Shincheonji - Why did Jesus bear the cross?

There are two main reasons Jesus bore the cross. The crucifixion allowed for the atonement of the sins of men (Mt 26:28; Ro 6:6-11), and it allowed God and Jesus to come and unite with people who have no sin (Ac 2:36-38; Gal 2:20; Ro 8:9-11). Before the crucifixion, the spirit was not yet with people (Jn 7:38-39), but after Jesus was crucified he breathed on people and told them to receive the spirit (Jn 20:22-23). Jesus, right before his ascension, commanded his disciples to wait for the holy spirit that the Father promised to send and to be his witnesses to the ends of the earth after the spirit came upon them (Ac 1:4-8). After that, they received the spirit Jesus had promised and went on to preach the gospel (Ac 2:1-4). The holy spirit, which left people because of their sins, was able to return to people without sin because Jesus bore the cross on behalf of his disciples to atone for their sins. Where does Jesus currently reside?

Let us truly believe by meditating on the following scriptures:

• I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Gal 2:20)

• You will know at that time that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you. (Jn 14:20)

• Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with me. (Rev 3:20)

• And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls “Abba! Father!” (Gal 4:6)

• You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is your life because of righteousness. Moreover if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit who lives in you. (Ro 8:9-11)

• We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building.  (1Co 3:9)

• Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? (1Co 3:16)

• Then I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. (Rev 20:4, NASB)

According to the scriptures, Jesus resides within us after he has atoned for our sins. This is why he bore the cross and it is our hope. It is wrong to talk about the Bible if you do not understand it fully and if you are not a Christian. These people are not qualified to talk about the Bible. You must proclaim and testify the truth only after receiving the holy spirit that allows you to see, hear, and master the Bible. You should be thankful that you now know the true meaning of Jesus’ cross, which we proclaim for our own salvation.

Shinceonji - Warfare in the New Testament

Main reference: Mt 24, all the chapters of Revelation

What kind of warfare does the New Testament refer to? The battle prophesied in the NT is not a physical battle. It is a spiritual battle. Who fights against whom? It is a battle between God the creator and the devil the created being. It is a battle between God’s chosen people, the tabernacle of Jerusalem, and the gentile Babylon (Rv 13; Rv 12). It is also a battle between God’s chosen people, the Spiritual Israelites, and the group of the spiritual Babylon (false pastors).

In Rv 13, the beast of the dragon, the seven heads and ten horns (false pastors) waged war against the saints in the tabernacle of heaven. The beast prevailed over them and gave his mark on the foreheads and the hands of the saints in the tabernacle. Not only did the saints receive the mark, but they also worshiped the beast. Consequently, they became the people of the kingdom of the beast. In short, the chosen people of God betrayed God and worshiped the gentile god, the dragon of Babylon, instead. The pastors of the tabernacle (seven stars) were defeated, and they left the tabernacle and split into seven directions (Dt 28:25).

At a time like this, a male child born from a woman clothed in the sun in Rv 12 and his brothers witnessed the events of Rv 13. They shot the arrow (figuratively referring to the bloodshed word of testimony) and destroyed the group of the dragon, the beast with seven heads and ten horns. The male child and his brothers drove them out into seven directions. Therefore, the beast lost in the battle, and the victory went into the male child and his brothers. Hallelujah! They are the victors in the NT. As a result of their victory, New Spiritual Israel was able to be created (Rv 12:10-11).

God has granted all the blessings promised in Rv 2 and Rv 3 to the one who overcomes. The one who overcomes carries out the work of harvesting promised in Mt 13 and Rv 14 in the NT. He also carries out the work of sealing according to Rv 7, and in doing so, the 12 tribes were established. This is how God has fulfilled his word of promise, the NT. These 12 tribes are God’s new creatures created according to the scenarios of the sealed scroll in Rv 5. They are new Israelites and Shincheonji—the new heaven and new earth, the new kingdom of God's chosen people (Rv 21:1).

The Bible speaks about battles throughout the history: the battle between the worlds of Noah and Adam (the floods), the battle between Moses' world of Israel and Noah's world of Canaan, the battle between the first coming Jesus and the Physical Israelites, and the battle today between Shincheonji, the new heaven and new earth, and the Spiritual Israelites that have become spiritual Babylon. The spiritual Israelites, which have turned into spiritual Babylon, are those who received the mark from the group of the dragon, the beast with seven heads and ten horns, and who worshiped them and united with them as one.

There was a need for God to call a new era due to the corruption of one generation. The new era God opened after having cleared up the previous corrupt era is Shincheonji. God brought to an end the corrupt sun, moon, and stars (God's chosen people) in Rv 6, and he established a new era in Rv 7. The tabernacle in Rv 6 and Rv 13 was the figurative heaven where the sun, moon, and stars from the previous heaven used to dwell. Its people are referred to as the earth, the people who returned to mere soil. They are, in fact, the first heaven and first earth in Rv 21. Rv 7 and Rv 14, in contrast, make references to the new heaven (the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony in Rv 15:5) and new earth (those who are sealed in Rv 7) that are re-created after the end of the previous heaven. This was the prophecy and scenarios recorded in the sealed scroll, and it was God's will and the promise in the NT.

The warfare in the NT is a religious and a doctrinal battle (Rv 12). The pastors who testified about the battle in the NT being a worldly war are false pastors. They are the ones who sowed the seed of weeds, and the weeds are the children of the devil (Mt 13:38-39). Whoever associates with the devil, receives his seed and gives sermons with it feeds people with the wine of adulteries (Rv 17). False pastors have done their trade with the wine of adulteries, which is the seed of Babylon, the kingdom of demons. They have also caused all nations to collapse (Rv 18). To whom, then, do all nations belong? Who is control over them? All nations have become the world of the devil.

The dragon and his group were defeated by the male child and his brothers in Rv 12. Now they are making an attempt to wage war against Shincheonji by mobilizing the kings of all nations and the spirits of demons, according to Rv 16. At a time like this, the location where all the demons of the earth are gathered is the place where Rv 16 takes place. As a matter of fact, this place becomes the worst battlefield.

The actions of the people in the very country where these demons are mobilized are identical to the actions of the demons. The male child and his brothers, however, fought against and overcame the dragon and his group. Who, then, could dare to fight against them?

The devil is seized at that time. False prophets are also captured, and the dragon is locked up. The Sabbath-rest and peace can finally be launched. The first resurrection, the unity between spirits and flesh, can take place. The warfare between God and Satan for the last 6,000 years comes to an end. The world of peace can be accomplished here on earth today. Now God reigns over the whole world. If there is no one who overcomes both in the spiritual and physical worlds today, this world will be eternally the world of the devil. God will be unable to reign over the world. Today, however, the NT has been fulfilled, and the overcomer has appeared and has carried out his work both in the spiritual and the physical worlds. Through the appearance of the overcomer in both worlds, everyone in this world receive an opportunity of salvation. God can also retrieve what he lost, and he can establish his eternal kingdom. The world can be a place where God reigns.

Amen! Hallelujah!




Shincheonji: Healing All Nations

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[Shincheonji Revelation] Regarding the Lord’s day (Rv 1:10)

Regarding the Lord’s day (Rv 1:10)Korean commentaries on Revelation

Author	Author’s opinion	Page #
Jae Joon Kim	The Lord’s day here refers to Sunday, the first day of the week.	94
Eung Jo Kim	The Lord’s day is referring to Sunday, the day of worship.	660
Yong Gi Cho	The Lord’s day is the one day dedicated to the Lord.	23
Soo Ahm Park	Sunday is the day we refer to as the Lord’s day.	40
Sang Guen Lee	The Lord’s day here refers to Sunday, the first day of the week.	55
Won Tae Suk	The Lord’s day refers to the day Jesus resurrected.	68
Yoon Sun Park	The Lord’s day here refers to Sunday, the first day of the week.	52

Non-Korean commentaries on Revelation

Author	Author’s opinion	Page #
Dake	The Lord’s day refers to the first day of the week, Sunday, which was the day on which Jesus resurrected.	725
Johnson	The Lord’s day is the first day of every week.	347
Biederwolf	The Lord’s day here is the first day of the Lord.	324
Hendricksen	The Lord’s day is a day to commemorate the resurrection.	62
Lenski	The Lord’s day here is the first day of the Lord.	52-53
Wolvrood	The Lord’s day is a familiar expression! from the Old and New Testaments.	853
Ladd	This is the first day of the week that is dedicated to the Lord.	31

The correct testimony
To what was John referring when he mentioned the “Lord’s day” in Rv 1:10? Was he referring to the Sabbath? If so, which Sabbath was it—Saturday or Sunday?
How would Apostle John interpret this? If he meant to refer to the Sabbath, he would have written Sabbath. Both the Old and New Testaments denote the seventh day on which we worship as the Sabbath day (Gn 2:1-3).


◈ Reference Scriptures 
“For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night.” (1 Thes 5:2)
“… not to be easily shaken from your composure or disturbed by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.” (2 Thes 2:2)
“But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise …” (2 Pt 3:10)
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day when I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet.(Rv 1:10)

The Lord’s day described above is not the seventh day nor is it the Sabbath. The Lord’s day that John mentioned in Revelation is not referring to one particular Sunday or to the day on which we worship. The Lord’s day John mentioned is the day the Lord appears to fulfill his word. When John received Jesus’ revelation (the book of Revelation) in a vision it was a prophecy that had to be fulfilled in the future. In his vision, Jesus came to John and revealed to him what will be fulfilled. Although the prophecy was given in a vision, its fulfillment occurs physically when the Lord comes and works through his promised pastor to fulfill his promises. Whether it was revelation through vision or revelation by physical fulfillment, the day the Lord comes and commands his chosen pastor to begin his work is the Lord’s day.
Today, the witness has seen and heard just like John did, and he is testifying about what has happened.

References:
Korean commentaries

Author	Title	Date	Publisher
Jae Joon Kim	Revelation	1969	Christian Literature Society of Korea
Eung Jo Kim	Commentary on the Bible	1981	Sung Chung Publishing
Yong Gi Cho	Commentary on Revelation	1976	Youngsan Publishing
Soo Ahm Park	Revelation	1991	Christian Literature Society of Korea
Sang Keun Lee	Revelation	1968	Sung Deung Publishing
Won Tae Suk	Commentary on Revelation	1984	Kyung Hayng Publishing
Yoon Sun Park	Commentary on Revelation	1964	Yungeumsa

Non-Korean commentaries

Author	Title	Date	Publisher
F. J. Dake	Revelation expounded: Eternal mysteries simplified (Korean translation)	1980	Sung Won Publishing
Alan F. Johnson	The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: Revelation (Korean translation)	1990	Jihae Christian Publishing
W. E. Biederwolf	The Second Coming Bible (Korean translation)	1989	Jang Ahn Publishing
William Hendriksen	More Than Conquerors: An Interpretation of the Book of Revelation (Korean translation)	1989	Agape Publishing
R. C. H. Lenski	The Interpretation of St. John’s Revelation (Korean translation)	1981	Baekhap publishing
John F. Walvoord	The Revelation of Jesus Christ (Korean translation)	1991	Voice Publishing
G. E. Ladd	A Commentary on the Revelation of John	1990	WM. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

Source: A Correct Understanding of the Bible and Shincheonji