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  • [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.

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    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.

  • [WMSCOG] The Bible And Parable

    [WMSCOG] The Bible And Parable

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

    Jesus and Parables

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

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

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

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

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

    How to understand the parable

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

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

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

    Sealing of the bible

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

    Isaiah 55:8   “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

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

    Revelation 5:1   Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” 3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. 4 I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.

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

    Conclusion

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

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

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

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

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