One man was traveling on a horse. It was an awfully cold weather in the snowstorm. It didn’t even take a while until he met a woman finding her way to her husband; carrying her child on her back. Pitying them, the man got them on the horse. Despite of herself being cold, the woman covered her child with her outer garment. Though the child was sleeping cozily in its mother’s arms, the mother was about to freeze to death. Her body started becoming stiff and was nearly falling asleep. The mother surely was about to die… Noticing this, the man suddenly got her off the horse and took her child and went off. The mother couldn’t stop but ran after the man screaming, to give her child back. The man wouldn’t listen and just kept on going. At a certain point, the man stopped the horse. When the mother was catching her breath, the man asked, “You’re not cold anymore, are you?” Then the man took them on the horse and they safely arrived to the place where they were heading. The greatest love is the love of mother toward her child. and then where this love came from? The source of this love is God the Mother from the beginning. Even the death is no more dreadful in front of love of God the Mother toward Her children. This is the reason why God the Mother came to this earth with throwing away the glory of heaven. Come to the world mission society church of God [WMSCOG] where God the Mother is waiting for you
In my mom’s cell phone, my number is saved in the name of “my dream”. One day, I asked her with some curiosity, “Mom, why did you save my number like that?” “My girl is mom’s everything. Her life is my life and she is my dream and that is why I did it.” When I feel pleased, so does she, and when I feel sad, she feels more sorrowful. I must be mom’s everything and her only hope for sure.
Seeing out my husband going to work, I tried to catch up on my sleep.
How much did I sleep?
My son, who slept quite early last night, got up early and insisted he was hungry.
As I sat slowly on my bed, I noticed that I got up 30 minutes later than usual.
"Gosh! I'm late! I’m late! I need to take you to the institute and I have to get to my appointment!"
I rushed, gave my son breakfast, grabbed my jacket and my bag, and left the house.
I was stamping on my feet repeatedly, at the place where the bus stopped to pick my son.
I was worrying the bus might arrive late.
Of course, the bus didn't arrive on time, which gave me a tantalizing situation.
"Oh well, what can we do? Greg, why don't you wait here alone? I’m sure the bus will come soon."
I left my son there, and hurriedly went for my appointment.
“Hey sister, what makes you rush this early?
It was a sister of my church who lived in the same town.
"Oh, I don't think it's that early. It had passed eight already." "Huh? What are you talking about? It's not even eight yet."
Looking at my watch again, I noticed it wasn't half past eight, but half past seven.
Suddenly something sparked my mind.
"Greg!!! My goodness!"
Realizing I have left my son an hour early on that block, I ran.
But he was gone.
I tried to find him all around the nearest places where he could be: security office, playground, even near the institute. I even requested an announcement in my apartment, but he didn't appear.
"Greg! Greg! Where are you? Oh please..."
I don't know how much time has passed.
Anxiously and with haste, I was looking for my son.
Suddenly, I received a call from the institute.
He mistakenly got in a bus that runs to an elementary school, thinking that the bus was taking to his institute.
With a sigh of relief, my knees buckled.
I checked my watch and surprisingly only 30 minutes had passed.
I couldn't have imagined 30 minutes would have felt this long.
For a mom losing her child, 30 minutes was indeed a long time.
My eyes welled up.
I couldn't possibly stop my tears that came out with a surge of sorrow.
"Losing my son for just 30 minutes, I anxiously wandered all around to find him!
How heartbroken would our Heavenly Mother be finding Her lost children, the apple of Her eye, for a long time, 6,000 years?
Though She is mocked, scorned and ridiculed, She endures just because She misses Her children so much!"
All of a sudden, I felt something that I couldn't possibly express with words.
"This is it. This is God's heart. True love towards Their children.
But did I really try to find my lost brothers and sisters with this heart?
Though I said I have realized God the Father and God the Mother's love, did I really try to find Their children like today’s 30 minutes?
Asking myself and realizing how unfaithful daughter I was to God, I really hated myself.
Though I cannot describe Their grace with words, allowing this daughter who didn't realize the "heart of a mother losing her child," I give all thanks and love to Them for this realization.
I will engrave this realization deep down in my heart, and I will be a daughter who surely does the best to find the long lost brothers and sisters.
One month ago, I requested the city gas construction and it has been finally completed through three times of work. When boiler engineers were doing their last work, I thought it was a little earlier than the lunch time. However, they looked a bit hungry, so I decided to cook noodles. The problem was that I did it without asking them if they would like to eat it. Seeming difficult to answer, they just refused the food, because they thought it might be helpful to eat their proper lunch. Finding no other alternatives, I had to go ask a new bride on the second floor to have noodles together. Yet, she said she had to get some sleep because she just returned home after working night shift. Then, I put the noodles into the plate and went straight to next door, the supermarket but the owner also said she was supposed to have lunch with her daughter. Finally, I visited the owner of the stationary shop with the food but she also refused it, saying she never eats noodles at all.
I felt even absurd in the fact that my thought was totally wrong. I just thought everyone would love to eat it too since I myself love any kinds of flour based foods like noodles. Eating that overcooked noodles, I became deeply sit on brood. Rather than doing my own way, I have decided to put into action after taking a look at the opinion of the other party. After marriage, when I needed some soy sauce or bean paste for cooking, I used to go to the platform for crocks of sauces and condiments myself, thinking mother-in-law would have felt bothered at my questions one by one. Now I come to think of that time after many years, I could realize she must have liked sister-in-law who works asking her questions one by one.
So is it in God. Rather than doing my own way and thoughts, we should ask God in detail about what we should do so everything goes smoothly without any problems.
From now on, I would like to pray and ask for God, walking in the right path in belief that Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother would be pleased with.
I truly give all thanks and praise to Elohim God for allowing me this wonderful realization.
Today, humankind is suffering from various disasters, like earthquake, hurricane, tornado, tsunami, volcano, flood, drought, war and so on Hoe can we be saved from that kinds of disasters? How does the Bible prophesy about this age?
"'···what will be the sigh of the end of the age?'···'Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earth quakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.'"(Matthew 24:3-8)
Ceaseless dispute between peoples and nations, natural disasters due to abnormal changes of weather, earthquakes that occur in various places···All these tell that this is the age of disasters. God showed His great love to humankind by laying down His life for our salvation.
The power of love is great. In particular, the stories about parents who sacrificed themselves to save their children move many people, transcending ages and regions.
Great Earthquake in Sichuan, China, on May 12, 2008 During the rescue operation at a collapsed house in Beichuan, Sichuan, China, rescuers found a dead woman who was lying with her baby in her arms. It looked like she had made a desperate effort to save her baby, blocking the falling house with her whole body. The baby was breathing comfortably in her arms. The rescuers discovered a cell phone in the baby's blanket while transporting the baby to a hospital. A short message was left on her cell phone as follows: "My precious daughter, if you survive, please remember that your mom loved you." Looking at this message, everybody burst into tears. The great love of the mother, who sacrificed herself, saved her child How could we explain the great love of our heavenly mother's sacrifice? How could we thank to her about her love? We love you Heavenly Mother, thanks you are our Mother
According to choosing a gateway out of them, our life might become different
So we have to think seriously to select the gateway
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‘Server not found’
You might have been embarrassed at the above message while
browsing the Internet. There are various reasons which cause an error: “the
specified server could not to be found.” Among them, a network issue is the
biggest factor contributing to this error. The Internet can be understood as a
network of networks which consist of lots of gateway nodes and host nodes. A
gateway is a network node that allows you to gain entrance into a network and
vice versa. Simply put, a gateway can be called an entrance to the Internet. If
there is something wrong with the gateway, the above message appears.
The “Server not found” error can also occur with regards to our
souls. It takes place when we cannot find the spiritual gateway correctly. Jesus
said that he is the gateway for our souls.
Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep… I [Jesus] am the gate… I have come that they may have life,
and have it to the full. (John 10:7-10)
Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the
flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you…” (John
6:53)
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke
it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body." 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. (Matthew 26:26-28)
During the dry season, gnus living on the plains of Africa migrate over hundreds of miles in the search of water and food. A zoologist who watched the massive migration of gnus which took more than a month, found out that they moved along long and tough way, without taking a shortcut,. It usually brought death to the weak and feeble gnus, but they rarely changed the route.
The cause of the problem was the gnus in the lead. Since they hardly changed the route they travelled, which was by habit, they just went along the usual way even though the gnus that followed were sacrificed. It is also difficult for us humans, the Lord of creation, to change our bad habits or lifestyles that we are accustomed to. This is why many times we just choose to do what we are familiar with, despite the fact that it can have a bad effect on not only ourselves but the people around us.
Aren't you taking the long way around, leaving the shortcut in your path of faith, while behaving habitually like the gnus? Turn to the shortcut as quickly as possible; it will benefit everybody as well as yourself. The shortcut to the kingdom of heaven lies in the Teaching ofGod the Mother.
I was invited to the sixtieth birthday celebration of a Korean nurse in Germany. From 1960s to 1980s, the Korean government sent many miners and nurses to Germany to solve its unemployment problem and earn foreign currency. Most of guests who were invited to the party were the nurses and miners who were sent together with her forty years ago.
At the party, one of them wrote a letter and read it in front of all. The letter read that she had worked for decades in Germany for her family and country, but that as she grew old, she felt that futility of life. Since all of them felt the same-sadness as foreigners and longing for their homeland, the party soon became a sea of tear.
I,too, shed tears together with them, but suddenly I became thankful to God. It was because I knew the true spiritual home country of humans who live on the earth as aliens- the kingdom of heaven, and because Heavenly Father Ahnsahnghong nim and God the Motherwill bring me there. (Hebrews11:13~16)All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country--a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
I'm happy that I have my home to return together with God the Mother.
Therefore, only God can give us eternal life. The promise of eternal life God gave us is contained in the Passover.
Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man [Jesus] and drink his [Jesus'] blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink…” (John 6:53-55)
Jesus promised that the bread of was His flesh and that the wine of the Passover was His blood.
So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover…. While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this [the Passover bread] is my body.” Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This [The Passover wine] is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. (Matthew 26:19-28)
2,000 years ago Christ Jesus gave the promise of forgiveness of sins and eternal life to His disciples through the Passover. That's why Jesus is God, although His appearance was like man.
But, this precious promise was abolished in 325 A.D. and has not been kept for about 1,600 years. So, God prophesied He will restore the Passover in the last age.
In that day they will say,"Surely this is our God: we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is our LORD,...(Isa 25:9)
Today Christ Ahnsahnghong gives us eternal life through the Passover bread and wine. Therefore, Christ Ahnsahnghong is Second Coming Christ. And He lets us know our Heavenly Mother of life. Let's receive forgiveness of our sins and eternal life by keeping the Passover and believing in Christ Ahnsahnghong and God the Mother who gave us this precious promise.
Bees are hard-working insects that help plants produce fruit and play a critical role in maintaining natural ecosystems. There are the worker bees that work hard all their lives and the queen bee that leads the colony. The only difference between the worker bees and the queen bee is in the food.
When eggs turn into larvae, all the baby bees eat the same food called royal jelly for the whole duration of her life. The queen bee is larger than the worker bees and lives far longer than them; the queen lives seven years as compared to the seven week lifespan of the workers. This difference arises from a variation of food they eat.
In the world of insects, we can find the providence of God. To make us princes and princesses in His eternal kingdom, God has reserved the position of the royal priesthood and trains us spiritually on this earth. However, even though the position of the royal priesthood has been reserved for us, if we neglect the word of God and stop studying God's word, being worn out by this earthly life, we will failing to reach that position.
While living in this world, we spend a lot of time on things of earth. We spend much time working for physical food, and waste a considerable amount of time enjoying entertainment and hobbies as well. In this earthly life, we need to reflect and ask ourselves: ' How many hours do we spend on studying God's word?' In the world of bees, some of them eat royal jelly just for three or four days and end up being worker bees that only live for about seven weeks. On the other hand, the bee that continues to eat royal jelly gradually changes and becomes a queen bee that is much larger and lives far longer than the other bees. Likewise, those who continue to eat the food of God's word will be in the position of leading others and end up enjoying eternal life.
God has given this spiritual food to all people. So, everyone should receive and eat it. When we eat the food of God's word every day and live by the word of God, We can be spiritually trained as royal priests who satisfy all the qualifications such as obedience to God's word, reverence and faith toward God. [Source] cult research center
Over the years, the community of Israel Bitumul in Caño Martín Peña in San Juan, Puerto Rico has become a landfill. It’s been suffering from sewage floods and, because of a shortage in resources, it has not received much help. On Sunday, January 26, 2014 the volunteers fromthe World Mission Society Church of God in Puerto Rico set their minds of making a change in this community. Dressed in yellow and red, more than 65 enthusiastic volunteers joined the “Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña” to make a great impact in the community. From early in the morning, The members of Church of God cleaned up the community, rehabilitated an orchard and painted a welcoming mural for visitors and neighbors alike to feel the change. As they worked, the volunteers drew the attention of the neighbors who joined them one by one. For eight consecutive hours, the volunteers worked tirelessly until the improvement was visible. “I’m really impressed. We’ve worked with a lot of different groups of volunteers, but you guys are the only ones, I think, and I say this from my heart, that have been here, even bringing plants since last night and so excited. You have truly done an impressive work,” commented Ana Elisa Perez, Environmental Affairs Coordinator at Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña.
Please accept Christ Ahnsahnghong, the Second Coming Christ, who came to South Korea, from the ends of the earth in the east as prophesied in the Bible [WMSCOG]
The Bible prophesies that when Jesus comes to the earth a second time, He will come on a cloud, which represents flesh, the same way He was prophesied to come the first time. In the same way, there must be prophecies that testify where He will appear when He comes again. At the time of His first coming, Jesus Christ (Jehovah God in the flesh) was prophesied to come to Bethlehem. Like this, the Bible also prophesies about where Jesus will appear at His second coming. Isaiah 24:15-16“Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD; exalt the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea. From the ends of the earth we hear singing: ‘Glory to the Righteous One.’” The above prophecy reveals that God’s chosen people will give glory and praise to God who is in the east. When we read this chapter in Isaiah from the first verse, it is clear that this prophecy is concerning the last day, when God will ruin the earth’s face and will burn up all of its inhabitants. When God banishes all of the gaiety from the earth, a certain group of people will shout for joy and will give glory to God who dwells in the east. This means that in the last day, God will guide His chosen people from the east. Then, where is “the east”? First, we have to establish a point of origin. Isaiah prophesied from the country of Israel. Thus, “the east” must be a land east of Israel.
Isaiah 41:2“Who has stirred up one from the east, calling him in righteousness to his service? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him…” The above verse states that God “has stirred up one from the east.” Since it is prophesied that kings are subdued before “the one,” he must be a man of great power. Then, who is “the one”? If we continue reading the same chapter from verse four, we can come to know the identity of “the one.” Isaiah 41:4 “Who has done this and carried it through, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD with the first of them and with the last I am he.” The one whom God “has stirred up” refers to God Himself. This prophecy means that God Himself will come, in the flesh from the east. In Isaiah chapter 46, it is written: Isaiah 46:11 “From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that will I bring about; what I have planned, that will I do.” The prophet Isaiah again wrote concerning “the one,” characterizing “the one” as a bird of prey arising from the east, from a far-off land. In the Bible, the bird of prey (or eagle) represents God (Dt 32:11; Ex 19:4). Since this “bird of prey” coming from the east describes a man who will fulfill God’s purpose, it is very clear that God Himself will come to the east as a man in the flesh. However, exactly where in the East is He coming to?
The New Testament also displays the coming of God from the east to save His people before the last disaster. Revelation 7:1-4 “After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: ‘Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.’”
John, the author of Revelation, saw the angel from the east carrying the seal of God. Even though it is portrayed as an angel, we can understand that this angel is God, for He carries the seal of God—something that only God Himself can carry. At the time of this prophecy, where was Apostle John when he saw God coming from the east? Revelation 1:9“I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus…” Then, where is the land in the east where Jesus comes to at His second coming? As the earth is round, there should be a standard to tell the directions. To get the answer, we have to know two things. First, it should be the land in the east from the place where the prophets saw revelations. Apostle John ;saw this revelation on the island of Patmos. So, we have to find the land in the east from Patmos. If you look on a world map, you will find Korea. Second, the east prophesied in the Bible should be the place where the work of God’s putting a seal starts according to the prophecy of Revelation 7. If there is no seal of God, it cannot be the east where Jesus appears for a second time. Then, what is the seal of God? It is the Passover of the new covenant through which we can escape the last disaster. Here, the east refers to Korea. That is because the truth of the Passover, the seal of God, appears from Korea. Some people ask why it should be Korea among the many countries in the east. Here is the answer: Where did the truth of the Passover appear from? Did it appear from India, China or Japan? No, it didn’t. This is why the land in the east prophesied in the Bible is Korea. Please accept Christ Ahnsahnghong, the Second Coming Christ, who came to South Korea, from the ends of the earth in the east as prophesied in the Bible
The World Mission Society Church of God [WMSCOG]is only place in the world where the feasts of New Covenant established by Jesus are celebrated. Studying on the History of Christianity, the feasts of New Covenant of Early Church had been changed one by one after the death of last apostle of Jesus (about A.D100 ) and had abolished completely by the Roman Catholic church in A.D 325, through Nicaea Council. However, in 1948, all the feasts of Early Church were restored by the Second Coming Christ, Ahnsahnghong-nim, the founder of the WMSCOG as prophesied in the bible [Psa102:16], so today,all church members are carrying out the religious reformation in order to correct the errors in the truth of today’s Christianity and leading many people to the Faith of Early Church of Jesus and his apostles. As the result, in this last age, those who believe the prophecies in the bible are rushing to Zion to learn the law of Christ, that is, the New Covenant including the Passover. It is because the Passover is the only way for us to get salvation prepared by God. Therefore, the original church keeping the all the truth of the New Covenant according to the testimony of Father Ahnsahnghong is only the World Mission Society Church of God.
There are so many festivals in the world which made by man
I want to introduce one of festivals which made by God
And I want to invite all of you whom could understand the meaning of this festival
"Passover"
Some claim that there is no need to keep the Passover because
it belongs to the Old Testament law. They say that all laws were abolished after
the Crucifixion. This means that Jesus abolished the Passover before He suffered
on the cross. Did Jesus really say that we do not need to celebrate the
Passover? First, let’s take a look at the record of the Passover in the
Bible.
About 3,500 years ago, the people of Israel, who had been in
slavery for 430 years, had a critical chance to be freed from Egypt. That was
the ‘Passover.’ Immediately before they came out of Egypt, God commanded them to
keep the Passover by observing the following rules and regulations (Exodus
12:1-14; 43-46):
1) It must be kept on the evening of the 14th day of the first month of the sacred calendar, 2) by eating the roasted lamb and taking some
of the blood and putting it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the
houses, 3) after being circumcised. This was the rules of the Passover of
the Old Testament. When they kept the Passover by following the words of God,
they received His blessings. How about in the time of the New Testament?
For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore
let us keep the Festival … (1 Corinthians 5:7-8: NIV)
For our Passover Festival is ready, now that Christ, our
Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us celebrate our Passover… (1
Corinthians 5:7-8: GNT)
According to the prophecy of the Old Testament, Jesus became
the reality of the Passover lamb and shed His blood on the cross. And like the
Passover lamb, the legs of Jesus were not broken:
The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man
who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. But when they
came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
(John 19:32-33)
Jesus, the reality of the Passover lamb and God Incarnate, gave
us a new promise (New Testament) on the day of the Passover before He suffered
on the cross.
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover
lamb had to be sacrificed… And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat
this Passover with you before I suffer… 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…” (Luke
22:7-20)
In the time of the old promise (Old Testament) which had gone
away, the people of Israel ate a lamb on the Passover. However, we should keep
the Passover by eating and drinking the flesh and blood of Jesus, the reality of
the Passover lamb, since He made a new promise. In the time of the Old
Testament, it’s allowed to eat the Passover lamb after being circumcised. Then,
how about in the time of the New Testament?
In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the
sinful nature, not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the
circumcision done by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism and raised
with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.
(Colossians 2:11-12)
In this age, we must be baptized to participate in the
blessings of the Passover. The rules and regulations of the Passover of the New
Testament are as follows:
1) It must be kept on the evening of the 14th day of the first
month of the sacred calendar, 2) by eating and drinking the Passover bread and wine, which stands for the flesh and blood of Jesus, 3) after being
baptized. The very day Jesus ate the last supper with his disciples before He
was crucified on the cross was the Passover. On that day, He gave them a new
promise while eating the Passover. And the disciples participated in the Lord’s
Supper by keeping the Passover even after the Crucifixion (1 Corinthians
11:23-26.)
The Passover was not abolished after the Crucifixion. We should
keep it in accordance with the promise and the rules Jesus made newly. By taking
part in the Lord’s Supper held on the Passover by eating and drinking the
Passover bread and wine representing Jesus’ flesh and blood, we can have the forgiveness of sins and eternal life.
Christ Ahnsahnghong fulfilled the prophecies of the throne of David: He was baptized in 1948 when he was 30 years old; preached the gospel for 37 years; and, ascended to Heaven in 1985 after completing His ministry. Since it is written that God will give Jesus the throne of His father David, we need to carefully study the relationship between David and Jesus. If the prophecy about David was completely fulfilled by Jesus two thousand years ago, we would not have to study about this prophecy today. However, according to the prophecy of Ezekiel, David is to appear as a Shepherd on a day of clouds and darkness in the last days to lead His people, who are represented as the sheep. It is certain that there is a prophetical relationship between David and Jesus; through the work of David, we can easily understand that of Jesus. First, let’s find out the prophetical relationship between the period of King David’s reign and the period of Jesus’ ministry on earth. 2 Samuel 5:3-4 …they anointed David king over Israel. David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years. David was anointed King when he was thirty years old and he reigned forty years. Then, what about Jesus Christ? Luke 3:21-23When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying…a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well please.” Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry… As David was anointed at the age of thirty and began to reign, so Jesus was spiritually anointed through baptism at the age of thirty and began to preach. Here, we need focus on the fact that Jesus did His public ministry for only three years, while David reigned for forty years. Then, should Jesus come a second time to complete the forty year reign of King David? Hebrews 9:27-28Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 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. Jesus should come to this earth a second time and be baptized at the age of thirty, and preach the gospel for the remaining 37 years in order to fulfill the prophecy of King David. Only God knows the future. Moreover, the Bible says, "the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God", it means that Holy Spirit is God. 2,000 years ago, Jesus foretold about His death to His disciples. Matthew 16:21"From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life." The fact that Jesus foretold about His death to His disciple is reliable evidence to recognize Him as God and our Savior. Then, what does it mean thatChrist Ahnsahnghongpredicted His death at an interview with the Weekly Religious Magazine? It means that Christ Ahnsahnghongis Savior and God the Holy Spirit. If we fully understand this, the death of Christ Ahnsahnghong is not the evidence through which we cannot believe in Him, but rather it is the clear evidence through which we can firmly believe in Him as the Savior.
Some claim that there is no need to keep the Passover because it belongs to the Old Testament law. They say that all laws were abolished after the Crucifixion. This means that Jesus abolished the Passover before He suffered on the cross. Did Jesus really say that we do not need to celebrate the Passover? First, let’s take a look at the record of the Passover in the Bible.
About 3,500 years ago, the people of Israel, who had been in slavery for 430 years, had a critical chance to be freed from Egypt. That was the ‘Passover.’ Immediately before they came out of Egypt, God commanded them to keep the Passover by observing the following rules and regulations (Exodus 12:1-14; 43-46):
1) It must be kept on the evening of the 14th day of the first month of the sacred calendar, 2) by eating the roasted lamb and taking some of the blood and putting it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses, 3) after being circumcised.
This was the rules of the Passover of the Old Testament. When they kept the Passover by following the words of God, they received His blessings. How about in the time of the New Testament?
For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival … (1 Corinthians 5:7-8: NIV)
For our Passover Festival is ready, now that Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us celebrate our Passover…(1 Corinthians 5:7-8: GNT)
According to the prophecy of the Old Testament, Jesus became the reality of the Passover lamb and shed His blood on the cross. And like the Passover lamb, the legs of Jesus were not broken:
The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. (John 19:32-33)
Jesus, the reality of the Passover lamb and God Incarnate, gave us a new promise (New Testament) on the day of the Passover before He suffered on the cross.
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed… And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer… 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…”(Luke 22:7-20)
In the time of the old promise (Old Testament) which had gone away, the people of Israel ate a lamb on the Passover. However, we should keep the Passover by eating and drinking the flesh and blood of Jesus, the reality of the Passover lamb, since He made a new promise. In the time of the Old Testament, it’s allowed to eat the Passover lamb after being circumcised. Then, how about in the time of the New Testament?
In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the sinful nature, not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the circumcision done by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead. (Colossians 2:11-12)
In this age, we must be baptized to participate in the blessings of the Passover. The rules and regulations of the Passover of the New Testament are as follows:
1) It must be kept on the evening of the 14th day of the first month of the sacred calendar, 2)by eating and drinking the Passover bread and wine, which stands for the flesh and blood of Jesus, 3)after being baptized.
The very day Jesus ate the last supper with his disciples before He was crucified on the cross was the Passover. On that day, He gave them a new promise while eating the Passover. And the disciples participated in the Lord’s Supper by keeping the Passover even after the Crucifixion(1 Corinthians 11:23-26.)
The Passover was not abolished after the Crucifixion. We should keep it in accordance with the promise and the rules Jesus made newly. By taking part in the Lord’s Supper held on the Passover by eating and drinking the Passover bread and wine representing Jesus’ flesh and blood, we can have the forgiveness of sins and eternal life.
God prophesiedthat heavenly wedding banquet will be held for our salvation in the last days.
Rev 19:6-8 『. . . “ . . . 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. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.” (Fine linen
stands for the righteous acts of the saints.)』
Revelation is a book of prophecy that Apostle John wrote around A.D. 96 when he
saw in a vision what would take place in the future. Therefore, the event that
Revelation 19:7 speaks about?“The wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride
has made herself ready”?is to take place at Jesus’ second coming.
Now, we need to find out who the bride, the wife of the Lamb, who has made
herself ready, is. The people, who have received a wedding invitation
from the bridegroom and bride, know them and their names as well, but those who
are not invited can’t know them or their names at all. Only those who are chosen
and invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb can know this secret. As the Bible
says, “Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!”(Rev 19:9) the
knowledge of the Lamb and His bride at the heavenly wedding banquet is a
blessing given only to those who are chosen from among the seven billion
people.
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 carried me away in the Spirit
to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming
down out of heaven from God.』
Gal 4:26 『But the Jerusalem that is above is free,
and she is our mother.』
The angel said to John that he would show him the
“bride, the wife of the Lamb,” and then showed him Jerusalem. Here, we can see
that Jerusalem represents the wife of the Lamb.
Jerusalem is our spiritual Mother who gives us
eternal life. Without our spiritual Mother, a new life can’t be born. When God
created all things, He let them receive life through their mothers. This is
God’s will and providence. In the last chapter of the Bible, we can see that
the water of life is given to those who realize our heavenly Father and Mother,
who are the Bridegroom and the Bride at the heavenly wedding banquet, and come
to the wedding feast.
Rev 22:17-19 『The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!”
And let him who hears say, “Come!” Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever
wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life. 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.』
Without God the Mother, there is no eternal life. Without God the Mother, there is no truth. Those who do not believe in God the Mother can’t receive the
promise of eternal life and the kingdom of heaven.
1.If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.
2.All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God: 3.You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. 4.The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock--the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. 5.Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed. 6.You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. 7.The LORD will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven. 8.The LORD will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The LORD your God will bless you in the land he is giving you. 9.The LORD will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the LORD your God and walk in his ways. 10.Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will fear you. (Deu 28)
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