The definition of “golden hour” is the first hour after the occurrence of a traumatic injury, considered the most critical for successful emergency treatment. Since the golden hour is the most critical moment in the treatment, if we lose this moment, we can lose a life.
Spiritually, it is the same. There is a golden hour for the salvation and if we lost the time, we can lose our salvation. In the parable of the ten virgins, the golden hour is the time period between the opening and the closing of the city door. They must enter the city before the door closes.
2000 years Jesus taught the importance of the golden hour through the prophecy of the fall of Jerusalem. He prophesied about the fall of Jerusalem and taught his people that they must be warned and escape the coming disasters.
Luke 21:20 “When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. 22 For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written. 23 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
The Wise and Foolish VirginsWilliam Blake, 1826Matthew 25:1-6
As he taught through this prophecy, actually Jerusalem was surrounded by the Roman army about 40 years later. The Jews were rebellious and the emperors of Rome tried many times to put an end to their disobedience by destroying the city.
Nero sent his General Vespasian to conquer the Jerusalem and the Roman army surrounded the city of Jerusalem in 68 AD. Jesus told them that they should get out of the city to save themselves. Just as Jesus said the golden hour came for them to get out of the city.
Miraculously, there were a brief span of time during the political upheaval after the death of Nero when the Jews could get out of the city. Vespasian withdrew the army during the time of turmoil and went back to Rome. The siege was broken and the Jews were given a golden hour to escape the imminent death.
Those who listened to the teaching of Jesus fled to another city and could save themselves. However, those who did not listen stayed in Jerusalem. When Titus, the son of Vespasian, surrounded the city again in 70 AD about two years later, the golden hour for the salvation was over.
The city was under the siege for about six months and finally it was captured by the Roman army. They devastated the city and killed about 1.1 million Jews. And about 100,000 Jews were enslaved and they were sent away throughout the world. That was the fall of Jerusalem. Even though God gave them two years of the golden hour so that they could save themselves. When they lost the time, however, they were all destroyed.
Then what is the lesson this history gives us. In the parable of the ten virgins, those who prepared the lamp with the oil could enter the wedding banquet, which means they could receive salvation. But the five foolish virgins did not prepare the oil and left behind when the door was shut. And they lost their chance of salvation.
God gave us this precious time of “golden hour” so that we can prepare our lamp and oil. We must be ready for the Christ’s coming and must enter the wedding banquet as chosen people of God.
To find a right way to a direction, we often consult to the mile posts. When we follow the right mile posts, we can get to the place we started our journey for. It is the same with the way to heaven. How can we find the way to heaven? To get to heaven we have to consult to the spiritual mile posts?
To lead us to heaven, God set up many mile posts throughout the bible. When we follow the mile posts in the bible, we can find the way to heaven. Today, there are many churches around the world with many different names. Then what is the true church that God established to lead us to heaven.
To give us the right direction God gave us many mile posts in the bible. Let us find several of the mile post so that we may know what is the true church that we should go.
First, the true church must have the feast of God, the Passover since Christ Jesus and his disciples including the members of the early churches kept it. (Matthew 26:26, Luke 22:19, 1 Corinthians 5:7)
Second, the true churches kept the Sabbath Day, not the Sunday worship. (Luke 4:16, Acts 17:1)
Third, the true churches had the veil regulations. (1 Corinthians 11:1~16)
Fourth, the true churches had the truth of God the Mother. (Galatians 4:26, Genesis 1:26)
Fifth, the true churches were called Zion, the city of God’s festivals. (Isaiah 33:20, Hebrews 12:22)
Sixth, the Second Coming Christ would come with a new name, not with the name Jesus. (Revelation 2:17, 3:12)
These are some of the mile post that we can find to lead us to heaven. There are many more in the bible, but these would be enough to lead us to the true church, World Mission Society Church of God, which Christ Ahnsahnghong, the Second Coming Christ, established for our salvation. All the mile posts in the bible point to the Church of God or Zion as the true church that we should go to go to heaven.
When we look at the politicians, their policies and thoughts change all the time. In part, it is caused by the changes in environment. Since our environment changes all the time, our thought and plans change too. Today’s environment is different from the yesterday’s and tomorrow’s.
The environment for our faith is the same. Our faith of today is different from that of a year ago due to the changes in the environment. Even though we might think we are keeping the faith just like ten years ago, we might be drifting away from God by the tide of the world. That is why we have to examine our faith always by studying and obeying the words of God.
Just as Moses said in the Book of Psalm, our life on this earth is but trouble and sorrow and it quickly pass, and we fly away to death in the end. (Psalm 90:9) Then why are we living the life of hardships and troubles on this earth?
The Parable of Garden of Eden
God teaches us the reason through the parable of the Garden of Eden. In the Garden of Eden lived Adam and Eve. Their life was prosperous, and everything was provided to them, even eternal life by eating from the tree of life. However, one day, eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they were driven out of the Garden of Eden. Since they disobeyed the words of God and ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they were cast out from the paradise to the cursed land which produced thorns and thistles instead of the tree of life.
This story of the Garden of Eden is a parable given to us to teach us about our origin and our life on this earth. We were once in the Garden of Eden (the Heavenly Kingdom) with God and other angels, but due to our disobedience we were sent down to this earth, the land of sufferings. We broke the heavenly law, and practiced lawlessness or committed sins. And because of the lawlessness and sins, we were separated from God. Because we were sent away from God and His blessings, we are in the agony of death on this earth.
Separation From God Due to our Sins
Isaiah 59:1 Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
Then how can we restore to the Garden of Eden our Home and live in joy and happiness with God again? Is there any way we can go back to the paradise again? The bible teaches we can go back to the Garden of Eden and eat from the tree of life again. To return to God, the very first thing that we need is to receive the forgiveness for our sins we committed in heaven. Since we were sent out due to our sins, it is natural that we should receive the forgiveness of our sins to go back to God and heaven.
The Forgiveness of Sins Through the Passover
Then how can we receive the forgiveness of sins to return to God? 2000 years ago, Jesus Christ taught us the way to receive the forgiveness of sins and return to God. On the night of the Passover, Jesus took bread and wine, which represents his flesh and blood, and gave to the disciples, teaching them that they could receive the forgiveness of sins through the Passover.
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, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. 28 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Returning To God through the Passover
By giving us the new covenant, Jesus opened the way to the Garden of Eden again that we may return to God. When we keep the new covenant Passover, we can return to God and be with God, receiving all the blessings we received from God in heaven again.
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. 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.
Hezekiah’s Passover
Once we got separated from God because of our sins, but now we can be with God by keeping the Passover. Therefore, we can be sure that we can go back to God by keeping the Passover. We can confirm this this the bible. In the time of King Hezekiah, the king realized the importance of the Passover and sent his message all over the land, inviting them to keep the Passover. And this was his message to the people.
2 Chronicles 30:6 At the king’s command, couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and from his officials, which read: “People of Israel, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, that he may return to you who are left, who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria. 7 Do not be like your parents and your fellow Israelites, who were unfaithful to the Lord, the God of their ancestors, so that he made them an object of horror, as you see. 8 Do not be stiff-necked, as your ancestors were; submit to the Lord. Come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever. Serve the Lord your God, so that his fierce anger will turn away from you. 9 If you return to the Lord, then your fellow Israelites and your children will be shown compassion by their captors and will return to this land, for the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him.”
Again and again he earnestly entreated the people of Israel to return to God by keeping the Passover. This message clearly teaches us that the Passover is the way to return to God and receive His blessing.
The Results of Obedience and Disobedience
Then what will happen if we do not keep the Passover and return to God? In the story above, despite the message from the king, many people did not listen to him. In those days, the nation of Israel was divided in two kingdoms: southern Judah and northern Israel. The people of Judah obeyed to the message of the king and kept the Passover, but the people of Israel not. Later the two nations had to face completely different consequences due to their action.
The kingdom of Israel got destroyed by the Assyrian army, but the kingdom of Judah was saved out from the war against Assyria. And God teaches the reason for those results.
2 Kings 18:12 This happened because they had not obeyed the Lord their God, but had violated his covenant—all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded. They neither listened to the commands nor carried them out.
God teaches that the nation of Israel was conquered by the army because they did not obey the command of God and keep the Passover. On the contrary, the land of Judah was protected from the disasters because they obeyed the command of God.
Conclusion
This lesson was given to us as examples. We are living on this earth, going through many sufferings and in the end to death. It is all because of our sins we committed against God in heaven by disobeying his commands. Now God came down to this earth and opened the way to the heaven again by giving the forgiveness of our sins through His own flesh and blood.
We should not be like the people of Israel who ridiculed and scorned the message of God to their own destruction. Rather, we should obey the words of God and keep the Passover like the people of Judah.
Christ Ahnsahnghong and God the Mother came down to this earth and opened the way to return to God by restoring the new covenant Passover which Jesus established 2000 years ago. And they are inviting us to return to them and to receive the water of life by keeping the Passover. Now we should not practice lawlessness again and disobey the words of God. We must return to the Spirit and the bride with a mind of humility and keep the Passover. And then they will forgive our sins and take us back to the eternal Garden of Eden.
To read the full article, please the visit, “The Korea Times“.
175 overseas members of World Mission Society Church of God from 10 different countries visited Korea are conveying “the message of hope for the prosperity and well-being of the global community”.
It was the year 2000 when the Church of God started to receive overseas visiting members in earnest. Up to the 73rd group, about 1,500 members had been visiting Korea every year. For the members of over 7,000 Churches of God in 175 countries, Korea is the country where God the Father and God the Mother, who are testified in the Bible, have appeared. So their visit to Korea is a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and a great blessing. Although foreigners’ visits to Korea decreased due to the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in 2015, about 240 members from 23 countries visited Korea and over 2,000 members came to Korea in 2016 alone.
From THE KOREA TIMES news article
They visited many different places around the city of Seoul and they were amazed by the speed Korea achieved for its economic growth. A visiting members said, “”It’s taken quite a long time for the United States to develop into a great power as it is now. However, Korea has achieved rapid growth in a very short period of time. Some parts seem to have developed more than the U.S.”.
And also the overseas visiting members of the Church of God shared “a message of hope for the New Year” being united with the love of Mother.
“I’m deeply moved that our Church members from all over the world with different languages and cultures are united in Mother’s love. If you don’t care about other people and only think of yourself, you miss something important ― love. Among many types of love, a mother’s love is the one that can change people, and those who are changed through it can make the world beautiful,” said Michael Miller from New York, U.S.
From THE KOREA TIMES news article
To read the full article, please the visit, “The Korea Times“.
Temple and Water Of Life–In the book of Ezekiel, the bible describes that the living water is flowing out from the temple of God in Jerusalem. The water of life first flows into the Jordan River and later into the Dead Sea. As we can see through the name “the Dead Sea,” the sea was once dead, but as soon as the living water flows into it, it starts to revive again. This is a amazing description of the power of the living water and the bible says those who wants to have eternal life must also drink from this water. Therefore, we must know what the living water is and what the source of the living water is.
The Water of Life from the Temple Jerusalem
Ezekiel 47:1 The man brought me back to the entrance to the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. 2 He then brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and the water was trickling from the south side….Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 7 When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river. 8 He said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah (or the Jordan River), where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh. 9 Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live. ….. 12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.”
Temple and Water Of Life–The water from the temple flows into the Dead Sea which has nothing living in it as the name indicates because it contains too much salt in it. Once the water from the temple flows into the Dead Sea, however, the salt water becomes flesh and soon all different sorts of living creatures starts to thrive in the Dead Sea. Literally, the Dead Sea changes into the Living Sea because of the living water from the temple. Again and again the bible says that it is the living water that flows into the sea that gives life to everything in it and even along the banks of the Jordan River many different trees bears fruits every month all throughout the year.
Map of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea. Can you see any river flowing from Jerusalem to the Jordan river? We should understand this prophecy figuratively.
Here we can see the amazing power of the living water that flows out from the temple. This contains more significant meaning to us who are living in the last days. It is because the prophecy of the water of life from the temple in the Book of Ezekiel was not written for the physical Israelites who lived in the past in the time of the prophet, but it was actually a prophecy given to us who are living in the last days. We can confirm this through a mated prophecy in the Book of Revelation.
Revelation 22:1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
Here we can see the exact description of the same river we have already seen in the Book of Ezekiel. Therefore, we can see Prophet Ezekiel was not speaking about things of his time, but he was writing prophecies to teach what was going to happen in the future, especially in the last days. In this sense, we come to know that things in the book should not be interpreted physically, but all of things must be understood in the figurative level.
The Reality of Temple and Water of Life
Temple and Water Of Life–If we try to understand the prophecy of Ezekiel in the literal sense, we cannot put many things together because they do not make sense at all. First, does the temple Jerusalem represent the physical temple in Jerusalem? If then, the water from the temple must be physical water too. But as we already know, there is no river flowing from the temple into the Jordan River. And moreover, the Temple of God itself does not exist in our present time because it was destroyed by the Roman army around 70 AD.
Plan of Solomon’s Temple
Therefore, we must understand these things figuratively. Then what is the reality of the temple? According to the bible, the reality of the temple is God himself.
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.
The temple is originally built as God’s dwelling place and when the temple was established, God started to dwell among his people by putting His Spirit in the temple. Even though God fills up the whole universe, God loved his people and wanted to give them salvation by teaching them and leading them through his commands and laws. For that purpose, God established sanctuary or temple and started to dwell among his people in Spirit.
2 Chronicles 6:18 “But will God really dwell on earth with humans? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!
But this physical temple was given as copy and shadow until the time of the reality of the temple would be revealed. Then what was the reality of the temple? As we have already seen above, Christ himself was reality of the temple, God’s dwelling place. 2000 years ago, Jesus Christ, who was God himself came down to this earth to dwell among his people to teach his people and to give them salvation.
John 1:14 The Word (God) became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
The Word or God himself became flesh and made his dwelling or his temple among his people. It was Christ Jesus. But what was the temple or the dwelling of God he established on this earth when he came in the flesh? It was his body because the Spirit of God was dwelling in the body of Christ and that is why he called his body the temple of God. Through this we can see the body of Christ was working as temple.
The Reality of the Water of Life
Temple and Water Of Life–Now we could understand that the reality of the temple was Christ, God who came as man in the flesh. If Christ is the Temple Jerusalem, Christ must have given the water of life according to the prophecy because the temple in the prophecy was the source of the water of life that gives life to everything that accepts the living water. Then was the Christ the source of the water of life just like the prophecy?
John 4:13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
Through this we can see that he was truly the reality of the temple in the prophecy of Ezekiel which gives the living water to the world so that they can have life. Then what we need to understand is what is the living water which was flowing out from the temple? 2000 years ago Jesus was not the one who was giving out the physical water to the people which could give them eternal life, which would have been easier for everyone to understand his teaching and many might have accepted Jesus and received eternal life.
The Jordan River flowing into the Dead Sea. Thousands of years the river was flowing into the Dead Sea, but the Dead Sea is still dead. What is the living water that gives life to everything?
But just like everything else in the bible, he was not speaking in the literal way. Just like all other teachings of God, Jesus was using physical things to teach us spiritual things. Just as water is essential for our life, through this water Jesus wanted to teach us the spiritual water that is essential for our spiritual life, eternal life. Then what was the spiritual water coming out from the temple Christ which gives us the eternal life of salvation? According to the bible, the water of live that cleanse our sins and gives us the eternal life is the words of God coming from the Christ.
Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
According to the bible what is it that cleanses us from stains or blemishes to make us holy and blameless? It is possible when we are washed “water through the word” of God. We can see the words of God are figuratively compared to water, and we can receive the water life and wash ourselves clean when we accept the true words of God. When we are cleansed with the words of God, we can also receive eternal life.
John 6:66 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. 67 “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve. 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”
Apostle Peter boldly testifies that he is the true source of the water of life: How can I leave you my God since you are the one who gives the water of life through the words of God? He knew that Jesus was the true temple of God granting the living water to the peoples of the world and if they left Jesus they could not have eternal life. And with this understanding they could stay with Jesus even though all others deserted Jesus.
The True Temple of God in the Last Days
Temple and Water Of Life–Then according to the bible who is the true temple of God giving out the water of life to the peoples of the world in the last days? Without knowing the source of the water of life we cannot receive salvation. As we have already seen in the prophecy of Ezekiel, in the last days the world is compared to the Dead Sea. According to the bible, the sea figuratively represents human society.
Revelation 17:15 Then the angel said to me, “The waters (or the sea) you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.
The sea is dead because of the lack of the living water or the true words of God. Some might say what I am saying is wrong because we have the words of God taught by Jesus Christ. That is partly true. 2000 years ago the true temple of God Christ came with the water of life and gave people the true words of God so that they could have eternal life.
But what happened to the truth? Even though Jesus and disciples sacrificed their own lives for the true words of God giving us eternal life, after their death the true gospel started to be corrupted and changed by the work of Satan to fulfill the Parable of Weeds on the field. (Matthew 13:24) Sabbath worship which took place on Saturday was changed into Sunday worship in 321 AD by Roman Emperor Constantine. And the truth of the new covenant of the Passover was abolished in 325 AD in the council of Nicaea held under the command of the same emperor.
Since then, those who wanted to follow the truth were persecuted and driven out into the wilderness and the truth started to be forgotten until only the false words of God was left behind. All the water of life was changed into dirty and unclean water, and people started to fall sick and die spiritually because of the lack of the living water. This is the situation described in the prophecy of Ezekiel and the sea or the human society in the last days without any exception are all dead. Nations, peoples, multitudes, and languages-which means all the world-is dying of the lack of the living water. The water people are drinking cannot give them the eternal life, but rather it gives them more thirst.
In this desperate situation, the bible says the river of the water of life clear as crystal will be open for the people who are thirsty. Then who are the true source of the water of life in the last days? Where should we go to receive the living water?
Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
Who are the source of the water of life? They are the Spirit and the Bride. In the book of Ezekiel they were described as temple of God. It means they must be God who comes down to this earth in the flesh as the reality of the temple, or Christ. Then who is the Spirit? We can easily see the Spirit must be the Second Coming Christ, or God the Father coming down in the last days as man in the flesh as the reality of the temple to give us the water of life. But then who is the bride who is also the source of the water of life? Since she is also the source of the living water we can say she must be a Christ, or God who is coming down as man in the flesh. Let us confirm.
Jesus was the spiritual temple who could give the living water of eternal life. Then who is the bride of Christ Heavenly Jerusalem who will be able to give us living water in the last days?
The True Bride, God the Mother
Temple and Water Of Life–There are so many people who have many different opinions about the bride-such as church, or the angels, or some says the bride is Jesus who is coming in the last days. But rather than following people’s opinions we must listen to the true words of God in the bible. Then who is the bride? According to the bible she is described as the true temple of God who is coming down from heaven to this earth, which would be the dwelling of God in the last days.
Revelation 21:1 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.
The bride is the heavenly Jerusalem Temple, which is coming down to this earth to make a dwelling of God among his people. This has a very significant meaning in it. What is the dwelling place of God? Temple. But who was the reality of the temple? Christ. Then what should this heavenly Jerusalem be? Christ, that is, God who is coming down as man in the flesh. Then is this the Second Coming Christ? It cannot be because the Spirit is the Second Coming Christ who would come to give the water of life.
Then who is the bride? Let us find more about the bride, the heavenly Jerusalem.
Revelation 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.
In this description, the bride is the wife of the Lamb. The Lamb is the Second Coming Jesus (John 1:29); and therefore, the wife of the Lamb means the wife of Jesus Christ. In reality, even though he came as man in the flesh, Jesus was God the Father. Then what should we call the wife of Jesus or God the Father? The bride must be God the Mother. Amazingly enough, the bible testifies the heavenly Jerusalem and it shows the heavenly Jerusalem as its true reality, not as copy or shadow? Many might think since it is a temple, it must be a form of building flying down from heaven, or even a spaceship!
But the Bible teaches the true reality of the temple Jerusalem? Then what is the Heavenly Jerusalem?
Galatians 4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above (or in heaven) is free, and she is our mother.
The bible teaches the Heavenly Jerusalem is in reality “our Mother” or God the Mother and she is coming down from heaven in the last days. Why? To make a dwelling among his people. What does it mean then? Just like God the Father made his dwelling among his people by coming down to this earth as man in the flesh in the name of Jesus Christ, God the Mother will come down to this earth now as woman in the flesh and by putting the Spirit of God in the body she will dwell among his people to give them the water of life.
Conclusion
Temple and Water Of Life–To fulfill the prophecy of the book of Ezekiel and Revelation, God the Father and God the Mother both of them came down to this earth as man in the flesh in the Name of Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother New Jerusalem. As we have seen over and over they are the reality of the temple prophesied in the prophecy of Ezekiel and they are the true source of the water of life. They are calling out to you to “Come” and to “take the free gift of the water of life.” God eagerly wants you to come to them for the eternal life. Our true sanctuary, God the Mother came down to this earth and she is pouring out the living water to all the nations and peoples of the world.
Come to the Spirit and the Bride, who are the true source of the water of life.
According to the bible the mystery of God is the Christ. It is because it is hard to correctly recognize the true identity of Christ when he came as man in the flesh.
Colossians 1:26 the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. 27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Colossians 2:2 My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ.
Even though he was God himself who came as man to give them salvation they were waiting for, his people did not recognize him because of his outward appearance and rejected him. In the last day when Christ comes for the second time, it would be the same. He would appear as man in the flesh. Moreover, the bible teaches that he would come with his bride, God the Mother.
How hard would it be for God’s people to know God the Father and God the Mother who would appear as man in the flesh with a physical body!! They would be a stumbling block and a rock causes to fall to many people, even among many Christains; but God’s people must have the spiritual eyes to correctly recognize them and accept them to receive the water of life.
Why does the word “Mother” move the hearts of people giving them the sense of comfort and love?
In this series of posts, I tried to gather some of the evidences of God the Mother in the bible. Please read the posts carefully and accept God the Mother who came to this earth only for the love of her chidren and came to save us and take us back to heaven. Come into Mother’s arms.
God the Mother in Revelation–We have been searching for the evidences of God the Mother from Genesis all throughout the bible. Now we have come to the end of the bible, that is, the the Book of Revelation. As it is known, this Book of Revelation is concerned about the last day when Jesus is coming for the second time to give us the salvation, eternal life. In this book, God clearly let us know how to receive the water of life, eternal life.
The Water of Life from the Heavenly Jerusalem
God the Mother in Revelation–2000 years ago, Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” (John 4:13) It was because he was the source of the water of life, or the eternal life. That is why those who wanted to receive the water of life must come to Jesus for the living water.
But in the book of Revelation, which is concerned about the last day when the creation work of God is finished by giving salvation to his people, God let us know that it is God the Mother who can give us the water of life, eternal life.
Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
According to this prophecy, the eternal life is coming from the Spirit and the Bride. Then who are the Spirit and the Bride then? Commonsensically, it is only God who can give us the water of Life and therefore, we can say they must be God. Many Christians says the brides are the church in this book, but it is not true. How can God’s people grant eternal life to each other?
First, who is the Spirit? The uppercase Spirit represent God the Father or the Second Coming Christ who would appear in the last day for our salvation. (Hebrews 9:28) But since Christ is represented as Adam spiritually, the bride of Christ or Adam must be the spiritual Eve, who is the mother of all the living. (Genesis 3:20) Then who is this bride of Jesus who is coming to give us the water of life? Where is she coming from?
The Bride of Jesus, Heavenly Jerusalem
Revelation 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.
What is the New Jerusalem coming down from heaven in the last days as the bride of Christ?
God the Mother in Revelation–In the vision, John was supposed to be shown the bride of the Lamb (or the Second Coming Jesus Christ) by the angel, but what was actually shown was the Heavenly City Jerusalem, which would come down from heaven in the last day. If we take a further look at the description of the city, it is represented as a cube, “a square as long as it was wide.” (Revelation 21:16) The only thing in the Temple of God which is shaped like a cube is the Most Holy Place of the temple.
Since the earthly temple established by Moses was a copy and shadow of the temple in heaven which was the reality. (Hebrews 8:5) And as we have already seen before, the reality of temple which was in heaven was not actually a building, but the Christ. (John 2:19) Therefore, we can conclude the heavenly Most Holy Place of the temple must be also fulfilled by a Christ, or God who is coming as man in the flesh and putting the Spirit of God in the body of the temple.
To understand the Christ, let us study the earthly temple a little. The earthly temple was mainly made up of two different rooms: the outer room and the inner room. The outer room was called the Holy Place; and the inner room, the Most Holy Place. And the Throne of God was placed in the Most Holy Place and on that throne God was enthroned in Spirit between the cherubim. And between the outer room and inner room was a curtain to separate them from each other.
This structure of the physical temple was given to us to teach us the invisible and spiritual temple in Heaven, that is, Christ. According to the bible, Jesus was represented as the outer room and curtain which was separating the inner room from the outer room. By the destruction of his body of temple and curtain through his crucifixion 2000 years ago, he destroyed the outer room and the curtain so that the way to the Most Holy Place would be open and God’s people enter into the Most Holy Place to receive the water of life from God.
The Reality of the Most Holy Place, God the Mother
Matthew 27:51 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split 52 and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.
God the Mother in Revelation–Through his death and piercing of his body on the cross, Jesus could destroy the Holy Place and the curtain which were concealing the Most Holy Place. Through his destruction of the body of temple, he could open the way to the inner room.
Hebrews 10:19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body.
Through this we can clearly see the Holy Place was the body of Christ Jesus, or God the Father. When God the Father came as man in the flesh, he was the reality of the Holy Place of the temple. Then who is the reality of the Most Holy Place? The bible says the Heavenly Jerusalem is the reality of the Most Holy Place. Then who is the Holy City Jerusalem coming down from heaven from God. About this heavenly Jerusalem Paul testifies like this:
Galatians 4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
Paul let us know the reality of the Heavenly Jerusalem, the Most Holy Place and he says the Heavenly Jerusalem or the Jerusalem above (or in heaven) is Our Mother. Who is our Father in heaven? God the Father. Then who is our Mother above in heaven? God the Mother.
What is the reality of the Most Holy Place of the Jerusalem Temple?
When Paul saw this Heavenly Jerusalem, she was in heaven; but when John saw this heavenly Jerusalem, she was coming down out of heaven to this earth. Then what is the meaning of the prophecy? 2000 years Jesus (God the Father) who was the reality of the Holy Place of the temple came as man wiith a physical body and put the Spirit of God in him just like the temple. In the same way, according to this vision, in the last day, God the Mother would appear as woman with a physical body to give us the salvation of eternal life.
Conclusion
God the Mother in Revelation–Through all these prophecies and more, God teaches us that we must know God the Mother in the last day to receive the water of life, eternal life. To fulfill these prophecies of the bible God the Mother, who is the reality of the Most Holy Place, came down to this earth as man in the flesh. She is call us to come to Her, the true source of the water of life.
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Jesus Christ came to this earth as man 2000 years to give us the forgiveness of sins and eternal life. Again and again he said that he came to give us the eternal life and ultimately to take us back to heaven where there is no death, no pain, or sorrow. When we look at his teachings, however, we can find his words which indicates that it is only God the Mother who can give us the eternal life.
Jesus and Salvation
Jesus came down to this earth for the salvation of our souls and the most important teaching of Jesus for this purpose is “the eternal life.” Without receiving eternal life on this earth, it is impossible to enter into the kingdom of heaven because the kingdom of heaven is the place where there is no death and the very first condition for the entrance of heaven is to receive the eternal life.
About the importance of eternal life to enter into heaven, Jesus taught:
John 3:5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.
The very first condition to enter into the kingdom of heaven is to be born again, in other words, we must be born again spiritually and receive the spiritual life, that is, eternal life. About the way to receive eternal life, he continue to say:
John 4:13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
Jesus said that the purpose of his coming was to give “life to the full” or “eternal life.” Since he was the source of eternal life, people must know Jesus to receive eternal life.
John 17:3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
Eternal Life in the Last Days
Even though Jesus was God the Father, who was the source of the water of life, he promised that the eternal life would be given at the last day. Just as a physical father gives physical life in this earth, he was the spiritual Father who could give us the spiritual life, eternal life. But why did he say that eternal life would be given at the last day.
John 6:39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”…… 44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. …. 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.
Over again he says that the eternal life would be given at the last day. Why is the eternal life given only at the last day? And when is the last day? These are important questions to ask to receive eternal life. 2000 years when Jesus came, He was the male image of God, God the Father who could give us eternal life. But as we have seen before, the main life-giver is a female or mother according to the will of God.
Even though he came as the last Adam as a life-giving spirit, it was not the will of God to give life to the children by himself. Life is given by a mother and in the same way the eternal life must be granted by the last Eve, or God the Mother. Then when would God the Mother appear to give us eternal life?
Orvieto, Creation of Eve (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Since Christ came as a pattern of Adam and God the Mother would appear as Eve, we must first look at the story of Adam and Eve to find out the time of their appearance. According to the book of Genesis when did God create Adam and Eve? On the sixth day. Adam was created first and after Adam was put into a deep sleep God created Eve out Adam’s flesh and blood. Then what is the spiritual meaning of this story?
2 Peter 3:8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
In the prophecies of the bible the time has a parabolic meanings too. Sometimes a day can be calculated as a year (Numbers 15:34, Ezekiel 4:6); and a day, a thousand years. In this system, the six-day creation can be understood as six thousand years of God’s spiritual creation work for our salvation. And the seventh day rest can be matched to 1000 years of spiritual rest which would follow the completion of the salvation work of six thousand years. (Revelation 20:6)
According to this plan of God for our salvation, Eve must appear at the last day or the 6th day, which can be equivalent to the end of God’s 6000 years of salvation work. The bible scholars say the Old Testament spans the history of 4000 years from Adam to the appearance of Christ and from Christ up to the present time, 2000 years. In short, we are living at the time frame of the biblical last day. And according to the prophecies of the bible, in our time the last Eve or God the Mother appear to give us the eternal life.
Conclusion
Jesus was waiting for the prophetical time for the coming of God the Mother when he said that he would raise them up at the last day. Without the appearance of God the Mother, eternal life could not be given to children
We can confirm this through his crucifixion too. For Eve to be revealed, first Adam must be put into a deep sleep and his side must be cut open and his rib bone must be broken apart. Spiritually, sleeping means death (John 11:13) and to fulfill the prophecy of Adam Jesus died on the cross and his side was split open. (John 19:34) According to the bible, he was planned to go through all these pains and suffering even from the beginning. Why then? It was for God the Mother to be revealed to the children who would receive the eternal life.
In our time, the Last Adam Christ Ahnsahnghong came and revealed to us the Last Eve God the Mother to us. And He taught us to follow Mother by saying, “I follow Mother.” And He gave us an example to teach us that we also should follow Mother. Let us accept God the Mother who is the last hidden mystery of God given to us for our salvation.
During the six day creation of God in Genesis, the last thing that was created man. And the bible says that the creation of man was given to us to teach us about the invisible image of God. If we look at man in the book of Genesis, God created man into two different images: male and female, both of which were fashioned after the very image of God. Through the first man Adam and first woman Eve, God is teaching us the spiritual Adam and Eve. Then who are the spiritual Adam and Eve? And why do they need to be created?
The Spiritual Adam
Genesis 1:27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
When God created man, God put his invisible image into the creation of man. According to the creation work of God, both male and female were made to represent the image of God. The first man Adam was created according to the male image of God, who we call “God the Father.” Then who was Eve created to represent? It must be the female image of God, that is, God the Mother.
Creation of Adam: Instead of saying, “Let there be a man”, God said, “Let us make man in our image and in our likeness”. Among all the creations, why did God give man the image of God? What does God want ot teach us through the creation of man?
Let us confirm this through the bible. First, let us look at the purpose of God in the creation of Adam. Nothing was created without any purpose or the will of God. Then what was the will of God in the creation of Adam?
Romans 5:14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.
According to the bible, Adam was created as the pattern of the one who is to come so that we can understand “the one to come” through the story of Adam. Then who is “the one to come” in the bible? It is the Christ Jesus. 2000 years ago the prophecies of the bible about “the one to come” was fulfilled by Jesus Christ and in the same way the prophecies of “the one to come” in the last days would be fulfilled by the Second Coming Jesus.
Hebrews 9:28 So Christ was offered as a sacrifice one time to take away the sins of many people. And he will come a second time, but not to offer himself for sin. He will come the second time to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. (ERV)
About this Christ who was to come for the second time, the Revelation says:
Revelation 22:20 He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.
Again and again the bible says the one to come in the last days is Jesus Christ. But when Jesus comes, how can we know who the true Jesus is who we have been waiting for? To teach us how to recognize the true Christ, the bible says he will come to follow the pattern of Adam. In other words, he is coming as spiritual Adam.
Since Jesus was God the Father himself, we can conclude that God created Adam to teach us his coming as man in the flesh, which was fulfilled partly by Jesus 2000 yeas ago and would be fulfilled completely in the last days by his coming as Adam when he comes for the second time. In short, Adam represents God the Father coming as man.
The Spiritual Eve
If Adam represents God the Father, then who does Eve represents? As we have already seen, Eve was created to let us know the another image of God, God the Mother. Through the creation of Eve, God wanted to teach us the God the Mother who would come as woman in the flesh in the last days. 2ooo years ago when God the Father appeared as spiritual Adam in the name of Jesus, he did not bring his wife, the spiritual Eve. She was kept hidden until the last days.
Who is Eve, who was created with Adam’s flesh and blood?
According to the prophecies of the bible, Spiritual Eve must appear in the last days along with Spiritual Adam, the Second Coming Christ to complete the salvation work. Then why should Eve appear in the last days. To understand the work of the spiritual Eve, first we must look at the physical Eve who was also given as pattern for the spiritual Eve. Then what was the purpose of God in the creation of Eve.
According to the bible Eve was created as helper: “But for Adam no suitable helper was found” (Genesis 1:20) It means she was created to help Adam. Adam was not complete by himself and God created Eve to make up for the lack in Adam. Even though Adam could do everything by himself, there was one thing that he could not do alone: Giving life to the children. Therefore, to help Adam to procreate or to give birth to offspring.
Genesis 3:20 Adam named his wife Eve (or Life), because she would become the mother of all the living.
The name Eve means “life” or “living” in the Hebrew words and she was created to give life to the children. Through this physical Eve, God is teaching us that it is only through the spiritual Eve (God the Mother) the spiritual life can be given to the children. And to give us the eternal life God the Mother must appear along with God the Father in the last days.
The Eternal Life
Just as Adam was the first man who gave life to the children, the bible says Jesus is coming as Adam to give the spiritual life to the spiritual children.
1 Corinthians 15:45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
The purpose of the appearance of the last Adam or Jesus Christ is to give life to the children. For this purpose Christ must come again as Adam or man in the flesh for the second time in the last days, but when he appears to give us life, he must come along with the spiritual Eve, God the Mother because it was not the will of God to give life to the children only through Adam. But more importantly God created Eve and gave the role of child-birth so that she would give life as mother.
In this story of Adam and Eve, God already foretold the work of Christ who is coming as Adam and Eve to give us eternal life. To give us eternal life or salvation, the Second Coming Christ (the Last Adam) must reveal God the Mother (the Last Eve) who is coming to give us “eternal life,” just as Adam revealed Eve by testifying about her as it is written:
Genesis 3:20 Adam named his wife Eve (or Life), because she would become the mother of all the living.
Adam gave the name and role for Eve and this work of Adam was a prophecy to let us know the work of the spiritual Adam. This prophecy was fulfilled by the Second Coming Christ Ahnsahnghong revealing God the Mother as the last Eve who appeared to give us the eternal life.
Conclusion
The last hidden mystery of the bible, the Last Eve coming as mother of all the living was finally fulfilled in our time. Now we must recognize God the Mother who came as woman in the flesh and accept her and the living water coming from her to receive eternal life. Come to the World Mission Society Church of God established by God the Father and God the Mother in these last days.
