Tag: Heavenly Mother New Jerusalem

  • The Spirit and the Bride

    The Spirit and the Bride

    Whom Does the Bible Testify About?

    The bible is the book testifying about the Savior who was to come to give us salvation.

    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, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.

    “Christ” in Greek or “Messiah” in Hebrew means “the Anointed One”, which means God would come as man and be anointed to fulfill the prophecies of the bible as king, prophet, and high priest. 2000 years ago, Jesus Christ came as the Anointed One, but people rejected him and at the end crucified him on the cross. Only those who believed the words and prophecies of God in the bible could accept him and receive salvation.

    The same bible testifies that Christ would come as man for the second time (Heb 9:28), and get anointed again to complete the prophecies of the bible. When it happens, it would be a great test to people today. Many who look at the appearances of the Christ would reject him. Only those who believes in the words of God in the bible would receive him as fulfillment of the prophecies of the bible and receive salvation.

    Many says that the bride in the heavenly wedding in Revelation is the church. Today let us get rid of our prejudice and find out the identity of the heavenly New Jerusalem, the bride and wife of the Lamb.

    The Spirit and Bride Giving the Water of Life

    The Water of Life

    According to the bible, the salvation of God is expressed through many different metaphors. Sometimes it is compared to bread that gives life (Jn 6:35), or to water (Jn 4:13), or even to seeds (Mt 13:37). Especially powerful is the metaphor of water that gives life. It is used all throughout the bible as the main motif of God’s salvation. Prophet Isaiah says:

    Isaiah 55:1 Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! ….. Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live.

    In Ezekiel, we can see the water of life flowing out from the temple of God and in Revelation too there is the water of life from the throne of God. Water is essential to lead a life on this earth. By using this function of water God is comparing his salvation and to receive the salvation we have to drink the water of life.

    The Water of Life From God

    Then who is the source of the water of life? According to the bible the only source of water of life is God himself because only God can give eternal life. (Ps 133:3, Jn 10:28) In the Old Testament, God the Father Jehovah was the Savior and thus He was the source of the water of life.

    Jeremiah 2:13 My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

    Therefore, those who wanted to receive salvation must come to God Jehovah for the water of life. In the Age of the Son, it was only Jesus who could give the water of life.

    John 4:13 Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 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.

    Then what about us? Who is the source of the water of life in our time? Definitely, it is God. Then who is the true Savior that we have to receive as God in the last day? Without paying attention to the bible, we cannot find the true Savior. Then what does the bible say about the Savior in the last day? Who are the source of the water of life?

    What is the New Jerusalem that is the source of the water of life in the last day?

    The Water of Life from the Spirit and the Bride

    Revelation, which testifies about the last day, teaches us the true source of the water of life in the last day.

    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.

    Revelation prophesies that the water of life or salvation of eternal life is coming from the Spirit and the bride. Then who must be the Spirit and the bride? We have agreed that the only one who can give the water of life is God himself. In this respect, we can say that the Spirit and the bride must be God.

    The Spirit is God the Father in terms of the Trinity that God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit are one. Then who are the bride of the Spirit (or the Lamb in Revelation 21:9 and 19:7)? Since this bride is the wife of the Lamb Jesus, who is God the Father, we can guess she must be God the Mother.

    Who is the Bride of the Lamb?

    The Bride of the Lamb, Heavenly Jerusalem

    In the Book of Revelation, John testifies about the bride of the Spirit who gives the water of life. Let us follow his testimony one by one to find out the identity of the bride in Revelation.

    Revelation 19:7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.

    Here we can see the wedding banquet of the Lamb and the bride. Since the Lamb in Chapter 19 is referred as the Spirit in Chapter 22, we can see the Lamb (or Jesus) is the Spirit. That is, the bridegroom of the wedding is Jesus himself. Since this is about the last day, we can say that this is about Jesus’ Second Coming as bridegroom to complete the parable of wedding banquet which he taught 2000 years ago. (Mt 22:1) Then who is the bride of Jesus? She was never mentioned in the parable of the wedding banquet 2000 years ago since it was not the time for her to be revealed.

    Finally, the time for the bride has come and she is ready to be revealed. Then who is the bride or the wife of the Lamb?

    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.” 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.

    An angel showed John the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. What is the New Jerusalem who is the wife of the Lamb?

    Heavenly Jerusalem Our Mother

    Here the angel showed John the wife of the Lamb. Strangely enough the bride of the Lamb is described as “the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.” (Rev 21:2) As we know that the bible is mainly written in a parabolic language, we have to understand this also as parable. We should not think that a city of precious gems is coming down from heaven.

    To find out the true meaning of the Heavenly Jerusalem we have to find a mated verse in the bible as Isiah said: “Look in the scroll of the Lord and read: None of these will be missing, not one will lack her mate.” The vision of the heavenly Jerusalem can be explained through the mated verse in the bible.

    Apostle Paul had the same vision of the Heavenly Jerusalem and testified about it.

    Galatians 4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.

    Paul clearly testifies that the Heavenly Jerusalem is our Mother, which means God the Mother who give us life. The reason God the Mother is compared the Most Holy Place of the Jerusalem Temple (Rev 21:16) can be found in Jesus Christ himself, who compared his body as temple of God where the Spirit of God dwells. (Jn 2:20) This is true with God the Mother who will appear in human likeness, forsaking the divinity of God. (Phil 2:7)

    (To find more information about Christ as the reality of the temple, follow this link.)

    Jesus said that he is the source of the water of life. Likewise, Christ is the true temple of God from where the living water is flowing out to the whole world giving life to people.

    Conclusion

    Through these testimonies of the bible, we can conclude that the Spirit and the Bride are God the Father and God the Mother, coming together to give the water of life.

    Therefore, those who want to receive the salvation of God in our time must know the Spirit and Bride to receive the water of life. If we look at the outward appearance of the Spirit and the Bride, we can be deceived and reject them. Then what the consequences would be!! Rather suspending our disbelief, we have to pay attention to the words of God in the bible. Then we can see the divinity hidden in the form of human likeness.

    Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother appeared as the Spirit and the bride to us to give us the water of life. Now come to the Spirit and the bride and receive the salvation of eternal life.

  • Jerusalem Temple and God the Mother

    Jerusalem Temple and God the Mother

    Jerusalem Temple and God the Mother–In the time of King Solomon, God allowed the Israelites to build a temple to put his name in. From that time on the temple in Jerusalem became the center of the worship for the Jews as God commanded them.

    Deuteronomy 12:4 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way. 5 But you are to seek the place the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name there for his dwelling. To that place you must go; 6 there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, what you have vowed to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks. 7 There, in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you.

    Since the time of Solomon, Jerusalem became the most important place for the Jews in their worship of God.

    The Prophecies of the Appearance of the Reality of the Temple

    The Old Covenant and the New Covenant

    Jerusalem Temple and God the Mother–However, in many places of the bible God foretold that the reality of the temple would appear. God gave the Law of Moses and the Jerusalem Temple as copy and shadow for the reality which would be revealed the people of God who would live in the time of New Testament.

    Heb 10:1 The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves.

    For this reason, Paul says that the old covenant was given the role of school master to lead us to the reality, that is fulfilled through the Christ in the New Testament.

    Gal 3:2Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

    The Prophecies of the Appearance of the Reality of the Temple

    Jerusalem Temple and God the Mother–Then what is the reality of the temple in the new covenant? Just like all the Law of Moses, the temple worship was also a copy and shadow given to people until the time of the fulfillment by the Christ. The temple and worship was not the reality itself.

    For this reason, God teaches us through the bible that the reality of the temple would be revealed in the later days.

    Jeremiah 3:16 In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land,” declares the Lord, “people will no longer say, ‘The ark of the covenant of the Lord.’ It will never enter their minds or be remembered; it will not be missed, nor will another one be made. 17 At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the Lord, and all nations will gather in Jerusalem to honor the name of the Lord.

    In this prophecy, God foretold that people would not seek the Ark of the Covenant anymore. Then what is the ark of the covenant? The ark of the covenant which was also called “the Ark of the Testimony,” was a wooden chest for the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. God gave the two stone tablets and commanded Moses to build a sanctuary for the words of God.

    According to the commands of God, Moses built a sanctuary and he put the ark of the covenant in the Most Holy Place of the sanctuary. And he made a cover for the ark of the covenant with two cherubim on top facing each other, protecting the ark of the covenant. This cover had many different names such as the atonement cover or the mercy seat or the throne of God because God said that he would sit enthroned between the cherubim.

    The True Throne of God

    Jerusalem Temple and God the Mother–Along with the sanctuary or the temple, this Throne of God was the most important religious objects in the worship of God. Therefore, wherever they went, the Israelites carried the ark of the covenant with them. When the ark was with them, they were blessed and prosperous. However, when they lost the ark because of their sins, they were punished and had to go through many hardships and distress.

    Even though the ark of the covenant and the temple is so much important to them, God prophesied that the Israelites would not remember the ark of the covenant or they miss it even though they did not have one. How could it be possible? It is because the reality of the ark of the covenant and the temple would be given to them instead of the copy of it.

    Even Jesus also taught about this 2000 years ago. He taught the Samaritan woman at the well that people didn’t have to go to the Jerusalem Temple to worship God.

    John 4:21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

    According to the command of God, God’s people built the Jerusalem Temple to honor the Name of God and to worship Him. But Jesus said that now people should not go to Jerusalem to worship God. This teaching of Jesus is rather strange considering the importance of the temple worship to the Jews of the time.

    The Reality of the Temple

    Jerusalem Temple and God the Mother–However, if we understand the reason Jesus gave the teaching for, we can see the point of his teaching. The temple was the place of the throne of God. And God said that he would dwell among his people sitting enthroned between the cherubim. This was fulfilled when God put His Spirit inside the temple after the completion of the temple.

    1 Kings 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. …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.

    After the construction of the temple, people put the ark of the covenant or the throne of God into the Most Holy Place of the temple. From that time on, God started to dwell among his people by putting his Spirit in the Jerusalem Temple. In this sense, the temple is the place where God puts His Spirit to dwell among his people on this earth.

    Christ’s Body, the Spiritual Temple

    Jerusalem Temple and God the Mother–Then what is the reality of the temple which God would give his people instead of the physical temple? The answer can be found in the teaching of Christ.

    John 2:19 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.

    Through these verses we can understand that the body of Jesus was the spiritual temple or the reality of the temple. Instead of putting his Spirit inside a physical building, God put the Spirit of God in the body of Christ so that he would dwell among his people. Christ himself was the reality of the temple of God and God’s Spirit was inside the body of Jesus’ Christ.

    Matthew 1:18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

    The bible teaches that Jesus was born through the Spirit of God or the Holy Spirit. Jesus was God himself who had appeared as man by putting his Spirit in the body of Christ.

    The dwelling of God
    What is the heavenly Jerusalem in the Book of Revelation which is coming down from heaven? It is depicted as the Most Holy Place of the temple. What is the reality of the Most Holy Place and the Throne of God?

    The Reality of the Temple in the Last Days

    Jerusalem Temple and God the Mother–Therefore, we can conclude that the body of Christ was the reality of the temple of God. And the Spirit of God or the Holy Spirit was dwelling in his body. This is very important to us too. It is because the bible teaches that the temple of God would appear in the last days too to make His dwelling among His people.

    Revelation 21:2 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 bible says that the temple of God New Jerusalem would come down from heaven and make God’s dwelling among his people. Then what is the New Jerusalem that would come down from heaven as the dwelling of God? Does it mean the heavenly temple building would come down from heaven? Definitely not!! Jesus already foretold that people would not have to go to the physical temple to worship God.

    Then what is this heavenly Jerusalem which would appear as the dwelling of God?

    Galatians 4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.

    Paul teaches the identity of the heavenly Jerusalem. The heavenly Jerusalem is our Mother or God the Mother. And it means God the Mother would appear as Christ or God in the flesh and she would put the Spirit of God in Her body so that She would dwell among Her people.

    Conclusion

    Jerusalem Temple and God the Mother–2000 years ago, God the Father appeared as man and dwelt among His people by putting His Spirit in the body of Christ. Jesus came as the reality of the temple for the salvation of the people of God. In the same way, the bible teaches that in the last days the heavenly New Jerusalem God the Mother would appear as man and would make Her dwelling among Her people by putting the Spirit of God in Her body.

    This prophecy got fulfilled by God the Mother coming down from heaven in the flesh. And she made her dwelling among the people of God for their salvation. Now she is calling Her people to come to her for the salvation of their souls.

    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.

    Now come to God the Father and God the Mother and receive the water of life.

  • World Mission Society Church Of God

    World Mission Society Church Of God

    About World Mission Society Church Of God

    Thread: What is  your opinion  on “World Mission Society Church Of God,” a.k.a. “WMSCOG”? I ask anyone who visit this site to participate in this thread and let us know what “World Mission Society Church Of God” means to you.

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    NOTE: WMSCOG was founded by Christ Ahnsahnghog in 1964. The core truth of the church is Sabbath, Passover, and 7 festivals of three times. And we believe Christ Ahnsahnghong as the second coming Christ who was to come. And we believe that God the Mother exists in Heaven. Just like God the Father came down to this earth as man in the flesh, God the Mother has appeared to us in the same manner. And we believe that God the Mother is the one we should meet to receive the forgiveness of sins and eternal life.  For more infomation, please read related articles posted in this site.

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