| | Rev. '''Sun Myung Moon''' (Feb. 25, 1920 - Sep. 2, 2012, [[Korea]]) was the founder of the [[Unification Church]]. | | Rev. '''Sun Myung Moon''' (Feb. 25, 1920 - Sep. 2, 2012, [[Korea]]) was the founder of the [[Unification Church]]. |
| − | Rev. Moon's main goal, throughout his life, has been to comfort the "grieving heart" (Gen. 6:6) of our [[God|heavenly Father]]. | + | Rev. Moon's main goal, throughout his life, had been to comfort the "grieving heart" (Gen. 6:6) of our [[God|heavenly Father]]. |
| | He said that at the age of 15, [[Jesus]] visited him and asked him to continue the work He had started 2000 years earlier,<ref>[http://www.unification.org/rev_mrs_moon.html Unification Church website] Official biography</ref> to establish the "kingdom of God on earth".<ref>The Holy Scripture speaks about the Church as a Kingdom of God in a number of places: Matthew 3:2, Matthew 4:17, Matthew 6:10, Matthew 6:33, Matthew 9:35, Matthew 18:3, Mark 10:14-15, Luke 12:32, Luke 17:21, John 3:5, John 18:36, Romans 14:17, 1 Corinthians 4:20, Colossians 1:12-22. </ref> | | He said that at the age of 15, [[Jesus]] visited him and asked him to continue the work He had started 2000 years earlier,<ref>[http://www.unification.org/rev_mrs_moon.html Unification Church website] Official biography</ref> to establish the "kingdom of God on earth".<ref>The Holy Scripture speaks about the Church as a Kingdom of God in a number of places: Matthew 3:2, Matthew 4:17, Matthew 6:10, Matthew 6:33, Matthew 9:35, Matthew 18:3, Mark 10:14-15, Luke 12:32, Luke 17:21, John 3:5, John 18:36, Romans 14:17, 1 Corinthians 4:20, Colossians 1:12-22. </ref> |