2012년 11월 27일 화요일

[Shinchonji-Lee Man Hee] The first resurrection and the millennium


The correct understanding of the Bible and of Shinchonji
– The New Heaven and New Earth

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The first resurrection and the millennium
Main references: Rv 20:1-6; Jn 5:24-29; Jn 3:3-5; 1 Pt 1:23
The true identity of Satan is revealed from Rv 1-13, and Satan’s group is judged from Rv 16-19.   
After God’s work is finished in Rv 17, 18, and 19, Satan is captured and locked in the abyss. Then those who were beheaded by the dragon (i.e. the souls of the martyrs) and will unite as one with us (those who are both physically and spiritually alive) and will live with Christ for 1,000 years.
In Rv 12, spirits fight against spirits in the spiritual world, and the people who belong to God fight against the people who belong to the devil in the physical world. In the end, God and his people are victorious. Now is the time for us to restore Eden, God’s kingdom, and to serve God, who left us because of our sins.
Just like the martyrs, those who believed in God and Jesus and died have already crossed from death to life; they have become people of heaven (Jn 5:24-29). The dead spirits of people who are still physically alive will resurrect when they receive the breath of life, the revealed word. Because their own bodies have long since decayed, the souls of the martyrs in heaven will enter and unite with our bodies. The martyrs and we, who are physically and spiritually alive, will marry, unite as one, and live with Christ for eternity, beginning with the promised millennium. This is the truth of the resurrection and of being born again.
Since God left us almost 6,000 years ago, Satan has been molding humanity in his own image. Now is the time for us to love each other and to renew all things in the image of God. We no longer need “faith” in the prophecies or “hope” for the prophecies to be fulfilled; the physical fulfillment of the prophecies has already appeared. Today, we must be renewed in God’s image in order to serve God, who is love itself. It is no longer the era of the kingdom of darkness and night. Death can no longer reign over us. Now is the time life and light to reign as king (1 Cor 15:51-58; Rv 11:15). For the past 6,000 years, humanity has been lax in its duties as children of God. Now is the time for us to be dutiful as true children of God. Today is the joyful day when the Father has finally found his true children on the earth. The horrifying generations full of nightmares, which have lasted for 6,000 years, have finally come to an end. Now the love of God and the blood of Jesus Christ have established the kingdom of God—the kingdom of victory for the souls of the martyrs and for us.
Today at the time of harvest, the 144,000 of the twelve tribes—the firstfruits of the kingdom of God—unite with the souls of the martyrs. These two groups will participate in the first resurrection with the Lord and will live in the city of the millennium forever. This is the ultimate physical fulfillment of the New Testament prophecies. 

[Shinchonji-Lee Man Hee] Covenants and the new covenant


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Covenants and the new covenant
Main reference: Jer 31:31-32
God made a covenant with his people in every generation through his chosen pastor.
After creating Adam roughly 6,000 years ago, God made a covenant with Adam. The covenant concerned the fruit of the tree of life and the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gn 2:9, 17; Gn 3:22).
The serpent, however, deceived Adam and Eve into breaking their covenant with God. Because they ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, Adam and Eve were cursed and expelled from the Garden of Eden (Gn 3). Eventually, Adam’s world was destroyed by the waters of the flood (Gn 7). After the devastation of Adam’s world, God anointed Noah and made another covenant with his generation. Despite God’s attempt, Noah’s son Ham sinned and was cursed along with his son Canaan (Gn 9:18-27). Consequently, the world of Canaan—the world of Noah’s descendants—was later destroyed as well. After the time of Noah, God made promises through Abraham (Gn 15) and fulfilled those promises through Moses four generations later (Ex 12). After fulfilling the promises he made through Abraham, God made another covenant with Moses (Ex 19:1-6). Afterward, God made another covenant with Joshua and the Israelites (Jos 24). He commanded them to enter the land of Canaan and annihilate the seven tribes that lived there. Although the covenant they made forbid them from worshiping any other gods, Solomon—the son of David by the gentile woman Bathsheba (2 Sm 12:24)—established shrines for countless gentiles gods. King Solomon bowed down to the gentile gods in those shrines, breaking the covenant he made with God just like Adam did (Hos 6:7). Because the covenant was broken the entire nation of Israel was destroyed (1 Kgs 11).
God proclaimed to Jeremiah how unfaithful the Israelites had been in failing to keep their covenant. God also prophesied through Jeremiah about establishing a new covenant (Jer 31:31-32). About 600 years later, God came to his son Jesus and established the new covenant through him (Lk 22:1-30).   
In the Bible, Jesus was the true spiritual vine (Jn 15:1-8). He established the new covenant through his flesh and blood on the night of Passover. Those who keep the covenant by eating the fruit of the vine, which represents Jesus’ and flesh and blood, will live for eternity (Jn 6). Jesus’ flesh and blood will be eaten again when the kingdom of God comes down on earth. Jesus’ flesh and blood, which we must drink and eat, represent Jesus’ words. Since God is the word (Jn 1:1-4), the son born of that word must also be the word (1 Jn 1:1-3). Since he left to take away the sins of the world, we can no longer eat Jesus’ flesh or drink his blood. It is only when he returns to us that we can hear (i.e. eat) his words again (Mt 26:29; Lk 22:16-18; Rv 10).
When and where can we drink the blood of the new covenant?
We can drink the blood of the new covenant at the time of Revelation’s fulfillment.
Jesus was the one who overcame at the time of the first coming (Jn 16:33). God and heaven came to Jesus (Jn 1:32; Mt 4:17) and fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies (Jn 19:30). At the second coming, the time of Revelation’s fulfillment, God, Jesus, and heaven will descend upon the one who overcomes (Rv 2; Rv 3). In addition, the holy city of New Jerusalem will also descend upon the new heaven and new earth where the one who overcomes is (Rv 21:1-7). This is the place where the blood of the new covenant can be drunk. The New Testament will be completely fulfilled through the one who overcomes (Rv 21:6). God’s kingdom (his twelve tribes) and God’s priests (his true pastors) will be created as people are purchased by the blood of Jesus (Rv 5:9-10). Countless people will come out from every tribe, people, nation, and language after washing themselves in the blood of Jesus. By doing so, they will also become the people of heaven and will attain salvation (Rv 7:9-14).
The statements above are promises in which we must believe. It should be made clear that all these promises can only be fulfilled through Jesus’ blood of the new covenant. Believers whose hopes are set on heaven should not be bound by their own pastors and prophecies. It is time for all of us to seek and believe in the place where the promises of the Bible have been fulfilled (Mt 7:7-8). Shinchonji—The Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony— is the only place in the world where the New Testament is being fulfilled (Rv 21:1-2; Rv 15:2-5). 

[Shinchonji-Lee Man Hee] Rev. Kim’s opinions about SCJ’s interpretations of Revelation and SCJ’s rebuttal


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Rev. Kim’s opinions about SCJ’s interpretations of Revelation and SCJ’s rebuttal
(This is an English translation of part three of a series of articles that was published on Dec. 15, 2008 in the World Mission Cultural Newspaper)
Criticism against SCJ’s interpretations of Revelation: The woman clothed with the sun and the male child (Rv 12:1-6)
A review of Manhee Lee’s arbitrary interpretations of Revelation by Rev. Kim [an editorialist for the World Mission Cultural newspaper, Kyoung-Shin professor, and pastor at X Korean Presbyterian Church)
1. A correct understanding of Rv 12:1-6
(1) This is how Rv 12 begins: “Then a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth.” (Rv 12:1-2)
(2) The following explains the location and the main theme of Rv 12:1-6.
The focus of Rv 1-11 is on the sufferings that the churches of the world must experience, Rv 12-22 reflects on the causes and the consequences of their suffering.
Revelation 12 is the beginning of the second part of Revelation, which has the same theme as the first part. Part 2 simply gives a more detailed explanation of the main theme of part 1.
Revelation 12, just like Rv 13, 10, and 11, stops making constant references to plagues. Instead, it portrays the intense struggle between the church and Satan—between God’s kingdom and Satan’s forces. This struggle is the main point of Rv 12.
(3) Three conventional interpretations regarding the woman clothed with the sun and the male child to whom she gives birth
This woman could symbolize Mary, and her son could represent Jesus Christ. This would mean that Rv 12:1-6 is a historical account of Jesus’ birth. On the other hand, the woman could represent the Jewish people or Judaism and her son could represent Christian churches. Lastly, the woman could also represent Christian churches and her son could represent Christ or the churches that function like the body of Christ.
I would say that I lean more toward the third option because Rv 12:1-5 makes references to the nativity and the ascension of Christ. Revelation 12:7 explains further about the woman’s children, who are believers of Christ.
(4) Christian churches are symbolized by the woman clothed with the sun (v. 1). This description denotes the features and characteristics of Christian churches.
Christian churches are seemingly unsteady and fluctuate over time. The moon, however, symbolizes eternity, and the crown with the twelve stars indicates that churches are the chosen ones of God. Thus, the scripture shows that churches are sacred and worthwhile places.
(5) The woman is screaming in labor pains (v. 2).
The former Israelites had to experience labor pains long ago. In the same way, the new Israelites also have to undergo these pains. Longing for salvation from Christ, Christian churches are always striving to save people’s lives. In the midst of their efforts, they cannot avoid undergoing these pains.
(6) The woman fled into the wilderness (v. 6).
The fact that the woman flees into the wilderness shows that churches will be always under God’s care and protection. Historically, there have been several cases when churches had to take refuge. Churches, however, have achieved victory through the help of God and through perseverance against persecution.
According to verse 4, the dragon attempts to devour the male child as soon as he was born. This scene shows how aggressive the dragon has been toward Christian churches, but in spite of all his efforts, the dragon fails in the end. The reasons for his failure are three-fold: (1) The birth of the male child itself reveals the dragon’s failure. (2) Despite the dragon’s attempt to devour the child, the child was snatched up to God and his throne. Hence, the male child was safely protected from the dragon. (3) The fact that the dragon was unable to harm the woman also reveals his failure.
As stated above, Rv 12 shows that the churches of this world have continually fought against Satan, and that they will achieve victory with Christ in the end.
2. According to Manhee Lee, the male child symbolizes himself and the woman symbolizes a man named Mr. Yoo.
(1) Denying the conventional and orthodox interpretations, Manhee Lee simply says that he is the male child who will rule all nations.
The scripture says, “She [the woman] fled into the wilderness where a place had been prepared for her by God, so she could be taken care of for 1,260 days.” According to Mr. Lee, the woman appeared as Mr. Yoo, and Mr. Yoo went to the USA to study theology for three and a half years.
This is such an absurd interpretation! Even worse, believers in SCJ are vulnerable enough to accept this nonsense!
Below is an excerpt from Mr. Lee’s book, Complete Interpretations of Revelation, the Way, Shinchonji Press. [On its first page this book states, “This book is ‘the way’ to make known the new heaven and new earth, the holy city, New Jerusalem, the Lord Jesus, and the one whom he sent.” Didn’t Mr. Lee mean that the book of Revelation and his book simply exist to make him known?]
“Regarding the woman clothed with the sun, spiritually a woman symbolizes a pastor. The sun represents the truth. This is how the holy son, Jesus, was born: He was of the holy spirit that came to Mary (Lk 1:35). The scripture also says that the woman was clothed with the moon under her feet. Just as the moon reflects and emits light from the sun, the moon symbolizes evangelists who deliver the truth after receiving it from the woman clothed with the sun [the woman clothed with the sun is probably indicating Mr. Lee]. Since a crown of twelve stars was on her head, the twelve stars represent the leaders of the twelve tribes. In other words, the sun, moon, and stars play the similar roles as a father, mother, and sons. The sun, moon, and stars, therefore, are figurative language indicating a pastor, evangelists, and believers in a church (the Tabernacle Temple = Jerusalem).”
(2) Mr. Lee says that his teacher, Mr. Yoo was a betrayer and that Mr. Yoo represented the woman who gave birth to the male child.
Below is an excerpt (pg. 187) from one of Mr. Lee’s books, The Physical Fulfillment of Revelation, Shinchonji Press.
“Spiritually speaking, Jesus was born to John the Baptist (Mt 3:6). Jesus wanted to work with John the Baptist, but Jesus had to take a different direction because of John’s suspicion about him (Jn 3:30). Today’s Samson [Samson means small sun, and it is used as a spiritual name for Mr. Yoo. Mr. Lee and the members of SCJ refer to Mr. Yoo, who was the leader of the Tabernacle Temple, as “Samson.”] also gave birth to a male child, who later appeared as one of Mr. Yoo’s disciples and as the witness [Mr. Lee claims that he is the witness.] of Revelation. Despite the witness’ constant requests to stand firm together, Mr. Yoo refused and set out to the US to study theology for three and a half years. This will be pointed out again in relation to Rv 13 but when Mr. Yoo went to study theology (i.e. be taken care of), it not the work of God. In fact, Mr. Yoo was fed and nurtured by vultures. Put differently, Mr. Yoo received the mark of the beast on his forehead by acting this way.”
As clearly seen from this excerpt, Mr. Lee is denouncing his teacher, Mr. Yoo as a betrayer. No doubt, this harsh criticism and denunciation of Mr. Yoo are frequently found in all of Mr. Lee’s books. Mr. Lee’s Shinchonji church places its roots in the Tabernacle Temple. Mr. Lee thinks that he can be regarded as a leader or even as a divine being by renouncing and denigrating his teacher, Mr. Yoo. For this reason, it is not surprising that Mr. Lee insults Mr. Yoo, labeling him as a betrayer who received the mark of the beast.
(3) Despite Mr. Lee’s interpretations, the woman clothed with the sun did not betray; she is under God’s protection (Rv 6:13-17).
How can the woman be under God’s protection? Simply, the woman is not Mr. Yoo, as Mr. Lee claims, nor is the male child with the authority to rule all nations with an iron scepter Mr. Lee.
Mr. Lee was originally from Tae Sun Park’s organization. Later, he became a member of the Tabernacle Temple along with two men named Mr. Yoo. Much later, he lifted himself up as the leader of SCJ church. Can’t he say anything he wants? Claiming to be the male child with the authority of the iron scepter is not an original idea. Many cult leaders like Mr. Park, Mr. Moon (the leader of Moonies), Mr. Park, etc. have already used this scheme. The male child born of the woman is our savior and lord Jesus Christ.

2. SCJ’s refutation of Rev. Kim’s review
The following is SCJ’s rebuttal to Rev. Kim’s review
Counter-evidence against part 3 of Rev. Kim’s review of SCJ’s interpretations of Revelation
The sealed scroll (the revelation) awaits an appointed time (Hb 2:2-3), and no one in heaven, or on earth, or under the earth is able to read or look inside it (Rv 5:1-5). Is Rev. Kim preaching the book of Revelation according to what he saw and heard after receiving the command of Jesus? Or is he making Jesus a liar and the Bible a book of lies? Is Rev. Kim himself the Jesus who breaks the seven seals of the scroll and opens it? Is Rev. Kim the one who receives the revealed scroll and Jesus’ commands and who sees and hears all the chapters of Revelation? If Rev. Kim does not fall into any of the above categories, why is Rev. Kim judging SCJ Church of Jesus with the word of Revelation, which he does not even understand?
According to Rev. Kim’s claims regarding Rv 12:1-2, there are three conventional interpretations about the woman clothed with the sun and her son. Rev. Kim expressed his approval for the third option. The following are Rev. Kim’s three conventional ways of explaining Rv 12:1-2.
The woman is Mary, and the male child is Jesus.
The woman represents the Jewish people or Judaism, and the male child represents Christian churches.
The woman represents Christian churches, and the male child is Christ and the churches that act as the body of Christ.
According to Rev. Kim, Rv 12:1-5 explains the nativity and ascension of Christ, and the phrase “the rest of her children” (Rv 12:17) indicate believers.
There are many different types of commentaries on the book of Revelation expressing many different opinions, often quite different from Rev. Kim’s opinions. Doesn’t this mean that all of these different claims are arbitrary and full of wickedness? If all these other Revelation commentaries are full of wickedness, why did Rev. Kim neglect to mention and criticize them too?
Rev. Kim should repent and humble himself. It is only when he learns with a humble heart and is born again that he will obtain salvation.
The following are SCJ’s refutation of Rev. Kim’s review.
According to the first opinion, the woman is Mary and the male child is Jesus. The woman, her male child, and the dragon, however, are found in heaven, not in Bethlehem. Obviously the dragon was not in the manger in Bethlehem. If the woman is Mary, and the male child is Jesus, where is the male child born in Rv 12 now? Does it mean that Jesus will be born again to the woman and ascend again to heaven at the time of Revelation’s fulfillment? Mary has never been dressed with the sun, moon, and twelve stars. In addition, the group of the dragon with the seven heads and ten horns was not in the manger where Jesus was born. Wasn’t Jesus born in the manger at the time of the first coming?
Since the nativity of Christ was already fulfilled at the first coming, the first opinion—claiming that the woman clothed with the sun in Rv 12 is Mary and that her male child is Jesus—is no different from the theory of re-incarnation in Buddhism. The first opinion, therefore, the seed of weeds.
I would like to ask a question to those who agree with the first opinion. Have you seen the woman, male child, and the dragon in Rv 12? If not, how can you say that you can testify about the events of Rv 12 and how can you also persecute those who hold different views?
According to the second opinion, the woman represents the Jewish people or Judaism, and the male child represents Christian churches. How can a woman, presented in the singular, represent many Jewish people or the entire religion of Judaism? How can the male child, also presented in the singular, represent many churches?
According to the third opinion, the woman represents Christian churches, and her male child is Christ. Rev. Kim admits that he agrees with this opinion.
The woman in Rv 12 cannot be viewed as Christian churches. If the woman represents churches, how can churches fly to the wilderness with the help of the two wings of a great eagle? Furthermore, if the child is Christ, why would he not stay at the church to carry out the work of salvation? Why would he go up to heaven as soon as he is born?
Churches cannot be dressed with the sun, moon, and stars, nor can they have two wings of an eagle or hands and feet. Churches cannot leap, walk, nor fly.
The woman in Rv 12 is in heaven, which represents the tabernacle where the events of Revelation take place (Rv 13:6).
The sun, moon, and stars, which clothe the woman, represent Jacob’s family (Gn 37:9-11). The sun symbolized Jacob, the moon symbolized his wife, and the twelve stars symbolized Jacob’s twelve sons. Because Jacob’s name was changed to Israel after he overcame, the woman clothed with the sun in Rv 12 represents a pastor of Spiritual Israel. Revelation 12 describes how this woman flees into the wilderness to escape the dragon (serpent) just like John the Baptist did at the time of the first coming (Mt 3:1-4; Mt 11:7-14).
In addition, when Rev. Kim claimed that the male child born of the woman is Christ, he surely meant Jesus “Christ.” Is Rev. Kim, then, a proponent of Buddhist re-incarnation? Is he saying that Jesus will again be born of a woman? The birthplace for this child in Rv 12 is clearly heaven, not Bethlehem. Jesus was born in a manger in Bethlehem, but this male child is born in front of a dragon that has the seven heads and ten horns. Since there were no dragons with seven heads and ten horns in the manger where Jesus was born, it is clear that this male child is not born in a Bethlehem manger. Neither was Jesus’ mother Mary clothed in the sun, moon, and stars.
This male child is the one who overcomes Satan’s Nicolaitans (Rv 2). The one who overcomes in Rv 2 and 3 becomes the son of God (Rv 21:7). He is the one who receives the iron scepter from Jesus (Rv 2:26-27). The scripture prophesies that he will rule all nations with the iron scepter. This prophecy is fulfilled when the child overcomes the dragon in Rv 12. Revelation 2:26-27 states that Jesus will grant the one who overcomes the iron scepter. This makes it clear that the male child to whom Jesus gives the iron scepter cannot be Jesus himself. The scripture also says that the male child will be snatched up to the throne. The throne is referring to the throne that Jesus promised to give the one who overcomes (Rv 3)—the throne upon which God’s throne in the spiritual world descends (Rv 4). In other words, the male child is the one who overcomes, and he will sit with Jesus on Jesus’ throne to rule all nations (Rv 3:21). Where is Jesus’ throne situated? It is at the figurative Mt. Zion (Rv 14), the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (Rv 15). Because this is the testimony of the one who saw and heard all the events of Revelation and who received Jesus’ commands, you can rest assured that this testimony is true.
All believers who meditate on the Bible today must seek the male child in Rv 12. Receiving his testimony is the only way to receive salvation. Additionally, if those who have overcome the beast, his image, and the number of his name (Rv 12; Rv 13) are gathered in the tabernacle in Rv 15, everyone must find the tabernacle to receive, believe in, and then proclaim the truth. There should be no longer any false testimony just like that of Rev. Kim, who recklessly speaks without having seen and heard anything and without having received any commands from Jesus. The lies are nothing more than the seed of weeds. The devil is the one who sows the weeds, and those born from his weeds are his children (Mt 13). We must all receive the revelation of Jesus (i. e. Jesus’ revealed word) and be born again with God’s seed (Lk 8:11; Jn 3:3-6; 1 Pt 1:23).
No matter how much effort Rev. Kim puts into gathering information for his interpretation of Revelation, his words cannot be the truth. Because he has been persecuting SCJ, I would like to ask him a question as to why he is not obeying Jesus’ commandments? Both God and Jesus commanded us to love, forgive, and bless others (1 Jn 4:7-21; Mt 6:14-15; Mt 18:21-35). They even told us to love our enemies (Mt 5:44). Didn’t Jesus command us not to persecute, criticize, and judge others (Mt 5:10-12; Mt 7:1-5)? Why is Rev. Kim not obeying Jesus’ words? Disobedience to the Lord’s commandments is betrayal. Aren’t those who are disobeying Jesus’ commandments simply proving that they belong to Satan?
The three conventional views regarding Rv 12: The woman clothed with the sun symbolizes Mary, the Jewish people and Judaism, or Christian churches. The male child represents Jesus, Christian churches, or Christ. These testimonies are confusing and hollow. Aren’t these testimonies simply foolish, rash remarks?
Despite all kinds of persecution, SCJ is endeavoring to help people to understand the woman and the male child in Rv 12 through the revealed word. 

[Shinchonji-Lee Man Hee] The two kinds of promised seed and the harvest


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The two kinds of promised seed and the harvest
Main reference: Jer 31:27
Approximately 2,600 years ago, God came to Jeremiah and prophesied through him about sowing two kinds of seed in the houses of Israel and Judah (Jer 31:27). What do these two kinds of seed represent?
Roughly 600 later, God, who had prophesied through Jeremiah, came to Jesus and fulfilled his prophecy by sowing the good seed (Mt 13:24). This seed that God sowed through Jesus was the word of God (Lk 8:11). Meanwhile, the devil came to the Pharisees and through them he sowed the seed of the weeds (Mt 13:18-19; Mt 13:25). The seed of weeds were the words of the devil—his lies (Mt 13:38-39). These two seeds were sown in the house of Israel and the house of Judah, and this is how God’s prophecy concerning the two kinds of seeds in the book of Jeremiah was fulfilled. 
The two kinds of seeds—the word of God and the word of the devil—have been growing together until the time of harvest (Mt 13:30). Pastors are the ones who sow the seed and their congregation members receive it. Thus, the field represents the heart of a believer (1 Cor 3:9).
The elders, priests, and pastors who antagonized Jesus at the time of the first coming belonged to the devil (Mt 15; Jn 8:44), and the Bible (Rv 11:8) makes it clear that the situation is not much better at the time of the second coming. Believers today must, therefore, realize how vital it is to discern the time and to be affiliated with the right pastor. To follow the path of the Bible, all believers must be with the pastor promised in the Bible.
Jesus sowed the seed of the gospel of heaven and prophesied that the seed sown in Mt 13 would be reaped at the time of harvest. He also prophesied in Mt 24 that he would come with his angels to carry out that harvest. It has been about 2,000 years since Jesus prophesied about reaping of his fruit. We, too, have been eagerly waiting for 2,000 years for Jesus to come and harvest (Rv 14:14-20).
Today, the promised time of the harvest has already come. The Lord has already come like a thief with his angels (Mt 24:30-31, 43; 1 Thes 5:1-2). He has already begun harvesting the good grain from his field (i.e. the church where the seed was sown). The good grains that are harvested are brought into God’s kingdom (Rv 14:1-5). In contrast, the field, its pastors, and its congregation members are proving themselves to be weeds by failing to discern the time of harvest. Instead of being harvested they are choosing to remain in the field. As a consequence, they will all be thrown into the fiery lake of burning sulfur and consumed in its flames (Mt 13:30; Rv 14:17-20). The seed of God grows into sons of God, but the seed of the devil grows into sons of the devil. The sons of the devil will not be able to escape judgment (Mt 13:38-40). Therefore, in this time of harvest, all believers should examine themselves according to the Bible.

[Shinchonji-Lee Man Hee] The new work: A woman surrounding a man


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The new work: A woman surrounding a man
Main reference: Jer 31:22
When is the new work—a woman surrounding a man—accomplished? What are the consequences of the creation of this new work? 
God created a new work through Noah (Gn 8-9)—Adam’s ninth descendant—after judging Adam’s world that had become corrupt (Gn 7). Noah’s world, too, later sinned against God, and God chose Abraham to judge Noah’s world (Gn 11). God prophesied through Abraham—the tenth descendant of Noah—that Abraham’s descendants would be delivered after four generations of slavery under a gentile nation and that they would conquer the land of Canaan (Gn 15). This prophecy was indeed fulfilled through Moses (Ex 3; Ex 12).
After making and keeping all these promises, God prophesied about the new work through Jeremiah (Jer 31:22). This new work is not the same work that God carried out with the Physical Israelites from the time of Adam until the time of Jesus’ first coming.
The Physical Israelites failed to keep their covenant with God in each and every generation. As a result of their unfaithfulness, God brought Physical Israel to an end and created Spiritual Israel in its place (Jer 31:31-32; Lk 16:16; Jn 1:11-13). The “woman surrounding a man” refers to Mary embracing her son Jesus (Mt 1:21-23). Jesus was God’s son born of the seed of God’s holy spirit, not of physical seed (Lk 1:26-35). This is what made the creation of Spiritual Israel possible. Only those born again of the water (the seed of the word) and the holy spirit (Jn 3:5-7) were able to become God’s chosen people in the nation of Spiritual Israel. This was the secret of the kingdom of heaven in Mt 13. God gave Jesus the spiritual seed, which symbolizes the word of God. Only those who received this seed from Jesus became God’s sons (Mt 13:37-38), the Spiritual Israelites. The fruit that grows from this seed will be harvested from the field where the seed was sown (Mt 13:30; Rv 14:14-16). God’s spiritual twelve tribes (Rv 7; Rv 14) will be created through these fruit that are harvested at the time of Revelation’s fulfillment.
God’s prophecies in Jer 31 were fulfilled when Spiritual Israel was created through Jesus. The seed that the Spiritual Israelites received has been growing, and the fruit it produces are harvested to create New Spiritual Israel at the time of the second coming. Thus, the prophecies that God made through Jeremiah—the new work (Jer 31:22), sowing the two kinds of seeds (Jer 31:27), and the new covenant (Jer 31:31)—will be completely fulfilled at the time of Revelation’s fulfillment.
We in Shinchonji have been testifying about the revealed word from God and the physical fulfillment of the New Testament, which we have witnessed with our eyes and ears (Rv 1:2; Rv 22:16). To all who eagerly await the fulfillment of the New Testament! We sincerely pray that you will confirm‍ and believe in what we are testifying and that, in doing so, you will obtain salvation.

2012년 11월 19일 월요일

[Shinchonji-LeeManHee] The Battle of Armageddon in Revelation





The correct understanding of the Bible and of Shinchonji
– The New Heaven and New Earth

This site and all of its content has been written according to the Bible. Our purpose is to instruct all Christians in a deeper knowledge of God’s word and to lead them to a deeper faith.

The Battle of Armageddon in Revelation
Main references: Rv 16:13-16; Rv 13:10; Rv 8; Rv 9; Rv 17; Rv 18; Rv 19 
Where is Armageddon? What kind of battle is the battle in Rv 16:13-16? Who fights against whom? Why must this battle be fought? (Lam 1:21-22; Rv 6; Rv 18) 
Armageddon is a flattened hilltop in northern Israel. As the site of many ancient battles, Armageddon is used figuratively in Rv 16:13-16 to represent a spiritual battleground. The war in Rv 16 is a spiritual war fought, not with physical weapons, but with words. This is a war between the spirits and flesh that belong to the devil and the spirits and flesh that belong to God. This is also God’s way of carrying out the work of judgment. The first battle of this war takes place between God’s chosen people at the tabernacle of heaven (the betrayers in Rv 13) and the group of the dragon—the beast who invades the tabernacle of heaven. The second battle is carried out to judge the chosen people (the betrayers) and the beast (the destroyers). Afterwards, the pastors of Babylon are gathered to fight against those who overcame them in Rv 12. The place these gentile pastors are gathered to fight against God’s overcomers is figuratively called the battlefield of Armageddon. 
The angels who appear in Rv 15 carry out the work of judgment in Rv 16. The angels use those who were victorious over the beast, his image, and the number of his name as vessels or instruments. God’s wrath is poured into these vessels and then out onto people in Rv 16 as judgment. The words of the Old and New Testaments come from the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (Rv 15)—the place from which these judging angels come. This temple is made up of the spirits and flesh that belong to God. The work of judgment also comes from this temple. The group of the dragon (i.e. the beast) is judged according to what it has done in Rv 8, 9, and Rv 13. Fulfilling the request of the martyrs in Rv 6, God repays the destroyers double for what they have done. This is how God’s rage and judgment, which have been held back for the past 6,000 years, are finally released.
To all who claim to believe in God, do you truly know God? Do you truly understand the situation God has been in until today? Have you ever been betrayed? Have you ever lost something as incredibly precious as God has? Have you ever been patient for such a long time? If you truly believe in God, you will understand that now is the time to receive his revealed word (Mt 11:27; Jn 17:3; Rv 10).
The great river, Euphrates—the dwelling place for the group of the dragon (Rv 9:14), is dried up because of God’s judgment. The kings who were held captive by the beast are finally able to escape the group of the dragon along this dried river bed. Upon seeing these kings depart, evil spirits like frogs emerge from the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophets. They go out to the kings of the whole world (i.e. the pastors who belong to the beast) and gather them for the battle on the great day of God (Rv 16:12-16). At this time of war, the seventh bowl is poured into the air (to the press), and the events of Revelation are made known to the multitudes who sleep in the dust (Dn 12:2). Babylon is destroyed when its deeds and true identity are revealed.
Since the one who carried out this work of judgment is testifying about this, this testimony is true. Let us reach salvation by believing in this testimony! Jesus atoned for our sins through his blood (Rv 1:5-6) and judged the group of the dragon as stated above. He is indeed delivering people out of the kingdom of demons today. Come and see! Put salve on your eyes (Rv 3:18) and verify if this testimony is true. You will find that it is absolutely true. 

[Shinchonji-LeeManHee] This present life and the afterlife


The correct understanding of the Bible and of Shinchonji
– The New Heaven and New Earth

This site and all of its content has been written according to the Bible. Our purpose is to instruct all Christians in a deeper knowledge of God’s word and to lead them to a deeper faith.

This present life and the afterlife
Our present life is the physical life we are living here on Earth, and the afterlife refers to people’s spiritual lives in the spiritual world after they die. At the time of Revelation’s fulfillment, however, the spiritual world descends upon and unites with the physical world (Rv 21).
When people die they go to the spiritual world. The spiritual world, however, is divided into two parts: heaven and hell. Heaven is the the world of God, the source of all creation (Ez 1, 10; Rv 4). Hell is the world of the spirits who sinned against God (Is 14:12-15; Ez 28; 2 Pt 2:4). 
Although the spirits of people who have died leave their physical bodies, these spirits are not immediately judged and forced to enter either heaven or hell. The spirits of people who have died simply await their final judgment in a place that is neither heaven nor hell; they wait in spiritual prison—the place mentioned in 1 Pt 3:19-20. Those who are physically alive, on the other hand, are judged when their generation, the generation of Spiritual Israel, comes to an end. This judgment is handed down by the true pastor of the generation of New Spiritual Israel because he has united with the spirit of God (Jn 5:22-30; Rv 2:26-27). Those who have physically died are finally judged 1,000 years after this new generation begins (Rv 20).
Every living person (i.e. flesh) has his or her own spirit. In the time of the end, the spirits of people who died and went to heaven will choose and unite with the spirits of people living on Earth; heaven (spirits) unites with the earth (flesh). This is a spiritual marriage (1 Thes 4:13-17; 1 Cor 15:35-54; Rv 20:4-6). In a spiritual marriage, evil spirits choose evil people and holy spirits choose holy people. Each flesh becomes a permanent home for a spirit (1 Cor 3:9; Rv 18, 19).    
After dying, physically dead people do not realize or feel that they are dead. People who are physically dead cannot communicate with people who are still physically alive, nor can dead people sense anything. When a spirit emerges from a physically dead body, it has has the same appearance as the body from which it came. The world even looks the same to the eyes of the dead person’s spirit. The spirit is able to feel and think the way he or she used to feel while physically alive. This is similar to the way people feel when they are dreaming. Sometimes people see themselves walking or flying around in their dreams. Even if people die in their dreams, they can still see things that are alive moving about in their dreams. This is what the spirit of a dead body is like. Most people who are still physically alive have not experienced death, and so they do not know much about the appearance of their own spirits. Intriguingly, however, if a spirit that leaves its living body returns to the body before the body dies, the spirit can still live within that body. Thus, anyone who has one of these out-of-body experiences knows the appearance of his or her own spirit.
Without regard to their former positions or authority, the spirits of people who have lost their physical bodies will be judged by the holy spirit before the throne of God when the period of the millennium is completed (Rv 20:12). The spirits will be judged according to what they did while they were alive, just as recorded in the Bible. Those with righteous acts will be guided to the paradise of heaven. Those with sin will be thrown into the fiery lake of burning sulfur where they will suffer eternal punishment (Rv 20:4-6; Rv 22:1-5).
Because sins committed mindlessly can usher in eternal suffering, we must live our lives of faith with careful consideration. If we are to enter into the presence of the holy God and live with him in heaven, we must have good and noble hearts filled with the kind of faith that leads to acts of righteousness. Only in doing so can we attain salvation on that day.   
Those who curse SCJ and our revealed word of truth by calling us heretics are themselves sinners who spread heretical lies. SCJ is God’s kingdom, and the congregation members of SCJ are God’s priests and the people of heaven (Rv 7; Rv 14). Those who understand our testimony understand and believe in the promises of the New Testament. Without receiving the revelation of Jesus Christ (Rv 1:1-3), it is impossible to know God, Jesus, the Counselor, heaven, God’s kingdom, or God’s priests.