Father’s Speech Given at the Dedication Ceremony of the Washington Television Center on September 7, 1990.
Our use of Holy Salt does not originate strictly from Heavenly tradition. When the fall of man took place, all things in the creation became part of Satan’s blood lineage, making them unacceptable in the sight of God and unable to be used by Him. Therefore, fundamentally speaking and according to the strictest Principle, all fallen creation should be destroyed and then totally recreated. Since we could never do that, God allows us to use things of the fallen world by setting a condition through the sprinkling of Holy Salt. The use of Holy Salt restores things from a stained lineage to a pure lineage.
If Adam and Eve had not fallen, there would have been no stained blood. However, because of their fall, stained blood came into existence, and some person had to come as the Messiah to establish God’s pure lineage on the earth. To fulfill that role, True Parents came to cleanse and enable the original, pure unstained blood lineage of Heaven to descend to the earth, so that all men could be restored into True Parents’ blood lineage. This is the definition of restoration in regard to mankind.
Coinciding with this, all things of creation are connected to that same restoration process. Since we cannot abolish all things, God allows us the condition to sprinkle creation with Holy Salt. Salt represents the ocean, and all the elements of land; salt also represents Heaven and Earth. Salt prevents decay; it preserves things, enabling them to never go wrong. Salt represents life as well, for without salt, no life could happen.
This salt that you see is not the ordinary salt from a local grocery store. No, this salt was dedicated at True Parents’ Holy Wedding in 1960. Since that tradition started in 1960, Holy Salt multiplied from that original salt can be found in every nation on earth.
By sprinkling this salt, all the evil or ungodly elements are banished, and new life is put into all creatures, in this way fulfilling the process of recreation. Only after this dedication ceremony of sprinkling Holy Salt, can this building have life. The most important thing accomplished through the use of Holy Salt is that God comes into the building, which in turn means Satan cannot invade. That is the most incredible protection for this building.
In Unification Church life, even groceries brought into our homes are sprinkled with Holy Salt before using them. This is the most important and fearful weapon against Satan. When Satan sees Holy Salt, he runs away. Therefore, it is your best protection while you travel and in your home life. Another important principle is that once you sprinkle Holy Salt on a particular building or object, it cannot be sold because selling means handing it back to Satan, which we cannot do. Anyone trying to invade this building will receive incredible spiritual punishment, because this has become a holy temple.