[Shincheonji Quotes] The Lamp and Oil to Receive Jesus at His second Coming

... At the time of the First Coming, the Jews failed to receive their God as their groom despite having the Old Testament (prophecies). This was due to their lack of understanding of the words of the promise. Likewise today, if one does not know the returning path of the Lord and the promised pastor, they will be unable to recognize God, the Holy City of New Jerusalem coming down from heaven, and Jesus when they come and only become persecutors. Without the proper teaching, the pastors of each denomination will be held responsible for their members’ ignorance. The Bible even promises after which events and to whom heaven, God and Jesus would come (Rv 3:12).

The word of the New Testament is the path, the lamp and the light the Lord uses to return. The oil of the Holy Spirit is the revealed word, which is the evidence of the fulfillment of Revelation. Being part of the fulfillment (the physical realities and entities) transpires as, being reborn in a new image as the new covenant is fulfilled in you. The eligibility of receiving the Lord at the wedding banquet is preparing the lamp and the oil, and acting in accordance to the prophecy and its physical fulfillment.

Source: http://cafe.daum.net/scjschool?t__nil_cafemy=item

[About Shincheonji] Man Hee Lee, a young man story

There was a young man who was born with the light of the heavens.

The name of a young man was 'Man Hee Lee'.

Man Hee Lee was born in a farming family in Gyeongbuk Cheongdo, on September 15, 1931, and he was the descendant of royalty from the Joseon Dynasty.

His name was given to him by his grandfather, who had supposedly dreamt of a light emerging from the heavens before Lee was born.

 Man Hee Lee was thus  named "Man(萬) Hee(熙)", which means a complete and perfect light.

While praying, he met a star for three days, and he met a person from the heavens through the guidance of this star. He vowed his loyalty to God with his blood, and began his life of faith.

 While carrying on his life of faith, he returned to his hometown in the countryside and stayed there for the next 7 years.

On the 7th year, he greeted the Lord who came in the midst of the clouds in the heavens, and was guided to the Tabernacle Temple by the words of the Lord’s commands; this was the church he was carrying out his life of faith previously. 

As recorded in Rv 2 and 3, he sent letters to urge repentance from the Tabernacle Temple's seven messengers, called “the seven stars,” according to the Lord’s command. But the seven messengers simply ignored him and the content of the letters, and did not accept them.

The young man, who had sent letters as described in Rv 2 and 3, saw and heard this event at the location of fulfillment. 

There are three mysteries and three types of plagues in the Book of Revelation. These are the three things that apply to the betrayers, the destroyers, and the savior.

But what should be understood is that these three things are made known only to the promised pastor.

The reality to the fulfillment of the prophecies of Revelation can be seen starting from Rv 1, as the people and their actions appear as the reality to the prophecies.

Let us have faith based on knowledge. 
Let us not add to or subtract from Revelation.

This story is Man Hee Lee, the chairman of Shincheonji ;
Jesus who fulfilled the New Testament (Revelation) sent his messenger to the churches to testify (to the revealed word of reality, the fulfillment of Revelation). The messenger who speaks on Jesus’ behalf saw and heard the events of Revelation’s fulfillment where these events took place.

Source: http://shincheonjiaroma.blogspot.kr/2013/06/man-hee-lee-young-man-story.html

[24 Q&A] 4. Someday, it seems like synthesis of life and people living for a long time without illnesses might be possible. If scientific development continues, wouldn’t the existence of God be denied?

Chairman Lee Byoungchul and Chariman Lee Manhee

4. Someday, it seems like synthesis of life and people living for a long time without illnesses might be possible. If scientific development continues, wouldn’t the existence of God be denied?

Someday, synthesis of life and people living a long time without illnesses is possible. What you have said is correct. However, it is not through science. I do not think just because science develops, it will be able to analyze the two kinds of gods. Gods can only be known through gods. Also, since life spans were shortened due to sin (within biblical history), when sin is decreased and disappears, people will be able to live longer. The only way to resolve the problem of sin is the blood of Jesus (a righteous man). This is when God could reunite with men.

[Shincheonji Quotes] Request of Man Hee Lee, Chairman of Shincheonji Church of Jesus

We are the people of heaven who have all received forgiveness of our sins through the blood of Jesus. Since we have been born again through the same seed and the same holy spirit, let us gather our forces and accomplish goodness (Rom 8:28). Let us fulfill the beautiful heaven here on earth, just as it is done in heaven (Mt 6:10). In doing so, I pray that all of us eternally serve and praise God and Jesus and live with them together. Let us also pray for each other. Let us retain noble hearts and good thoughts, and let us volunteer through the truth without having any national borders. Let us bring the restoration of light to religions and peace and unification to the world!

Let us walk with God, teaching the knowledge of truth. Walk on the correct path, the path of righteousness and justice. By doing this let us become the most virtuous kings of the strongest nation in Biblical history. There are not many days left until the pastors from each country in this world are invited to Mt. Zion in the Republic of Korea.

The prophecy, the world (Christian world), pastors, and their congregations are coming to an end. A new era is being launched. God and heaven are descending upon the 12 tribes of Shincheonji that have been purchased by the blood of the Lord, Jesus Christ. Let us all receive the returning Lord and live with God in heaven!

There is only one Lord. There is only one Bible. There is only one purpose of our life of faith. The only purpose of our faith is in the same God, the same hope, the same heaven and the same eternal life. We are the same brothers and family who have received the same seed of God. Just as the Lord loves us, we must love each other. We must forgive, love, and bless one another.

                                                                                                                                           Man Hee Lee

source: http://subdue-it.blogspot.kr/search/label/Shincheonji%20Church

[Shincheonji Bible Story] Classification of the Biblical Era - Joshua

The Reality of Joshua's Generation

After the death of Moses, the physical Israelites led by Joshua, entered into the land of Canaan and worshiped God. (Jos24:31, Jud2:6~7)

Jos24:31 Israel served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced everything the LORD had done for Israel.

After the death of Joshua, however, they did not pay careful attention to God's commandment and acted on their own accords. That is, they forgot about the fact that they made a covenant at Shechem.(Jos24:25~27)

Jos24:25~27 On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he drew up for them decrees and laws. And Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak near the holy place of the LORD.

"See!" he said to all the people. "This stone will be a witness against us. It has heard all the words the LORD has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue to your God."

Even in the era of Judges, the circle of their rebellious action repeated on and on.

One of the most prominent betrayers was Solomon, who was the third king of Israel. As the son of the King David, he was endowed with much of wisdom, wealth and honor from God.

But he gave way to Satan by marrying with over 1,000 gentile women. 1King 11 portrays well how Solomon came to bow to gentile gods and turn his back to God's will. The king's betrayal indicates the lax state of people's mind.

Finally, God made a decision to split Israel into the two countries and send the Messiah as the only way of saving the Israelites.

Prophets from Isaiah to Malachi were the messengers to deliver God's messages on the coming of Messiah.(Mal3:1, Ps2:6~7, Isa61:1~3, Jer31:22) Therefore, to accept and understand their sayings was a right path to keep God's promise.

But what was the reality of them at that time? Did they well receive God's words? Or vice versa?

I guess that most of you are well aware of how they were.

Next time, let us examine what the Israelites were like at the time of Messiah's coming.

[Shincheonji To the World] World Without War by Peace Activist Lee

Source: http://www.wheninmanila.com/world-without-war-by-peace-activist-lee/

“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” ― Albert Einstein

These immortal words of one of history’s greatest minds are embodied by the actions of world renowned peace activist, Man Hee Lee. With the help of the Philippines’ Nationwide Association of Pastors, Mr. Lee, along with his Korean Christian organization, Shin Cheon Ji, held a bible seminar and world peace seminar at the auditorium of the College of San Agustin in Biñan, Laguna.
Mr. Lee was invited by different churches in the local areas of Laguna and Cavite to hold a bible seminar for their local church groups. A World Without War is what he envisions and advocates through political support, preaching God’s words and mobilizing the youth.

The large number of attendees, 900 strong.



I attended the seminar with two other friends, namely Kiko Tawagon and Maddie Laconico who helped me with coverage. Upon entering the auditorium, we were met with loud, heartfelt worship singing. Everyone was on their feet praising, clapping and proclaiming God’s glory.

Local pastors and churches near the area of the school lent a helping hand in making this event possible, assisting with registration, maintaining order, and guiding all the attendees.

Some pastors and church leaders who attended the event.

Mr. Man Hee Lee giving his talk on Christian action for peace.

Mr. Lee is a visionary who dreams of a world rid of the terrors of war. He has been travelling to different countries and locations, from South Africa, to Germany, to Papua New Guinea, to New York, and beyond. Mr. Lee, with the Korean Christian organization, Shin Chon Ji, has been meeting with these countries’ religious leaders and heads of state to appeal to them to support his cause in eradicating wars and ending their support for such violent causes.

His actions were first ignited by his own experiences as a young soldier on the front lines of the war between North and South Korea. He believes that young students shouldn’t be sent to fight wars and be robbed of their chance at making the most of their youth. Preaching about God’s word and the fulfillment of God’s promise to His people, Mr. Lee hopes to ignite the conscience of people in the hope that they too would be inspired to become involved in his campaign for world peace.

According to Mr. Lee, he has been advocating his Christian seminars and peace efforts for quite a long time now. He has inspired 130 international youth groups in certain countries in the declaration of peace and revolution to be forwarded to the United Nations. To help further his causes for ending the turmoil in states that are in a state of war, these youth groups and several more supporters from other countries try to motivate presidents and politicians to drop the guns and sing for peace.

Last updated by MM Maglasang.

[Shincheonji Bible Story] Classification of the Biblical Era - Moses

Beginning of Moses' Generation

From the previous posting, we went over God's promises with Abraham. Actually, they were not to be accomplished in Abraham's time, but to be fulfilled in the future by his descendants. So, today let us examine how God's covenants with Abraham came true in reality.

In summary, God promised Abraham that he would give him the land which at that time was occupied by the Canaanites. And that his descendants would be strangers in a country not 
their own and come back in the fourth generation with great possessions. (Ref. Ge12:6~7, Ge15:13~16)

Time had passed and the appointed time came, which means that the Abraham's descendants, Jacob's family had been in Egypt for 400 years. 
Let us look at Ex2:23~25.

During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.(Ex2:23~25)
These verses indicate us that God never fail to remember his promise with his chosen people. How truthful He is! And also He had always been zealous to accomplish his will in every way .(Is37:32) 

At this time, Moses was the one appointed as God's instrument. Born of one of the descendants of Levi, Moses was adopted as the son of Pharaoh's daughter, but had to flee 
to Midian for killing the Egyptian. After 40 years there, he was chosen by God to be sent back to the Israelites in Egypt to save them.(Ex3:13~14)

Only after the 10 plagues were done on Egypt, Pharaoh reluctantly let them go.
In the third month after leaving Egypt, God called to them on the Desert of Sinai and made the covenant with them according to Ex19:5~6.

Ex19:5~6  Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be 
                  my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a 
                  kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words you are to speak to the 
                  Israelites.

Being the one chosen by God, Moses was faithful to fulfill God's will going through 40-years life of wilderness with the Israelites.
And finally, the Israelites were about to enter the land of Canaan. On Mount Nebo, which overlooks the land Canaan, however, Moses came to die because of his sin that he did not uphold God's holiness in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh.(Ex32:50~52)

Afterward, through Joshua, who used to be one of the explorers of Canaan, the Israelites crossed the Jordan River and came into the land of Canaan.(Jos 4) With the help of God, he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their tribal divisions. 
It shows that God definitely fulfilled what he had promised to Abraham 500 years ago. 

Looking through the Bible history, we strongly perceive that God is so determined to fulfill His promise that all the circumstances including people are to be utilized in realizing his will. 
And one more thing to take note of is that when his old promise is fulfilled and the new era begins,  he makes another covenant with the  people belonging to that era. 

Along those lines, let us take a look at the commandments Joshua left to the Israelites before his death as followings:

1. Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left.(Jos23:6)

2. Do not associate with these nations that remain among you, do not invoke the names of their gods or swear by them. If you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you and if you intermarry with them and associate with them, then you may be sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you and instead they will become snares and traps for you.(Jos23:7, 12~13)

These were the commandments from God delivered by Joshua. And as it always had been, the difference of the outcome of those who keep and  of those who do not would be huge. 

Through the series of 'The Classification of the Biblical Era', we are examining how God has been setting up the Covenants with his chosen people and how it has been fulfilled and what was the difference of the outcome of the obedient and the disobedient.

Hope you the readers to glimpse God's true way of working through this series. 

On the next posting will be how the Israelites acted in the land of Canaan and what way God presented to them.

[Shincheonji Truth] The Corrupted Orthodoxy In Each of the Eras

Main reference: Mt 5:11-12, Acts 7:51-53, Mt 23:30-33

Let us not just say, ‘Lord, Lord,’ with our lips, but correctly know and believe God and His Will!

● Betrayal of Adam’s World and Salvation of Noah’s Family

Although Adam and Eve had inherited everything under the heavens, they became Satan the Devil’s possession because they betrayed; this is why God had to leave Adam’s world (Gn 6). After leaving Adam’s world, God came to Noah who was the 9^th descendant of Adam. And it was through Noah whom God warned the people regarding the coming flood of destruction. Despite all this, the world of Adam still did not believe in Noah’s warning.

Why did they not believe in his words? It was because they did not realize that they were sinners through Adam, that God had already left them, and that the God who left them was now with Noah. They insisted that they were the orthodoxy and that they were the chosen people of God whom He created; these are the reasons that they did not believe Noah, and believed that God was still with them.

As promised to Noah, God judged Adam’s world, the world that became full of sin and evil, with a flood. They, who probably called Noah “crazy” for building the ark, drowned in the flood while looking at the ark. It was too late for them to regret not believing in his words.

At the time of Noah, the families of Adam’s world had not perceived their sins, God’s departure from them, and that the God of salvation was with Noah. Their thoughts of being the chosen people and the orthodoxy and that God was still with them were nothing but delusions.

Only Noah’s family of 8 received salvation at the time of the destruction of Adam’s world.

● Betrayal of Noah’s World

Noah’s world, saved by getting on the ark, was the people who watched Adam’s world die in the flood due to their betrayal. But even Noah’s world ended up committing sin as Ham, Noah’s second son, received the spirit of the snake and pointed out the nakedness of his father Noah; this is just like how the snake deceived Eve in Adam’s world (The snake told them that they were naked, Ref: Gn 3:7-13). And in the same way that Adam and Eve, deceived by the snake, were cursed, Ham and Canaan were also cursed. Although Noah’s family of eight were the only ones who were saved while numerous people of Adam’s world were wiped away in the flood, Noah’s world, through Noah’s son Ham, committed the same act of the snake.

● Promise with Abraham, and Salvation through Moses

God left Noah’s world and made known future event to Noah’s 10^th descendant Abraham (Gn 15). Abraham’s descendants ended up going to Egypt because of this, and the Israelites were led out by Moses after four generations since entering into Egypt. After coming out of Egypt, the Israelites destroyed (conquered) and ruled over Ham’s descendants, the world of Canaan.

● Betrayal of Israel, Moses’ world, and the promise of God and the Old Testament prophets

God made a covenant with Israel, the world of Moses (Ex 19:5-6). But that covenant was broken as they did not keep the covenant and as they worshiped and bowed to the gentile gods at the time of Solomon. Israel, made up of 11 tribes, and the tribe of Judah (Jerusalem) violated and betrayed the covenant like Adam (Hos 6:7). However, God did not give up and began to give promises regarding future events starting at that time to the prophets of the Old Testament, and this promise is the Old Testament.

● The Era of the Gospel of Heaven of Jesus’ First Coming (Spiritual Israel), and the New Testament

God conveyed this promise to Israel that betrayed for the next 600~700 years, and came to Jesus to do a new work (thing).

What is the new work? Although God used people who were born with the genes of Adam who had sinned, but they ended up betraying because of their element of sin. Thus, God made known that He will appointed someone born with God’s seed (Jesus), not of man, to do a new work (Jer 31:22). About 600 years after at the appointed time, God came to Mary (virgin) and gave birth to a son through the holy spirit of God, and Spiritual Israel began at the time of Jesus (Ref: Jn 1:12-13); this is the new work.

God fulfilled what was promised through the Old Testament by coming to His Son born with His seed (Jn 19:30), and further promised what were to be fulfilled in the future (harvest and the creation of a new kingdom, Mt 13:30, Heb 8:10), and this is the New Testament.

At this time, the people of Physical Israel did not realize that they broke the covenant through their transgression at the time of Solomon (1 Kings 11), and that they were sinners who betrayed by worshipping gentiles gods. Rather, they still believed that they were the orthodoxy and the chosen people, while they did not know that God had already left them, and they called Jesus a cult. Just like Adams’ world that was destroyed through the flood, they still considered themselves the orthodoxy and God’s chosen people. But they did not know themselves as they called Jesus a cult and demon-possessed for not being one with them.

Jesus explained to them that they had become the children of Satan and that they must be reborn to enter into the kingdom of heaven, but they did not perceive this. The previous-Israel  did not know that they became a part of the gentiles by worshipping the gentiles gods, and treated Jesus as a sinner and crucified him. 

  

At the First Coming, Jesus sowed the seed of God which was the secrets of heaven, and made a new covenant with his blood that he will return to reap the fruits of the seeds that were sown (Mt 13:24-30, Mt 26:26-29, Heb 8:10) as he took up the sins of all the people and left. This is the era of the gospel of heaven established through Jesus and the twelve disciples, the era of Spiritual Israel.

● Betrayal of Spiritual Israel, and Creation of New Spiritual Israel

Jesus left in the clouds and said, ‘Will I find faith on the earth when I return?’ (Lk 18:8). Spiritual Israel (era of the previous-heaven) that began through Jesus at the First Coming came to its end as  it became corrupt (Mt 24:29, Rv 6), and God’s new kingdom is created in today’s era of the fulfillment of the Book of Revelation, the time of the Second Coming, through the Promised Pastor (the one who overcomes in Rv 2, 3, the messenger who speaks on behalf of Jesus in Rv 22:16). This is New Spiritual Israel (era of the latter-heaven).

After his Ascension, Jesus gave us the Book of Revelation through his disciple, John. This book is a comprehensive summary of the New Testament and what was to be fulfilled in the future. In today’s era, about 2,000 years after, the promises of Revelation were fulfilled at the ends of the earth, in Republic of Korea in the East in Asia. Jesus sent his messenger for the churches to testify to these (the fulfillment of Revelation) (Rv 22:16).In the Book of Revelation, there are the events of harvesting (Rv 14) and sealing (Rv 7). A new kingdom is created through the firstfruits who are gathered through such events (Rv 14:1-5). But in Republic of Korea, a land overflowing with grace, the winds of sin and evil are blowing ever so strongly as the dragon’s pastors under the heavens are all gathered there (Rv 16). For this reason, the winds of sin and wickedness are blowing the most strongly here at this place where grace is overflowing. Evil spirits and their pastors do not stop using every possible means to carry out their wickedness. They have no concern for God, or Jesus, or their will, or the promises of the Bible.

At the end of the age, the tabernacle of the seven golden lampstands represents all the Spiritual Israelites (Rv 1:20)—otherwise referred to as the tabernacle of heaven in Rv 13:6. This tabernacle received the mark from the pastors of the gentile gods (the group of the dragon, the beast with seven heads and ten horns) on their foreheads and hands, and they worshiped those pastors. This event caused the stones (churches) of the temple to be thrown down with no stone left on another. The chosen people, who were like the sun, moon, and stars, and who were once part of the tabernacle of heaven, were expelled from heaven because of their sin of becoming one with the gentile gods (Rv 6; Rv 13). Furthermore, all nations fell by becoming one with the gentiles and by drinking the wine of adulteries (Rv 17; Rv 18). Today’s Spiritual Israelites claim to have received the holy spirit, and they think of themselves as God’s chosen people and the orthodoxy, despite betraying God and being one with the gentile dragon. Although the Lord has sent his messenger who speaks on behalf for the churches, the Spiritual Israelites are accusing him of being a heretic.

They were defeated by the word of truth, the word of testimony (Rv 12). It has been plainly revealed that they are the pastors of Satan. They sinned against God by betraying Him. They accepted the mark from the dragon and worshiped him. They drank the wine of adulteries, and all nations fell because of this wine. God had already left them, and they were expelled from heaven (Rv 6). The Spiritual Israelites, however, do not realize such situations. They are stubborn in claiming to be the orthodoxy. Today is no different from the times of Adam, Noah, Moses, and Jesus’ First Coming.

The corrupt generation passed away and a new generation began in each and every era. Today, too, a corrupt generation (Spiritual Israel) came to an end as promised in the New Testament, and a new generation began. New Spiritual Israel has begun as it fought and overcame the dragon (Rv 12). The twelve tribes have been established by harvesting and being sealed according to the promises. This is the kingdom of promise. This is the new kingdom purchased by the blood of Jesus. Those who perceive this will obtain salvation.

Amen!

Shinchonji: Healing All Nations

[Shincheonji World News] Japanese Christians call for Tokyo's apology for sexual slavery

 

“For being Japanese, and moreover, as a man, I apologize to the former sex slaves,” said Toru Akiyama, a pastor from Japan, speaking to an 87-year-old “comfort women” survivor who was sitting in front of him just outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, Wednesday. “Many Japanese people feel ashamed of recent remarks made by some officials in Japan. The Japanese government should acknowledge the basic truth that it forced women into sexual slavery and that is why we are here.” A group of Japanese Christians led by Akiyama was on a four-day visit to Seoul, mainly to take part in a weekly demonstration. Protestors gather every Wednesday outside the Japanese Embassy to urge the Japanese government to give proper compensation and an official apology to the wartime victims. Organized by the non-profit Korean Council for Women Drafted into Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, the date marked the 1,080th of the weekly demonstrations which first began in January 1992. In response to the Japanese pastor, one survivor, Kim Bok-dong, stood up and said, “Such an incident should never occur again in the future. I really thank the Japanese people for coming here and joining hands.” According to historians, over 200,000 young women, mostly Koreans, were forced to provide sex for Japanese soldiers during World War II. They are euphemistically called “comfort women.” Only 60 victims including Kim survive as of today with their age groups ranging from late 70s to early 90s. “Churches in Japan have issued statements criticizing defamatory remarks made by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto,” said Gotto Tatsuo, one of the 15 Japanese Christians who participated in the rally. “We will keep on pushing the Japanese government until they acknowledge the evil deeds they have done in the past.” Comfort women has been a thorny diplomatic issue between Seoul and Tokyo because Japan reiterates that the matter was settled in a 1965 Korea-Japan claims settlement agreement in which Seoul received $800 million in grants and soft loans. Japan has rejected Korea’s countless overtures for talks in seeking for further compensation for the wartime victims. Moreover, prompted by nationalist sentiment, officials under incumbent Shinzo Abe administration have been making provocative comments that deny its past militarism. Mayor Hashimoto said earlier in an interview that military brothels were “necessary” during wartime to raise the morale of the troops. This comment prompted a severe backlash from nations that suffered during World War II. Japan’s conservative swing spilled over into diplomatic relations too when Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se canceled a ministerial meeting with Japan in April in protest of a visit by Japanese officials and lawmakers to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo where many Class-A World War II criminals are commemorated. Recently, the Abe administration even rejected U.N. suggestion to rein back on provocative remarks made by its officials, saying they are not obliged to abide by them. source: http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2013/06/113_138165.html Seeing that Japanese Christians urge their government to apologize for  what they have done during World War II, it occurred to me that we should think about what also have been done spiritually during Japanese colonization.  They forced the Korean Christians to bow down to the God of Japaneses Emperor, which means to worship the gentile God other than the LORD of God.(Ex20:3)   ... In the same manner, today's Protestant pastors, the pastors of Spiritual Israel, also consider themselves the only chosen people. They do not know they have sinned (they bowed down to the Japanese god during Japanese's colonization).                          - From Healing All Nations by Man Hee Lee Mt12:31 warns us that every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.  Given that every verse in the Bible is for everyone, let us stop sticking to the physical behavior but step further to the spiritual level to be truly atoned and get salvation. That is the right way to be God's true family!

[Shincheonji Truth] Glory in Heaven & Peace on Earth

Main references: Lk 2:14, Lk 19:38-42

What is glory in heaven and peace on earth? It is the end of sin and wickedness, and of both physical and spiritual war. It is the coming of world peace and restoring of light. It was also the message that an angel passed on to shepherds (Lk 2:14). 

Lk 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests. 

Jesus' disciples also offered praise with the same content (Lk 19:35-38). 

Lk 19:35-38 The whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:38 "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" 

Having heard this word, the snakes (Mt 23:33), the Pharisees said to Jesus, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!" Jesus replied to them, "I tell you. If they keep quiet, the stones will cry out." 

As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes” (Lk 19:41-42). He continued on saying, “The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you” (refer to Lk 19:43-44; Mt 24:1-2).

Because of this word Jesus was teaching, the chief priests, the teachers of the law, and the leaders among the people were looking for the means to kill Jesus (Lk 19:47-48). Is today not like this?

They were persecuting Jesus and labeling him as a heretic, a man with a contagious illness, and a demon-possessed person, just to cover up their faults, shortcomings, and their shamefulness. Roughly 2,000 years have passed by. What about today? Jesus spoke about how there would be betrayers, destroyers, and a savior regarding today. He also stated that not one stone here would be left on another, and that the destroyer would stand in the holy place. At that time, the pastors in the temple and their congregation will receive the mark from the destroyers and worship them. Whoever does not worship them will get killed. Those who kill people will think, “This is the way to offer a service to God.” If a savior appears in the midst of this situation, how intensely he must get persecuted! It becomes obvious how people will treat the persecuted savior.

This is the small and narrow path of salvation. It is not as easy as we think to attain salvation without understanding the history for the last 6,000 years and the prophecy regarding today. Primarily, one must understand the word of the prophecy in the New Testament. Next, one must recognize the betrayers and the destroyers by using the recorded word of promise. Third, one must know the promised savior.

Such work is the will that God is going to accomplish, but people are being like dim lamps. They are carrying out their life of faith with incomplete faith, and they attend church habitually just as they have been doing as always. This is why corruption has slipped into people without them recognizing it. Darkness has covered their hearts and thoughts so that they will not receive the revelation (i.e. the revealed word). Even if salvation belongs to God, how can it enter into people if their hearts have been closed?

At a time like this, one understands this and appears as a savior. He puts his life on line and fights with the truth. He overcomes with the blood of Jesus and the word of his testimony (Rv 12). This person is the savior whom God acknowledges. It is only when one overcomes that he can retrieve what was lost. It is only when one overcomes that he can save those who have been held captive. It is also only when one overcomes that he can establish God’s kingdom. One must overcome the devil, the world, and himself. One must know God’s promise, the New Testament, and he must see what is of heaven in order to establish on earth just as it is done in heaven (Mt 6:10; Rv 21).

Just as the promise with Abraham was fulfilled at the time of Moses, and just as the promises through the Old Testament prophets were fulfilled at the time of Jesus, one must know how Jesus’ promise (the New Testament) will also be fulfilled today at the time of the one who overcomes. The one who fulfills it is the one who has promised it. The messenger who speaks on behalf sees what has been fulfilled, and he testifies about it. No one can testify about the fulfillment without having seen, heard, or known it. God recorded what was yet to be fulfilled as prophecies in the Bible. If the recorded promise has been fulfilled, the book of prophecy serves as a testimony for the promise (the prophecy). What serves as a testimony for the prophecy is the fulfilled physical reality. Furthermore, what serves as a testimony for the promised pastor who testifies about the fulfillment is the fulfilled physical entities (Dt 18:18-22). Several pastors have been interpreting the book of prophecy in different ways according to their own thoughts, but their interpretations lack credibility because they do not have the fulfilled physical entities.

Two thousand years ago at the time of the first coming, Jesus stated how peace was hidden from the eyes of the people in Jerusalem. It was hidden from Jerusalem because Satan killed all the spirits of the saints in the Jerusalem temple through the snakes, the Pharisees. It was also because they did not like the words of peace and Jesus, the messenger of peace. Just as it says, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men,” world war will only end when religious war—in which people dispute with one another, claiming to be the truth—comes to an end. This is going to happen as the truth overcomes, and religions are unified through the truth. War will come to an end as Satan, the spirit of wickedness, is seized and locked up. It will be glory to God and peace to men as the God of peace retrieves the world he created and reigns over it. This is how we send away the old and welcome the new. This is truly a good season.

Today the whole world desires peace, and people are helping it to be accomplished. Everyone longs for the culture of heaven, peace, and restoration of light. We have uncovered the shroud that enfolded people, and we are accomplishing world peace.

Today the truth has triumphed over the world. Peace will come to each person as Satan, the dragon, is captured and locked up, and as the God of peace reigns. Peace and restoration for you and me. Let us offer glory to our God.

Amen!

Source: Healing All Nations

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