Tag: Elohim

  • Christ Ahnsahnghong Coming as Elijah

    Christ Ahnsahnghong Coming as Elijah

    Elijah Ahnsahnghong

    In the previous article, we have seen the relation between John the Baptist and Jesus Christ. John the Baptist came as Elijah to prepare the way for the Lord and he testified Jesus as Lord God who would come for the forgiveness of sins and salvation.

    However, even though the prophecies of Elijah were partially accomplished by the coming of John the Baptist, the complete fulfillment of the prophecies did not happen at that time. If we look at the prophecies closely, the true fulfillment of the prophecies was reserved for the last day.

    The Time of Appearance of Elijah

    In the Book of Malachi, we can see the prophecies of Elijah’s coming to prepare the way for the Lord and to turn the hearts of people to God. But it also testifies about the time frame when the prophecies are to be fulfilled.

    Malachi 4:1 “Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord Almighty.

    Malachi 4:3 “See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. 6 He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.

    According to the prophecies above, the period is just before the total destruction with fire on the great and dreadful day of the Lord. Before everything is to be destroyed with fire, God is going to send Prophet Elijah to turn the hearts of people to God so that they could return to God for salvation. This shows that Elijah would come just before the total destruction with fire, that is, just before the Day of Judgment to save the children of God.

    Elijah Ahnsahnghong
    Elijah with a garment of hair and with a leather belt around his waist

    Who is Elijah?

    Also, through the name Elijah, we can see that John the Baptist did not fulfill the prophecies completely. The name Elijah is a combination of “Eli” and “Jah”, which respectively means “God” and “Jehovah”. This means the true fulfillment of the prophecies must be accomplished by God Jehovah himself. He must appear as Prophet Elijah just before the Day of Judgment and He will fulfill the missions of Elijah: preparing the way for the Lord and turning the hearts of people to God.

    This explanation is a little bit strange. God is coming to prepare the way of God? Does it mean there are two Gods, the one who comes before to prepare the way and the other who comes after as Lord to give salvation? This seems to be odd in the perspective of most Christians who believe there are only one God in heaven, God the Father.

    Two Images of God: Male and Female

    This is a very serious question we have to ask to understand the meaning of the prophecies. Is there only one God or more than one? Actually the bible says there are two images of God: God the Father and God the Mother. In the original Hebrew version of the Old Testament God is referred to as Elohim for 2500 times in the bible. “Elohim” is the plural form of God in Hebrew, which means “Gods”, rather than God. In short, God is Gods, Father and Mother, not just one God the Father.

    Briefly we can see this through God’s creation of man in Genesis. According to Genesis, when God created man, God used himself as model for man. Even though God is invisible and we cannot know the image of God, since man was given the image of God, we can understand the image of God through man who was created after the image of God.

    Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, ….  So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

    There is something strange in the verse above. Rather than using a singular form such as “me” or “my”, God is referring to himself through the plural form, “us” and “our”. But then why? We can find the answer through man who God created with his own image. Man has two images, male and female, or Adam and Eve. Through the creation of man, we can conclude that God has two images too, male and female, that is, God the Father and God the Mother.

    Elijah Ahnsahnghong
    Elijah fed by the ravens

    God the Father and God the Mother

    Now we can understand the mystery of Elijah (who is God) coming as messenger to prepare the way for God. The prophecy is about God the Father (Elijah or God Jehovah) who is coming to prepare the way of God the Mother in the last day to save God’s people.

    Actually, this was already foreshadowed in the creation of Adam and Eve. As we know Adam represents God the Father (Rom 5:14). Then who does Eve the wife of Adam represent? God the Mother. The creation of Adam and Eve on the sixth day has some hidden prophetical meaning in it. In the prophetical term, one day is equivalent to one thousand years. (2Pe 3:8) Therefore, the six-day creation actually represents the six-thousand years of God’s salvation work.

    According to the plan of God, on the last day, that is, the sixth day, Adam and Eve would appear to lead the animals. The prophetical meaning of this is that at the end of the six thousand year’s salvation work the prophetical Adam and Eve would appear to lead the Gentiles to salvation who are represented as animals. (1Co 15:45)

    Elijah Ahnsahnghong and God the Mother

    All these prophecies got fulfilled by Christ Ahnsahnghong. Christ Ahnsahnghong came as Elijah and testified about the one who was to come after him, God the Mother. Just as Adam who represents Christ or God the Father testified about Eve (God the Mother) by calling her “the mother of all the living”, (Gen 3:20) Father Ahnsahnghong revealed Heavenly Mother New Jerusalem through the heavenly wedding banquet as the one who gives eternal life.

    Wedding Banquet and God the Mother: Elijah Ahnsahnghong revealed God the Mother through the heavenly wedding banquet.

    This all happened to fulfill the prophecies of the revelation. It says:

    Revealtion 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.

    This prophecy says that the water of life or “eternal life” would be given by the Spirit (God the Father) and the Bride (God the Mother). By the fulfillment of all the prophecies of the Bible we can say Christ Ahnsahnghong is the Elijah who was to come and God the Mother is the Lord we have to receive for salvation.

  • Is God Only One, A Singular Image?

    Is God Only One, A Singular Image?

    Who is God?

    Many people who believe the words of God in the bible says that God is one and cannot be plural. Seemingly that seems to be true because through the bible we can find testimonies of God as one.

    Deuteronomy 6:4  Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

    1 Timothy 2:5  For there is one God.

    With these evidences of the bible they say that there is only one God and God is singular in nature.

    God as Gods in the Bible

    Surely there are some verses proving that God is one, but there are more evidences that we cannot deny that God is plural Gods. Originally the bible is written in the Hebrew language and in the Old Testament God is referred as Elohim or Gods in English. This Elohim is used 2,500 times in the bible and God is working together as Elohim from the Genesis to Revelations.

        Genesis 1:26  Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness…”

    And also the God who destroyed the Babel tower is also Elohim.

        Genesis 11:7  The Lord (God) said, “…..Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”

    And also God is working as Elohim in choosing Isaiah as a prophet.

        Isaiah 6:8  Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”

    In the creation, in the punishment of the people of Babel, and also in choosing a prophet, God is working together as Elohim (Gods), not as God. Therefore, God is plural, not singular.

    God in the Perspective of Jews

    Jews are the people who were given the knowledge in the beginning. And the Jews have known God as Elohim. To the Jews God was always plural, not singular. In the time of Moses while they were travelling in the desert, once Moses went up to Mountain Sinai to receive the stone tablets of Ten Commandments and stayed there for 40 days. Ar the moment Israelites thought he was dead in the mountain and they lost their leader. And they wanted to make the image of God who could lead them in front of them. The idol was made in the likeness of God who had led them out of Egypt.

        Exodus 32:4  He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning i with a tool. Then they said, “these are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.

    They made an idol calf as their God and interestingly enough they call the singular calf as plural gods. Through this we can see to the Israelites God is one and also two. In other words God is singular and also plural. Let us take look at another example.

    While referring to the golden calf, singular and one, why did the Israelites cried out, “Look, these are your gods.” To the Israel people, God was always plural to them. That is why they recorded God as Elohim which means “Gods” in the correct form.

    In the times of kings after Solomon the second king of Israel, the kingdom was divided into two: South Juda and North Israel. At that time the Temple of God was in Jerusalem in South Juda and Jeroboam the king of North Israel got worried that his people might go up to Jerusalem to worship God and finally they might desert him by allying with the king of South Juda. Out of fear of betrayal he made idols and set them up one in Bethel and the other in Dan.

        1 Kings 12:28  After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”

    He also recognized God as plural. These evidences tell us that the Israelites understood God as plural, not as singular. The God who led them out of Egypt was to them Elohim (Gods). To them God was always plural.

    God of Israel in the Perspective of Gentiles

    Even the Gentiles of Canaan understood the God of Israel as plural. When there was a war between the Jews and the Philistines, Jews brought the Ark of the Covenant to the battle field hoping to receive help of God and defeat the enemy. When the Ark was brought to the Israel camp, the Philistines got afraid because they knew God of Israel is with them.

        1 Samuel 4:5  When the ark of the Lord’s covenant came to the camp, all Israelites raised such a great shout that the ground shook. Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, “What’s all this shouting in the Hebrew camp?” When they learned that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp, the Philistines were afraid. “A god has come into the camp. …. Who will deliver us from the hands of these mighty gods? They are the gods who struck the Egyptians….”

    Through the knowlege of God both the Jews and Gentiles had we can confirm that God was plural to them. The God who gave salvation and freedom to the Jews was actually Elohim Gods, not God.

    Elohim is the plural form of God which is used 2500 times in the bible. God who created heaven and earth is Elohim or Gods, God the Father and God the Mother.

    Conclusion

    Therefore Gods is working together as plural from the beginning to the end. The Elohim Gods are the ones who completes the salvation work at the last day by giving eternal life. That God Elohim is testified as the Spirit and the Bride (or God the Father and God the Mother).

        Revelation 22:17  The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let them who hears say, “Come!” Whoever is thirty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.

    The Spirit and the bride, the Elohim Gods fulfilled the prophecy by appearing as Christ Ahnsahnghong and the Heavenly Mother New Jerusalem.

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