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  • The Golden Hour of Salvation

    The Golden Hour of Salvation

    The definition of “golden hour” is the first hour after the occurrence of a traumatic injury, considered the most critical for successful emergency treatment. Since the golden hour is the most critical moment in the treatment, if we lose this moment, we can lose a life.

    Spiritually, it is the same. There is a golden hour for the salvation and if we lost the time, we can lose our salvation. In the parable of the ten virgins, the golden hour is the time period between the opening and the closing of the city door. They must enter the city before the door closes.

    2000 years Jesus taught the importance of the golden hour through the prophecy of the fall of Jerusalem. He prophesied about the fall of Jerusalem and taught his people that they must be warned and escape the coming disasters.

    Luke 21:20 “When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. 22 For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written. 23 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

    The Wise and Foolish VirginsWilliam Blake, 1826Matthew 25:1-6

    As he taught through this prophecy, actually Jerusalem was surrounded by the Roman army about 40 years later. The Jews were rebellious and the emperors of Rome tried many times to put an end to their disobedience by destroying the city.

    Nero sent his General Vespasian to conquer the Jerusalem and the Roman army surrounded the city of Jerusalem in 68 AD. Jesus told them that they should get out of the city to save themselves. Just as Jesus said the golden hour came for them to get out of the city.

    Miraculously, there were a brief span of time during the political upheaval after the death of Nero when the Jews could get out of the city. Vespasian withdrew the army during the time of turmoil and went back to Rome. The siege was broken and the Jews were given a golden hour to escape the imminent death.

    Those who listened to the teaching of Jesus fled to another city and could save themselves. However, those who did not listen stayed in Jerusalem. When Titus, the son of Vespasian, surrounded the city again in 70 AD about two years later, the golden hour for the salvation was over.

    The city was under the siege for about six months and finally it was captured by the Roman army. They devastated the city and killed about 1.1 million Jews. And about 100,000 Jews were enslaved and they were sent away throughout the world. That was the fall of Jerusalem. Even though God gave them two years of the golden hour so that they could save themselves. When they lost the time, however, they were all destroyed.

    Then what is the lesson this history gives us. In the parable of the ten virgins, those who prepared the lamp with the oil could enter the wedding banquet, which means they could receive salvation. But the five foolish virgins did not prepare the oil and left behind when the door was shut. And they lost their chance of salvation.

    God gave us this precious time of “golden hour” so that we can prepare our lamp and oil. We must be ready for the Christ’s coming and must enter the wedding banquet as chosen people of God.

  • The Gate of Heaven

    The Gate of Heaven

    What is the most important precondition to enter heaven? It is to fine the right gate to enter heaven. Then according to the bible what is the gate to heaven we should enter for the salvation?

    John 10:7 Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. 9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

    Jesus says that He is the gate to heaven and salvation. Whoever enters through Jesus can be saved because he is the only gate to enter heaven. Then how can we enter the heaven through Jesus? Jesus teaches how to enter the gate, that is, Jesus himself to go to heaven.

    John 6:54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.

    Jesus teaches that we can enter into the gate, Jesus, when we eat his flesh and drink his blood. By eating his flesh and blood, we can remain in him, which means we can enter the gate to remain in him. The Passover is the ceremony through which we can eat Jesus’ flesh and blood. Therefore, we can say that we can enter the gate of salvation through the Passover. That is why Jesus says whoever keeps the Passover can receive eternal life and salvation.

    Devil knows that Jesus is the gate and the way for us to enter the gate is to keep the Passover. (Matthew 23:13) If they do not know what the gate is, how it would be possible for them to close the gate!! The Devil knows that the Passover is the way to enter the gate, that is, Jesus. For this reason, Devil locked the gate of salvation by abolishing the Passover in 325AD in the council of Nicaea. The abolishment of the Passover was the very first thing the Devil did to block the gate to heaven.

    Then how can the gate be open again? It is only possible when Jesus comes for the second time to this earth. Since Jesus is the gate, he must come to this earth again as gate so that we can enter the heaven. Christ Ahnsahnghong, who brought the Passover back to us, is the Second Coming Christ and only through him we can enter the gate of heaven. He restored the Passover new covenant so that we can enter the gate to go to heaven.

    Today there are many who do not know the true gate to heaven. Before the gate closes, we must make effort to enter the gate and lead others to the true gate of salvation. We should witness to Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother who came as the gate to heaven. Also we must preach the Passover, the only way for us to enter the gate. When the time comes God closes the gate, those who get left out of the gate will never be able to have another chance to enter the gate. We should try as hard as we can to enter the gate while the gate is still open by the grace of God. (Genesis 7:16, Matthew 25:10)

  • God’s Children and the Passover


    The core teaching of God in the bible is the new covenant Passover. God teaches that we can be the people of God through the Passover new covenant and we can inherit the kingdom of heaven.

    Jeremiah 31:31 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah……33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

    By keeping the new covenant, we can be the people of God and go back to heaven our spiritual home. Moreover, Apostle Paul teaches that we can be the children of God through the Passover. In the Book of the Second Corinthians, he quotes from the verse above from Jeremiah and reveals that we can be the children of God through the new covenant.

    2 Corinthians 6:16 For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”

    Right after quoting from the Book of Jeremiah, he continues to explain the meaning of the verse by saying that those who became the people of God through the new covenant are considered as the children by God.

    17 Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” 18 And, “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

    We who kept the new covenant Passover can be the children of God. Even though once we did not have anything with God. We were considered as aliens and strangers toward God. Through the new covenant, however, we can be regarded as the people, and ultimately the children, of God. Then how can we be the children of God through the Passover, the new covenant.

    The Passover is the ceremony through which we can participate in the flesh and blood of God by the promise of God. Since we can receive the flesh and blood of God, God becomes our Father and Mother, and we can become the children of God who has the same flesh and blood as God.

    I give thanks and honor to Father and Mother for allowing us sinners to be the children of God through the new covenant Passover.

  • Mile Posts to Heaven

    Mile Posts to Heaven

    Do you know where you are heading to?

    To find a right way to a direction, we often consult to the mile posts. When we follow the right mile posts, we can get to the place we started our journey for. It is the same with the way to heaven. How can we find the way to heaven? To get to heaven we have to consult to the spiritual mile posts?

    To lead us to heaven, God set up many mile posts throughout the bible. When we follow the mile posts in the bible, we can find the way to heaven. Today, there are many churches around the world with many different names. Then what is the true church that God established to lead us to heaven.

    To give us the right direction God gave us many mile posts in the bible. Let us find several of the mile post so that we may know what is the true church that we should go.

    First, the true church must have the feast of God, the Passover since Christ Jesus and his disciples including the members of the early churches kept it. (Matthew 26:26, Luke 22:19, 1 Corinthians 5:7)

    Second, the true churches kept the Sabbath Day, not the Sunday worship. (Luke 4:16, Acts 17:1)

    Third, the true churches had the veil regulations. (1 Corinthians 11:1~16)

    Fourth, the true churches had the truth of God the Mother. (Galatians 4:26, Genesis 1:26)

    Fifth, the true churches were called Zion, the city of God’s festivals. (Isaiah 33:20, Hebrews 12:22)

    Sixth, the Second Coming Christ would come with a new name, not with the name Jesus. (Revelation 2:17, 3:12)

    These are some of the mile post that we can find to lead us to heaven. There are many more in the bible, but these would be enough to lead us to the true church, World Mission Society Church of God, which Christ Ahnsahnghong, the Second Coming Christ, established for our salvation. All the mile posts in the bible point to the Church of God or Zion as the true church that we should go to go to heaven.

  • Spiritual Martyrdom

    Spiritual Martyrdom

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    2000 years ago, the saints of the early church had to suffer death because of their religious faith. Instead of surrendering to the world and following the traditions of the world, they received martyrdom and kept their faith to the end. Just as Paul said, they considered their life worth nothing in keeping their faith.

    Today, nobody forces us to sacrifice our life for keeping the faith. Then is it easy to keep the faith and receive salvation? It is not so. There are so many things that lead us astray and make us fall away from the faith. For this reason, Father and Mother teaches us that we must become spiritual martyrs. Then what is the spiritual martyrdom?

    When we keep ourselves away from the worldly things, we are doing the spiritual martyrdom. Especially, we can find many things that lead us away from God: such things that entice us away from God as games, movies, dramas, immoral things. We are exposed to these things every moment of our life. When fall into the habit of doing these things, spiritually it is like we come into terms with the world by following the worldly customs.

    When we say no to these practices, spiritually we are sacrificing ourselves to keep the faith. In other words, we become the spiritual martyrs. Father and Mother want us to overcome the worldly things that corrupt our mind and soul. We should all become spiritual martyrs and stand firm in the faith to the end.

  • The Purpose of the Prophecies of the Bible

    The Purpose of the Prophecies of the Bible

    There are many prophecies in the bible. Then why did God record many prophecies in the bible? What is the purpose of the prophecies of the bible? 2000 years ago, Jesus came to fulfill all the prophecies of the Old Testament. And he gave many prophecies concerning his second coming and the end of the age. Matthew 24 records the prophecies of the end time that Jesus gave 2000 years ago. Also he prophesied about his dying on the cross in advance.

    Matthew 16:21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

    In this teaching, he prophesied what would happen to him later such his dying on the cross and his resurrection in three days. And the prophecies got fulfilled as he foretold in advance. And also he taught the reason why he gave the prophecies.

    John 14:29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe.

    He teaches that he gave the prophecies in advance so that we might believe. In other words, he gave the prophecies so that we can have faith in him and the words of God in the bible.

    If we look at the bible, we can see many prophecies such as the prophecies of kingdoms which was to come in the Book of Daniel, and the prophecies about the appearance of the Devil in the last days. And God fulfilled all the prophecies without missing anything.

    Then what is the reason? It is because he wanted to give us firm faith in him and the prophecies of the bible. Just as the prophecies got fulfilled without any fail up until now, the rest of the prophecies which have been left unfulfilled will come true at God’s appointed time. And we have to believe that the remaining prophecies will be fulfilled too.

    We should listen to the earnest voice of God and have faith in them that they will come true according to the prophecies of the bible. And we have to obey the words of God which God gave us for our salvation.

  • The Christ’s Second Coming and Salvation

    The Christ’s Second Coming and Salvation


    The bible testifies that the Christ would come again for our salvation. The first coming Christ came and he sacrificed himself on the cross by taking up our sins. The bible, however, says that he comes for the second time, not for the sins but for our salvation.

    Hebrews 9:27 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

    Just as John the Baptist said Jesus came and took up our sins so that we can receive the forgiveness of sins. Paul says that Christ would come for the second time to bring salvation. This means God’s plan of salvation cannot be made complete without Christ’s coming for the second time. He must come again and he must bring salvation to the people when he comes second time in the last day.

    Then when he comes, in what way would he bring salvation? In the Book of Isaiah, the bible teaches us about the salvation Christ brings in the last days.

    Isaiah 25:6 On this mountain the LORD Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine—the best of meats and the finest of wines. 7 On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; 8 he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. The LORD has spoken. 9 In that day they will say, “Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”

    Prophet Isaiah also prophesies about the salvation in the last days. In this prophecy, God destroys the power of death forever, which means he brings eternal life, the salvation God promised to the mortal man. Then how does he brings the salvation? The bible says that God destroys the power of death through the aged wine.

    The feast that would be held in the mountain of God, Zion, is the festival of God. Then what is the festival of God that has the power of destroying the death and bringing eternal life? It is the Passover. The Passover is the only festival of God kept with wine. But then why is it called “aged wine” instead of just wine.

    This signifies that the Passover which is going to be held in the last days. If we look at the history of the Passover. Jesus and his disciples kept the Passover as the last supper just before his death. And Jesus disciples also continued to keep the Passover to commemorate Jesus’ death for our sins.

    1 Corinthians 11:23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

    Then why are there no church today which keeps the Passover? It is because it was abolished by the work of Satan. In 325 AD in the council of Nicaea, they abolished the Passover with the authority of Emperor Constantine. Since then nobody kept the Passover until 1948 when the Second Coming Christ Ahnsahnghong came to restore the Passover. For about 1600 years, the wine of the Passover was kept hidden from the knowledge of human being.

    Therefore, the bible testifies the wine of the Passover in the last days as “aged wine”, which truly makes sense since it has been kept hidden for 1600 years. To fulfill the prophecies of the bible the Second Coming Christ came for our salvation and restored the Passover, the truth of life hidden for a long time. We should keep the Passover and preach the Passover of the new covenant to the whole world so that all people may know the salvation that the Second Coming Christ has brought to us according to the prophecies of the bible.

  • The Parable of the Fig Tree and Christ Ahnsahnghong

    The Parable of the Fig Tree and Christ Ahnsahnghong

    Through the parable of the fig tree, God teaches us about the time when he comes for the second time. When the fig tree gives out the new twigs and leaves, he said that he would come. What is the fig tree? If the fig tree means the actual tree that we can find around us, it revives again every year. Therefore, if he comes according to the fig tree, he must appear not just a second time. Since it has passed about 2000 years since the Christ’s first coming, he must have appeared 2000 times. But the bible prophesies only his second coming and no more than that.

    Therefore, just like other stories in the bible, this lesson of the fig tree is also parabolical. And we have to know the figurative meaning of the lesson. What is the fig tree? When would it bloom again? When we get the answers for these questions, we can truly understand the meaning of the parable of the fig tree. This parable has a very important message of God. And we should know the lesson of the fig tree.

    Matthew 24:32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it (or he) is near, right at the door.

    Let us learn this lesson of the fig tree which Christ gave to teach us the time frame of his coming for the second time.

  • Opportunity Lost and Gained

    Opportunity Lost and Gained

    When the situation is right for you to do something you’re interested in doing, you have the opportunity to do it. The word comes from the Latin phrase, ob portum veniens “coming toward a port” which refers to a favorable wind blowing ships into the harbor. Think of an opportunity as something a good wind blew your way. From Vocabulary.com

    Opportunity means the most favorable time or moment to do something. To emphasize the importance of “opportunity”, people in Korea say that opportunity comes three times in one’s life. How important the opportunity would be! How sad and terrible it would be if we lose the precious opportunity which comes only three times in one’s life time! Therefore, we have to seize the opportunity when it is available.

    Spiritually, it is the same. God grants each person an opportunity to receive salvation. Those who seize the precious opportunity will receive great reward in the Kingdom of Heaven; those who lose the opportunity will receive great punishment in Hell. Therefore, we have to cherish the opportunity granted by God and seize it when it is available.

    The bible teaches us about the importance of seizing the opportunity. Esau was born to receive the blessings of God as the firstborn of Isaac, but he despised the birthright and sold it to his brother Jacob. And later he begged blessing with tears but could not receive any because he lost his opportunity.

    Hebrews 12:16 See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. 17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears, he could not change what he had done.

    God has been working for 6000 years for our salvation. And he gave the mankind opportunities for three times to give them salvation as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Now is the precious opportunity for us to receive great blessings from God. If we lose this opportunity, we will not have another one. We should seize this opportunity given by God by receiving Father Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother.

  • The One Who Obeys God

    When we look at the politicians, their policies and thoughts change all the time. In part, it is caused by the changes in environment. Since our environment changes all the time, our thought and plans change too. Today’s environment is different from the yesterday’s and tomorrow’s.

    The environment for our faith is the same. Our faith of today is different from that of a year ago due to the changes in the environment. Even though we might think we are keeping the faith just like ten years ago, we might be drifting away from God by the tide of the world. That is why we have to examine our faith always by studying and obeying the words of God.

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