Hosea 6:3 Let us acknowledge the Lord, let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that waters the earth.
Hosea says that we must have the knowledge of God and we must make every effort to have knowledge of God. When we know the time of God’s coming or his appearance, we can meet him and receive blessings from him, even the eternal life. Luckily, God comes at his appointed time just as the rise of the sun, or the coming of the spring and winter rain which comes at its appointed time. The bible teaches God is coming at his appointed time. Jesus’ coming was also a part of God’s appointed time, which was done according to the plan of God.
Therefore, we must have knowledge of God’s appointed time so that we can meet God and receive salvation. Then what are God’s appointed time? God gave his appointed times according to days and seasons. Let us see when God’s appointed times are and have knowledge of God.
First, there is a weekly appointed time of God we must keep every week, which is called Sabbath.
Leviticus 23:1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed festivals, the appointed festivals of the Lord, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies. “‘There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord.
The appointed day of Sabbath is Saturday, not Sunday according to the present calendar. This is the day God gave us so that we can be blessed by God.
Exodus 31:12 Then the Lord said to Moses, 13 “Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy.
Through the Sabbath, we can have knowledge on God and be made holy by receiving blessings from God. Without keeping the Sabbath, we cannot have knowledge of God or receive blessings from God. And also there are seven annual festivals of God grouped into 3 times, which are called seven feasts of three times.
Leviticus 23:4 “‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times: 5 The Lord’s Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. 6 On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord’s Festival of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. 7 On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. 8 For seven days present a food offering to the Lord. And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.’”
The very first annual festival of God is the Passover; with the Passover the yearly festivals of God begins, which includes the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Firstfruits or the Day of Resurrection, the Feast of Weeks or the Day of Pentecost, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and finally the last festival of God the Feast of Tabernacles through which the yearly festivals of God end.
Did you know that there is a festival of God kept by blowing the trumpets? Do you then that we must also keep this festival according to the new covenant?
God gave us all these festivals through the Law of Moses and made complete through the Law of Christ. Even though we don’t have to keep these festivals by the sacrifice of animals according to the old covenant, but still we must keep these festivals according to the regulations of the new covenant which was established by the sacrifice of Father and Mother.
By keeping the festivals of God we can receive the blessings of God promised through those festivals. Even though once the festivals of God was abolished by the work of devil during the dark age, and Satan changed all the festivals of God to the manmade festivals such as Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Thanksgiving, etc… But according to the prophecies of the bible it was restored by the second coming Christ Ahnsahnghong. Through the grace of God Elohim, Our Father Ahnsahnghong and Our Mother New Jerusalem, the appointed times of God are allowed again to God’s people so that they can meet God and receive abundant blessings from God. Let us keep the festival of God at its appointed time at God’s appointed place Zion.
Isaiah 33:20 Look on Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken. 21 There the Lord will be our Mighty One. It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars will ride them, no mighty ship will sail them. 22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; it is he who will save us.
Let us give praise to God Ahnsahnghong for restoring us the festivals of God and keeps the festivals of God with thankful mind!!
Everything done on this earth is done according to the time pertaining to a certain activity. About this the bible says:
Ecclesiastes 3:1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,…
Every activity has its time to be done. It is spiritaully the same because God’s work for our salvation is done also according to the plan of God with specific time and a specific activity done at the time. God is taking care of everything in the whole universe, but still he spare his precious time and effort for the people who live in this earth which is considered as only dust on a scale or a drop of water in a bucket. This human society is small and can be deemed as nothing compared to the whole universe. But God considers this place as something important and he laid out a plan for the creation and end of this earth. Then why? It is because he wants everyone on this earth to have knowledge of God and receive salvation from him. But because of the lack of knowledge people fall away from God and cannot receive salvation.
Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.
Therefore, as people of God we must have the knowledge of God and also knowledge about his laws and regulation. Then why did God give his laws and regulations?
Ezekiel 20:11 I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, for the man who obeys them will live by them.
God gave us his laws and regulations so that we may have the knowledge of salvation. Without having the knowledge we cannot know God, nor can we receive the salvation from God. Today, out of ignorance many Christians say that we are to receive salvation no through the laws, but through faith. It is partly true. But in the first place, how can we have faith in God? Can anyone have faith on something he does not know? Think about aliens coming from a distant galaxy or planet. Many people might believe that there is “something out there.” But it does not mean he firmly believe about what he thinks or simply it does not mean he has faith in it. He does not deny the existence of aliens, but neither does he make any definite argument about the existence.
Today, people’s faith in God is the same. They do not deny the existence of God, nor are they sure of his existence. It means he does not have true faith in God. Why is it so? It is because people do not have knoweldge about God. When you know the capital city of France is Paris, you can firmly say that with faith. But what about a country of whose capital you do not have any knowledge? Say, Nepal. You definitely know there is a capital of the country, but still you cannot tell the city. People believe that there is God, but when they were asked about who God is, they cannot answer and say, “Just believe that there is God and Jesus is the Savior.” It is almost like saying, “We don’t have any proof, but just believe that there is aliens.” Who will trust what they say? I don’t think in this case even those who say that might not believe what they are saying.
Therefore, we must have knowledge of God first and then we can have faith in God. Then what is the knowledge we should have about God? His laws and regulations because these are given to us to teach us God and his salvation. And the bible teaches we can meet God and receive salvation from him through the feasts of God, one of the most important regulations of God. To meet a movie star, you must be aware of his schedule and find out the time he opens his time for his fan through various events such as signature event. It is the same with God. God prepared appointed times for his people so that they can meet God and receive blessings from him.
Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and the its leaves come out, you know that the summer is near. When is the harvest time of God when he gather together all the good crops? We must learn this lesson from the fig tree.
Isaiah 55:6 Seek the Lord whil he may be found; call on him while he is near.
There is time when God opens his schedule and give attention to the people on this earth so that he may grant what they are asking. I might sound strange, but it is true. You can pray to God anytime you want and that is true. But there is certain appointed times God allowed completely for his people and these times can be called the time of God’s favor. Through these appointed times he show his mercy and compassion. These are the most precious times of God and his people. Therefore, we must know these times dedicated completely for God’s people.
Jeremiah 8:7 Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration. But my people do not know the requirement of the Lord.
Alas!! Even the senseless animals know the times of the season and live according to the times. But God’s people do not know the appointed times of God and does not do what is required at those times. If they know the requirements of God and follow them, they would receive blessings; but they do not know. God is giving lamentation about his people’s ignorance about God. 2000 years ago God came down to this earth in the name of Jesus, but people rejected him out of ignorance. Jesus wept for their ignorance and coming destruction caused by their lack of knowledge on God.
Luke 19:41 41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it 42 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. 43 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. 44 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.”
Jesus was their long waited Savior who could give them salvation. But they rejected him and the salvation coming from him. It was because they were senseless like animals and they did not have any knowledge of God. Animals could be considered more sensible compared to them because at least they know the seasons and appointed times. It is the same now. According to the prophecies of the bible, at God’s appointed time Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother Jerusalem came down to this earth to give us salvation. We should have knowledge on the Spirit and the Bride to have true faith in them. Now stop saying to just believe in God; now rather know the reason why we should believe in God and who are the Savior in our time. Foolishly we might not recognize the time of God’s coming and lose the chance of salvation.
At the age of 60, I am sent to come backTell him I am still young and I cannot come. At the age of 70, I am sent to come back,Tell him I still have many things to do and I cannot come.At the age of 80 I am sent to come backTell him I am still durable and I cannot come. At the age of 90 I am sent to come backTell him I will come when I am ready and don’t urge me to do so. At the age of 100 I am sent to come back,Tell him I will come when the time and day is favorable.
At the age of 80, I am sent to come back,Tell him that I am upset and I cannot come.
At the age of 90, I am sent to come back,Tell him why I am sent again and I will come when I am ready. At the age of 100, I am sent to come back,Tell him I am looking for a day to go to paradise. At the age of 150, I am sent to come back,Tell him I am already in paradise.
This is the lyric of one famous K-Pop. In this song, she keep saying to the messenger sent by God to bring her soul back to heaven to tell God that she is not ready yet and at the end she refuse to come to God, but wants to live forever comforting herself that this world is paradise. There is a Korean say given to teach us the importance of life: A living dog is better than a dead prime minister. Life is so precious to us. That is why in this song even though her life on this earth is not favorable with many difficulties and hardships, but she comforts herself saying I am already in paradise. Isn’t living better than death even though it is full of sorrow and tears? This song is the wish everybody has on this earth and nobody wants to die since they think death is the end and there is nothing after. But the bible teaches differently.
Ecclesiastes 12:7 And the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Even though our body (dust) which was taken out of the dust of ground goes back to the dust of the ground, but the bible says our spirit still exists and goes back to God who is in heaven. I means when we leave the physical body behind on this earth, we will go back to eternal heaven where our Creator is. That is why King Solomon says that we must remember the spiritual world we will go back.
Ecclesiastes 12:5 Then man goes to his eternal home and mourners go about the streets. Remember him–before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken.
Before we die, we must remember God and Heaven, and we must prepare to enter the spiritual home which is eternal and everybody lives forever. Then how can we prepare to go back to heaven? Solomon continues to say, “Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.” God gave us his commandments to lead us back to the eternal home. To go back to the place, we must remember where we came from and how we can go back there again. All the story is recorded in the bible to let us know our origin and the meaning of our life on this earth and the spiritual world we will face after our life.
Hebrews 11:15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country–a heavenly one.
Only those who remember the place they came from and make efforts to get there will have chance to go back to our spiritual home. It is the home of our soul that we must go back after we take off our physical body. Let us remember our origin and make effort to find the way back home. And let us eagerly wait for the day when we will go back to the place where there is no pain, sorrow, tears, and nor is there death anymore. When we realize our true home, then we will scorn this miserable life on this earth and eagerly start our journey to the spiritual home. Then we will be able to say boldly like Paul.
Philippians 1:23 I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.
He eagerly wanted to put aside this earthly tent of body to receive the eternal body in heaven. We will also go back to that eternal world. God teaches us to remember the spiritual home and follow his commands to get there. To teach us the way to the kingdom of heaven, the second coming Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother, our spiritual Father and Mother came down to this earth. If we had known the way back, they would not have come. But since we don’t know and sing along “Tell him I will not come,” out of ignorance, God came down to us and teaches us that there is far better world waiting for us and tell us to go there together. We should look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. (2Pe 3:12)
God said that he would make a new covenant in the book of Jeremiah 31 and Jesus came down to this earth and established the new covenant through the Passover. Then why did God decide to give another covenant over the old covenant. About the reason Paul explains like this:
Hebrews 8:7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.
Paul says that the reason God made another covenant or the new covenant was the first covenant or the old covenant was not good enough for the salvation. It had something wrong in it. Its ministry for the forgiveness of sins with animal blood by the Order of Aaron could not bring the perfect salvation, and because of that the ministry was changed into the Order of Melchizedek by Jesus through his own blood, not with the blood of animals. Because of this change in ministry, the law and all the regulation has changed too from the Law of Moses to the Law of Christ.
Hebrews 7:11 If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood—and indeed the law given to the people established that priesthood—why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron? 12 For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also.
Therefore, the new covenant is the perfection of the Law of God to bring complete salvation to people. For this reason to receive salvation we must know and follow the new covenant. Then what is the new covenant?
Heavenly Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. Would it be a big city like this?
Galatians 4:21 Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. 23 His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise. 24 These things are being taken figuratively: The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar. 25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
Through Abraham’s two wives Paul explains the two covenants of God: the old covenant and the new covenant. Let us take a look at this table.
The slave woman The free woman
Hagar Sarah
The Old Covenant The New Covenant
Mt. Sinai Mt. Zion
The Earthly Jerusalem The Heavenly Jerusalem
After explaining the two covenants, He continues to explain the reality of the new covenant. The reality of the old covenant was the city of Jerusalem and the earthly Temple built in it. But the reality of the new covenant is the heavenly Jerusalem and the Temple. Then what is this heavenly Jerusalem Temple? Jesus teaches us that his body is the true reality of the temple. He said to the Jews, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it up in three days.” The temple means his body where the Spirit of God dwells. Through this God is teaching us the reality of the Temple, Christ who came down to this earth to us.
Then what is the reality of the Heavenly Jerusalem? Paul says, “She is our Mother” in heaven. Our Father in heaven came as the reality of the temple 2000 years ago, and in the same way our Mother in heaven will come down as the reality of the temple in the last days. About coming of heavenly Jerusalem our Mother, John describes in his vision in the book of Revelation 21. In his vision he saw the Heavenly Jerusalem our Mother coming down out of heaven from God as the reality of the temple to give us the water of life (Rev 22:17). The true temple is the place where the Spirit of God dwells. Wherever the Spirit of God dwells is the temple. In that sense, John is saying that our Mother would come down as man in the flesh in the last days.
To fulfill the prophecies of the bible the true reality of temple our Mother came down to this earth to give us life. Let us give glory to God the Father and Mother. This is the true teaching of Christ Ahnsahnghong, the true Savior in the Age of the Holy Spirit and the Heavenly Mother.
Cano, Alonso; The First Labours of Adam and Eve; Glasgow Museums; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/the-first-labours-of-adam-and-eve-83489
Adam was cursed by God because of his disobedience to the words of God and he was destined to eat out of the cursed ground which produces thorns and thistles through painful toil all the days of his life. The story of Adam was given to us to teach us our life on this earth. Just as King Solomon said in the book of Ecclesiastes our life is spent chasing after the wind to try to gain meaningless things. About the life of man on this earth, a writer of Psalms said:
Psalms 90:3 You turn people back to dust,
saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”
4 A thousand years in your sight
are like a day that has just gone by,
or like a watch in the night.
5 Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death—
they are like the new grass of the morning:
6 In the morning it springs up new,
but by evening it is dry and withered.
7 We are consumed by your anger
and terrified by your indignation.
8 You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.
9 All our days pass away under your wrath;
we finish our years with a moan.
10 Our days may come to seventy years,
or eighty, if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
Just as he said, our life is consumed in the anger of God and fly away among troubles and pains because of the sins we committed. In this restless life, God gave us the Sabbath, the day of rest so that we can be comforted for the hope of rest we will receive in heaven. After this short life of pain and sorrow is over, God has prepared eternal rest in heaven and Paul said that we must “make every effort to enter the rest” that remains for God’s people. Only those who obey the commands of God can enter the rest. Therefore, the 4th Commandment, “Remember the Sabbath by keeping it holy,” is one of the most important commandments. God gave us the Sabbath as sign between God and us so that we can be recognized as God’s people who will enter the rest.
Then what day is the Sabbath? God commanded us to keep the Sabbath day holy. Therefore, without knowing the Sabbath day, how can we keep it holy? Today, most Christians take rest on Sunday. It was a custom originated from the Catholic Church, but even the Catholic admit that the Sunday worship was not originated from the bible, the true commands of God.
“But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify.”
James Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of our Fathers, 88th ed., pp. 89.
The true Sabbath day in the bible is not Sunday the first day of the week, but the Saturday the seventh day of the week because God created everything from the first day to the sixth day and took a rest on the seventh day. The same priest of the Roman Catholic confirms the legitimacy of Saturday as the day of rest in his letter.
“Is Saturday the seventh day according to the Bible and the Ten Commandments? I answer yes. Is Sunday the first day of the week and did the Church change the seventh day -Saturday – for Sunday, the first day? I answer yes . Did Christ change the day’? I answer no!
“Faithfully yours, J. Card. Gibbons”
He says that the Church that is Catholic Church changed the day of rest. Then does the Catholic Church have authority to change the command of God? He admits that this regulation was not instituted by Christ, but by the Church. But the bible does not allow anyone or any church to change the words of God in the bible.
Revelation 22:18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.
God clearly commanded to everyone who reads the bible not to add or subtract anything to or from the words of God. But when Catholic changed the worship day from Saturday to Sunday, they were adding and subtracting, disobeying the words of God. They added Sunday and they took away the Saturday. The bible says those who changed the words of God will be cursed forever.
Gal 1:6 6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!
A part of the true gospel preached by the Christ and Paul was the Sabbath and he clearly says those who change (pervert) the gospel of Christ will be condemned forever. To those who obey the Sabbath day is the day of rest which was given to them for the sign of eternal rest in heaven, but to those who do not obey the Sabbath day was given as curse to judge them of their disobedience and destruction.
When nobody is doing the will of God, God came down again in the name of Christ Ahnsahnghong and he restored all the truth of the new covenant including the Sabbath. In this life of pain and sorrow which swiftly passes away, God restored the Sabbath Day to give us rest and hope for salvation. According to the commands of God the members of World Mission Society the Church of God keeps the Sabbath day holy on Saturday. And we are inviting all the peoples of the world to receive the gospel of the new covenant of the Passover as the sign of salvation. Give glory to God the Father and Mother!
What is the true temple of God? Jeremiah said that the true temple of God is not the Jerusalem Temple in Palestine, but God would establish the true Temple of God.
Jeremiah 3:16 In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land,” declares the Lord, “people will no longer say, ‘The ark of the covenant of the Lord.’ It will never enter their minds or be remembered; it will not be missed, nor will another one be made. 17 At that time they will call JerusalemThe Throne of the Lord, and all nations will gather in Jerusalem to honor the name of the Lord.
Ark of the Covenant in the Most Holy Place of the Jerusalem Temple: The bible teaches that this temple and the ark of the covenant are a shadow for the reality that would appear. Then what is the reality of the temple and the ark of the covenant?
The ark of the covenant was called the Throne of God because God said that he would sit enthroned between the cherubim on the ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the stone tablets of Ten Commandments and it was put in the Most Holy Place in the temple. But Jeremiah said that people would not seek the ark of the covenant anymore. What is the meaning of this? The most precious covenant of God is in the ark of the covenant: the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments and the ark of the covenant was the core of the faith of God’s people in those days.
But this prophecy says that the ark of the covenant would be lost in the future and even though it was lost, people would not seek it or make another one. Then why is it so? It is because at that time the true reality of the ark of the covenant will be revealed to the people, not the earthly ark of the covenant, but the spiritual heavenly ark of the covenant. Then what is the spiritual ark of the covenant in the last days? To understand this Christ Ahsahnghong said that we should know the relationship between the ark of the covenant and the temple.
The Ark and the Most Holy Place
Since the covenant of God was given to the Israelites, it was necessary for them to prepare a place to put the covenant of God. For that purpose they built temple according to the pattern of the heavenly temple shown to Moses. When the temple was established, they put the ark of the covenant in the Most Holy Place of the temple. When Israelites finished all the commands of God concerning to the temple, God started to dwell in the temple by filling the temple with his Spirit.
Exodus 40:33 33 Then Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and altar and put up the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. And so Moses finished the work. 34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
But Jeremiah says that this is not reality. The ark of the covenant is not reality and since there is no ark of the covenant, there is no need of the temple, either. If there is no covenant of God, it is not necessary for people to prepare a place for one. So when Jeremiah prophesied about the abolishment of the covenant of God, the physical temple of God was also abolished. Instead, the prophecy says that he will establish the true reality of the ark of the covenant and the temple. Then what is the reality of the ark of the covenant and the temple? Since Moses built the earthly temple according to the pattern of the heavenly one, the reality of the covenant and the temple must have been heaven in those days.
The Layout of the Solomon Temple: The temple was composed of two rooms: the inner room and outer room which were called the most holy place and holy place, respectively.
Earthly Temple and Heavenly Temple
Hebrews 8:5 They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
The earthly sanctuary or the temple was just a copy of the heavenly temple given to us to teach us the reality of the temple which is in heaven. 2000 years ago, Jesus came down to us and revealed to us the reality of the temple.
John 2:19 19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” 20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body.
The true reality of the temple was the body of the Christ. After baptism, God put the Holy Spirit in the body of Christ. Since the temple of God is the place where the Spirit of God dwells, at that time the Spirit of God was dwelling in the body of Christ, so the body of Christ could become the temple of God.
The temple of God is the place where the Spirit of God dwells. In the time of baptism, Jesus Christ received the Holy Spirit and the Spirit of God dwelt in Jesus’ body. In this respect, the body of Christ became the dwelling or the temple of God. That is why we can say that the body of Christ was the reality of the temple.
But this is not the end of the reality of the temple. When Moses built the temple, he did according to the pattern of the heavenly one. Through the earthly sanctuary God wanted to teach us the reality of the sanctuary, that is, Christ. Just as the earthly temple has two parts, the Holy Place (outer room) and the Most Holy Place (inner room), the heavenly sanctuary must have two parts too. As we have seen Jesus Christ represent the sanctuary of God, which part does he symbolize? Apostle Paul says Jesus Christ symbolizes the outer room, the Holy Place.
The Meaning of the Destruction of the Body of Christ
Hebrews 10:19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body.
According to the bible, the inner room and the outer room was separated by a curtain and nobody could go behind the curtain. Only once a year on the Day of Atonement the high priest could enter the Most Holy Place through the blood of animals. But Jesus came as true reality of the animal sacrifice and sacrificed his own body shedding his own blood. And Paul explains the true meaning of Christ’s shedding his blood: Christ’s body was destroyed and torn apart to tear away the curtain separating the two rooms of the temple and open the way to the Most Holy Place where the throne of God or the ark of the covenant was placed. (Mt 27:51)It means Christ’s body was the reality of the Holy Place including t he curtain. While the curtain was standing, people could not enter the Most Holy Place to meet God and receive blessing from God. By destroying his body of temple, however, he could open the way to the Most Holy Place.
What is the meaning of the crucifixion of Christ? By destroying his body of the temple, actually Christ was opening the way to the Most Holy Place to the Throne of God so that people could meet God for the forgiveness of sins. (Mt 27:51, Heb 8:8, Heb 10:19)
This means through the sacrifice of the Christ, he wanted to lead us to the reality of the Most Holy Place where the true ark of the covenant is. Then what is the reality of the Most Holy Place? Just as the reality of the Holy Place of the temple came down to this earth 2000 years ago, according to the prophecies of the bible the reality of the Most Holy Place will come down to this earth: the reality of the ark of the covenant and the true reality of the Throne of God where God dwells by putting his Spirit in it.
The Reality of the Most Holy Place
1King 6:19 He prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the Lord there. 20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty wide and twenty high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.
The most important feature of the Most Holy Place is that it has the same length, width, and height, that is, a cube. But this earthly inner room of the temple was given to us to teach us the reality of the Most Holy Place which Jesus would reveal to us through the sacrifice of his body of the Holy Place. In the last days, the reality of the Most Holy Place, the Throne of God is coming down from heaven. Apostle John describes the Heavenly Jerusalem coming down from heaven:
Revelation 21:15 15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls. 16 The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long.
What is the heavenly Jerusalem temple that is coming down from heaven in the last day? The bible describes it as shaped like a cube. This description of the temple exactly matches with the Most Holy Place of the temple. Then what is the reality of the Most Holy Place of the tempel?
What is this? The CUBE or the Most Holy Place. Then when it comes down from heaven, how would the Heavenly Jerusalem be revealed to us? Think about Jesus who was the reality of the Holy Place. How did he appeared to us? By coming as man with a physical body and By putting the Spirit of God in his body, his body could become the temple of God. Then how would this reality of the Most Holy Place of the heavenly temple appear to us? First, who is this Heavenly Jerusalem?
Revelation 21:2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
The heavenly Jerusalem is coming down from as bride of the Lamb. The Lamb is God the Father coming down from heaven as man. Then who is this heavenly Jerusalem, the bride of the Lamb?
Galatians 4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our Mother.
Heavenly Jerusalem is our Mother and she is the reality of the Most Holy Place. Just as our Father in heaven came down from heaven as man by putting the Holy Spirit in his body of temple, it means our Mother in heaven will come down from heaven as woman with body of the temple and she will put the Spirit of God in her body. Therefore, in the last days, our Father and Mother will appear as man in the flesh as man and woman or the last Adam and Eve to give us eternal life. 2000 years the reality of the Holy Place of the temple appeared, but people rejected him because they saw the appearance of Christ and despised him, rather than looking at the prophecies of the bible.
What is the reality of the temple of God? What is the water of life we can receive from the temple?
Conclusion
God would test us again on our faith in God and the words of God in the bible by coming down to this earth as man in the flesh. They would appear as man and woman, which would be harder for the people to accept. But what does the prophecy of the bible say? They would come down from heaven and they would give the eternal life. What we should do is to believe in the words of God in the bible and accept the Jerusalem our Mother as the source of salvation: the true Throne of God and True reality of the Most Holy Place where the Spirit of God dwells. Let us serve the ark of the covenant by accepting Mother and following her to the end.
Thanks to heavenly Father Christ Ahnsahnghong and heavenly Mother for teaching us all these truth. Help our weak faith now and strengthen us with your Spirit so that we can stand firm without swaying to the right or left. And please forgive our sins and transgresions.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
Everything in the bible is recorded for one purpose, that is, to teach us the way of salvation. Therefore, when we read the bible, we should not think anything lightly. Everything in the bible contains God’s message for our salvation. If we look at the book of Genesis, we can see a long and detailed record of the family history of Abraham. How and when Abraham was chosen, what kind of promise was given to him, who was his son and grandsons, how are where they lived–all these things are recorded in a detailed way. Why did God write the family history of Abraham? This is not just one family history; rather, through this story God teaches us the way of salvation.
Abraham and Sarah, who are they? Why did God record a history of one family in such a detailed way? What does God want to teach us through the story of Abraham?
According to the bible, Abraham represents God himself figuratively and therefore Abraham’s children represents God’s children. In the book of Galatians, Paul clearly teaches that Christ, the Son of God was given to us to teach us who are the heirs of God. If we become sons of God like Christ (who is the archetype of the true sons of God), we can become the heir of God.
Gal 3:29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Christ is represented as the Son of God in the bible, but here in the book of Galatians Paul says Christ is the seed or Son of Abraham, rather than the Son of God. Through this he teaches us that Abraham represents God himself and the seed or son of Abraham means figuratively the sons of God who will be the heirs of God who can inherit the kingdom of heaven. We can confirm this through another verse in the same chapter.
Gal 3:16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ.
According to the book of Genesis, Abraham’s seed was Isaac, not Christ. But Paul interpret that this family history of Abraham was given to us to teach us the heir of God who will receive inheritance in heaven or simply salvation. Even Christ himself testified that he is Isaac, the son of Abraham. God gave Abraham a promise that he would return a year later and exactly the same time next year Isaac was born to Sarah. About this story, Christ teaches the meaning behind the story.
John 8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.
What Abraham actually saw on the promised day of God’s return was Isaac. God returned as Isaac, the son of Abraham. But Christ said the one who Abraham actually saw was Christ himself who was born as the son of Abraham. Through this what does God want to teach us? He is teaching us that Isaac, the son and the heir of Abraham was given to us to teach us the Christ who is the true seed or heir of God. In short, Isaac represents Christ, the Son of God and also God’s people who belong to Christ must become like Isaac to be the sons of God who can receive salvation.
Galatians 4:28 Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
God’s people must become sons of God by following Isaac’s example. Then in the story of Abraham’s family how was Isaac able to become the heir of Abraham? Abraham had two sons who could be his heir, but God’s promise was not given to “his seeds,” but “seed.” It means only one of them was given the promise to be the heir of Abraham and the one who was chosen was Isaac, not Ishmael. Then why was Isaac chosen over Ishmael who was older and could have inheritance according to the law of time called primogeniture, which means the older son can receive the inheritance from the father. According to his law Ishmael as firstborn of Abraham should be the heir, but Isaac was chosen. Then why? It was because of the words of God that he would make a covenant with the son of Abraham who was born through Sarah, who was a free woman.
Even though Ishmael was the firstborn, he could not receive the inheritance because he was a son of a slave woman. Having a father and mother who were not under slavery was the condition for the heir of Abraham. That is why Isaac, who was born through Abraham (a free man) and Sarah (a free woman) could be chosen as the heir of Abraham, rather than Ishmael, who was born through Abraham (a free man) and Hagar (a slave woman). Through this story of the heir of Abraham, God is teaching us who can become the heir of God.
Since Abraham represents God the Father, who is free from sin and death, then who does Sarah represent? Paul reveals who the wife of Abraham represents in the book of Galatians. He compares Hagar and Sarah which symbolizes the old covenant and new covenant respectively. Just as the center of the old covenant was the earthly Jerusalem, he teaches the center of the new covenant is the heavenly Jerusalem. Then what is the reality of the heavenly Jerusalem?
Galatians 4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
Sarah who is the symbol of the new covenant actually represent the Heavenly Jerusalem our Mother, the free woman. Just as Isaac was chosen owing to his father Abraham and his mother Sarah, through this story God is showing how to be the heir of God. We can become the heir of God like Christ through spiritual Abraham God the Father and spiritual Sarah God the Mother. This heavenly Jerusalem is also testified by Apostle John.
Revelation 21:9 9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.
According to the bible, when Christ is coming, he is coming with his wife, Heavenly Jerusalem. The Lamb Our Father and his wife Heavenly Jerusalem Our Mother are coming together in the last days to give us the eternal life. (Revelation 22:17) To fulfill this prophecy God the Father Christ Ahnsahnghong and God the Mother Heavenly Jerusalem came down to this earth from heaven so that we can receive the water of life, eternal life. Let us accept the Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother Jerusalem and receive the water of life. They are the Elohim Gods we must meet in the last days.
Elohim “The word Elohim is the plural of El (or possibly Eloah) and is the first name of God given in the Old Testament: “In the beginning, God (Elohim) created the heavens and the earth, (Gen. 1:1).
From Theopedia
This is the definition of Elohim. Originally the Old Testament was written in the Hebrew language. In the Hebraic language, El or Eloah means God in singular form and Elohim means Gods in plural form. This is very important in understanding the bible. All throughout the Old Testament, God is referred to as Elohim (Gods), not as El or Eloah (God). This word Elohim is used about 2500 times to represent God. Even from the creation of the world to the end, God is not used in the singular form, but in the plural form. It means even from the beginning Gods are working together.
How could it be possible? We used to believe there is only one God, then why does God represent himself as Elohim (Gods), not El (God)? Many got confused and gave many different explanations which are not true or based on the understanding in the bible. People made their own personal or communal interpretation for their own congregation. Now let us get rid of our own thought and read the bible through the bible and understand the reason why God is represented as Elohim (Gods) in the bible.
Even though God is invisible and spiritual, God made his divinity known to man who can perceive only the physical things. Since man cannot see the invisible world, God let man know the invisible world through the visible world which they can understand. Therefore, the bible says this physical world is a copy and shadow created to teach us the spiritual world which is the original and reality. Especially in this physical world, God created one thing to teach us the images of Gods (Elohim). By looking at one creation on this earth, we can understand more about Elohim.
Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
God is creating man and in the original Hebrew language the word Elohim (Gods) is used instead of God. That is why Gods used “us” and “our” the plural form to represent them, rather than “me” or “my” the singular form. God didn’t say, “Let me make man in my image” because Gods are working together to create man. Then how many Gods are working together? Who are they? God is in heaven in the spiritual and invisible world which we as physical being cannot perceive. But just as God revealed his own divinity through the creation on this physical world so that men are without excuse. Then what was created as copy and shadow of God so that we can know the image or images of Gods. He said, “let us make man in our image and in our likeness.”
Man was given the copied images of God and by looking at the creation of man we can know the images of Gods too. Then how many images were given to man?
Genesis 1:27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them;male andfemale he created them.
Man was created in the image of God as male and female. Through this we can know God also exists as male and female. Male image of God is called Father. Then what should call this female image of God who created Eve according to her image?
They say that this is the ideal image of man and woman and they were created in a science lab. Anyway God created man as male and female to reveal God’s own image. This is the image of man which was created according to the image of God. Then how many images of God can you guess by looking at these images of man? Just as there is a male image of man, there should be a male image of God, whom we call God the Father. In the same way, through the female after the creation of man, we can conclude that there is a female image of God. Then what should we call her? God the Mother.
God is always working together even from the creation to the end. The same Elohim (Gods) who created man in the book of Genesis are coming together in the last days to complete the creation and give eternal life.
Revelation 22:17 17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
The Spirit, God the Father and his bride, God the Mother would come together to give the water of life or eternal life. God Elohim, Father Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother Jerusalem came down to this earth to give us eternal life. The bible says the mystery of God, Christ will be revealed at the last days. The mystery hidden since the creation of the world is Christ, Elohim coming as male and female in the flesh. Let us receive eternal life by accepting Father Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother. Give glory to God Elohim.
Why was it necessary for God to come down to this earth in the form of human being? He could have simply stayed in heaven, worshiped and honored by all the heavenly beings, rather than being mocked and ridiculed on this earth without visible glory and might and power. But even though he knew he would suffer many things, he came down to this earth in the name of Christ Jesus 2000 years ago.
John 3: 16 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
The reason God came down to this earth was to give us eternal life. God has pity and compassion on the people of the earth who are living under the slavery of death. He wanted to give us eternal life. Then why did he come down to this earth in the human form? As the bible says, God is the only one who has eternal life.
1 Timothy 6:15 which God will bring about in his own time—God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen.
To receive eternal life we must meet God, but nobody can go up to heaven alive to meet God and receive eternal life. Since we cannot do anything to have eternal life with our own method, it was necessary for God to come down to this earth among human beings as one of them to give them eternal life. Then couldn’t he come down in his full glory and power, rather than coming as man in the flesh? He could and he did in the time of Moses. He appeared with the glory of God among his chosen people, but this time his people shunned him and refused to get near him because they were afraid. That is why God set up Moses as a mediator to teach his people of the way of eternal life and gave them the old covenant. But people did not obey the covenant because they just saw Moses, a mere man like one of them and rebelled against him without thinking he was working for the Almighty God. Because of the disobedience many died in the desert and could not enter into the rest prepared for them in the land of Canaan.
That is why God decided to come down to this earth as man in the flesh just like one of them so that he could live among his people and teach them the way of eternal life. This time he wanted to teach his people not through a mediator, but he himself wanted to teach them. So instead of sending a man as mediator, he himself came as mediator in human form and gave his people the new covenant so that they can receive eternal life.
Hebrews 9:15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
What is happening in this picture? This scene is called “The Last Supper,” but did you know that it was recorded as the Passover?
He came as mediator of the new covenant and gave us the forgiveness of sins and eternal life. That is why it was necessary for him to come down as man in the flesh. Christ is the true power and glory of God, who God prepared for the perfect salvation for all human beings so that they all can receive eternal life. Even though Christ is the last and ultimate fruition God planned for the salvation, when he appeared as man, people rejected him calling him a man, not God and they lost their chance for salvation.
According to the bible he will appear for the second time as man in the flesh. At that time only those who accept him can have eternal life. If it was possible for us to receive eternal life by our own plan, it would not have been necessary for God to come as man. Without his coming as man, nobody could be saved and that is why he comes as man. Now let us know him. Truly let us press on to know him so that we would not miss him when he appears.
Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heaven Mother Jerusalem came as man in the flesh for the salvation of the soul, eternal life. They are the last plan of God he prepared for us. Let us accept them and acknowledge them, and then they will give us eternal life in heaven.
Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
Thanks to Father and Mother for coming down to this sinful world to the ignorant and stiff-necked people to give us forgiveness and eternal life. Let all the peoples of the world accept you and give glory to you, saying “Hosanna, the Savior has come again!”
There were two friends and they had completely different opinions about the religious matters. The one said that there is no God and the other said there is God. When the other tried to prove the existence of God, the one always argued back by saying, “Good, but show me the God if he exist. If you cannot show me, try not to persuade me.” One day they were traveling in the desert and could not find a place to rest for the night. So they set up a tent and spent the night in the desert. When they woke up in the morning, they could not find their camel which was tied near the tent. The stake was there, but the rope was unloosed. The camel must have run away because they could not see any camel as far as their sight could reach.
Camel’s Foot Print. By merely looking at the footprints we can know many things such as who, when, where, etc. How about God? God left his footprints everywhere, but we refuse to accept.
Suddenly the one who believed that there is no God exclaimed and shouted, “I found it. I found it.” The other ran toward him and asked, “Where is it?” “Look. There are marks for its footprints,” said the one. “What are you talking about?” said the other, “These are not the camel. Show me the camel.” The one got annoyed and said, “See, there are footprints and if we follow these, we can find the camel.” At that time, the other said, “By merely looking at the footprints left by a camel, you know that there is a camel which left its marks on the sand. Then how come you can say that there is no God even though you can see His footprints everywhere you look: in the sun and moon, in the wind and land and see, birds, fish, animals… Everything teaches us that there is one who created all these things. Then after witnessing all these footprints, how can you say that there is no God?”
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