Explanation
For 6,000 years God had been seeking the
heavenly family and the restored foundation of His love on earth. The
establishment of Parents Day signified that God had finally
established His first son and daughter as the True Parents of
humankind. Fallen humanity should rejoice because through the
establishment of Parents Day it is finally possible for humanity to
attend the True Parents.
Father is the first person in history ever
able to proclaim Parents Day. Based on the victory of installing
Parents Day, Father and Mother were able to build on earth the eternal
family unit.
Imagine, if you will, the whole earth covered
with water, water often being used as a symbol of fallen humankind.
Thousands of years ago, one rock (representing the sacrifice of saints
and righteous people) was laid in the ocean depths. Far down on the
ocean floor, one rock was piled upon another, slowly and painfully
building the providence of restoration. From the surface, nothing was
apparent. In the course of 6,000 years, more rocks were gradually
added to the pile. Finally, in 1960, the first glimpse of this massive
labor of restoration emerged.
Parents Day, established March 1, 1960
(according to the lunar calendar), signifies the origin or source of
life for all humankind and the root of our tradition in the sense that
we receive life from our parents. People use the same language as
their parents and follow their parents' cultural mores, as well as
learn and inherit their tradition. The only way fallen people can be
restored is through True Parents. We must return to God. In this
sense, restoration is the hope of all humanity.
Through the restoration process, human beings
can climb from the position of God's enemy, through the stages of
servant of servant, servant, adopted son or daughter, and stepson or
stepdaughter, to finally become true sons or daughters of God, receive
God's grace, and eventually become true parents. True Father himself
went through such a hard personal indemnity (tang gam) course. On this
foundation, he could establish Parents Day.
(Excerpt from The Tradition, Book
One, pg. 95)
