Whatever is done on this earth has a certain purpose in it. Nothing is done without a purpose.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build.
We call this time and activity a plan. Whether it is a daily, monthly, or yearly one, we have a plan. And we make the plan to achieve a goal, which is the purpose of our plan. Spiritually it is the same. God has made a plan. When we are going to church and study the bible, we are following the plan of God.
Salvation of soul, the Goal of our Faith
Then what was the purpose of God making the plan? The bible, which contains the plan of God also reveals the purpose God intends to achieve through the plan. Then what is the ultimate purpose of God?
1 Peter 1:8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
The goal of our faith is the salvation of our souls. For this purpose God made a plan even before the creation of the world. And He has achieved everything according to his plan throughout the human history. By achieving everything one by one according to his plan, God let us know that whatever he has planned will be accomplished completely without missing anything.
Isaiah 55:11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
Isaiah 14:24 The Lord Almighty has sworn, “Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will happen.
Then according to the plan of God, what should we do to receive the goal of our faith, the salvation of our souls? In the Book of Revelation God teaches us about the salvation in the last days.
The Spirit and the Bride, God the Father and God the Mother
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.
2ooo years ago, it was Jesus Christ who gave the water of life to the people who wishes to drink. Those who met Jesus and received him could receive abundant water of life and quench their thirst for salvation.
However, the bible says that in the last we have to meet and receive the water of life from the Spirit and the bride. Then who are the Spirit and the bride who give the water of salvation to whoever is thirsty? The bible teaches the Spirit is the Lamb, the second coming Christ who was to come in the last day. (Revelation 22:20) Then who are the bride, the wife of the Lamb?
It is God the Mother who appears in the flesh in the last day. (Revelation 21:9, Galatians 4:26) According to the plan of God for our salvation, the Spirit (God the Father) and the bride (God the Mother) will appear together in the flesh and give the water of life (the words of God for our salvation) in the last day. The Spirit and the Bride have already come and they are giving out the water of salvation through the Passover today. Come to the Church of God or WMSCOG, and meet the God who came to give salvation to us.
2000 years ago, God has come down to this earth in the flesh. Even though the God they worship came, the Israel people mocked him, ridiculed him and killed him on the cross in the end. Then why did God have to appear in the flesh? He could have appeared with all the spiritual glory and power and with thousands upon thousands of angels. He could have destroyed immediately who disobeyed his words and put them into the eternal agony of hell.
However, He did not do that. He appeared in the form of man in the flesh. And He walked a thorny path, going through many sufferings and hardships. And finally He sacrificed himself on the cross among the people who mocked him, saying, “If you are the son of God, then come down from the cross and save yourself.” And others said, “He saved others, but he cannot save himself.” Even though people mocked him like this, he was silent and did not open his mouth. He endured all the humiliations and sufferings.
Why did he have to come? Why did he have to go through all the sufferings? Why did he not say anything in his defense?
Sin and Death
The bible teaches that everyone on this earth is a sinner who committed sin in heaven and was sentenced to a death penalty because of their sin.
Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—
The bible says we are all destined to die because of our sins and there is no exception for this. Even though we are sinners who disobeyed God, however, God still loved his people and wanted to save them.
The only way for them to be saved is to pay the debt for the sin. And the only way to make the payment for the sin is to sacrifice their life. If the sinners had to pay the debt themselves, they had to give up their life because the wage of sin is death. If they had to die for their sin, what would the salvation mean to them? It is meaningless to them because they had already died because of their sin.
In this deadlock situation the only way for them to receive the forgiveness for their sins and salvation is that they must have someone who would die in their stead for the sins they have committed. In the Old Testament this was done with animal sacrifices. When God’s people committed sins, they could receive redemption by shedding the blood of animals as ransom for their sins.
Forgiveness through the Sacrifice of Christ
The problem was that they could not completely wash away their sins through the animal sacrifice.
Hebrews 9:9 This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper.
For this reason, to give the complete forgiveness of sins and salvation, the bible teaches that Christ would come and take up our sins and sacrifice himself as lamb. In this way, the sins of people will be taken away completely and they can receive forgiveness and salvation.
Hebrews 9:12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption.
To give the forgiveness of sins to his people, Christ must come down to this earth in the flesh and sacrifice himself as lamb to take away the sins of his people.
John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
I Corinthians 5:7 Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
2000 years ago, Christ has come as lamb and by sacrificing himself on the cross he could open the way for the forgiveness of sins and salvation to his people.
Second Coming Christ Coming in the Flesh
Like this people who have no ability to take up their sins and make the right payment for the sins must seek Christ who can take up their sins and give them salvation. 2000 years ago, those who received Jesus Christ could receive forgiveness and salvation.
In our time too the bible teaches us the Christ must come back again in the flesh. It is because the truth of life the Passover new covenant Jesus Christ established through his blood got abolished by the work of Satan. The way for the forgiveness and salvation has disappeared. And in the last days the people of God are in the agony of sins and death again without any hope for salvation.
In this situation, to restore the law of life Passover Christ must come back in the flesh again so that his chosen people could receive forgiveness for their sins. For this reason, Christ Ahnsahnghong has appeared to us and restored the Passover. He opened the way for the salvation again. And furthermore he let us know the reality of the new covenant Heavenly Mother New Jerusalem, who is the one that gives life and salvation to the children of God.
Now let us understand why God should come in the flesh and receive Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother who came in the flesh only for the salvation of the heavenly children.
The bible is the book testifying about the Savior who was to come to give us salvation.
John 5:39 You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
“Christ” in Greek or “Messiah” in Hebrew means “the Anointed One”, which means God would come as man and be anointed to fulfill the prophecies of the bible as king, prophet, and high priest. 2000 years ago, Jesus Christ came as the Anointed One, but people rejected him and at the end crucified him on the cross. Only those who believed the words and prophecies of God in the bible could accept him and receive salvation.
The same bible testifies that Christ would come as man for the second time (Heb 9:28), and get anointed again to complete the prophecies of the bible. When it happens, it would be a great test to people today. Many who look at the appearances of the Christ would reject him. Only those who believes in the words of God in the bible would receive him as fulfillment of the prophecies of the bible and receive salvation.
Many says that the bride in the heavenly wedding in Revelation is the church. Today let us get rid of our prejudice and find out the identity of the heavenly New Jerusalem, the bride and wife of the Lamb.
The Spirit and Bride Giving the Water of Life
The Water of Life
According to the bible, the salvation of God is expressed through many different metaphors. Sometimes it is compared to bread that gives life (Jn 6:35), or to water (Jn 4:13), or even to seeds (Mt 13:37). Especially powerful is the metaphor of water that gives life. It is used all throughout the bible as the main motif of God’s salvation. Prophet Isaiah says:
Isaiah 55:1 Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! ….. Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live.
In Ezekiel, we can see the water of life flowing out from the temple of God and in Revelation too there is the water of life from the throne of God. Water is essential to lead a life on this earth. By using this function of water God is comparing his salvation and to receive the salvation we have to drink the water of life.
The Water of Life From God
Then who is the source of the water of life? According to the bible the only source of water of life is God himself because only God can give eternal life. (Ps 133:3, Jn 10:28) In the Old Testament, God the Father Jehovah was the Savior and thus He was the source of the water of life.
Jeremiah 2:13 My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
Therefore, those who wanted to receive salvation must come to God Jehovah for the water of life. In the Age of the Son, it was only Jesus who could give the water of life.
John 4:13 Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
Then what about us? Who is the source of the water of life in our time? Definitely, it is God. Then who is the true Savior that we have to receive as God in the last day? Without paying attention to the bible, we cannot find the true Savior. Then what does the bible say about the Savior in the last day? Who are the source of the water of life?
What is the New Jerusalem that is the source of the water of life in the last day?
The Water of Life from the Spirit and the Bride
Revelation, which testifies about the last day, teaches us the true source of the water of life in the last day.
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.
Revelation prophesies that the water of life or salvation of eternal life is coming from the Spirit and the bride. Then who must be the Spirit and the bride? We have agreed that the only one who can give the water of life is God himself. In this respect, we can say that the Spirit and the bride must be God.
The Spirit is God the Father in terms of the Trinity that God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit are one. Then who are the bride of the Spirit (or the Lamb in Revelation 21:9 and 19:7)? Since this bride is the wife of the Lamb Jesus, who is God the Father, we can guess she must be God the Mother.
Who is the Bride of the Lamb?
The Bride of the Lamb, Heavenly Jerusalem
In the Book of Revelation, John testifies about the bride of the Spirit who gives the water of life. Let us follow his testimony one by one to find out the identity of the bride in Revelation.
Revelation 19:7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
Here we can see the wedding banquet of the Lamb and the bride. Since the Lamb in Chapter 19 is referred as the Spirit in Chapter 22, we can see the Lamb (or Jesus) is the Spirit. That is, the bridegroom of the wedding is Jesus himself. Since this is about the last day, we can say that this is about Jesus’ Second Coming as bridegroom to complete the parable of wedding banquet which he taught 2000 years ago. (Mt 22:1) Then who is the bride of Jesus? She was never mentioned in the parable of the wedding banquet 2000 years ago since it was not the time for her to be revealed.
Finally, the time for the bride has come and she is ready to be revealed. Then who is the bride or the wife of the Lamb?
Revelation 21:9 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.” 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.
An angel showed John the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. What is the New Jerusalem who is the wife of the Lamb?
Heavenly Jerusalem Our Mother
Here the angel showed John the wife of the Lamb. Strangely enough the bride of the Lamb is described as “the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.” (Rev 21:2) As we know that the bible is mainly written in a parabolic language, we have to understand this also as parable. We should not think that a city of precious gems is coming down from heaven.
To find out the true meaning of the Heavenly Jerusalem we have to find a mated verse in the bible as Isiah said: “Look in the scroll of the Lord and read: None of these will be missing, not one will lack her mate.” The vision of the heavenly Jerusalem can be explained through the mated verse in the bible.
Apostle Paul had the same vision of the Heavenly Jerusalem and testified about it.
Galatians 4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
Paul clearly testifies that the Heavenly Jerusalem is our Mother, which means God the Mother who give us life. The reason God the Mother is compared the Most Holy Place of the Jerusalem Temple (Rev 21:16) can be found in Jesus Christ himself, who compared his body as temple of God where the Spirit of God dwells. (Jn 2:20) This is true with God the Mother who will appear in human likeness, forsaking the divinity of God. (Phil 2:7)
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Jesus said that he is the source of the water of life. Likewise, Christ is the true temple of God from where the living water is flowing out to the whole world giving life to people.
Conclusion
Through these testimonies of the bible, we can conclude that the Spirit and the Bride are God the Father and God the Mother, coming together to give the water of life.
Therefore, those who want to receive the salvation of God in our time must know the Spirit and Bride to receive the water of life. If we look at the outward appearance of the Spirit and the Bride, we can be deceived and reject them. Then what the consequences would be!! Rather suspending our disbelief, we have to pay attention to the words of God in the bible. Then we can see the divinity hidden in the form of human likeness.
Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother appeared as the Spirit and the bride to us to give us the water of life. Now come to the Spirit and the bride and receive the salvation of eternal life.
Jerusalem Temple and God the Mother–In the time of King Solomon, God allowed the Israelites to build a temple to put his name in. From that time on the temple in Jerusalem became the center of the worship for the Jews as God commanded them.
Deuteronomy 12:4 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way. 5 But you are to seek the place the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name there for his dwelling. To that place you must go; 6 there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, what you have vowed to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks. 7 There, in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you.
Since the time of Solomon, Jerusalem became the most important place for the Jews in their worship of God.
The Prophecies of the Appearance of the Reality of the Temple
The Old Covenant and the New Covenant
Jerusalem Temple and God the Mother–However, in many places of the bible God foretold that the reality of the temple would appear. God gave the Law of Moses and the Jerusalem Temple as copy and shadow for the reality which would be revealed the people of God who would live in the time of New Testament.
Heb 10:1 The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves.
For this reason, Paul says that the old covenant was given the role of school master to lead us to the reality, that is fulfilled through the Christ in the New Testament.
Gal 3:2Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
The Prophecies of the Appearance of the Reality of the Temple
Jerusalem Temple and God the Mother–Then what is the reality of the temple in the new covenant? Just like all the Law of Moses, the temple worship was also a copy and shadow given to people until the time of the fulfillment by the Christ. The temple and worship was not the reality itself.
For this reason, God teaches us through the bible that the reality of the temple would be revealed in the later days.
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 Jerusalem The Throne of the Lord, and all nations will gather in Jerusalem to honor the name of the Lord.
In this prophecy, God foretold that people would not seek the Ark of the Covenant anymore. Then what is the ark of the covenant? The ark of the covenant which was also called “the Ark of the Testimony,” was a wooden chest for the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. God gave the two stone tablets and commanded Moses to build a sanctuary for the words of God.
According to the commands of God, Moses built a sanctuary and he put the ark of the covenant in the Most Holy Place of the sanctuary. And he made a cover for the ark of the covenant with two cherubim on top facing each other, protecting the ark of the covenant. This cover had many different names such as the atonement cover or the mercy seat or the throne of God because God said that he would sit enthroned between the cherubim.
The True Throne of God
Jerusalem Temple and God the Mother–Along with the sanctuary or the temple, this Throne of God was the most important religious objects in the worship of God. Therefore, wherever they went, the Israelites carried the ark of the covenant with them. When the ark was with them, they were blessed and prosperous. However, when they lost the ark because of their sins, they were punished and had to go through many hardships and distress.
Even though the ark of the covenant and the temple is so much important to them, God prophesied that the Israelites would not remember the ark of the covenant or they miss it even though they did not have one. How could it be possible? It is because the reality of the ark of the covenant and the temple would be given to them instead of the copy of it.
Even Jesus also taught about this 2000 years ago. He taught the Samaritan woman at the well that people didn’t have to go to the Jerusalem Temple to worship God.
John 4:21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
According to the command of God, God’s people built the Jerusalem Temple to honor the Name of God and to worship Him. But Jesus said that now people should not go to Jerusalem to worship God. This teaching of Jesus is rather strange considering the importance of the temple worship to the Jews of the time.
The Reality of the Temple
Jerusalem Temple and God the Mother–However, if we understand the reason Jesus gave the teaching for, we can see the point of his teaching. The temple was the place of the throne of God. And God said that he would dwell among his people sitting enthroned between the cherubim. This was fulfilled when God put His Spirit inside the temple after the completion of the temple.
1 Kings 8:6 The priests then brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim. 7 The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its carrying poles. …10 When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud filled the temple of the Lord. 11 And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled his temple.
After the construction of the temple, people put the ark of the covenant or the throne of God into the Most Holy Place of the temple. From that time on, God started to dwell among his people by putting his Spirit in the Jerusalem Temple. In this sense, the temple is the place where God puts His Spirit to dwell among his people on this earth.
Christ’s Body, the Spiritual Temple
Jerusalem Temple and God the Mother–Then what is the reality of the temple which God would give his people instead of the physical temple? The answer can be found in the teaching of Christ.
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.
Through these verses we can understand that the body of Jesus was the spiritual temple or the reality of the temple. Instead of putting his Spirit inside a physical building, God put the Spirit of God in the body of Christ so that he would dwell among his people. Christ himself was the reality of the temple of God and God’s Spirit was inside the body of Jesus’ Christ.
Matthew 1:18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
The bible teaches that Jesus was born through the Spirit of God or the Holy Spirit. Jesus was God himself who had appeared as man by putting his Spirit in the body of Christ.
What is the heavenly Jerusalem in the Book of Revelation which is coming down from heaven? It is depicted as the Most Holy Place of the temple. What is the reality of the Most Holy Place and the Throne of God?
The Reality of the Temple in the Last Days
Jerusalem Temple and God the Mother–Therefore, we can conclude that the body of Christ was the reality of the temple of God. And the Spirit of God or the Holy Spirit was dwelling in his body. This is very important to us too. It is because the bible teaches that the temple of God would appear in the last days too to make His dwelling among His people.
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. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.
The bible says that the temple of God New Jerusalem would come down from heaven and make God’s dwelling among his people. Then what is the New Jerusalem that would come down from heaven as the dwelling of God? Does it mean the heavenly temple building would come down from heaven? Definitely not!! Jesus already foretold that people would not have to go to the physical temple to worship God.
Then what is this heavenly Jerusalem which would appear as the dwelling of God?
Galatians 4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
Paul teaches the identity of the heavenly Jerusalem. The heavenly Jerusalem is our Mother or God the Mother. And it means God the Mother would appear as Christ or God in the flesh and she would put the Spirit of God in Her body so that She would dwell among Her people.
Conclusion
Jerusalem Temple and God the Mother–2000 years ago, God the Father appeared as man and dwelt among His people by putting His Spirit in the body of Christ. Jesus came as the reality of the temple for the salvation of the people of God. In the same way, the bible teaches that in the last days the heavenly New Jerusalem God the Mother would appear as man and would make Her dwelling among Her people by putting the Spirit of God in Her body.
This prophecy got fulfilled by God the Mother coming down from heaven in the flesh. And she made her dwelling among the people of God for their salvation. Now she is calling Her people to come to her for the salvation of their souls.
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.
Now come to God the Father and God the Mother and receive the water of life.
Treasure of Kingdom of Heaven–In the story of “Alibaba and 40 Thieves,” there is a cave stored with innumerable precious treasures whose entrance is hidden and covered by such a huge stone that nobody can notice or move it. No great man of power can open the gate with his physical strength. However, if you know the magic word to open the door, you can open it as a kid. The magic word makes it easy for anybody to access to the treasure hidden behind the rock. You stand in front of the rock and shout, “Open Sesame!” Yes, that is it.
You don’t have to use a dynamite to blow the rock. Neither should you bring hundreds of horses to pry the door away. Nor should you became a strong man like a superman. What you have to do is to know a simple word, “Open Sesame!” Then everything will be OK for you. You can enter the cave and get the all the treasure hidden behind the rock.
Magic Word to open the hidden treasure room: Open Sesame!
Treasure Hidden In The Bible
Treasure of Kingdom of Heaven–Then how about the treasure hidden in the bible? The bible compares the kingdom of heaven to precious hidden treasure.
Matthew 13:44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
According to this parable, the kingdom of heaven is treasure. Thus, if you get the treasure, you can get the kingdom of heaven. But the problem is the treasure is hidden underneath the dirt. You cannot know where it is hidden and you cannot reach the treasure. Then how can we get to the treasure? Where should we go and find? All the mysteries and treasure of God is hidden in the words of God of the bible.
Words Of God, Treasure
Treasure of Kingdom of Heaven–The bible teaches us that the true words of God are treasure like silver or gold.
Psalm 19:7 The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. 8 The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes. 9 The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The decrees of the Lord are firm, and all of them are righteous. 10 They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb.
In this verse, we can see that the words of God are compared to pure gold. Therefore, the words of God are the treasure. In the Book of Proverbs, King Solomon says the same thing:
Proverbs 8:8 All the words of my mouth are just; none of them is crooked or perverse. 9 To the discerning all of them are right; they are upright to those who have found knowledge. 10 Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold, 11 for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.
King Solomon also compares the words of God to treasures like gold, silver, and rubies.
What is the Password for the treasure of kingdom of heaven?
Hidden Treasure Of Kingdom Of Heaven
Treasure of Kingdom of Heaven–Then why did the bible says that the words of God are hidden treasure? The words of God are in the bible. And if we open the bible, we can read the words of God and get the treasure. Therefore, claiming the words of God as hidden treasure seems to be absurd since they are not hidden. The words of God are accessible anytime we want.
This is true. But what is important is not the reading activity, but the understanding we get from the words of God. For example, if there is a book explaining about the principle of how the nuclear power plant generate electricity. Even though you might be able to open the book and read. But you might not understand the meaning of the text. In this case we can say the meaning is hidden for me.
In the same way, when we read the bible without understanding the meaning, we can say that the meaning is hidden to us. And if you cannot get anything from that reading activity, then can you say that you got the riches hidden in the book. Probably not!
Isaiah 29:11 For you this whole vision is nothing but words sealed in a scroll. And if you give the scroll to someone who can read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I can’t; it is sealed.” 12 Or if you give the scroll to someone who cannot read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I don’t know how to read.”
According to the bible, the words of God are hidden to all the people whether educated or not. Nobody can understand the words of God without having the spiritual eyes to read them.
Magic Word To Open The Seal Of The Bible
Treasure of Kingdom of Heaven–Then how about us? Is there anybody who can say, “I opened the seal of the bible? Now I can explain all the mysteries of the bible for the kingdom of heaven. Come to me and listen I will let you find the treasure hidden in the bible?” No, definitely nobody can open the seal of the bible.
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.
According to the bible, in the last day, there is nobody who can open the seven seals of the bible. The bible is completely sealed up. As God said in the Book of Isaiah, whether educated or not, nobody can read the words of God in the bible. With that being said, if someone still insists that he can understand the words of God, he must check whether or not he is saying what he does not know out of ignorance and insolence.
The True Magic Word Leading To Treasure, God
Treasure of Kingdom of Heaven–Then how can we tap into the treasure hidden in the bible? It is only through God who can open the seals and explain the meaning to us who are spiritually blind.
Job 22:23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent 24 and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines, 25 then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you.
When we get rid of all our precious things in this world and return to God with an obedient mind, we can get the treasure. In this sense, we can see God is the true treasure who can open the door to the secret room of the hidden treasure stashed away for the people of God who would inherit the kingdom of heaven.
Hidden Treasure in the field: Christ is the hidden treasure in the field.
Hidden Treasure In The Field, Christ
Treasure of Kingdom of Heaven–Then who is the Savior we must meet in our time who would open the door for the treasure? It is Christ, God coming as man in the flesh.
1 Corinthian 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.
Paul says that we do not have any authority to judge anything if something is true or not. It is only Christ who can reveal all the hidden things and mysteries to us. And therefore, we must wait for his coming and follow his instructions. Then we will come to know how to open the door for the treasure room and get all the treasure for our salvation.
Col 2:2 My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Christ is the true treasure we must find. If we recognize the Christ, we can receive all the treasures and riches from him. However, the problem is that it is not easy to recognize the Christ. As we have seen in the parable of treasure hidden in the field, the treasure is underground covered by dirt. If you look at the surface of the field, you cannot see the treasure hidden underground. What you can see would be just a plot of land covered with dirt and weeds like any other parts of the field.
Christ Coming As Man In The Flesh
Treasure of Kingdom of Heaven–In the same way, Christ was treasure hidden underground covered with dirt. It was because he came as man in the flesh. Outwardly, there was no difference between Christ and other men. He seemed to be the same as one of us. That is why most people did not recognize the treasure hidden in the flesh and rejected Christ. Because of that, they could not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
The bible says that Christ would come back again as man in the flesh for the second time. (Heb 9:28) Even though he is hiding all the treasures and riches in him, it would be hard for people to know the treasure hidden in Christ. However, once they accept the Christ, all the treasure hidden in Christ will become theirs.
Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother New Jerusalem came to us as man in the flesh. He revealed all the secrets and hidden mysteries of the bible. He gave us the treasure for the kingdom of heaven. Since he hid the treasure in his body of flesh, however, it is hard for people to know the treasure hidden in him.
Even though they hid their glory in the body of flesh, they are our God and Savior who can lead us back to heaven. Let us dig out the dirt covering their glory and find treasure for kingdom of heaven hidden in them by studying the prophecies of the bible. Let us call out the Password for Heaven, “Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother!” And the door for heaven will open for us to enter.
Conclusion
Treasure of Kingdom of Heaven–In the story of Alibaba and 40 Thieves, it becomes easy to open the stone gate only if you have the password. It might be so absurd and simple, but if you don’t have the password there is no other way for you to open the door. No other words, however it might sounds fancy, can make the rock move. However simple may it sound, “Open Sesame!” is the right word. If you know the word, the door will yield to your command. Weak and tiny as you may be, it will obey you. However, if you do not know the word, it would not budge an inch no matter how many people and horses you might bring.
It is the same with the treasure for the kingdom of heaven. It does not matter how much knowledge, power, or authority you might have. What is important is the right password, “Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother.” With this password, you can open the door for heaven even as kid weak and small. The bible teaches us that we should get rid of our gold and silver. We must get rid of our own wisdom and knowledge, understanding and thought. Then God would be our treasure. Therefore, let us get rid of our own thought and seek God through the wisdom of God in the bible.
Forgiveness Of Sins And God The Mother–If we look at the laws of the old covenant in the bible, we can see the festivals of God. God gave his people seven festivals divided into three times. The third set of festivals are festivals kept in Autumn. Those autumnal festivals are the Feast of Trumpet, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles.
Today, let us take look at the Day of Atonement and the spiritual fulfillment of the festival. Through this examination, we will surely be able to know that the true forgiveness of sins are coming from God the Mother.
The Regulations of Day of Atonement: What is the meaning behind it?
The Day of Atonement
Forgiveness Of Sins And God The Mother–The date for the Day of Atonement is the the 10th day of the 7th month in the sacred calendar. This day has its origin from the work of Moses bringing the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandment from Mt. Sinai for the second time. To commemorate this event God commanded the Israelites to celebrate the Day of Atonement. (Ex 34:27-28, Lev 23:26-32)
The first set of the stone tablets that Moses brought down from Mt. Sinai was thrown down and broken into pieces because of the sins of God’s people. The people thought Moses was dead on the mountain. And they made an idol in the shape of a calf and started to worship it as their gods. Because of this sin of people, God destroyed many of them.
Finally, God was gracious and forgave them one more time. And to prove his forgiveness, he gave his words of the Ten Commandment for the second time. By keeping the words of God, they could receive the salvation of eternal life. (Mt 19:17)
The Regulations of The Day of Atonement
Forgiveness Of Sins And God The Mother–Then what was the regulations of the Day of Atonement in the Law of Moses? And what is the hidden meaning behind the regulations?
As we can see in the name the Day of Atonement, this is the day when God gives atonement or forgiveness for all the sins of people they committed throughout the year.
The Sanctuary and Forgiveness of Sins
Forgiveness Of Sins And God The Mother–When people committed sins, they have to sacrifice different animals according to the degree of the severity of their sins. Some brought birds; others animals of different kinds and different sizes. However, one thing was common to all of them. They must kill the animal and shed the blood of the animals for the forgiveness of their sins. It was because they would not receive the blessings of forgiveness without shedding of blood. (Heb 9:22) To receive the forgiveness, somebody must shed blood in their stead.
For this reason, when people brought sin offerings to the priests, the priest would kill the animals and took the blood sprinkling the blood on the sanctuary. In this way, the sanctuary took the sins of people over temporarily. And through this sacrificial ceremony people could hand their sins over to the sanctuary. (Lev 4:4-6)
The Forgiveness Of Sins On the Day of Atonement
Sin Offerings For Forgiveness
In this way, the sanctuary or the temple would hold the sins of people until the Day of Atonement. And finally on this day, the sins of people temporarily assigned to the sanctuary could be completely atoned through the regulations of the Day of Atonement. Let us first look at the regulations of the Day of Atonement.
Leviticus 16:3-6 3 “This is how Aaron is to enter the Most Holy Place: He must first bring a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. … 5 From the Israelite community he is to take two male goats for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. 6 “Aaron is to offer the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household.
For the cleansings of the sins relegated to the sanctuary, they first had to sacrifice animals, a bull for priests and their family, and a goat for the people. Then the high priest would enter the inner room or the Most Holy Place of the sanctuary, and sprinkle the blood of the animals for all the articles of the sanctuary.
Leviticus 16:15 “He shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and take its blood behind the curtain and do with it as he did with the bull’s blood: He shall sprinkle it on the atonement cover and in front of it. 16 In this way he will make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the uncleanness and rebellion of the Israelites, whatever their sins have been. He is to do the same for the tent of meeting, which is among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
Sins Handed Over To A Scapegoat
Forgiveness Of Sins And God The Mother–When the high priest finished the cleansing of the sanctuary, finally, the sins of people temporarily handed over the sanctuary is given to a scapegoat.
Leviticus 16:20 “When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat (or the scapegoat). 21 He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites—all their sins—and put them on the goat’s head. He shall send the goat away into the wilderness in the care of someone appointed for the task. 22 The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness.
All the sins the Israelites committed would be transferred to the scapegoat by laying hands on its head. And the scapegoat or Azazel was taken to the remote place and died there. In this way, the sins could be completely forgiven.
Sanctuary Layout: Holy Place and Most Holy Place
The True Meaning Of The Day of Atonement
Forgiveness Of Sins And God The Mother–Then what is the meaning of the Day of Atonement? The bible says that the laws and regulations of the old covenant were given to us as guardian to lead us to Christ who gives us the true forgiveness. (Gal 3:24)
The True Sanctuary Or Temple
To understand the regulations of the Day of Atonement first, we have to know the reality of the temple which takes over the sins of people. According to the bible, Christ is the reality of temple and he is the one who takes over our sins.
John 2:19 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.
Therefore, Christ is the reality of the temple and he is the one who takes our sins over through his sacrifice.
John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
The Most Holy Place and God the Mother
Forgiveness Of Sins And God The Mother–However, the most important part of the regulations of the Day of Atonement was “entering the Most Holy Place.” It was not allowed to enter the Most Holy Place. If anyone does, he got destroyed immediately. (Lev 16:1)
However, on this day only one time a year, the high priest could enter the Most Holy Place. Through this, he could cleanse the temple from all the sins of people. And he could bring the complete forgiveness by handing the sins over to a scapegoat. Then what is the reality of the Most Holy Place that we must enter for the complete forgiveness?
2000 years ago, Jesus appeared as reality of the temple. And he represented the outer room or the Holy Place of the temple. According to the bible, the reality of the Most Holy Place would appear in the last day to complete the forgiveness of sins and give salvation to God’s people.
The Reality of the Most Holy Place
The most important characteristic of the Most Holy Place is that it is shaped like a cube.
1 Kings 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.
This earthly sanctuary was made to reveal the reality, that is, the heavenly temple. (Heb 8:5) Through this model of earth sanctuary, God is teaching us the reality of heavenly sanctuary so that we can know who is the reality of the temple.
Revelations 21:9 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. …. 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.
According to John who saw the heavenly sanctuary, the heavenly Jerusalem or the heavenly Most Holy Place is coming down from heaven and was to reveal its true identity to us by coming down to this earth. Just as Jesus the reality of the Holy Place of the temple came down and taught us about the reality of the outer room, the reality of the inner room or the Most Holy Place would come to us so that we may know the true reality of the inner room that gives us the complete forgiveness.
Heavenly Most Holy Place, God the Mother
Forgiveness Of Sins And God The Mother–Then who is the Most Holy Place of Heaven that we must go to for the complete forgiveness of our sins? Apostle Paul let us know the true reality of the Heavenly Jerusalem.
Galatians 4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
The reality of the Holy Place of the temple was God the Father who came to us 2000 years ago. And the reality of the Most Holy Place was God the Mother who would come to us in the last days.
When Jesus destroyed his body of the Holy Place of the temple, he was opening way to the Most Holy Place of the temple. According to the bible, while the outer room of the sanctuary stands, the way to the inner room was closed by the curtain separating between the two rooms. (Heb 9:8) However, when Jesus sacrificed his body as sin offerings, the outer room and the curtain hiding the inner room were destroyed opening way to the Most Holy Place. (Heb 9:11-14, 10:19-20)
The Source of Forgiveness and God the Mother
God the Father wanted to reveal to us God the Mother who is the true source of salvation. The first coming Jesus and second coming Christ Ahnsahnghong wanted us to know about God the Mother.
Adam sacrificed his body and reveal the Eve, the Life to us. The Spiritual Adam God the Father sacrificed himself by destroying his body of temple to lead us to the reality of the Most Holy Place and the Spiritual Eve who can give us eternal life: God the Mother. Now we must come to God the Mother and receive her because she give us the water of life.
Zechariah 13:1 “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
Zechariah 14:8 On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it east to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.
Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bridesay, “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.
Come to God the Mother for the forgiveness and eternal life. This is the last message of God to his people.
Conclusion
Azazel or the scapegoat: What is the meaning of the scapegoat?
Through the regulations of the Day of Atonement, God is teaching us that the sins God’s people committed will be taken by Father and Mother temporarily. But in the end all the sins will be handed over to Azazel (or the scapegoat), which is the symbolic representation of Satan.
The Satan will be put into the second death, tormented forever in the fiery furnace.
Revelations 20:10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
The bible says that Christ came to destory the work of Satan the Devil. (1Jn 3:8) To fulfill this purpose once and for ever, God the Mother the reality of the Most Holy Place came down to this earth. Those who accept God the Mother will recieve the forgiveness of sins and eternal life.
Festivals and God the Mother–In WMSCOG, we are calling ourselves as people of God’s festivals. We cherish the festivals of God and we make efforts to keep all the festivals of God. For this reason many people who do not know the meanings of festivals call us as legalists or religious fundamentalists. Today I would like to explain the reason why God gave us the festivals and why the festivals are important to the people of God.
The Purpose Of The Laws Of God
Festivals and God the Mother–Since the festivals are part of the Laws of Moses, we have to know the purpose of the laws first to know the meaning of the festivals. There are two different laws in the bible: the Law of Moses and the Law of Christ. (1Co 9:20-21) Then why did God give his people those laws? According to the bible the laws of God was not merely given to the people for the norm for their behavior or the code of conduct. There are more important things that we must know through the laws of the old and new covenant.
John 5:39 You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
Gal 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Through these words of Christ and apostles we can know the purpose of the laws. God gave the laws so that people may come to know the Christ or the Savior.
The True Legalists
Festivals and God the Mother–Just as Christ said that the Laws of Moses was given to the Israelites so that they may know the Christ or Savior who would appear by fulfilling the words of God. In those days, even though the people of Isreal kept the Laws of Moses faithfully, they failed to recognize Jesus who came as Savior. They refused to accept the Christ and got destroyed.
They firmly held on to the laws, but they did not know the purpose God had given them the laws for. In that sense, they could be called legalists because they knew the law, kept the laws, but they could not get any benefit from the laws. They were keeping the law only for the sake of the laws. When the Christ finally arrived fulfilling all the laws, they rejected him without realizing the purpose they were keeping the laws for.
The Purpose Of The Festivals
Festivals and God the Mother–Then let us now find out more about the festivals of God. The festivals of God were the most important part of the Laws of Moses in the old covenant. And their main acts of worship were done in the Jerusalem Temple during the festivals by sacrificing animals shedding the blood. Then what was the purpose of the festivals? Just like other laws, the festivals were given to them so that they might know the Savior who the laws were leading to.
Resurrection of Jesus as the fulfillment of the firstfruits
Jesus As Firstfruits
The laws were working as guardian to lead them to the Christ who would come to give them salvation. 2000 years ago, Jesus finally came to fulfill God’s purpose foretold through the festivals of God. For example, during the Day of the Firstfruits, the priests waved the sheaf of first grains on the day after Sabbath following the Feast of the Unleavened Bread. (Leviticus 23:11) And Paul testifies that this law was accomplished by Jesus by resurrecting after his death as the firstfruits among those who had fallen asleep.
1 Corinthians 15:20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
Jesus as Passover Lamb
Festivals and God the Mother–Also, on the day of the Passover, people would sacrifice lambs according to the Laws of Moses. And Paul testifies that this also was fulfilled by Jesus by coming as the reality of the Passover Lamb and sacrificing himself for our sins.
1 Corinthians 5:7 Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
John the Baptist was also teaching us that it was the Christ who came as the reality of the Passover Lamb to take away the sins of people.
John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Jesus coming to fulfill the prophecy of the Passover Lamb
Those With Knowledge And Those Without Knowledge
Festivals and God the Mother–All these testimonies reveals to us that the apostles had certain knowledge about the prophecies and its fulfillment by Jesus. And they also knew the purpose of God for the laws and they accepted Jesus as the one who was to come according to the prophecies of the bible.
However, the religious leaders of the time rejected Jesus, showing that they did not know what God purposed through the bible. Even though they were keeping all the laws of Moses, their worship was in vain because they could not receive blessings through those acts of worship. In spite of their reverence to the laws, they could not realize the Savior, the fulfillment of the laws. It was because they were trapped in the ceremonial acts of worship without realizing the hidden meanings behind them. In this sense, we can call them as legalists.
Then how about the apostles and the believers of Christ 2000 years ago? They kept the Sabbath and they kept the Passover. Then can we call them as legalists too? No, definitely not. Since they knew the meaning of the festivals, they came to realize the importance of the festivals. And they kept the festivals all the more diligently expecting the blessings they could receive by keeping the festivals.
Christ We Should Know Through The Festivals
Festivals and God the Mother–All these things were given to us as lessons so that we would learn from the past. God gave us the Laws of Moses and Jesus, and festivals of the old and new covenant. Then what should we learn from these laws and festivals? We must also know the fulfillment of the laws, the Christ who would appear in our time. If we are keeping the festivals only for the sake of the festivals, we should be called as legalists. However, if we keep the festivals with the knowledge of Christ and the salvation, we must keep the festivals more and more to thank God for the forgiveness and salvation.
Feast Of Tabernacles And God The Mother
The festivals of God are divided into three groups: the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. As I told before, Jesus fulfilled the first two festivals by fulfilling the prophecies of the Passover Lamb and the firstfruits.
The last unfulfilled prophecy is the Feast of Tabernacles. The Feast of Tabernacles are subdivided into three minor festivals: the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacle. Then what kind of messages are hidden in these festivals to reveal to us the Christ who would come in the last days for our salvation?
The Day of Atonement
Festivals and God the Mother–The Day of Atonement was considered as the most important day among all the seven festivals because all the sins committed by people can be forgiven on this day. When people committed sins, they brought sacrifices to the priests. And the priests killed the animals and sprinkled the blood on the curtains of the inner and outer rooms of the sanctuary. In this way, the sins of people were temporarily entrusted to the sanctuary. According to the regulation of the Day of Atonement, however, the high priest could enter into the inner room or the Most Holy Place of the sanctuary one time a year on this Day of Atonement.
On this day, through the blood of a lamb, the sins taken up by the sanctuary can be purified. And the sins could be transferred to a scapegoat by laying hand on the head of the goat. And the scapegoat which took up all the sins were taken into a solitary place and died. In this way, the sins could be cleansed from the people and the temple.
Priests Carrying the Ark of the Covenant
The Reality Of The Most Holy Place
Festivals and God the Mother–In this ceremony, what is most important is the inner room or the Most Holy Place. This was the center of the temple worship. Except for the Day of Atonement, nobody could enter into the Most Holy Place. If they did, God destroyed them with fire. (Lev 16:2) One time a year, only on this Day of Atonement, the high priest could enter the inner room through the blood of a lamb.
Why is this room so special? It was because God was dwelling in this room, sitting enthroned on the Atonement Cover between cherubim. This was the throne of God, where people could eat from the tree of life. And in this room there was the Ark of Covenant. In the Ark of Covenant, God put the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments, which God gave his people for eternal life. (Mt 19:17) There was also kept the manna, the bread from heaven that gives life to people. (Jn 6:51)
In short, God’s salvation was hidden in the Most Holy Place. Therefore, entering the Most Holy Place meant to receive complete forgiveness of sins and salvation.
God the Mother and The Most Holy Place
Festivals and God the Mother–Through these festivals, God teaches us that we must enter into the Most Holy Place for salvation. Then how can we find the Most Holy Place? And how can we enter it? As we have already seen in Jesus Christ, these festivals and laws were given to us to teach us the reality, that is, the Christ. Then what is the reality of the Most Holy Place that we must meet in our time?
In the Book of Revelation John saw the heavenly sanctuary, the reality of the Most Holy Place coming from heaven to this earth. (Rev 21:10-16) And also Paul testifies about the reality of the heavenly sanctuary like this: “But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our MOTHER.” (Gal 4:26)
Through the regulations of the Day of Atonement, God was teaching us about God the Mother who would come as Savior to us in the last days.
A booth made to celebrate the Feast of Tabernalce
The Feast of Tabernacles and God the Mother
Festivals and God the Mother–We can also confirm this through the last festival of God, the Feast of Tabernacles. This is the festival through which we can receive the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus said that through this festival we can receive the living water or the Holy Spirit. (Jn 7:37-39) However, Jesus stated clearly the condition in receiving the Holy Spirit by saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.” This means to receive the Holy Spirit we first must know the savior and accept him, believing him. And then we can receive the Holy Spirit.
2000 years ago, on the Day of Pentecost the believers of Jesus could receive the Holy Spirit. But in the Book of John Chapter 7, Jesus said that we can receive the Holy Spirit on the Feast of Tabernacles. Then how can we receive the Holy Spirit during the Feast of Tabernacles? What does the bible says about the Holy Spirit in the last day?
The Spirit And The Bride
The seven festivals of three times represents God’s salvaton work in each age. The Feast of Unleavened Bread stands for the Age of Father Jehovah and the salvation work of God Jehovah who brought the Israelites from the slavery of Egypt. And the Feast of Weeks represents the Age of Son Jesus who resurrected as the firstfruits and gave living hope of resurrect ion and spiritual transfiguration.
Finally, the last festival, the Feast of Tabernacles represent the Age of the Holy Spirit, the last age when God completes his salvation work. Therefore, through the Feast of Tabernacles we must realize the Savior who would come in the last day to give us salvation.
Revelations 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.
In the last day, the bible says that we must come to the Spirit and the bride for the living water of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is God the Father according to the trinity. Then who is the Bride? It is God the Mother, Heavenly Jerusalem who comes down from heaven in the last days. (Rev 21:9-10; Gal 4:26)
Prophecies of Zechariah
Festivals and God the Mother–Prophet Zechariah also prophesies about the living water in the last days.
Zechariah 14:8 On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it east to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.
Zechariah 14:16 Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. 17 If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain. 18 If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The Lord[b] will bring on them the plague he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. 19 This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.
Zechariah says that the source of living water or the Holy Spirit is Jerusalem, that is, God the Mother. Also he says that we must come to Jerusalem for the rain or the Holy Spirit. (Joel 2:23, 28) Through the prophecies of Revelation and Zechariah, we can see that the Savior in the last days is God the Mother, Heavenly Jerusalem.
Festivals And God The Mother
Festivals and God the Mother–All the festivals of God lead us to the Christ or the Savior. And now through the festivals of God, we must realize the Savior who would come in the last days. The bible says the living water comes from the Spirit and the Bride, God Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother. Let us realize the Savior the laws are leading us to and let us accept them. They are the ones testified in the bible.
To fulfill the prophecies of the bible, God the Mother came down to us to give us the water of life. Now they are calling us to come. Let us come to God the Mother with a reverent and obedient mind. Let us seek the forgiveness of our sins for our salvation.
The Way of Life God the Mother–Whatever was done by Christ 2000 years ago was given to us as example.
John 13:15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.
Therefore, Apostles of Jesus teaches us that we must follow the teachings of Jesus as they followed them.
1 Corinthians 11:1 Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.
The Example of Jesus About The Way Of Life
The Way of Life God the Mother–Then what kind of example Jesus taught us about the way of life. We all want to receive the eternal life in heaven. To know the way of life, we also must follow the example of Jesus.
John 14:6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
Jesus said that He is the way, which means we can get to our destination the kingdom of heaven by following the examples of Jesus. Therefore, the Apostles who followed the examples Jesus taught says that there is a way of life that we must follow to receive the eternal life.
Hebrews 6:19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, 20 where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.
Jesus as our forerunner or in other words example entered into the inner sanctuary to show us the way of life. The inner sanctuary behind the curtain means the Most Holy Place where the Ark of the Covenant was.
Jacob’s Ladder by William Blake
The Reason We Should Enter The Most Holy Place
The Way of Life God the Mother–Then what is the true meaning of entering the Most Holy Place?
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
Paul teaches us that the way to the Most Holy Place is “a new and living way”. In other words, it is the way of life we must enter to receive the eternal life. Originally, this way of life into the Most Holy Place was not allowed to access since it was hidden by the curtain.
Hebrews 9:8 The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning.
The way of the Most Holy Place was not revealed yet until Jesus opened the way to it. If we look at the layout of the tabernacle or the sanctuary of the temple, we can see two rooms separated by a curtain. The room near to the entrance was called the Holy Place, and the inner room the Most Holy Place. As long as the curtain stood, the way to the Most Holy Places was hidden. It means the way of life was closed.
However, Apostle Paul teaches that the way to the Most Holy Place came to be open through the blood of Jesus. Now since the way is open, we can now follow Jesus’ example and enter into the Most Holy Place.
The Spiritual Most Holy Place
The Way of Life God the Mother–Then what is the Most Holy Place we must enter to receive eternal life. Should we go to Jerualem and build a temple there? Paul says all these things were given as copy and shadow until the reality should come.
Hebrews 9:9 This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. 10 They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings—external regulations applying until the time of the new order.
What the priest did inside the temple according to the Law of Moses was mere “external regulations. When the Christ came and established “the new order,” the old regulations were abolished. Therefore, now we must find out the realities which God wanted to reveal to us through the illustration. Then what is the reality of the Most Holy Place? According to the bible, the Most Holy Place has one very important characteristic which can be found in nothing else. That is, it is designed like a cube.
1 Kings 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.
The Structure of the Tabernacle and the Most Holy Place behind the curtain
The Reality of The Most Holy Place, God The Mother
The Way of Life God the Mother–When King Solomon built the Jerusalem Temple, he designed the inner sanctuary (or the Most Holy Place) in the shape of a cube. This was a prophecy for the reality of the Most Holy Place that we must enter to receive the eternal life. In the Book of Revelation, we can find the reality, not a mere illustration or copy, of the Most Holy Place that is in heaven.
When Moses built the first sanctuary, God showed him the reality of the sanctuary which is in heaven. This earthly sanctuary was given as illustration for the heavenly sanctuary until the time comes when the heavenly sanctuary be revealed. Finally, in the Book of Revelation, the Heavenly Most Holy Place, the reality of the earthly inner place of the sanctuary is known to us. The bible says the real genuine Most Holy Place would come down from heaven to this earth.
Revelation 21:15 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.
John saw the reality of the Most Holy Place of the Heavenly Jerusalem Temple. And he testifies that it would come down from heaven to us. It means when this time comes, we don’t need a copy anymore because we WILL have the reality of the Most Holy Place. Then what is the reality of the Heavenly Jerusalem which is coming down from heaven in the last days? It is God the Mother who would come down from heaven in the last days. (Galatian 4:26, To know more about this topic, please read some related topics.)
The Cube in Transformer: Would the Heavenly Jerusalem appear in this way?
The Way Of Life, God The Mother
The Way of Life God the Mother–Through this we can understand that the way of life Jesus showed us as example was actually God the Mother who would come as the reality of the Most Holy Place. Jesus said that he was the reality of the temple. Jesus represented the Holy Place, the outer room. Before his sacrifice, there was a curtain between the inner room and outer room. That is why the way to the inner room was not disclosed yet.
However, through his death on the cross, his body of the temple was torn down. At this moment, the outer room along with the curtain was brought down so that the way to the inner room could be revealed.
Matthew 27:51 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split 52 and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53 They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.
Through his death, Jesus opened the way to the Most Holy Place and many of saints could enter the inner room to receive the eternal life.
Conclusion
The Way of Life God the Mother–This was given to us as example. Christ wanted to reveal to us one thing by sacrificing his body to the point of death: the reality of the Most Holy Place God the Mother. To fulfill the prophecies of the bible God the Mother came down from heaven to us. Just as Jesus showed us as example, we must enter into the Most Holy Place by receiving the Heavenly Mother with joyful and thankful mind because she is the one who can give eternal life to us.
Mother left the heavenly throne of glory and honor and came down to us appearing in the human form. She is sacrificing herself day and night for our salvation. Now let us accept the Mother so that we also could enter into the Most Holy Place following Christ’s example.
The Bride of Christ God the Mother–Today, even though there are many who claim to know the words of God in the bible, most of the cases their knowledge is not based on the teachings of God in the bible. Rather, they just interpret the bible with their own wisdom and understanding. This practice causes a lot of confusion among the people who studies and try to understand the bible. Jesus said about this, “Blind men leading other blind men. And if a blind man leads another blind man, both of them will fall into a ditch.” (Matthew 15:14)
Just as Jesus said, one ignorant is teaching another ignorant. And in this way, the world is filled with the lack of knowledge about the words of God in the bible. Each has different ideas from another. And even that kind of diversity in understanding and interpretation is encouraged and accepted for the sake of the increase of the knowledge. But God clearly warned that the words of God is truth and do not interpret the absolute words of God with relativistic knowledge of humans.
Isa 55:8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
The Bride Of Christ In The Book Of Revelation
The Bride of Christ God the Mother–One of the biggest misunderstandings of the bible is about the Bride of Christ who appears in Revelation. Revelation speaks about the completion of the heavenly wedding banquet foretold by Jesus 2000 years ago. (Matthew 22:1) He gave this parable to teach the kingdom of heaven. Through this story of wedding banquet, we can understand what kind of people would be able to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Finally, in the Book of Revelation, we can see the complete fulfillment of the wedding banquet by the appearance of the bride of Christ. 2000 years ago, when Jesus gave the parable of the wedding banquet, he did not mention the identity of his bride. When the time has come for her to be revealed in the last day, at last, he reveals his bride, the last secret of the parable.
Is The Bride Church?
The Bride of Christ God the Mother–And today many says the bride of Christ in Revelation is Church. Is it true? Definitely not. 2000 years ago, when Jesus gave the parable he made clear distinction between the couple and the guests or the invited ones in the parable. And God’s people are portrayed as “the invited one,” not “the bride.”
Matthew 22: 8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. 9 So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ 10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests……14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
This parable is concerned about the marriage of a couple ( a husband and a bride). And we can also see many who finally fills the whole wedding hall. These are called in many different titles such as the invited or the guests. And Jesus Christ teaches they are the chosen or the people of God who are to be saved. Therefore, through this parable we can conclude that the bride is different from the guests.
God’s People as Guests
The Bride of Christ God the Mother–We can confirm this through other similar parables of Jesus.
Mark 2:18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours (Jesus’s disciples) are not?” 19 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them. 20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.
In this parable too, Jesus compares his disciples (or God’s people who are to be saved) as guests, not the bride. He compares himself as bridegroom and his people (the chosen ones) are the guests. 2000 years ago, however, he did not mention anything about the bride in the wedding banquet. It was because the time for the bride has not come yet.
Can you imagine a wedding banquet without a bride?
The True Bride of Christ
The Bride of Christ God the Mother–Finally, the bride appears in the Book of Revelation. It means she meant to appear in the last days. This appearance of the bride is very important for the salvation work of God. Let us think about the purpose of a wedding banquet. A wedding is a ceremony in which a man and a woman become a husband and wife. And they build up a family. What is the ultimate purpose? To give “LIFE” to the children.
The Source of Life
The Bride of Christ God the Mother–Through the parable of the wedding banquet, Jesus is trying to teach us the salvation work of God. As in the physical wedding, the ultimate purpose of the heavenly wedding banquet is to give salvation or “eternal LIFE” to the chosen people of God. For this purpose the wedding banquet must be made complete in the last day when the salvation work is finished.
To make the heavenly wedding complete, the last missing piece of puzzle must be filled up. Then what was missing 2000 years ago? It was the appearance of the bride. Even though Jesus gave the parable in many different places, he never mentioned anything about the Bride. If the bride is not important, why should he use the parable of wedding? He could have used a parable of a birthday party, instead.
The reason Jesus did not mention the bride is because it was not the time yet for her to appear. After the wedding banquet, it is the bride that gives life to the children. In the same way, in this spiritual wedding banquet, the bride is the one who grants “eternal life” to the chosen people. Therefore, the guests or the chosen who want to receive eternal life must know “the bride” as well as the bridegroom (or Jesus Christ). Then who is the bride that gives eternal life to the guests?
Who is the bride of Christ in the heavenly wedding banquet?
The Bride of Christ, God the Mother
Let us take a look at the prophecies of the Book of Revelation to find the true bride of Christ.
Revelation 19:7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. 8 Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.” (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.) 9 Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added, “These are the true words of God.”
In this parable of the completion of the wedding banquet, we can see the bridegroom (Christ), finally the bride, and guests (those who are invited). In this parable too, we see that the bride and the guests (God’s people or church) is not the same. Therefore, it is wrong to claim that the bride is the church. Then who is the bride the Lamb (or the Christ)? All the guests who wants to receive salvation must attend this wedding banquet. And they must know the bride as well as the bridegroom for their salvation.
The Bride OF Christ, Heavenly Jerusalem
Revelation 21:9 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.
The Bride of Christ God the Mother–Finally, to complete the wedding banquet, the bride appears by coming down from heaven to this earth. Then what is “the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God”? We cannot imagine a big city in the geographical sense coming down from heaven. In this wedding, Jesus is not physically a Lamb, but spiritually. In the same way, the heavenly Jerusalem is not physical. It should be spiritual.
Then who is this heavenly Jerusalem? She is the last secret the guest must know for the salvation.
Galatians 4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above (in heaven) is free, and she is our mother.
The heavenly Jerusalem is, in fact, Our Mother. We have Our Father in heaven (Matthew 6:9). And we call him God the Father. And the Same bible says we have Our Mother in heaven, that is, God the Mother.
God the Father And God the Mother
The Bride of Christ God the Mother–Through this parable of the heavenly wedding banquet, Jesus has wanted to teach us the existence of God the Mother, the last secret of the bible. In the last day, to complete the wedding banquet, God the Father and God the Mother must appear together. And they would gather all the chosen ones to the wedding hall to give them eternal life.
After the appearance of God the Mother, finally God’s salvation work is made complete by granting the eternal life or living water to the children of God.
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 and the Bride, the God the Father and God the Mother would come together and gather the children by calling them to “come”. And when they are gathered, finally they together give the water of life or eternal life to them.
Invitation to the Heavenly Wedding Banquet Presented to YOU!!
In conclusion, God’s people who wants to receive this water of life must know God the Mother, the true bride of God. She would grant the water of life to all the people who wishes. Amen, Amen!
If we look at a book, usually there are contents in the beginning. And it contains the titles of the chapters of the books and sometimes short introductions for each chapter.
The bible starts with the Book of Genesis. Then what is the purpose of the book? According to the bible, the bible contains God’s plan for the redemption of all the people of God. And the Book of Genesis provides the contents for the whole book. Therefore, by studying and understanding Genesis, we can know the plan of God which God prepared for the redemption.
Prophet Isaiah clearly shows this point in his prophecy:
Isaiah 46:10 I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’
God said, “I make known the end from the beginning”. The end means the completion of the redemption work of God, which is recorded in the Book of Revelation, the end of the bible. And “the beginning” means the first book of the bible, Genesis, where the redemption work started. Through this verse God teaches us that we must study Genesis carefully to understand the Revelation. It is because the Genesis works as contents for the later part of the book. Ultimately, through the Six-Day Creation, God teaches us about the whole redemption work of 6000 years.
The War Between the Woman and the Snake
In this sense, by studying the Genesis, we can know what would happen in the later days. With this in mind, let us look at one story in Genesis, that is, the enmity between the woman and the snake. The first couple in the Garden of Eden lived happily together without lacking in anything. One day, however, a snake appeared and deceived the woman Eve to disobey the words of God by eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. After that, she gave some to her husband, who ate it too.
Because of this disobedience and lawlessness, God banished them from the garden. And everybody who committed the lawlessness got cursed by God. Especially, the two who first got involved in this sin, Eve and the snake, were made into enemies to each other.
Genesis 3:14 So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. 15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
According to this verse, God put enmity or hatred between the snake and the woman, and naturally, between their descendants too. However, God already settled the result of this war as a prophecy. The woman would be hurt to some degree by the snake. However, the snake would receive a critical blow which will cause death. The bible says the head of the snake would be crushed.
The Meanings of the Parable
The True Identity of the Snake
The bible says that what is recorded in Genesis actually shows what is going to happen at the end time. Then what is this battle between the woman and the snake? Who is the woman and what is the snake? How should we understand all these things? To understand all these, now let us look at the Book of Revelation. Let us find out the answers one by one in Revelation.
First, what is the snake in the bible?
Revelation 12:9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
The ancient serpent or “snake” who deceived Eve is actually represented as “the great dragon” who deceives or lead astray the whole world. In this sense, the snake signifies the devil or Satan who always tries to deceive God’s people away from God. Once he lured God’s people from heaven and made them commit sins against God. As the result, God’s people got driven out from heaven or the Garden of Eden. Today in this earth too, the Satan is working to lead God’s people away from God.
Who do Adam and Eve in Genesis represent?
The True Identity of the Woman
If the snake represents Satan, then who does the woman or Eve represent? The clue for this question can be found in the identity of Adam. The first man Adam who was the spouse of Eve actually signifies the Christ.
Romans 5;14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.
Apostle Paul says that the Adam in Genesis becomes the pattern for “the one who was to come”. Then according to the bible who is the one who would come in the last day? It is the Christ. (Rev 22:20) Jesus said that he would come again at the end time. Since Adam signifies the Christ, then who is Eve, the wife of Adam? She must be the wife or the bride of Christ who would come in the last days. (Rev 19:7, 21:9-10; Gal 4:26) And the bible teaches us the wife of the Christ who comes in the last day is actually Our Mother, the Spiritual Mother or God the Mother of all God’s people.
We can find the existence of God the Mother in the naming of Eve too. Eve means “life” and she is “the Mother of all the living”.
Genesis 3:20 Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.
All the living means all those who have eternal life in them, that is, God’s people who would eternal life through the promise of God. And the bible says that God’s people must have spiritual Eve, their Mother who can give eternal life to them. That is why Paul says in Galatians that the Heavenly Jerusalem is “Our Mother”, which means “the Mother of all God’s people.”
The snake in Genesis deceived Eve and made her commit sin against God. What is the meaning behind this parable? Who is it that deceived Eve?
The Battle and Victory Dedicated to Mother
Through all these words of God in the bible, we can understand that the enmity between the woman and snake in the beginning actually represent the enmity between Heavenly Mother and Satan in the last day. The Revelation delineates the last battle between the woman and the Dragon like this:
Revelation 12:17 Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.
According to Genesis, the plan of God, there was a war between the woman and the snake, and between the offspring of the woman and the offspring of the snake. And finally, we can see the fulfillment of the prophecy through the war between Heavenly Mother and Satan at the end time. How amazing is the words of God in the bible? Surely, not any of the words in the bible would disappear without being accomplished.
And also the bible already foretold the result of the war. In this war, the head of the snake or Satan would be crushed and it will die in the end. The woman might suffer a little bit, but ultimately she will win this war along with her offspring or children.
The Result of the Spiritual War: Woman’s Victory
Today, whether we know or not, whether we admit or not, we are experiencing a spiritual war. This is the war proclaimed even from the beginning by God. In this war, without exception all the people of the world must be divided into two groups: the offspring of Heavenly Mother or the offspring of Satan. At the end of this war, the bible already concluded that the woman and her offspring would win and they would reign in heaven for ever and ever with Father and Mother. (Rev 22:5) And the Satan and his offspring would be put in the lake of fire and tormented for ever and ever.
Revelation 20:7 7 When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. 9 They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. 10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
In our time, spiritually Satan is gathering his army to wage war against God’s people and the holy city of God Heavenly Jerusalem Our Mother. But what does the bible says about the war? It simply says that “fire came down from heaven and devoured them”. This is the end of war. The Satan might have his time of power and wield its power to the people of the world like roaring lion. However, it would come to nothing in the end.
The Life as the Rest of Woman’s Offspring
We are in the time of the fulfillment of the prophecies. Now our Heavenly Mother is waging the war as it is written in the bible. The Satan is gathering his people from the four corners of the world with false messages designed to deceive people. As people of God, now we must take part in this spiritual war by preaching the gospel.
Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
We are all gospel warriors and God has equipped all us with the full armor of God. Now we should the spiritual sword the words of God and break away all the falsehood. The victory is already guaranteed to us since the woman Heavenly Mother is with us and we are her offspring. Let us rise up and shine the light of God to the dark world.