Explanation
True Parents won victory in
December 1983 through the VOC rally in Korea as well as through
offering Heung Jin Nim's life and proclaiming the Ceremony of
Unification.
On this foundation, True Father
proclaimed the Day of the Victory of Love on January 3, 1984. We know
that our True Parents have offered their whole lives to God's will and
are dedicated to the salvation of humankind. Furthermore, True Parents
offered Heung Jin Nim, their son in the position of Abel who displayed
the greatest loyalty and filial piety. This was far more painful than
offering their own lives, but it was done centered on true love for
the sake of all humankind.
True Parents ultimately shared
everything with God and humanity. Because of the true love of our True
Parents and Heung Jin Nim's condition of sacrifice, Satan has
absolutely no basis on which to accuse True Parents. Now the power of
love can dominate the power of death.
(Excerpt from The Tradition, Book
One)
Heung Jin Nim died Jan 2 at 1:15
a.m. Father's original declaration of the Day of Victory of Love
was on Jan 3 but it was, after a certain point, celebrated on the day
Heung Jin Nim actually passed away, Jan 2. And from 2002 all the
deceased True Children will have their ascensions celebrated together
on Jan 2, something Father has very recently declared.
(Information from Julian Gray,
editor of Today's World, on December 22, 2001)
