According to the bible, the most important characteristic of the saints of God in the last days is obeying the commands of God. For this reason, knowing the commands of God is critical for the salvation.
Today there are so many churches teaching different doctrines. How can we know which is true and not true? Let us find answer for the question.
Revelation 14:1 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. 3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4 These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes.
Among many features of the 144000, the most important one is following the Lamb or the Christ wherever he is leading them to. This means that as sheep of God they listen to and obey the voice of God completely. In other words, they keep the commands of God with a complete obedience.
Revelation 14:12 This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.
Here we can see again that the people of God follow the commands of God with adding to or subtracting from the words of God.
Then how can we find out the true words or the commands of God among so many different teachings of the different people? The bible teaches us that we must go to Zion in the last days to learn the true words 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.
In this prophecy, God teaches us that we must go to Zion and Jerusalem for the law and the words of God in the last days, the time frame we are living in. Then why are the commands of God coming from Zion? What is Zion?
Isaiah 33:20 Look on Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken. 21 There the Lord will be our Mighty One. It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars will ride them, no mighty ship will sail them. 22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; it is he who will save us.
In the Book of Psalm 132, God teaches that Zion is the dwelling of God chosen by God to be his dwelling forevermore. Since God is in Zion, we can be taught by God when we go to Zion. And in Zion, we can see Jerusalem, the source of the words of God in the last days.
Then what is Zion? It is the place chosen by God to keep the festivals of God such as Sabbath, Passover, Feast of Weeks, and Tabernacles, etc.. When we go to Zion, we can meet God and receive the true teachings God grants to his people. Now, come to Zion and obey the commands of God by keeping the festivals of God. And then we can receive abundant blessings God allows through the festivals.
On this earth everyone has at least one or two ceremonial days for himself or herself such as the birthday, and wedding anniversary. Everybody congratulates him or her for the event on that day. Then what about God? 2000 years ago, God came down to this earth to save the sinners. However, nobody knows even the day of his birth.
His birth should be a great day of celebration for all of us. He did not come to this earth for his own glory. Rather he came down to us for the sake of us. He walked the path of sacrifice for over 30 years only for the sake of us the sinners who are destined to die.
Even though his coming was the most important day that they had to celebrate as everlasting festival, the fact is that nobody surely knew when he was born. His birth was not regarded as something to remember by the people of the time.
While staying on this earth, he taught his disciples the festivals of God so that God’s people can celebrate. He could have given them the festivals as days of worship and honor for him. He could have given them the festivals that he might be glorified.
He could have set up the festivals for his glory and the celebration of his great work. He could have command people to bring gifts and offering to him on those festivals for his honor. But he did not. On the contrary, Jesus established the festivals through his sacrifice. He had to go through sufferings to set up the festivals. The festivals were the days of pains and tribulations for him.
To set up the Passover, for example, he sacrificed his own body as sin offering for his people that their sins could be forgiven. All the festivals contain the blood Christ sacrificed for us that we might be blessed through those festivals.
While living, he did not set aside even one day for his own sake. His life on this earth was constant days of pains and sufferings for us. He was mocked, ridiculed, and persecuted because of the gospel that he delivered for our benefit, not for his own.
Today too, Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother New Jerusalem came down to this earth and restored all the festivals of God through their own sacrifice that we can be forgiven of our sins. While living on this earth, they cannot have even a day for their own joy and glory even though they are God who should be honored forever and more.
David Daning in front of the Ark of the Covenant with the mind of gratitude and joy for the blessings he received from God. What kind of mindset should we have when we keep the festivals of God?
The festivals should be the days of joy and thanks for us. However, even today people feel that they are doing favors to God by keeping the festivals. We do not realize the true meanings of the festivals. We act as if God wanted to be honored by us on the day, and the days were days of burden to us that we should sacrifice ourselves for God’s sake. Then is this true? Are we doing any good things to God by keeping the festivals? No.
In reality, the festivals are the days when God has to suffer for us. The days are the days of joy and happiness for us, granted through the sacrifice of Father and Mother. This year, I will keep the festivals with the mind of joy and thanks all the time, remembering the love and sacrifice of Father and Mother for our sake.
Luke 22:19 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
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.
Forgiveness Of Sins And God The Mother–If we look at the laws of the old covenant in the bible, we can see the festivals of God. God gave his people seven festivals divided into three times. The third set of festivals are festivals kept in Autumn. Those autumnal festivals are the Feast of Trumpet, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles.
Today, let us take look at the Day of Atonement and the spiritual fulfillment of the festival. Through this examination, we will surely be able to know that the true forgiveness of sins are coming from God the Mother.
The Regulations of Day of Atonement: What is the meaning behind it?
The Day of Atonement
Forgiveness Of Sins And God The Mother–The date for the Day of Atonement is the the 10th day of the 7th month in the sacred calendar. This day has its origin from the work of Moses bringing the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandment from Mt. Sinai for the second time. To commemorate this event God commanded the Israelites to celebrate the Day of Atonement. (Ex 34:27-28, Lev 23:26-32)
The first set of the stone tablets that Moses brought down from Mt. Sinai was thrown down and broken into pieces because of the sins of God’s people. The people thought Moses was dead on the mountain. And they made an idol in the shape of a calf and started to worship it as their gods. Because of this sin of people, God destroyed many of them.
Finally, God was gracious and forgave them one more time. And to prove his forgiveness, he gave his words of the Ten Commandment for the second time. By keeping the words of God, they could receive the salvation of eternal life. (Mt 19:17)
The Regulations of The Day of Atonement
Forgiveness Of Sins And God The Mother–Then what was the regulations of the Day of Atonement in the Law of Moses? And what is the hidden meaning behind the regulations?
As we can see in the name the Day of Atonement, this is the day when God gives atonement or forgiveness for all the sins of people they committed throughout the year.
The Sanctuary and Forgiveness of Sins
Forgiveness Of Sins And God The Mother–When people committed sins, they have to sacrifice different animals according to the degree of the severity of their sins. Some brought birds; others animals of different kinds and different sizes. However, one thing was common to all of them. They must kill the animal and shed the blood of the animals for the forgiveness of their sins. It was because they would not receive the blessings of forgiveness without shedding of blood. (Heb 9:22) To receive the forgiveness, somebody must shed blood in their stead.
For this reason, when people brought sin offerings to the priests, the priest would kill the animals and took the blood sprinkling the blood on the sanctuary. In this way, the sanctuary took the sins of people over temporarily. And through this sacrificial ceremony people could hand their sins over to the sanctuary. (Lev 4:4-6)
The Forgiveness Of Sins On the Day of Atonement
Sin Offerings For Forgiveness
In this way, the sanctuary or the temple would hold the sins of people until the Day of Atonement. And finally on this day, the sins of people temporarily assigned to the sanctuary could be completely atoned through the regulations of the Day of Atonement. Let us first look at the regulations of the Day of Atonement.
Leviticus 16:3-6 3 “This is how Aaron is to enter the Most Holy Place: He must first bring a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. … 5 From the Israelite community he is to take two male goats for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. 6 “Aaron is to offer the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household.
For the cleansings of the sins relegated to the sanctuary, they first had to sacrifice animals, a bull for priests and their family, and a goat for the people. Then the high priest would enter the inner room or the Most Holy Place of the sanctuary, and sprinkle the blood of the animals for all the articles of the sanctuary.
Leviticus 16:15 “He shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and take its blood behind the curtain and do with it as he did with the bull’s blood: He shall sprinkle it on the atonement cover and in front of it. 16 In this way he will make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the uncleanness and rebellion of the Israelites, whatever their sins have been. He is to do the same for the tent of meeting, which is among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
Sins Handed Over To A Scapegoat
Forgiveness Of Sins And God The Mother–When the high priest finished the cleansing of the sanctuary, finally, the sins of people temporarily handed over the sanctuary is given to a scapegoat.
Leviticus 16:20 “When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat (or the scapegoat). 21 He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites—all their sins—and put them on the goat’s head. He shall send the goat away into the wilderness in the care of someone appointed for the task. 22 The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness.
All the sins the Israelites committed would be transferred to the scapegoat by laying hands on its head. And the scapegoat or Azazel was taken to the remote place and died there. In this way, the sins could be completely forgiven.
Sanctuary Layout: Holy Place and Most Holy Place
The True Meaning Of The Day of Atonement
Forgiveness Of Sins And God The Mother–Then what is the meaning of the Day of Atonement? The bible says that the laws and regulations of the old covenant were given to us as guardian to lead us to Christ who gives us the true forgiveness. (Gal 3:24)
The True Sanctuary Or Temple
To understand the regulations of the Day of Atonement first, we have to know the reality of the temple which takes over the sins of people. According to the bible, Christ is the reality of temple and he is the one who takes over our sins.
John 2:19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” 20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body.
Therefore, Christ is the reality of the temple and he is the one who takes our sins over through his sacrifice.
John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
The Most Holy Place and God the Mother
Forgiveness Of Sins And God The Mother–However, the most important part of the regulations of the Day of Atonement was “entering the Most Holy Place.” It was not allowed to enter the Most Holy Place. If anyone does, he got destroyed immediately. (Lev 16:1)
However, on this day only one time a year, the high priest could enter the Most Holy Place. Through this, he could cleanse the temple from all the sins of people. And he could bring the complete forgiveness by handing the sins over to a scapegoat. Then what is the reality of the Most Holy Place that we must enter for the complete forgiveness?
2000 years ago, Jesus appeared as reality of the temple. And he represented the outer room or the Holy Place of the temple. According to the bible, the reality of the Most Holy Place would appear in the last day to complete the forgiveness of sins and give salvation to God’s people.
The Reality of the Most Holy Place
The most important characteristic of the Most Holy Place is that it is shaped like a cube.
1 Kings 6:19 He prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the Lord there. 20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty wide and twenty high.
This earthly sanctuary was made to reveal the reality, that is, the heavenly temple. (Heb 8:5) Through this model of earth sanctuary, God is teaching us the reality of heavenly sanctuary so that we can know who is the reality of the temple.
Revelations 21:9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. …. 16 The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long.
According to John who saw the heavenly sanctuary, the heavenly Jerusalem or the heavenly Most Holy Place is coming down from heaven and was to reveal its true identity to us by coming down to this earth. Just as Jesus the reality of the Holy Place of the temple came down and taught us about the reality of the outer room, the reality of the inner room or the Most Holy Place would come to us so that we may know the true reality of the inner room that gives us the complete forgiveness.
Heavenly Most Holy Place, God the Mother
Forgiveness Of Sins And God The Mother–Then who is the Most Holy Place of Heaven that we must go to for the complete forgiveness of our sins? Apostle Paul let us know the true reality of the Heavenly Jerusalem.
Galatians 4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
The reality of the Holy Place of the temple was God the Father who came to us 2000 years ago. And the reality of the Most Holy Place was God the Mother who would come to us in the last days.
When Jesus destroyed his body of the Holy Place of the temple, he was opening way to the Most Holy Place of the temple. According to the bible, while the outer room of the sanctuary stands, the way to the inner room was closed by the curtain separating between the two rooms. (Heb 9:8) However, when Jesus sacrificed his body as sin offerings, the outer room and the curtain hiding the inner room were destroyed opening way to the Most Holy Place. (Heb 9:11-14, 10:19-20)
The Source of Forgiveness and God the Mother
God the Father wanted to reveal to us God the Mother who is the true source of salvation. The first coming Jesus and second coming Christ Ahnsahnghong wanted us to know about God the Mother.
Adam sacrificed his body and reveal the Eve, the Life to us. The Spiritual Adam God the Father sacrificed himself by destroying his body of temple to lead us to the reality of the Most Holy Place and the Spiritual Eve who can give us eternal life: God the Mother. Now we must come to God the Mother and receive her because she give us the water of life.
Zechariah 13:1 “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
Zechariah 14:8 On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it east to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.
Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bridesay, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
Come to God the Mother for the forgiveness and eternal life. This is the last message of God to his people.
Conclusion
Azazel or the scapegoat: What is the meaning of the scapegoat?
Through the regulations of the Day of Atonement, God is teaching us that the sins God’s people committed will be taken by Father and Mother temporarily. But in the end all the sins will be handed over to Azazel (or the scapegoat), which is the symbolic representation of Satan.
The Satan will be put into the second death, tormented forever in the fiery furnace.
Revelations 20:10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
The bible says that Christ came to destory the work of Satan the Devil. (1Jn 3:8) To fulfill this purpose once and for ever, God the Mother the reality of the Most Holy Place came down to this earth. Those who accept God the Mother will recieve the forgiveness of sins and eternal life.
Festivals and God the Mother–In WMSCOG, we are calling ourselves as people of God’s festivals. We cherish the festivals of God and we make efforts to keep all the festivals of God. For this reason many people who do not know the meanings of festivals call us as legalists or religious fundamentalists. Today I would like to explain the reason why God gave us the festivals and why the festivals are important to the people of God.
The Purpose Of The Laws Of God
Festivals and God the Mother–Since the festivals are part of the Laws of Moses, we have to know the purpose of the laws first to know the meaning of the festivals. There are two different laws in the bible: the Law of Moses and the Law of Christ. (1Co 9:20-21) Then why did God give his people those laws? According to the bible the laws of God was not merely given to the people for the norm for their behavior or the code of conduct. There are more important things that we must know through the laws of the old and new covenant.
John 5:39 You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
Gal 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Through these words of Christ and apostles we can know the purpose of the laws. God gave the laws so that people may come to know the Christ or the Savior.
The True Legalists
Festivals and God the Mother–Just as Christ said that the Laws of Moses was given to the Israelites so that they may know the Christ or Savior who would appear by fulfilling the words of God. In those days, even though the people of Isreal kept the Laws of Moses faithfully, they failed to recognize Jesus who came as Savior. They refused to accept the Christ and got destroyed.
They firmly held on to the laws, but they did not know the purpose God had given them the laws for. In that sense, they could be called legalists because they knew the law, kept the laws, but they could not get any benefit from the laws. They were keeping the law only for the sake of the laws. When the Christ finally arrived fulfilling all the laws, they rejected him without realizing the purpose they were keeping the laws for.
The Purpose Of The Festivals
Festivals and God the Mother–Then let us now find out more about the festivals of God. The festivals of God were the most important part of the Laws of Moses in the old covenant. And their main acts of worship were done in the Jerusalem Temple during the festivals by sacrificing animals shedding the blood. Then what was the purpose of the festivals? Just like other laws, the festivals were given to them so that they might know the Savior who the laws were leading to.
Resurrection of Jesus as the fulfillment of the firstfruits
Jesus As Firstfruits
The laws were working as guardian to lead them to the Christ who would come to give them salvation. 2000 years ago, Jesus finally came to fulfill God’s purpose foretold through the festivals of God. For example, during the Day of the Firstfruits, the priests waved the sheaf of first grains on the day after Sabbath following the Feast of the Unleavened Bread. (Leviticus 23:11) And Paul testifies that this law was accomplished by Jesus by resurrecting after his death as the firstfruits among those who had fallen asleep.
1 Corinthians 15:20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
Jesus as Passover Lamb
Festivals and God the Mother–Also, on the day of the Passover, people would sacrifice lambs according to the Laws of Moses. And Paul testifies that this also was fulfilled by Jesus by coming as the reality of the Passover Lamb and sacrificing himself for our sins.
1 Corinthians 5:7 Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
John the Baptist was also teaching us that it was the Christ who came as the reality of the Passover Lamb to take away the sins of people.
John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Jesus coming to fulfill the prophecy of the Passover Lamb
Those With Knowledge And Those Without Knowledge
Festivals and God the Mother–All these testimonies reveals to us that the apostles had certain knowledge about the prophecies and its fulfillment by Jesus. And they also knew the purpose of God for the laws and they accepted Jesus as the one who was to come according to the prophecies of the bible.
However, the religious leaders of the time rejected Jesus, showing that they did not know what God purposed through the bible. Even though they were keeping all the laws of Moses, their worship was in vain because they could not receive blessings through those acts of worship. In spite of their reverence to the laws, they could not realize the Savior, the fulfillment of the laws. It was because they were trapped in the ceremonial acts of worship without realizing the hidden meanings behind them. In this sense, we can call them as legalists.
Then how about the apostles and the believers of Christ 2000 years ago? They kept the Sabbath and they kept the Passover. Then can we call them as legalists too? No, definitely not. Since they knew the meaning of the festivals, they came to realize the importance of the festivals. And they kept the festivals all the more diligently expecting the blessings they could receive by keeping the festivals.
Christ We Should Know Through The Festivals
Festivals and God the Mother–All these things were given to us as lessons so that we would learn from the past. God gave us the Laws of Moses and Jesus, and festivals of the old and new covenant. Then what should we learn from these laws and festivals? We must also know the fulfillment of the laws, the Christ who would appear in our time. If we are keeping the festivals only for the sake of the festivals, we should be called as legalists. However, if we keep the festivals with the knowledge of Christ and the salvation, we must keep the festivals more and more to thank God for the forgiveness and salvation.
Feast Of Tabernacles And God The Mother
The festivals of God are divided into three groups: the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. As I told before, Jesus fulfilled the first two festivals by fulfilling the prophecies of the Passover Lamb and the firstfruits.
The last unfulfilled prophecy is the Feast of Tabernacles. The Feast of Tabernacles are subdivided into three minor festivals: the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacle. Then what kind of messages are hidden in these festivals to reveal to us the Christ who would come in the last days for our salvation?
The Day of Atonement
Festivals and God the Mother–The Day of Atonement was considered as the most important day among all the seven festivals because all the sins committed by people can be forgiven on this day. When people committed sins, they brought sacrifices to the priests. And the priests killed the animals and sprinkled the blood on the curtains of the inner and outer rooms of the sanctuary. In this way, the sins of people were temporarily entrusted to the sanctuary. According to the regulation of the Day of Atonement, however, the high priest could enter into the inner room or the Most Holy Place of the sanctuary one time a year on this Day of Atonement.
On this day, through the blood of a lamb, the sins taken up by the sanctuary can be purified. And the sins could be transferred to a scapegoat by laying hand on the head of the goat. And the scapegoat which took up all the sins were taken into a solitary place and died. In this way, the sins could be cleansed from the people and the temple.
Priests Carrying the Ark of the Covenant
The Reality Of The Most Holy Place
Festivals and God the Mother–In this ceremony, what is most important is the inner room or the Most Holy Place. This was the center of the temple worship. Except for the Day of Atonement, nobody could enter into the Most Holy Place. If they did, God destroyed them with fire. (Lev 16:2) One time a year, only on this Day of Atonement, the high priest could enter the inner room through the blood of a lamb.
Why is this room so special? It was because God was dwelling in this room, sitting enthroned on the Atonement Cover between cherubim. This was the throne of God, where people could eat from the tree of life. And in this room there was the Ark of Covenant. In the Ark of Covenant, God put the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments, which God gave his people for eternal life. (Mt 19:17) There was also kept the manna, the bread from heaven that gives life to people. (Jn 6:51)
In short, God’s salvation was hidden in the Most Holy Place. Therefore, entering the Most Holy Place meant to receive complete forgiveness of sins and salvation.
God the Mother and The Most Holy Place
Festivals and God the Mother–Through these festivals, God teaches us that we must enter into the Most Holy Place for salvation. Then how can we find the Most Holy Place? And how can we enter it? As we have already seen in Jesus Christ, these festivals and laws were given to us to teach us the reality, that is, the Christ. Then what is the reality of the Most Holy Place that we must meet in our time?
In the Book of Revelation John saw the heavenly sanctuary, the reality of the Most Holy Place coming from heaven to this earth. (Rev 21:10-16) And also Paul testifies about the reality of the heavenly sanctuary like this: “But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our MOTHER.” (Gal 4:26)
Through the regulations of the Day of Atonement, God was teaching us about God the Mother who would come as Savior to us in the last days.
A booth made to celebrate the Feast of Tabernalce
The Feast of Tabernacles and God the Mother
Festivals and God the Mother–We can also confirm this through the last festival of God, the Feast of Tabernacles. This is the festival through which we can receive the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus said that through this festival we can receive the living water or the Holy Spirit. (Jn 7:37-39) However, Jesus stated clearly the condition in receiving the Holy Spirit by saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.” This means to receive the Holy Spirit we first must know the savior and accept him, believing him. And then we can receive the Holy Spirit.
2000 years ago, on the Day of Pentecost the believers of Jesus could receive the Holy Spirit. But in the Book of John Chapter 7, Jesus said that we can receive the Holy Spirit on the Feast of Tabernacles. Then how can we receive the Holy Spirit during the Feast of Tabernacles? What does the bible says about the Holy Spirit in the last day?
The Spirit And The Bride
The seven festivals of three times represents God’s salvaton work in each age. The Feast of Unleavened Bread stands for the Age of Father Jehovah and the salvation work of God Jehovah who brought the Israelites from the slavery of Egypt. And the Feast of Weeks represents the Age of Son Jesus who resurrected as the firstfruits and gave living hope of resurrect ion and spiritual transfiguration.
Finally, the last festival, the Feast of Tabernacles represent the Age of the Holy Spirit, the last age when God completes his salvation work. Therefore, through the Feast of Tabernacles we must realize the Savior who would come in the last day to give us salvation.
Revelations 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
In the last day, the bible says that we must come to the Spirit and the bride for the living water of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is God the Father according to the trinity. Then who is the Bride? It is God the Mother, Heavenly Jerusalem who comes down from heaven in the last days. (Rev 21:9-10; Gal 4:26)
Prophecies of Zechariah
Festivals and God the Mother–Prophet Zechariah also prophesies about the living water in the last days.
Zechariah 14:8 On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it east to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.
Zechariah 14:16 Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. 17 If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain. 18 If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The Lord[b] will bring on them the plague he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. 19 This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.
Zechariah says that the source of living water or the Holy Spirit is Jerusalem, that is, God the Mother. Also he says that we must come to Jerusalem for the rain or the Holy Spirit. (Joel 2:23, 28) Through the prophecies of Revelation and Zechariah, we can see that the Savior in the last days is God the Mother, Heavenly Jerusalem.
Festivals And God The Mother
Festivals and God the Mother–All the festivals of God lead us to the Christ or the Savior. And now through the festivals of God, we must realize the Savior who would come in the last days. The bible says the living water comes from the Spirit and the Bride, God Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother. Let us realize the Savior the laws are leading us to and let us accept them. They are the ones testified in the bible.
To fulfill the prophecies of the bible, God the Mother came down to us to give us the water of life. Now they are calling us to come. Let us come to God the Mother with a reverent and obedient mind. Let us seek the forgiveness of our sins for our salvation.
Paul said that people had to wait for the second coming Christ to know the truth. There is no one else who can know the truth except for the second coming Christ. Now let us find out the Christ who would appear as the Root of David.
1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts.
Sealing of the Bible
What are the things hidden in darkness? It is the truth of the new covenant. The truth of the new covenant Jesus established with his blood was abolished the work of the Satan and one by one all the truth of the new covenant was forgotten and lost during the dark ages. Instead of the laws of God, people are following man’s teaching and tradition. And instead of worshiping God people are worshiping Satan in the last days, practicing adultery and lawlessness. In this situation there could be no salvation. Jesus already foretold that this world would be filled with lawlessness through the parable of the weeds and wheat.
If we look at the customs of the churches today, they are following all the man’s traditions instead of God’s commands. Jesus kept Sabbath, Passover, and all the festivals of God with his disciples to give them blessings of the eternal life, but all these precious truth of the new covenant was changed into Sunday worship, Christmas, Easter, and all the man’s festivals which was not originated from God or the bible. Jesus clearly warned against following man’s tradition in the book of Matthew 15, “You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.” (Matthew 15:7)
Disappearance of the Truth of the Bible
Apostle John saw that all the peoples of the world are following Satan and obeying the commands of man, letting go the commands of God.
Revelation 13:3 …The whole world was astonished and followed the beast. Men worshiped the dragon (Satan) because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast (Anti-Christ)…
God’s people worship God by following commands of God, but in the last days, deserting the commands of God, people are worshiping the dragon and the beast by following man’s teaching and tradition. The truth of the new covenant was completely sealed up, and nobody knows the truth and obey it. The truth or the good seeds are completely covered with the falsehood or weeds. Then who is the one who will restore the truth back to the world so that people can follow the truth. It is only the Root of David who can bring the hidden truth into light in the last days.
The Root of David and Unsealing the Bible
Revelation 5:2 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” 3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. 4 I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. 5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
The Bible is sealed with the seven seals. The number “seven” means “completion or perfection” and the seven seals means a perfect and complete seal. Then who can open this complete seal which was done by God?
There is only one who can open the seal of the scroll or the bible and reveal the truth in the last days, that is, the Root of David. Then who is the Root of David?
Who is the Root of David?
There is no one who can restore the truth of the new covenant except for the Root of David, Jesus who is coming in the last days-The Second Coming Christ. The Second Coming Christ comes as the Root of David and he is the one who can open the bible and teach the truth of the new covenant. That is why Paul said not to judge anything until the appointed time for the second coming Christ. Today there is one who brought the truth of the new covenant by opening the seven seals of the scroll: Christ Ahnsahnghong. Christ Ahnsahnghong restored the truth of the new covenant Jesus established on the night of the Passover. Then who is Christ Ahnsahnghong? He is the one who we must wait.
Christ Ahnsahnghong, the Root of David
Christ Ahnsahnghong came as the Root of David and taught us the truth of the new covenant, the true commands of God we should keep. Let us keep the Passover with a thankful mind! And also He saw us the reality of the new covenant, the Heavenly Jerusalem Our Mother. Let us give thanks to Father and Mother for coming as the Spirit and the Bride to us to give us salvation.
Hosea 6:3 Let us acknowledge the Lord, let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that waters the earth.
Hosea says that we must have the knowledge of God and we must make every effort to have knowledge of God. When we know the time of God’s coming or his appearance, we can meet him and receive blessings from him, even the eternal life. Luckily, God comes at his appointed time just as the rise of the sun, or the coming of the spring and winter rain which comes at its appointed time. The bible teaches God is coming at his appointed time. Jesus’ coming was also a part of God’s appointed time, which was done according to the plan of God.
Therefore, we must have knowledge of God’s appointed time so that we can meet God and receive salvation. Then what are God’s appointed time? God gave his appointed times according to days and seasons. Let us see when God’s appointed times are and have knowledge of God.
First, there is a weekly appointed time of God we must keep every week, which is called Sabbath.
Leviticus 23:1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed festivals, the appointed festivals of the Lord, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies. “‘There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord.
The appointed day of Sabbath is Saturday, not Sunday according to the present calendar. This is the day God gave us so that we can be blessed by God.
Exodus 31:12 Then the Lord said to Moses, 13 “Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy.
Through the Sabbath, we can have knowledge on God and be made holy by receiving blessings from God. Without keeping the Sabbath, we cannot have knowledge of God or receive blessings from God. And also there are seven annual festivals of God grouped into 3 times, which are called seven feasts of three times.
Leviticus 23:4 “‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times: 5 The Lord’s Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. 6 On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord’s Festival of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. 7 On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. 8 For seven days present a food offering to the Lord. And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.’”
The very first annual festival of God is the Passover; with the Passover the yearly festivals of God begins, which includes the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Firstfruits or the Day of Resurrection, the Feast of Weeks or the Day of Pentecost, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and finally the last festival of God the Feast of Tabernacles through which the yearly festivals of God end.
Did you know that there is a festival of God kept by blowing the trumpets? Do you then that we must also keep this festival according to the new covenant?
God gave us all these festivals through the Law of Moses and made complete through the Law of Christ. Even though we don’t have to keep these festivals by the sacrifice of animals according to the old covenant, but still we must keep these festivals according to the regulations of the new covenant which was established by the sacrifice of Father and Mother.
By keeping the festivals of God we can receive the blessings of God promised through those festivals. Even though once the festivals of God was abolished by the work of devil during the dark age, and Satan changed all the festivals of God to the manmade festivals such as Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Thanksgiving, etc… But according to the prophecies of the bible it was restored by the second coming Christ Ahnsahnghong. Through the grace of God Elohim, Our Father Ahnsahnghong and Our Mother New Jerusalem, the appointed times of God are allowed again to God’s people so that they can meet God and receive abundant blessings from God. Let us keep the festival of God at its appointed time at God’s appointed place Zion.
Isaiah 33:20 Look on Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken. 21 There the Lord will be our Mighty One. It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars will ride them, no mighty ship will sail them. 22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; it is he who will save us.
Let us give praise to God Ahnsahnghong for restoring us the festivals of God and keeps the festivals of God with thankful mind!!
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