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)
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.
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 Priest of God Melchizedek signifies Christ who was to come. There is a clear connection between Melchizedek and Christ. Therefore, the bible testifies Christ as Melchizedek.
Hebrews 5:8 Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered 9 and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him 10 and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
Why is Christ called Melchizedek? What is the connection between them? In the Old Testament, the high priest of God Melchizedek blessed Abraham—who is the representation of the people of God—with bread and wine. (Genesis 14:17) In those days, the high priest worshiped God and mediated between God and His people by offering animal sacrifice.
It was only Melchizedek who blessed God’s people with bread and wine. It was the same 2000 years with Jesus Christ who came as spiritual and prophetical Melchizedek. In the time of Jesus, the high priest in the Order of Aaron mediated between God and the Israelites according to the Law of Moses by sacrificing animals as burnt offering to God for the forgiveness of sins of people.
And it was only Jesus Christ who blessed God’s people with the bread and wine of the Passover for the forgiveness of sins of people.
Matthew 26:26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” 27 Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. 28 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
For this reason, the bible testifies that Jesus Christ was the high priest in the Order of Melchizedek, not Aaron.
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. 13 He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar. 14 For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. 15 And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, 16 one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life.
Apostle Paul clearly states that Jesus was not born in the tribe of Levi to fulfill the priesthood in the Order of Aaron. Rather Christ was born from the tribe of Judah, in which there was no mention of a priest ever in the Law of Moses. Therefore, the priesthood of Jesus was completely different from that of the Levites. Considering all these things, we can conclude the signature trait of Jesus as a high priest is the bread and wine, which was the symbol of Melchizedek. That is why Jesus was prophetical Melchizedek.
And the bible testifies that the same Christ would come again in the last days for the second time.
Hebrews 9:28 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.
When he comes for the second time to give us salvation, then how can we recognize him? Through the connection between the Christ and Melchizedek, we can know the answer. When Christ comes again, we can know him through the symbol of Melchizedek: the bread and wine of the Passover which give us the forgiveness of sins and eternal life. With the bread and wine of the Passover, he is granting salvation to the people of God.
Even though we may not know who the Second Coming Christ is—where he comes from, what would be his name, and in what appearance he would appear, the prophecies of the bible clearly tells us that whoever brings the bread and wine of the Passover is the Christ who was to come. It is because only the Christ who is coming as spiritual Melchizedek can bring back the Passover. Today, who brought back the Passover which had been abolished for over 1600 years since 325 AD. It is Christ Ahnsahnghong. Then who is Christ Ahsahnghong according to the prophecies of the bible? He is the Second Coming Christ and our God who gives us salvation.
We must give thanks to him and rejoice for the salvation he grants to sinners who were once destined to be put to eternal death.
Who is the only one that has eternal life? It is only God as it is written in the Scriptures.
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.
Only God is immortal, which means he has eternal life. Therefore, it is also only God who can give eternal life to us since only God has eternal life. Therefore, Jesus was God even though he appeared to us in the form of man when he came to this earth. He gave eternal life to whoever believe him and obey his teaching.
John 10:10 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 came to give “life to the full,” which is “eternal life”. Also he taught his disciples about how to receive the eternal life that he promised.
John 6:53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 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.
He promised eternal life to whoever eats his flesh and drinks his blood. Therefore, anyone who believes Jesus and do what he taught us to do for the eternal life can receive it according to his words of promise. He also taught how to eat his flesh and drink his blood.
Matthew 26:26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” 27 Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. 28 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
On the night of the Passover, he gave the promise of eternal life by saying that the bread of the Passover signifies his flesh and the wine his blood. By eating the bread and wine of the Passover we can receive the flesh and blood of Jesus, and as a result we can receive eternal life.
The most precious truth of life, the Passover, however, was abolished by the work of Satan on 325 AD in the council of Nicaea. Since then, nobody could receive the words of promise. However, Jesus already foretold what would happen in the last days through the parable of weeds in the Book of Matthew. As he prophesied, the field or the world in general is filled with the weeds or the false gospel such as Sunday worship, Christmas, Cross worship, etc..
Since he already knew how Satan would work to destroy the truth, he also prophesied about how to restore the truth in the last days to save his people.
Hebrews 9:28 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.
Since it is only God who has eternal life, without his coming nobody can receive salvation in the last days. That is why he prophesied about his appearing for the second time for the salvation. He must come for the second time to this earth in the form of man just like his first coming. And he must restore the truth of the new covenant Passover, which he established for eternal life in his first coming.
Today to fulfill all the prophecies of the bible, Christ Ahnsahnghong came and restored the Passover. And through the Passover, he reinstated the truth of life so that we can receive salvation by keeping it. Today many people reject Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother because they appeared as man in the flesh. Think of 2000 years ago. Even though he came as man in the flesh, who was Jesus? He was God because he promised eternal life, which can be made only by God.
Then let us ask ourselves and think of who Christ Ahnsahnghong is by suspending all the disbelief and prejudice. Let us focus on the eternal life that he brought back. Who can give us eternal life? It is only God. Then who is Christ Ahnsahnghong? He is our God as Prophet Isaiah prophesied about 2700 years ago.
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; 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.
Isaiah foresaw the restoration of the Passover in the last days. He tells us that God would come and restore the Passover, “aged wine” to destroy the death forever. “Aged wine” signifies of the Passover which were abolished by Satan and kept hidden for a long time, which is why it is called “aged” wine. Then who is the only who has power and authority to restore the Passover?
Isaiah 25:9 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.”
The answer is that surely he is our God. Christ Ahnsahnghong restored the aged wine of the Passover which had been kept hidden for over 1600 years. And he gave us eternal life by destroying the power of death forever, which can be done only by God. Now we have to realize who he is even though he came in the flesh. Surely he is our God and Savior. We must receive him with a joyful mind for the great salvation of God.
As we can see in many places in the bible, Apostle John had ability to understand the voice of God. Ordinary people received the voice of God as undiscernible sound of thunders. However, John had the ear for the voice of God and could understand the meaning of the voice of God.
John 12:28 Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.
Unlike the people around him who understood the voice of God as thunders, John clearly heard what God had said and wrote, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again”.
Apostle John receives the words of God in a vision and write them down in the Book of Revelation.
The Bible Sealed Up
In the Book of Revelation, John heard the voice of God again and tried to write down what he heard. But this time God commanded him to seal up what he heard.
Revelation 10:3 When he (God) shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. 4 And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.”
Even though John heard what God had said and was about to write them, God told him not to write them down. And because of this, the bible teaches that the words of God will have been sealed up.
Revelation 5:1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” 3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. 4 I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.
When the book of God or the bible will be sealed up in the last days, there would be no one who can open the seven seals of the bible, which means there would be nobody who can understand the words of God in the bible. (Isaiah 29:11)
Lamb opening the seven seals of the bible when the seventh angel sounds the trumpet.
Unsealing the Bible
Because of this many people today argue that it is presumptuous to try to know what God has sealed up. And it is natural for us not to know the meaning of the Revelation or the bible in general. This humble attitude seems to be proper and suitable to the people of God who are supposed to have limited ability unlike God. For this reason, people do not try to understand the meaning of the bible with the excuse that you can cover up your ignorance through the faith in God.
If you have faith in God, any ambiguity or gap in the bible does not matter to you. Since you have faith in God, you will be saved whether or not you know the meaning of the words of God in the bible. Is this true?
2000 years ago in the time of Jesus the Jews had the same attitude. They believed that they had faith in God. And through their faith in God they could be saved whether or not they knew the meaning of the words of the bible. But they could not. They did not know who Jesus was. Even through Jesus was their God they had believed since the time of Abraham, they did not receive him since He came as man in the flesh just like them since they did not know the words of prophecy in the bible.
Through the story of the Jews, there is one thing that we should know. That is, It is essential to have the knowledge of the words of God in the bible to receive salvation and to have firm faith. Knowledge of the bible gives us the faith in God. Without knowing the bible, we cannot know God and we cannot receive salvation.
The Root of David
When God commanded John to seal up what the seven thunders had said, did God intend to seal up the message forever? No, definitely not. When we write a letter, we usually seal up the message in an envelope. However, that does not mean that the message would be sealed up forever. When the appointed recipient receives the letter, he can open the seal and read the message in it.
The same is the true to the sealed-up message of God. The message was sealed up until the appointed time of God. When the time comes, the appointed person will unseal the message of God in the seven thunders. The bible teaches the sealed-up message will be unsealed in the last day.
Revelation 10:7 But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God (or the sealed-up message of God) will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.
Then who would unseal what the seven thunders said? The bible says that the secret will be revealed when the appointed time comes. (Revelation 22:10) Then who is the recipient who can open the message?
Revelation 5:5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.
Who is the Root of David?
Second Coming Christ Opening the Seven Seals
The bible says that it is only the Root of David who can open the seven seals of the bible. And the Root of David is the Christ who was to come in the last days, that is, the Second Coming Christ.
Revelation 22:16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you[a] this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”
Then what does this mean? It means that we have to know who the Second Coming Christ is. To know who the Second Coming Christ is, we have to know the meaning of the bible and we should have knowledge of the bible. We cannot simply ignore what we do not know in the bible. Whatever is written in the bible was given to us as message to know God and receive salvation. Therefore, we have the full knowledge of the bible.
Today what we have to do is to know who the Root of David is through the prophecies of the bible. I hope everybody to come to have salvation by have the knowledge of the word of God in the bible.
2 Timothy 3:14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
We have to make efforts to know the meaning in the Scriptures and should have wisdom for salvation. Through the wisdom we get by studying the words of God in the bible, we can have faith in God, not vice versa. The knowledge gives us firm faith, not the other way round. Therefore, we must make every effort to know the words of God in the bible. Then we can come to know who the Root of David is and receive salvation.
Today there are so many people who claim to be the people of God. However, Jesus says that not all of them are the true people of God. Then how can we distinguish who the people that belongs to God are and those who are not?
The High Priest with the Urim and Thummim
In the old covenant, among the people who came back from the Babylonian captivity in the time of Ezra, there were many who could not prove their own genealogy. And the God teaches that only the high priest with Urim and Thummim can decide whether they belong to the people of God or not.
It is the same with us today. As believers of God we must have the high priest with Urim and Thummim who can declare that we are the true people of God. Then who is the high priest with Urim and Thummim?
First, let us think about the meaning of Urim and Thummim? In the Law of Moses, the high priest should wear a breastpiece with two gem stones, which represent Urim and Thummim, in the time of making decisions.
Exodus 28:30 Also put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastpiece, so they may be over Aaron’s heart whenever he enters the presence of the Lord. Thus Aaron will always bear the means of making decisions for the Israelites over his heart before the Lord.
And the meaning of Urim is “light” and Thummim “perfection,” which means the perfect light or truth since light means “truth.” Therefore, the high priest with perfect light signifies that the high priest who comes with the perfect truth.
The Order of Aaron and the Order of Melchizedek
Then what is the perfect truth? In the old covenant or the Law of Moses, the priesthood was following the Order of Aaron, and the bible teaches that this priesthood was imperfect. And later it was changed into the perfect one.
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.
The Levitical priesthood or the Order of Aaron in the old covenant was not the perfect light or truth. And the bible teaches that the Levitical priesthood has changed into the priesthood in the Order of Mechizedek. This means the imperfect priesthood (the Order of Aaron in the old covenant) changed into the perfect priesthood (the Order of Melchizedek in the new covenant).
Hebrews 7:18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless 19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
The former regulation (the Order of Aaron and the Law of Moses following the priesthood of the Order of Aaron) was not perfect for the salvation. And for this reason, a better hope (the priesthood in the Order of Melchizedek and the Law of Christ) was introduced to give us salvation.
God’s People Through the Passover
The Law of Moses which was the imperfect light or truth changed into the Law of Christ, which is the perfect truth. Therefore, the high priest in the Urim and Thummim means the high priest following the Order of Melchizedek. Then who is the high priest in the Order of Melchizedek? And what was the perfect truth that he brought for the salvation?
Hebrews 5:8 Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered 9 and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him 10 and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
Son, that is Jesus Christ, was the high priest in the Order of Melchizedek. And the perfect truth that he brought for salvation was the new covenant Passover, which is the symbol of Mechizedek. As Mechizedek the high priest of God blessed Abraham with bread and wine, Jesus as the reality of the high priest in the Order of Melchizedek blessed us with the bread and wine of the Passover.
Even though we were not God’s people once, through the Passover new covenant we became the people of God.
John 6:53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 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.
Through the Passover we can remain in God, which means we can belongs to God and be God’s people.
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. 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord. 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.
Christ Ahnsahnghong, the High Priest with the Urim and Thummim
Truly Jesus is Our God who came as high priest in the Order of Melchizedek and through the Passover we can be the people of God. Also for the same reason, Christ Ahnsahnghong who restored the new covenant Passover, the perfect truth is the high priest with the Urim and Thummim and he is the one who can give us salvation through the perfect light of the new covenant. We must accept Christ Ahnsahnghong and keep the new covenant Passover to the end.
Through Prophet Isaiah, God is rebuking people for pursuing worthless things wasting their time and money.
Isaiah 55:1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
God admonishes us not to spend our money and labor for things that are not bread and that do not satisfy? Then what is the true bread or food that we have to work for to get?
Amos 9:11 “The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign LORD, “when I will send a famine through the land– not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. Men will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.
Prophet Amos teaches us about the famine that is caused by the lack of the words of God. The words of God is the bread or food that we should work for. In this sense we can say that the word of God is the true bread.
Jesus also teaches that the words of God is the true bread. The bread helps us to sustain our life and without bread we cannot live. Spiritually it is the same. Without eating the bread, we cannot sustain our spiritual life that is eternal life. For this reason, Jesus teaches us that we should work for the bread that gives us eternal life?
John 6:27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.
We have to make efforts to get the food that gives us eternal life. And it is only Christ or the Son of Man who can give us the bread or the the words of God. Then what is the bread of life that gives us eternal life. Jesus continues to teach his disciples that he is the bread of life, and they have to eat his flesh and blood to receive the eternal life.
Jesus was the true bread, the words of God. And John teaches that the Word of God became flesh and came down to this earth in the name of Jesus Christ. For this reason, Jesus is the true bread of life that we have to eat to live forever.
The Word or the bread of life became flesh and appeared as man in the name of Jesus. He was the true bread of life that gives us eternal life.
John 6:53 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.
Through this we can see the true bread that gives us eternal life is the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ. And on the night of the Passover, he taught his disciples about how to eat his flesh and drink his blood.
Matthew 26:26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
This means that the bread of the Passover represents the flesh of Christ and the wine his blood. When we keep the Passover by eating the bread and drinking wine we can receive the flesh and blood of Christ, which is the true bread and drink that give us eternal life. Let us keep the Passover. Then we can receive the promise of Jesus and can have eternal life.
The bible teaches us that we must seek David in the last day for salvation. Then who is the David and how can we correctly recognize him for salvation?
David and Salvation
Hosea 4:5 Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.
Then who is the David we have to seek in the last day? Since this book was written 250 years after the death of the physical David, the second king of Israel, we have to understand this spiritually. The David this prophecy speaks about is the spiritual David who would come in the last day.
This prophecy was fulfilled by Jesus 2000 years ago by coming as David sitting on the throne of David.
Luke 1:32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.
The time frame of the prophecy of the Book of Hosea is the last day, the end time. Jesus fulfilled this prophecy by appearing at the end of the old covenant and establishing the new covenant. However, the true last day is the end time just before the Day of Judgment. It concerns about the time when God comes to punish the peoples of the earth with fire.
The Prophecies in the Book of Ezekiel
Just before the Day of Judgment, we have to meet King David for the salvation. Without finding him, no one can be saved in the last day. The Book of Ezekiel also testifies that God would come as David and grant salvation to his people in the last day.
The time frame of this prophecy is the end time. The prophecy says that it concerns “on the day of clouds and darkness.” (Ezekiel 34:2) At the end of the chapter God prophesies that He would come as David and take care of his sheep as good shepherd. (Ezekiel 34:23) We can see the same prophecy in Chapter 37 of the book.
Ezekiel 37:24 My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd. They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees. 25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived. They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever, and David my servant will be their prince forever. 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever. 27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people. 28 Then the nations will know that I the Lord make Israel holy, when my sanctuary is among them forever.
All these prophecies teaches that God would come as David in the last day and He will gather his people and give them salvation. That is why in the book of Hosea, God teaches us that we have to seek King David in the last day for the salvation.
The Sign of David
Then how can we know the David and receive him for the salvation? God gave a clear sign to David that we may recognize him. The bible teaches that David will bring the eternal covenant for our salvation. And through the eternal covenant we can know David and come to him for salvation.
Isaiah 55:2 Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare. 3 Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
For the life or salvation of his people, God says that he will make an everlasting covenant. This covenant is God’s promise given only to David. Therefore, David who appears in the last day for salvation must bring the everlasting covenant God gave him as promise.
Then what is the everlasting covenant that gives life to the soul? In the Book of Hebrews God shows the main attribute of the everlasting covenant.
Hebrews 13:20 Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep
The everlasting covenant is the covenant established with the blood of Christ and it has power to give life even to the dead, which means it has power for eternal life and salvation. According to the bible, Jesus who appeared as David 2000 years ago, established the everlasting covenant with his blood, which is called the new covenant Passover. (Matthew 26:17, 26~28)
Luke 22:19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
Conclusion
Even though Jesus established the new covenant as spiritual David for the salvation of soul, around 4th century the everlasting covenant was abolished by the work of Satan. As the Book of Ezekiel describes, God people got scattered all over as lost sheep and became prey for the wild animals.
For this reason God must come again as good shepherd. Then in our time who came as King David according to the prophecies of the bible restoring the everlasting covenant for the salvation of soul? It is Christ Ahnsahnghong. Christ Ahnsahnghong restored the everlasting covenant that is the new covenant Passover. Christ Ahnsahnghong is the spiritual David that we have to meet for the salvation.
Now God is calling us to come and receive the salvation by keeping the new covenant Passover, which is the true everlasting covenant God promised to David.
Jesus Christ taught us the condition for the salvation: we have to endure to the end.
Matthew 10:22 You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
Matthew 24:13 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
Jesus taught us that we should keep the faith to the end to be saved in the last day. That is why the disciple emphasized the patient endurance in our life of faith. We have to endure in every situation and stand firm to the end for the salvation.
Then how can we have such patience and endurance and be saved? There may happen many things in our life of faith that lead us away from the truth. The Bible teaches us about many people who left God for numerous reasons. Some went back to the world leaving God behind for the worldly pleasure, others to evade persecution. Some for the wealth, others for the fame.
There are many things that can be traps and snares in our life of faith. Then how can we overcome all these hardships and temptations, and stand firm to the end. Let us find out the answer through the bible.
In the Book of the First Corinthians, God teaches us about the people who kept the faith to the end by enduring all the hardships and tribulations of the world. This chapter is well-known as the chapter of the love of God. It teaches us about what love is. Ultimately it teaches us about God, who is the epitome of love.
1 Corinthian 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind, it isn’t jealous, it doesn’t brag, it isn’t arrogant, 5 it isn’t rude, it doesn’t seek its own advantage, it isn’t irritable, it doesn’t keep a record of complaints, 6 it isn’t happy with injustice, but it is happy with the truth. 7 Love puts up with all things, trusts in all things, hopes for all things, endures all things.
The bible teaches us that we can endure everything through the love, that is, the love of God. When we realize the love of God, we cannot help but endure everything. Then what is the love of God that motivates us to endure and overcome everything that happens around us?
Apostle John teaches us about the love of God. He says over and again that God is love. Why does he emphasize love among so many characteristics of God. God is power, knowledge, wisdom, wonder, miracle, etc. He is calling God as love.
1 John 4:8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
Why does he highlight love in God? God has shown many other things too such as wonder, knowledge, wisdom, power. He did many miraculous things. Why is “love” praised as the main attribute of God? It is because whatever God has done He did and does those things out of love for his children.
All his wisdom, all his power, all his authority, all his glory, all of these have been displayed out of his love and pity. We are sinners from heaven and under the agony of death. We have been living on this earth as the slave of sin and death. God has love for these sinners and came down to this earth. He cancelled our sins by carrying our sins in our stead. He suffered the death to give us the forgiveness for the sins we committed.
John 3;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. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
God himself came down to this earth leaving the heavenly throne behind and he suffered in our stead taking up our sins and iniquities. When the disciples realized this love God had shown to them who are sinners, they had no choice but to endure whatever happens. They could complete the mission given to them even through the sacrifice of their life.
The same God who is love came down as the Spirt and the Bride to save us. Even though they are not guilty, they take up all our sins upon them and going though suffering in our stead. God is granting the full love of God to us the sinners of heaven and on this earth.
We also should realize the true love of God. When we realize the love God has shown to us, we also cannot help but endure everything because we know that nothing can be compared to the suffering Father and Mother go through for us. This realization gives us faith and we can endure and stand firm in the faith to the end.
Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The love of God gives us patient endurance and we can endure to the end.
