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The Old and New Testaments provide us with an account of God’s efforts to reach out to His children from the creation of the world until the time of Jesus and his followers. However, many fundamental aspects of the truth were not clearly revealed, even at the time of Christ. As Saint Paul confessed in 1 Corinthians 13:9-10, “For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.”
Sun Myung Moon’s journey to discover the fullness of the truth began at the age of 15 when he had a life-changing encounter with Jesus. Over the next nine years, he prayed and fasted as he desperately cried out to God for answers. The truths that were revealed to Reverend Moon are not his own, but rather the fulfillment of Jesus’ promise to mankind.
Sun Myung Moon designated eight textbooks which capture the essence of his teachings. He believed and stated that these eight textbooks constituted the official cannon of his life’s work and admonished his followers that by studying the collection the will of God would be realized on the Earth. These textbooks, which provide truth and revelation not previously revealed in the Old and New Testaments, are the Completed Testament given to mankind for this age.
Below are Rev. Moon’s words from January 2012 explaining the significance of the Eight Great Textbooks as the last words he would impart to mankind:
“These have been prepared based on my triumphs over six or seven life-or-death situations, including six periods of unjust imprisonment. I am leaving behind eight textbooks and teaching materials for humankind to use for all eternity. Altogether, these are published in almost a thousand volumes. These are textbooks you will have to read and study even after you go to the spirit world. They are not just teachings that come from the mind of one person; they are textbooks and teaching materials that teach the heavenly way that God has granted to His suffering children for their salvation.”
Over the course of his lifetime, Rev. Moon gave thousands of sermons expressing the heart and will of God. These sermons have been compiled into over 600 volumes. (NOTE: The entirety of these volumes has not yet been translated into English.)
The Divine Principle is a systematic teaching explaining the nature of God and man, the purpose of God’s creation, the origin of evil, and the path of restoration over the course of human history. The Principle also addresses many of the misunderstandings previously held by spiritual people and religious leaders, shedding new light on topics such as the nature of the afterlife, predestination, and what we should expect at Christ’s return.
Reverend Moon oversaw the writing of each version of the Principle, from the original version, written in 1957, to the canonized version known as Exposition of the Divine Principle published in 1996. The Divine Principle provides an understanding of the world from God’s viewpoint, incorporating biblical, historical, and scientific references.
Cheon Seong Gyeong is a 2500-page anthology of excerpts from Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s speeches given over the course of his lifetime and organized by topics. He referred to this publication as Heaven’s Holy Scripture and insisted that no one should ever change it. Cheon Seong Gyeong is a valuable resource for study and for daily inspiration.
The Family Pledge is a proclamation and a promise to Heaven that can be recited by all the members of a family, especially on Sundays and Holy Days. The eight points of the Pledge serve as a reminder of the significance of our families in the culture of Heaven, as well as our position and responsibility to God and to mankind.
Pyeong Hwa Shin Gyeong is a collection of seventeen speeches given by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon. He described these speeches as a revolutionary declaration in getting to know God and Heaven and the providential point of view, clarifying the path to establish our eternal homeland that God governs. These speeches represent the core of Rev. Moon’s message to mankind.
The book True Family – Gateway to Heaven contains special historical and providential messages from Heaven received by Rev. Moon. Sun Myung Moon received the calling from Heaven at the early age of 16, offering his life to God for the purpose of ending the sorrow of God and mankind. He offered countless hours of prayer, shedding tears, sweat, and blood for God and humanity.
These precious messages were given to mankind by Rev. Moon from the 1950’s until the 2,000’s.
World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts (1991) is a journey through the sacred writings of the world’s great religions. Organized by subject, the quotations, passages, and excerpts from different religious traditions provide readers with easy access to teachings on several hundred topics, such as the nature of God, the purpose of life, life after death, and the meaning of salvation. The Rev. Sun Myung Moon commissioned the compilation of World Scripture.
World Scripture and the Teachings of Sun Myung Moon (World Scripture II) builds on the foundation of World Scripture. Scriptures of the world’s religions, including the teachings of Rev. Moon, have been examined systematically to illuminate their universal teachings and highlight their common ground. Rev. Moon commissioned World Scripture II, which was published in 2007, on the occasion of his eighty-eighth birthday.
Rev. Sun Myung Moon delivered the content of this speech on July 7, 2009 at East Garden in New York. Later in the year 2009 he stated that this speech constitutes his eighth textbook. The four-hour speech emphasizes the importance of divine love and family in establishing God’s kingdom. He explains how God has been working in providential history to establish His divine, pure blood lineage with the goal of bringing about one family under God.