The Sealed Scroll—The Book of Revelation
The sealed scroll (i.e. the book of Revelation) is a book of prophecies that will be fulfilled at the end of a generation (Hb 2:2-3).
Both the Old (Is 29:9-14) and New Testaments (Rv 5) make references to a sealed scroll. The sealed scroll in the Old Testament was fulfilled at Jesus’ first coming (Jn 19:30), but the sealed scroll in the New Testament is fulfilled at Jesus’ second coming (Rv 21:6). The sealed scroll awaits an appointed time (Hb 2:2-3); before the appointed time, no one in heaven, on earth, or under the earth is able to know what it contains. Anyone who claims to know the content of the sealed scroll before the appointed time is a liar and a false pastor. That person is simply trying to deceive God’s people with obvious lies. Anyone who claims to know the mysteries of God’s scroll without having received the revelation that is sealed with seven seals is obviously a liar sent by Satan.
In regard to the sealed scroll of the Old Testament, God came into the world and opened the sealed scroll when his chosen people were captured by gentiles (Ez 1-3). God gave the opened scroll to the son of man and commanded him to go and deliver its message. These prophecies were fulfilled through Jesus at the time of his first coming (Mt 15:24). Jesus, who received the revelation from God, declared, “No one knows the Father except the son and anyone to whom the son decides to reveal him,” (Mt 11:27b). Jesus also said, “Now this is eternal life – that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent,” (Jn 17:3). These prophecies, which were to be fulfilled at the end of Physical Israel, found their physical fulfillment in Jesus.
The book of Revelation in the New Testament contains the events that will be fulfilled at the end of Spiritual Israel. God gives the sealed scroll to Jesus. After taking the sealed scroll, Jesus breaks the seals and fulfills the scroll according to its prophecies. Afterwards, Jesus gives the opened scroll to the promised pastor through an angel. Jesus also directs his promised pastor to deliver his message to a specific place—the place where God’s chosen people are captured by gentiles (Rv 5-10). No one knows the only true God except Jesus, the promised pastor who receives the opened scroll from Jesus, and those to whom the promised pastor wishes to give the revelation. Only when people know the only true God, Jesus, and the one who overcomes—the promised pastor who comes in the name of the Lord—will they attain eternal life (Jn 14, 16, 17:3; Rv 2-3).
We in Shincheonji have received the opened scroll from heaven and have been testifying about the physical fulfillment of Revelation. Come and see!
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2014년 3월 16일 일요일
2014년 3월 15일 토요일
The True Identity of the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
The True Identity of the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
What is the tree of life and what is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? What do their branches, leaves, and fruit represent? What about the birds that come and perch in each tree?
A tree represents a pastor. Thus, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil symbolize a pastor who belongs to God and a pastor who belongs to the devil, respectively. Branches symbolize workers who belong to each tree (i.e. pastor), and leaves represent people who belong to each pastor’s group. The fruit of each tree symbolizes those who are evangelized and born again of the word from each group. Finally, the birds that perch in each tree symbolize spirits. Holy spirits perch upon the tree of life; evil spirits descend upon the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
The word of God is compared to the seed of life in Jn 1:1-4 and Lk 8:11. The seed of life is sown into a field, which, spiritually speaking, is a person’s heart (1Co 3:9). When it is sown, the seed of the word of life grows into a tree of life. Next, the birds of heaven come down to this tree—this is the kingdom of heaven (Mt 13:31-32).
The devil, in contrast, sows the seeds of weeds. The devil’s evil seeds grow into the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The birds perching in this tree represent the evil spirits; its fruit represents those who are evangelized and born of the seeds (teachings) of the evil spirits.
The fruit of the tree of life are those who are born of the truth (Jas 1:18). The fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, on the other hand, are those who are born of the words of the devil. The words of each pastor form each fruit. Depending on the words they receive, people become the sons of God or the sons of the devil (Mt 13:24, 36-39). This is why hearing and accepting the words of the sons of God, who are born of God’s seed, is the same as eating the fruit of the tree of life. On the other hand, hearing and accepting the words of the sons of the devil, who are born of the seed of the devil, is the same as eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The spirit of anyone who eats of the tree of life will live eternally (Gn 3:22); the spirit of anyone who eats of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil will surely die (Gn 2:17).
When and where exactly do the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil appear at the time of Revelation? Who are they?
The true identity of the nation of Spiritual Babylon—including the beast with seven heads and ten horns that belongs to the prostitute in Rv 16 and that destroys the tabernacle of heaven in Rv 13—is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil at the time of Revelation. The name “Babylon” from the Old Testament is used as a metaphor in Revelation to refer to the kingdom of demons. Nebuchadnezzar, once King of Babylon, is compared to a great tree in Dn 4:20-22. This great tree is, in fact, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Since the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil symbolizes Satan’s wicked words, the spirit of anyone who eats it will die. According to Rv 18, this tree of the knowledge of good and evil has deceived all nations. When all nations have gone astray, the 144,000 of the twelve tribes at Mt. Zion (Rv 7, 14) attain salvation and are sealed by receiving the testimony of the one who overcomes. The one who overcomes has united with Jesus, the tree of life (Jn 14:6, 15:1-7). Furthermore, the one who overcomes and his testimony become today’s tree and fruit of life. Whoever hears and eats this fruit (i. e. the words of Jesus through the one who overcomes) will live forever.
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What is the tree of life and what is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? What do their branches, leaves, and fruit represent? What about the birds that come and perch in each tree?
A tree represents a pastor. Thus, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil symbolize a pastor who belongs to God and a pastor who belongs to the devil, respectively. Branches symbolize workers who belong to each tree (i.e. pastor), and leaves represent people who belong to each pastor’s group. The fruit of each tree symbolizes those who are evangelized and born again of the word from each group. Finally, the birds that perch in each tree symbolize spirits. Holy spirits perch upon the tree of life; evil spirits descend upon the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
The word of God is compared to the seed of life in Jn 1:1-4 and Lk 8:11. The seed of life is sown into a field, which, spiritually speaking, is a person’s heart (1Co 3:9). When it is sown, the seed of the word of life grows into a tree of life. Next, the birds of heaven come down to this tree—this is the kingdom of heaven (Mt 13:31-32).
The devil, in contrast, sows the seeds of weeds. The devil’s evil seeds grow into the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The birds perching in this tree represent the evil spirits; its fruit represents those who are evangelized and born of the seeds (teachings) of the evil spirits.
The fruit of the tree of life are those who are born of the truth (Jas 1:18). The fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, on the other hand, are those who are born of the words of the devil. The words of each pastor form each fruit. Depending on the words they receive, people become the sons of God or the sons of the devil (Mt 13:24, 36-39). This is why hearing and accepting the words of the sons of God, who are born of God’s seed, is the same as eating the fruit of the tree of life. On the other hand, hearing and accepting the words of the sons of the devil, who are born of the seed of the devil, is the same as eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The spirit of anyone who eats of the tree of life will live eternally (Gn 3:22); the spirit of anyone who eats of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil will surely die (Gn 2:17).
When and where exactly do the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil appear at the time of Revelation? Who are they?
The true identity of the nation of Spiritual Babylon—including the beast with seven heads and ten horns that belongs to the prostitute in Rv 16 and that destroys the tabernacle of heaven in Rv 13—is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil at the time of Revelation. The name “Babylon” from the Old Testament is used as a metaphor in Revelation to refer to the kingdom of demons. Nebuchadnezzar, once King of Babylon, is compared to a great tree in Dn 4:20-22. This great tree is, in fact, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Since the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil symbolizes Satan’s wicked words, the spirit of anyone who eats it will die. According to Rv 18, this tree of the knowledge of good and evil has deceived all nations. When all nations have gone astray, the 144,000 of the twelve tribes at Mt. Zion (Rv 7, 14) attain salvation and are sealed by receiving the testimony of the one who overcomes. The one who overcomes has united with Jesus, the tree of life (Jn 14:6, 15:1-7). Furthermore, the one who overcomes and his testimony become today’s tree and fruit of life. Whoever hears and eats this fruit (i. e. the words of Jesus through the one who overcomes) will live forever.
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2014년 3월 14일 금요일
The Qualifications for Being Part of Shincheonji Church of Jesus—the kingdom of God
The Qualifications for Being Part of Shincheonji Church of Jesus—the kingdom of God
If you want to be a part of the twelve tribes of Shincheonji Church of Jesus (SCJ)—God’s kingdom here on Earth—you must be born again by sealing the revealed word of the New Testament in your mind and in your hearts (Jas 1:18, Rv 7:3-4). First, you must be evangelized with the revealed word and must carefully study the Bible. This step, the elementary level, is compared to drinking milk in Heb 5:13. When you are qualified, you will be given an interview at one of our mission centers. After passing the interview, you will progress through three different levels of Bible study (i.e. elementary, intermediate, and advanced), taking an exam before progressing to the next level. Each level lasts about two months, making the whole course of three levels last roughly six months. After this training course is complete there is a final exam of about 300 questions. You must receive a score of 90% or above to pass. Finally, after graduating from the mission center, you must pass a new comer’s training course that lasts between one and two months in order to register as a member of SCJ.
Anyone who does not score 90% or above on their final exam must retake the entire course. No one is allowed to advance to the next level without passing this exam. Although anyone can register as a member of regular churches, SCJ is very different. Only people who seal (Rv 7:4-8) the word of God in their hearts and minds in fulfillment of the new covenant (Heb 8:10) can be qualified as citizens of heaven. The pastors and congregations of regular churches do not have the word (Am 8:11-13). For this reason, God is re-creating the people of his kingdom with those who are born again.
As stated, SCJ graduates have all received 90% or better on a final exam consisting of 300 questions about the Bible. If the chairmen, pastors, theologians, and elders of the world’s denominations were to take this test, however, they would not even be capable of answering 20% of the questions correctly. It may seem outlandish, but this claim has actually been verified. If you think you can get over 90% of these Bible questions correct, please come to take the test. Who, according to the words of the new covenant (Heb 8:10), are true believer from God’s point of view? Without question, God will acknowledge SCJ mission center graduates as true believers. SCJ people want God more than power or money.
Today, there is so much false information circulating in the Korean Christian world. Everyday, however, there are more and more wise believers coming to learn the revealed word of the Bible in SCJ. We are busily holding graduation ceremonies every week. This is evidence that the one true God and his faithful followers are siding with SCJ.
SHINCHEONJI: Healing All Nations
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If you want to be a part of the twelve tribes of Shincheonji Church of Jesus (SCJ)—God’s kingdom here on Earth—you must be born again by sealing the revealed word of the New Testament in your mind and in your hearts (Jas 1:18, Rv 7:3-4). First, you must be evangelized with the revealed word and must carefully study the Bible. This step, the elementary level, is compared to drinking milk in Heb 5:13. When you are qualified, you will be given an interview at one of our mission centers. After passing the interview, you will progress through three different levels of Bible study (i.e. elementary, intermediate, and advanced), taking an exam before progressing to the next level. Each level lasts about two months, making the whole course of three levels last roughly six months. After this training course is complete there is a final exam of about 300 questions. You must receive a score of 90% or above to pass. Finally, after graduating from the mission center, you must pass a new comer’s training course that lasts between one and two months in order to register as a member of SCJ.
Anyone who does not score 90% or above on their final exam must retake the entire course. No one is allowed to advance to the next level without passing this exam. Although anyone can register as a member of regular churches, SCJ is very different. Only people who seal (Rv 7:4-8) the word of God in their hearts and minds in fulfillment of the new covenant (Heb 8:10) can be qualified as citizens of heaven. The pastors and congregations of regular churches do not have the word (Am 8:11-13). For this reason, God is re-creating the people of his kingdom with those who are born again.
As stated, SCJ graduates have all received 90% or better on a final exam consisting of 300 questions about the Bible. If the chairmen, pastors, theologians, and elders of the world’s denominations were to take this test, however, they would not even be capable of answering 20% of the questions correctly. It may seem outlandish, but this claim has actually been verified. If you think you can get over 90% of these Bible questions correct, please come to take the test. Who, according to the words of the new covenant (Heb 8:10), are true believer from God’s point of view? Without question, God will acknowledge SCJ mission center graduates as true believers. SCJ people want God more than power or money.
Today, there is so much false information circulating in the Korean Christian world. Everyday, however, there are more and more wise believers coming to learn the revealed word of the Bible in SCJ. We are busily holding graduation ceremonies every week. This is evidence that the one true God and his faithful followers are siding with SCJ.
SHINCHEONJI: Healing All Nations
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2014년 3월 13일 목요일
The Difference Between Shinchonji Church of Jesus and Calvin’s Presbyterian Church
The Difference Between Shinchonji Church of Jesus and Calvin’s Presbyterian Church
The founder of Shincheonji Church of Jesus (SCJ) is Jesus, but the founder of Calvin’s Presbyterian Church is Calvin. Jesus’ teaching is the word of revelation, but Calvin’s main doctrine of pre-destination is a prime example of the teachings of men and of their biblical commentaries.
Christianity came to the Republic of Korea only 120 years ago—a very short period of time when compared to the 6,000 years of biblical history. In those 120 years of history, it has been only about 55 years since the first protestant theological seminary was established and legally certified by the Ministry of Education. Seminaries ordain their students to serve as pastors according to set rules and doctrines, but where do these rules and doctrines originate? These rules are creations of their own minds, and it is by these rules that they claim to have some sort of spiritual authority.
The priests and elders at the time of the first coming were adversaries of Jesus (Jn 5; Jn 8). The chief priests and elders were wondering, “How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?” (Jn 7:15). They asked, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” (Mt 21:23-24). Jesus, who came in the name of God, told them, “I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name [i.e. the names of the chief priests or elders of the people], you will accept him,” (Jn 5:43).
Many pastors and elders have come to join us as members of SCJ. Some of them have even confessed to receiving a pastoral certificate in exchange for money despite never attending a seminary. Today, Shincheonji Church of Jesus, which was promised in the Bible, is a temple that has been established in the name of God, in the name of Jesus, and in the name of the Counselor—the spirit of truth. For this reason there have been several quarrels with the pastors and elders of today’s churches, just as Jesus fought with the priests and elders at the time of the first coming. Typically, the most intense points of controversy bely the differences between the teachings of men, who are ordained by seminaries, and the revelation of heaven. According to the Bible, there was conflict between God’s messengers and the priests of every generation. In every generation, it was always the haughty, disobedient priests on whom God heaped curses (Mal 2).
In the Old Testament, despite the fact that no prophet sent by God was educated at a seminary, their testimony was always the truth. In the New Testament, Jesus and his disciples never attended seminary, but that did not make their teachings any less true. This was proof that the holy spirit was with them. Today, we do not hold to the commands of the elders or the priests of our time. Instead, as true Christians, we hold only to the revelation of God—the words of the Old and New Testaments that were handed down through the prophets and apostles. Today, we must believe in the Bible and in God’s word of revelation as given by the Counselor, the spirit of truth. We must not believe in people ordained by a man-made seminary or even listen to their words. If both groups—believers who have received the word of revelation from the holy spirit of the counselor and pastors who have been ordained in the world’s seminaries—were to take an exam testing their knowledge of the Bible, who would receive a better score? SCJ is where the Counselor, the spirit of truth who has come in the name of Jesus (Jn 14:26), can be found. Those who receive the word of revelation from SCJ will know God, Jesus, and the Counselor so that they can have eternal life (Rv 1:1-3; Rv 10; Mt 11:27; Jn 17:3). People who do not know the Counselor have no truth, no eternal life, and no kingdom of heaven.
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The founder of Shincheonji Church of Jesus (SCJ) is Jesus, but the founder of Calvin’s Presbyterian Church is Calvin. Jesus’ teaching is the word of revelation, but Calvin’s main doctrine of pre-destination is a prime example of the teachings of men and of their biblical commentaries.
Christianity came to the Republic of Korea only 120 years ago—a very short period of time when compared to the 6,000 years of biblical history. In those 120 years of history, it has been only about 55 years since the first protestant theological seminary was established and legally certified by the Ministry of Education. Seminaries ordain their students to serve as pastors according to set rules and doctrines, but where do these rules and doctrines originate? These rules are creations of their own minds, and it is by these rules that they claim to have some sort of spiritual authority.
The priests and elders at the time of the first coming were adversaries of Jesus (Jn 5; Jn 8). The chief priests and elders were wondering, “How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?” (Jn 7:15). They asked, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” (Mt 21:23-24). Jesus, who came in the name of God, told them, “I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name [i.e. the names of the chief priests or elders of the people], you will accept him,” (Jn 5:43).
Many pastors and elders have come to join us as members of SCJ. Some of them have even confessed to receiving a pastoral certificate in exchange for money despite never attending a seminary. Today, Shincheonji Church of Jesus, which was promised in the Bible, is a temple that has been established in the name of God, in the name of Jesus, and in the name of the Counselor—the spirit of truth. For this reason there have been several quarrels with the pastors and elders of today’s churches, just as Jesus fought with the priests and elders at the time of the first coming. Typically, the most intense points of controversy bely the differences between the teachings of men, who are ordained by seminaries, and the revelation of heaven. According to the Bible, there was conflict between God’s messengers and the priests of every generation. In every generation, it was always the haughty, disobedient priests on whom God heaped curses (Mal 2).
In the Old Testament, despite the fact that no prophet sent by God was educated at a seminary, their testimony was always the truth. In the New Testament, Jesus and his disciples never attended seminary, but that did not make their teachings any less true. This was proof that the holy spirit was with them. Today, we do not hold to the commands of the elders or the priests of our time. Instead, as true Christians, we hold only to the revelation of God—the words of the Old and New Testaments that were handed down through the prophets and apostles. Today, we must believe in the Bible and in God’s word of revelation as given by the Counselor, the spirit of truth. We must not believe in people ordained by a man-made seminary or even listen to their words. If both groups—believers who have received the word of revelation from the holy spirit of the counselor and pastors who have been ordained in the world’s seminaries—were to take an exam testing their knowledge of the Bible, who would receive a better score? SCJ is where the Counselor, the spirit of truth who has come in the name of Jesus (Jn 14:26), can be found. Those who receive the word of revelation from SCJ will know God, Jesus, and the Counselor so that they can have eternal life (Rv 1:1-3; Rv 10; Mt 11:27; Jn 17:3). People who do not know the Counselor have no truth, no eternal life, and no kingdom of heaven.
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2014년 3월 12일 수요일
The Revelation and Eternal Life
The Revelation and Eternal Life
Since God created religion, the founder of religion is God, not people. God used the hands of a few people to record his teachings in his book (i.e. the Bible). Thus, the Bible is divine scripture (2 Tm 3:16; 2 Pt 1:21). What was God’s purpose behind giving this divine scripture to people? Hosea 6:6 says, “For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.” Hence, God’s purpose in giving us the Bible was for us to know him, the only true God, by looking at his book.
This divine book becomes a sealed scroll to the pastors of the world (Is 29:9-13; Hb 2:2-3). Ezekiel prophesied about God opening the sealed scroll and giving it to the son of man to eat (Ez 1-3). The prophecies also made it clear that God even assigned a place for the son of man to go and preach the word. Approximately 600 years after these prophecies were made, God, who had prophesied through Ezekiel, came to the son of man (Jesus) while the Israelites were enslaved by gentiles. God opened the sealed scroll and gave it to Jesus. God also assigned a place for him to go and proclaim the word (Mt 15:24). Jesus, who received the revealed scroll, declared that the only people who know the Father are the son and anyone to whom the son decides to reveal him (Mt 11:27). Jesus also declared that it is only by knowing the one true Father God that people can have eternal life (Jn 17:3). This summarizes the meaning of the sealed scroll from the Old Testament and its revelation.
Perhaps more importantly, the New Testament also makes references to a sealed scroll and the revelation of Jesus that is made known through Apostle John (Rv 5; Rv 6; Rv 8; Rv 10). Just like in the time of the Old Testament, no one in heaven, on earth, or under the earth is able to open or look into the New Testament’s sealed scroll. Jesus opens this scroll at the time of Revelation’ fulfillment and then gives it to his angel. The angel then gives the opened scroll to John and tells him to eat it. Jesus, too, assigns a place for John to go and deliver the word (Rv 10). Today, approximately 2,000 years after these prophecies were made, Jesus has fulfilled the content of the sealed scroll and made it known to his promised pastor—the one who overcomes. Jesus gave the revealed scroll to John so that John could eat it and go to the designated place to proclaim the word. All these things have been fulfilled according to the prophecies that Jesus made through Apostle John 2,000 years ago. Only those who receive the revealed word will be able to know God and Jesus. It is only by knowing God and Jesus that people can attain the salvation that leads to eternal life.
All believers in the world must seek the one who has seen the physical fulfillment of all the chapters of Revelation (Mt 7:7-8; Rv 1:1-3). It is only when believers receive the true testimony of Revelation that they can obtain salvation. The generation of the world’s churches comes to an end at the time of Revelation’s fulfillment, which is today. Today, it is the time for the 12 tribes, the kingdom of God, to be created by those who are harvested and sealed by God (Rv 7; Rv 14).
This revealed word and the testimony about the physical fulfillment (i.e. the word made flesh) of all the chapters of Revelation is being accurately testified in SCJ. We know it much more clearly than any of the pastors who have written Revelation commentaries. These men are unable to explain a single word about the physical fulfillment of Revelation. If we were to ask them about the true identities of the characters that appear in Rv 13, 17, and 18, would they be able to answer our questions?
Please compare their commentaries to the testimony of that of a person who has received the revelation in SCJ. Please examine which testimony is true. I pray that all of you will know and believe in the truth. Let all of us gain salvation by learning and perceiving the truth—I earnestly pray this in the name of our Lord.
SHINCHEONJI: Healing All Nations
http://cafe.daum.net/scjschool/E3qZ/94
Since God created religion, the founder of religion is God, not people. God used the hands of a few people to record his teachings in his book (i.e. the Bible). Thus, the Bible is divine scripture (2 Tm 3:16; 2 Pt 1:21). What was God’s purpose behind giving this divine scripture to people? Hosea 6:6 says, “For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.” Hence, God’s purpose in giving us the Bible was for us to know him, the only true God, by looking at his book.
This divine book becomes a sealed scroll to the pastors of the world (Is 29:9-13; Hb 2:2-3). Ezekiel prophesied about God opening the sealed scroll and giving it to the son of man to eat (Ez 1-3). The prophecies also made it clear that God even assigned a place for the son of man to go and preach the word. Approximately 600 years after these prophecies were made, God, who had prophesied through Ezekiel, came to the son of man (Jesus) while the Israelites were enslaved by gentiles. God opened the sealed scroll and gave it to Jesus. God also assigned a place for him to go and proclaim the word (Mt 15:24). Jesus, who received the revealed scroll, declared that the only people who know the Father are the son and anyone to whom the son decides to reveal him (Mt 11:27). Jesus also declared that it is only by knowing the one true Father God that people can have eternal life (Jn 17:3). This summarizes the meaning of the sealed scroll from the Old Testament and its revelation.
Perhaps more importantly, the New Testament also makes references to a sealed scroll and the revelation of Jesus that is made known through Apostle John (Rv 5; Rv 6; Rv 8; Rv 10). Just like in the time of the Old Testament, no one in heaven, on earth, or under the earth is able to open or look into the New Testament’s sealed scroll. Jesus opens this scroll at the time of Revelation’ fulfillment and then gives it to his angel. The angel then gives the opened scroll to John and tells him to eat it. Jesus, too, assigns a place for John to go and deliver the word (Rv 10). Today, approximately 2,000 years after these prophecies were made, Jesus has fulfilled the content of the sealed scroll and made it known to his promised pastor—the one who overcomes. Jesus gave the revealed scroll to John so that John could eat it and go to the designated place to proclaim the word. All these things have been fulfilled according to the prophecies that Jesus made through Apostle John 2,000 years ago. Only those who receive the revealed word will be able to know God and Jesus. It is only by knowing God and Jesus that people can attain the salvation that leads to eternal life.
All believers in the world must seek the one who has seen the physical fulfillment of all the chapters of Revelation (Mt 7:7-8; Rv 1:1-3). It is only when believers receive the true testimony of Revelation that they can obtain salvation. The generation of the world’s churches comes to an end at the time of Revelation’s fulfillment, which is today. Today, it is the time for the 12 tribes, the kingdom of God, to be created by those who are harvested and sealed by God (Rv 7; Rv 14).
This revealed word and the testimony about the physical fulfillment (i.e. the word made flesh) of all the chapters of Revelation is being accurately testified in SCJ. We know it much more clearly than any of the pastors who have written Revelation commentaries. These men are unable to explain a single word about the physical fulfillment of Revelation. If we were to ask them about the true identities of the characters that appear in Rv 13, 17, and 18, would they be able to answer our questions?
Please compare their commentaries to the testimony of that of a person who has received the revelation in SCJ. Please examine which testimony is true. I pray that all of you will know and believe in the truth. Let all of us gain salvation by learning and perceiving the truth—I earnestly pray this in the name of our Lord.
SHINCHEONJI: Healing All Nations
http://cafe.daum.net/scjschool/E3qZ/94
2014년 3월 11일 화요일
The Sealed Scroll and Revelation
The Sealed Scroll and Revelation
What is the sealed scroll and what is revelation?
The Lord Jesus said in Mt 11:27, “All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the son and anyone to whom the son decides to reveal him.” He is saying that only the one who receives the revelation is able to know the Father. He also stated in Jn 17:3, “Now this is eternal life – that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.”
According to the prophecies in Is 29:9-13, pastors are blind because the revelation is nothing but a sealed scroll to them. This is why pastors preach the teachings of men; this is why those who learn the teachings of men from them say “Lord! Lord!“ paying mere lip-service to God. Despite their outward confessions of faith, their hearts are far from God. Habakkuk said that the revelation’s fulfillment awaits an appointed time (Hb 2:2-3). The book of Ezekiel explains that the revelation is opened at the appointed time when God’s chosen people are seized by gentiles. According to the prophecies in Ez 1-3, Jesus came into the world when the Israelites were under the control of gentiles. Jesus received the revelation from God and delivered it to the people (Mt 15:24; Mt 11:27). In the midst of this situation, Jesus proclaimed that no one knew the son except the Father, and that it was only the son, who had received the revelation, that knew the Father. He also proclaimed that eternal life was to know the only true Father and his son, Jesus.
“The revelation of Jesus Christ” is again mentioned in Rv 1:1. This revelation is passed down to God’s people in a very specific way. First, Jesus takes the sealed scroll from God’s hand in Rv 5. He begins to break the seals in Rv 6 and fulfills the prophecies according to what is written in the scroll. Beginning in Rv 8, the seven trumpets are sounded to proclaim the fulfillment. Then, in Rv 10, Jesus gives the opened scroll to one pastor and tells him where to go to deliver the message. Before the revelation is made known, it is only the teachings of men that are being taught; no one knows the true revelation. Although those who lack knowledge of the revelation draw near to God with their lips, their lives of faith are inadequate because their hearts are far from God.
No one knows God, Jesus, and the one who overcomes except those who have received the revelation of Jesus Christ (i.e. the book of Revelation) through SCJ today. For this reason, no one truly has eternal life except these people in SCJ (Rv 1:1-3; Rv 7; Rv 10). Those who receive the revealed word from above will be able to know the only true God, Jesus, and the one who has come in the name of the Lord—the one who overcomes within whom the spirit of the Counselor dwells (Jn 14:26; Jn 17:3). Knowing these entities is eternal life. Today, God has granted everything to SCJ where the one who overcomes is (Rv 2-3; Rv 21:1-7). Among all the nations of the world, it is only SCJ that has mastered the book of Revelation. Just as Apostle Paul and Apostle John taught the revelation (Gal 1:11-12; Rv 10), people should forsake the teachings of men and learn the revelation from heaven in SCJ. I sincerely pray that everyone will obtain salvation by doing so.
SHINCHEONJI: Healing All Nations
http://cafe.daum.net/scjschool/E3qZ/93
What is the sealed scroll and what is revelation?
The Lord Jesus said in Mt 11:27, “All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the son and anyone to whom the son decides to reveal him.” He is saying that only the one who receives the revelation is able to know the Father. He also stated in Jn 17:3, “Now this is eternal life – that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.”
According to the prophecies in Is 29:9-13, pastors are blind because the revelation is nothing but a sealed scroll to them. This is why pastors preach the teachings of men; this is why those who learn the teachings of men from them say “Lord! Lord!“ paying mere lip-service to God. Despite their outward confessions of faith, their hearts are far from God. Habakkuk said that the revelation’s fulfillment awaits an appointed time (Hb 2:2-3). The book of Ezekiel explains that the revelation is opened at the appointed time when God’s chosen people are seized by gentiles. According to the prophecies in Ez 1-3, Jesus came into the world when the Israelites were under the control of gentiles. Jesus received the revelation from God and delivered it to the people (Mt 15:24; Mt 11:27). In the midst of this situation, Jesus proclaimed that no one knew the son except the Father, and that it was only the son, who had received the revelation, that knew the Father. He also proclaimed that eternal life was to know the only true Father and his son, Jesus.
“The revelation of Jesus Christ” is again mentioned in Rv 1:1. This revelation is passed down to God’s people in a very specific way. First, Jesus takes the sealed scroll from God’s hand in Rv 5. He begins to break the seals in Rv 6 and fulfills the prophecies according to what is written in the scroll. Beginning in Rv 8, the seven trumpets are sounded to proclaim the fulfillment. Then, in Rv 10, Jesus gives the opened scroll to one pastor and tells him where to go to deliver the message. Before the revelation is made known, it is only the teachings of men that are being taught; no one knows the true revelation. Although those who lack knowledge of the revelation draw near to God with their lips, their lives of faith are inadequate because their hearts are far from God.
No one knows God, Jesus, and the one who overcomes except those who have received the revelation of Jesus Christ (i.e. the book of Revelation) through SCJ today. For this reason, no one truly has eternal life except these people in SCJ (Rv 1:1-3; Rv 7; Rv 10). Those who receive the revealed word from above will be able to know the only true God, Jesus, and the one who has come in the name of the Lord—the one who overcomes within whom the spirit of the Counselor dwells (Jn 14:26; Jn 17:3). Knowing these entities is eternal life. Today, God has granted everything to SCJ where the one who overcomes is (Rv 2-3; Rv 21:1-7). Among all the nations of the world, it is only SCJ that has mastered the book of Revelation. Just as Apostle Paul and Apostle John taught the revelation (Gal 1:11-12; Rv 10), people should forsake the teachings of men and learn the revelation from heaven in SCJ. I sincerely pray that everyone will obtain salvation by doing so.
SHINCHEONJI: Healing All Nations
http://cafe.daum.net/scjschool/E3qZ/93
2014년 3월 10일 월요일
The Lies of MBC PD Note's Distorted Broadcast
The Lies of MBC PD Note's Distorted Broadcast
To all the members of Shincheonji Church of Jesus around the world and to all the souls of the martyrs! Let us appeal to God regarding the false charges leveled against us. MBC PD Note broadcast lies about Shincheonji Church of Jesus.
MBC PD Note broadcast their false program twice: once on May 8, 2007 and again on December 25, 2007. Their show, which was entitled "Shincheonji's suspicious mysteries," concluded that Shincheonji is a cult. They attempted to sabotage Shincheonji, which is God's kingdom of righteousness, by broadcasting false information.
When MBC PD Note interviewed us, we recorded the interviews and kept our own copies. MBC’s broadcast, however, presented a distorted version of reality. In addition to MBC, there are also conversion education pastors blaming us for causing people to run away from their families. They claim that we have confined and assaulted people. The truth is, however, that those were the actions of the conversion educators themselves. We, in Shincheonji, send official statements to our members once or twice per year discouraging them from running away from their families, getting divorced, dropping out of school, or quitting their jobs. We have obeyed these commands ourselves and are speaking out regarding absolute righteousness and fairness.
To reveal how MBC PD Note has distorted the truth, we are even willing to go around and show every Korean household the true footage we took at the same time. We will show both the true and false versions of the footage side by side so people can compare them. Even if the whole world continues to believe the lies of MBC PD Note, lies are still lies. Lies are not truth, and the PD Note programs are lies.
The following is an account of how the current situation began. One former member of Shincheonji was expelled from among us after he betrayed us and committed some serious sins. After leaving Shincheonji, that person united with the conversion education pastors. Together they began to give MBC false information in an effort to tear Shincheonji apart and convert our congregation members to their own churches. Without verifying the authenticity of that information, MBC PD Note immediately broadcast it to the entire nation.
As soon as the false programs were aired, several Christian and social media organizations scrambled to interview people from Shincheonji to verify the details of MBC’s report. Ultimately, those media organizations reported several times that the MBC PD Note broadcast was full of lies. Even the police and prosecutors investigated Shincheonji and never found anything suspicious. In spite of these reports, none of the people responsible for MBC PD Note nor those who gave false information have repented. They continue to resist correcting their programs on air. Although Shincheonji has strength, we would like to resolve this problem justly through the courts, rather than resolving it by force.
One of the most controversial scenes in the MBC PD Note broadcast showed a trip by some Shincheonji members to a park. Shincheonji began at the current location of Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon, South Korea. The Shincheonji Cultural Department went to that park to record some footage of the cherry blossoms. Should that be a problem? Is it a sin? Why would the park be there if visiting it were a sin? Are all the people who visit the park lambasted for their crimes? In fact, the person who suggested that we record some footage of the cherry blossoms was one of the betrayers who fed false information to MBC. She was very busy encouraging her fellow office workers to pose for the sake of the video footage. No one really thought anything of her going to the park and following her suggestions.
Although the Republic of Korea guarantees the freedom of religion, MBC PD Note broadcast their show about us as if we are urging people to run away from their families. Their report, however, was decidedly false. A few of the many Shincheonji congregation members have been assaulted and confined by their own parents because of their parents' misunderstandings regarding Shincheonji. Some of these people have indeed left their homes simply because they could no longer bear being assaulted by their own families. If it was wrong for them to leave their homes, should we consider all those who have ever left their homes to enter a monastery or a nunnery as runaways? What about people who left their homes to enter a Buddhist temple to follow Siddhartha? Did they runaway from their homes too? Please answer us, judges and prosecutors! Why do you call this sort of behavior "running away" only when it involves the members of Shincheonji?
If the truth be told, the conversion education pastors provoked the abusive behavior from the parents of Shincheonji's young adults that forced them to leave home. Those pastors misled the parents into thinking that their children were being held prisoner in hell. This is how conversion pastors have incited parents to force their own children into conversion education. The pastors have induced parents to confine their children at home, to assault them, to force their children to drop out of school, and to quit their jobs. They even encourage parents to send their children to mental institutes if the children refuse to give up their faith and obey. This is why some young adults were forced to run away from their homes. The conversion education pastors are responsible for sabotaging families and for creating hostility between children and their parents.
To the judges overseeing this case! To whom else should we appeal these false charges against us if you do not see this case clearly and exonerate us? We are confident in your ability to reveal the truth. We will not be able to thank you enough if your decision leads to the correction of these lies on the air. We are so angry and frustrated by these lies that we are about to explode. It is as if some thieves who stole something from a house have somehow placed the blame on the owner of the house himself, saying the owner stole it.
One man left a place of abomination and falsehood to join Shincheonji. Later, however, he was expelled from Shincheonji because he sinned out of his own greed and lust for power. Now, he has united with the conversion education pastors in an effort to destroy Shincheonji, which is practicing righteousness and fairness according to God's will. There is no doubt that his sins will prove to be a heavy burden on him. This person, along with the conversion education pastors, fed false information to MBC’s PD Note in an attempt to convert Shincheonji members to their own churches. The pastors who are responsible for MBC's false broadcast have sinned, and these sins will be a heavy burden for them. Furthermore, those who believed the false reports, united with the conversion educators, and decided to broadcast lies have also sinned. These sins will not be forgotten.
Another controversial scene from the broadcast surrounds a New Year’s meeting where PD Note claimed that the chairman of Shincheonji was selling people tickets to eternal life. In reality, the chairman of Shincheonji gave some young adults from the church the traditional Korean New Year's gift of money and a small notebook while exchanging New Year's greetings. He also wrote down a few short comments with Bible verses inside the notebooks. Some of these well-wishes included the word "eternal life." Can this be considered selling tickets to eternal life? If wishing for someone to receive eternal life is wrong, then all the Bibles in the world must be destroyed and people must be punished for reading them. What does this have to do with freedom of religion? This is religious persecution. Judges and prosecutors should not violate the law, and we believe firmly that you will bring us justice.
SHINCHEONJI: Healing All Nations
http://cafe.daum.net/scjschool/E3qZ/91
To all the members of Shincheonji Church of Jesus around the world and to all the souls of the martyrs! Let us appeal to God regarding the false charges leveled against us. MBC PD Note broadcast lies about Shincheonji Church of Jesus.
MBC PD Note broadcast their false program twice: once on May 8, 2007 and again on December 25, 2007. Their show, which was entitled "Shincheonji's suspicious mysteries," concluded that Shincheonji is a cult. They attempted to sabotage Shincheonji, which is God's kingdom of righteousness, by broadcasting false information.
When MBC PD Note interviewed us, we recorded the interviews and kept our own copies. MBC’s broadcast, however, presented a distorted version of reality. In addition to MBC, there are also conversion education pastors blaming us for causing people to run away from their families. They claim that we have confined and assaulted people. The truth is, however, that those were the actions of the conversion educators themselves. We, in Shincheonji, send official statements to our members once or twice per year discouraging them from running away from their families, getting divorced, dropping out of school, or quitting their jobs. We have obeyed these commands ourselves and are speaking out regarding absolute righteousness and fairness.
To reveal how MBC PD Note has distorted the truth, we are even willing to go around and show every Korean household the true footage we took at the same time. We will show both the true and false versions of the footage side by side so people can compare them. Even if the whole world continues to believe the lies of MBC PD Note, lies are still lies. Lies are not truth, and the PD Note programs are lies.
The following is an account of how the current situation began. One former member of Shincheonji was expelled from among us after he betrayed us and committed some serious sins. After leaving Shincheonji, that person united with the conversion education pastors. Together they began to give MBC false information in an effort to tear Shincheonji apart and convert our congregation members to their own churches. Without verifying the authenticity of that information, MBC PD Note immediately broadcast it to the entire nation.
As soon as the false programs were aired, several Christian and social media organizations scrambled to interview people from Shincheonji to verify the details of MBC’s report. Ultimately, those media organizations reported several times that the MBC PD Note broadcast was full of lies. Even the police and prosecutors investigated Shincheonji and never found anything suspicious. In spite of these reports, none of the people responsible for MBC PD Note nor those who gave false information have repented. They continue to resist correcting their programs on air. Although Shincheonji has strength, we would like to resolve this problem justly through the courts, rather than resolving it by force.
One of the most controversial scenes in the MBC PD Note broadcast showed a trip by some Shincheonji members to a park. Shincheonji began at the current location of Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon, South Korea. The Shincheonji Cultural Department went to that park to record some footage of the cherry blossoms. Should that be a problem? Is it a sin? Why would the park be there if visiting it were a sin? Are all the people who visit the park lambasted for their crimes? In fact, the person who suggested that we record some footage of the cherry blossoms was one of the betrayers who fed false information to MBC. She was very busy encouraging her fellow office workers to pose for the sake of the video footage. No one really thought anything of her going to the park and following her suggestions.
Although the Republic of Korea guarantees the freedom of religion, MBC PD Note broadcast their show about us as if we are urging people to run away from their families. Their report, however, was decidedly false. A few of the many Shincheonji congregation members have been assaulted and confined by their own parents because of their parents' misunderstandings regarding Shincheonji. Some of these people have indeed left their homes simply because they could no longer bear being assaulted by their own families. If it was wrong for them to leave their homes, should we consider all those who have ever left their homes to enter a monastery or a nunnery as runaways? What about people who left their homes to enter a Buddhist temple to follow Siddhartha? Did they runaway from their homes too? Please answer us, judges and prosecutors! Why do you call this sort of behavior "running away" only when it involves the members of Shincheonji?
If the truth be told, the conversion education pastors provoked the abusive behavior from the parents of Shincheonji's young adults that forced them to leave home. Those pastors misled the parents into thinking that their children were being held prisoner in hell. This is how conversion pastors have incited parents to force their own children into conversion education. The pastors have induced parents to confine their children at home, to assault them, to force their children to drop out of school, and to quit their jobs. They even encourage parents to send their children to mental institutes if the children refuse to give up their faith and obey. This is why some young adults were forced to run away from their homes. The conversion education pastors are responsible for sabotaging families and for creating hostility between children and their parents.
To the judges overseeing this case! To whom else should we appeal these false charges against us if you do not see this case clearly and exonerate us? We are confident in your ability to reveal the truth. We will not be able to thank you enough if your decision leads to the correction of these lies on the air. We are so angry and frustrated by these lies that we are about to explode. It is as if some thieves who stole something from a house have somehow placed the blame on the owner of the house himself, saying the owner stole it.
One man left a place of abomination and falsehood to join Shincheonji. Later, however, he was expelled from Shincheonji because he sinned out of his own greed and lust for power. Now, he has united with the conversion education pastors in an effort to destroy Shincheonji, which is practicing righteousness and fairness according to God's will. There is no doubt that his sins will prove to be a heavy burden on him. This person, along with the conversion education pastors, fed false information to MBC’s PD Note in an attempt to convert Shincheonji members to their own churches. The pastors who are responsible for MBC's false broadcast have sinned, and these sins will be a heavy burden for them. Furthermore, those who believed the false reports, united with the conversion educators, and decided to broadcast lies have also sinned. These sins will not be forgotten.
Another controversial scene from the broadcast surrounds a New Year’s meeting where PD Note claimed that the chairman of Shincheonji was selling people tickets to eternal life. In reality, the chairman of Shincheonji gave some young adults from the church the traditional Korean New Year's gift of money and a small notebook while exchanging New Year's greetings. He also wrote down a few short comments with Bible verses inside the notebooks. Some of these well-wishes included the word "eternal life." Can this be considered selling tickets to eternal life? If wishing for someone to receive eternal life is wrong, then all the Bibles in the world must be destroyed and people must be punished for reading them. What does this have to do with freedom of religion? This is religious persecution. Judges and prosecutors should not violate the law, and we believe firmly that you will bring us justice.
SHINCHEONJI: Healing All Nations
http://cafe.daum.net/scjschool/E3qZ/91
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