[1] Moon is now believed by church members to be leading workshops in the spiritual world in which spirits of deceased persons are taught UC teachings.
[5] On December 22, 1983, his car collided with a jackknifing tractor-trailer on an icy highway (State Route 9 in Hyde Park, New York) and he died on January 2.
[2][3] UC leader Chung Hwan Kwak stated: "A truck lost control as it approached the car Heung Jin Nim was driving.
[1][3] Pak, who now uses the name Julia Moon, said: "I will never forget in my whole life and for eternity this great honor of being Heung Jin Nim's bride, which I do not deserve".
Sun Myung Moon explained that his son's death was a great victory as it saved his own life; that his assassination by leftist terrorists was foiled on the same day as the accident, "that his son's loss was a providential act allowed by God in order to protect [Sun Myung] Moon's calling", and that there was a karmic connection between the two events:[3] If the sacrifice of Heung Jin Nim had not been made, either of two great calamities could have happened.
Since special indemnity was paid that protected me in Korea at the Kwangju rally - Satan's specific target day - he hit Heung Jin Nim instead, at the same exact hour.A week later Sun Myung Moon taught that Heung Jin Moon "had a new mission and was free to travel between his spirit world and our physical world".
[3] Longtime president of the Korean UC Young Whi Kim wrote: "They all refer to Heung Jin Nim as the new Christ.
[1][3][11][12] Sun Myung Moon authorized the Black Heung Jin to travel the world, preaching and hearing the confessions of Unification Church members who had gone astray.
"[12]Kundioni came under criticism by both members and outsiders for his violence and harsh methods,[13] including a beating that resulted in the hospitalization of church leader Bo Hi Pak.
As channel for "Lord Heung Jin Nim" he was in a position of authority above that of all members, including top leaders apart from his parents Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han.
At large retreat seminars in Korea where for years thousands of Unificationists came from all over the world to rid themselves of evil spirits, Heung Jin Moon is said by the church to play an important role, as related by scholar of new religious movements Massimo Introvigne: With the assistance of angels, many spirits are said to be encouraged to leave Unificationists' bodies and go to the spiritual world for a Divine Principle workshop led by Heung Jin Moon.