President Dunkley’s Memo: Now We Begin
April 21, 2025
Reflections from the Entrance Ceremony of the Cheon Il Sanctum of the Cheon Won Gung on April 13, 2025.
Beloved Holy Mother Han, and our dear Blessed Families and Beloved Brothers and Sisters.
It is still hard to find the words to share what I witnessed on the historic day of the Entrance Ceremony of the Cheon Il Sanctum.
On this Easter Monday, as we remember how Jesus gave us rebirth in spirit through his resurrection, and Father's meeting Jesus on Easter morning, we are grateful to True Parents for giving us rebirth in substance and for True Mother, who has brought the providence to fruition.
We’ve walked through many seasons of the providence and climbed many horizons together. But this moment is different. How do you describe something so historic, so divine…and yet so personal? I will share a few of my own thoughts with you.
From the Garden of Eden until this Holy Sanctum, history has searched for this day. And on this day—I saw Heaven. I felt Heaven.
Before this, I was blessed to visit this beautiful Cheon Il Sanctum on several occasions. I often wondered: Would it feel any different on that day? Would I truly feel the substantial presence of our Heavenly Parent?
The answer is yes.
When our beloved True Mother, our Holy Mother Han, walked into the Cheon Il Sanctum, I experienced Heaven wash over me. It felt as if Heavenly Parent entered with her, through her, into that space. The spirit became so bright. I felt the cosmic rays of Heaven entering the room. It felt as though, for the first time, Heavenly Parent had finally been welcomed into the eternal home—through Her. And all I could do in that moment was weep. I wept and wept. But these were not the old tears; these were new tears. These were springtime tears. I was overcome with a deep feeling of gratitude and awe.
As True Mother approached the front, I felt my spirit drop to the floor in a full bow. I saw Mother—I saw God. All I wanted was to offer my complete submission and gratitude.
As I watched Mother lift her robe and ascend the final three steps to the throne, I realized: she wasn’t just climbing stairs. She was ascending the final days of history itself. Over 6,000 years, and eight decades, she was rising through all the pain, the sacrifice, the betrayals, and challenges of the wilderness—carrying all of human history on her shoulders to welcome God home.
There she stood, and turned to face the people. In that moment of total cosmic victory, what did she express to God? That Heavenly Parent is now the rightful master of the Earth, free to love His children with all His heart, and proclaimed that the gates of Cheon Il Guk are now wide open!
This is incredible. This is the moment we are now living in!
Beloved brothers and sisters, Mother has done it. She has accomplished what no one else in history could accomplish. This is the miracle of miracles. She has fulfilled the dream only Heaven could dream. And we, this generation, are the ones alive to see it.
As she sat on the throne, something profound happened to me. I realized that all the stories of my life,all the stories of my ancestors, even the history of mankind, meant nothing in light of this moment.
I felt that everything has been absorbed into a new origin point. A new beginning. A new history. In fact, this isn't really a new history. I feel like we are now in the original history. This is the original time. The original history, centered on our Heavenly Parent and True Parents, substantiated by our Holy Mother Han. I feel reborn —not just for myself, but for my family. For my lineage.
When I saw Shin Chul Nim and Shin Heung Nim’s couples inheriting the grace and responsibility of leading the providence, I felt gratitude that True Mother raised them and trusts them. They were so beautiful. I felt the natural desire to support them even more.
Let us all be born anew and young in heart, free from the cobwebs of the past. Let us be joyful in our total commitment to inviting everyone through the gates of Cheon Il Guk. Let us also support the next generation of Pure Water to spread out and lead us into the pastures and meadows of God’s kingdom.
I thank our beloved Mother for blessing over 5,000 couples. Among them were two of my children. It is amazing, but honestly, it wasn’t easy for me as a father, especially with regard to my daughter. My daughter has been such a close friend over the years. For months, I wrestled with the thought of giving her away. So naturally, I felt the tug on my heart for letting her go.
But then I thought of Mother—God's Only Begotten Daughter—whom God had to give away at a young age, to face the wilderness, to walk the lonely road of restoration.Yet, look at what this beloved daughter of God has done. She stepped out into the wilderness. She stood by our beloved True Father, loving him and attending him like no other, while all this time clutching to the pearls of the providence in her heart, waiting for the time when she could bring all things into completion.
I realized then that the pain of a father letting his daughter go may be connected to the realm of the past that is dominated by men. Maybe that time is over. If you think about it, it’s our daughters who give birth to our grandchildren, and like our Holy Mother Han has done for Heavenly Parent, our daughters will return all the substantial beauty to us as parents.
With the proclamation of Holy Mother Han, and the Entrance Ceremony of the Cheon Il Sanctum, a new era of peace is proclaimed. The era of the male-dominated world is over, and we are not going back.
We will create an era of harmony together. An era of beauty. An era of joy in which mothers will not fear for their children, and fathers will not fear for their daughters, because we will build the realm of Cheon Il Guk together.
The tears of the past have been wiped away. Now we cry springtime tears—tears of joy, tears of gratitude, tears filled with the bright expectation of Heaven’s unfolding work.
Mother is asking us to fulfill the blessing we have been given and bring thousands and millions more people into the realm of joy in relation to Heaven.
Brothers and Sisters, thank you all for your many contributions to get to this point. Now we can truly begin, in the original era, and bring greater and greater joy to all—together.
Let us continue to study Mother’s words at the Entrance Ceremony:
True Mother’s Proclamation in the Cheon Il Sanctum on April 13, 2025
“Heavenly Parent, the Creator and Master of the universe, today we have finally reached this unique day, after You patiently endured and waited for 6,000 years due to the Fall. Heavenly Parent, we thank You. We offer our profound gratitude and our humble apologies.
Now You are truly the rightful Master of this earth. Our second, third, and fourth generation, the Pure Water, born of many blessed families who exist because of True Parents, are going out to the world to impart the vision of Your earthly kingdom across the land. From this day forward, Heavenly Parent, please embrace and love Your children with all Your heart!
This world will now gradually be set in order under Your dominion, and a world of one family of humankind attending the Heavenly Parent with true love will surely unfold. In the name of Holy Mother Han I proclaim to the world that the gates of Heaven, the gates of God’s kingdom of Cheon Il Guk, are now wide open.”
Holy Mother Han, we love you. Thank you.
Rev. Demian Dunkley
President, FFWPU North America