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  • Zion the Dwelling of God

    Zion the Dwelling of God

    The Dwelling Of God

    To meet someone the very first thing that we have to know is the place he resides in. We can visit there and we can have a chance to meet him. It is same with God. For God’s people to meet God we have to know the dwelling of God. By visiting there, we can meet God and be blessed by God.

    God’s Dwelling in the Old Testament

    Moses Tabernacle

    Then what is the dwelling of God? In the Old Testament, the dwelling of God was the temple. God said that He would come to his people to the place where He chose to cause his name to be honored.

    Exodus 20:24  “‘Make an altar of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you.

    Solomon Temple

    This was fulfilled by the sanctuary in the time of Moses and the temple in the time of Solomon. When Solomon built temple to honor the name of God, it became the dwelling of God since then. God put His Spirit in it and He dwelled among his people.

    1 King 8:6 The priests then brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim. 7 The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its carrying poles. 8 These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today. 9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt. 10 When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud filled the temple of the Lord. 11 And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled his temple. 12 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; 13 I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.”

    The Reality of God’s Dwelling in the New Testament

    Zion the Dwelling of God

    The bible says that the Old Testament was given as copy and shadow for the reality which was to be fulfilled in the New Testament by Christ. Then what is the reality of the temple that we should come to meet God?

    Prophets of the bible teaches that Zion is the dwelling of God. And God would put his name in Zion that He would be honored by His people.

    Isaiah 18:7 At that time gifts will be brought to the Lord Almighty from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people feared far and wide, an aggressive nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers—the gifts will be brought to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the Lord Almighty.

    And the bible teaches that Zion is the dwelling of God where we must go to meet God and be blessed by God.

    Psalm 132:13 For the Lord has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling, saying, 14 “This is my resting place for ever and ever; here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it. 15 I will bless her with abundant provisions; her poor I will satisfy with food. 16 I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her faithful people will ever sing for joy.

    Blessing for God’s People Who Dwell in Zion

    Also, the bible teaches that as God’s people we must come to Zion the dwelling of God for the blessings of eternal life.

    Isaiah 51:16 I have put my words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of my hand—I who set the heavens in place, who laid the foundations of the earth, and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.’

    The people who are in Zion is the people of God and they can receive the blessings of eternal life and salvation. (Psalm 133:3) Therefore, through the prophecies of the bible we can see that Zion is the dwelling of God and we must come to Zion to meet God.

    The True Zion

    Zion the City of God’s Festivals

    Then what is the Zion? We have to ask the way to Zion as Jeremiah says:

    Jeremiah 50:5 They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.

    Now let us find out where Zion is through the prophecies of the bible. According to the bible, Zion is the place where God’s people gather together to keep the festivals of God. It is the house of God where God proclaims feasts for his people.

    Isaiah 33:20 Look on Zion, the city of our festivals

    And through the festivals, God grants the blessings of the forgiveness of sins and eternal life. (Isaiah 33:24) In this sense, Zion is the church today where God’s people gather to keep the festivals of God. But the problem arises when we think about the festivals of God.

    The Festivals of God

    Are all the churchs Zion? The answer is in this question: “Do they keep the festivals of God?” Since Zion is the city of God’s festivals, the people in Zion must keep the festivals of God. Today many churches claim that they keep the festivals of God such as Sunday worship, Christmas, Thanks-giving Day, etc..

    If they are the festivals of God, then they are in Zion and they can be blessed by God. However, the problem is that the festivals they claim to keep as festivals of God are actually not festivals of God. Rather they are the traditions originated from man and they are only man’s customs.

    The true festivals of God are recorded all throughout the bible, especially in Leviticus 23. In Leviticus, God proclaims the festivals that the people of God must keep as everlasting covenant. First, there is the Sabbath as weekly festival. And there are seven festivals of three times as annual festivals. They are the Passover, the Feast of the Unleavened Bread, the Firstfruits, the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, the Feast of Tabernacles. And these are the festivals of God we have to keep.

    Conclusion

    Today, there is only one church which keeps the festivals of God according to all the laws and regulations of the new covenant following the teachings of Jesus and disciples: World Mission Society Church of God, or WMSCOG in short. The Church of God is Zion the dwelling of God. Come to Zion and keep the festivals of God. Then you can meet God and be blessed by God.

  • [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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