Shincheonji - 0032 - The Faith and the Fulfillment of God's Promises

 

The Faith and the Fulfillment of God’s Promises

• I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. (Jn 14:29)

• I testify to the one who hears the words of the prophecy contained in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are described in this book. (Rv 22:18-19)

♠ The light and pride of Shincheonji, Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony

             The one and only God and his son Jesus Christ have fulfilled the New Testament prophecies through the first and second tabernacles of the second coming. The congregation members of our temple are testifying about what they have seen and heard about how the true meaning of the prophecies has been revealed through the arrival of their fulfillment. Out of all the people of the world, only the people of Shincheonji have mastered God’s revealed teachings. Please verify for yourself here within Shincheonji whether this is true.

             Roughly two thousand years ago, although the Physical Israelites and their priests had long awaited the fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies, they refused to believe in Jesus, who was the fulfillment of those prophecies. The only people who believed in Jesus’ fulfillment of the prophecies were the disciples that spent so much time with him. The Bible clearly tells us why Physical Israel could not understand the fulfillment. The scroll of God was sealed such that the seers and prophets, whose eyes and heads were covered, were only able to preach the teachings of men instead of God’s revealed word (Is 29:9-14; Hb 2:2-3; Ez 1, 2, 3). God absolutely astonished the seers and prophets (i.e. priests) when he opened the sealed scroll and taught the revealed word. This revelation had a time appointed for its fulfillment (Hb 2:2-3), which was, as recorded in Ezekiel, chapter 1-3, when the chosen people were held captive by the gentiles.This was when God came, fed the open scroll to the Son of Man and appointed him to reveal the truth to the chosen people on God’s behalf. Jesus was the promised Son of Man (Mt 15:24), who came and fulfilled the Old Testament before preaching the open word of fulfillment.

             The prophecies Jesus made and sealed in the New Testament will also be fulfilled. No one in heaven, on earth, or under the earth could open the scroll (Rv 5:1-4) except for Jesus because he overcame (Jn 16:33). Jesus takes the scroll (Rev 5), begins breaking its seals in Rev 6, and finishes by opening the final seal in Rev 8. One chosen person receives this open scroll from an angel and is told to prophesy to the people who have been captured by the gentile beasts, which are the group of the dragon (Rv 13:7; Rv 17:15). These are the prophecies and the will of God that must be fulfilled.

             Although the world is full of pastors, the prophecies of the Bible tell us that there is only one God, one Jesus, one scroll and one person who receives that scroll after it is opened. Believers can only be saved by believing in the one who receives the open scroll, according to the will of God. Pastors who have been blinded, falling into a deep spiritual sleep, should wake up and be healed. They are the same as the seers and prophets of the Old Testament whose heads were covered. They should remove whatever is covering their heads by learning and holding to the truth (Rv 1:1-3; Rv 10).

             Jesus prophesied in parables (Mt 13) because he had to fulfill the prophecy in Ps 78:2-4, which says that things hidden since the creation of the world will be uttered in parables to the next generation. What are these parables? Jesus used the people, places, and things of the world and of biblical history to prophesy about the future. When the time comes, however, the figurative language has to be opened and revealed in plain language (Jn 16:25). Today, we are testifying about the physical fulfillment of Jesus’ parables, which should not be understood literally.

♠ Evidence that the New Testament is being fulfilled

             Today, Mt 22, Mt 24, Mt 25 and Luke 13:24-30 are being fulfilled. Rv 2, Rv 3, and Rv 5-10 have been and are being fulfilled. Roughly 90 percent of the prophecies of the New Testament; everything except for Revelation 20 has already been fulfilled. We are now in the process of fulfilling the work of sealing the God’s people, including the great multitude in white, according to Rv 7. Just as Jesus fulfilled the prophecies of the Old Testament and proclaimed that fulfillment to others (Jn 19:30), we are informing you that prophecies of the New Testament are being fulfilled today. Please do not follow in the footsteps of the priests of the first coming, who did nothing but slander Jesus without checking to see if what he said was true.

Shincheonji - 0031 - In Each Generation, the Events of Corruption and the Prophecy

In Each Generation, the Events of Corruption and the Prophecy

             This article is concerns the spiritual condition of the pastors of each generation after they become corrupt, the believers under the authority of those pastors, and the prophets God chose to speak for him.

             Be assured that it is not through our own efforts that humans can understand the words of God. Although Adam, Noah, and Moses once possessed the word of God, their words or teachings lost their essence when they themselves became corrupt. In the same way, the present Christian world has become corrupt, and its teachings are no longer aligned with the word of God it received at the time of Jesus’ first coming. Christianity has been moving away from God and toward human-centric authoritarianism.

             Just as God appointed Noah, Abraham, and Jesus to speak for him because they were the only righteous men of their respective generations, God has also chosen and appointed righteous individuals from today’s corrupt generation. Those whom God appointed in the past were not chosen because they were highly respected pastors. God was with them even though they probably looked like ignorant laypeople to others. On the other hand, although Paul was a well-respected scholar, he was still appointed by God. Instead of trusting in his education to save him, Paul considered what he had learned to be rubbish after receiving the revelation from Jesus (Phil 3:4-8). He chose the revelation of heaven instead of his physical knowledge and possessions. The Bible even says that Jesus knew many scriptures despite having never had a formal education (Jn 7:15). Regardless of their original circumstances, these servants of God mastered the deep things of heaven because the holy spirit was with them (1Cor 2:10). As well as understanding the word of God, those who received the holy spirit were even able to speak foreign languages they had never studied (Acts 2:1-4). This work of the spirit is the essence of religion.

             Lamentably, the pastors of each generation used their ecclesiastical authority to persecute and kill the prophets sent by God. It was also the chief priests at the time of the first coming who killed Jesus and his disciples. The believers under these priests were not innocent bystanders; they collaborated with the priests to accomplish this persecution. It is no different in the time of the second coming. The Bible clearly states that the two witnesses who serve the Lord at the second coming will also be killed (Mt 23:33-36; Lk 20:9-10; Acts 7:51-54; Rv 11, 13).

             Why are these events occurring and recurring? There are three simple reasons. First, the Bible says that no one in heaven, on earth, or under the earth was able to read or look into the scroll sealed with seven seals (Rv 5:1-3). This lack of ability to understand God’s word means that the teachings of men have become pervasive. Although people come near to God with their lips, their hearts are far from him. The people who used to belong to God have become outsiders – gentiles (Eph 2:12; Is 29:9-13; Rv 5:1-3). Second, persecution occurs because people who hear the teachings of the revealed words perceive that they are different from their own teachings, which are the teachings of men. Because the teachings are different, they persecute those who preach the revealed words as heretics. Finally, persecution occurs because the hearts of the persecutors have degenerated and have become a home for Satan and his evil spirits. This is why it seems so natural for them to hate and kill those with whom holy spirits live. Both Isaiah and Apostle John referred to the words of a sealed scroll (Is 29:9~13; Rv 5:1~3), which must be revealed. No one who understands the revealed words of that scroll that used to be sealed could hate the one who gave them those revealed words.

Shincheonji - 0030 - The Fulfillment of Revelation, Which is the Promised Prophecy

The Fulfillment of Revelation, Which is the Promised Prophecy

             Jesus will fulfill the New Testament (Rv 21:6) just as he fulfilled the Old Testament (Jn 19:30).

             The prophecies in the four gospels are the same as the prophecies of Revelation. Prophecies are given so that we can believe when they are fulfilled (Jn 14:29). How is it, then, that they are fulfilled? Both the Old and New Testament refer to the work of a messenger that must “prepare the way” (Rv 1, 2, 3). During this work of preparing the way, pastors that belong to Satan invade the tabernacle of heaven. These pastors entice people to eat food sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality with Satan. This is when Jesus chooses one pastor to send his letters to the seven messengers who play the role of the seven golden lampstands that prepare the way. The letters ask the messengers to repent, and say that the blessings recorded in Rv 2 and 3 will be given to the one who overcomes the invading Nicolaitans. The fulfillment of Rv 2 and 3 is equivalent to the fulfillment of all the chapters of Revelation. Although the seven messengers receive the letters of Rv 2-3, they refuse to repent. Since these chosen people are symbolized by the sun, moon, and stars, and by heaven and earth, Rv 6 reveals that they are judged for their betrayal, just as Adam and the chosen people of the first coming were. Just as Physical Israel came to an end, this event represents the judgment and end of Spiritual Israel.

             After this, the 12 tribes of New Spiritual Israel are newly created through the work of harvesting and the work of sealing (Rv 7). The 12 tribes are the 144,000 firstfruits in Rev 14. Are people saved just because they claim to be? Have you received the holy spirit just because you think you have? Can you be truly orthodox just by saying so? No one can gain salvation or receive the holy spirit at the time of Revelation’s fulfillment unless they belong to these 12 tribes. That is the only way to be truly orthodox. If you are part of the 12 tribes you must know the meaning of the seven stars (Rv 1:20), the name of the beast, and the number 666 (Rv 13). You must understand the true identity of the the wine of adulteries (Rv 17), the place of the marriage with the devil (Rv 18), and the place of the wedding banquet of the lamb (Rv 19). Only the one who has seen and heard all the events through Jesus and his angels at the location where the prophecies are physically fulfilled is capable of testifying these things. These are the revealed teachings of God, which make known both the prophecies and their fulfillment. No one should add anything to or take away anything from the words of the book of Revelation (Rv 22:18-19). If that is the case, people who are ignorant of the prophecies and their physical fulfillment should receive the testimony of the one who does know them. This is the only way to become a wise believer who truly understands what he or she believes.

             The prophecies were given so that people could believe when they are fulfilled (Jn 14:29). Those who do not believe in the physical fulfillment reveal themselves to be false believers just like the Physical Israelites did (Eph 2:12).