Sun Myung Moon is Telling Christian Ministers to Take Down the Crosses
by

Rev. Dr. Frederick H. Miller & Rev. Tony Miller 

            Sun Myung Moon’s  Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU), formerly known as the Unification Church (UC), has started a series of seminars on the Divine Principle to recruit our Christian ministers.  The seminars will be followed with a series of luncheons and other events designed to recruit at least 12,000 new Christian ministers into following Moon’s teachings and join with the others in the American Clergy Leadership Conference (ACLC) by Easter Sunday.  The official banner for this program has the name of the FFWPU on top, followed by “Tear Down the Walls!,” Who is Rev. Moon?, A Divine Principle for Clergy.  The first seminar was held in  New Jersey, March 10, 2003.  Every Christian should look carefully at program.  The first seminar title is “Tear Down the Walls.”  What does this mean and entail?

The wall that Moon is referring to is the Cross of Jesus Christ, the very symbol of Christianity.  Moon teaches that because Jesus failed to marry, he had to take the path of the cross as a secondary path, and therefore the cross brings great pain to both God and Jesus.  Sun Myung Moon basis the taking down of the cross because, according to him, the age of the Cross has ended.  Several ACLC ministers have already removed the cross from their churches.  Yet, Jesus Christ teaches; “anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. (Matthew 10:31; Mark 8:34)

              The reason Jesus failed to marry, according to Moon, is because He (Jesus) is the illegitimate son of Mary and Zacharias.  Therefore He could not marry John the Baptist’s sister.   In order for Jesus to enter heaven He had to be married, thus Moon married Him to a living Asian woman.  Another false teaching of Moon is that Jesus was not God but made divine by Christians after His death. According to Moon Jesus was raised in spirit not body and thus can only offer us spiritual salvation.  For total salvation Christians must be married the “Blessed Marriage” and change their blood linage by drinking the “holy wine” of Moon, thus becoming sinless.  Yet, it has been reported that Sun Myung Moon had two illegitimate sons, one from a former wife and one from his present wife; two of his children married by him have divorced, and another reportedly committed suicide.  If the sinless concept does not apply for Moon or his own family, how can it work for anyone else?  Moon also claims that he liberated God back in the year 2000.  Our God does not need liberation, and if he did, no human could liberate him.  Scriptures warn us about false teachings, particularly in 1 John 4:13.  

Sun Myung Moon stated: “In early July, I spoke in five cities around Korea at rallies held by the Women’s Federation for World Peace.  There I declared that we are the savior, the Lord of the Second Advent, the Messiah.” (Sun Myung Moon, Today’s World, October/November 1992, p. 7)  In addition he claims to be the Emperor of the universe, king of kings, savior, and Lamb of God.  Thus, even if one were to allow the translation of messiah to simply mean anointed one, the other titles he claims clearly reveal his meaning.  His teachings are clear that the unification of the world must end up with him (Moon) as ruler.   Remember Jesus said, many will come in His name, but He knows them not.         

                Since we cannot serve two gods, every Christian involved with any of Moon’s programs or fronts must ask do you believe Moon or the Bible?  Moon has clearly indicated his feelings about the Bible. “Until our mission with the Christians is over, we must quote the Bible and use it to explain the Divine Principle.  After we receive the inheritance of the Christian church, we will be free to teach without the Bible.” (Sun Myung Moon, Master Speaks, #7, p.1)  That inheritance Moon is seeking is clear in one of his speeches  “The time has come when the whole world must be concerned about me.  From now on, American Christianity must follow me.” (Sun Myung Moon, Today’s World, November 1993, p.5)  Jesus very clearly teaches: "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.” (Matt .5:24; Luke 16:13)  Many are attracted to follow Moon because of the free trips, gold watches and other gifts, including money.  Does your church still believe in the cross or has it been removed or replaced?