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

Category: BASIC TRUTH

Truth of the new covenant

  • [WMSCOG] Passover The Tree Of Life

    [WMSCOG] Passover The Tree Of Life

    Secrets Hidden In Parable

    Passover The Tree Of Life–The Book of Genesis contains many secrets and mysteries in it. People who do not know how to read the bible try to understand and interpret Genesis literally. And in the end they come to distort the words of God. Then how should we understand and interpret the Book of Genesis? The bible gives enough information for us to know the meaning of all the parables in the bible.

    2000 years ago, Jesus came down to us and taught how to understand the Book of Genesis. Therefore, to understand the book first we have look at the words of God in the bible.

    Jesus’ Teachings: The Key To Understand The Parable

    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.”

    Passover The Tree Of Life–The bible says that all the words of God in the bible are composed of many parables. In this sense, the bible itself is a huge construction of figurative language. The problem of the figurative language is, however, that sometimes it can cause misunderstandings since it can be interpreted in many different ways. Therefore, to know the intended meaning of the parable, we must have knowledge about the intention of the maker of the parable. In the case of the bible we have to know the intention of God in the parable since God gave us the book. (Isaiah 34:16)

    Since it is impossible to know the thoughts of God with our human understanding (Isaiah 55:8), Jesus, who is God himself, came down to us. And He gave us the teachings of God directly that we may understand the meanings of the parable. And we can interpret the bible correctly.

    Passover the tree of life
    What is the tree of life? What should we eat to live forever?

    The Tree Of Life In Genesis

    The First Sin And the Death Through Sin

    Passover The Tree Of Life–Jesus taught us many things about the hidden secrets and mysteries of the bible. However, today let us study one teaching of Jesus, the tree of life. What is the tree of life? What is the hidden secret behind this parable?

    Let us first look at the parable of the tree of life in the Book of Genesis. In the Book of Romans, Paul says that sin entered the world through Adam and the death through sin. (Romans 5:12) Adam did not obey the words of God. He committed sin by practicing the lawlessness. (1John 3:4) God commanded him not to eat from “the tree of the knowledge of good and evil”. However, Adam and Eve practiced the lawlessness and ate from the tree.

    Because of this disobedience or sin, the death came to them. And they were destined to die. However, if we read the Book of Genesis, there was a way for them to have eternal life despite their sin and the death sentence in the wake.

    Eternal Life For The Sinners

    Genesis 3:22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”

    Passover The Tree Of Life–Even though they were destined to die because of their sin, there was a way for the sinners to live forever. If only they could eat from the tree of life, they could have eternal life. However, God did not allow them to eat from the tree of life.

    Genesis 3:23 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. 24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

    God set a flaming sword and cherubim on guard to keep the sinners from eating the tree of life. Since they could not eat from the tree of life, the eternal life was taken away from them. And they lamented as Paul said, “What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?” (Romans 7:24)

    This story of sin and death is not just a story of Adam and Eve. Actually, this is the story of all the human beings on this earth who is living as slaves of sin and death. (Romans 5:12)

    The Interpretation On The Parable Of Tree Of Life

    The Figurative Language That Contains Secrets

    Passover The Tree Of Life–This is the story of the tree of life in the Book of Genesis. We cannot interpret the story literally. Can we pinpoint the physical location of the Garden of Eden somewhere on this earth? And is there the entrance of the garden guarded by a flaming sword and cherubim? And in the middle of the garden do you think we can see the tree of life that we may eat and live forever? Definitely not.

    The bible says there are “things hidden” or secrets in this story of the tree of life in the Book of Genesis. It means we cannot interpret Genesis in the literal sense. Rather, we have to know the hidden meaning behind this story. Then what is the tree of life? How can we eat it and live forever? To find the answer for these questions we should look at the teachings of Jesus Christ.

    The Tree Of Life In The Teachings Of Jesus

    Passover The Tree Of Life–2000 years ago, God himself came down to this earth in the name of Jesus. He wanted to reveal “things hidden since the creation of the world.” The very first thing he revealed through his teaching was the parable of the tree of life. He wanted to let us know the reality of the tree of life for our salvation of eternal life. Then what is the true tree of life we should eat to live forever?

    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.

    What should a sinner eat to live forever in the Garden of Eden? The tree of life. In this teaching of Jesus what should a sinner eat to live forever? Jesus’ flesh and blood. Then what is the reality of the tree of life? It is none other than the flesh and blood of Jesus. What God wanted to teach us through the parable of the tree of life in Genesis was that a sinner living on this earth must eat Jesus’ flesh and blood to live forever or to have eternal life.

    The Way To Eat Christ’s Flesh And Blood

    Passover The Tree Of Life–We come to know the reality of the tree of life, Christ’s flesh and blood. Then the next question is how to eat Christ’s flesh and blood. As I told you, we should not interpret the bible literally. Jesus’ flesh and blood must be a parable too.

    When he gave this teaching, those who understood his teaching literally rejected him and turned away from him. They could not receive the salvation through the tree of life.

    John 6:60-66  On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”…..66 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.

    However, Jesus’ disciples patiently waited for Jesus to teach them how to eat his flesh and blood. And they could eat the tree of life and live forever. Therefore, we should also open our spiritual eyes. Or we may make the same mistakes as Jews and lose our share of the tree of life. Then how can we eat the tree of life to live forever.

    Passover the tree of life
    Jesus and His Disciples Keeping Passover

    Passover the Reality of the Tree Of Life

    Passover The Tree Of Life–Then what is the way we can eat Jesus’ flesh and blood?

    Matthew 26:17 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” 18 He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.’” 19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

    On the night of the Passover, he gave his disciples a precious teaching. He taught them how to eat from the tree of life. Also he taught them what the way is they could eat his flesh and blood.

    Matthew 26:26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” 27 Then he took a cup (wine), 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[b] covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

    On the night of the Passover, Jesus taught his disciples of the way to eat his flesh and blood. He took the Passover bread and sealed it as his flesh with his own promise. In the same way, he sealed the Passover wine as his blood. Therefore, by keeping the Passover, we can eat his flesh and drink his blood. Consequently, through the Passover, we can eat the tree of life to live forever.

    Abolishment and Restoration Of The Passover

    Passover The Tree Of Life–The saints of the early church kept the Passover of the new covenant according to the teachings of Christ. (1Corinthians 5:7) However, Satan worked against the Passover and abolished it. It attempted to abolish the Passover many times in the history of Christianity, first in A.D. 155 and 197. Finally, in the Council of Nicaea in 325, the Passover was completely abolished and disappeared from the world.

    For this reason, the bible says that the Christ would come for the second time to give us salvation.

    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.

    To fulfill this prophecy, Christ appeared to us for the second time in the name of Christ Ahnsahnghong. He restored the Passover of the new covenant for our salvation. Once the way to the tree of life was hidden, but now it is open to us again. Now let us keep the Passover of the new covenant with a joyful and thankful mind for the salvation Christ gave us for the second time.

  • Homeward Bound: The Story of Salmon

    Homeward Bound: The Story of Salmon

    A Story Of Salmon

    Journey to Heaven–A salmon is anadromous, which means it can adapt to both freshwater and saltwater environment. After spending a couple of years in the freshwater during the time of fry, they make their journey to the ocean to live the rest of their life in the saltwater. This process is called ‘smoltification’. During this period, they go through huge changes in the internal functions of their body. They regulate the amount of urination, intake of sodium, etc. In this way, they can adapt to their new environment as adolescent.

    After living about 1~7 years in the ocean, which varies according to species, they finally make their final journey back to home. This is the last and long journey fraught with many dangers. During this journey they have to face many obstacles and difficulties such as predators, rapids, fishers, etc. Even though it is a dangerous journey, they bravely travel sometimes thousands of miles to find their home. Also somehow they have an amazing sense of direction for an unknown reason and find the exact river they came from and follow back to the place where they were originally born.

    At the last stage of their life, they make this homeward journey to complete their mission. Now what they have to do is to change their body function back again to adapt to the freshwater. This time their body works reversely to take in more salt. The cells in their gills pump in more salt to match the salinity of their body. When this process is done, they can go all the way back to the original stream they came from. There they spawn to give new life to its young and die.

    Our Journey Back To Eternal Home In Heaven

    Our Life In This World Of Sea

    Journey to Heaven–This journey of salmon tells us a lot about our life in this earth. Even though forgotten, once we lived in heaven. Because of our sins, however, we came to this earth. The moment we left the heaven, everything changed. Our body had to go through many internal changes. We had to take off our glorious robes and had to put on this weak and inferior clothes to live on this earth.

    Just like the salmon, which continuously pumps salt out from its body to live in the ocean, we have to work hard to survive on this earth. It is because this is not a favorable place for us to live in. It is because this is not our true home. We did not know why we should go through many hardships and pains on this earth. We just accepted them because we thought life is always like that. Life is always full of pain. Instead of complaining, just accept it and try to adapt to it.

    Our Eternal Home

    Journey to Heaven–Through the bible, we come to know all the answers for all the ‘whys’ we used to have in our mind. We were once in heaven, the most beautiful place as angels. (Proverb 8:22, Job 381, :21) And the reason why we had to come down to this earth, the sea of sorrow and pain. (Isa 14:12, Eze 28:12) We left our home and living as “aliens and strangers” on this earth. (Heb 11:13, 1Pe 2:11) Also the bible let us know that we have to go back to our home. (Phil 3:20)

    We were once drinking the salt water which causes pains in us without knowing the reason. Now the bible teaches us that we do not belong to this earth. And now is the time for us to go back to our eternal home in heaven where there is no pain, no sorrow, no death.

    To go back home to the upstream in the river, first a salmon must change its body constitution. Its body has to go through huge changes in its physiological and hormonal functions. Now we are in a spiritual estuary where the homeward bound journey starts. To go upstream, first we have to change our body constitution to match the freshwater.

    Journey to Heaven
    Just like a salmon going upstream overcoming difficulties, we have to make our journey back to have overcoming any obstacles.

    The Journey To Eternal Home In Heaven

    Born Again Into A New Life

    Journey to Heaven–Just like a salmon in an estuary must adapt to the freshwater by making necessary changes in their body, we have to go through the same process. God’s people who received the words of God must now change themselves so that they can adapt to the words of God. Today, the freshwater which gives us a new life is flowing from the Spirit and the Bride.

    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.

    The water of life coming from the Heavenly Mother Jerusalem has power to give life to the dying souls.

    Ezekiel 47:8 He said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh. 9 Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live.

    All the creature living in the sea of pain, sorrow and death can live because of the living water that makes the salt water fresh. To fulfill this prophecy, the Heavenly Jerusalem God the Mother came down to this earth as the bride of Christ and pouring down on us the living water to give us life. Now we should accept the living water coming from God the Mother and change ourselves to adapt to the new environment.

    Homeward Bound Journey

    Journey to Heaven–The homeward bound journey of a salmon is not easy. During the time they face a lot of dangers and difficulties. And only those who overcome all these things finally can go back home and end their journey. In the same way, the bible teaches us that we will face a lot of hardships and difficulties on this earth to go back home.

    Act 14:22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

    Paul, who said the verse above, lived up to his word by going through many hardships and difficulties. Many obstacles were laid in front of him to make him stumble and fall. However, he overcame all the difficulties. Nothing could stop his journey to the heavenly home.

    2 Corinthians 11:23 I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, 26 I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers. 27 I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.

    Journey to heaven
    Angels Flying in heaven above

    Conclusion

    Journey to Heaven–When we successfully go through all these process, then we can go to the eternal kingdom of heaven. And just as the bible says we will have eternal glory in heaven. Even though we once lived in this world without knowing any reason and having any proper sense of direction, Father and Mother came down to us and showed us the bright way to heaven.

    Just like the salmon, which goes upstream overcoming all the obstacles to go home, let us make every effort in our journey back to the kingdom of heaven. Don’t be troubled or dismayed. Don’t be let down or discouraged. God teaches us to overcome just like he overcame.

    John 19:32 “Do you now believe?” Jesus replied. 32 “A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me. 33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

  • [WMSCOG] Canaan And Passover

    [WMSCOG] Canaan And Passover

    Shadow and Reality

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

    CANAAN AND PASSOVER–The bible says that the Law of Moses in the Old Testament works as copy and shadow to teach us the reality which would come true in the Law of Christ in the New Testament. Among the many things in the old covenant, today let us look at the conquest of Canaan, the land of honey and milk. When God led the Israel people out from the slavery of Egypt, God promised them to give Canaan as their inheritance. When they obeyed the commands of God, they could receive the Promised Land in the end.

    This work of Moses and the physical Israel people works as copy and shadow to let us know the true meaning which would be accomplished in the new covenant through the work of Christ and the spiritual Israel people. Therefore, by looking at the inheritance of Canaan in the Old Testament, we can understand the inheritance of spiritual Canaan the Kingdom of Heaven by the people of God in the New Testament.

    What was particularly important in the conquest of Canaan was the keeping of Passover. Throughout their journey to the land of Canaan, the physical Israelites in the Old Testament kept the Passover three times. This was given as copy and shadow to teach the spiritual Israelites to understand the providence of God for the salvation of his people. By studying this subject we can also know the time frame we are living in so that we can get spiritually prepared for our salvation.

    The First Passover: Beginning Of the Journey

    The Time of Moses

    CANAAN AND PASSOVER–The people of Israel were under the slavery of Egypt for about 430 years when God sent Moses to rescue them from the slavery. Through Moses, God showed many miraculous signs to the Egyptians and Pharaoh, but they did not listen to the words of God. They were reluctant to set the Israelites free. Plagues hit the land one after another until the last plague, the plague of the firstborns.

    CANAAN AND PASSOVER
    The Plague of the firstborns in Egypt

    Before this plague, God told his people to keep the Passover by slaughtering lambs and putting the blood of lambs on the door frames. Finally, on the night of the Passover when the plague hit the land, only those who kept the Passover could receive the protection from the disasters. All others suffered from the plague and lost their firstborns. The very night of the Passover, Pharaoh called in Moses and told him to take all the Israelites and leave the land.

    Exodus 12:10 10 Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn it. 11 This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord’s Passover.

    The Time of Jesus

    CANAAN AND PASSOVER–This first Passover was the shadow for God’s people 2000 years ago. What God wanted to teach through the story of Israelites is the story of the true spiritual Israelites or God’s people who are living on this earth under the slavery of sin and death. The story of Jews in the Old Testament was the story of God’s people who would be rescued from the slavery of sin and death and led to the spiritual land of Canaan, the kingdom of heaven.

    When God started his salvation work for the spiritual Jews 2000 years ago, God came down to this earth in the name of Jesus. As the reality of the Passover lamb he sacrificed himself by shedding his blood to give us the forgiveness of sins and freedom from the slavery of sin and death. This was the reality of the first Passover which came true through the work of Christ in the new covenant. Through the sacrifice of Christ, people of God could receive the freedom from the slavery and start their spiritual journey to the land of Canaan.

    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.” 27 Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. 28 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

    The Second Passover: In the Desert

    The Time of Moses

    CANAAN AND PASSOVER–After coming out from Egypt, Moses and Israel people started the journey in the desert for 40 years until they conquered Canaan long time later. During this journey in the desert, the people kept the Passover only two more times. The first one was the Passover they kept in the desert right after they came out of Egypt and the second was the one they kept just before entering Canaan. This two Passovers have also significant meanings behind it.

    After keeping the Passover for the first time in the land of Egypt, Moses and people kept Passover for the second time in the desert in the second year of their exodus.

    Numbers 9:1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the Desert of Sinai in the first month of the second year after they came out of Egypt. He said, 2 “Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover at the appointed time. 3 Celebrate it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with all its rules and regulations.” 4 So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover, 5 and they did so in the Desert of Sinai at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses.

    After this second Passover, people could not keep the Passover for almost 40 years until the end of their journey when they kept the third Passover at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho.

    CANAAN AND PASSOVER
    Jesus and His Disciples Keeping Passover

    The Time of Christ

    CANAAN AND PASSOVER–This Passover by Moses was also the copy for the Passover which God’s people would keep in the new covenant. After the first Passover of Jesus and his disciples in the upper room of Mark, finally God’s people received the freedom from slavery. After that, the members of the early churches kept the Passover to commemorate Christ’s sacrifice.

    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.

    This keeping of the Passover by the saints of the early church was the reality of the second Passover which people of Israel kept in the desert. Just like the Jews who could not keep the Passover for a long time for the rest of their journey in the desert, God’s people could not keep the Passover during the Dark Age. Even though early members of churches kept the Passover, after the abolishment of the Passover in 325 AD people could not keep the Passover for a long time.

    The Third Passover: Entering Canaan

    The Time of Moses

    CANAAN AND PASSOVER–After keeping the Passover in the second year of their journey, the Israelites could not keep the Passover for a long time. Finally, however, they could keep the Passover for the third time on the plain of Gilgal just before they conquered Canaan, the Promised Land.

    Joshua 5:10 On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the Passover. 11 The day after the Passover, that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain.

    At the end of the journey people of Israel could keep the Passover just before the conquest of Canaan. After this Passover, they could conquer the land and receive their inheritance God promised to them. The Israelites settled into the Promised Land and they could end their journey.

    The Time of Christ

    CANAAN AND PASSOVER–This third Passover of the Israelites is also working as copy and shadow for the reality of the Passover which God’s people would keep at the end of their journey. Just like the Israelites who entered the land of Canaan after the third Passover, the spiritual Israelites God’s people would be able to enter the spiritual Canaan the Kingdom of Heaven after they keep the third Passover.

    After the abolishment of the Passover in the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, people could not keep the Passover for a long time during the Dark Age. This happened to fulfill what the Israelites did during the long journey in the desert. The Israelites could not keep the Passover for a long time after the second Passover in the Desert of Sinai. In the same way, people could not keep the Passover for a long time since 325 AD.

    Church Of God Keeping Passover

    However, today all over the world the people of God are keeping the Passover. In the churches of God throughout the world saints are keeping the Passover on the 14th day of the first month in the sacred calendar. If we correctly recall what happened to the Israelites, they kept Passover only three times. After the third Passover they enter the Promised Land. Through this story of Israelites as copy and shadow, we must understand the time frame we are living.

    God’s people who could not keep the Passover for about 1600 years are keeping the Passover today as the fulfillment of the third Passover of the Old Testament. Then what does this signify? It means that God’s people are right at the entrance of the spiritual Canaan the Kingdom of Heaven. Very soon the time will be fulfilled when God’s chosen ones would enter the spiritual Canaan Heaven.

    CANAAN AND PASSOVER
    Fall Of Jericho and Passover

    Canaan And Passover

    CANAAN AND PASSOVER–All the saints of the churches of God all throughout the world are keeping the Passover in obedience to the teachings of Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother. This Passover we are keeping is the reality of the Passover which Israelites kept at Gilgal on the plain of Jericho right before their conquest of the Promised Land.

    This signifies that the spiritual Canaan is right in front of us. The Israelites could enter Canaan when they destroyed the wall of Jericho. In the same way, we are spiritually standing in front of the wall of Babylon which is stopping us from entering into the spiritual Canaan the kingdom of heaven. When the Israelites shouted, the wall of Jericho collapsed and they entered Canaan. Spiritually, we are standing in front of the wall of Babylon which is preventing us from enter the kingdom of heaven. But the bible says that it would fall. (Revelation 18:2)

    Now is the time for us to shout aloud to bring the wall of Babylon down. The time is near. Let us work diligently to shout the words of God to the people of the world so that they know the true identity of the Babylon.

  • [WMSCOG] Living Or Dead?

    [WMSCOG] Living Or Dead?

    Living Or Dead

    “Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.”
    ― W.C. Fields

    Hardships And Sufferings

    Living or Dead–We are living the life of hardships and difficulties on this earth. Physically, we have to go through many difficult situations. Spiritually, it is the same. Rather the bible teaches us that it is mandatory for us to have sufferings and persecutions in this world. This world is not a favorable place for God’s people because the bible says that this world is under the control of Satan.

    Acts 14:21 They preached the gospel in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, 22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

    Matthew 10:22 You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. 23 When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

    The One Who Overcomes

    Living or Dead–At the same time, the bible teaches us that we should endure and overcome those hardships and adversities. When we are in a difficult situation, when we feel that there is anything we can do to make things better, when we feel lonely and left alone, when we feel like giving up, God teaches us that we must be victorious by overcoming the hardships just like Our Father and Our Mother and Our brothers and sisters who are going through the same hardships all throughout the world.

    1 Peter 5:8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

    John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

    Living or Dead
    Glorious Day Of Transfiguration

    Just Like A Fish Going Upstream

    Living or Dead–It is easy to go and follow the stream downward. And even a dead fish can move downward floating on a stream. However, it is only live ones which can swim upward, fighting against the stream. No dead fish can swim upward against the stream.

    In the same way, it is easy for us to follow the customs of the world by compromising what we believe and what is good in the eyes of God. But what kind of life would this be in the end? Even though they seem to be alive, actually they would be considered dead by God.

    Rather, God teaches that people of God are the living, not dead.

    Matthew 22:32  ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”

    God teaches that we should be “the living”. Just like the live fish going upstream fighting against the stream, we must make our way toward the kingdom of heaven, making effort to overcome the world as the living one. Then God would be pleased, and would give us imperishable reward in the kingdom of heaven.

    Brothers and Sisters, let us be victorious and overcome the world. And let us follow Father Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother New Jerusalem in the way of suffering hardships to the end for the glorious victory in the kingdom of heaven.

    Romans 8:18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

  • [WMSCOG] DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS

    [WMSCOG] DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS

    DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS–In the previous post of the Six-Day Creation, we have seen about the first day creation. It showed us about how God created light and separated light from darkness. Today, let us see the second day creation: the separation of waters. Just like the first day, the second day creation work is also done by a separation of two types of people. On the first day, God separated Adam and Eve, and their descendants from other mankind around them by revealing the light of the glory of God to Adam and Eve. From that moment, for the first time in human history, people came to have knowledge about the existence of God.

    DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS
    Noah’s Ark and Deluge

    [The Second Day Creation] Day Two: Separation of Waters

    DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS–Then what is the meaning of the second day creation? Let us take a look at the second day of creation?

    Genesis 1:6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

    The main creation work of God on the second day was the separation of waters by putting a vault or expanse between them. And God separated water above the sky and water below. Does this mean God created the water above and below for the first time? And was there no cloud in the sky before this moment? As we have seen many times before, the words of God has hidden meaning behind it. It means it must be read as parable written in a figurative language.

    Water Below and Water Above

    DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS–To understand the figurative meaning, first we have to understand the literal meaning. Then what are the two waters? Water below the expanse means waters we can find on the surface of the earth such as rivers, seas, lakes, swamps, etc. Then what is the water above the expanse? That must be the clouds in the sky. In the literal sense, God separated some water from the water below and formed the water above or clouds in the sky.

    Meaning Of Water Below

    DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS–Then what is the meaning hidden in this creation work? To understand this we have to know the spiritual meaning of the water below. Then what do the waters on the surface of the earth represent? In the Book of Revelation, we can see an image of woman sitting on waters. And God let us know the figurative meaning of the waters.

    Revelation 17:1, 15 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits by many waters….15 Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.

    In this prophecy we can see that the waters represents “peoples, multitudes, nations and languages” or simply we can say that the waters means “human society”. We can confirm this through another imagery in the book.

    Revelation 13:1 The dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast (a kingdom) coming out of the sea (the human society).

    In this prophecy, God showed John a beast coming out of the sea. And if you have already studied the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation, you would already know that this means a nation arising from a human society or the water. In this sense, we can know that the waters represent the whole human society.

    The Water Above

    DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS–Then what is the water above which was taken out from the human society? They must be a group of people who God would separate from the rest of the people of the human society. Then who are these people? To understand the meaning behind this symbol, we have to first understand the formation of the clouds.

    The water above the sky means clouds in the sky. Scientifically, how are the clouds formed? When bodies of water on the surface of the earth are heated by sunlight, some of the water evaporates and condenses into clouds up in the sky. (To understand about this, please follow the link and read a related article.) In this sense, we can say that the clouds are a purified body of water which was separated from the original bodies of water below.

    Figurative Meaning Of Formation Of Clouds

    DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS–Then what is the spiritual meaning behind this? The waters are the human society. The next thing we have to know is the sunlight which makes the evaporation take place. What is the sun light? Spiritually, the sun represents God himself. In the time of Jesus, Zechariah the father of John the Baptist, moved by the Holy Spirit, prophesied about the Coming of Christ or Messiah.

    Luke 1:76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, 77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation    through the forgiveness of their sins, 78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun (Jesus) will come to us from heaven 79 to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.

    Apostle John’s Testimony of Light

    Apostle John also testifies that Jesus is the true light or the light of the sun.

    John 1:6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9 The true light (Jesus) that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.

    1John 1:5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

    Again and again the bible teaches that God is the true light or the sun that gives light the human society or the waters.

    Water Above: People Spiritually Born Again

    DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS–Through this we can understand the meaning of the clouds above. The clouds represent a body of water which was separated from the original bodies of water because of the heat from the sun. In the same way, spiritually the clouds mean the people of God who God separates from the rest of people. When the sunlight (God) shines the light of life, some people of the human society receive the light of life. And finally, they separate themselves from the rest of the human society by purifying themselves with the light of life from God (or the sun).

    DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS
    Tower of Babel and the Confusion of the Languages

    The Fulfillment Of The Second Day Creation

    DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS–The first day creation was 1656 years from the time of Adam to the time of Noah. In the time of Adam God shone the light of life to the human society for the first time by revealing his existence to Adam and Eve, the first people who came to have the knowledge of God. Even though God revealed the light of life to the people, people refused to accept the light of life from God. So God destroyed all the mankind except for Noah and his family.

    After this, in the time of Noah as we have seen above, God separated people who were to be saved (water above) from those who were not (Waters below). This period of the second day creation is 352 years from Noah to Abraham. First, Noah’s descendants had one language and lived together. After the tower of Babel, however, God confused their language and scattered them throughout the earth. They formed various nations and tribes living around the world. This is the second day creation of God.

  • Hidden Manna and Salvation

    Hidden Manna and Salvation

    Hidden Manna And Salvation–The bible says that people of God who are living in the life of agony and death will receive salvation and go to the heavenly country. For this reason, as people of God we have to know who our God the Savior is and how does He give us salvation.

    To understand the work of salvation of God we have to have the knowledge of the bible. And the bible says God gives his people salvation through the manna, the bread from heaven.

    Hidden Manna And Salvation
    Bread from Heaven

    Manna, Bread From Heaven

    Hidden Manna And Salvation–When the Israelites were walking in the desert for 40 years, they were lacking nothing. It is unbelievable considering the number of people who were walking in the desert. Since patriarchs were 600,000, the number of people including all other family members could have been easily over 2 million. How could they survive in the desert?

    At the beginning of the journey, when the Israelites cried out to God for the lack of water and food, God promised them that He would “rain down bread from heaven” that they may live on it. They named the bread “manna.” (Ex 16:4, 31)

    Nehemiah 9:15  In their hunger you gave them bread from heaven and in their thirst you brought them water from the rock; you told them to go in and take possession of the land you had sworn with uplifted hand to give them.

    Manna means “bread from heaven” which God gave the Israelites in the desert so that they can feed on it. Through this bread they could gain life in the desert. God called this manna as “glory of the Lord,” (Ex 16:7) because God was giving them life or salvation in the desert.

    Hidden Manna And Salvation
    Gathering Manna in the wilderness

    Spiritual Manna, True Bread From Heaven

    Hidden Manna And Salvation–The bible says that what was done in the Old Testament was a copy and shadow which foreshadowed what would be done in the New Testament. Just as there are physical Israelites, there are also the spiritual Israelites. (Rom 2:28) The physical Jews walked in the physical desert. Their life was hard and difficult because many things were lacking. In the same way, as spiritual Jews we are living in the spiritual desert of faith where we face hardships and difficulties all the time.

    In the life of desert, God gave Israelites manna, bread from heaven for their life. And the bible teaches that God would give spiritual manna to us who are living in the life of faith in the spiritual desert. Then what is the spiritual bread that we must eat to receive salvation? And who is the one who can give the spiritual manna for our salvation? In the desert, manna was the representation of the glory of God. Also God said that he would not yield his glory to anyone. (Isa 42:8) Therefore, the only one who can show the glory of God is only God himself. This means that it is only God who can give manna (the glory of God) to people.

    Hidden Manna And Salvation
    Passover and Manna

    Jesus Giving Spiritual Manna

    Hidden Manna And Salvation–Then who gave the spiritual manna to the people of God? 2000 years ago, Jesus came down to the people of God and gave them manna for their salvation. In the Book of John, Jesus taught his disciples that he is the bread from heaven or manna that they must eat to receive life. Jews of the time sought a sign from Jesus so that they could know that he was the Messiah or Savior. As the sign of Savior, specifically, they asked him to give them “the bread from heaven” that could give them life.

    In answer to their request, Jesus taught them that he could give them manna the true bread from heaven that would give them eternal life.

    John 6:32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”…..35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. … 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. 50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”

    Hidden Manna And Salvation
    Jesus’ flesh and blood, Spiritual Manna

    Bread From Heaven For Eternal Life

    Hidden Manna And Salvation–Jesus said that he is the bread from heaven and whoever ate the bread would live forever. And also he taught them how to eat the bread from heaven, the spiritual manna.

    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.

    Through these teachings of Jesus Christ, we can know that he was the spiritual manna the bread from heaven. And by eating his flesh and blood, we can eat manna for the spiritual life. As we have seen in many other different places, the only way we can eat his flesh and drink his blood is the Passover bread and wine. The Passover is actually the ceremony of eating spiritual manna for the eternal life in heaven. And Jesus was God himself who came down to this earth to shine the glory of salvation through the spiritual manna. (Isa 42:8)

    Hidden Manna And Salvation

    Hidden Manna And Salvation–Even though Jesus shone the glory of God through the Passover 2000 years ago, the light of glory of God was taken away from people in 325 AD. At the Council of Nicaea, Emperor Constantine abolished the Passover and replaced the Passover with a pagan custom of Easter in the excuse of commemorating Jesus’ resurrection. Because of this event, the manna became hidden and people could not eat the manna or the bread from heaven to receive eternal life.

    However, the bible says that this hidden manna would be revealed in the last day to give us salvation again. Then who would bring this manna? It is Christ only who can bring the manna. It has always been God who could bring the light of salvation just like Jehovah in the Old Testament and Jesus 2000 years ago. And it would be the same in the last days. The Jesus would come back the second time to bring salvation. (Heb 9:28) Then how would he bring salvation? By restoring the manna or the Passover so that we can receive eternal life.

    Revelation 2:17  Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.

    Christ teaches us that in the last day he would come back again with a new name. And also he would bring the manna back and give it to the people of God who are victorious.

    Hidden Manna and Christ Ahnsahnghong

    Hidden Manna And Salvation–Then according to the prophecies of the bible who brought back this manna again to us. If we look at the history of the church, there were some churches that restored a certain part of the truth. After the reformation, the baptism and the Sabbath got restored. But nobody could restore the lost truth of the new covenant Passover and other festivals of God. The reason is obvious. It is because this can be done by Christ or God who is coming as man in the flesh can do according to the prophecies of the bible.

    The glory of God’s salvation can be revealed by God himself only. Finally, in 1964 people started to keep the Passover in the “World Mission Society Church Of God” or aka, “WMSCOG,” “Church Of God”. Then how could they keep the Passover? It was because one man restored the Passover of the new covenant. He was Christ Ahnsahnghong. Then who would Christ Ahnsahnghong be who revealed the glory of God through the hidden manna? He is none other than God himself. Even though he appeared as man for the second time, he is God who came to bring us salvation. (Isa 25:6-9)

    Now let us keep the Passover by accepting the teachings of Christ Ahnsahnghong. The Passover is the ceremony through which we can eat the hidden manna, the flesh of Christ which God gave for the life of his people. And also let us realize that God the Mother is the reality of the manna, Christ’s flesh and blood. And she is the spiritual Eve who is the Mother of all the living who can give us eternal life.

  • Get On Board To A Running Train

    Get On Board To A Running Train

    Train of Prophecies
    Can the train change its route and schedule to suit our circumstances?

    A Train Of Prophecies

    What can we compare the prophecies of the bible to? The bible is made up of many prophecies, which contain all the information about the spiritual route to the kingdom of heaven. It starts from the beginning, the Book of Genesis, and runs all the way to the end, to the Book of Revelation.

    If we follow all the courses right as it is foretold in the bible, we can reach our destination, the kingdom of heaven. In this sense, we can compare the bible to a train running for a destination. A train which starts from Seoul to Busan has its own route to follow and a set time for each stop. It follows the exact schedule of its own. If it deviates from the appointed rail and follows a different direction, it cannot reach the destination. Even it can face a big trouble on its way.

    Train of Prophecies
    Why do people gather at station at appointed times? To catch a train!! In the same way, we have to go to a spiritual station Zion at the appointed times of God to catch the train of salvation.

    Prophecies of the Bible

    It is the same with the prophecies of the bible. The prophecies of the bible are like routes for the spiritual train to the kingdom of heaven. It has its own appointed places for stops and appointed times. Unlike the train schedule which can be changed to suit the conveniences, however, the schedules for this train of prophecies cannot be changed in any way.

    God has set the time and destination and nobody can make any compromises to the plan of God.

    Isa 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.’ 11 From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that I will bring about; what I have planned, that I will do.

    God has made a plan for the end even from the beginning and everything has been being accomplished as God planned at the beginning. And everything that remains will be done according to the plan of God. Nobody can change the course and schedule predetermined by God Almighty.

    Train of Prophecies of the bible
    We have to hurry before it is too late.

    Get On Board to A Running Train

    If this is the case, what should we do if we want to ride on a train to Busan? Can we change the rail course to make a station in my front yard? No, we must go to a nearest station and get a ticket to Busan. Since the train would not come to us, we must move onto the train and board on it.

    It is the same with the train of prophecies. We cannot change the plan of God to suit our schedule. Therefore, what we can do is to run toward the train of prophecies and get on board the train. We have to catch up the train since the train will not change its course to give ride to us. Sorry, but this is the reality.

    Therefore, rather than making complaints about the train schedule, we have to make changes on our schedule to catch the train. If not, we might miss the train and regret for not having made the necessary changes on our schedules. The train of the prophecies is now running toward the end, the final destination of the kingdom of heaven without stopping.

    Now is the time to jump on to the train before it is too late.

    [su_quote cite=”Last Adam And Eve” url=”https://lastadamandeve.com/get-board-running-train-prophecies/”]Why do people gather at station at appointed times? To catch a train!! In the same way, we have to go to a spiritual station Zion at the appointed times of God to catch the train of salvation.[/su_quote]

  • [WMSCOG] The End Of Creation Work: A People Not Yet Created

    [WMSCOG] The End Of Creation Work: A People Not Yet Created

    The Creation Work Of God

    The End Of Creation Work–The bible testifies about the six-day creation in the Book of Genesis. God created all the things and took a rest on the seventh day.

    Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. 2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

    The Completion Of Creation Work

    The End Of Creation Work–Then truly did God finished all the creation work on the sixth day and there is nothing to do more for the creation work? About the creation work of God, Jesus testifies like this:

    John 5:16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. 17 In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.”

    The religious leaders of the time disapproved of Jesus healing people on the Sabbath or the seventh day. The day was a day rest given by God to commemorate the creation work of God. About their criticism, Jesus said that God was still working for the creation and the work of creation had not finished yet.

    This words of Jesus sounds contradictory to the words of God in Genesis. Then what is the meaning of Genesis? According to the bible, the Book of Genesis was given as the outline of the general plan of God for his creation work which would come to happen to fulfill as it is recorded in Genesis.

    Isaiah 46:10 I make known the end (the completion of creation work) from the beginning (the start of creation work), from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’

    Through the Book of Genesis, God was showing what was to be done at the end.

    Six-Day Creation, Six-Thousand Years Of Salvation Work

    The End Of Creation Work–Then what is God’s plan written out in the Book of Genesis?

    2 Peter 3:8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

    According to the bible, one day is like one thousand years in the eyes of God. Therefore, prophetically speaking, the six-day creation represents the six-thousand years of God’s salvation work. The Book of Genesis was the starting point of the creation work. And from that moment God was revealing what would happen all throughout the six thousand years of his creation work.

    In this sense, since the end has not come yet, we can assume that God is still working for the creation. And his work for his creation is not completed yet.

    The End Of  Creation Work

    The End Of Creation Work–Then how would this creation work end? At the end of the six-thousand-year creation work, what would happen and who would be able to be made complete to inherit the kingdom of heaven?

    Psalm 102:18 Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the Lord: 19 “The Lord looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth, 20 to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death.”

    David through the Holy Spirit wrote this book. He says this psalm was written for “a future generation,” or “a people not yet created.” Through this we can be sure that the work of God’s creation has not finished yet. There are still people who are under the slavery of sin and death. However, God would make them to be a new creation in order that they would receive salvation through the forgiveness of sins and eternal life.

    End of Creation Work: Heavenly Jerusalem God the Mother
    Glory of Zion and Glory of Jerusalem

    Restoration of Zion

    The End Of Creation Work–Then when would this happen? If we look at the previous verse, we can know the timeframe when this would happen.

    Psalm 102:12 But you, LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations. 13 You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come. 4 For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity. 15 The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory. 16 For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory. 17 He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.

    When the appointed time comes, God would have compassion to Zion. And He would show favor to Zion by rebuilding it. Even though once Zion was in ruin covered with dust, God would restore the Zion and reveal his glory or salvation to his people in Zion. He would listen to their prayer and respond to their plea. And they would be created new by receiving forgiveness and salvation.

    Second Coming Christ Restoring Zion

    The End Of Creation Work–Spiritually, Zion is the city of God’s festivals. (Isa 33:20) Jesus Christ established prophetical Zion by establishing the new covenant. He kept all the festivals of God in the new way according to the Law of Christ. Through this new covenant God’s people could receive forgiveness (Mt 26:26-27) and salvation (Jn 6:53-54).

    After the ascension of Jesus and death of disciples, however, the new covenant come to be changed by the work of Satan. The Sabbath was abolished in 321 AD and the Passover 325AD. All the truth of the new covenant had disappeared gradually one by one. And Zion, the city of festivals was neglected and deserted by people.

    But the bible says that God would “rebuild” Zion again by restoring the festivals of God. And this is the appointed time of God when God prepared for “a people not yet created”. By restoring the festivals of God, God would rebuild Zion and show his glory by giving salvation to his people.

    Christ Ahnsahnghong Opening Seven Seals

    The End Of Creation Work–Even though nobody could open the seven seals, finally Christ Ahnsahnghong came as the Root of David and reveal all the secrets of the bible. (Rev 5:1-5) He restored all the festivals of God and rebuilt the broken altar of Zion.

    He let us know the new name of Christ and also God the Mother who is the true source of living water in our time. As is prophesied in the Book of Micah, now brothers and sisters from all around the world are gathering to Zion to keep the festivals of God.

    Micah 4:1 In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and peoples will stream to it. 2 Many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

    They are coming to Zion to learn the laws of new covenant and listen to the words of God coming from Jerusalem Mother. We should give eternal thanks to God giving us salvation by restoring the festivals and rebuilding Zion. Now is the time for the completion of the creation work of God. Whoever wants to be made into a new creation, please come to Zion, to the World Mission Society Church Of God.

    The end of creation work: Restoring Zion
    Restoration of Zion: Who is Going to restore the Zion?
  • [WMSCOG] The Forgiveness Of Sins And God The Mother

    [WMSCOG] The Forgiveness Of Sins And God The Mother

    Introduction

    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.

    Forgiveness Of Sins And 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.

    Forgiveness Of Sins And God The Mother
    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 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.

    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.

  • [WMSCOG] The True Meaning Of The Feast Of Tabernacles: The Final Harvest

    [WMSCOG] The True Meaning Of The Feast Of Tabernacles: The Final Harvest

    Introduction

    True Meaning Of The Feast Of Tabernacles–If we look at the feasts of God, there is one called the Feast of Tabernacles. (Dt 16:16) This is the last feast of the three annual festivals of God. This festival is composed of three consecutive festivals, that is, the Feast of Trumpet, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles. Among these three festivals, today I would like to show the meaning of the Feast of Tabernacles.

    True Meaning of the Feast of Tabernacles
    When is the Spiritual Harvest Time?

    The Feast of Ingathering

    True Meaning Of The Feast Of Tabernacles–The festivals of God can be called with many different names according to the meanings it contains. The Feast of Tabernacles too has another name for it, the Feast of Ingathering.

    Exodus 23:16 “Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field.“Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field.

    The reason this feast was called “the Feast of Ingathering” was because it was kept during the harvest time. During this time, they “gathered in” all the crops and stored them. If they are left in the field unharvested, ultimately they would become the food for wild animals or become useless soon by going bad and decayed. That is why farmers did their best to gather them all and store them during this short period of harvest.

    The True Meaning of the Feast of Tabernacles

    But the bible says that the laws of the old covenants are just shadows not reality. The reality is in the new covenant fulfilled by Christ. Therefore, through the law of “the Feast of Tabernacles,” we can understand the true meaning hidden behind it.

    Then what is God’s providence hidden in this festivals? To understand this, first, we have to understand the spiritual meaning of the harvest. Jesus 2000 years ago taught us the spiritual meaning of the harvest.

    John 4:35-38 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. 36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”

    In these verses, Jesus is teaching about the spiritual harvest and he is sending out his disciples as spiritual harvesters to the spiritual field to gather in all the spiritual crops. Then what was his disciples sent for? They were sent by Jesus into the world to gather all the people of God. (Mt 4:19, Mk 16:15) Jesus sent out his disciples as harvester to gather in spiritual crops, that is, God’s people.

    True Meaning of the Feast of Tabernacles
    Jesus calling his disciples as harvesters

    The True Harvest Time: The End Time

    Just as there are two harvest season is in the nation of Israel: Autumn Harvest and Spring Harvest. In the nation of Israel the final harvest was done during the spring time just before hot Summer. The harvest Jesus and disciples did 2000 years ago was done as foreshadow for the true harvest which would be done at the end time.

    The Parable of the Last Harvest

    Matthew 13:24-30 Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. 27 “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’

    28 “‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’ 29 “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. 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.’”

    True Meaning Of The Feast Of Tabernacles–In this parable, Jesus is describing a field where wheat and weeds are growing together. However, at the harvest time, he would sent out his harvesters and separate them from each other. And he said that he would have his harvesters tie all the weeds into a bundle and put them in the fire to be burned and the good crops would be gathered in his barn.

    The Explanation of the Last Harvest

    True Meaning Of The Feast Of Tabernacles–Then what is the meaning of this parable?

    Matthew 13:36-42 Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.” 37 He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

    40 “As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42 They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

    He says that the parable was given for the harvest at the end of the age. When the end time comes, he would separates the sons of God and sons of the Devil. And the sons of God would be gather in to the heavenly barn, that is, the kingdom of heaven. But the evil ones would be all put into the fiery furnace or hell.

    With this done, then it would be the end of the harvest. Through the Feast of Tabernacles what God actually wanted to teach us was the last spiritual harvest when God would send out his angels as harvesters so that they would finish the harvest work of gathering in all the good crops or the sons of God.

    True Meaning of the Feast of Tabernacles
    Who are the Spiritual Harvesters?

    The Work Of God During The Feast Of Tabernacles

    True Meaning Of The Feast Of Tabernacles–To participate in this spiritual harvest, first, we must know a couple of things. First, we should know who is the owner of the field who would do the harvest work. And also, we should know the harvesters who would be sent out to the field by the man.

    Matthew 13:41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.

    The owner of the field is Son of Man or Jesus himself. However, since this is a parable about the end time, the Jesus in this parable is the Second Coming Jesus who would appear in the last days. Then who would be angels? Just like 2000 years ago, the angels who would be sent out as harvesters are the disciples who he would gather and send out into the world.

    Preaching Week

    True Meaning Of The Feast Of Tabernacles–Through these words of God in the bible we can understand the meaning of the Feast of Tabernacles. This festival was kept to teach us about the preaching festivals which would be done by the disciples of the Second Coming Christ. Through this harvest work, he would gather all God’s people and lead them all into the heavenly barn, that is, the kingdom of heaven.

    Now to fulfill this prophecy, Christ Ahnsahghong and Heavenly Mother New Jerusalem came to us and taught us that we should go out into the world to preach the words of God to peoples of all nations. They have given us a mission of preaching to 7 billion people of the world.

    Now, Let us go out to the world to the ends of the earth and preach the true words of God as good and faithful harvesters of God.

    Conclusion

    True Meaning Of The Feast Of Tabernacles–Jesus said “One sows and another rips.” Even though there were many people of God who has done all the hard works for the harvest, God has chosen us as harvesters. Easily he could have placed us as sowers who bore all the burdens of work and the heat of the day. Rather, God showed his grace to us by putting us in the time of harvest so that we can harvest good things for which others worked hard, but couldn’t get. If we understand the will of God for us, now we should take part in the harvest work of God with joyful and thankful mind.

    Let us go to the field and gather all the good crops. If not, they would become food for wild animals and birds, or simply go bad and decayed. Spiritually, they are our lost brothers and sisters lost from heaven. They are waiting for us to come and take them Zion.

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