The Last Adam and the Last Eve, Christ Ahnsahnghong and God the Mother

Category: BASIC TRUTH

Truth of the new covenant

  • Go And Come

    All the God’s Teachings can be summarized into three words: “Go and Come.” God came down to this earth to give salvation to people who are destined to die. The very first thing he did for this purpose was to gather his disciples.

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  • The Wedding Clothes That We Must Wear

    The Wedding Clothes That We Must Wear

    In the parable of wedding banquet, we can see a man who was not allowed to take part in the wedding banquet because he was not properly dressed for the ceremony. As we already know through the parable, all the parable contains the secret of the kingdom of heaven; and therefore, this parable is also about the kingdom of heaven. The person without wedding clothes was not allowed in the wedding banquet actually means he will not be able to enter into the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, all the guests or God’s people must properly dressed for the banquet to enter into the kingdom of heaven. Then what are the clothes that we must prepare and wear for heaven?

     

    Wedding Clothes for God’s People

    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. 11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12 He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless. 13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”

    In this parable who are the guests, they are described as “chosen” people by God and they must be God’s chosen people who are allowed to enter the kingdom of heaven. However, in this parable one was found to be not wearing wedding clothes and taken out from the wedding banquet and thrown out into the darkness (or Hell). Then what is the wedding clothes he did not prepare?

    The bible teaches that people of the world can be divided into two groups: People who belong to God and people who belong to Devil. To distinguish them, spiritually different clothes are given to each of them to wear. If we look at a competition when two or more parties are involved in it, each team wear different costumes so that they can distinguish themselves from people of other group. Spiritually it is the same and in the spiritual level a war is going on between the armies of God and Devil. To distinguish them from each other spiritual clothes are given to each of them.

    Ephesians 6:11  Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12For 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.

    In this spiritual war what is the clothes we should wear to let people know that I belong to God?

    One Example From the Bible

    We can see one example from the bible which was given to us to teach us how God will distinguish his people from the evil ones. And also through this God is teaching us the importance of clothes we choose to wear.

    2 Kings 10:18 Then Jehu brought all the people together and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much. 19 Now summon all the prophets of Baal, all his servants and all his priests. See that no one is missing, because I am going to hold a great sacrifice for Baal. Anyone who fails to come will no longer live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal. 20 Jehu said, “Call an assembly in honor of Baal.” So they proclaimed it. 21 Then he sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; not one stayed away. They crowded into the temple of Baal until it was full from one end to the other.

    Under the pretense that he was holding a great offering for Baal (the sungod which was worshiped by Ahab, the previous king), Jehu gathered all the Baal worshipers and prophets ultimately to kill and destroy them all in one day. So all the prophets of Baal gathered in the place of sacrifice and each of them were given special clothes to wear so that they could be easily recognized by everybody.

    2 Kings 10:22  22 And Jehu said to the keeper of the wardrobe, “Bring robes for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out robes for them.

    All the Baal worshipers were given special clothes to wear and then all of the people who were wearing the clothes killed at the moment without missing even one.

    2 Kings 10:24  24 So they went in to make sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had posted eighty men outside with this warning: “If one of you lets any of the men I am placing in your hands escape, it will be your life for his life.” 25 As soon as Jehu had finished making the burnt offering, he ordered the guards and officers: “Go in and kill them; let no one escape.” So they cut them down with the sword. The guards and officers threw the bodies out and then entered the inner shrine of the temple of Baal.

    In this way, all the Baal worshiper were separated from the worshipers of God and got destroyed completely.

    What is the wedding clothes that we have to wear?

    Spiritual Clothes For the People of God

    Even though this was fulfilled physically, this was given to us to teach us what is going to happen in the last days on the Day of Judgment when God is going to separate and destroy all the evildoers who belong to Devil.

    Matthew 13:30  30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”

    At the time of this spiritual harvest, those who are allowed to enter into the kingdom of heaven must wear spiritual clothes as sign to let the angels know that they are the ones that belong to God. Then what is the spiritual clothes and how can we get one? In the book of Revelation, God let us know about the spiritual clothes we must wear in the last days to enter into the kingdom of heaven.

    Revelation 22:14  “Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. 15 Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

    According to the bible those who can enter into the holy city (or the kingdom of heaven) are the ones who would wash their robes and therefore we have to wear washed robes. What are the washed robes that we must prepare? Let us find out the mated verse to know the meaning correctly.

    Revelation 7:9   After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.

    Here John in the vision saw the chosen people of God who would be saved and would stand before God in the kingdom of heaven, gathered together from all the corners of the earth and they have one characteristic: white robes, in other words, they have washed their robes white. Therefore, we can say these are the same ones from Chapter 22 who were blessed to enter the heaven after washing their robes. Then how could they wash their robes white?

    Revelation 7:13  Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?” 14 I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

    The great tribulation must be the last disaster that would destroy the earth and the bible teaches the characteristic of the people who would be saved out of the disasters and enter into the holy city that is the kingdom of heaven: “They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.” Therefore, the wedding clothes that we have to prepare for the Day of Judgment is the white robes washed in the blood of the Lamb.Then how can we wash our robe in the blood of the Lamb.

    Passover and White Robes

    According to the bible, we are sinners and because of our sins we became impure and unclean. Spiritually, we can say our robes got stained and dirty because of our sins. When our clothes are dirty with stains and dirt, we wash our clothes in the clean water to make them clean and white, right? In the same way, when our spiritual clothes are dirty and stained because of our sins, we have to wash them to make them white. Without making them white and clean, we cannot take part in the wedding banquet with our dirty clothes because the most essencial condition of the guests in the wedding banquet is that they must be clean and pure.

    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.)

    The only way for God’s people to enter into the kingdom of heaven is to become the ornament of the bride in the wedding banquet and the qualification to be the ornament is purity and cleaness. There should not be any impure or unclean thing to be the people of God. When they made themselves pure and clean like this, then they can become the ornament for the bride and when the bride goes back to the heaven, they would be allowed to enter along with the bride.

    Isaiah 49:17  Your children hasten back, and those who laid you waste depart from you. 18Lift up your eyes and look around; all your children gather and come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “you will wear them all as ornaments; you will put them on, like a bride.

    Then how clean and pure the linen should be to be the wedding clothes for the bride in the heavenly wedding banquet? The bride represents our Mother and the ornaments to reveal Mother’s glory should extremely good and high in quality. Any material which shows any impurity and stains would not be able to be used as ornament for Heavenly Mother. Then how can we–who are already stained and spotted with our sins–make us pure and clean to be the ornaments for God’s wedding ornaments? The bible says that we must wash ourselves with the blood of the Lamb. Then what is the blood of the Lamb that we must wash our robes with to make us clean?

    The blood of the Lamb (or Jesus) that cleanses us our sins and impurity is the Passover through which we can receive the forgiveness of sins.

    Matthew 26:26  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.” 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.

    Conclusion

    Therefore, the robe we must prepare for the wedding banquet to enter into the kingdom of heaven is the clean robe washed of sins and impurities through the Passover bread and wine which represent the flesh and blood of Christ. Only those who cleansed themselves with the blood of Christ through the Passover are the ones who would be clean and bright to be the fine linen for the bride and they would be able to enter into the kingdom of heaven as ornaments for the bride. And also it is not just the Passover, but all the regulations of the new covenant such as Sabbath, Third Day, festivals which gives us the cleanseness. Therefore, let us keep the commands of God which would make us clean and beautiful enough to enter into the kingdom of heaven.

    On that day everyone will receive a reward from God; he who keeps the feast and becomes cleansed will receive the Holy Spirit of the latter rain, and he who doesn’t keep it and remains unclean will receive the plagues.

    From The Law of Moses and the Law of Christ by Christ Ahnsahnghong

  • Mind Of Waiting For God’s Salvation

    All throughout the bible, one of the most important characteristics of God’s people is waiting. God made his plan of 6000 years for salvation and since then all God’s people who received the words of God are waiting for the day of redemption. Since God revealed his knowledge to Adam to start the salvation work, 6000 years has passed up to the present time and that is why many say mockingly, “Where is his coming?” and they deny the words of God in the bible. But the bible teaches we should wait patiently until everything is fulfilled according to the pleasing and perfect will of God and then God will finish his salvation work by saving his people and leading them to the kingdom of heaven.

    Some Testimonies of the Forefathers and Their Waiting

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    Again and again the bible says that the forefathers of faith led the life of waiting until God fulfilled everything according to his promise as we can see in Noah, in Abraham, and all others in the bible. They received the promise of God and believed the promise. Despite many difficulties and hardships they endured and waited patiently until the promise of God fulfilled since they believed God and his words.

    Isaiah 8:16  Bind up this testimony of warning and seal up God’s instruction among my disciples.17 I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my trust in him.

    They trusted in God and his words, and therefore, they waited patiently until God fulfilled the promise. It is the same with us. God already gave his promise of salvation, and therefore, we must trust in his word and wait until the time of fulfillment.

    Isaiah 25:9  At that time people will say, “Here is our God! He is the one we have been waiting for. He has come to save us. We have been waiting for our Lord. So we will rejoice and be happy when he saves us. (ERV)

    Here again we can see the most important characteristic of God’s people: waiting until the time of salvation. King David poetically describes the waiting for God:

    Palms 130:5  I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. 6 I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. 7 Israel, put your hope in the Lord, for with the Lord is unfailing love and with him is full redemption. 8 He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.

    How eagerly he had been waiting for God to come and grant salvation to his people by giving them forgiveness of sins. He believed in the promise of God and he now believes there is only one thing left for him to do, that is, waiting patiently until God fulfills his promise.

    The Mindset of God’s People

    According to the bible there would be people who deny the power of God and do not believe the promise of God in the last days.

    2 Peter 3:3  3 Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 4 They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”

    In the same way, there are people nowadays who says, “Where is his coming? Everything is the same day by day, and there is life in peace as usual. Let us eat, drink and be merry.” They speak and act as if this world will go on and on forever. But it is not true God already declared the destruction and disasters for the earth in the end. Even though this word has not been fulfilled yet, just like other words of God this will be fulfilled at God’s appointed time.

    Then what is the mindset we must have as God’s people? Who is God pleased with and grant his salvation? Peter continues to say:

    2 Peter 3:11  Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. 13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. 14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him.

    The present heaven and earth is going to be destroyed by the disasters and God is leading his people to a new heaven and new earth, that is, the kingdom of heaven. Then who are those who can enter into the new heaven and earth? They are the ones who live holy and godly lives and make every effort to make themselves spotless and blameless. God teaches us that we must make effort to make ourselves holy and righteous while we are waiting for him. This is the life God’s people must lead as the ones who believe in the words of God in the bible.

    God gave his promise and he said that I will destroy everything that belongs to this world and only those who are righteous will inherit the new heaven and earth I am going to establish for them. Up until now this promise has not been fulfilled for the last 6000 years. That is why many say that this is not true and deny the promise God gave us, saying, “Where is the end? Where is his coming? Where is the new heaven and new earth? Isn’t it just a story?”

    Abraham received the words from God that his offspiring will be like the sand on seashore and they will inherit the Promised Land. Even though this promise was not fulfilled in his life time, but later in the time of Moses it came true and the Israelites conquered Canaan, the Promised Land. How about Noah? He received the words of God, and started to build an ark which was almost impossible to build in terms of its size and the effort they should have made to build it. It is said to have taken 40 to 100 years to build an ark of that size with the technology of the time. He must have been mocked and ridiculed by the people around him as crazy old man who is building a ship when there was no rain at all (Genesis 2:5) and they must have said, “Noah, when would it rain?” But what happened in the end? All the mockers got destroyed by the flood.

    Mind of Waiting

    That is why the bible testifies that all God’s people have been waiting patiently even though they did not receive inheritance promised in the words of God. About all the forefathers of faith, Paul says that they did not receive what was promised for them. It was because the time of fulfillment of promise has not come yet for them.

    Hebrews 11:39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had be promised.

    Even though they did not receive what was promised to them in their life time, but they waited patiently and kept their faith in God because they knew God’s word would surely be fulfilled at God’s appointed time. That is why throughout all the ages one of the most important characteristics of God’s people is patience. Since they trust in the words of God and they know that God will surely do as he promised, they have waited until the time of fulfillment. This should be our own attitude too.

    Romans 8:19  Everything that God made is waiting with excitement for the time when he will show the world who his children are. The whole world wants very much for that to happen. ….22 We know that everything God made has been waiting until now in pain like a woman ready to give birth to a child. 23 Not only the world, but we also have been waiting with pain inside us. We have the Spirit as the first part of God’s promise. So we are waiting for God to finish making us his own children. I mean we are waiting for our bodies to be made free. 24 We were saved to have this hope. If we can see what we are waiting for, that is not really hope. People don’t hope for something they already have. 25 But we are hoping for something we don’t have yet, and we are waiting for it patiently.

    God’s creation work will finish when the children of God are revealed. Until the time God’s children are made perfect and righteous enough to inherit the kingdom of God, God’s creation is in labor pain to give birth to His children. That labor pain started at the moment when God revealed his knowledge to the first man Adam 6000 years ago, and since then God was working to make his children holy and perfect so that they can receive salvation. That work of God has been in progress up until now. Now is the appointed time of God when he finishes his creation work and all the true children of God is to be revealed soon.

    In this age of fulfillment, what kind of mindset should we have? We have HOPE which is given through the words of God and we have not received what has been promised in them. In this situation, the only thing we can do is “waiting for it patiently” since we believe in the words of God.

    Conclusion

    There might be times of trials and hardship. But we know God and we know that he will do whatever pleases him in his due time.

    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.

    Hebrews 6:17  Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. 18 God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged.

     

    God gave promise of eternal life and the kingdom of heaven and to confirm the promise God gave his oath. Just as the bible says, God cannot lie and all the promises are “YES” in God, what we have to do is to wait patiently. Let us wait with excitement in our heart for the glorious day of redemption. Paul said nothing can separate us from the love of God: no hardships, no difficulties, no physical things or materials, no worldly fame or honor, no wisdom or knowledge of the people.

     

    When we overcome the world and wait to the end, we will be able to see the glorious day when the birth pain is over and the promised eternal life is given to all the children of God. On that day, we will go back to the eternal home, praising our Elohim God Father and Mother.

     

    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.

     
  • Earthly Jerusalem And Heavenly Jerusalem

    Earthly Jerusalem And Heavenly Jerusalem

    Whatever is created on this earth was given to us to teach us spiritual and invisible things in heaven.

    Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

     

    God and spiritual things are invisible, but the bible says those invisible things are made clearly visible through the created things on this earth so that we can know the invisible things in heaven and cannot make any excuse to God that we did not know the spiritual world. That is why we must first look at the created things on this earth to know the spiritual things in Heaven.

    Physical Temple and Spiritual Temple

    One of things created by God on this earth is God’s Temple in Jerusalem or Jerusalem Temple where God promised that he would put his Spirit in it and dwell among his people on this earth. Through this physical Jerusalem Temple God is teaching us the reality of Jerusalem Temple in Heaven. In the Old Testament people went to Jerusalem Temple in Israel for the forgiveness of sins and salvation.

    But as God’s people who are living in the age of fulfillment, we must seek the true temple of God to receive the forgiveness of sins and salvation. Out of ignorance, however, many people come to visit the temple in Jerusalem for the worship of God. But the bible says those who worship God in the earthly Jerusalem Temple was given as copy and shadow to teach us the reality of Heavenly Jerusalem which would appear at God’s appointed time.

    First, let us find out the true reality of the temple. What is the spiritual temple? A temple is God’s dwelling place where he put his Spirit. In the Old Testament it was the physical building located in Jerusalem since God promised that he would put his Spirit inside the Temple, sitting enthroned between the cherubim in the Most Holy Place.

    However, Jesus taught us the reality of the Temple that we must seek as people of God who are living under the new covenant. The physical temple was given to the people who were under the old covenant.

    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. 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.

     

    Through this Jesus taught that the reality of the Temple is Christ himself because God put his Spirit in the body of Christ and dwelled among his people. That is why to truly worship God now we must come to the Christ who is the true holy temple of God. And wherever the Christ is, that is the place we should go to worship God.

    Earthly Jerusalem and Heavenly Jerusalem

    With this in mind, let us think about Jerusalem Temple, the dwelling place of God. In the time of Solomon, the king established the temple of God so that people would come to worship God and to receive the forgiveness and salvation. This earthly Jerusalem Temple was also given as copy and shadow to teach us the reality of Heavenly Jerusalem Temple, where we should go to receive the forgiveness of sins and salvation. Apostle Paul teaches us about the Heavenly Jerusalem.

    Galatians 4:24  These things are being taken figuratively: The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar. 25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.

     

    Paul explains the spiritual meaning of Abraham’s family through this two sons: Isaac and Ishmael. Ishmael was born through Hagar who had been a slave girl serving Sarah and Isaac who was born through Sarah, the legitimate wife of Abraham. In bible, symbolically Abraham represents God himself so Abraham’s children represent God’s people who would be the heirs of God to inherit the kingdom of heaven. Among the two sons of Abraham, Isaac was chosen as heir even though he was not the firstborn to Abraham. That is why we must become like Isaac to receive salvation as heir of God. Then how can we become Isaac?

    Paul explains the parabolical meaning of Abraham’s family history. It can be represented as table below.

    Hagar                                                  Sarah
    Old Covenant                                     New Covenant
    Law of Moses                                      Law of Christ
    Mountain Sinai                                  Mountain Zion
    Earthly Jerusalem                          Heavenly Jerusalem
    Children of Slave woman              Children of Free woman
    Death                                                   Salvation

    What is the Heavenly Jerusalem Temple?

    God gave the earthly Jerusalem Temple to those who were under the old covenant, but to his true people who are to be saved he prepared the heavenly Jerusalem Temple that we must go to worship God. Then how can we find this spiritual Heavenly Temple to meet God? Paul said, “But the Jerusalem that is above (in heaven) is free and she is our mother.” He was teaching that the heavenly Jerusalem we must seek was in heaven.

    Here we are put under a dilemma: as sinner we must receive the forgiveness of sins on this earth to go to heaven, but the only way for us to receive salvation is through the Jerusalem in heaven. Without receiving the forgiveness of sins we cannot go to heaven, but to receive the forgiveness of sins we must go to heaven to go to Jerusalem in heaven which is the true reality of the temple we must go to worship God. This was the same situation for God’s people 2000 years ago.

    Even though Jews were given the physical temple in Jerusalem to worship God, it could not give them complete salvation that is why they were still under the slavery of sins. In this hopeless state the Christ who was the reality of the temple came down as man in the flesh to this earth to give them the complete salvation. Since it was impossible for a sinner to go to heaven to worship God in the true temple of God, the heavenly temple came down to this earth to give the true forgiveness of sins.

    It would be the same today. Since we cannot go to heaven to worship God in heavenly Jerusalem, that Heavenly Jerusalem must come down to us to give us the true forgiveness of sins just like the Christ 2000 years ago.

    Heavenly Jerusalem Coming Down to this Earth

    Now the question is when the Heavenly Jerusalem comes down to this earth.

    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. 11 It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. 13 There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. 14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

    The spiritual Jerusalem is coming down to this earth and makes its dwelling among the people so that people can come to this heavenly Jerusalem to receive the forgivenss of sins and salvation. But we cannot imagine that a temple building is going to fall down from heaven to this earth. But then how would it appear to us? 2000 years ago, the reality of Temple God himself came down to this earth in the flesh and put his Spirit in his body. Through this we can see God is the reality of temple and God establishes the heavenly temple on this earth by coming as man in the flesh.

    Therefore, the Heavenly Jerusalem which is coming down out of heaven actually means God who is coming down as man with a physical body. 2000 years ago it was only God the Father came in the form of male to give us the forgiveness of sins. But according to the bible in the last days, it is the Lamb (Jesus Christ) and his Bride (Heavenly Jerusalem) that are coming down to this earth in the human form. Then who is the bride of God, the heavenly Jerusalem?

    Galatians 4:26  But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother

    The bible teaches that we have our mother in heaven too. And she is going to come down to this earth in the human form. Elohim God (our Father and our Mother) comes together as man in the flesh in the last days as true temple of God and will give us the forgiveness of sins and salvation.

    Conclusion

    Therefore, we who are living in the last days must seek the Heavenly Jerusalem our Mother who came down to this earth as the true temple of God to dwell among us and to give us salvation. That is why those who want to worship God in spirit and truth must come to Heavenly Jerusalem our Mother. To fulfill the prophecy God the Father and God the Mother came down to this earth. They are the reality of the temple.

    Revelation 21:22  I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

    Father and Mother are the true temple of God and they are God’s dwelling place which are going to be established in the last days. And we must come to this God’s dwelling place to worship God.

    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.

     

    That true reality of Temple came down to this earth to give the salvation, the water of life. Come to our Mother Heavenly Jerusalem. Come to the World Mission Society Church of God and receive the salvation.

     

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  • [WMSCOG] The Bible And Parable

    [WMSCOG] The Bible And Parable

    The reason it is hard for us to understand the bible is because it is written in figurative language or in parable which contains hidden meanings. When we try to understand the bible in the literal sense, it does not make much sense at all. Especially, the Book of Revelation sounds like a fantasy novel with dragon, war, beast coming out of the sea, a woman sitting on waters. Literally, these symbols and images do not make sense at all. That is why we have to know the parable and understand the hidden meaning in it.

    Jesus and Parables

    Matthew 13:34  Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. 35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”

    2000 years ago when Jesus came down to this earth, it was the same. Whenever he spoke to teach the kingdom of heaven, he spoke in parables. That is why it was hard for the people of the time to understand the meaning of the stories. Then why was he speaking in parable or in the figurative language instead of simple and easy expression?

    Matthew 13:10   The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?” 11 He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

    Revelation 20:11 There before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. Will God appear riding on a white horse in the last days?

    His disciples were curious about that too and asked him for the reason he was using the parables. He said that  parable contains the secret of the kingdom of heaven, but the problem is the secret was allowed to know for everybody. It means he was separating through the parables the two types of people: those who are allowed to know the meaning of the parable and those who are not. That is why those who were not allowed to know the meaning were like those who had ear but could not hear and had eyes but could not see. They could not understand the meaning and they could not know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven.

    How to understand the parable

    Since each parable contains the secret of the kingdom of heaven, those who want to enter the kingdom of heaven must understand the meaning of the parable. Then how can we understand the menaing of the parable? Can we know the meaning of a parable in a newspaper, some dissertations by scholars, or in a library? No. The meaning of the parable can only be explained by the one who spoke the parable. Since the bible and the parables in the bible was given by God and Jesus, we must listen to God’s teaching.

    Mark 4:33  With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand. 34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

    Even though he spoke in parables in public, but whenever he was alone with his disciple (or God’s people who were allowed to know the meaning of the parable), he expained the true meanings to them so that they could know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven. That is why to understand the true meaning of the parable we must take a look at the teachings of Jesus in the bible. Only through the bible can we understand the true meaning. Many people try to interpret the bible with their clever ideas which seemingly perfectly explains the meaning of a parable, but it should be considered as a theory until it is confirmed through the words of God in the bible.

    Sealing of the bible

    Even though Jesus came and taught all the parables of the bible, the teachings of Jesus was taken away by the work of Satan during the Dark Ages. Instead of following the teaching of Jesus, people started to interpret the bible by using man’s wisdom, Greek philosophy and finally the ture teachings of God was forgotten. But according to the bible a man cannot fathom the providence of God with his own wisdom and understanding.

    Isaiah 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.

    Ultimately all the truth was abolished and only falsehood spread out like weeds all through the world. (Matthew 13:24; 13:36) Even though there were many teachings about the bible and parables, there was no true teaching which could let us know the secret of the kingdom of heaven. About this situation, the Revelation says that the bible is sealed up with seven seals and no one can understand the meaning of the bible. Even though people have eyes they cannot see; ears, they cannot hear.

    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.

    This is our present situation and the bible is sealed up with seven seals or complete seals because seven in the bible means completion or perfection. In this situation, who can expect to enter the kingdom of heaven?

    Conclusion

    The bible also prophesies that the seals will be broken and the parables would be explained in the last days.

    Revelation 22:10  Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near.

    Therefore, those who are living in the last days must know two things to receive salvation: first, they must know that all the teachings of God are parables and second, it is only through God and his words in the bible that we can understand the meanings of the parables in the bible. Jesus opened his mouth in parable to teach us the kingdom of heaven: “the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven” (Mt 24:30), when the fig tree is blossoming again, “you know that he (the Son of Man) is near” (Mt 24:33).

    Do “Clouds and fig tree” literally mean the clouds and tree? Or does it mean something else? Isn’t the answer easy? Since the bible says, “He did not say anything without using the parable.” Therefore, we must know these are all parables and it is only Christ himself who will be able to open the seals and give the true interpretation of the bible. That is why just like 2000 years ago he must come back as man in the flesh and teach us everything again so that we can know the meaning of the bible and to enter into the kingdom of heaven.

  • [WMSCOG] The Second Coming Christ And The Suspension Of Disbelief

    The bible contains things supernatural or inexplicable in the human perspective. That is why we need to have faith; or in other words we have to be able to suspend our disbelief. However, it is hard for the people to suspend their disbelief for the bible even though they don’t have any problem to do that for the fantasy or Sci-Fi novels. Why is it like that? I would like to explain this phenomenon through a simple example, waiting.

    Why do people wait for something? People are waiting at a bus station or subway station. People are waiting on a street or coffee shop. Why do people wait for something? I am speaking in just the general sense of waiting. It is because they know the thing or the person that they are waiting for is to appear at a time they are aware of. There are many who are waiting for things without knowing when it would appear, or where, or even what it is that they are waiting for. But most of cases people already know what are they waiting for, or when it would appear, or where he needs to be to see it.

    Christ and suspension of disbelief
    The Fall of Jericho
    Fall of Jericho: Is it true or false?

    In the bible, we should wait for the one who brings us the salvation. The one who can put an end to all the sorrows, pains, sufferings and even the death itself. The one who brings eternal life, joy and happiness. The one who can put an end to all the mess we made and turn everything right. The one who can give us the forgiveness for all the sins we committed and who can set us free from the guilt conscience we have for us and for others who we have known and have done wrong. This sounds amazing and also stupid to believe such things in our time when everything is money and body and not many care about the sorrows of people who find themselves to be victims to make others rich and happy.

    But at least we can imagine of the one who can make everything right and his coming to us. Samuel Taylor Coleridge called it a “willing suspension of disbelief.” If we just get rid of our disbelief, we can enjoy those unbelievable things which is prevalent in our era: fantasy movies, SiFi-movies, and all sorts of CG effects. We know they are not true, but we do not care if it is true or not. Rather since it is not true, we can enjoy more because it is so different from the reality, the real world of pain or sorrows or death. They never die, but rather they are raised again again. At the end everything turns out to be right.

    Then why not for the bible? Why not for the Christ? Why not for the eternal life? We should eagerly suspend our disbelief for a short period of time and enjoy the world described in it. Why not? Why are the people’s attitudes different between the fantasies and the bible? Why do people suppress there unbelief for the one, but not for the other? I think this difference in attitude arises from the fact that the notion of truth people have for those things are different for the cases. For the fantasies, people eagerly accept it to be true because they already know that it is false and it does not affect him in any way in his real life situation. He can enjoy it and let it go, saying, “That was so much fun. Oh, I enjoyed it. I want to see it again.”

    However, when the same person reads the bible and see the amazing things described in it: the division of the Red Sea, Manna from heaven, the dead raised from their death, the fall of Jericho with shouting of people. Many cannot accept it to be true, nor can they suspend their disbelief and accept it to be true for the moment. Why not? Unlike fantasies, people know, deep in their mind, that this could be true or this IS true and therefore it can affect me in their real life. What if there is God just as the bible says? What if I cannot go to heaven? What if the one who controls my life is not me, but someone else who we do not have any power over? All these “What ifs” are real, then they know they are in serious trouble and they must change themselves.

    In this situation, most people become afraid and the very first thing they do is to deny that it exists or it is true. By calling the bible untrue and rejecting it they can restore the peace of mind which was at stake after knowing the truth. In short, people just want to fool themselves by denying the truth. Everything is nonsense: No Christ, No Heaven, No Hell, No Judgement, No Destruction. Why should I believe or accept it? It is wrong so I will not accept it. This violent denial of the truth can be compared with the acceptance of the fantasy. No Dragon, No Wizard, No Hogwarts, No Ninja Mutants, No Superman, No X-men, but why not? I like them. When they say like this, people know that these are not true and these cannot affect his real life in any significant way unless he is directly related to the fantasy business.

    Suspension of disbelief in understanding the bible
    Parting of Red Sea (Exodus): Is it true or false?

    The difference is whether they think it true or false. For the false things they can suspend their disbelief for the moment and accept them to be true. But for the things which is known to be true, they are not willing to accept those things to be true even for a moment because they are scared of the things written in it since they can affect their real life and change them. They do not want to be disturbed in their peace of mind by accepting a new thing and bringing instability to their everyday life. It is the same with people who claim to believe in the bible. They just want to accept what they have been taught, rather than finding the true meaning of the bible.

    2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.

    They do not want to know the truth (sound doctrines), but rather they just wants to hear what they wants to hear. Even though the Sabbath is the Saturday, but they go to worship God on Sunday. Jesus gave his flesh and blood as seal of salvation on the night of the Passover, people says it is Jewish custom, by dying on the cross he abolished all the laws. This is exactly opposite of Jesus who said, “I did not come to abolish the law of the prophets, but I came to fulfill the laws.”

    We are living in the generation Paul was warning against. Now we must check our faith through the words of God in the bible to find out if our belief is based on the bible or on man’s tradition we received from our ancestors. It is not our ancestors who can give us salvation, it is not the religious reformists who gives us eternal life. It is not the Ph. D. in theology, nor is it a eloquent pastor who can please the ears of people. It is only God who can give us the blessings of salvation and the teachings of God is recorded in the bible.

    The bible says Christ will come again to bring us salvation. That is why people, whether they are believers or not, are waiting for the news of Christ and they are talking about the signs of the end of the age. And the bible already let us know everything about the Second Coming Christ: the place he is coming, the time he is coming, the signs he is bringing to prove who He is. From now on I would like to prove through the bible about the Second Coming of Christ. I want you to suspend your unbelief and read the bible with the open mind. Then with the grace of God, everyone can know the Christ who is coming to give us salvation and meet him.

  • [WMSCOG] I Boast About My Weakness

    In this world it is hard to find a person who boast about their weaknesses or foolishness. Rather, people do boast about many things such as their wisdom, their power, their money, etc. However humble a person may be, still he or she has a couple of relatives or friends who they can boast about. That is why when somebody’s name is mentioned honorably, the one who is related to him boasts about the fact that he knows the aforementioned man even though he is a far relative to him and he has never met him before in person. And he might think that in the time of trouble or hardship he might be rescued out of it thanks to things that he is boasting about. 

     

    In the worldly view point, if you know a man like Superman, you can really boast about yourself. How about a man with great wealth or great power like a president? How about a man with great wisdom? For this reason, people in the world seek strength and power, rather than weaknesses. However, in the spiritual perspective, weaknesses are the things that we should boast about. About the weaknesses, Paul writes:

    2 Corinthians 12:8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

    Why did he boast about his weaknesses? People try to hide their weaknesses because it can cause trouble to them and bring hardship to them. That is why instinctively they try to their strong points or the things they are good at to impress the people around him that he is not the one who they can look down upon. But Paul’s attitude is exactly opposite to the worldly viewpoint. It is because his conclusion was based on the spiritual perspective.

    1 Corinthians 1:25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.

    Who can be more powerful than God? Who can be wiser or richer than God? Or who can have more authority than God? No one. Therefore, if God is with a person, he can be more powerful, rich, and wise than any other man on this earth because God gives the person whatever he wants and however much he asks. That is why he always wanted to be with God and receive power and strength from God. The only way for him to be with God was to be humble and to be weak by getting rid of his own power and strength just as the Scriptures said that God gives grace to the humble.

    When a person admits to God that he is weak and helpless, God helps him by giving him his power and wisdom. Then who can defeat the person who receives the power from God? Nobody. And he becomes the most powerful man by the power of God. In reality, Paul had many things that he could boast about.

     

    Philippians 3:3  For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh–though I myself have reasons for such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law a Pharisee; as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for legalistic righteousness, faultless.

    Paul had many things he could boast about: his social status, his authority, his knowledge, his power. But as soon as he realized Christ Jesus, he considered rubbish for everything that he once boasted about because he wanted to receive power from God.

    When I am going through a time of trouble or hardship, I ask myself if I am like people of the world depending on their power, wisdom, or their connection to people around them who can exercise their influence to help them out of bad situation. But I thank God for that because I have no man of influence around me who can help me, but I have Father and Mother who can give me power and strength. When I feel helpless, there is God with me. And I know weakness of God is stronger than the strength of any man on this earth or in the whole universe. That strength of God is with me. Therefore, I have no choice but to give thanks to Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother

  • [WMSCOG] Feet-Washing Ceremony and Temple

    [WMSCOG] Feet-Washing Ceremony and Temple

    Many of the teachings of God are sometimes beyond our comprehension. To destroy the wall of Jericho, God commanded his people to turn around the wall for seven days. To defeat the Median Army, God chose his army by observing how they drink water and gave them trumpets and torches to fight in a war. All these things does not make sense in the human understanding, but when God’s people obeyed him completely, they could see the work done according to the pleasing will of God. Then what about the feet-washing ceremony?

    One of the similar commands of God is the feet-washing ceremony which Jesus practiced with his disciples just before the night of the Passover. It was so much incomprehensible even to the disciples and one of them even almost disobeyed Jesus’ teaching by refusing to have his feet washed during the ceremony. And receiving a warning from Jesus, immediately he let go of his thought and obeyed his teacher. Let us take a look at what happened at that time.

    John 13:1    It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

    Just before the Passover mean with bread and wine, Jesus poured water in a basin and started to wash the feet of the disciples. At that time, Apostle Peter refused to have his feet washed by Christ, thinking that it would be dishonorable for God to wash a sinner’s feet. He had a very respectful and reverent mind toward Jesus Christ and out of humility he did not want his teacher to wash his feet. However, when he realized that his opinion was different from the will of God, he changed his thought on the spot, following God’s commands.

    John 13:6     He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” 8 “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.” 9 “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!” 10 Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.”

    Christ washing the feet of the disciples before eating the Passover. What is the meaning of this ceremony?

    When Jesus said that he could not have any part with Christ unless he let Christ wash his feet. He was alarmed because his only wish was to have everything with Christ. That is why he changed his mind as soon as Che knew that he was not acting according to the teachings of God. To teach that it was necessary for him to wash their feet, Jesus said, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” This teaching is true to all the incomprehensible teachings of God found in the bible. God was teaching his people the same lesson over and over again, “Even though you don’t understand now, later you would know. Therefore, just for now, obey what I command.” He was asking the first virtue as God’s people, the complete obedience to the words of God.

    Since Peter also realized the fact through the teachings of Christ, he could obey the teachings even though he could not fully understand the meaning of the ceremony at that time. Then what was the meaning of the feet washing ceremony? Why was it so important? Why should it be performed before the Passover? It would be graceful if we obey and have our feet washed before keeping the Passover even though we do not know the meaning of it. And also it would be even more graceful if we know and keep the ceremony. Therefore, now let us know the meaning behind it so that we may completely understand the ceremony and keep the ceremony with firm faith in God.

    Just like all other laws and regulations of God, there was a regulation of feet washing in the Old Testament as copy and shadow which would be fulfilled by Christ in the New Testament.

    Colossians 2:16   Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.

    Paul teaches that all the regulations of the Old Testament was only a copy and shadow and the reality was fulfilled by Christ. Therefore, let us take a look at the regulation of feet-washing in the past as copy and shadow and then find out how it was fulfilled by Christ. If we look at the model of sanctuary in the time of Moses, just before enter into the tabernacle God commanded to put a water basin so that the priest who entered the tabernacle could wash their hands and feet.

    Exodus 30:17   17 Then the Lord said to Moses, 18 “Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. 19 Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet with water from it. 20 Whenever they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water so that they will not die. Also, when they approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the Lord, 21 they shall wash their hands and feet so that they will not die. This is to be a lasting ordinance for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”

    God commanded to set up a water basin on the courtyard of the temple and he commanded the priests to wash their hands and feet before entering the temple.
    God commanded that the priests, before entering the tent to serve God, must wash their hand and feet and otherwise they could be put to death. Therefore, it was a life-or-death regulation to the priests who had to constantly enter the tent day and night to serve God according to the law of God. And the bible says that this regulation in the Past was just a copy and shadow given to us to teach us the reality which can be found in Christ. Then what is the reality of all these? Let us first find out who the priests of God are.

    1 Peter 2:4     As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. …….9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

    The bible says that in the New Testament all the people of God are considered as priests of God who must serve God in the tabernacle. And therefore, just as priests must wash their hands and feet before entering the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place, we as priests must enter the Holy Place to serve God and before entering the tent we must also perform the ceremony of feet-washing.

    Then what is the sanctuary at which we can serve God? Since we do not have a physical sanctuary or temple anymore, we must understand this spiritually. Then what is the spiritual temple or the reality of temple? Jesus let us know what the reality of temple is.

    John 2:18    The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?” 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?” 21But the temple he had spoken of was his body.

    During the baptism ceremony, Christ Jesus received the Holy Spirit which descended upon his body of temple. For this reason, we can say that the body of Christ worked as the temple of God where the Spirit of God dwells.
    The temple is the place where the Spirit of God dwells. But when Jesus came down 2000 years ago, he put the Spirit of God in his body. Therefore, he called his body a temple because the Spirit of God was dwelling in his body. Through this we can understand the reality of the temple, the body of Christ. Then how can we enter the spiritual temple, the body of Christ to serve God? God gave us one regulation so that we could enter the spiritual temple, his body.

    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.

    What does it mean, “We remain in God and God remain in us”? It means God’s people who ate the flesh and blood of God can spiritually enter into the temple of God to remain in it. Through this we can understand that eating Christ’s flesh and drinking his blood is the ceremony through which we can enter the body of Christ to remain in it. Then how can we eat his flesh and drink his blood? Through the Passover of the new covenant. Therefore, the Passover is the ceremony given to us to enter the spiritual temple the body of Christ to serve God. Then in the Old Testament what should the priests do before entering the temple of God? They should wash their hands and feet. In the same way, since we can enter the spiritual temple of God through the Passover, before the Passover what should we do? We must wash our hands and feet. But Jesus said those who washed already need to wash only their feet.

    John 13:10    Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean.

    Then what is the meaning of bath? It is the baptism they should receive before keeping the Passover. In the Old Testament, to keep the Passover all the males must be circumcised in advance. And Paul teaches that the spiritual circumcision is the baptism. Therefore, before the Passover, we must spiritually get circumcised by receiving the baptism. Figuratively Jesus compared the baptism to bath. Since we already took bath through the baptism, we need to wash only our feet.
    Spiritually, the Passover is the ceremony through which we enter into Christ’s body of temple to remain in Christ. That is why Christ taught the disciples to wash their feet before eating the Passover.
    We must now realize the mind of Peter when he said, “not just my feet, but my hands head, too.” How much eagerly he wanted to have a relationship with Christ. God commanded us to have our feet washed and enter his body of temple to be blessed with forgiveness and eternal life. Now we must listen to the teachings of God by getting rid of our own thoughts just like Peter. Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother gave their flesh and blood to lead us into the Most Holy Place of the temple for salvation. Now let us keep the Passover with a thankful mind. It is not late.
     

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  • [WMSCOG] The Will Or Covenant Of God

    [WMSCOG] The Will Or Covenant Of God

    Will of God

    Even though there was a very disobedient son, he would listen to the last words of his dying parents and try to accomplish them. Also, even though there was a person who was seldom listened to while he was living, people would pay attention to his last words. The last words left by a person are considered as something important or even sacred that we should listen to even though the person who are giving those words might be a complete stranger to us. And the bible says that we also might have been a very disobedient son to our spiritual parents, but we must listen to the will or the last words of our spiritual parents to fulfill them.

    Then what is the will of God that we must listen to?

    Hebrews 9:16 In the case of a will (or a covenant), it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, 17 because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living.

    The Old Covenant and the New Covenant

    Old Covenant Made with the Blood of a Lamb

    Here Paul explains about the meaning of a will and shows that it takes effect after the death of the testator. Another word for “will” is a testament and thus the bible itself can be considered as a will since it is called a testament, an Old Testament and New Testament whose testator is God himself. Just as Paul explains, a will or testament can take effect only when the testator died. In the same way, God gave his will with his blood or death to enforce the terms of his will.

    Hebrews 9:18   This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.

    God proclaimed his will or the covenant for his people to bless them and give them the Promised Land as inheritance. And to make his will set in force the one who made the will or the covenant, that is, God himself must die and to symbolize his death he ordered his people to shed the blood of animals, especially a lamb calling the blood as his own blood to represent his own sacrifice and death.

    Even today the Jews keep the Passover with the sacrifice of a lamb to keep the covenant God gave them through Moses.

    Exodus 34:25    “You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, or let the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover remain until the morning.

    To the blood of the Passover lamb, God said that it is not just the blood of a lamb, but his own blood he shed to put into effect his will or the covenant he made with his people so that they could receive the full blessings promised in the covenant. Therefore, we can say that the bible is a promissory note God wrote with his own blood and everything in it would take effect according to the terms recorded in it to his people who receives this promise. The Old Testament was the will given to the physical Israelites with the blood of animals to make it effective. But this will was not the reality, but a shadow to teach the reality, that is, the New Testament or the new covenant which would be established with his own blood, not through the blood of animals.

    New Covenant Made with the Blood of Christ, the Lamb of God

    Relation Between the New Covenant and Old Covenant

    Hebrews 10:1     The law (or the old covenant) is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves.

    And also it is written:
     

    Colossians 2:16     Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.

    The old covenant which was made with the blood of animals was only a shadow given to us to teach us the reality, that is, the new covenant which would be put into full effect through the death of Christ by shedding his own blood. The blood of the lamb in the past was given until the time when the Christ who is the reality of the lamb would appear and make a covenant with his people through his own blood. Therefore, the Old Testament was given as shadow to lead us to Christ who would come and give us a New Testament or the new will to give us the true blessings of the forgiveness of sins and eternal life.
    Since the bible itself is the will of God, how much more we should listen to the words of God in the bible. Even when a man makes a will, people listens to it. Then how about the will of God? We must listen to his will and make every effort to make his will come true. That is the way we can also remain in the terms of the covenant to receive the blessings contained in the terms.

    What is the New Covenant by Jesus?

    Then what is the will of God that we should listen to and keep? As we have already seen above, another word which can represent “the will” is the covenant. The covenant and the will means the same in this context. The original Greek word for “will” in Hebrews 9:16 is “διαθήκη diathēkē,” which means covenant or will (or testament). Therefore, by looking at the covenant Jesus made we can know the will of God, his last wish that we must listen to and obey. Then what was the covenant he made with his own blood?
    On the night of the Passover he made a covenant with his disciples and gave his words of promise so that they could receive blessings of the eternal inheritance in heaven. And to make his covenant or will come true, he sacrificed himself by his death on the cross.
     

    Luke 22:15      And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

    And also he says about the Passover they were eating on the night:
     

    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.

    Jesus came as Lamb of God and sacrificed himself by shedding his own blood and gave us the new covenant or will that we have to keep.

    Passover, the Will of God

    Therefore, the covenant or the will Jesus made with his people was the new covenant of the Passover. After making his will, he died on the cross to put his will in force so that his people who kept the terms of the will would receive blessings promised in the terms. That is why Paul says that Christ was sacrificed as the Passover lamb to fulfill the covenant promised in the Passover.

    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.

    Through all these things we can confirm that the will Jesus made with his people 2000 years ago is the words he promised in the Passover. The Passover was the last will of God he wanted us to keep so that we can be blessed by him. Let us confirm that the new covenant of the Passover was the will of God and through the Passover God’s people can receive the eternal inheritance of the heaven as heir of God.
    The will is given to an heir in this world and the heir can inherit the estate in accordance with the terms of the will of the testator. It is the same with the will given by Jesus and confirmed through his death on the cross. His people were cast out from heaven to this earth because of their sins and were destined to die because of the wages of the sins. Their inheritance in heaven was taken away including all the positions given to them as heirs of God and the eternal life they could enjoy in heaven. On this earth, they were living a life of pain and sufferings and they were under the agony of death until the sentence would be carried out. And in this miserable life they had no hope for the eternal life.

    The Last Wish of God, Keeping the New Covenant

    To this gloomy and dark world, Christ came and he took up all our sins. And through his death on the cross he cancelled all our sins and gave us the forgiveness of sins and freedom from the slavery of death granting us eternal life through the new covenant of the Passover. And he opened the way for the heavenly kingdom again so that we could go back to our eternal inheritance as heir of God. All these blessings are promised in the new covenant of the Passover. Therefore, we can conclude that the new covenant of the Passover is the true will of God that we must keep. We must listen to his earnest voice for our salvation.

    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.

    Again and again he is teaching us to keep the new covenant of the Passover and after giving us these words of covenant, he died on the cross right the day after the Passover to put the words of promise in effect. Therefore, the most precious truth that we must keep is the new covenant of the Passover.
    Passover the law of life
    Jesus and His Disciples Keeping Passover

    Restoration of the New Covenant

    Even though Jesus gave his will through his death, the will of God was forgotten by his people by the deceptive works of Satan. Instead of keeping the Passover, Satan deceived people to follow the Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, and all other man-made festivals which contain no promise of God for the blessings. What blessings can we find in Christmas? Is there any promise of the forgiveness of sins or eternal life? No. But people’s eyes and minds are covered up and they do not realize that they are nothing but useless things made by man.
    Now God is teaching us again to open our spiritual eyes and know the truth of the new covenant. To this dark and gloomy world, Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother came to us and now they are teaching us to listen to the terms of the covenant of God so that we can be blessed by God. Even at this moment they are shedding their own blood again to give us the forgiveness of sins and calling us to come back to God leaving the way of sins behind. Now we must gather again on Mount Zion and renew our covenant with God by keeping the new covenant of the Passover which God made with his own blood.

    Psalm 50:1    1 The Mighty One, God, the Lord,
    speaks and summons the earth    from the rising of the sun to where it sets.2 From Zion, perfect in beauty,
    God shines forth.
    3 Our God comes
    and will not be silent;
    a fire devours before him,
    and around him a tempest rages.
    4 He summons the heavens above,
    and the earth, that he may judge his people:
    5 “Gather to me this consecrated people,    who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

    Keep the New Covenant

    Those who want to be under the terms of covenant of God must gather together in Zion, the city of God’s festivals and must keep the festivals of God. This is the time of harvest when all the good seeds are gathered together into the heavenly barn. Only those who made covenant with God through the blood of Christ in the Passover can be considered as sons of heaven and they can go back to heaven. Come to Zion, to World Mission Society Church of God (WMSCOG), to the Heavenly Jerusalem, to the City of Living God, to the firstborns of the heaven, to the place where God Elohim grants eternal life to their children.
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