[Shincheonji Revelation] Regarding the seven churches (Rv 1:4)

Regarding the seven churches (Rv 1:4)
Korean commentaries on Revelation

Author	Author’s opinion	Page #
Jae Joon Kim	The seven churches represent all the churches of the world in every generation.	96
Eung Jo Kim	The seven churches were literally seven churches in Asia Minor. Figuratively,they represent all the churches from the time of the prophecy to the time of the second coming.	667
Yong Gi Cho	Revelation is a prophecy that divides church history into seven parts.	37
Soo Ahm Park	The word is given to all the churches of the world from the time of the first coming to the time of the second coming.	48
Sang Guen Lee	The revelation is sent to all the churches of the world through the seven churches at that time.	64
Won Tae Suk	The seven churches refer to all churches in all generations.	81
Yoon Sun Park	The seven churches represent all the churches in the time of the NT.	69, 73, 76, 79, 95, 97, 100

Non-Korean commentaries on Revelation

Author	Author’s opinion	Page #
Dake	The seven churches refer to all churches until the rapture.	643
Johnson	The seven churches represent all churches in all generations.	341
Biederwolf	The seven churches figuratively refer to the history of the church from the time of Apostle John until the second coming.	324-325
Hendricksen	They represent all churches at that time.	58
Lenski	The seven churches are symbolic archetypes of churches in every generation.	72
Wolvrood	The seven churches were locatd in the western half of Asia Minor.	37
Ladd	Seven was one of John’s favorite numbers, and it seems to symbolize completeness. John chose these seven churches with which he was well acquainted as representative of all churches.	24

The correct testimony
The seven churches mentioned in Rv 1:4 are the same seven churches mentioned in Rv 2-3. Apostle John summarized the entire book of Revelation in Rv 1:1-8 after he saw and heard all its events. This summary is key to understanding Revelation. Apostle John did not send his letters to the seven churches before he was taken to the Island of Patmos. He was in the spirit on the Island of Patmos when the Lord commanded him in a vision to send the letters. John sent those letters in a vision. Since they were sent in vision, no one in reality actually received John’s letters. No one who sends someone a letter in a dream could possibly expect that person to receive anything in reality.Today, as the prophecies of Revelation have been and are being fulfilled, Jesus has sent the letters through his promised pastor who overcomes. The letters were seven letters sent to seven messengers. They were not sent to the all pastors of the world or to all the world’s churches.The seven letters Apostle John sent in his vision are letters that had to be sent in the future. The letters are a prophecy. When the prophecy is fulfilled, real letters are sent in the physical world, not in a dream or vision. These letters are sent in the end times by the one who overcomes to the seven messengers (seven churches) at the one tabernacle (i.e. the church of the seven golden lampstands), which was invaded by the Nicolaitans (Rv 2-3).This is the testimony of the one who saw and heard everything and who sent the letters according to Jesus’ command. This is the true testimony.


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.

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Shincheonji - Let’s Ask Ourselves

Will I be going to heaven or will I end up in the Abyss (hell)?
According to the Bible and specifically Rv 20:12, a person is judged by their acts and gets sent to either the Kingdom of Heaven or to the Abyss.

Have I acted according to God's will as written in Mt 7:21-27?

God promised through Jeremiah to "plant an offspring" (Jer 31:27), and about 600 years later in Jesus' first coming He planted the offspring as promised and promised again to harvest (Mt 13:24-30, 39-40). Since then about two thousand years have passed and today the harvesting is happening.
Have I been harvested, sealed with the words and do I belong to the promised nation of the twelve tribes? (Rv 14; Rv 7).

Have I received the twelve blessings in Revelation 2 and 3, and do I know the one who overcomes to whom God, His Kingdom and Jesus will come to and be with? (Rv 3:12, 21).

Do I know the three mysteries of Revelation, the three plagues, and the three pastors?

In Rv 17 and 18, kings and people all drank the wine of adulteries and all nations fell. It is this very wine which the merchants of the earth traded and exchanged for great wealth. Do you know what kind of wine this wine of adulteries is, a wine for the wedding house of the devil?

In Rv 21, what is the difference between the new heaven and earth and first heaven and earth?
Am I a person of the new heaven and new earth or a person of the first heaven and the first earth? This happens all during the time of Revelation.

As described in Rv 22:18-19, no one can enter the kingdom of heaven if they add or take away words of the prophecy of Revelation, but instead receive plagues.
Have I truly not added to or taken away words from the book of Revelation?





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Shincheonji - God’s Kingdom and Salvation In the New Testament

Main reference: Rv 12


When does the kingdom of God, salvation and the promised pastor, spoken of by Jesus, appear in the New Testament?

The fulfillment of Revelation begins in Revelation chapters 1, 2, 3 with the appearance of the messengers of the seven golden lampstand (7 stars), at the location of the tabernacle of the seven stars. The tabernacle of heaven recorded in Revelation chapters 13, 12 is also this tabernacle of the seven stars.

After the time of Jesus’ first coming, the work of first heaven and first earth continues until the time of the messengers who prepare the way, the pastors-the messengers of the seven golden lampstands, created at the time of the fulfillment of Revelation (Rv 6). After this, the promised kingdom in the New Testament – the era of the new heaven and new earth, is opened (Rv 7).

In other words, the prophecies of the New Testament, the prophets (pastors), and the era of the church (Jesus’ church), the era of first heaven and first earth, ends at the time of the seven messengers who prepare the way. From this time on, the promised kingdom, Shincheonji Church of Jesus, New Heaven and New Earth begins and there is salvation for the people through the promised pastor, the one who overcomes. The one who correctly examines Scriptures will know this to be true. However, if one does not examine them correctly, they will not know who, when, or where the savior, the promised pastor is coming.

Currently, the pastors and congregation members of the world believe, regardless of who it is, all will be saved and enter the kingdom of heaven. However this is an incorrect understanding, and they do not know the Scriptures or the will of God, which is why they are being mislead into believing this misunderstanding (refer to Mt 22:29). This thinking is just like the people of Israel believing they received salvation through the Law of Moses.

There is a will and purpose to the New Testament (new covenant), and since it was promised that this purpose was going to be fulfilled, it must absolutely be fulfilled. This is the same as when Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament.  

In Revelation chapter 13, the messengers who prepared the way lost the battle with the beast – the pastors of the dragon (Satan). In Revelation chapter 12, the male child (born of the woman clothed with the sun), and his brothers fight the group of the dragon and overcome. From that time on, there is salvation and God’s kingdom upon this world. This child is the promised pastor, born of the woman in front of the dragon.  

This male child becomes Israel after he overcomes (refer to Gn 32:28), and creates the 12 tribes, just like Jacob and Jesus. It is no longer about receiving salvation simply because one says, “I am saved, I received the Holy Spirit, and I am orthodoxy.” That is not meeting the requirements to go to heaven. All these are only words of lies which man has made up.

Both, the person who has the spirit of God within him, and the person who has the spirit of Satan within him, proclaim they each have received the spirit of God. They each claim they are orthodoxy, and consider the other a cult. This problem can only be resolved by the Holy Spirit. It is orthodoxy and the true creation of God, only if it is fulfilled and created according to the Scriptures. After the first heaven and first earth are destroyed in Revelation chapter 6, the new heaven and new earth are created in Revelation chapter 7. This new heaven and new earth is also the kingdom that is spoken of and created in Revelation chapter 14.

The congregation members, who are one and unite with the savior and the promised 12 tribes recorded in the scriptures, distinguishing the location and events of betrayal, destruction and salvation, are those who will gain salvation and enter heaven. The one who overcomes is the promised pastor, the savior. He is the one who receives the promised blessings recorded in Revelation chapters 2 & 3.

I pray everyone will read, believe and inherit salvation.

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Shincheonji - Church of Jesus, Calvin’s Presbyterian Church, and Shincheonji Church of Jesus

Main reference: Matthew 5

The teaching of the Church of Jesus is the education, which God is with. It is the education of heaven that brings the dead to life, grants the forgiveness of sin, resurrects people, makes people born again, and leads people from death to life. Calvin (1509-1564), the founder of the Presbyterian Church, received the authority from people in Geneva. He used his predestination theory to murder people. He also denied God’s and Jesus’ book of Revelation. Shincheonji Church of Jesus keeps the new covenant by having the Bible as its standard. It is creating God’s will here on earth just as it is done in heaven. It forgives, loves, and blesses others. It also educates people with the new song (the revealed word, the word that testifies about the physical fulfillment of the New Testament).

There are a few Christian denominations in this globe that lack the word. The one that lacks the word the most is the Unification Church, second is the Catholic Church, third is Calvin’s Presbyterian Church, and fourth is the Full Gospel Church. It has been said that Protestantism emerged from Catholicism due to its sin and untruth. This Protestantism, however, has also been divided into hundreds of denominations due to the same reasons. If one closely investigates such divided denominations, he will be unable to see any biblical basis. The names and the doctrines of those denominations were created by people’s personal judgments. Even the pastors and church workers were appointed by men’s will. Moses built the tabernacle according to what he had seen and heard in heaven. The Law with which he educated people was also granted by heaven. Likewise, Jesus went up to heaven, and he saw, heard, and received the command to teach the revelation (refer to Jn 3:13; Mt 11:27). The denominations that have been created since Jesus’ ascension are not like Moses and Jesus. They have been created merely based on men’s own will.

God and Jesus promised one pastor while they were still here on earth. Jesus also made promises regarding this one pastor even after his ascension. This pastor promised by Jesus is the pastor at the time of the Lord’s second coming. He is someone who overcomes just like Jesus (Jn 16:33; Rv 2, Rv 3, 12:11). It was promised in the Bible that the spirit of truth, the counselor, who comes in the name of Jesus, will be working in the promised pastor (Jn 14:16-17, 26) just as God was working in Jesus at the first coming (Jn 14:10-11). It was promised in Revelation 2 and 3, what God had granted Jesus will also be given to the promised pastor. If someone does not have the blessings promised in Revelation 2 and 3, he cannot become the promised pastor. Nor can salvation and the kingdom exist. Whether someone is a false pastor or a true pastor can be proved by whether or not that person has received the blessings in Revelation 2 and 3. No one can attain salvation at the Lord’s second coming, not even one person, unless they go through the promised pastor. Whoever knows the Bible will speak the same word as this.

At the Lord’s second coming when the Spiritual Israelites have faced their end, the pastors and the congregation members of this world claim to have received salvation and the holy spirit. They also claim they are the orthodoxy and will go to heaven. They are mistaken because they neither know God’s will nor the Bible (Mt 22:29). They do not know how the world of their life of faith has come to an end, how God left them, and how they have turned into gentiles. Just like Adam’s family (people in Adam’s world) during Noah’s time and just like the Physical Israelites during Jesus’ first coming, people do not realize that God left them, and thus, their hearts and spirits have become night. They do not know they have fallen from heaven just like the sun, moon, and stars that have gone dark and have fallen from the sky. The purpose of the Lord’s second coming is to harvest and seal good crops from Jesus’ field (the church), which he sowed good seeds, to create God’s new kingdom (the twelve tribes of Shincheonji) and the priests (the 144,000). It is also to make the great multitude who streams after the 144,000 to be God’s people.

 In the midst of the world where the religious world has faced its end of the age, Shincheonji transcends national borders, races, and religions. Just like the light, rain, and air from the sky, Shincheonji is uniting everyone as one through the same love and same grace. Heaven is being created by sealing those who are born of God’s seed because all the religions in this world have become corrupt. This is the New Testament, and it is the purpose of God. Regarding the creation of God’s new kingdom, people do not realize it just like how people did not understand until the flood came and destroyed them all during Noah’s time (refer to Mt 24:37-39).

Not only has the promised pastor at the Lord’s second coming mastered the Bible, but he also knows its purpose and the fulfillment of all the chapters of the New Testament. At a time like this, there are people who will attain salvation and people who will not. Those who will attain salvation will be able to receive salvation not just through any churches or pastors in this world, but only through one person, the promised pastor. This has been the same in each and every generation. The promised pastors have existed in each era, and people have gained salvation only through those pastors. How can one recognize who the promised pastor is? One can recognize it by the work he is carrying out and by the fulfilled work. In other words, one can recognize the promised pastor by examining if he fights against and overcomes the designated people and carries out the work of harvesting, sealing, and creating of the twelve tribes.

The saints in the era of the New Testament have been anticipating the fulfillment of God’s promises in the New Testament (the work of salvation and the appearing of the savior). Since the New Testament has been fulfilled, it is the time for them to believe in it. Whoever refuses to believe in the words of the new covenant, which was promised through the blood, and whoever refuses to believe in the physical fulfillment of the New Testament despite it being made known to them, will be unable to blame others even if they receive the condemnation of hell. We in Shincheonji who are aware of this consequence are wholeheartedly praying for the salvation of all people.


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[Shincheonji Graduation] Graduates who traveled on an 18-hour plane ride

600 foreign graduates from the United States, Japan, China, the Republic of South Africa, Nigeria, Germany, Swiss, Canada, Australia, Ukraine, Indonesia, Uzbekistan etc… from over 10 different countries came to Korea for this graduation, on Nov. 20, 2012.

600 foreign graduates from the United States, Japan, China, the Republic of South Africa, Nigeria, Germany, Swiss, Canada, Australia, Ukraine, Indonesia, Uzbekistan etc… from over 10 different countries came to Korea for this graduation.

Daniel and Julia, a married couple from Indonesia took a 10 day break from work to attend the graduation. In spite of their exhaustion that built up during their long travel hours and the harsh cold weather in a different country, the couple, still in joy, expressed how proud they were of becoming God’s first fruit.

Andrew who came from Australia said, “It was my hope to hear the words of the chairman directly. This hope finally fulfilled today. I am so honored and thankful.” He couldn’t hide his excitement. He also said, “Before I received the word, I didn’t know much about Korea. After perceiving that the truth is flowing out from Korea, I wanted to learn more about Korea. I didn’t stop there, but I also wanted to learn Korean so that I can directly hear and perceive the Chairman’s sermons.”

Zubeltulana who came from Uzbekistan expressed her thoughts saying, “I am envious of the many people in Korea who are able to easily encounter this precious word. As I am in Korea, I will diligently study and return back home to make known this precious word to my family and close friends who are living in my home country of Uzbekistan.”

Shincheonji - Are Jesus and Shincheonji Heretics?

Two thousand years ago the Jews labeled Jesus as a heretic. Today the pastors in South Korea are labeling Shincheonji a heresy. They are labeling the truth as heresy, and calling lies orthodox.

Whose testimony is this? This is the testimony of the devil. From the eyes of the devil, who is himself a heretic, Shincheonji appears to be a heresy. All the spirits of the devil, who were once gathered against Jesus at the first coming, are now being gathered in South Korea (refer to Rv 16:13-16). This is why Shincheonji is being labeled as a heresy, persecuted, insulted, and cursed by the devil.

At this time, many people in this world appear to know about Shincheonji, and are all aware of people calling Shincheonji a heresy and a cult. Let me ask them then, what is their proof in saying that Shincheonji is a heresy or cult? Foolish pastors of the devil, please answer me!

Jesus has granted all the blessings promised in Rv 2 and Rv 3 to Shincheonji, which is receiving the most intense persecution of any organization at this time, just as Jesus received persecution during his first coming. The fact is no one on earth can attain salvation unless he receives all of the promised blessings within Revelation 2 & 3. These words are not being spoken from a mere man, but it is Jesus’ words of promise.

We in Shincheonji, are helping people who have not yet been harvested to in fact, be harvested (refer to Rv 14:14-16). We help people who have not been sealed to be sealed. We also lead those who have not entered into the 12 tribes of God’s new kingdom, to enter into the 12 tribes. Furthermore, we guide people who have not received the revealed word (Rv 10) to receive it. We aid those who haven’t eaten the hidden manna and the fruit of life in eating them both.

We teach the uninformed to know about the revealed word, the food of eternal life, and to also discern (or know about) Satan’s wine of adulteries, which has led the whole world astray. We direct those who are not God’s people to become God’s people. We make known to the uninformed, the three mysteries, three plagues, and the three entities appearing in Revelation-the betrayers, destroyers, and saviors. We help those who have added and subtracted from Revelation to not add and subtract from it. In addition to all this, we in Shincheonji also make it known to the people, whom God, heaven, and Jesus have promised to come to.

I pray that everyone knows the truth and believes in it correctly, and in doing so, they too become the people of heaven in God’s kingdom, the City of Truth, where righteousness, justice and the virtuous kings are found.




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Introduction of Zion Christian Mission Center

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
(Rv 22:17)

Just as Jesus and the twelve disciples taught the word of God for free, Shincheonji is giving the water of life for free through the bible center in accordance to the teaching of God and Jesus.

Zion Christian Mission Center, which is a free bible center (Rv 22:17), is the place where those who have been harvested are sealed with the new word (new song), that is, the word of revelation which explains how the prophecies have been fulfilled. It is also the place which creates the twelve tribes. Therefore, this is the place where the throne of the spiritual world and God are with. This is the only place in the whole world that teaches this new song, which is the word of revelation. Last year alone, 20,000 students graduated and up until now, 85,000 students have graduated. As a single religious organization, Zion Christian Mission Center has been producing the largest number of graduates in the world. Also, it has about 300 centers overseas spanning across fifteen countries such as the U.S.A., China, Japan, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, France, Spain, Austria, Italy, Australia, South Africa, India, and the Philippines.
Furthermore, hundreds of pastors, who have acknowledged the truth Shincheonji teaches, have renounced their ordainment.

Just as God fulfilled his promise to Abraham at the time of Moses (Ex 12) and just as God fulfilled the Old Testament at the First Coming (Jn 19:30), New Testament is being fulfilled and  Shincheonji is testifying about the physical fulfillment (Rv 1:2; Rv10, 22:16).

Shincheonji is currently fulfilling the New Testament, and this is something no one has ever been able to do (Rv 21:6). Even if the whole world was given in exchange, it cannot purchase this precious word.  This is why we are teaching it for free. In the beginning, many people may doubt and not believe the word that is taught because it sounds unfamiliar, but those who persevere to the end will be transformed in their hearts and be born again.

Just as the tree of life in Rv 22 has twelve branches, which bear fruit every month, more than one thousand students graduate every month through the twelve tribes of Shincheonji.

In Jn 15, Jesus is referred to as the tree of life. The people who graduate are born by the word of life and become the firstfruits. These students graduated from Zion Christian Mission Center in accordance to God’s will, and therefore, they did not graduate from the seminaries of the world. Instead, they learned the things of heaven and graduated in heaven. This is what people must bear in mind.

Word of Revelation from the Heaven
The only place in the whole world that has received the word of revelation and teaches it is Shincheonji. Only he who knows the word of God can do the will of God and only he who does the will of God can enter heaven (Mt 7:21).

Only the promised pastor, who is the one who overcomes, has the food that leads to eternal life, authority to judge, authority to rule, God, Jesus, heaven, and the saints of heaven. This is what Jesus promised.  Do you believe this (Rv 2, 3)?

Furthermore, only the saints who belong to the twelve tribes of the new, promised kingdom and are sealed become the people of heaven. They are the promised people of heaven who have been harvested and sealed (Rv 7, 14). Please try listening to the promised pastor who received the word of revelation, saw and heard the fulfillment of the New Testament, and is teaching it in a way that answers the questions of who, what, when, where, why, and how. Then try comparing what you have heard from the promised pastor to the testimony given by your own pastor.

Today, Jesus sends his messenger to the churches and believers to testify about these things (the physical fulfillment of Revelation). Those who don’t believe even if they are asked to come see and listen will not be able to go to heaven as a result of the sin of not being able to keep the promise and will go to hell instead.

God is the Word (Jn 1:1-5).
Jesus is also the Word (1Jn 1:1-2).
A person who is born of God’s seed (Lk 8:11) is a god (Jn 10:35) and God’s offspring (Acts 17:29).

If a person is not born again with God’s imperishable seed, which is the word, he has no relations with God (1 Pt 1:23).
The person who is born again through God’s seed is a son of the kingdom of heaven (Mt 13:37-39) and becomes the firstfruits, the 144,000, the twelve tribes (Jas 1:18; Rv 14).