob Huneycutt will share a message titled: Electing To Put God First.  Church Council and Matching Supporters will meet briefly after lunch.  Please bring a dish to share for potluck lunch. 

TFC will host a Thanksgiving lunch on Thursday, November 28 at Noon.  TFC is serving turkey and ham; please bring a side dish or dessert to share. Feel free to invite guests but we need a head count so we have enough food. 

Carol Anne Nilson is organizing a Peace Starts With Me event on Saturday, December 14 from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with guest speaker Dr. Glenda Phillips-Lee.  

Gentle Yoga For All Ages With Hakwa will return in December.  

SR2 Education Programs to Introduce DP:
Create A Life You Love - Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.
Essence of Principles of Peace - 2nd and 4th Saturdays, 1:00 p.m.
Discovering the Principles of Peace - Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m.
Living the Principles of Peace - Mondays at 7:00 p.m.

Here is the link to join.

President Dunkley is asking us to contribute to the Cheon Won Gung, the original holy Temple where our Heavenly Parent will reside.  Please donate online or you can leave your donation in the tithing basket at church.  Write CWG Fund on your check.

Statewide ACLC outreach meetings are the first and third Mondays at 7:00 p.m. The next meeting is November 18 at 7:00p.m. Here is the link to join the meeting.

Please join us for Morning Devotion from Monday to Friday at 6:00 a.m.
Here is the link.

We will join Dr. Achille and Capitol Family Church on the weekend.
Here is the link.  Passcode: 2027

Please feel free at any time to use the Cheon Shim Won (Prayer Room) at TFC to pray or meditate. 

Isaac - Morning Devotion in October 2024

Isaac 

"He said, 'Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me." 

Genesis 22:12 

Offering
21:5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. 
6 And Sarah said. "God has made laughter for me; every one who hears will laugh over me." 7 And she said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would suckle children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age." 
8. And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. 

From the time Abraham left the homeland he loved, in other words, from the moment that he received the order from God to leave Ur of the Chaldeans, he had to lead a life of misfortune such as he had never experienced. He had to feel a sorrowful heart like no other seeker of Heaven had ever experienced. 

He did not have any relatives there. He did not have any comrade. He did not have any friend. Even then he had to be responsible for the heart encompassing all the misfortunes of humanity; taking responsibility for the whole history of restoration. 

We need to understand the unfortunate life of Abraham, who had to overcome everything with the mindset that no matter what kind of misfortune, tribulation, sorrow, difficulty and pain came his way, he would fulfill the will of God. 

Although Abraham greatly exerted himself until the time he built the altar and offered the three great sacrifices, he did not even know that the internal sorrow centering on the sacrifice would confront him. 

Thus, we must reflect upon the position of Abraham. He was in an environment of misfortune. He should have known that he was representing a historical mission and the mission of the age. He should have known that he must also represent the mission of the future generations and the mission of Heaven. However, his thoughts could not reach that far. 

He thought that by climbing over the hill of external misfortune, everything would be resolved. He did not know that he had to resolve not just the misfortune of that time, but also the misfortune of the future. 

Abraham should have set the one standard point of restoration in the eternal history of humanity, but he could not accomplish that. Therefore, although he overcame the life of external misfortunes and went as far as offering Isaac as a sacrifice, that did not put the matter to rest. The internal misfortune has been passed down until today. 

Abraham, who was responsible for the historical misfortunes, was in a miserable situation. 

Abraham was concerned, asleep or awake and in every moment, that if he neglected the fact that he was the sacrifice centering on the will of God, then God's will could not be realized. Furthermore, he mourned for Heaven, and he decided that he would offer himself for the sake of Heaven. You have to understand this heart of Abraham. 

Let Us Climb Over the Hill of Historical Misfortune 
January 19, 1958 

22:1 After these things God tested .Abraham, and said in him, "Abraham." And he said ...Here am I." 
2 He said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac. whom you love, and go to the land of Mori'ah, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you." 
3 So Abraham rose early in the mooring, saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac; and he cut the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. 
4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off. 

If there is someone responds, "Father, I am here," to the voice of God, who has been calling out for His sons and daughters on the earth, then even if his hands are ugly his heart has been wounded and his appearance is humble, he will never perish. 

This is because he can represent the sorrow of God, and his heart can connect with the heart of Heaven. The basic rule of the heavenly principles is that the path such a person is walking cannot be blocked even if the whole world is mobilized. 

Because Jesus understood this kind of basic principle, he mourned for the sake of the Israelites who betrayed him. He shed tears for the sect that persecuted him. He wished blessings upon the enemies who were putting him on the cross. 

If the people of faith today are trying to stand as the bride before Heaven with Jesus the Bridegroom, yet have not experienced the sad heart that Jesus and the prophets and saints of the past felt, then they must repent. 

Sons and daughters must emerge who know how to mourn over Heaven, the nation and the world. If people are seeking happiness even as God is mourning, they will surely be ruined. This kind of nation will come to ruin. 

God has been calling for you through the countless prophets and saints during the thousands of years of the course of history. For those of you who are receiving the grace of God, today is the time when you must look back on your past, examine what kind of attitude you have and what position you are in, and make a cold appraisal. 

Only when you become sons and daughters whom the Father can welcome with outstretched arms, can you finally stand before the Father, who has been calling out to you with an ardent heart. 

To do that, you must climb over all the hills of sorrow pass through all paths of the cross and, as a free and liberated person. be able to attend the eternal Father, saying, "My Father." 

When these sons and daughters emerge, God's joy will begin. This was the historical hope, the day this hope is realized is the day of the Second Advent. Christianity is supposed to play the central role in actualizing this. 

You must never turn away from the historical calling. You have to understand that God does not call human beings only at the end of history. He is calling us even now. 

He Is Calling Us 
January 5, 1958 

Abraham took three days to reach the place on Mt. Moriah where he was to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering. This three-day period for purifying Isaac was to begin a new course in the providence. 

Thenceforth, a three-day period has been required for the separation of Satan at the start of new dispensations. We find many instances of such periods in the history of the providence. 

When Jacob was setting out from Haran with his family to begin the family course to restore Canaan, there was a three-day period for the separation of Satan. (Gen. 31:20 22) Moses, too, led the Israelites through a three-day period for the separation of Satan as they left Egypt to begin the national course to restore Canaan. (Exd. 8:27) 

When Jesus began the worldwide spiritual course to restore Canaan, he spent three days in the tomb to accomplish the separation of Satan. 

Exposition of the Divine Principle 
Part II, Chapter 1, Section 3 

22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together 
7 And Isaac said to his father Abraham, "My father!" And he said, "Here am I, my son." He said, "Behold, the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?" 
8 Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they went both of them together. 

If Abraham had maintained the same heart that he had when he abandoned his homeland and had worried only about the will of God, If he had attended the altar with all his heart and energy, then he could not have made a mistake while making the symbolic offerings, he would have understood that he was in an extraordinary position. By pouring out all of his faith and energy, he would have come forward with the determination to become one with God. 

Having failed in making the first sacrifice, Abraham needed the sacrifice of Isaac as a substitute for the offering in order to inherit the will of God again. In other words, he needed his son to unite with him and with Noah. 

This a the reason he searched for the place where his heart and his sons heart could bear fruit in oneness. Abraham won the recognition of Heaven at the very moment he placed Isaac on the altar on the mountain of Moriah and was about to strike him with a knife. 

Let Us Not Weaken Our Determination Toward Heaven 
February 23, 1958 

When Abraham was prepared to slay his son, the son God promised, he demonstrated utmost loyalty to Heaven. This act of faith was tantamount to Abraham killing himself -- a self which had been defiled by Satan due to his earlier failure in the symbolic offering. 

Accordingly, when God saved Isaac from death, Abraham was also resurrected to life, now loosed from all the ties with which Satan had bound him when his symbolic offering was defiled. Furthermore, Abraham and Isaac attained inseparable oneness in their fidelity to God's will. 

Though Isaac and Abraham were two different individuals, when God brought them back to life, they became as one person in the sight of God. Even though the dispensation through Abraham had failed and was prolonged through Isaac, as long as Isaac succeeded, Isaac's victory would become Abraham's victory. Therefore, God would be able to regard Abraham as not having failed and the dispensation as not having been prolonged. 

It is not clear how old Isaac was when Abraham offered the boy as a sacrifice. He was old enough to carry the wood for the sacrifice, and when he saw there was no lamb to be offered, he inquired of his father about it. (Gen. 22:7) Isaac was apparently old enough to understand his father's intentions. We can infer that he helped his father, even though he knew that his father was preparing to offer him as the sacrifice. 

If Isaac had resisted his father's attempt to offer him as a sacrifice, God definitely would not have accepted the offering. In fact, Isaac demonstrated a faith as great as that of Abraham. Together, their faith made the offering successful and there was no way for Satan to retain his hold on them. 

In making the offering, Isaac and Abraham underwent a process of death and resurrection. As a result, two things were accomplished. First, Abraham succeeded in the separation of Satan, who had invaded him because of his mistake in the symbolic offering. 

He restored through restitution the position he had occupied before he had made the mistake and transferred his providential mission to Isaac from this restored position. 

Second, by faithfully obeying God's will. Isaac inherited the divine mission from Abraham and demonstrated the faith which qualified him to make the symbolic offering. 

Exposition of the Divine Principle 
Part II, Chapter 1, Section 3 

22:11 But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham," And he said, "Here am I." 
12 He said, "Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now 1 know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me." 

Abraham even obeyed the order of God to offer as a burnt sacrifice his precious son, Isaac, who was born when Abraham was 100 years old. That command constituted the one courageous condition that was unprecedented in history. 

That event was the condition that represented heaven and earth and decided the fate of events in heaven, events on earth, and of many millions of matters. Although Abraham was ignorant of this, he made a sincere attempt to place his son on the altar and sacrifice him after he had received the order to offer Isaac. 

Think about the heart of Abraham, who was trying to strike his beloved son with the knife. His mentality truly transcended the reality. In his time, who could have recognized that kind of faith? 

The adventurous deed of Abraham indicated that he belonged to Heaven and that his family belonged to Heaven. It showed that he as well as his family and all of their belongings would follow the commandment of God. He realized this fact while he was making a burnt offering of his only son. 

The Providence of God and the Nature of the Adventure that Transcends Reality 
December 2, 1956 

22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. 
14 So Abraham called the name of that place The Lord will provide; as it is said to this day. "On the mount of the Lord it shall he provided." 
15 And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, 
16 and said, "By myself I have sworn," says the Lord, "because you have done this, and have not withheld your soft, your only son from me"… 

God's heart was higher than that of the elderly couple (Abraham and Sarah) who were willing to kill and offer their only son. 

After the divine mission had passed from Abraham to Isaac, Abraham offered the ram provided by God as the substitute for Isaac. 

In fact, this was the symbolic offering by which Isaac restored the foundation of faith. 

Since Isaac had carried the wood fir the sacrifice, we can infer that he participated in the offering of the ram. 

Thus, even though it is written that Abraham made the symbolic offering, Isaac, who had united with Abraham and inherited his mission, was given providential credit for the offering. In this way, Isaac, having inherited Abraham's mission, made the symbolic offering and restored through restitution the foundation of faith. 

Exposition of the Divine Principle 
Part II, Chapter 1, Section 3 

24:1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. 
2 And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his house, who had charge of all that he had. "Put your hand under my thigh, 
3 and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and of the earth that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell, 
4 but will go to my county and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac." 

From the viewpoint of the Principle of Creation, God and the parents created the spouse. Therefore, in following the law of re-creation it is essential that God and the father and mother, not ourselves, select the spouse. 

Blessing and Ideal Family 
Chapter 4.1.1 

Marriage is not supposed to take place haphazardly. It is not to be done between persons who meet in the street while coming and going. If two people marry just because they feel attracted to one another, some disaster could happen just as they get married. 

Then we would realize that there was something mysterious about their fate. It was because they did not fit well with each other. A pine tree must be grafted to a pine tree. There are types that fit correctly. When you realize this, you must deal with the blessing of marriage this time with new and better attitudes. 

Absolutely do not have the attitude that you want to pass through the blessing in a position that centers on yourself. You should know that your marriage is not for yourself; it is for the nation and even for the world. Moreover, you must take to heart that your marriage is for the sake of your descendants. 

Blessing and Ideal Family 
Chapter 4.1.2 

24:66 And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. 
67 Then Isaac brought her into the tent and took Rebekah, and she become his wife; and he loved her. 

When a normal man is distressed, he can look to God and God can embrace him. At his side, his wife will console him, and his children will come and be with him. In every direction, he has a friend. 

Contrary to current thinking, no matter how perfect a man may seem, unless he can find a wife and form a relationship of love, he is helpless in his search for happiness. 

No matter how beautiful a woman may be, unless she can find love with a spouse, there is absolutely no place she can find happiness. She has to find God and children. 

Without these elements where would that beautiful woman go to find happiness? 

You have been thinking about heaven, but what is the nature of heaven? This love is the very core of heaven. Do you understand' When people lose loved ones, as when a husband loses his wife or children lose their parents, they are in agony. Why do we feel so sad in such a case? 

The universal power tries to preserve the family relationship and make the ideal prosper. But if one part of that ideal form dies, then that portion is lacking from this universal form. We feel sad because we want to supplement the area that was lost. 

That is what is expressed in our sorrow. God cannot change this formula. God must also find that center point of love where He can reside. Some people think that if they just pray hard enough, they can find God. Maybe they can on a temporary basis, but how can they dwell with God all the rest of their lives? They cannot do that through prayer alone. 

Man is composed of a masculine aspect and also a feminine aspect. A man alone does not have God and he does not have his children. There is no such thing as a perfect man by himself. The greatest man is only half of a whole if he does not have God, his wife, and his children. 

For women the same is true. Only after finding a spouse and coming together in love will they be perfect. Is there any justification for men to live together with men, or women with women? That is denying one's own chance of the continuance of his existence. 

When a person is born, whether male or female, that person is born for the sake of someone of the opposite sex. That is the very origin of birth. No one, not even the greatest person on earth, was born for himself. 

When they come into unity and in love, they can become a father and mother. A woman may go to college to understand her life and she can study philosophy and religion, but the simple answer is that she was born for the sake of  a man. That is fantastic. That is the undeniable truth. 

The Original Family and the Family of Today
March 8, 1987 

November 04, 2024

Sunday Service on November 3, 2024

Triangle Family Church Sunday Service on November 3, 2024

Musical Offering

Sermon - Joy of Rejection

The sermon discusses the joy found in rejection through personal experiences, emphasizing lessons learned from hardship and the importance of resilience. Key Insights

  • Suffering and overcoming are intertwined, as highlighted by Helen Keller, showing that growth often comes from challenges.
  • Finding the Messiah can be both a blessing and a struggle, illustrating the dual nature of faith and life’s journey.
  • Life’s contradictions, like the lawyer’s joke, reflect the unpredictability of experiences in faith and family.
  • Rejection serves as a catalyst for self-reflection and change, prompting necessary growth and adaptation.
  • Understanding others’ struggles fosters empathy, reminding us that many face rejection and hardship.
  • Hardship can lead to a deeper connection with God, as it mirrors His own experiences of suffering and rejection.
  • Community acceptance provides a sense of belonging that can transform the experience of rejection into joy.

Sunday School - Moral lesson from the Japanese folktale "Taro, Son of the Dragon"


November 01, 2024

African Networking Luncheon Report

African Networking Luncheon Report by UPF of North Carolina

On Wednesday, October 16 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM  , UPF of North Carolina led by Mrs. Sharon Pace (UPF SR2 Regional Director) sponsored an African Networking Luncheon at the Yagg Sii Tenn African Restaurant in Apex, North Carolina.

Guests were invited to come for an exciting opportunity to network, share ideas and connect with others involved in any local activities that also are connected to any African countries! (The cost was $20 for the event and buffet lunch)

There were almost 30 participants and everyone enjoyed a delicious African Buffet. Pearl Alonso was the MC and Mrs. Sharon Pace showed a video about UPF in Africa and she introduced everyone to the UPF international web pages.

Several songs were performed by Hak Wa Suttles, a young “second generation” Family Federation Church member with Pastor Bob Huneycutt , of the Triangle Family Church.

Six different guests were able to share with everyone about their own personal efforts to bring peace and the activities they support or created locally to connect to Africa and African people.

Dr. Achille Acolatse came to the event from Washington DC and he gave an inspiring Powerpoint Presentation about Family Federation and Mother Moon’s efforts to bring God’s love and Peace to African Countries  

The owner of the Yagg Sii Tenn Restaurant (known as Pappa) is from Senegal and serves local North Carolinians traditional African dishes from many African Nations. He gladly opened his Restaurant to this inspiring event and he was able to share about his Muslim faith and his families love for Africa and America.

Everyone seemed to really enjoy and appreciate the opportunity we had to share and meet with each other. We ended the luncheon with a group picture.

Sunday Service on October 27, 2024

Triangle Family Church Sunday Service on October 27, 2024

Musical Offering

Jacob And Esau - Morning Devotion in October 2024

Jacob And Esau

"But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept."
Genesis 33:4

"Two Nations Are In Your Womb"

25:21 And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his prayer; and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 The children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is thus, why do I live?" So she went to inquire of the Lord.
23 And the Lord said to her "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples, born of you, shall be divided: the one shall be stronger than the other; the elder shall serve die younger."
24 When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 The first came forth red, all his body like a hairy mantle: so they called his name Esau.
26 Afterward his brother came forth and his hand had taken hold of Esau's heel; so his name was called. Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
27 When the boys grew up. Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.

If Cain had loved Abel as God loved Abel, together they could have been received by God. This was what Cain had to do. If that had happened, enough foundation would have been laid within three generations for the Messiah to come, and the perfected dispensation would have materialized. But this did not work out. Cain killed Abel, and the foundation at that level came to naught.

After this, the dispensation became more complicated. Cain and Abel were two brothers born from one mother. To be reborn they must go back to the womb. Since they were born at different times, Cain and Abel were two quite different persons, and their emotions were not close. Thus when God came to attempt the dispensation for a second time, he used twins.

The position of elder brother and younger brother among twins born an hour or two apart cannot be asserted in the same way as brothers who are one year or more apart.

When Rebecca was pregnant and she prayed, "God, within my womb there are two babies and they are fighting each other! What shall I do'" God answered. "There are two nations in your womb, the elder one will serve the younger."

Why did God say that? It is a most crucial point in the Bible, but no theologian knows the answer to this day. It was because. God had to establish the correct heavenly order, to put it right side up. That is why God said the elder would serve the younger.

How We Are Born Again
May 18, 1978

25:28 Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his game; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 Once when Jacob was boiling pottage, Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.
30 And Esau said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red pottage, for I am famished!"
(Therefore his name was called Edom.)
31 Jacob said, "First sell me your birthright."
32 Esau said, "1 am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?"
33 Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils, and he ate and drank, and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

According to the Divine Principle, the elder son is the one who must receive the blessing or inheritance. Thus Jacob, in the position of second son, could not receive the blessing without restoring his birthright and taking the position of elder son.

So one day, as you know, Jacob gave some pottage to Esau in exchange for the birthright. Since Esau took his birthright lightly he was willing to sell it in that way.

Thus the condition was already there to give the birthright to Jacob. For that reason, Jacob was entitled to receive the elder son's blessing from Isaac.

The Thirtieth Anniversary of the Unification Church
May 1, 1984

The victorious person must always be aware of the highest point and the center of things, wanting to bring himself closer to them. Let's examine whether this is true, or just a concept.

There are two long phases in the history of restoration, the Old Testament era and the New Testament era. Who are the victorious people in these eras? Was Noah persistent, or did he quit when things became difficult? Although no one understood Noah, he stood on his conviction that he mattered to God.

Who was another person who never gave up but just continued the fight? Jacob. He wanted to in the birthright of the elder son. Though people wondered what he was up to, he just kept going.

Jacob thought that if he was better in every way than his brother Esau, serving God more and being more attentive to his people, then he could have the birthright. Jacob already envisioned the goal when he started his course, seeing a vision of the future and then beginning his fight. On the other hand, Esau didn't care so much about the future but only about the present.

Tomorrow will come even for the person who cares only about today. If a person can envision both the present and the future, which would he place more emphasis on?

Would the person who wants an easy life look to the present or the fume?

The Victorious Day
June 28, 1980

27:1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, "My .son"; and he answered, "Here I am."
2 He said, "Behold. I am old; I do not know the day of my death.
3 Now then, take you, weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt game for me,
4 and prepare for me savory food, such as 1 love, and bring it to me that I may eat; that I may bless you before I die."

5 Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it,
6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "I heard your father speak to your brother Esau.
7 'Bring me game, and prepare for me savory food that I may eat it, and bless you before the Lord before I die.'

If Jacob had not had cooperation from his mother, the history of Israel could not have taken place. What did Jacob's mother do? In order to fulfill the will of God, she went to extreme measures, deceiving her own husband and her eldest son, thus allowing Jacob to be in a position where he could fulfill has mission from God.

Have you ever heard of someone trying to buy the birthright from his elder brother?

From a secular point of view, .Jacob's mother was a liar and Jacob himself was a swindler. The Bible records these things very clearly, as well as the fact that God glorified and blessed them. This has been a puzzle for Bible students.

Satan is the master of this world, so this satanic world is in the elder brother's position of holding sovereignty. If you confront Satan and inform him you have come to take over his world, will he just drop it and leave it to you?

Instead, you say that you will take back the world in the same way that Satan first stole it. It is only logical -- Satan took the world without God's permission, so you don't need Satan's permission to take at back to God.

How slid Satan take the world? First, he lied to his own Father [God] and to Adam, deceiving father and son. Furthermore, through Eve, Satan deceived the husband. In the process of the Fall, God and His daughter were separated when she became a betrayer.

In restoration the reverse way is necessary, so God and His daughter must be united; in other words, women should he united with God. Satan and women united in the Fall and took Adam and all things of creation away from God. In restoration, God and women unite to take the husband and all things of creation back to God.

That was the position of Jacob and his mother, Rebecca. Here mother and son united with God to cut the fallen tie, which in this case was to the husband, and to the son who was on the satanic side.

Now you understand why that process was acceptable in the sight of God. Their first task was restoration of the birthright of the eldest son. Why was this necessary? The elder son's position is always that of master or dominator, which was the right and authority bestowed on the eldest son.

In biblical history the family heritage always passed from elder son to elder son. Since the elder son's position was stolen by Satan, God used Jacob to restore that position by taking it back.

By restoring the elder son's position, Jacob could restore dominion over all things and over men, Since Jacob totally united with God, once he could take the position of elder son he completed God's sovereignty, ending the satanic rule.

By Jacob's cutting off the satanic line, restoring the elder son's position to God and creating a tribe and people God finally had a territory and people He could claim. This is why God gave Jacob the name Israel, which means victor.

The Day of the Victory of Heaven
October 4, 1979

27:8 Now therefore, my son, obey my word as I command you.
9 Go to the flock, and fetch me two good kids, that I may prepare from them savory food for your father, such as he loves:
10 and you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies."
11 But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother: "Behold, my brother Esau is it hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
12 Perhaps my father will feel me and I shall seem to be mocking him, and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing."
13 His mother said to him. "Upon me be your curse, my son; only obey my word, and go, fetch them to me."

Several times Jacob used deception to attain some goal. In order to deceive his own father he used a kidskin to imitate his brother Esau, who was a very hairy man. Jacob came in to his father, who was practically blind, and let him touch the hide on his arms, and because he convinced his father he was Esau, Jacob received the blessing in place of his brother.

How could such deception be accepted in the world of God? No one has understood this. According to the principle of creation, only the eldest son can receive the inheritance. Therefore, in order to attain the inheritance of God Jacob had to move into the elder son's position.

Jacob was not practicing outright deception; he had already bought the birthright when Esau was very hungry and carelessly sold his birthright to his younger brother for a pot of lentils. In reality, Esau had already lost his birthright because he didn't care enough about it.

Jacob knew the will of God and God's dispensation, and he wanted to become the heir who could receive the inheritance, The Bible speaks of The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob," not the God of Esau, but the God of Jacob.

This is so because Jacob was right there to receive the inheritance. In order to win that position unselfishly for the fulfillment of the will of God, he had to bring himself to the eldest sods position.

In Jacob's family, as long as Esau was not ready to unite with his younger brother, the whole family would continue to have difficulty. Esau and his father were in Satan's position. Nothing will automatically come into unity.

They had to work very hard. Esau and Isaac were in Satan's position, so the mother and Jacob had to work to accomplish God's purpose. Rebecca had to work to bring them under Jacob. How difficult it was for her.

Esau and his father had to be subjugated naturally, not by force or any other means.

They had to say, "Yes, you are right. I will come under you." So Rebecca had to work very hard. Jacob had to work hard, of course, but his mother had to work even harder.

She had to work hundreds of times harder. How much rests upon the mother! Even with Jacob's hard work, the mother's responsibility was necessary to make the restoration possible.

The Completed Testament Era and Me
February 14, 1993

27:15 Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her older son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son;
16 and the skins of the kids she put upon his hands and upon the smooth part of his neck;
17 and she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
18 So he went in to his father and said, "My father," and he said, "Here I am; who are you, my son?"
19 Jacob said to his father; "I am Esau your first-born. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game that you may bless me."
20 But Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly; my son?" He answered, "Because the Lord your God granted me success."
21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Come near, that I may feel you my son to know whether you are really my son Esau or not."
22 So Jacob went near to Isaac his father; who felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau."
23 And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.
24 He said. "Are you really my son Esau?" He answered, "I am."
25 Then he said, "Bring it to me that I may eat of my son's game and bless you." So he brought it to him and he ate; and he brought him wine and he drank.
26 Then his father Isaac said to him, "Come near and kiss me, my son."
27 So he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him, and said. "See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed!
28 May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine.
29 Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be every one who curses you, and blessed be even one who blesses you!"

It has always seemed strange that a mother would deceive her husband and eldest son and side with her younger son. Why would God allow that? Jacob knew what he had to do and was serious enough about God's work that he tried to win the inheritance, but Esau was so casual about his birthright that he let Jacob have it for a bowl of food.

Esau worried about himself first. By assisting Jacob to do something which Isaac wouldn't have agreed to, Rebecca clearly was taking responsibility in the providence as well.

Isaac unknowingly gave his blessing to Jacob, who was pretending to be Esau. When Esau came to Isaac to receive the blessing and discovered what his brother had done, Esau was so angry that he tried to kill Jacob.

But Jacob escaped and worked hard for 21 years in Haran. Even though he had inherited his father's blessing, he couldn't come back home, and once he did return home he couldn't automatically claim to he Abel because he didn't know how Esau would respond.

If Esau had rejected him, then Jacob would have had no place to go. In restoration, Esau had to accept the fact that Isaac had given his blessing to Jacob and to add his own blessing as well. Cain has to approve Abel becoming Abel.

Abel's Right Path from the Providential Point of View
December 30, 1979

Haran
29:20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
21 Then Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife that I may go in to her, for my time is completed."
22 So Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
23 But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob; and he went in to her.
24 Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her maid.
25 And in the morning, behold, it was Leah; and Jacob said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me"

In Haran, Jacob worked very hard, but his uncle Laban was vicious and took advantage of him, deceiving him more than ten times. While enduring these difficulties Jacob had to create his family Jacob worked very hard to get married; his uncle promised to give him one daughter in exchange for seven years' labor, but then Laban did not give him the girl he wanted.

Because Lahan was on the satanic side, he did not wart to immediately give up the daughter that Jacob wanted. He wanted to delay the heavenly schedule so he made Jamb work another seven year's to marry his second daughter.

Jacob would have come under satanic dominion again if he had decided to just be content with the first marriage, which had been arranged by Laban. Jacob had to go on until his goal was achieved.

After seven years of hard labor, Jacob earned Rachel, the daughter that he originally wanted as his bride. Twelve children were born to the two wives, and their descendants later became the twelve different tribes of Israel. For 21 years Jacob was a sojourner who suffered away from his home.

Children's Day 1976
November 22, 1976

29:26 Laban said, "It is not so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born.
27 Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years."
28 Jacob did so and completed her week; then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to wife.
29 (Laban gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her maid.)
30 So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban for another seven years.

For the first seven years, Jacob worked hard to gain the hand of Rachel, but whom did he get? He got Leah instead. We see that the intent of God was to reverse the process of the Fall. Therefore, by first going through the process with Leah and then with Rachel, he could restore the Fall.

Do you see that? In the world, there are two types of women. One type is fallen and the other type is in the restored position. Just like God's position, the Lord to come faces the same problem of two women, one in the fallen position and the other restored. How can he restore fallen Eves position and bring her back to the original Eve's position?

Leah stole her younger sister's position. First embracing the satanic side [Leah], later embracing the heavenly side [Rachel], Jacob tried to work this out. We can see how hard he worked, even though it was difficult.

Basically the problem for Jacob was none other than these two women fighting each other. We know that restoration gained by paying restitution is the formula of history -- an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth -- that one-for-one principle. Rebecca, in the woman's position, worked with a clear purpose of bringing oneness centering on Jacob, to subjugate the one in Cain's position [Esau].

She did not know at that time, but we can look back in history and pinpoint that now.

We can now see how difficult it was for her at that time. So it was Rachel's position, not Leah's, which had to be upheld and restored together with her. How difficult it was to achieve that.

In Jewish history, the main history in God's providence of restoration, we see that disharmony between these two women caused the later division between northern and southern Israel.

They became the ten tribes of the northern kingdom and the two tribes of the south.

Leah and Rachel, as I have already stressed, should have come into unity, but they didn't. They fought. Leah and the servants gave birth to ten children, while Rachel had two.

There were divisions within the family, ultimately becoming a divided nation, even fighting a war in the future. So here, the person in the position of fallen Eve, and the two women [Rachel and Leah] must become one and he restored.

They must become one, and then go back to God. Then the brothers [their sons] would follow behind them. The mother Rebecca, together with Rachel, had to pave the road for them to go on. But Leah did not help them; she even opposed them. These three generations should have become one.

The Completed Testament Age and Me
February 14, 1993

31:17 So Jacob rose, and set his sons and his wives on camels:
18 and he drove away all his cattle, all his livestock which he had gained, the cattle in his possession which he had acquired in Padan-Aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac.

God's children forsook their original position and went to dwell in Satan's realm. The basic struggle of history has always centered upon the second son's efforts to win the elder son's position. Only when that process is successful can people rise to another level in the providence

This is obvious in the story of Jacob, who first claimed the birthright of his elder brother, Esau, and finally overcame him with love -- not force -- winning his elder brothers love in return. Jacob was the first person to successfully subjugate the elder brother.

Jacob could not merely buy the birthright; he also went to the satanic world (the land of his uncle Laban) and struggled there for 21 years in order to gain the physical victory by becoming prosperous and establishing his family. That physical victory was an absolute requirement for returning home and winning his elder brother over.

Jacob's pattern became the classic one, followed by later providential figures. Jacob started from the individual level; what he accomplished was later expanded to the tribal and national levels. Jesus' mission was to fulfill Jacob's dispensation on the national level.

The descendants of Jacob, the chosen people, were physically removed from their original land and taken into the enemy land, Egypt. Only after a long struggle there could they head back to Canaan. Even then, they had to fight and destroy seven enemy tribes in Canaan before they could settle the land.

Holy Wine Ceremony
August 20. 1985

32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saving, We came to your brother Esau, and he is corning to meet you, and four hundred men with him."
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels into two companies...
32:17 He instructed the foremost, "When Esau my brother meets you, and asks you, 'To whom do you belong? Where arc you going? And whose are these before you?
18 Then you shall say, 'They belong to your servant Jacob; they are a present sent to my lord Esau; and moreover he is behind us.'"

When Jacob returned after 21 years in a foreign country, he had prospered and was a wealthy man. Esau and Jacob weren't completely isolated during those 21 years but were very conscious of each other. The reason that Jacob worked hard to earn his

wives and property was so that he would have enough power to overcome Esau's power, Jacob didn't work hard for his own sake but for the dispensation.

Thus he sent all his servants and possessions to his brother, trying to win his heart.

Jacob asked only that Esau accept him and give his kiss of approval. In this case, material things served perfectly as a sacrifice for Cain in the dispensation.

Esau had sent people to try to kill Jacob but as he received many gifts from Jacob he came to feel that he was wrong to think lightly of God's birthright and sell it so cheaply. He could understand that God loved Jacob more, and since he didn't want to rebel against God, he came to love his brother.

This story has confused many people, but now it makes sense, and we can see that it is most important for our own relationships. This formula applies to every situation and every age.

Abel's Right Path from the Providential Point of View
December 30, 1979

You recall that Esau received a great many gifts when Jacob freely gave of his earnings of 21 years. What is the significance of this act? In doing so, Jacob set the condition by which we also can purchase our birthright through giving our fortune.

Thereafter, all religious people have given up their material wealth to the satanic world, and in doing so could not only win the satanic world but win their birthright.

Jesus also gave up everything, possessing nothing throughout his entire mission. Once you know the Divine Principle, the Bible suddenly becomes very logical.

True Parents' Day from the Historical Point of View
April 18, 1977

What Is Thy Name?
32:23 He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had.
24 And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.
25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and Jacob's thigh was put out of joint as he wrested with him.
26 Then he said, "Let me go, for the day is breaking." But Jacob said. "I will not let you go, unless you bless me."
27 And he said to him "What is your name?" And he said, Jacob."
28 Then he said, "Your name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed."
29 Then Jacob asked him, "Tell me. I pray: your name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And there he blessed him.
30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peni'el, saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved."

The purpose of the providence is to establish one man as the Messiah who, as the representative of the individual, family, nation and world, can stand in this vertical position, recognized by God and Satan. This person has to wrestle with God as well as Satan. Jacob had to wrestle with the angel at the ford of Jabbok.

If you want to be a sports champion, you have to defeat the previous champions. The Messiah has to be the one who can wrestle the blessing Irons God so that even Satan can agree that this person deserves the blessing.

If you go the way of religion, you will be opposed by the masters of this world. Why?

Who is the master of this world and the spiritual world? The master of this world is not God. Because of the Fall God cannot be the master of this world. Beginning from the individual level, the master is Satan. If we want to establish God as the master, we naturally experience opposition from the existing master of this world.

Unite, The Kingdom Of Heaven Is At Hand
March 5, 1989

Having been triumphant in Haran, Jacob needed to return to his home to face a final showdown with Esau. Unless he could triumph in that situation, no decisive victory could be won.

On the way back to his homeland, Jacob had to cross the ford of Jabbok, and there he struggled all night with an angel. That struggle stemmed from the fact that Jacobs showdown involved two families, When Jacob went to Haran he was single, but he returned co Canaan with his family.

At the same time, Esau also had his family. What was the difference between the two families? God and Jacob's family were on one side as one force, while Satan and Esau's family were another force.

Satan challenged Jacob from both directions, spiritually he had to wrestle very hard with the angel at the brook of Jabbok, all night long. Jacob thought, "You cannot stop me, because I have 21 years of hard work behind me, and now I'm going back to fulfill the final chapter of the dispensation that God has given me. I will win. Now nobody can stop me."

All during his 21 years of suffering, Jacob was with God. He felt the presence of God with him, and in difficult times God guided and comforted him. There were many trials and tests given by Laban, but every time that victory came, Jacob knew that his power came from God. He knew that he was protected by God and that he was chosen by God.

His wrestling with the angel was so vicious that the angel dislocated Jacob's hip, but even then Jacob had no intention of giving up. He hung on, struggling hard, and the angel knew he could not defeat him. At Jacob's demand he blessed Jacob.

For the first time in history, a man fought against an angel and won victory. By winning over the angel, Jacob established two conditions. First, because the defeated angel represented the spirit world, Jacob could now have dominion over the spirit world.

Secondly, because Satan is a fallen angel, Jacob now possessed a condition to win over the satanic world. When the angel gave up, he gave Jacob a blessing, and gave him a new name, Israel, which means "victorious one" Jacob truly established victory and was in a position to inherit the satanic world.

This meant that whatever Jacob's course might be, the entire spirit world would assist him because of the condition he set. He really conquered spirit world by winning over the angel. He also nullified satanic attack, because spirit world had already surrendered to him. Spiritually, the battle was won.

Children's Day 1976
November 22, 1976

Reconciliation

33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids.
2 And he put the maids with their children in front, them Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.
3 He himself went on after them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
4 But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.

Centering on Jacob, we know what happened. When Jacob behaved as he did, bowing down before Esau, do you think his mother was very happy, or was she angry, saying, "You are Abel, the blessed one, and you should become more dignified"? No, she applauded what Jacob did.

Her husband, Jacob's father, applauded him also, saying, "You have done right." That was natural subjugation. Of course, Esau, too, felt very good. Otherwise he would have rebelled against Jacob. Esau, in Cain's position, embraced the younger brother in Abel's position. This was a historical embrace. That means the whole world changed its direction 180 degrees, just by Esau embracing Jacob.

The whole direction of history changed. The "whole world" at that time meant the "whole family. The family was the whole world. That family came to bear the name of Israel, which means victor. What did Jacob win over, and how was he victorious?

He won over Cain and he won over Satan.

The Completed Testament Era and Me
February 14, 1993

The restoration of Cain and Abel was completed for the first time through the lives of Jacob and Esau. God won His first victory on earth at the moment the two brothers became one and Esau embraced Jacob. Through his unity with Jacob, Esau and his descendants also received the blessing of God.

Esau was born into Satan's position, but during the process of restoration Esau cooperated with Jacob, however unwillingly, and when Esau welcomed Jacob, the two positions were restored, and God could extend an equal blessing to Esau.

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When Esau opened his arms and affectionately welcomed Jacob, they fulfilled the restitutional condition to remove the fallen nature. For the first time, the foundation of substance was laid successfully.

When Jacob and Esau succeeded in making the substantial offering, they restored through restitution the previous failures in making substantial offerings, the failures of Cain and Abet in Adam's family, and offering of Ham and Shem in Noah's family.

Then victory in the providence centered on Abraham also restored through restitution, horizontally in one family, the long vertical course of history in which God had been working to restore the foundation of substance... At last, the foundation for the Messiah was established.

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35:10 And God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name." So his name was called Israel.
11 And God said to him, "I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall spring from you.
12 The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your descendants after you...
13 Then God went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him.
14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.
15 So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel.

God's work to lay the foundation for the Messiah, which He first tried to establish in Adam's family, had to be conducted three times because the central figures of the providence of restoration could not fulfill their portion of responsibility.

The third attempt was in Abraham's time, yet even this was prolonged when he failed in the symbolic offering. Isaac and his family inherited the will and laid the foundation of faith and the foundation of substance. At last, the foundation for the Messiah was established. One would expect that the Messiah would have come on the earth at that time.

However, the foundation for the Messiah also requires a social environment conducive to his coming. The foundation must make it feasible for this satanic world to be restored into God's Kingdom ruled by the Messiah. In the providence in Adam's and Noah's families, there were no other families that could possibly attack or corrupt the central family if either of these families had laid the foundation for the Messiah on the family level, the Messiah could have come without opposition.

However, by Abraham's time, fallen people had already built up satanic nations that could easily overpower Abraham's family hence, even though the foundation for the Messiah was laid at that time, it was a limited foundation, on the family level. The Messiah could not have safely come on that foundation. A foundation of a sovereign state was needed to cope with the nations of the satanic world.

Such support would have been necessary even if Abraham had not failed in the symbolic offering but had succeeded with his sons, Isaac and Ishmael, in making the substantial offering to lay the family foundation for the Messiah. It still would not have been safe for the Messiah to come until Abraham's descendants had multiplied in Canaan and established a national foundation for the Messiah.

As it was, though the descendants of Isaac had established the family foundation for the Messiah, they would leave their homeland and suffer in a foreign land for 400 years as the penalty for Abraham's mistake. Despite their suffering in Egypt, they would flourish and consolidate as a people. They would return to Canaan and build the national foundation for the Messiah as a sovereign nation prepared for the Messiah and his work.

A course of restitution had been placed upon the shoulders of Abraham's descendants due to his mistake in the symbolic offering. Jacob was to begin this course of restitution, not Isaac. Indeed, the one shouldering the major burden to walking the course of restitution is the Abel-type person who serves as the central figure of the substantial offering.

Abel in Adam family, Ham a Noah's family, Isaac in Abraham's family, and Jacob in Isaac's family carried the major burdens in walking the restitutional courses set down for their families.

Among them, Jacob was the only Abel figure who stood upon the foundation for the Messiah. Therefore, he would walk the model course for the separation of Satan, setting the pattern for the Messiah to follow at his coming.

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