Some people say, “Because Elohim is a plural masculine noun, there might be male Gods, but the insistence that there exists God the Mother is nonsense.”
However, the word 'Elohim' means God the Father and God the Mother.
Reference
If then, does it mean that only women have soul and men have no soul? Or are men’s souls all female? But it is written that our souls are like angels in heaven when we are resurrected. If female souls are resurrected and become angels, do they change their gender into male?
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11/28/2011
11/22/2011
History of the Passover 2 [Christ Ahnsahnghong, Heavenly Mother, God the Mother, World Mission Society Church of God]
In 325 A.D. the Passover of the new covenant was abolished by the Roman Emperor Constantine and the Council of Nicaea. At this council the emphasis was removed on the Passover and they were placed on the Resurrection (which from that time it began to be referred as Easter). But in the Bible we can see many warning about this event:
Daniel 7:25 -- He will speak against the Most High and oppress his saints and try to change the set times and the laws. The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time.
Also Apostle Paul also warned us about the same matter:
2 Thessalonians 2:3 — Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for (that day will not come) until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
The set times and laws in the Bible represent the feasts of God, now the only one responsible for this has been the Emperor Constantine, by teaching others not to observe the laws given by God; the feasts of God.
However there is hope according to biblical prophecy, regarding the restoration of the New Covenant Passover the prophet Isaiah wrote as follows:
Isaiah 25:6-9 — On this mountain the LORD almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine — the best of meats and the finest of wines. On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken. In that day they will say, “Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”
The prophecy in Isaiah says that people will receive salvation from God, when he comes and removes death forever by preparing a feast which involves aged wine. The only feast in the Bible that involves wine and gives eternal life is the Passover(John 6:53-54; Luke 22:13,19-20).
When we read from chapter 24 in Isaiah we can see that all of this is regarding the last days. Then in the Last days the one who restores the Passover of the New Covenant which was abolished must be God almighty. Christ Ahnsahnghong taught us the truth of the Passover of the New Covenant, thus he fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah 25:6.
Now Genny and all the people who speak against the World Mission Society Church of God claim that Christ Ahnsahnghong is not the only one teaching or that has taught the Passover. That there is other churches who claim to keep the Passover as well. on my next post I will analyze this claim and show why their “Passover” is not in accordance to the teaching of the Bible.
Daniel 7:25 -- He will speak against the Most High and oppress his saints and try to change the set times and the laws. The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time.
Also Apostle Paul also warned us about the same matter:
2 Thessalonians 2:3 — Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for (that day will not come) until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
The set times and laws in the Bible represent the feasts of God, now the only one responsible for this has been the Emperor Constantine, by teaching others not to observe the laws given by God; the feasts of God.
However there is hope according to biblical prophecy, regarding the restoration of the New Covenant Passover the prophet Isaiah wrote as follows:
Isaiah 25:6-9 — On this mountain the LORD almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine — the best of meats and the finest of wines. On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken. In that day they will say, “Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”
The prophecy in Isaiah says that people will receive salvation from God, when he comes and removes death forever by preparing a feast which involves aged wine. The only feast in the Bible that involves wine and gives eternal life is the Passover(John 6:53-54; Luke 22:13,19-20).
When we read from chapter 24 in Isaiah we can see that all of this is regarding the last days. Then in the Last days the one who restores the Passover of the New Covenant which was abolished must be God almighty. Christ Ahnsahnghong taught us the truth of the Passover of the New Covenant, thus he fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah 25:6.
Now Genny and all the people who speak against the World Mission Society Church of God claim that Christ Ahnsahnghong is not the only one teaching or that has taught the Passover. That there is other churches who claim to keep the Passover as well. on my next post I will analyze this claim and show why their “Passover” is not in accordance to the teaching of the Bible.
The Passover is the Seal of God 1 [Christ Ahnsahnghong, Heavenly Mother, God the Mother, World Mission Society Church of God]
1 Corinthians 5:7 — Get rid of the old yeast that yo may be a new batch without yeast — as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival…
in Hebrews 11:28, it is written, “By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.” This means that no destructive plague was brought upon the houses where the blood of the Passover lamb was sprinkled because it was a sign for them.
It was in 586 B.C. that Jerusalem was about to be devastated and Judah was about to be destroyed by Babylon’s attack. The prophet Jeremiah proclaimed the reason for the destruction of Judah as follows:
Jeremiah 11:1-4 — This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Listen to the terms of ths covenant and tell them to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem. Tell them that this is what the LORD, the God if Israel, says: ‘Cursed is the man who does not obey the terms of this covenant — the terms I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of Egypt, out the iron-smelting furnace.’ I said, ‘Obey me and od everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God.’”
It was on the day of the Passover that God brought them out of Egypt, the covenant God declared on that day was the Passover. The Israelites did not listen to what Jeremiah testified about, so they were invaded by Babylon and destroyed. In regard to this, Jeremiah testified again as follows.
Jeremiah 16:10-11 — “When you tell these people all this and they ask you, ‘Why has the LORD decreed such a great disaster against us? What wrong have we done? What sin have we committed against the LORD our God?’ then say to them, ‘It is because your fathers forsook me,’ declares the LORD, ‘and followed other gods and served and worshiped them. They forsook me and did not keep my law.’”
The law the Israelites forsook at that time was the Passover and therefore worshiped other gods. In the same way the Bible warns through Isaiah that the world would perish because the people broke the everlasting covenant:
Isaiah 24:1-5 — See, the LORD is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants- it will be the same for priest as for people…The earth will be completely lad waste and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word. The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the exalted of the earth languish. The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statues and broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.
If the breaking of the everlasting covenant is the reason why people are being destroyed, then those very few that are going to be left, will be left because they keep the everlasting covenant. Then what is the everlasting covenant? let us see:
Hebrews 13:20 — May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of Sheep,…
according to the scriptures, the eternal or everlasting covenant (both mean forever) has been established through blood. Then what is the only covenant in the bible established through blood and involving Jesus Christ?
Luke 22:13, 19-20 – They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared for the Passover… And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
The Passover of the new covenant is the everlasting covenant that will let us be protected in the last days. As it was from its origins, Passover is the way for plagues to “Pass-over” us, therefore it is the Seal of God
in Hebrews 11:28, it is written, “By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.” This means that no destructive plague was brought upon the houses where the blood of the Passover lamb was sprinkled because it was a sign for them.
It was in 586 B.C. that Jerusalem was about to be devastated and Judah was about to be destroyed by Babylon’s attack. The prophet Jeremiah proclaimed the reason for the destruction of Judah as follows:
Jeremiah 11:1-4 — This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Listen to the terms of ths covenant and tell them to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem. Tell them that this is what the LORD, the God if Israel, says: ‘Cursed is the man who does not obey the terms of this covenant — the terms I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of Egypt, out the iron-smelting furnace.’ I said, ‘Obey me and od everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God.’”
It was on the day of the Passover that God brought them out of Egypt, the covenant God declared on that day was the Passover. The Israelites did not listen to what Jeremiah testified about, so they were invaded by Babylon and destroyed. In regard to this, Jeremiah testified again as follows.
Jeremiah 16:10-11 — “When you tell these people all this and they ask you, ‘Why has the LORD decreed such a great disaster against us? What wrong have we done? What sin have we committed against the LORD our God?’ then say to them, ‘It is because your fathers forsook me,’ declares the LORD, ‘and followed other gods and served and worshiped them. They forsook me and did not keep my law.’”
The law the Israelites forsook at that time was the Passover and therefore worshiped other gods. In the same way the Bible warns through Isaiah that the world would perish because the people broke the everlasting covenant:
Isaiah 24:1-5 — See, the LORD is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants- it will be the same for priest as for people…The earth will be completely lad waste and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word. The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the exalted of the earth languish. The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statues and broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.
If the breaking of the everlasting covenant is the reason why people are being destroyed, then those very few that are going to be left, will be left because they keep the everlasting covenant. Then what is the everlasting covenant? let us see:
Hebrews 13:20 — May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of Sheep,…
according to the scriptures, the eternal or everlasting covenant (both mean forever) has been established through blood. Then what is the only covenant in the bible established through blood and involving Jesus Christ?
Luke 22:13, 19-20 – They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared for the Passover… And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
The Passover of the new covenant is the everlasting covenant that will let us be protected in the last days. As it was from its origins, Passover is the way for plagues to “Pass-over” us, therefore it is the Seal of God
11/21/2011
Church of God World Mission Society is Searching for Our Lost Family [Christ Ahnsahnghong, Heavenly Mother]
To continue our discussion regarding hidden mysteries since the creation of the world, I would like to briefly discuss the hidden mystery, purpose, and reason for our existance upon this earth. As we previously saw, the Bible has testified about Heavenly Mother since the creation of the world. However, we never saw this amazing truth before studying at the Church of God. After realizing that not only do we have Heavenly Father, but also Heavenly Mother, we come to understand God’s divine purpose and reason in creating the family system on this earth (Romans 1:19-20), so that we may recognize that we also have a heavenly family. Which leads into the next mystery that I want to share, another amazing Biblical truth that I was shocked to find I had never learned before in all my years attending Sunday-worshipping churches.
Church of God World Mission Society is Searching for Lost Family. If you believe in a religion, what do you pursue through that religion? As a ship drifts with the current if it has no sail, so we become tossed about in the storms of life if we have no goal in life. It is the same in our life of faith: If we have no goal in our religious life, we will drift about.
From the viewpoint of Christianity, the goal of our faith in God is to enter the kingdom of heaven. Then, why do we want to go to heaven? It’s because the kingdom of heaven is our spiritual home where we had been before we were born in this world.
Why are we here on earth and what do we live for? Where are we from and where are we going? Many have made every effort ot solve this problem. But they have not found the answer yet, because they’ve tried to solve it through philosophy or theology, w/o understanding the will of God. Our spirits didn’t come into existance simultaneously with the birth of our bodies, but already existed in heaven. (Genesis 2:7 & Ecclesiastes 12:7) By sinning against God, however, our spirits were clothed in the tent of the body like a prison and cast out into the earth.
We are from heaven. Our forefathers admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. Why did they say that? Because they were looking for their own country where they had been before. (Hebrews 11:13-16, John 6:38, Luke 19:10) Putting the previous verses together, we come to a conclusion that Jesus came into the world to seek and to save the lost from heaven. When we study carefully Jesus’ words we can see that we are the lost ones. (Luke 15:3-7)
Why were we born on earth? Romans 3:10-12 & Luke 5:31-32 reveals that all of us our sinners… but then, where did we sin? Ezekiel 28:12-16 &Revelation 12:7-9 reveal mysteries to us about our sin in heaven and also how the enemy and his angels were also thrown to earth… proving to us that all men are sinners expelled from heaven. Then how can we go back? Certainly we cannot go back if we hold onto our sin. We must get rid of our sins and be forgiven by God.
Ephesians 1:7 shows us to be redeemed/forgiven is only through Christ’s blood… but how can we receive His blood?The Bible testifies in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John that the only way for us to receive the blood of Christ is through the Passover of the NEW COVENANT. However, this precious truth was abolished in 325 AD by Constantine during the Council of Nicea. This was the work of the enemy trying to prevent the children of God from entering back into heaven. Would God leave the situation in this way? Absolutely not. That is why the Bible prophesied the return of Christ in Hebrews 9:28. As of His return, The Church of God World Mission Society is the only church to keep the NEW CONVENANT according to all its rules and regulations. That is why the Church of God World Mission Society is eagerly seeking and searching for ALL its lost family members, so united they can go back home. As the movie Lilo and Stich says, “Family means no one gets left behind.”
Church of God World Mission Society is Searching for Lost Family. If you believe in a religion, what do you pursue through that religion? As a ship drifts with the current if it has no sail, so we become tossed about in the storms of life if we have no goal in life. It is the same in our life of faith: If we have no goal in our religious life, we will drift about.
From the viewpoint of Christianity, the goal of our faith in God is to enter the kingdom of heaven. Then, why do we want to go to heaven? It’s because the kingdom of heaven is our spiritual home where we had been before we were born in this world.
Why are we here on earth and what do we live for? Where are we from and where are we going? Many have made every effort ot solve this problem. But they have not found the answer yet, because they’ve tried to solve it through philosophy or theology, w/o understanding the will of God. Our spirits didn’t come into existance simultaneously with the birth of our bodies, but already existed in heaven. (Genesis 2:7 & Ecclesiastes 12:7) By sinning against God, however, our spirits were clothed in the tent of the body like a prison and cast out into the earth.
We are from heaven. Our forefathers admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. Why did they say that? Because they were looking for their own country where they had been before. (Hebrews 11:13-16, John 6:38, Luke 19:10) Putting the previous verses together, we come to a conclusion that Jesus came into the world to seek and to save the lost from heaven. When we study carefully Jesus’ words we can see that we are the lost ones. (Luke 15:3-7)
Why were we born on earth? Romans 3:10-12 & Luke 5:31-32 reveals that all of us our sinners… but then, where did we sin? Ezekiel 28:12-16 &Revelation 12:7-9 reveal mysteries to us about our sin in heaven and also how the enemy and his angels were also thrown to earth… proving to us that all men are sinners expelled from heaven. Then how can we go back? Certainly we cannot go back if we hold onto our sin. We must get rid of our sins and be forgiven by God.
Ephesians 1:7 shows us to be redeemed/forgiven is only through Christ’s blood… but how can we receive His blood?The Bible testifies in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John that the only way for us to receive the blood of Christ is through the Passover of the NEW COVENANT. However, this precious truth was abolished in 325 AD by Constantine during the Council of Nicea. This was the work of the enemy trying to prevent the children of God from entering back into heaven. Would God leave the situation in this way? Absolutely not. That is why the Bible prophesied the return of Christ in Hebrews 9:28. As of His return, The Church of God World Mission Society is the only church to keep the NEW CONVENANT according to all its rules and regulations. That is why the Church of God World Mission Society is eagerly seeking and searching for ALL its lost family members, so united they can go back home. As the movie Lilo and Stich says, “Family means no one gets left behind.”
The World Mission Society Church of God Spreads a New Song in This Age! [Christ Ahnsahnghong, Heavenly Mother]
Anyone who knows me, knows that I love music. What I have found myself listening to the most recently is New Song Radio.
What is New Song Radio?
I could go on and on–really–but I’ll just let you check it out for yourself (http://www.newsongradio.com/). My husband and I sometimes stay up to listen to the show live on Sunday evenings, but I had to take a rest this week after my eventful weekend with my relatives from Arkansas. We had a great time–much better than I had expected. We laughed as we took a trip down memory lane. We even sang songs together like old times. I had fun trying to harmonize and feel out the alto part. I must admit, I am a little out of practice…
This is exactly why I usually leave the singing to the professionals. The only exception is when I am in church service. When I sing to Heavenly Father and Mother on the Sabbath and during the various Feasts of God, I really let it out. Singing together with one mind and in unity with my brothers and sisters is priceless.
I am so thankful for the New Song Radio broadcast, because through it I feel more connected to all of my brothers and sisters around the world. It makes me think of the verse in 2 Peter 5, where it talks about how my “brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.” I can hear that across the globe the children of God are working hard to preach the Gospel and spread the love of God the Mother. I am a fan of philantropy and am actively participating in the ”Green” movement at my office, so it is refreshing to hear about all of the community service projects that the youth are planning at the World Mission Society Church of God. I really hope that Tony can get involved very soon. I think it will help him to break out of his shell a little.
I sincerely do not want to sound like an advertisement, but if you do get the chance, check out the New Song Radio broadcast, and have an open mind. You might be amazed at what you feel.
What is New Song Radio?
I could go on and on–really–but I’ll just let you check it out for yourself (http://www.newsongradio.com/). My husband and I sometimes stay up to listen to the show live on Sunday evenings, but I had to take a rest this week after my eventful weekend with my relatives from Arkansas. We had a great time–much better than I had expected. We laughed as we took a trip down memory lane. We even sang songs together like old times. I had fun trying to harmonize and feel out the alto part. I must admit, I am a little out of practice…
This is exactly why I usually leave the singing to the professionals. The only exception is when I am in church service. When I sing to Heavenly Father and Mother on the Sabbath and during the various Feasts of God, I really let it out. Singing together with one mind and in unity with my brothers and sisters is priceless.
I am so thankful for the New Song Radio broadcast, because through it I feel more connected to all of my brothers and sisters around the world. It makes me think of the verse in 2 Peter 5, where it talks about how my “brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.” I can hear that across the globe the children of God are working hard to preach the Gospel and spread the love of God the Mother. I am a fan of philantropy and am actively participating in the ”Green” movement at my office, so it is refreshing to hear about all of the community service projects that the youth are planning at the World Mission Society Church of God. I really hope that Tony can get involved very soon. I think it will help him to break out of his shell a little.
I sincerely do not want to sound like an advertisement, but if you do get the chance, check out the New Song Radio broadcast, and have an open mind. You might be amazed at what you feel.
Jerusalem Mother [Christ Ahnsahnghong, Heavenly Mother, God the Mother, World Mission Society Church of God]
World Mission Society Church of God believes in the savior in this Holy Spirit age, Christ Ahn Sahng Hong and God the Mother. Christ Ahn Sahng Hong announced the New covenant before 2,000 years and God the Mother. like our physical mother gives us the physical life, hope you receive God the Mother and get the eternal life.
In the Bible, God is referred to through plural terms instead of singular terms, and it is written that God has a male image and a female image. Therefore, God exists in the male image and in the female image.
Have you ever thought about why we call God our Father?
It is written that God's invisible qualities have been clearly seen and can be understood through what has been made (Rom. 1:20). Is there any creature that is given life through only their father, alone, without a mother being present?
We need to study this matter carefully.
The Children of Promise
The Bible calls us "the children of promise."
Gal. 4:28 『Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.』
Then, what promise did God make to those who are called the children of promise? God promised them eternal life.
1 John 2:25 『And this is what he promised us?even eternal life.』
How is eternal life given to us? The Bible says that all things were created by God's will (Rev. 4:11). Among all of the many creatures that God has created, let us focus on the mothers. Since it is written that God created all things by His will, a certain will of God was expressed when He created mothers on this earth. As you know, all creatures have a mother figure. There is not a single creature that can come into existence without a mother.
Our physical life is given to us through our physical mother. For 280 days, a baby's hands, feet, eyes and ears form within his mother's womb. When the time comes, the mother will give birth to her child, shedding blood. We are given life through our mother's great pain. How about our spiritual life? Just as our physical life was given to us through our physical mother, our spiritual life is given to us through our spiritual Mother.
The Bible clearly testifies that our heavenly Mother exists, and that only our heavenly Mother can give us eternal life.
God's Two Images
Let us study through the Bible to discover the existence of our spiritual Mother.
Gen. 1:26-27 『Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our
likeness...” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he
created him; male and female he created them.』
The above verse states that God has two images?a male image and a female image. Until now, we have only known and called upon the male image of God: “Father.” Then how should we call upon the female image of God? Logically, we should refer to God’s female image as “Mother.” This is why God had said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness.”
The word “us” is a plural term. “Elohim,” the Hebrew word used in place of “God” in Genesis 1:26, directly translates to “Gods,” the plural form of the word “God.” Therefore, the references to “us” in the book of Genesis refer to God the Father and God the Mother. Some say that the word “us” in this verse indicates God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. If this argument is correct, there should be three types of people in the world?those who were made in the image of God the Father, those who resemble the image of God the Son, and those created in the image of the Holy Spirit. However, on this earth there are only two types of people: men and women. However, the “Gods” mentioned in Genesis 1:26 are the male image of God and the female image of God?God the Father and God the Mother.
The Will of God in Creating Eve, Adam’s Wife
Let us study more truth regarding the heavenly Mother through the character Adam, written in the book of Romans.
Rom. 5:14 『...Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come.』
Since the book of Romans was written after Jesus had already ascended, the “one to come” mentioned in the above verse indicates the Second Coming Jesus. Adam was created to lead us to the Second Coming Jesus. Then, what was God’s will in creating Eve, Adam’s wife?
Gen. 2:21 『So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and
while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place
with flesh.』
Gen. 3:20 『Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the
mother of all the living.』
The name “Eve” means “life.” Eve was called “the mother of all the living.” God’s intent in creating Adam was to reveal the Second Coming Jesus, our heavenly Father, and Eve was created to reveal the Second Coming Jesus’ wife, our heavenly Mother. In other words, just as Eve was called “the mother of all the living,” we can only be given eternal life through our heavenly Mother. Eve represents our heavenly Mother.
“I Will Raise Him Up at the Last Day”
Two thousand years ago, Jesus said, repeatedly, that He would wait until the last day to raise up all of the people who came to Him (John 6:39, 40, 44. 54). Why did Jesus need to wait until the last day to save His people? What was He waiting for? The account of the six-day Creation?in the book of Genesis, chapter one?represents the spiritual Creation which would take place over six thousand years. Just as the six-day Creation ended after Eve had appeared, so would the six-thousand year spiritual Creation end with the appearance of our spiritual Mother. Jesus could have given His people life during His first coming; however, Jesus waited for the appearance of the heavenly Mother because life would be given through Her.
The Wedding of the Lamb
Let’s study some of the testimonies about Mother written in the book of Revelation.
Rev. 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.』
The book of Revelation was written after Jesus had ascended, and it prophesied about the things that were to happen in the last days. Thus, “the Lamb” mentioned in the above verse indicates the Second Coming Jesus: Ahnsahnghong. When Jesus came to the earth for the first time, two thousand years ago, His wife was not yet ready. The Bride, the wife of the Lamb, would appear in the last days.
In the book of Revelation, chapter 21, the Bride?the wife of the Lamb?is described as “Jerusalem.”
Rev. 21:9-10 『...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...showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God.』
Apostle Paul testified that this Holy City, Jerusalem, which would come down out of heaven, is our Mother.
Gal. 4:26 『But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.』
Children of the Free Woman
Apostle Paul testified that we are the children of promise, the children of the free woman, because we have been given the promise of eternal life from our heavenly Mother.
Gal. 4:28 『Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.』
Gal. 4:31 『Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but
of the free woman.』
If we are the children of the free woman, what should we call Her? We should call Her our “Mother.” We cannot have eternal life unless we receive the heavenly Mother. Eternal life, which God has promised us, is given through the heavenly Mother.
In this last age, we need our Jerusalem Mother who has been established by Christ Ahnsahnghong?the Second Coming Jesus. Let us believe in Christ Ahnsahnghong, the Holy Spirit, and in Jerusalem Mother, the Bride, so that we can receive eternal life.
In the Bible, God is referred to through plural terms instead of singular terms, and it is written that God has a male image and a female image. Therefore, God exists in the male image and in the female image.
Have you ever thought about why we call God our Father?
It is written that God's invisible qualities have been clearly seen and can be understood through what has been made (Rom. 1:20). Is there any creature that is given life through only their father, alone, without a mother being present?
We need to study this matter carefully.
The Children of Promise
The Bible calls us "the children of promise."
Gal. 4:28 『Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.』
Then, what promise did God make to those who are called the children of promise? God promised them eternal life.
1 John 2:25 『And this is what he promised us?even eternal life.』
How is eternal life given to us? The Bible says that all things were created by God's will (Rev. 4:11). Among all of the many creatures that God has created, let us focus on the mothers. Since it is written that God created all things by His will, a certain will of God was expressed when He created mothers on this earth. As you know, all creatures have a mother figure. There is not a single creature that can come into existence without a mother.
Our physical life is given to us through our physical mother. For 280 days, a baby's hands, feet, eyes and ears form within his mother's womb. When the time comes, the mother will give birth to her child, shedding blood. We are given life through our mother's great pain. How about our spiritual life? Just as our physical life was given to us through our physical mother, our spiritual life is given to us through our spiritual Mother.
The Bible clearly testifies that our heavenly Mother exists, and that only our heavenly Mother can give us eternal life.
God's Two Images
Let us study through the Bible to discover the existence of our spiritual Mother.
Gen. 1:26-27 『Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our
likeness...” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he
created him; male and female he created them.』
The above verse states that God has two images?a male image and a female image. Until now, we have only known and called upon the male image of God: “Father.” Then how should we call upon the female image of God? Logically, we should refer to God’s female image as “Mother.” This is why God had said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness.”
The word “us” is a plural term. “Elohim,” the Hebrew word used in place of “God” in Genesis 1:26, directly translates to “Gods,” the plural form of the word “God.” Therefore, the references to “us” in the book of Genesis refer to God the Father and God the Mother. Some say that the word “us” in this verse indicates God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. If this argument is correct, there should be three types of people in the world?those who were made in the image of God the Father, those who resemble the image of God the Son, and those created in the image of the Holy Spirit. However, on this earth there are only two types of people: men and women. However, the “Gods” mentioned in Genesis 1:26 are the male image of God and the female image of God?God the Father and God the Mother.
The Will of God in Creating Eve, Adam’s Wife
Let us study more truth regarding the heavenly Mother through the character Adam, written in the book of Romans.
Rom. 5:14 『...Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come.』
Since the book of Romans was written after Jesus had already ascended, the “one to come” mentioned in the above verse indicates the Second Coming Jesus. Adam was created to lead us to the Second Coming Jesus. Then, what was God’s will in creating Eve, Adam’s wife?
Gen. 2:21 『So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and
while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place
with flesh.』
Gen. 3:20 『Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the
mother of all the living.』
The name “Eve” means “life.” Eve was called “the mother of all the living.” God’s intent in creating Adam was to reveal the Second Coming Jesus, our heavenly Father, and Eve was created to reveal the Second Coming Jesus’ wife, our heavenly Mother. In other words, just as Eve was called “the mother of all the living,” we can only be given eternal life through our heavenly Mother. Eve represents our heavenly Mother.
“I Will Raise Him Up at the Last Day”
Two thousand years ago, Jesus said, repeatedly, that He would wait until the last day to raise up all of the people who came to Him (John 6:39, 40, 44. 54). Why did Jesus need to wait until the last day to save His people? What was He waiting for? The account of the six-day Creation?in the book of Genesis, chapter one?represents the spiritual Creation which would take place over six thousand years. Just as the six-day Creation ended after Eve had appeared, so would the six-thousand year spiritual Creation end with the appearance of our spiritual Mother. Jesus could have given His people life during His first coming; however, Jesus waited for the appearance of the heavenly Mother because life would be given through Her.
The Wedding of the Lamb
Let’s study some of the testimonies about Mother written in the book of Revelation.
Rev. 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.』
The book of Revelation was written after Jesus had ascended, and it prophesied about the things that were to happen in the last days. Thus, “the Lamb” mentioned in the above verse indicates the Second Coming Jesus: Ahnsahnghong. When Jesus came to the earth for the first time, two thousand years ago, His wife was not yet ready. The Bride, the wife of the Lamb, would appear in the last days.
In the book of Revelation, chapter 21, the Bride?the wife of the Lamb?is described as “Jerusalem.”
Rev. 21:9-10 『...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...showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God.』
Apostle Paul testified that this Holy City, Jerusalem, which would come down out of heaven, is our Mother.
Gal. 4:26 『But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.』
Children of the Free Woman
Apostle Paul testified that we are the children of promise, the children of the free woman, because we have been given the promise of eternal life from our heavenly Mother.
Gal. 4:28 『Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.』
Gal. 4:31 『Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but
of the free woman.』
If we are the children of the free woman, what should we call Her? We should call Her our “Mother.” We cannot have eternal life unless we receive the heavenly Mother. Eternal life, which God has promised us, is given through the heavenly Mother.
In this last age, we need our Jerusalem Mother who has been established by Christ Ahnsahnghong?the Second Coming Jesus. Let us believe in Christ Ahnsahnghong, the Holy Spirit, and in Jerusalem Mother, the Bride, so that we can receive eternal life.
God The Mother, The Heavenly Jerusalem, Completes The Family [Christ Ahnsahnghong, World Mission Society Church of God]
God said that They created the physical things to teach us about the physical things, basically (Rom. 1:19-20). So if we understand the systems of this earth we can understand the systems of heaven (Heb. 8:5). When you read Heb. 8:5, please don’t think because it’s talking about the system of the sanctuary in that verse that the same teaching doesn’t apply to other system. For instance, the Judicial system is clearly seen in the Bible though the Bible does not say specifically that the earthly justice system exist as well as a heavenly one:
Christ speaks in our defense (Christ is our counselor, lawyer 1 John 2:1); it’s in our defense, so we are the defendant; Satan is always the accuser; and of course, God is the Judge. Yet the Bible doesn’t say plainly there’s a court system in heaven also.
Likewise, although God didn’t say plainly there’s a heavenly family system as there is an earthly one. It’s understood that it exist by even the way Jesus told us to pray:
Matt. 6:9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,”
Why did Jesus specifically teach us to call God Father? The word Father automatically implies the existence of a family, because only a man with children can be called a father. (Heb. 12:9) Then also, the children of God must exist.
Matt. 12:50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
The spiritual brothers and sisters can be distinguished by if they do God’s will, but they do exist. Yet in a family, the man cannot be called father unless he has children, and children cannot exist unless who gives birth to them? Then the mom is the true glue of the family and the reason either title exist. The earthly shadow exist because the heavenly reality exist – so if there exist mothers on this earth as a shadow, shouldn’t there exist in reality the heavenly Mother?
Church of God World Mission Society has been proclaiming the existence of God the Mother because according to the prophecy the 2nd Coming Christ, Christ Ahn Sahng Hong, has shown us the true source of eternal life. That’s why when Father came the first time as Jesus, He always waited until the last days to raise us up (give us life). Funny how God uses the word ‘raise us up in the last days’ when it’s the mom who ‘raises’ the children in a family. Okay, that was a side note, lol. Anyway, God the Mother exists according to the Bible, even Apostle Paul testified about Her:
Gal. 4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
As the Bible says God is Our Father, so it also testifies She is Our Mother regarding the Heavenly Jerusalem. It is because She is here the Bible makes sense now.
26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
Christ speaks in our defense (Christ is our counselor, lawyer 1 John 2:1); it’s in our defense, so we are the defendant; Satan is always the accuser; and of course, God is the Judge. Yet the Bible doesn’t say plainly there’s a court system in heaven also.
Likewise, although God didn’t say plainly there’s a heavenly family system as there is an earthly one. It’s understood that it exist by even the way Jesus told us to pray:
Matt. 6:9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,”
Why did Jesus specifically teach us to call God Father? The word Father automatically implies the existence of a family, because only a man with children can be called a father. (Heb. 12:9) Then also, the children of God must exist.
Matt. 12:50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
The spiritual brothers and sisters can be distinguished by if they do God’s will, but they do exist. Yet in a family, the man cannot be called father unless he has children, and children cannot exist unless who gives birth to them? Then the mom is the true glue of the family and the reason either title exist. The earthly shadow exist because the heavenly reality exist – so if there exist mothers on this earth as a shadow, shouldn’t there exist in reality the heavenly Mother?
Church of God World Mission Society has been proclaiming the existence of God the Mother because according to the prophecy the 2nd Coming Christ, Christ Ahn Sahng Hong, has shown us the true source of eternal life. That’s why when Father came the first time as Jesus, He always waited until the last days to raise us up (give us life). Funny how God uses the word ‘raise us up in the last days’ when it’s the mom who ‘raises’ the children in a family. Okay, that was a side note, lol. Anyway, God the Mother exists according to the Bible, even Apostle Paul testified about Her:
Gal. 4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
As the Bible says God is Our Father, so it also testifies She is Our Mother regarding the Heavenly Jerusalem. It is because She is here the Bible makes sense now.
26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
11/17/2011
Christ Ahnsahnghong who brought salvation [Heavenly Mother, God the Mother, World Mission Society Church of God]
In order to realize the true 2nd coming Christ in these last days, we must take a careful study of the bible and see what are the characteristics of Christ when he appears a 2nd time and in doing so realize Him who has returned to save us.
Hebrews 9:28- So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people, and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him.
Thus, Christ purpose for His second coming is to bring salvation. Then, what is salvation according to the Bible?
Luke 1:77- And to bring His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.
Salvation= Forgiveness of sins
Meaning 2nd coming Christ must give us Forgiveness of Sins. Let us therefore see what the Bible testifies according to being forgiven.
Ephesians 1:7- In Him(Christ) we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace.
Through Christ blood we have Forgiveness of sins! So how can we attain the Blood of Christ and thus be forgiven??
Matthew 26:17-19,26-28- ...So the disciples did just as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover...Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, "Drink from it all of you. This is My blood of the covenant which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."
On the Passover night Christ promised us His precious blood, forgiving sins. So the true salvation comes by keeping the Passover. Therefore, in order to recognize the true Second Coming Christ He must restore the truth of the Passover, New Covenant.
In these last days, Christ Ahnsahnghong is the one who has restored the truth of life and established the Passover once again.
-Christ Ahnsahnghong is Second Coming Christ-
I give thanks to christ ahnsahnghong who brought us the Passover again so that we can return to our eternal home, heaven.
Hebrews 9:28- So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people, and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him.
Thus, Christ purpose for His second coming is to bring salvation. Then, what is salvation according to the Bible?
Luke 1:77- And to bring His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.
Salvation= Forgiveness of sins
Meaning 2nd coming Christ must give us Forgiveness of Sins. Let us therefore see what the Bible testifies according to being forgiven.
Ephesians 1:7- In Him(Christ) we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace.
Through Christ blood we have Forgiveness of sins! So how can we attain the Blood of Christ and thus be forgiven??
Matthew 26:17-19,26-28- ...So the disciples did just as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover...Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, "Drink from it all of you. This is My blood of the covenant which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."
On the Passover night Christ promised us His precious blood, forgiving sins. So the true salvation comes by keeping the Passover. Therefore, in order to recognize the true Second Coming Christ He must restore the truth of the Passover, New Covenant.
In these last days, Christ Ahnsahnghong is the one who has restored the truth of life and established the Passover once again.
-Christ Ahnsahnghong is Second Coming Christ-
I give thanks to christ ahnsahnghong who brought us the Passover again so that we can return to our eternal home, heaven.
Church Of God World Mission Society Does Praise A New Name [Christ Ahnsahnghong, Heavenly Mother, God the Mother]
It’s only human to reject the unfamiliar. However, just because something is unfamiliar does n’t make it wrong. Especially concerning salvation in the Bible. I find it interesting how people are so quick to reject the 2nd Coming of Christ Ahn Sahng Hong when they themselves have not yet studied the prophecies of the 2nd Coming Christ according to the Bible. One in particular is the name that God will use to save His people.
In the time of the Old Testament, only the name that existed as God’s name was Jehovah. So the Bible said at that time only the name of Jehovah can save them. (Isa. 43:10-12).
However, God already planned to come in the future of that time as a child and son (Isa. 9:6) and gave the sign by which we can recognize that God has come into the earth – the one reigning on David’s throne (Isa. 9:7). Yet when God fulfilled His purposed prophecy, coming into the flesh (Luke 3:31-22), did He still use the name Jehovah? No, He began using the name of Jesus. SO at that time it was Jesus’ name only that could save us. (Acts 4:10-12).
Likewise, God said that when He comes again in the last days He will use a new name.
Rev. 3:11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.
This is the word of Jesus Christ (Rev. 1:1). So this name will be Jesus’ new name. His name will be used in the last days, which is the time of the Holy Spirit. This is why Jesus said 2000 years ago about the Holy Spirit having a name (Matt. 28:18-20).
Only when God comes into the flesh does He give us a new name. As Christ has come as the stone but He came in the flesh, so God said He will come in the last days giving us a new name on a white stone (Rev. 2:17).
Only the one who uncovers the hidden manna (Passover not celebrated for a long time) can be recognized as the true 2nd Coming Christ. This is why Christ Ahn Sahng Hong is proved to be the true 2nd Coming Christ and it just so happens that the church He established is the only one keeping the Passover of the New Covenant.
In the Church of God World Mission Society we are in the same place as the disciples 2000 years ago – the ones rejected by the world but chosen by God.
In the time of the Old Testament, only the name that existed as God’s name was Jehovah. So the Bible said at that time only the name of Jehovah can save them. (Isa. 43:10-12).
However, God already planned to come in the future of that time as a child and son (Isa. 9:6) and gave the sign by which we can recognize that God has come into the earth – the one reigning on David’s throne (Isa. 9:7). Yet when God fulfilled His purposed prophecy, coming into the flesh (Luke 3:31-22), did He still use the name Jehovah? No, He began using the name of Jesus. SO at that time it was Jesus’ name only that could save us. (Acts 4:10-12).
Likewise, God said that when He comes again in the last days He will use a new name.
Rev. 3:11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.
This is the word of Jesus Christ (Rev. 1:1). So this name will be Jesus’ new name. His name will be used in the last days, which is the time of the Holy Spirit. This is why Jesus said 2000 years ago about the Holy Spirit having a name (Matt. 28:18-20).
Only when God comes into the flesh does He give us a new name. As Christ has come as the stone but He came in the flesh, so God said He will come in the last days giving us a new name on a white stone (Rev. 2:17).
Only the one who uncovers the hidden manna (Passover not celebrated for a long time) can be recognized as the true 2nd Coming Christ. This is why Christ Ahn Sahng Hong is proved to be the true 2nd Coming Christ and it just so happens that the church He established is the only one keeping the Passover of the New Covenant.
In the Church of God World Mission Society we are in the same place as the disciples 2000 years ago – the ones rejected by the world but chosen by God.
11/16/2011
Unless We Are Born Again [Christ Ahnsahnghong, Heavenly Mother, God the Mother, World Mission Society Church of God]
God has said that if we follow His word, we will prosper in everything we do. I earnestly hope that in this year all our family members of Zion will please Elohim and give Them glory by living a more worthy life in the eyes of Elohim, paying attention to the prophecies Father has given us and following the Teachings of Mother.
Let us be fully born again as the heavenly people who resemble God, being changed for the better in everything, including our speech, behavior and mindset. The kingdom of heaven is a place where those who are not reborn can never enter. Thinking of the kingdom of heaven which is closer than yesterday, far closer than last year, we should be born again and live a life worthy of going to heaven every day.
The kingdom of heaven where only the reborn can enter
Christ reminded us of the kingdom of heaven, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near" (Mt 4:17), and also teaches us that we cannot enter the kingdom of God unless we are born again.
Jn 3:18 ". . . In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.' . . ."
Since Jesus says we cannot see the kingdom of God unless we are born again, "being born again" is the most urgent task for those who hope for heaven. Of course, we must obey every teaching God has given us in order to be born again, but unless we become gracious in our speech, we may fail to enter the kingdom of God. As the kingdom of God is much closer, we need to first change our speech and behavior, speaking only beautiful words that give grace to those who hear.
This is also a teaching that Mother always gives us, and it is also what She emphasized at the education meetings held at the beginning of this year. We use many words in our daily speech. The Bible teaches us that we should speak gracious words pleasing to God that benefit one another, give hope for heaven and build up each other in faith, rather than ungracious and secular words that makes the mind of the listener go astray in the world and injure their faith.
Considering the teachings of Mother and reflecting upon myself, I am regretful for not being fully born again. I also realize that Mother wants us to be born again to become beautiful and gracious so that we will go back to the kingdom of God.
Eph 4:29-32 "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you."
God always teaches us to speak words that give grace to those who listen. I'd like to ask you to get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger and to show kindness, love and compassion to one another, speaking only gracious words.
"By your words you will be acquitted,
and by your words you will be condemned."
The kingdom of God is really not a place where we can go just by spending time doing nothing. Since Jesus has clearly said that we cannot see the kingdom of God unless we are born again, we should make continuous efforts to be reborn. If you fail after trying once, please try twice, three times and more, forcefully advancing towards the kingdom of heaven. There is nothing we can't do if we try ten times or more. Jesus said in a stern tone to those who spoke evil words.
Mt 12:34-37 "You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."
We must be born again in our speech. Even though the truth of the Bible is gracious and perfect and every teaching Heavenly Father and Mother have given us is good and beautiful, unless we, children of God in Zion, do not assimilate God's words and fail to put them into practice, what use are thousands upon thousands of beautiful and gracious words in the Bible?
Every single word is important. A single word can kill a man's soul or save him. An appropriate remark can relieve the pain of many people at once, but an improper remark can cause a problem or trouble and can even bring about the tragedy of being deprived of one's birthright. So, Jesus says that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
Jas 3:1-8 ". . . We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check. When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison."
The perfect are those who are not at fault in what they say. Jesus says that unless we are not born again, we cannot enter the kingdom of God. So, we should make constant efforts to become perfect in every way, beginning with our speech, through the power of the Holy Spirit.
In the Bible we can find many cases where a dead spirit is revived, a disheartened person gains strength and courage, and a man with a withered faith is lifted up again. On the contrary, there are some cases where the whole congregation becomes stagnant in faith because of negative remarks from one person who has fallen into temptation. The history of Israel is a shadow which shows this fact exactly.
Leading 600,000 people into destruction by words
As we look into the Biblical history, we can see that the 600,000 men evoked the wrath of God at once during their desert journey because some were at fault in what they said.
In the time of Moses, while the Israelites lived in the desert, God directed Moses to select twelve spies, one from each tribe, to spy out the land of Canaan which He had promised them as an inheritance. As they returned from exploring the land, ten of them gave bad report to the people. They said, "The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them," and added they could not conquer them.
After hearing the negative report from the ten spies, the Israelites became dis-couraged. Realistically, it seemed almost impossible to conquer the land of Canaan even though God had promised it to them. They cried out loud all night long, and grumbled against God and their leaders, saying, "If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this desert! Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword?"
However, the other two spies, Joshua and Caleb, felt righteous indignation when they saw the people grumbling. They said, "Why don't you believe the promise of God? They are nothing in God's eyes. Even though they are of great size, they are nothing but helpless beings before God. We shouldn't be afraid of them, should we? We will swallow them up. So, let's all take courage and march into the land of Canaan."
No matter how loud Joshua and Caleb raised their voice, the people of Israel, who had heard the negative report from the ten spies, were already disheartened. They even forgot about God who had revealed His wondrous power and led them with His mighty hand at the time of the Exodus. They grumbled against their leaders, having only negative thoughts about the situation which they were in, and this greatly enraged God. As a result, they were all destroyed in the desert, and only Joshua and Caleb were able to enter the land of Canaan (Numbers 13; 14).
To the people who have forgot about God, we should speak words that remind them of God, like Joshua and Caleb. We must not be like the ten spies who led the 600,000 men of Israel to be destroyed in the desert by speaking ungracious words. No matter how desperate our present situation seems, we don't need to be disheartened because God, who governs the universe and controls all life, death, adversity and blessing, is with us. Joshua and Caleb, who reminded the people of this fact, entered the land of Canaan, but the other ten spies and the Israelites were all destroyed in the desert. We must remember this history.
Biblical teachings about speech
It may cause a problem to speak improper words and to listen to those words as well. The Israelites, who listened to the negative words from the ten spies, even forgot the promise which God had given them and fell into fear and despair. Both those who spoke the false words and the people who listened to them were finally disqualified for entering the land of Canaan.
Pr 12:22-25 "The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. A prudent man keeps his knowledge to himself, but the heart of fools blurts out folly. Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor. An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up."
As the above verse from Proverbs says, anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a good word makes it glad. As for us, God is always with us and the kingdom of heaven is waiting for us. If we go back to the glorious kingdom of God, there will be no more death or pain or suffering.
The kingdom of God, where we will enjoy eternal glory forever and ever, is waiting for us. Even though so many worries overtake us, let us turn all our worries into joy and pleasure through God's good and gracious words, always looking forward to heaven. The Bible has many teachings about speech. If we regard those teachings merely as a means of guiding our daily lives and not a command of God, we are totally mistaken. Just as the Sabbath is a commandment of God, the teachings about speech are also a commandment and rule of God which we must keep.
Pr 15:1 "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."
When conversing, we need to always give grace to one another and turn away wrath with a gentle answer rather than a harsh word, as the beautiful children of God. This is God's desire for us. So, we must not hurt each other by words, but give grace to one another and help each other hold fast to the hope for heaven. Even in troubles, let's rejoice with the truth, being conscious of God, and speak many pleasant and gracious words to each other.
Gracious words that can change a man
In human society, words cause much problem or trouble between people. So, there are many wise sayings and teachings about speech. Among them, there is a collection of inspirational quotes from the famous American author and speaker, Zig Ziglar.
A businessman dropped a dollar into the cup of a man selling pencils and hurriedly stepped aboard the subway train. On second thought, he stepped back off the train, walked over to the beggar, and took several pencils from the cup. Apologetically, he explained that in his haste he had neglected to pick up his pencils and hoped the man wouldn't be upset with him. "After all," he said, "you are a businessman just like me. You have merchandise to sell and it's fairly priced." Then he caught the next train.
At a social function a few months later, a neatly dressed salesman stepped up to the businessman and introduced himself. "You probably don't remember me and I don't know your name, but I will never forget you. You are the man who gave me back my self-respect. I was a "beggar" selling pencils until you came along and told me I was a businessman."
Like this, one word can change a man's life completely. Of course, not all who hear the same words are changed, but among them those who have an honest spirit can undergo a positive change.
As the children of God in Zion, let us speak only gracious words. To the people who are oblivious of God and to those who live in discouragement and despair without thinking of God, let's speak words that can remind them of God. There is no doubt that the most gracious words are the words of life that can save dead souls, isn't it? God has given us the opportunity to preach so that we can speak such gracious words.
I earnestly hope that all our family members in Zion will continue to preach God's word of life to all people around the world and heal many souls whatever position and situation we are in, always speaking good, beautiful and gracious words to our family, Church members and our neighbors as well.
Let us be fully born again as the heavenly people who resemble God, being changed for the better in everything, including our speech, behavior and mindset. The kingdom of heaven is a place where those who are not reborn can never enter. Thinking of the kingdom of heaven which is closer than yesterday, far closer than last year, we should be born again and live a life worthy of going to heaven every day.
The kingdom of heaven where only the reborn can enter
Christ reminded us of the kingdom of heaven, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near" (Mt 4:17), and also teaches us that we cannot enter the kingdom of God unless we are born again.
Jn 3:18 ". . . In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.' . . ."
Since Jesus says we cannot see the kingdom of God unless we are born again, "being born again" is the most urgent task for those who hope for heaven. Of course, we must obey every teaching God has given us in order to be born again, but unless we become gracious in our speech, we may fail to enter the kingdom of God. As the kingdom of God is much closer, we need to first change our speech and behavior, speaking only beautiful words that give grace to those who hear.
This is also a teaching that Mother always gives us, and it is also what She emphasized at the education meetings held at the beginning of this year. We use many words in our daily speech. The Bible teaches us that we should speak gracious words pleasing to God that benefit one another, give hope for heaven and build up each other in faith, rather than ungracious and secular words that makes the mind of the listener go astray in the world and injure their faith.
Considering the teachings of Mother and reflecting upon myself, I am regretful for not being fully born again. I also realize that Mother wants us to be born again to become beautiful and gracious so that we will go back to the kingdom of God.
Eph 4:29-32 "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you."
God always teaches us to speak words that give grace to those who listen. I'd like to ask you to get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger and to show kindness, love and compassion to one another, speaking only gracious words.
"By your words you will be acquitted,
and by your words you will be condemned."
The kingdom of God is really not a place where we can go just by spending time doing nothing. Since Jesus has clearly said that we cannot see the kingdom of God unless we are born again, we should make continuous efforts to be reborn. If you fail after trying once, please try twice, three times and more, forcefully advancing towards the kingdom of heaven. There is nothing we can't do if we try ten times or more. Jesus said in a stern tone to those who spoke evil words.
Mt 12:34-37 "You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."
We must be born again in our speech. Even though the truth of the Bible is gracious and perfect and every teaching Heavenly Father and Mother have given us is good and beautiful, unless we, children of God in Zion, do not assimilate God's words and fail to put them into practice, what use are thousands upon thousands of beautiful and gracious words in the Bible?
Every single word is important. A single word can kill a man's soul or save him. An appropriate remark can relieve the pain of many people at once, but an improper remark can cause a problem or trouble and can even bring about the tragedy of being deprived of one's birthright. So, Jesus says that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
Jas 3:1-8 ". . . We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check. When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison."
The perfect are those who are not at fault in what they say. Jesus says that unless we are not born again, we cannot enter the kingdom of God. So, we should make constant efforts to become perfect in every way, beginning with our speech, through the power of the Holy Spirit.
In the Bible we can find many cases where a dead spirit is revived, a disheartened person gains strength and courage, and a man with a withered faith is lifted up again. On the contrary, there are some cases where the whole congregation becomes stagnant in faith because of negative remarks from one person who has fallen into temptation. The history of Israel is a shadow which shows this fact exactly.
Leading 600,000 people into destruction by words
As we look into the Biblical history, we can see that the 600,000 men evoked the wrath of God at once during their desert journey because some were at fault in what they said.
In the time of Moses, while the Israelites lived in the desert, God directed Moses to select twelve spies, one from each tribe, to spy out the land of Canaan which He had promised them as an inheritance. As they returned from exploring the land, ten of them gave bad report to the people. They said, "The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them," and added they could not conquer them.
After hearing the negative report from the ten spies, the Israelites became dis-couraged. Realistically, it seemed almost impossible to conquer the land of Canaan even though God had promised it to them. They cried out loud all night long, and grumbled against God and their leaders, saying, "If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this desert! Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword?"
However, the other two spies, Joshua and Caleb, felt righteous indignation when they saw the people grumbling. They said, "Why don't you believe the promise of God? They are nothing in God's eyes. Even though they are of great size, they are nothing but helpless beings before God. We shouldn't be afraid of them, should we? We will swallow them up. So, let's all take courage and march into the land of Canaan."
No matter how loud Joshua and Caleb raised their voice, the people of Israel, who had heard the negative report from the ten spies, were already disheartened. They even forgot about God who had revealed His wondrous power and led them with His mighty hand at the time of the Exodus. They grumbled against their leaders, having only negative thoughts about the situation which they were in, and this greatly enraged God. As a result, they were all destroyed in the desert, and only Joshua and Caleb were able to enter the land of Canaan (Numbers 13; 14).
To the people who have forgot about God, we should speak words that remind them of God, like Joshua and Caleb. We must not be like the ten spies who led the 600,000 men of Israel to be destroyed in the desert by speaking ungracious words. No matter how desperate our present situation seems, we don't need to be disheartened because God, who governs the universe and controls all life, death, adversity and blessing, is with us. Joshua and Caleb, who reminded the people of this fact, entered the land of Canaan, but the other ten spies and the Israelites were all destroyed in the desert. We must remember this history.
Biblical teachings about speech
It may cause a problem to speak improper words and to listen to those words as well. The Israelites, who listened to the negative words from the ten spies, even forgot the promise which God had given them and fell into fear and despair. Both those who spoke the false words and the people who listened to them were finally disqualified for entering the land of Canaan.
Pr 12:22-25 "The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. A prudent man keeps his knowledge to himself, but the heart of fools blurts out folly. Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor. An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up."
As the above verse from Proverbs says, anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a good word makes it glad. As for us, God is always with us and the kingdom of heaven is waiting for us. If we go back to the glorious kingdom of God, there will be no more death or pain or suffering.
The kingdom of God, where we will enjoy eternal glory forever and ever, is waiting for us. Even though so many worries overtake us, let us turn all our worries into joy and pleasure through God's good and gracious words, always looking forward to heaven. The Bible has many teachings about speech. If we regard those teachings merely as a means of guiding our daily lives and not a command of God, we are totally mistaken. Just as the Sabbath is a commandment of God, the teachings about speech are also a commandment and rule of God which we must keep.
Pr 15:1 "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."
When conversing, we need to always give grace to one another and turn away wrath with a gentle answer rather than a harsh word, as the beautiful children of God. This is God's desire for us. So, we must not hurt each other by words, but give grace to one another and help each other hold fast to the hope for heaven. Even in troubles, let's rejoice with the truth, being conscious of God, and speak many pleasant and gracious words to each other.
Gracious words that can change a man
In human society, words cause much problem or trouble between people. So, there are many wise sayings and teachings about speech. Among them, there is a collection of inspirational quotes from the famous American author and speaker, Zig Ziglar.
A businessman dropped a dollar into the cup of a man selling pencils and hurriedly stepped aboard the subway train. On second thought, he stepped back off the train, walked over to the beggar, and took several pencils from the cup. Apologetically, he explained that in his haste he had neglected to pick up his pencils and hoped the man wouldn't be upset with him. "After all," he said, "you are a businessman just like me. You have merchandise to sell and it's fairly priced." Then he caught the next train.
At a social function a few months later, a neatly dressed salesman stepped up to the businessman and introduced himself. "You probably don't remember me and I don't know your name, but I will never forget you. You are the man who gave me back my self-respect. I was a "beggar" selling pencils until you came along and told me I was a businessman."
Like this, one word can change a man's life completely. Of course, not all who hear the same words are changed, but among them those who have an honest spirit can undergo a positive change.
As the children of God in Zion, let us speak only gracious words. To the people who are oblivious of God and to those who live in discouragement and despair without thinking of God, let's speak words that can remind them of God. There is no doubt that the most gracious words are the words of life that can save dead souls, isn't it? God has given us the opportunity to preach so that we can speak such gracious words.
I earnestly hope that all our family members in Zion will continue to preach God's word of life to all people around the world and heal many souls whatever position and situation we are in, always speaking good, beautiful and gracious words to our family, Church members and our neighbors as well.
Philo se [Christ Ahnsahnghong, Heavenly Mother, God the Mother, World Mission Society Church of God]
The Greek word 'φιλ σε' means 'I love you.' That was the Apostle Peter's answer when Jesus asked him three times, "Do you love Me?"
Do you love Me?
Today, numerous crimes are occurring in every corner of the world. The crimes become more cruel and dreadful than in the past. People have lost humanity and forsaken even their basic morals. The reason is that their love both for themselves and for others grow cold. Even many Christians do not follow God. They are not changed by the word of God; rather, they've turned away from the love of God.
Christ came into the earth to plant on our hearts the love which we had neither in heaven nor in earth. He showed us His everlasting love through His sacrifice. He sacrificed Himself to save us who were expelled from heaven after rebelling against God due to our pride and disobedience. Then, are we ready to give a definite answer to God, "I love You," like Peter? Let's check ourselves.
Jn 21:15-17 "When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?" "Yes, Lord, ... Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my sheep."
Three times Jesus asked Peter the same question, "Do you love Me?" Then Peter gave Him a constant answer, "Yes, Lord, You know that I love You." After confirming Peter's steadfast love, Jesus entrusted His sheep to him, saying, "Feed My sheep."
Without love for God, no one can be a shepherd or a deacon or even a member of the Church. Though we all have been entrusted with the gospel, we cannot fulfill it with jealousy, envy and rivalry, but only with burning love toward God.
The Bible shows how much Peter loved Jesus. When a large crowd sent from the chief priests came to seize Jesus, Peter drew his sword out and cut off the ear of the servant of the high priest. He loved Jesus so much (Mt 26:47-53; Jn 18:1-11). When Jesus told His disciples that He had to suffer many things and be killed, Peter pleaded with Jesus, saying, "Never, Lord!" because he loved Jesus (Mt 16:21-23). Even when Jesus severely rebuked him, saying, "Get behind me, Satan!" Peter did not lose his love for Christ. Rather, he built his faith on the rock and became a good shepherd pleasing God.
Unless we absolutely love God like Peter, we can not follow the Lamb, whom we are to follow wherever He goes, and we will not be saved after all. The 144,000 are the people who absolutely love and believe God.
Deliver God's love with burning heart
We live in the last days, the gospel age, and are entrusted with the task of delivering the love of God contained in the 66 books of the Bible. This mission cannot be fulfilled by an obligatory preaching, but with a burning and earnest love toward God.
Php 2:5-8 "Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: ... being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-even death on a cross!"
If our attitude is not the same as that of Christ, gospel preaching itself will be a torment. However, if we have the attitude of Christ, we will be able to love our brothers and sisters as Christ loved us, and we will never fail in loving God.
When we preach the gospel or worship God or deliver a sermon, without love for God or the mind of Christ we are only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
For whom did Christ, being in very nature God, suffer? For us who sinned in heaven and were driven out from heaven, He offered His life as a sin offering, didn't He?
"My children! I've loved you to the point of death. The suffering on the cross and the scorn of the creatures couldn't stop My love toward you." Don't you hear the earnest voice of God?
Let's think of how much we've loved God, how much we've practiced the love He showed us as an example even to the point of death on the cross. Haven't we become weak because of a small thing, or forsaken God's word without restraining our impulse?
If we do not love God absolutely, we cannot stand in faith to the end; when the wind blows, we will be swept away like chaff. Only the wheat filled with the love for God will be given the crown of glory.
Isa 53:1-12 "... He was despised and rejected by men, ... Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, ... But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed ... "
The above words show us vividly how much our holy God suffered in order to give peace and joy, eternal life and blessing to us sinners who were destined to die. To take us to heaven, to blot out all our iniquities, our God tore His flesh and shed His blood. By eating His flesh and drinking His blood through the Passover of the new covenant, our mind has been transformed into the mind of Christ. By keeping the Passover of the new covenant, we remain in Christ and Christ in us, so that we can follow the path of suffering that Christ walked, have the same attitude as He had, and practice His love, every hour, every minute.
Now it's our turn to love God. Until now God has loved us unconditionally, boundlessly; now we are to preach the gospel with a fervent love toward God, shouting, "φιλ σε!"
Following God's way of unconditional love, we should first sacrifice ourselves and love brothers; we are to do the gospel work, discerning what pleases God. When He entrusted us with the work of the gospel, He demanded nothing of us. He merely asked us, "Do you love Me?" If we can confidently answer, "φιλ σε [I love you]," we will be able to faithfully carry out our mission as prophets, bearing much fruit.
The work which our loving God entrusts to us
Let's find out how much God loves us, weak and feeble.
Isa 49:14-18 "But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, ... " "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me. ... "
Our Father visited His children wherever they were-in a mountain valley or in a village by the sea-even if it took three days and nights. Through His flesh and blood, our Father opened the spiritual eyes of His children who did not recognize their own heavenly Parents, being tempted by Satan. How shall we repay our Father for His love?
Let's look at the life of our forefathers, who walked the way of faith before us, and examine our faith.
Heb 11:24-26 "By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward."
Heb 11:33-38 "who through faith conquered kingdoms, ... Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison. They were stoned; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword-the world was not worthy of them. ... "
Though the martyrs of the Early Church were stoned, sawed and killed by the sword, they loved God strongly, so the Holy Spirit was always with them. As a result, they left beautiful trace of faith which even the angels envy, and became a good example to the 144,000 who will finish the age of the gospel.
They loved God and followed the paths of Christ, laying down their lives. But since we are given the glory to be transformed alive, shouldn't we reveal our love for God more? Though the path of the gospel is difficult, we are to diligently preach the gospel with joy, giving thanks to God who's entrusted the wonderful work to us among the people like the sand by the sea.
'How can I graciously deliver the will of God?' 'How can I find my scattered family more, so that God is pleased?' If we preach the gospel with this kind of attitude of mind, we will be happy and joyful day by day. But if we tell the gospel from a mere sense of duty, without love for God, we will not please Him and may meet an unfortunate ending. When we can confess our love for God, all the problems of our faith are solved.
Only if we love God ardently, our faith will never cool down; ungracious words will not come from our lips; we will not act against the word, "Love one another"; we will never neglect the gospel preaching-how can we refuse God's earnest request? The more we love God, the more our faith becomes perfect.
How much did the saints of the Early Church love God? The Bible records that the world was not worthy of them. They spread the aroma of Christ all over the world. How gracious!
We are allowed the Holy Spirit seven times stronger than at the times of the Early Church. We love the Holy Spirit and the Bride who give us the water of life. We are to follow Them with faith like the perfume of myrrh.
Our forefathers loved God, not fearing death. We are the 144,000 saints who are to practice greater love than they did. Let's carry out our God's request, "Feed My sheep," shouting, "φιλ σε!" from the bottom of our heart. Until the 144,000 stand on Mount Zion with the Lamb, let's shout, "φιλ σε!"
Do you love Me?
Today, numerous crimes are occurring in every corner of the world. The crimes become more cruel and dreadful than in the past. People have lost humanity and forsaken even their basic morals. The reason is that their love both for themselves and for others grow cold. Even many Christians do not follow God. They are not changed by the word of God; rather, they've turned away from the love of God.
Christ came into the earth to plant on our hearts the love which we had neither in heaven nor in earth. He showed us His everlasting love through His sacrifice. He sacrificed Himself to save us who were expelled from heaven after rebelling against God due to our pride and disobedience. Then, are we ready to give a definite answer to God, "I love You," like Peter? Let's check ourselves.
Jn 21:15-17 "When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?" "Yes, Lord, ... Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my sheep."
Three times Jesus asked Peter the same question, "Do you love Me?" Then Peter gave Him a constant answer, "Yes, Lord, You know that I love You." After confirming Peter's steadfast love, Jesus entrusted His sheep to him, saying, "Feed My sheep."
Without love for God, no one can be a shepherd or a deacon or even a member of the Church. Though we all have been entrusted with the gospel, we cannot fulfill it with jealousy, envy and rivalry, but only with burning love toward God.
The Bible shows how much Peter loved Jesus. When a large crowd sent from the chief priests came to seize Jesus, Peter drew his sword out and cut off the ear of the servant of the high priest. He loved Jesus so much (Mt 26:47-53; Jn 18:1-11). When Jesus told His disciples that He had to suffer many things and be killed, Peter pleaded with Jesus, saying, "Never, Lord!" because he loved Jesus (Mt 16:21-23). Even when Jesus severely rebuked him, saying, "Get behind me, Satan!" Peter did not lose his love for Christ. Rather, he built his faith on the rock and became a good shepherd pleasing God.
Unless we absolutely love God like Peter, we can not follow the Lamb, whom we are to follow wherever He goes, and we will not be saved after all. The 144,000 are the people who absolutely love and believe God.
Deliver God's love with burning heart
We live in the last days, the gospel age, and are entrusted with the task of delivering the love of God contained in the 66 books of the Bible. This mission cannot be fulfilled by an obligatory preaching, but with a burning and earnest love toward God.
Php 2:5-8 "Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: ... being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-even death on a cross!"
If our attitude is not the same as that of Christ, gospel preaching itself will be a torment. However, if we have the attitude of Christ, we will be able to love our brothers and sisters as Christ loved us, and we will never fail in loving God.
When we preach the gospel or worship God or deliver a sermon, without love for God or the mind of Christ we are only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
For whom did Christ, being in very nature God, suffer? For us who sinned in heaven and were driven out from heaven, He offered His life as a sin offering, didn't He?
"My children! I've loved you to the point of death. The suffering on the cross and the scorn of the creatures couldn't stop My love toward you." Don't you hear the earnest voice of God?
Let's think of how much we've loved God, how much we've practiced the love He showed us as an example even to the point of death on the cross. Haven't we become weak because of a small thing, or forsaken God's word without restraining our impulse?
If we do not love God absolutely, we cannot stand in faith to the end; when the wind blows, we will be swept away like chaff. Only the wheat filled with the love for God will be given the crown of glory.
Isa 53:1-12 "... He was despised and rejected by men, ... Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, ... But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed ... "
The above words show us vividly how much our holy God suffered in order to give peace and joy, eternal life and blessing to us sinners who were destined to die. To take us to heaven, to blot out all our iniquities, our God tore His flesh and shed His blood. By eating His flesh and drinking His blood through the Passover of the new covenant, our mind has been transformed into the mind of Christ. By keeping the Passover of the new covenant, we remain in Christ and Christ in us, so that we can follow the path of suffering that Christ walked, have the same attitude as He had, and practice His love, every hour, every minute.
Now it's our turn to love God. Until now God has loved us unconditionally, boundlessly; now we are to preach the gospel with a fervent love toward God, shouting, "φιλ σε!"
Following God's way of unconditional love, we should first sacrifice ourselves and love brothers; we are to do the gospel work, discerning what pleases God. When He entrusted us with the work of the gospel, He demanded nothing of us. He merely asked us, "Do you love Me?" If we can confidently answer, "φιλ σε [I love you]," we will be able to faithfully carry out our mission as prophets, bearing much fruit.
The work which our loving God entrusts to us
Let's find out how much God loves us, weak and feeble.
Isa 49:14-18 "But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, ... " "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me. ... "
Our Father visited His children wherever they were-in a mountain valley or in a village by the sea-even if it took three days and nights. Through His flesh and blood, our Father opened the spiritual eyes of His children who did not recognize their own heavenly Parents, being tempted by Satan. How shall we repay our Father for His love?
Let's look at the life of our forefathers, who walked the way of faith before us, and examine our faith.
Heb 11:24-26 "By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward."
Heb 11:33-38 "who through faith conquered kingdoms, ... Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison. They were stoned; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword-the world was not worthy of them. ... "
Though the martyrs of the Early Church were stoned, sawed and killed by the sword, they loved God strongly, so the Holy Spirit was always with them. As a result, they left beautiful trace of faith which even the angels envy, and became a good example to the 144,000 who will finish the age of the gospel.
They loved God and followed the paths of Christ, laying down their lives. But since we are given the glory to be transformed alive, shouldn't we reveal our love for God more? Though the path of the gospel is difficult, we are to diligently preach the gospel with joy, giving thanks to God who's entrusted the wonderful work to us among the people like the sand by the sea.
'How can I graciously deliver the will of God?' 'How can I find my scattered family more, so that God is pleased?' If we preach the gospel with this kind of attitude of mind, we will be happy and joyful day by day. But if we tell the gospel from a mere sense of duty, without love for God, we will not please Him and may meet an unfortunate ending. When we can confess our love for God, all the problems of our faith are solved.
Only if we love God ardently, our faith will never cool down; ungracious words will not come from our lips; we will not act against the word, "Love one another"; we will never neglect the gospel preaching-how can we refuse God's earnest request? The more we love God, the more our faith becomes perfect.
How much did the saints of the Early Church love God? The Bible records that the world was not worthy of them. They spread the aroma of Christ all over the world. How gracious!
We are allowed the Holy Spirit seven times stronger than at the times of the Early Church. We love the Holy Spirit and the Bride who give us the water of life. We are to follow Them with faith like the perfume of myrrh.
Our forefathers loved God, not fearing death. We are the 144,000 saints who are to practice greater love than they did. Let's carry out our God's request, "Feed My sheep," shouting, "φιλ σε!" from the bottom of our heart. Until the 144,000 stand on Mount Zion with the Lamb, let's shout, "φιλ σε!"
11/14/2011
Why Does Man Die? [Christ Ahnsahnghong, Heavenly Mother, God the Mother, World Mission Society Church of God]
God the Father Christ Ahnsahnghong has made us realize Heavenly Mother, the new Jerusalem,and let us be guide by God the Mother.
The Bible says, “The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). This shows that death comes through sin. All men born into this world are destined to die. So this eath is called the world of sin. Then, which sin brings death, the sin committed on earth or the sin committed in heaven?
In this world, no one can escape death. It happens even to babies under a year old. So, we cannot say that death is caused by the sin committed in this world, can we?
Focusing on the words, “The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23), let’s study the principle of sin and death. According to the Bible, the reason Adam and Eve died was that they could not eat from the tree of life by breaking God’s command in the Garden of Eden. If they had eaten from the tree of life even after committing sin, they would have lived forever. For it is written:
Genesis 3:22-24 “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.” So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. 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.”
He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” These words imply that Adam would have lived forever if he could have eaten of the tree of life, even though he ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The reason all men die is because they cannot eat from the tree of life, not just because they commit sin in this world. Now, if we eat from the tree of life, we will live forever. However, sinners are not allowed to reach out their hands and take from the tree of life and eat. For the poor men destined to die, Jesus came and opened up a way to the tree of life; only those who are cleansed with Jesus’ precious blood, shed on the cross, can have the right to the tree of life and to the holy city (Revelation 7:14; cf. 22:14).
However righteous a man may be on this earth, he cannot come near the tree of life without the precious blood of Christ. Though a man is a grave sinner in this world, if he is purified with the precious blood of Jesus Christ, he can have the right to the tree of life.
No one can enter the kingdom of heaven without Jesus’ blood of the covenant, the blood of the Passover of the new convenant. At the Holy Supper of the Passover, Jesus said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you” (Luke 22:7-20).
The Bible says, “The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). This shows that death comes through sin. All men born into this world are destined to die. So this eath is called the world of sin. Then, which sin brings death, the sin committed on earth or the sin committed in heaven?
In this world, no one can escape death. It happens even to babies under a year old. So, we cannot say that death is caused by the sin committed in this world, can we?
Focusing on the words, “The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23), let’s study the principle of sin and death. According to the Bible, the reason Adam and Eve died was that they could not eat from the tree of life by breaking God’s command in the Garden of Eden. If they had eaten from the tree of life even after committing sin, they would have lived forever. For it is written:
Genesis 3:22-24 “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.” So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. 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.”
He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” These words imply that Adam would have lived forever if he could have eaten of the tree of life, even though he ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The reason all men die is because they cannot eat from the tree of life, not just because they commit sin in this world. Now, if we eat from the tree of life, we will live forever. However, sinners are not allowed to reach out their hands and take from the tree of life and eat. For the poor men destined to die, Jesus came and opened up a way to the tree of life; only those who are cleansed with Jesus’ precious blood, shed on the cross, can have the right to the tree of life and to the holy city (Revelation 7:14; cf. 22:14).
However righteous a man may be on this earth, he cannot come near the tree of life without the precious blood of Christ. Though a man is a grave sinner in this world, if he is purified with the precious blood of Jesus Christ, he can have the right to the tree of life.
No one can enter the kingdom of heaven without Jesus’ blood of the covenant, the blood of the Passover of the new convenant. At the Holy Supper of the Passover, Jesus said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you” (Luke 22:7-20).
Where Does the Human Soul Come From? [Christ Ahnsahnghong, Heavenly Mother, God the Mother, World Mission Society Church of God]
The greatest teaching of our Father Christ Ahnsahnghong is the existence of our HEAVENLY MOTHER
When we study the subject of the soul, we must answer the following three questions: First, where does our soul come from? Second, why does our soul put on flesh and live in this sinful world? And third, where does our soul go after we die? These three questions are very important for the hope of all mankind.
Without knowing where we are from, how can we know where we are going? Now, let’s look carefully at the words of Jesus who gives definite answers to all these questions and the profound truths of the Creator spoken through the prophets, passed on over thousands of years.
Solomon said: “The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises…. what has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun…” Ecclesiastes 1:5-11
Apostle Paul wrote: “If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.”
This verse means that if anyone does not think of the country he left, he has no opportunity to return. Certainly there is a place where the human soul comes from and where it goes. The body is born and perishes in this world, but the soul returns to wherever it came from. So the forefathers of faith admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth (Hebrews 11:13-16). When Jacob, the forefather of Israel, was asked how old he was, he replied to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, as follows: “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty” (Genesis 47:8-9).
All the above words spoken by the forefathers of faith tell us that all men in this world are aliens and strangers who have come from heaven, their previous world. Nevertheless, there are not many who think of their own country. It’s because they completely lost their memory of the previous life by putting on the veil of sin. The prophet Isaiah wrote in regard to this matter as follows:
“But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.” Isaiah 59:2
In the spiritual world, we were noble angels, or the sons of God. However, because of our sin we have to come to this world; our spiritual eyes are covered with the veil of sin, so that we cannot see the things of the heavenly country. But sometimes we are unwittingly reminded of our previous life in heaven. It’s because our soul, given by God, occasionally transcends the veil of our sinful flesh and looks at the heavenly country.
When we study the subject of the soul, we must answer the following three questions: First, where does our soul come from? Second, why does our soul put on flesh and live in this sinful world? And third, where does our soul go after we die? These three questions are very important for the hope of all mankind.
Without knowing where we are from, how can we know where we are going? Now, let’s look carefully at the words of Jesus who gives definite answers to all these questions and the profound truths of the Creator spoken through the prophets, passed on over thousands of years.
Solomon said: “The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises…. what has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun…” Ecclesiastes 1:5-11
Apostle Paul wrote: “If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.”
This verse means that if anyone does not think of the country he left, he has no opportunity to return. Certainly there is a place where the human soul comes from and where it goes. The body is born and perishes in this world, but the soul returns to wherever it came from. So the forefathers of faith admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth (Hebrews 11:13-16). When Jacob, the forefather of Israel, was asked how old he was, he replied to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, as follows: “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty” (Genesis 47:8-9).
All the above words spoken by the forefathers of faith tell us that all men in this world are aliens and strangers who have come from heaven, their previous world. Nevertheless, there are not many who think of their own country. It’s because they completely lost their memory of the previous life by putting on the veil of sin. The prophet Isaiah wrote in regard to this matter as follows:
“But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.” Isaiah 59:2
In the spiritual world, we were noble angels, or the sons of God. However, because of our sin we have to come to this world; our spiritual eyes are covered with the veil of sin, so that we cannot see the things of the heavenly country. But sometimes we are unwittingly reminded of our previous life in heaven. It’s because our soul, given by God, occasionally transcends the veil of our sinful flesh and looks at the heavenly country.
11/13/2011
Elohim God Revealed Throughout the Bible [Christ Ahnsahnghong, Heavenly Mother, God the Mother, World Mission Society Church of God]
Elohim God revealed in the book of Isaiah
We can confirm the existence of Elohim God through the book of Isaiah as well.
Isa. 6:8 『Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”』
When God was searching for a man to preach His words, God said, “Who will go for us?” instead of saying, “Who will go for me?” This reveals that not only the Father was working, but that there was a Mother who was working as well.
Elohim God revealed in the book of Jeremiah
In the book of Jeremiah we can also find references to Elohim God.
Jer. 31:22 『…The LORD will create a new thing on earth-a woman will surround a man.』
God said that He would create a new thing: a woman would surround a man. Spiritually, this verse has a very profound meaning. The woman, Eve, had once been inside the man. If God had not made the woman with the ribs He had taken out of the man, how could the woman have been able to surround the man? The new thing, that God said He would bring to the earth, would be the revealing of Mother, who has been within God the Father since the beginning. The new thing would be created at the time God established the new covenant.
Jer. 31:31-34 『”The time is coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah…”I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.”』
In the Hebrew Bible, the word “God” is actually written as “Elohim”-”I will be their God [Elohim].” “Elohim” is the plural form of the word “Eloha,” meaning a singular God. Therefore, “Elohim” means “Gods,” plural. Once we can understand the concept of Elohim God through the new covenant, we no longer need men to teach us to know God, because we will all know God, from the least of us to the greatest. In the truth of the new covenant, we can only become the children of God when we have God the Father and God the Mother, our Elohim God.
When Elohim God created male and female, They said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness.” When Elohim God punished the evil acts of God’s people, They said, “Let us go down.” When the Gods called to Isaiah, They said, “Who will go for us?” Throughout the Bible, God has existed as the male God and the female God: Elohim.
We can confirm the existence of Elohim God through the book of Isaiah as well.
Isa. 6:8 『Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”』
When God was searching for a man to preach His words, God said, “Who will go for us?” instead of saying, “Who will go for me?” This reveals that not only the Father was working, but that there was a Mother who was working as well.
Elohim God revealed in the book of Jeremiah
In the book of Jeremiah we can also find references to Elohim God.
Jer. 31:22 『…The LORD will create a new thing on earth-a woman will surround a man.』
God said that He would create a new thing: a woman would surround a man. Spiritually, this verse has a very profound meaning. The woman, Eve, had once been inside the man. If God had not made the woman with the ribs He had taken out of the man, how could the woman have been able to surround the man? The new thing, that God said He would bring to the earth, would be the revealing of Mother, who has been within God the Father since the beginning. The new thing would be created at the time God established the new covenant.
Jer. 31:31-34 『”The time is coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah…”I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.”』
In the Hebrew Bible, the word “God” is actually written as “Elohim”-”I will be their God [Elohim].” “Elohim” is the plural form of the word “Eloha,” meaning a singular God. Therefore, “Elohim” means “Gods,” plural. Once we can understand the concept of Elohim God through the new covenant, we no longer need men to teach us to know God, because we will all know God, from the least of us to the greatest. In the truth of the new covenant, we can only become the children of God when we have God the Father and God the Mother, our Elohim God.
When Elohim God created male and female, They said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness.” When Elohim God punished the evil acts of God’s people, They said, “Let us go down.” When the Gods called to Isaiah, They said, “Who will go for us?” Throughout the Bible, God has existed as the male God and the female God: Elohim.
Elohim God Revealed in the Book of Genesis [Christ Ahnsahnghong, Heavenly Mother, God the Mother, World Mission Society Church of God]
Let us confirm that there is both a male and a female image of God, through the book of Genesis.
Gen. 1:26-27 『Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness,”…So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.』
Both males and females were created in the image of God, and thus it is clear that God has two images: a male image and a female image. When God said, “Let us make man in our image,” God used the word “us”-a plural term-instead of using “me.” We come to understand that not one God, but two Gods-a Father and a Mother-worked together during the Creation. Such plural terms are used to describe God in Genesis chapter 11, also.
Gen. 11:1-7 『…The LORD said…”Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”』
This verse, too, makes reference to Elohim God, the same God who created male and female (in Genesis chapter 1), saying, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness.” In Genesis chapter 11, God was responding to the arrogance of the people, who had collectively built the tower of Babel. Through this situation, God testifies that there exists a God the Mother as well as a God the Father by saying, “Let us go down…”
Gen. 1:26-27 『Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness,”…So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.』
Both males and females were created in the image of God, and thus it is clear that God has two images: a male image and a female image. When God said, “Let us make man in our image,” God used the word “us”-a plural term-instead of using “me.” We come to understand that not one God, but two Gods-a Father and a Mother-worked together during the Creation. Such plural terms are used to describe God in Genesis chapter 11, also.
Gen. 11:1-7 『…The LORD said…”Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”』
This verse, too, makes reference to Elohim God, the same God who created male and female (in Genesis chapter 1), saying, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness.” In Genesis chapter 11, God was responding to the arrogance of the people, who had collectively built the tower of Babel. Through this situation, God testifies that there exists a God the Mother as well as a God the Father by saying, “Let us go down…”
The day of firstfruits [Christ Ahnsahnghong, Heavenly Mother, God the Mother, World Mission Society Church of God]
Let us introduce the seven feasts in three times, that is, the seven thunders which were unsealed by Christ Ahnsahnghong who came again as the Root of David.
The word "Elohim" directly translates to "Gods." The Bible testifies that God exists in the female image, God the Mother, as well as the male image, God the Father.
Origin
When the nervous Israelites were being chased by the Egyptian army, God allowed them to cross the Red Sea under His protection, even though they had been so terrified. When God put the Sea?which had been divided?back in its place, the Egyptian army that had pursued them was buried in water. God commanded the Israelites to annually commemorate the day when they had landed on the other side of the Red Sea, so that they might remember God's great power revealed on that day. This is the origin of the Day of Firstfruits (Ex. 14:26-31).
Ceremony
The word "firstfruits" reveals its meaning. On the day after the Sabbath, the Israelites brought a sheaf of the first grain to the priest, and the priest waved the sheaf before God so that it could be accepted on behalf of the people (Lev. 23: 9-11).
On the same day, in the New Testament times, Jesus gave bread to two disciples who were traveling to a village named Emmaus. After the disciples broke the bread that Jesus had given to them, their spiritual eyes were opened, and they recognized Him (Luke 24:13-35).
Prophecy and Its Fulfillment
As God had commanded, the priests were to wave a sheaf of the first grain before the LORD on the day after the Sabbath (Sunday) so that God would accept their offering.
Lev. 23:10-12 『"When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest. He is to wave the sheaf before the LORD so it will be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath."』
Here, the first grain?the firstfruits?stands for Christ, who was raised from the dead as the firstfruits of those who had fallen asleep.
1 Cor. 15:20 『But Christ had indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.』
The offering to be presented on the Day of Firstfruits, a sheaf of the first grain, was to be brought to God on the day after the Sabbath?that is, Sunday. The firstfruits stand for Christ, so it is only logical that Resurrection Day, when Jesus rose from death, would be on Sunday, the day after the Sabbath.
Mark 16:2-6 『Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?" But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away..."You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here."』
The Day of Firstfruits is the shadow of Resurrection Day. As the Day of Firstfruits was celebrated on the day after the Sabbath, Sunday, so Resurrection Day is to be celebrated on Sunday, in fulfillment of the prophecy. Therefore the Day of Firstfruits, Resurrection Day, is celebrated on Sunday every year. By rising from the dead as the firstfruits of those who had fallen asleep, Jesus became the true offering of the Day of Firstfruits, belonging to the seven feasts of three times.
Matt. 27:52-53 『The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.』
In those days, the holy people who had been saved through the gospel became the ripe grains of the wheat harvest, and today, we have become the ripe grains of the last autumn harvest (Ex. 23:16).
The word "Elohim" directly translates to "Gods." The Bible testifies that God exists in the female image, God the Mother, as well as the male image, God the Father.
Origin
When the nervous Israelites were being chased by the Egyptian army, God allowed them to cross the Red Sea under His protection, even though they had been so terrified. When God put the Sea?which had been divided?back in its place, the Egyptian army that had pursued them was buried in water. God commanded the Israelites to annually commemorate the day when they had landed on the other side of the Red Sea, so that they might remember God's great power revealed on that day. This is the origin of the Day of Firstfruits (Ex. 14:26-31).
Ceremony
The word "firstfruits" reveals its meaning. On the day after the Sabbath, the Israelites brought a sheaf of the first grain to the priest, and the priest waved the sheaf before God so that it could be accepted on behalf of the people (Lev. 23: 9-11).
On the same day, in the New Testament times, Jesus gave bread to two disciples who were traveling to a village named Emmaus. After the disciples broke the bread that Jesus had given to them, their spiritual eyes were opened, and they recognized Him (Luke 24:13-35).
Prophecy and Its Fulfillment
As God had commanded, the priests were to wave a sheaf of the first grain before the LORD on the day after the Sabbath (Sunday) so that God would accept their offering.
Lev. 23:10-12 『"When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest. He is to wave the sheaf before the LORD so it will be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath."』
Here, the first grain?the firstfruits?stands for Christ, who was raised from the dead as the firstfruits of those who had fallen asleep.
1 Cor. 15:20 『But Christ had indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.』
The offering to be presented on the Day of Firstfruits, a sheaf of the first grain, was to be brought to God on the day after the Sabbath?that is, Sunday. The firstfruits stand for Christ, so it is only logical that Resurrection Day, when Jesus rose from death, would be on Sunday, the day after the Sabbath.
Mark 16:2-6 『Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?" But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away..."You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here."』
The Day of Firstfruits is the shadow of Resurrection Day. As the Day of Firstfruits was celebrated on the day after the Sabbath, Sunday, so Resurrection Day is to be celebrated on Sunday, in fulfillment of the prophecy. Therefore the Day of Firstfruits, Resurrection Day, is celebrated on Sunday every year. By rising from the dead as the firstfruits of those who had fallen asleep, Jesus became the true offering of the Day of Firstfruits, belonging to the seven feasts of three times.
Matt. 27:52-53 『The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.』
In those days, the holy people who had been saved through the gospel became the ripe grains of the wheat harvest, and today, we have become the ripe grains of the last autumn harvest (Ex. 23:16).
God’s Appointed Feasts [Christ Ahnsahnghong, Heavenly Mother, God the Mother, World Mission Society Church of God]
Today I was able to go to Zion and study about the Feast of God. First, I watched a History channel documentary on the truth about Christmas. The truth is Christmas is not a Feast of God. In fact, it is a pagan Holiday to worship the birth of the sun, Mithra. Even when reading in the Bible, there is not a specific date for Jesus’ birth. If there was to be a date, it would be sometime in the spring. Shepherds were outside with their sheep the night of Jesus’ birth therefore, it could not be in the winter. In the documentary, it stated that December 25 is the birthday of Mithra, the sun god.
When you look in the Bible, the appointed Feasts of God are found in Leviticus 23:1-44. The Feasts of God are Sabbath, Passover and Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, Feast of Weeks, Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Feast of Tabernacles. Through the Feast of God we can receive blessings and eternal life. Also, where the Feast of God are kept, that is where we can meet true God. God said in Isaiah 33:20 “Look upon Zion, the city of our festivals, your eyes will see Jerusalem.” Zion is the place where the Feasts of God are kept. In the book of Psalms 132:13 “For the Lord has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling,” God lets us know we can find God in Zion. The true Zion was established by Christ Ahnsahnghong because he brought the Feasts of God. Truly all thanks to Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother who dwell in Zion, World Mission Society Church of God.
When you look in the Bible, the appointed Feasts of God are found in Leviticus 23:1-44. The Feasts of God are Sabbath, Passover and Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, Feast of Weeks, Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Feast of Tabernacles. Through the Feast of God we can receive blessings and eternal life. Also, where the Feast of God are kept, that is where we can meet true God. God said in Isaiah 33:20 “Look upon Zion, the city of our festivals, your eyes will see Jerusalem.” Zion is the place where the Feasts of God are kept. In the book of Psalms 132:13 “For the Lord has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling,” God lets us know we can find God in Zion. The true Zion was established by Christ Ahnsahnghong because he brought the Feasts of God. Truly all thanks to Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother who dwell in Zion, World Mission Society Church of God.
11/10/2011
Sabbath Day [Christ Ahnsahnghong; Heavenly Mother; God the Mother, World Mission Society Church of God]
In this post I would like to discuss the misunderstandings people have about the Sabbath Day. There is several arguments people make to excuse why they do not keep the Sabbath as God commanded, let us see what they are:
The Sabbath Day was made at the creation of the world, meaning that it was created for all of humanity. God made it for everyone even before the law was given to Moses.
The Fact that Sunday service cannot be based on the Bible, then it automatically it makes it a rule made by man, and is adding to the teachings of Bible.
As seen in the Books on the Video, even the Catholic priests admit that Sunday service is not based in the Bible. So what is the excuse of Bible based Christians for not keeping the Sabbath day?
When God says He is the first and the last, He is no talking about the days of the week. please do not add your own interpretation to the Bible.
“One day out of the seven–that is the way we take our Sabbath rest.” Some people use this excuse to disobey God and not keep the Sabbath. But the Sabbath day is not YOUR Sabbath, God said is His Sabbath, and He designated the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath. You cannot just pick any day of the week and make it a Sabbath.
Ezekiel 20:20 – Keep my Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.
If God does not care about what day we worship Him; then why would He bother to set a day aside at the creation of the world, and why would He bother to put it in the 10 commandments?
Ezekiel 22:26 — Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common; they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean; and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
Because Jesus Resurrected on a Sunday it does not mean that the day of worship changed to Sunday. This excuse is like saying that since I was born on a Tuesday, every Tuesday is my birthday. Resurrection Day is one Sunday a year, The Seventh day Sabbath is every week. They are two different celebrations.
Service on Sunday cannot be proven to be approved by God through the Bible, however Christians have misused some bible verses to try to prove Sunday service is OK in the eyes of God.
The Sabbath Day was made at the creation of the world, meaning that it was created for all of humanity. God made it for everyone even before the law was given to Moses.
The Fact that Sunday service cannot be based on the Bible, then it automatically it makes it a rule made by man, and is adding to the teachings of Bible.
As seen in the Books on the Video, even the Catholic priests admit that Sunday service is not based in the Bible. So what is the excuse of Bible based Christians for not keeping the Sabbath day?
When God says He is the first and the last, He is no talking about the days of the week. please do not add your own interpretation to the Bible.
“One day out of the seven–that is the way we take our Sabbath rest.” Some people use this excuse to disobey God and not keep the Sabbath. But the Sabbath day is not YOUR Sabbath, God said is His Sabbath, and He designated the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath. You cannot just pick any day of the week and make it a Sabbath.
Ezekiel 20:20 – Keep my Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.
If God does not care about what day we worship Him; then why would He bother to set a day aside at the creation of the world, and why would He bother to put it in the 10 commandments?
Ezekiel 22:26 — Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common; they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean; and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
Because Jesus Resurrected on a Sunday it does not mean that the day of worship changed to Sunday. This excuse is like saying that since I was born on a Tuesday, every Tuesday is my birthday. Resurrection Day is one Sunday a year, The Seventh day Sabbath is every week. They are two different celebrations.
Service on Sunday cannot be proven to be approved by God through the Bible, however Christians have misused some bible verses to try to prove Sunday service is OK in the eyes of God.
Sabbath [Christ Ahnsahnghong; Heavenly Mother; God the Mother; World Mission Society Church of God]
Christ Ahnsahnghong announced us the Sabbath that Jesus kept 2000 years ago.
The Sabbath is surely the teachings of the early church, But nowadays many churches doesn't keep the sabbath. The worship day is surely the Sabbath. Only World Mission society church of God keep the Sabbath. Let's find out the Origin, sincere meaning and blessing of the Sabbath.
God’s children value the laws of God. Let us introduce the truths of the new covenant of the early Church, which were restored by the Second Coming Christ Ahnsahnghong.
The Church of God, that has received the Second Coming Christ Ahnsahnghong, keeps the Sabbath on Saturday, according to the Bible. The seventh-day Sabbath is the day on which God rested from creating the heavens and the earth. Most Christians are mistaken as to what day the seventh-day Sabbath is, believing it to be Sunday, even though the Bible testifies that the Sabbath is Saturday. And they do not keep the Sabbath day, being bound to their customs, even though they realize that the Sabbath is actually Saturday.
The Bible warns us not to add or subtract even the smallest letter from the Bible.
Rev. 22:18-19 『I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this
book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues
described in this book. And if anyone takes words away from this book of
prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the
holy city, which are described in this book.』
The Day to Commemorate God the Creator
The Sabbath day is "a memorial day honoring the Creator, who made the heavens and the earth," and is also "a day of rest." God created the heavens and the earth in six days and then rested on the seventh day from all of His work, even blessing this day.
Gen. 2:1-3 『Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast
array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so
on the seventh day he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh
day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating
that he had done.』
In the time of Moses, God commanded His people, in the fourth commandment of the Ten Commandments, to "remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy." God explained the purpose for keeping the Sabbath by saying, "In six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy" (Ex. 20:11). The seventh day was the day that God, the Creator, had blessed and it was the day that God's people were given to commemorate God's authority. God's people, who worshiped the Creator, kept the Sabbath day as their holy day. God gave His people the Sabbath as the sign by which God would recognize them as His people (Ezek. 20:11-17; Isa. 56:1-7).
The Sabbath day is to be a day of worshiping and of offering sacrifices to God, rather than simply a day of rest. God blessed those who kept the Sabbath day and brought great punishment and disaster upon those who did not keep the Sabbath day.
Jer. 17:24-27 『"But if you are careful to obey me, declares the LORD...keep
the Sabbath day holy by not doing any work on it,...this city will be inhabited
forever.... But if you do not obey me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not
carrying any load as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath
day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in the gates of Jerusalem that will
consume her fortresses."』
The Sabbath Day Is Saturday
Today, we refer to the days of the week as 'Sundaay, Monday, Tuesday,' and no longer 'the first day, the second day, the third day.' Our present-day system was developed in Rome where people decided to call the first day of the week 'Sunday,' the second day 'Monday,' the third day 'Tuesday,' and the seventh day 'Saturday.'
1) A calendar week has seven days; Sunday is the first day and Saturday is
the seventh day.
2) Think about the word. "Weekend." Which day does the 'end' of the 'week'
indicate?
3) Even in the dictionary, Sunday is defined as 'the first day of the week,' and
Saturday as 'the seventh day of the week.'
4) The Bible also testifies that the seventh day, the Sabbath day, is
Saturday.
Mark 16:9 When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week...
Jesus resurrected on the first day of the week. No one argues that Jesus resurrected on Sunday-the 'first day of the week'-which is why all Christians now celebrate Resurrection Day on Sunday. In the Good News Bible, this verse is written, 'After Jesus rose from death early on Sunday...'
Since the first day of the week is Sunday, what day is the seventh day? Through the Bible, we can confirm that the Sabbath day is Saturday.
Jesus and His Apostles Kept the Sabbath
The Old Testament is a shadow and a copy of the New Testament. Thus, the law of the Old Testament was a shadow of the good things that were to come in the New Testament times (Heb. 10:1). The Sabbath day in the Old Testament was called "the Sabbath of Jehovah" (Ex. 31:13; Ezek. 20:12), while the Sabbath day in the New Testament was called "the Sabbath of Jesus" (Matt. 12:8; Luke 6:5).
The Sabbath day, according to the Old Testament law, was only a copy; the Sabbath day of the new covenant, kept in Christ, is the reality. In the New Testament times, the apostles kept the Sabbath day by worshiping God in spirit and in truth, following Jesus Christ's example. Jesus kept the Sabbath as His custom.
Luke 4:16 『He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the
Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom....』
In the New Testament times, the Sabbath day is referred to as "Jesus' [the Lord's] day" because the true Lord of the Sabbath is Jesus Christ. "For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath" (Matt. 12:8; Luke 6:5). The apostles kept the Sabbath day as the "Lord's [Jesus'] day."
Rev. 1:10 『On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit...』
As the times of the Old Testament passed away and the New Testament times began, the way in which God's people were to keep the Sabbath day was changed; however, the day the Sabbath was to be commemorated was never changed. (In the Old Testament times, God's people offered burnt offerings and could not even kindle a fire in their houses, while in New Testament times, people worshipped God in spirit and in truth.) The day itself could not be changed because it was on the seventh day that God had rested from all of His creating work. The apostles kept the Sabbath day as their custom, reasoning from the Scriptures as follows:
Acts 17:2 『As his custom was, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three
Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures...』
Acts 20:6-7 『But we sailed from Philippi after the Feast of Unleavened
Bread, and five days later joined the others at Troas, where we stayed seven
days. On the first day of the week we came together to break bread...』
As it is written in the above verses, the apostles kept the Sabbath day.
It is proven throughout the Scriptures that the Sabbath day?the seventh day, Saturday, Jesus' day?was kept until the apostolic age. So why do so many present-day Christians hold services on Sunday [the first day] and not on the Sabbath day? According to history, Sunday service originated from pagan sun-god worship. The Romans had been worshiping the sun god on the first day [Sunday], recognizing it as "the day of the sun," even before the birth of Jesus.
The Sabbath Was Changed to Sunday
After the apostles died, Christianity spread to western regions, including Rome. The gospel was preached to sun-god worshipers, and in the early 4th century, even the Roman emperor had heard the message of Christ. The emperor happened to be a leader of the sun-god worshipers, and when he converted to Christianity, many sun-god worshipers began to attend Church. As time passed, the faith of the Christians weakened, and they began to accept the customs of the sun-god worshipers. During this turn-over, they even began to rest and to worship on the first day of the week [Sunday]. In A.D. 321, Constantine, a Roman emperor, decreed an edict:
"All judges, city-people and craftsmen shall rest on the venerable day of the Sun."
Keep Sabbath Holy and Christ Ahnsahnghong
God's people must follow the words of God absolutely. We cannot take away or add anything to the word of God in the Bible If we do what will happen to us?
Rev 22.18-19: I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.
If anyone adds to the Bible, God will add to him the plagues and if anyone takes away from the Bible, he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. So, we must not add to God's words or take away from them.
One of the teachings and Command from God is to Keep Sabbath Holy, Sabbath means rest and is the 7th day of the week which is Saturday, God establish that day for or own Salvation He either set a this Day from the creation.
Gen 2.1-3: Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, so the seventh-day is the holy worship day. God separated this day for us to know God and God now His Children's this day is so important that God put it in the 10 commandment.
Ex 20:8-10: “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns.
The Seventh-day is Sabbath the commandment of God, He commanded us to Remember this day by keeping it holy, if any ones takes away the Sabbath or adds something different, he cannot be saved, Sabbath Day - the Seventh Day of the week - Saturday, is so important because in this day we received the sing between God and us.
Ex 31:13: “Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.
The Sabbath-Saturday is a sing between God and His people, therefore, God's people must keep the Sabbath Day as God command. Some People say that the Sabbath was abolish in the New Testament times, but this is not true Jesus Him self set an example of keeping the truth.
LK 4:16: 16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read,
The Sabbath is Jesus' custom, which means a ceremony that is conducted regularly.Then many said "we don't keep the Sabbath Day - Saturday, and we keep Sunday because Jesus abolish it by the Crucifixion, but this also is not truth because Apostle Paul follow the example of Jesus Christ and Keep also Sabbath Day as his custom.
Ac 17.2-3: As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,” he said. ( Ac 18.4 Every Sabbath).
Apostle Paul kept the Sabbath even after the Crucifixion. So, it is wrong that the Sabbath Day - Saturday was abolished after the Crucifixion, and the New Testament never says that we should keep Sunday instead of the Sabbath. The Bible commands us to keep the Sabbath until the end of the age.
Mt 24.20: Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath.
Jesus and his disciples set an example of Keeping the Sabbath, therefore we have to follow the example and keep Sabbath Day, if we don't follow God's command and don't keep the will of God we can never enter Kingdom of Heaven.
Mt 7.21-23: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
The purpose of our faith is to enter Kingdom of Heaven, according to the Bible, He who does the will of God can enter to kingdom of heaven and those who don't never will enter. God will is the Sabbath Day not Sunday as Satan made us believe all this time since 325 AD when Satan change Sabbath Day the commandments of God and place instead Sunday which is the Day of the pagan Sun god.Though all this time we been living in darkness keeping Satan law which is the law of death, God second coming Christ is so merciful that He came again to reveal the truth and show us the way of Salvation the Law of God which is the law of Eternal Life.
Heb 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.
Christ Ahnsahnghong Second Coming Christ came to this earth again to reveal the truth, show us the way of Salvation, so now we can know what is the truth and false, the light and darkness. Then, let's truly believe in our savior in this age, second coming Christ Ahnsahnghong and keep the law of Eternal Life, only World Mission Society Church of God is the true Church where Law of God is kept, the place where true God Almighty duels.
The Sabbath is surely the teachings of the early church, But nowadays many churches doesn't keep the sabbath. The worship day is surely the Sabbath. Only World Mission society church of God keep the Sabbath. Let's find out the Origin, sincere meaning and blessing of the Sabbath.
God’s children value the laws of God. Let us introduce the truths of the new covenant of the early Church, which were restored by the Second Coming Christ Ahnsahnghong.
The Church of God, that has received the Second Coming Christ Ahnsahnghong, keeps the Sabbath on Saturday, according to the Bible. The seventh-day Sabbath is the day on which God rested from creating the heavens and the earth. Most Christians are mistaken as to what day the seventh-day Sabbath is, believing it to be Sunday, even though the Bible testifies that the Sabbath is Saturday. And they do not keep the Sabbath day, being bound to their customs, even though they realize that the Sabbath is actually Saturday.
The Bible warns us not to add or subtract even the smallest letter from the Bible.
Rev. 22:18-19 『I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this
book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues
described in this book. And if anyone takes words away from this book of
prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the
holy city, which are described in this book.』
The Day to Commemorate God the Creator
The Sabbath day is "a memorial day honoring the Creator, who made the heavens and the earth," and is also "a day of rest." God created the heavens and the earth in six days and then rested on the seventh day from all of His work, even blessing this day.
Gen. 2:1-3 『Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast
array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so
on the seventh day he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh
day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating
that he had done.』
In the time of Moses, God commanded His people, in the fourth commandment of the Ten Commandments, to "remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy." God explained the purpose for keeping the Sabbath by saying, "In six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy" (Ex. 20:11). The seventh day was the day that God, the Creator, had blessed and it was the day that God's people were given to commemorate God's authority. God's people, who worshiped the Creator, kept the Sabbath day as their holy day. God gave His people the Sabbath as the sign by which God would recognize them as His people (Ezek. 20:11-17; Isa. 56:1-7).
The Sabbath day is to be a day of worshiping and of offering sacrifices to God, rather than simply a day of rest. God blessed those who kept the Sabbath day and brought great punishment and disaster upon those who did not keep the Sabbath day.
Jer. 17:24-27 『"But if you are careful to obey me, declares the LORD...keep
the Sabbath day holy by not doing any work on it,...this city will be inhabited
forever.... But if you do not obey me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not
carrying any load as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath
day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in the gates of Jerusalem that will
consume her fortresses."』
The Sabbath Day Is Saturday
Today, we refer to the days of the week as 'Sundaay, Monday, Tuesday,' and no longer 'the first day, the second day, the third day.' Our present-day system was developed in Rome where people decided to call the first day of the week 'Sunday,' the second day 'Monday,' the third day 'Tuesday,' and the seventh day 'Saturday.'
1) A calendar week has seven days; Sunday is the first day and Saturday is
the seventh day.
2) Think about the word. "Weekend." Which day does the 'end' of the 'week'
indicate?
3) Even in the dictionary, Sunday is defined as 'the first day of the week,' and
Saturday as 'the seventh day of the week.'
4) The Bible also testifies that the seventh day, the Sabbath day, is
Saturday.
Mark 16:9 When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week...
Jesus resurrected on the first day of the week. No one argues that Jesus resurrected on Sunday-the 'first day of the week'-which is why all Christians now celebrate Resurrection Day on Sunday. In the Good News Bible, this verse is written, 'After Jesus rose from death early on Sunday...'
Since the first day of the week is Sunday, what day is the seventh day? Through the Bible, we can confirm that the Sabbath day is Saturday.
Jesus and His Apostles Kept the Sabbath
The Old Testament is a shadow and a copy of the New Testament. Thus, the law of the Old Testament was a shadow of the good things that were to come in the New Testament times (Heb. 10:1). The Sabbath day in the Old Testament was called "the Sabbath of Jehovah" (Ex. 31:13; Ezek. 20:12), while the Sabbath day in the New Testament was called "the Sabbath of Jesus" (Matt. 12:8; Luke 6:5).
The Sabbath day, according to the Old Testament law, was only a copy; the Sabbath day of the new covenant, kept in Christ, is the reality. In the New Testament times, the apostles kept the Sabbath day by worshiping God in spirit and in truth, following Jesus Christ's example. Jesus kept the Sabbath as His custom.
Luke 4:16 『He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the
Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom....』
In the New Testament times, the Sabbath day is referred to as "Jesus' [the Lord's] day" because the true Lord of the Sabbath is Jesus Christ. "For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath" (Matt. 12:8; Luke 6:5). The apostles kept the Sabbath day as the "Lord's [Jesus'] day."
Rev. 1:10 『On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit...』
As the times of the Old Testament passed away and the New Testament times began, the way in which God's people were to keep the Sabbath day was changed; however, the day the Sabbath was to be commemorated was never changed. (In the Old Testament times, God's people offered burnt offerings and could not even kindle a fire in their houses, while in New Testament times, people worshipped God in spirit and in truth.) The day itself could not be changed because it was on the seventh day that God had rested from all of His creating work. The apostles kept the Sabbath day as their custom, reasoning from the Scriptures as follows:
Acts 17:2 『As his custom was, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three
Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures...』
Acts 20:6-7 『But we sailed from Philippi after the Feast of Unleavened
Bread, and five days later joined the others at Troas, where we stayed seven
days. On the first day of the week we came together to break bread...』
As it is written in the above verses, the apostles kept the Sabbath day.
It is proven throughout the Scriptures that the Sabbath day?the seventh day, Saturday, Jesus' day?was kept until the apostolic age. So why do so many present-day Christians hold services on Sunday [the first day] and not on the Sabbath day? According to history, Sunday service originated from pagan sun-god worship. The Romans had been worshiping the sun god on the first day [Sunday], recognizing it as "the day of the sun," even before the birth of Jesus.
The Sabbath Was Changed to Sunday
After the apostles died, Christianity spread to western regions, including Rome. The gospel was preached to sun-god worshipers, and in the early 4th century, even the Roman emperor had heard the message of Christ. The emperor happened to be a leader of the sun-god worshipers, and when he converted to Christianity, many sun-god worshipers began to attend Church. As time passed, the faith of the Christians weakened, and they began to accept the customs of the sun-god worshipers. During this turn-over, they even began to rest and to worship on the first day of the week [Sunday]. In A.D. 321, Constantine, a Roman emperor, decreed an edict:
"All judges, city-people and craftsmen shall rest on the venerable day of the Sun."
Keep Sabbath Holy and Christ Ahnsahnghong
God's people must follow the words of God absolutely. We cannot take away or add anything to the word of God in the Bible If we do what will happen to us?
Rev 22.18-19: I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.
If anyone adds to the Bible, God will add to him the plagues and if anyone takes away from the Bible, he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. So, we must not add to God's words or take away from them.
One of the teachings and Command from God is to Keep Sabbath Holy, Sabbath means rest and is the 7th day of the week which is Saturday, God establish that day for or own Salvation He either set a this Day from the creation.
Gen 2.1-3: Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, so the seventh-day is the holy worship day. God separated this day for us to know God and God now His Children's this day is so important that God put it in the 10 commandment.
Ex 20:8-10: “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns.
The Seventh-day is Sabbath the commandment of God, He commanded us to Remember this day by keeping it holy, if any ones takes away the Sabbath or adds something different, he cannot be saved, Sabbath Day - the Seventh Day of the week - Saturday, is so important because in this day we received the sing between God and us.
Ex 31:13: “Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.
The Sabbath-Saturday is a sing between God and His people, therefore, God's people must keep the Sabbath Day as God command. Some People say that the Sabbath was abolish in the New Testament times, but this is not true Jesus Him self set an example of keeping the truth.
LK 4:16: 16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read,
The Sabbath is Jesus' custom, which means a ceremony that is conducted regularly.Then many said "we don't keep the Sabbath Day - Saturday, and we keep Sunday because Jesus abolish it by the Crucifixion, but this also is not truth because Apostle Paul follow the example of Jesus Christ and Keep also Sabbath Day as his custom.
Ac 17.2-3: As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,” he said. ( Ac 18.4 Every Sabbath).
Apostle Paul kept the Sabbath even after the Crucifixion. So, it is wrong that the Sabbath Day - Saturday was abolished after the Crucifixion, and the New Testament never says that we should keep Sunday instead of the Sabbath. The Bible commands us to keep the Sabbath until the end of the age.
Mt 24.20: Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath.
Jesus and his disciples set an example of Keeping the Sabbath, therefore we have to follow the example and keep Sabbath Day, if we don't follow God's command and don't keep the will of God we can never enter Kingdom of Heaven.
Mt 7.21-23: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
The purpose of our faith is to enter Kingdom of Heaven, according to the Bible, He who does the will of God can enter to kingdom of heaven and those who don't never will enter. God will is the Sabbath Day not Sunday as Satan made us believe all this time since 325 AD when Satan change Sabbath Day the commandments of God and place instead Sunday which is the Day of the pagan Sun god.Though all this time we been living in darkness keeping Satan law which is the law of death, God second coming Christ is so merciful that He came again to reveal the truth and show us the way of Salvation the Law of God which is the law of Eternal Life.
Heb 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.
Christ Ahnsahnghong Second Coming Christ came to this earth again to reveal the truth, show us the way of Salvation, so now we can know what is the truth and false, the light and darkness. Then, let's truly believe in our savior in this age, second coming Christ Ahnsahnghong and keep the law of Eternal Life, only World Mission Society Church of God is the true Church where Law of God is kept, the place where true God Almighty duels.
11/09/2011
History of the Passover 2 [Christ Ahnsahnghong, Heavenly Mother, God the Mother, World Mission Society Church of God]
In 325 A.D. the Passover of the new covenant was abolished by the Roman Emperor Constantine and the Council of Nicaea. At this council the emphasis was removed on the Passover and they were placed on the Resurrection (which from that time it began to be referred as Easter). But in the Bible we can see many warning about this event:
Daniel 7:25 -- He will speak against the Most High and oppress his saints and try to change the set times and the laws. The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time.
Also Apostle Paul also warned us about the same matter:
2 Thessalonians 2:3 — Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for (that day will not come) until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
The set times and laws in the Bible represent the feasts of God, now the only one responsible for this has been the Emperor Constantine, by teaching others not to observe the laws given by God; the feasts of God.
However there is hope according to biblical prophecy, regarding the restoration of the New Covenant Passover the prophet Isaiah wrote as follows:
Isaiah 25:6-9 — On this mountain the LORD almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine — the best of meats and the finest of wines. On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken. In that day they will say, “Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”
The prophecy in Isaiah says that people will receive salvation from God, when he comes and removes death forever by preparing a feast which involves aged wine. The only feast in the Bible that involves wine and gives eternal life is the Passover(John 6:53-54; Luke 22:13,19-20).
When we read from chapter 24 in Isaiah we can see that all of this is regarding the last days. Then in the Last days the one who restores the Passover of the New Covenant which was abolished must be God almighty. Christ Ahnsahnghong taught us the truth of the Passover of the New Covenant, thus he fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah 25:6.
Now Genny and all the people who speak against the World Mission Society Church of God claim that Christ Ahnsahnghong is not the only one teaching or that has taught the Passover. That there is other churches who claim to keep the Passover as well. on my next post I will analyze this claim and show why their “Passover” is not in accordance to the teaching of the Bible.
Daniel 7:25 -- He will speak against the Most High and oppress his saints and try to change the set times and the laws. The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time.
Also Apostle Paul also warned us about the same matter:
2 Thessalonians 2:3 — Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for (that day will not come) until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
The set times and laws in the Bible represent the feasts of God, now the only one responsible for this has been the Emperor Constantine, by teaching others not to observe the laws given by God; the feasts of God.
However there is hope according to biblical prophecy, regarding the restoration of the New Covenant Passover the prophet Isaiah wrote as follows:
Isaiah 25:6-9 — On this mountain the LORD almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine — the best of meats and the finest of wines. On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken. In that day they will say, “Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”
The prophecy in Isaiah says that people will receive salvation from God, when he comes and removes death forever by preparing a feast which involves aged wine. The only feast in the Bible that involves wine and gives eternal life is the Passover(John 6:53-54; Luke 22:13,19-20).
When we read from chapter 24 in Isaiah we can see that all of this is regarding the last days. Then in the Last days the one who restores the Passover of the New Covenant which was abolished must be God almighty. Christ Ahnsahnghong taught us the truth of the Passover of the New Covenant, thus he fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah 25:6.
Now Genny and all the people who speak against the World Mission Society Church of God claim that Christ Ahnsahnghong is not the only one teaching or that has taught the Passover. That there is other churches who claim to keep the Passover as well. on my next post I will analyze this claim and show why their “Passover” is not in accordance to the teaching of the Bible.
The Passover is the Seal of God 1 [Christ Ahnsahnghong, Heavenly Mother, God the Mother, World Mission Society Church of God]
1 Corinthians 5:7 — Get rid of the old yeast that yo may be a new batch without yeast — as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival…
in Hebrews 11:28, it is written, “By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.” This means that no destructive plague was brought upon the houses where the blood of the Passover lamb was sprinkled because it was a sign for them.
It was in 586 B.C. that Jerusalem was about to be devastated and Judah was about to be destroyed by Babylon’s attack. The prophet Jeremiah proclaimed the reason for the destruction of Judah as follows:
Jeremiah 11:1-4 — This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Listen to the terms of ths covenant and tell them to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem. Tell them that this is what the LORD, the God if Israel, says: ‘Cursed is the man who does not obey the terms of this covenant — the terms I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of Egypt, out the iron-smelting furnace.’ I said, ‘Obey me and od everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God.’”
It was on the day of the Passover that God brought them out of Egypt, the covenant God declared on that day was the Passover. The Israelites did not listen to what Jeremiah testified about, so they were invaded by Babylon and destroyed. In regard to this, Jeremiah testified again as follows.
Jeremiah 16:10-11 — “When you tell these people all this and they ask you, ‘Why has the LORD decreed such a great disaster against us? What wrong have we done? What sin have we committed against the LORD our God?’ then say to them, ‘It is because your fathers forsook me,’ declares the LORD, ‘and followed other gods and served and worshiped them. They forsook me and did not keep my law.’”
The law the Israelites forsook at that time was the Passover and therefore worshiped other gods. In the same way the Bible warns through Isaiah that the world would perish because the people broke the everlasting covenant:
Isaiah 24:1-5 — See, the LORD is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants- it will be the same for priest as for people…The earth will be completely lad waste and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word. The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the exalted of the earth languish. The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statues and broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.
If the breaking of the everlasting covenant is the reason why people are being destroyed, then those very few that are going to be left, will be left because they keep the everlasting covenant. Then what is the everlasting covenant? let us see:
Hebrews 13:20 — May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of Sheep,…
according to the scriptures, the eternal or everlasting covenant (both mean forever) has been established through blood. Then what is the only covenant in the bible established through blood and involving Jesus Christ?
Luke 22:13, 19-20 – They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared for the Passover… And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
The Passover of the new covenant is the everlasting covenant that will let us be protected in the last days. As it was from its origins, Passover is the way for plagues to “Pass-over” us, therefore it is the Seal of God.
in Hebrews 11:28, it is written, “By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.” This means that no destructive plague was brought upon the houses where the blood of the Passover lamb was sprinkled because it was a sign for them.
It was in 586 B.C. that Jerusalem was about to be devastated and Judah was about to be destroyed by Babylon’s attack. The prophet Jeremiah proclaimed the reason for the destruction of Judah as follows:
Jeremiah 11:1-4 — This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Listen to the terms of ths covenant and tell them to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem. Tell them that this is what the LORD, the God if Israel, says: ‘Cursed is the man who does not obey the terms of this covenant — the terms I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of Egypt, out the iron-smelting furnace.’ I said, ‘Obey me and od everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God.’”
It was on the day of the Passover that God brought them out of Egypt, the covenant God declared on that day was the Passover. The Israelites did not listen to what Jeremiah testified about, so they were invaded by Babylon and destroyed. In regard to this, Jeremiah testified again as follows.
Jeremiah 16:10-11 — “When you tell these people all this and they ask you, ‘Why has the LORD decreed such a great disaster against us? What wrong have we done? What sin have we committed against the LORD our God?’ then say to them, ‘It is because your fathers forsook me,’ declares the LORD, ‘and followed other gods and served and worshiped them. They forsook me and did not keep my law.’”
The law the Israelites forsook at that time was the Passover and therefore worshiped other gods. In the same way the Bible warns through Isaiah that the world would perish because the people broke the everlasting covenant:
Isaiah 24:1-5 — See, the LORD is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants- it will be the same for priest as for people…The earth will be completely lad waste and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word. The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the exalted of the earth languish. The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statues and broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.
If the breaking of the everlasting covenant is the reason why people are being destroyed, then those very few that are going to be left, will be left because they keep the everlasting covenant. Then what is the everlasting covenant? let us see:
Hebrews 13:20 — May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of Sheep,…
according to the scriptures, the eternal or everlasting covenant (both mean forever) has been established through blood. Then what is the only covenant in the bible established through blood and involving Jesus Christ?
Luke 22:13, 19-20 – They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared for the Passover… And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
The Passover of the new covenant is the everlasting covenant that will let us be protected in the last days. As it was from its origins, Passover is the way for plagues to “Pass-over” us, therefore it is the Seal of God.
11/08/2011
World Mission Society Church of God: Break Your Concept [Christ Ahnsahnghong; Heavenly Mother; God the Mother]
World Mission Society Church of God: Break Your Concept
When many people come to the Church of God World Mission Society, we all come with our own ideas concerning God and the heavenly things. I, myself, and many others when we first studied had so much of our opinions and ideas but when the bible was opened, there was no more opinion. When the bible speaks, it becomes fact because it is Word of God. God's thoughts obviously are greater than ours so if God teaches us something and it doesn't match our thinking, we shouldn't neglect what God says. If ever you say to yourself, "I don't think God can do that or be like that" remember that if God has it planned out a certain way it is for a reason. I mean, if we follow what God says, can we go wrong? No. God is greater, let God Father and Mother do their job and we do ours, which is to follow. We are God's flock, let's be sure to follow our shepherd knowing his thoughts and ways are greater than ours. And just in case, at times if it gets hard, like a burden on my mind, I just think of what Christ said...
John 14:1 "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me."
For example:
God's thought = Sabbath Saturday, My thought = Sunday Service
God's thought = Passover, My thought = Communion, Eucharist
God's thought = Father AND Mother are God, My thought = Only Father is God
God's thought = AhnSahngHong is the new name, My thought = Jesus is still the name.Keeping in mind God's thought, I had to break my concept. All I know is that God is true and doesn't fail, so I rather follow his unfailing ways than mine. (Yes, my ways fail)
Isaiah 55:8-9 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD.
"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."
When many people come to the Church of God World Mission Society, we all come with our own ideas concerning God and the heavenly things. I, myself, and many others when we first studied had so much of our opinions and ideas but when the bible was opened, there was no more opinion. When the bible speaks, it becomes fact because it is Word of God. God's thoughts obviously are greater than ours so if God teaches us something and it doesn't match our thinking, we shouldn't neglect what God says. If ever you say to yourself, "I don't think God can do that or be like that" remember that if God has it planned out a certain way it is for a reason. I mean, if we follow what God says, can we go wrong? No. God is greater, let God Father and Mother do their job and we do ours, which is to follow. We are God's flock, let's be sure to follow our shepherd knowing his thoughts and ways are greater than ours. And just in case, at times if it gets hard, like a burden on my mind, I just think of what Christ said...
John 14:1 "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me."
For example:
God's thought = Sabbath Saturday, My thought = Sunday Service
God's thought = Passover, My thought = Communion, Eucharist
God's thought = Father AND Mother are God, My thought = Only Father is God
God's thought = AhnSahngHong is the new name, My thought = Jesus is still the name.Keeping in mind God's thought, I had to break my concept. All I know is that God is true and doesn't fail, so I rather follow his unfailing ways than mine. (Yes, my ways fail)
Isaiah 55:8-9 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD.
"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."
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