Explanation
On October 1, 1960 (lunar calendar), Father
established Children's Day. The True Parents' Holy Blessing was an
event which opened up the gate for resurrection of all people in the
spirit world and on earth We who have found the gate, who have located
the True Parents here on earth, are fortunate people indeed.
On the foundation of Parents Day, God and
True Parents established Children's Day. It signifies that God and
True Parents had their own true children and on this basis, all
humanity has the potential to become engrafted to the True Family.
True Parents stand spiritually as the source
of life. The world will be reorganized into God's lineage by being
grafted into the True Father and True Mother and True Children of this
universe. The establishment of the True Family was the prerequisite
for the establishment of Children's Day. Before anyone can declare
them self to be a true child, they need the assent of three persons --
God, True Father, and True Mother. To become true children, one must
become engrafted to the True Parents.
After the establishment of Parents' Day in
1960, April 17 was proclaimed as the Day of the Resurrection of
Shimjung, signifying that a fallen person can comfort the heart of God
by becoming His son or daughter. True Father established Children's
Day on this basis. On the foundation of Children's Day, all humankind
can make an eternal relationship with True Parents.
The day we make our covenant with God is
Children's Day.
(Excerpt from The Tradition, Book
One, pg. 97)
