Gate for the Blessing of the Spiritual World
12/1/1997 (solar)

On December 1, 1997 between 11:05 and 11:10 p.m., True Parents prayed with a small number of church leaders gathered at East Garden and made the Declaration of the Opening of the Gate for the Blessing of the Spiritual World.  Through this benediction, True Parents bequeathed the authority of blessing to Heung Jin Nim and Daemo-nim.

True Parents have already given the blessing to persons in the spiritual world. The first time was the blessing of Jesus on January 3, 1971. The second was the blessing of Heung Jin Nim and Hoon Sook Nim on February 20, 1984. The third was the blessing of Daemo-nim, Tae Hyung Nim (Father's physical elder brother) and Choongmo-nim (Father's physical mother) on August 25, 1995 in Korea. The fourth blessing was for countless couples in the spirit world on November 29, 1997. 

(Excerpt from "Gate Opened for Blessing in Spirit World," by Prof. Taek Yong Oh, 
printed in Today's World, March 1998 issue, p. 16)