3. In Creating the Universe, God Gave Everything for the Sake of His Creations

World Scripture

We love, because he first loved us.
1 John 4.19

Heaven is eternal and Earth everlasting. They can be eternal and everlasting because they do not exist for themselves, And for this reason can exist forever. Therefore the sage places himself in the background, but finds himself in the foreground. He puts himself away, and yet he always remains. Is it not because he has no personal interests? This is the reason why his personal interests are fulfilled.
Tao Te Ching 7 (Taoism)

At the beginning, mankind and the obligation of selfless service were created together. “Through selfless service, you will always be fruitful and find the fulfillment of your desires”: this is the promise of the Creator….
Every selfless act, Arjuna, is born from the eternal, infinite Godhead. God is present in every act of service. All life turns on this law, O Arjuna. Whoever violates it, indulging his senses for his own pleasure and ignoring the needs of others, has wasted his life. But those who realize the God within are always satisfied. Having found the source of joy and fulfillment, they no longer seek happiness from the external world. They have nothing to gain or lose by any action; neither people nor things can affect their security.
What the outstanding person does, others will try to do. The standards such people set will be followed by the whole world. There is nothing in the three worlds for Me to gain, Arjuna, nor is there anything I do not have; I continue to act, but I am not driven by any need of my own. If I ever refrained from continuous work, everyone would immediately follow my example. If I stopped working I would be the cause of cosmic chaos, and finally of the destruction of this world and these people.
Strive constantly to serve the welfare of the world; by devotion to selfless work one attains the supreme goal in life. Do your work with the welfare of others always in mind. It was by such work that Janaka attained perfection; others, too, have followed this path.
The ignorant work for their own profit, Arjuna; the wise work for the welfare of the world, without thought to themselves. By abstaining from work you will confuse the ignorant, who are engrossed in their actions. Perform all work carefully, guided by compassion.
Bhagavad-Gita 3.10-26 (Hinduism)

The threefold offspring of Prajapati—gods, men, and demons—dwelt with their father Prajapati as students of sacred knowledge.⁷
Having lived the life of a student of sacred knowledge, the gods said, “Speak to us, sir.” To them then he spoke this syllable: “Da.” “Do you understand?” “We understand,” said they. “You said to us, ‘Restrain yourselves (damyata).’” “Om,” said he. “You do understand.”
Then the men said to him, “Speak to us, sir.” To them he spoke this syllable: “Da.” “Do you understand?” “We understand,” said they. “You said to us, ‘Give (datta).’” “Om,” said he. “You do understand.”
Then the demons said to him, “Speak to us, sir.” To them he spoke this syllable: “Da.” “Do you understand?” “We understand,” said they. “You said to us, ‘Be compassionate (dayadhvam).’” “Om,” said he. “You do understand.”
The same thing does thunder, the divine voice, here repeat, “Da! Da! Da! Restrain yourselves. Give. Be compassionate.” One should practice this same triad: self-restraint, giving and compassion.
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 5.2.2: The Voice of Thunder (Hinduism)

Teachings of Sun Myung Moon

What kind of being is God? God acts according to the law of priority of the universal and public. It requires that every being act to benefit the greater whole ahead of its own existence. Living by that law means to embody the spirit of sacrifice and service.
(105:99, September 30, 1979)

Love is to invest oneself 100 percent. Out of love, when God created heaven and earth He invested Himself 100 percent. That is why true love starts from living for the sake of others.
(189:202, April 6, 1989)

When God created humans beings as His partners of love, He was living for their sake. Therefore, human beings are meant to model after God and live for the sake of others. However, due to the Fall, we came to live for ourselves. The philosophy of living for the sake of others is based on the fact that all love comes from one’s partner.
(149:273, November 27, 1986)

Parents invest and forget for the sake of their children, a husband invests and forgets for the sake of his wife, and a wife invests and forgets for the sake of her husband. Siblings, too, invest and forget. God envisioned this standard of love at the beginning of creation, which He founded to manifest His ideal of love.
(253:66, January 7, 1994)

God created the universe by investing Himself. Since God invested Himself completely, the complete result was guaranteed. As this is the principle of creation, we likewise should invest ourselves completely and sincerely. By giving sincerely you find your future object, build your foundation, and create the circumstances in which you can succeed. All this is impossible by merely receiving. The principle of creation is to live for others.
(82:323, February 1, 1976)

God’s act of creation required an investment of energy. The act of creating consumes energy. How much did God invest? You read the Bible, and you think that everything was created easily according to the Word of God, “Let there be… and it was.” It was not that way. Rather, God completely invested His true life, true love, and true ideal in His creations.
Hence, there was a difference between the situation before the creation and after God finished His creation. Before the creation, the God only thought of Himself. After God created, He entered the age of existing for the sake of His object partners…
In this way, my existence is no longer for own benefit. Instead, I exist for the sake of my partner. Parents exist for the sake of their children. Because words such as “love” and “ideal” presume the existence of a counterpart, the origin of ideal existence does not begin at the position where we exist for our own sake but where we exist for the sake of our partner.
This is the reason God invested completely in creating His partner. God wanted to create an object partner of greater value, more complete and ideal. After creating Adam and Eve, God determined that He would exist for their sake. He made the transition from living for Himself to living for the sake of His partner.
For this reason, we cannot hope to attain our ideal as long as we put ourselves first. We can attain our ideal only by living for the sake of others, especially for the sake of our partner. This principle stems from the origin of the universe.
(69:82-83, October 20, 1973)