Fulfillment – the REAL Miracle: Merry Christmas from SCJ

Shinchonji, Church of Jesus, Temple of the Tabernacle of Testimony members all over the world are wishing you a blessed and safe Christmas with your loved ones. (Rev 15:5)

 

This Christmas, may we remember the sacrifice that Jesus Christ made by being obedient to the words and promises of his Heavenly Father (Jn 19:28). He was obedient to the point of death, yet even after everyone criticized, mocked, hated and beat him, Jesus still had the work of God on his mind, and he acted in accordance with the will and purpose of his Father.  May we come to fully understand that the miracle of the first coming was Jesus himself, he was the physical fulfillment to all the promises God made his children in the Old Testament. Jesus Christ was the son born, not of Adam’s corrupt human seed, but of the seed, the righteousness word of God (Jk 8:11, Hos 6:7, Rom 5:12-17, 1 Pet 1:23), he spoke the words of God and did as his Father did, because of this his blood was able to atone for our sin, and it is now, at the time of the end of the age, that his blood can take full effect, giving salvation to those who believe in his promises, and their fulfillment at this time – those who are waiting for him (Jn 14:10, Jn 14:24, Heb 9:28, Heb 9:26, Rev 12:11, Rev 7:14).

This Christmas, we are endlessly grateful for the promises that are being fulfilled today through the one who Jesus promised us with the authority God gave him at the first coming (Jn 14:16). Jesus, the counselor of the first coming (Is 9:6) promised to send ANOTHER counselor, someone who would sit with Jesus on his throne (Rev 3:21) and someone who would have the Spirit of Truth working through him (Jn 16:13) , revealing all the truth of God… these things have been hidden (Is 48:6, Mt 13:35, 1 Cor 4:5, Jn 16:25), even Paul testified to not having all the answers, yet Paul was someone God used (1 Cor 13:12).
Why? Because God promised that these things would happen at a specific time, and he asked us to be those who wait for that time… (Hab 2: 2-3)

Today, fulfillment is taking place, and there is a counselor who is testifying to all truth, according to what he has witnessed taking place in perfect accordance with Scripture (Rev 1:1-3). Man Hee Lee, from South Korea, is teaching God’s word from Shinchonji Church. Was it easy for people to get onto the ark at the time of Noah? Did they believe that word was a command from God? – No, because they assumed since it was different to what they had heard about God before (simply being the one command not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil), it had to be heresy that Noah was proclaiming. How about Jesus? Was it easy for people to accept him? Some might say that it had to be difficult because God planned for Jesus to die for our sins… but Jesus also promised that the road would be narrow, that his teaching was difficult (Jn 6:60), that few would make it to the kingdom of heaven and those who thought they were safe should beware (1 Cor 10:11, Mt 19:30, Mt 7:21).
Jesus spoke words that were new to the religious people of that time and they dismissed him as a cult. Was Jesus as fault? Or where the Jews the people who were blinded by their own perception of who God was, and how he worked.

 

Jesus promised to send one who will speak one his behalf (Jn 16:12-15). We ask that everyone who wants to hear the words of the opened scroll, the fulfillment of Revelation’s prophecies and the full explanation to God’s word, please come and hear what God wants to make known through our humble promised teacher, Mr Lee.
Listen first and then judge what Shinchonji teaches, by testing every word and verifying it against the Bible. History tells us that it was never easy for people to hear God’s voice… they continuously made the wrong judgement call, because they thought they knew better than the one who God was truly working through. It isn’t difficult to listen… please, this Christmas hear the words being testified from Shinchonji, and reason with us about scripture.

Bear in mind that the true work of God is something that no man will be able to hinder, and anyone who tries will be fighting against God himself (Act 5: 38-39) this in itself is something to give us courage and evidence as we hear all the various conflicting information about the Bible from the thousands of churches. What is being taught from Shinchonji has proven itself time and time again to be truth.

Those who seek (Mt 7:7, Mt 6:33 Heb 11;6), will come to find that Shinchonji is the Church through which God is completing his 6000 years of spiritual work, and all who desire to be part of God’s family, are so welcome to learn the word from the one God and Jesus have sent today.

This Christmas, we would like to share the good news with you… the good news of Jesus Christ was not completed at the first coming, there is more, there is still the good news of the promises he left us to follow!
We would like to share with you fulfillment and life in abundance (Jn 17:3, Rev 14: 1-5).

Merry Christmas

xx

 

 

Shinchonji’s teaching about Judgement: What about those who haven’t heard?

Jn 12:48 There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day

Although as humans we are quick to judge one another, and more often than not jump to our own conclusions, we should remember that God is far greater than automatically declaring anyone to be condemned. God is a just and fair God, he created everything according to a specific order, and structure, just like the law of nature – it has order, and no man can change it, no matter how hard he may try (Prov 2:6-10, Job 25:2, Rom 1:20).
Conviction is of God… condemnation is of Satan.
2 Peter 3:9, tells us that God hasn’t just been chilling and waiting for a moment he thinks is “hi-tech” enough, or populated enough, or even corrupt enough to send his promised pastor with the revelation we all need in order to fully understand the Bible and God’s heart. The Lord says that has been “slow” by our impatient standard because he has wanted EVERYONE to have life, and faith when he returns (Luke 18:8).

Think of the Jews before Jesus… Why did Jesus have to come? – He came to do the work that would eventually be able to save them, right? At that time, Jesus came to sow the seed of God (testify about God’s truth, which was the  fulfillment of the OT and promises of the NT at the time of the first coming) and to atone for people’s sins with his blood, so that later on people could be completely saved (Heb 9:28).

The work of salvation did not happen first time around… Heb 9:28 tell us that very clearly.
Round 1 = First coming, 2000 years ago = atonement (making a way for people to be reconciled).
Round 2 = Seconding coming, the fulfillment leading up to the promise of God dwelling with his children forever is happening today = salvation (for those who TAKE the way that was made and become reconciled, in other words, those who “are waiting”).If people were saved at the first coming, why is there still death and mourning and crying and pain (Rev 21:1-4)? Salvation would be being saved from death (1 Cor 15:51-54).  The work of Jesus’ blood was not complete with him dying on the cross and being raised to dwell as a Spirit in heaven with God, there was more that he promised… and that is why salvation only comes at the second coming, when the full picture is revealed, not only a “poor reflection” (1Cor 13:12). Surely the way the world is now, cannot be the end?! It looks nothing like Rev 21:1-4. There must be more, and there is – the fulfillment of the New Testament prophecies of Jesus Christ, and just as he promised, they are taking place now, at the end of the age, in a world that has become dark (Jn 16:12-15, Jn 21:25).

Anyway, back to the Jews. God promises Jesus in Jeremiah 31 that there will be a new work, and one of the aspects of this new work is a new kind of covenant… something completely NEW that no one would have seen before.
( –> bear in mind that this is not uncharacteristic of God, since in each generation prior, the man who he worked through proclaimed a different/new word from God that the people had to obey – do not eat the fruit, get on the ark, follow this 90-year-old man out of Egypt, keep these 10 commandments – do they sound at all similar to you? they all came from the same God – and you should also take note that until Moses, people had no Bible to refer to, only the spoken words of their “pastor”).
The reason he does this is to rescue his lost sheep (Luke 15:1-7), his children that have become blinded and misguided… God sends his son to all his children who were in darkness and had lost their way, but he did so, knowing that it would only be the minority that would be able to have faith, and become children of light (Mt 7:14, Is 60:21-22, Deut 7:7). They crossed over from death to life (Jn 5:24) and were able to be reconciled to their Father through Jesus, but even Jesus promised that there was still more, that we had to wait for in order to understand (Jn 16:25).

God knows that this world is in darkness…. he knows that his people have all become blind… actually, that had to happen first, before he could send the light (remember, the sun moon and stars of the previous generation, go dark and fall, and then the saviour comes… Mt 24:29 – 30). He comes like a thief in the night… because for many people, although the sun is rising, their eyes are shut so it might as well still be midnight for them. Jesus says in Matthew 26:29 and Mark 14:25, that he will only drink this the wine (teachings) ANEW!!! – as in the fulfillment thereof   (just like Jesus’ teaching were all “anew” at the first coming) in his fathers kingdom.

So basically God knows people blind. Right now, none of us are better than any others… all of use were dead before receiving the fulfillment of Jesus’ promises (just like all the Jews were dead unless they received the fulfillment of God’s promises – Jesus, Mt 11:27), and we have by God’s grace been shown truth through his promised teacher, Mr Man Hee Lee.

The time for judgement has not come yet,therefore it is not over yet, therefore there is no condemnation yet… and no final declaration of those who are sheep vs. those who are goats. We have ALL been drunk on mixed teachings… and now anyone, and everyone, willing to listen is being called out from Babylon (Rev 18:1-4).If people have not yet heard, how can they be fairly judged..? God is a lot more reasonable, loving and logical than that, otherwise he would have just scrapped all the baddies ages ago and been done with it. The fact that he never did that, is testimony to his love, grace and mercy on us, and he is patiently waiting for his truth to reach the ears and hearts of everyone… this is the task of those who have heard, and belong to Shinchonji, Church of Jesus, The Temple of the tabernacle of the Testimony (Rev 5:15).
Now is when we gotta secure ourselves in truth, and be able to be those who can help pull others out from darkness. If you never listen to this testimony from SCJ, you will continue to be happy, good, kind and “saved”… you will never know about the many more blessing in the scripture, and in essence, that means you are choosing to be blind. Only when you study the fulfillment you will clearly see Satan’s work vs. God’s work and know how to discern between the two.
Like Jesus came to the Jews and was rejected, our promised pastor today has come to Christians.
History is bound to repeat itself, but God is not a God of condemnation. There wasn’t even condemnation for Judas the betrayer of Christ… God’s love would have covered his sin, had he just repented and changed, therefore there is no person today who is too far from this word, to come to understand it and TRULY be saved.
We pray that God open’s everyone’s minds so that they can understand his word.

Luke 24: 44-45 He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you:  Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.” Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures

Will we have faith in the fulfillment? – Healing Leaf of SCJ

Hosea 4:5-7

New International Version 1984

You stumble day and night,
and the prophets stumble with you.
So I will destroy your mother—
my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.

“Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law of your God,
I also will ignore your children.
 The more the priests increased,
the more they sinned against me;
they exchanged their Glory for something disgraceful.

What would you say to someone who asks you why you are a Christian? or why you believe in God? it is great that each of us have our own testimony and the way that we have been lead to understand and come to know about Christianity, but surely God’s Bible is the only true way we can come to know about God. If we do not follow the word in the scripture, how can we say that we are following Christ, as his “little christs”? Jesus spoke of his second coming as the time when salvation would come, in Hebrews 9:28. It is very clear that the first coming was not for salvation, but to atone for our sins, and our actions there after are what will determine our salvation  The Bible tells us that salvation will come only to those who are waiting for the one promised in the Bible… and when that one comes, will he find faith on this earth?

Let’s be sure to base our faith on knowledge. Not to just follow blindly, and not to be so proud as to think that we have all the answers when even God tells us that he has kept things secret until the time he chooses to reveal them. Those secrets, are the key to heaven, and we should seek, hunger and be able to verify what we hear regarding fulfillment, so that we can prove ourselves acceptable (2 Tim 2:15) and those who are sincerely waiting.

Taken from: Healing leaf 

Will we have faith in the fulfillment?

Our faith does not hinge on history or believing in what has already taken place, our faith hinges on believing in and accepting the fulfillment of prophecy.

Luke 18:8 says,

“…However, when the Son of Man comes will he find faith on the earth?”

2000 years ago, at the time of the first coming, the Pharisees and Jews said they believed in God, but they didn’t believe in Jesus. Therefore, they didn’t truly believe in God either. The Spirit of God dwelt within Jesus (Mt 3:16; Jn 1:32), and seeing Jesus was like seeing God (John 14:9). By not believing in the one that God had sent, the Pharisees and Jews were actually turning their backs on God and refusing to accept Him.

In John 13:20 Jesus says,

“I tell you the truth, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”

God sent Jesus at the first coming. The Spirit of God was with Jesus, and because of this Jesus spoke the words of God, giving God’s message to the people – the lost sheep of Israel (Mt 15:24). Jesus did the things he saw his Father doing (John 5:19), and the words he spoke were not his own, they belonged to God (Jn 14:24; Jn 17:8). Because of this, believing in and accepting Jesus, was the same as believing in and accepting God.

In Revelation 1:1-2 we see the process of making the revelation of Jesus Christ known to all believers. This revelation starts with God and finally reaches the group of the ‘servants’. How does this actually happen?  The sealed scroll starts in the right hand of God (Rv 5:1), who then gives it to Jesus (Rv 5:6-7). Jesus opens the scroll (Rv 6 & 8), and gives it to his angel to take to Apostle John (Rv 10:1-2). Apostle John then eats the scroll (Rv 10:8-10), and testifies about Revelations’ fulfillment to the group of the servants(Rv 10:11).  Apostle John is sent by Jesus, and he is the one who gives Jesus’ message to believers.

Who is this Apostle John figure? The book of Revelation is a book of prophecy. We are those who need to understand the fulfillment of those prophecies today. We have to find the one who is like Apostle John, the one who is sent by Jesus and comes in his name.

We have to find the one who can testify about everything he has seen (Rv 1:2), who has ‘eaten’ the opened scroll (Rv 10:10-11), and who has overcome (Rv 2-3). Then we will find the one whom Jesus has sent to give his message to his servants (Rv 22:16).

A day in the life of a Shinchonji Christian in Korea

If you are living in Korea the chances are that you have recently been faced with a ton of  “information” – if one could call it that – online after the huge joint  Shinchonji and Mannam Volunteer Association event called “The World Peace Festival”. There is plenty that could be said about those who are so eagerly smearing the names of both groups with false accusations and insults but let me just say this, regarding the facts – Shinchonji is the Church of Jesus Christ, founded on the truth of the Bible, and no other teaching.

We do not think that Lee Man Hee is Jesus

We do not think he is the Messiah

We are Christians – we study ONLY the Bible.

Will he live forever? We believe that God’s word promises us this, but his humble response to the question is: “God willing” …

If you are one of the above mentioned people who have been unfortunate enough to be bombarded by the hatred others aim towards Shinchonji, you might have also come across this very moving testimony of a person who happens to be both a member of Shinchonji Church and Mannam Volunteer Association. This is a section of what he had to say to those who accused SCJ Christians of being cowards for not openly proclaiming the name of their faith to everyone they meet.

Ask yourself what century we are living in where people can still hurl such narrow-minded statements around (“cult” or “sect”) and discriminate to this degree.

Walk a day in these shoes… I dare you. Truth is truth, nothing can destroy it… and God will see to it that truth will be made known across the earth. Shinchonji’s doors will remain open to all who ever care to hear answers from those who are part of the church. Thank you for reading this blog.

“Please….

Go around Korea and talk to Koreans about Shinchonji, not for a day, not for a week, but for a month or more. Tell them you want to know about Shinchonji, that you have friends in this church and are really interested in learning, see their reactions.

Say the word out loud in restaurants and on the subway, say it to your kids teachers and see the reaction you get. Let people yell at you and call you a cult member, let them spit on you and hurl insults at you, your family and friends, let them spread lies about you and your lived ones, and don’t do anything to defend yourself, because if you do, it will be taken as a sign of aggression and thrust in the news.

Live as a Shinchonji member here in Korea for a time, and then you can have the right to ask me why I’m not open about my faith.

Watch your friends get fired from their jobs, and threatened to be kicked out of the country. Go to service and watch as they scream cult in your face and just smile and walk by, because if you don’t, then you are just proving that you are as violent as they say you are.

Try visiting a friends church and be asked what church you belong to, only to be asked to leave (not in a nice way) because you belong to Shinconji, when all you wanted to do was be with a friend in their service, not evangelize anyone.

Try having your family read the evil lies on the Internet and call you a murderer, and a cult member and cut all ties from you, while warning the rest of your family to stay away from you.

Live like this in this Country for the past 8 years, and then you can ask me why I’m not open about my faith the moment I meet someone new…”

SCJ Flash Mob

As a member of Shinchonji, I can testify that while we take God’s word as the highest teaching, the most respected and feared word, the highest priority in our lives, and the greatest blessing… we welcome all and any who would like to also hear and understand God’s word. There is joy and a huge amount of hope that awaits those who truly understand God’s will and so Shinchonji members want to share that joy and fun with others.

This was a bit of fun that our young adults had, while advertising an opportunity for everyone to come and hear the opened and revealed word of the New Testament.

People can say what they will, we will never stop wanting to share the truth, with smiles on our faces and joy in our hearts… Please come and hear for yourself about what Mr Lee Man Hee is testifying. Listen before making a blind judgement, that someday you might regret.

Enjoy the flash mob – it’s a little lengthy, but good fun to watch and be part of.

Ability to Discern = Deliverance : THE LORD’S PRAYER SERIES (5)

Mat 6 v 13: “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one”

What is the Bible ultimately about? Someone asked me this questions the other day… such asimple question, yet I think many Christians, myself included, would have a tough time summing that one up.

As a Christian why do you read the Bible? Today, Christianity is so largely ”relationship” and feeling-based, right? so why must I still read the Bible if I can just talk to God instead?… Well, if this is your approach then you need to reconsider your idea of what a relationship is! Speaking your words to God allows Him to know your heart more, but it is through God’s words (the Bible) is that we can know His heart more –  a one-sided relationship is always dysfunctional!! Here’s another thought…  God is spirit (Jn 4 v 24) and God is the author of the Bible (2 Tim 3 v 16, Gal 1 v 11-12, 2 Pet 1 v 20-21). Therefore is the Bible written from a spiritual point of view or a physical one? God’s ways and thoughts (spiritual) are higher than ours(physical) just like it tells us so clearly in Isaiah 55 v 8-9. We’re given the Bible so that we can be made into God’s image and know His will, which comes from having a spiritual understanding, not just reading his words through our “human-tinted lenses” (Rom 1 v 20). It is very logical to then realise that since God is the word (Jn 1 v 1),  if we ever truly want to know God (Jn 17 v 3), we HAVE to understand the Bible in the spiritual way that He wrote it. To love God is to love the word, and to know God is to know the word! It is not about Him lowering to OUR standards but about us seeking to know, understand and act according to His standard… We pray all the time that God will lead us to this place of understanding, so that we can know the way to the place where he dwells(Ps 43 v 3, Ps 119 v 105).  

God see’s no grey! Revelation 3 v 16 talks about if you are luke warm you might as well be cold because there is no half-measure in God’s eyes… you are one or the other. You are weeds or you are wheat (Mt 13 v 24-30), you are wise or foolish virgins (Mt 25 v 1-13), you are sheep or goats (Mt 25 v 31-46), you are “you” or “them” (Mt 13 v 11)… if you do not understand what each of these categories are referring to, or what you NEED in order to be classified according to one or the other,how will you avoid being part of the group that God does not acknowledge? God’s word is truth, but man’s interpretation of it is not always truth, this is why we have each been given the Bible ( 1 Jn 4 v 1,  Acts 17 v 11) . Your ability to discern what is truth is directly proportionate to your ability to avoid lies! Scary thought if you consider how much of God’s word people admit to not understanding… or how many times God warns us in the scripture to not be deceived (he must have good reason for saying this… so many times!)

We are warned repeatedly to not count our salvation before it actually comes “So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!” – 1 Cor 10 v 12 (Mt 24 v 4). When does salvation come? – Only at the second coming (Heb 9 v 28), so until them we should be aware of the fact that Jesus warns Christians (the only ones the New Testament was really written to) not to fall into temptation or follow the evil one! (Mt 6 v 13 – he even teaches us to pray that way all the time).

It is not enough to just want to do good, or to just read and memorize the words… they can only give you life when they are understood and become the food that feeds your spirit! Interestingly enough Satan knows God words too,Satan even quotes them in the Bible, like  in Genesis 3 and in Matthew 4… but does he understand them? Let us make sure that we are the sheep, the wheat, the wise virgins, and the “you” to whom God entrusts the secrets of his kingdom to! Pray that God delivers us from Satan’s grasp, and helps us not to be deceived through granting us understanding of his word!!

If a stranger asked you why they should believe in your God what would you say? Please come and listen to the words preached from the one whom God has been working through today at Shinchonji church, you have nothing to lose.

Creator of Heaven and Earth, Our Father and Our Chef : THE LORD’S PRAYER SERIES (3)

Mt 6 v 11: “Give us today our daily bread.”

Isn’t it interesting how within one chapter in the Bible God seems to contradict himself? The model prayer tells us to pray for our daily bread, while only 14 verses later we are told not to worry about what we eat or drink because  life is more important than food. In Mt 6 v 31-32 Jesus says don’t worry about or question what you will eat, drink and wear because that is what pagans do. He follows that by saying God knows that you need those things before you even ask him for them!  We tend to pray about the things that worry us, and if our physical well-being is our greatest concern then surely our prayers would include our need for “daily bread”? … It’s a  Biblical prayer, right?WELL, this all depends on the perspective you choose to take in your approach to understanding “bread”.

From man’s point of view (the physical perspective), bread is a yummy, best-served-fresh-from-the-oven, edible mixture of flour, water and yeast. It fills us up, and nourishes our bodies allowing us to grow! From God’s point of view (the spiritual perspective) bread is actually something a little different. It has the same ability to fill us up, nourish us and allow us to grow, but spiritual bread is not a baked lump of dough.

So WHY confuse our tiny minds and call it bread, if it will automatically lead to us understanding that we should pray for the delicious carbo-loaded kind!? Well, Romans 1 v 20 explains that for us, very clearly. “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.“. God uses physical examples as a kind of figurative language for us, so that we can see the properties of the physical exampleand then understand the spiritual concept better (He gives us visual aid so that we are without excuse:) ). He does this for our benefit.

This daily bread which Jesus tells us to pray for is actually even prophesied in the Old Testament. God sends his chosen people, bread from heaven which they had to collect each day – no more  and no less! It was their daily bread, sent from Heaven.  The manna was for God’s chosen people – Physical Israel (those physical descendants of Abraham) – in order to keep them alive while they were wandering the desert (Ex 16). At the first coming we understand clearly that Jesus is the fulfillment of that physical law in Moses’ era (Lk 24 v 44). Jesus’ says that He is in fact the bread from heaven in John 6 v 33, 41 and 51. The words Jesus speaks  are God’s words that give life (Jn 6 v 63) and ultimately Jesus was the word, made flesh (Jn 1 v 14). With this in mind that peculiar part of the Bible which seems to be encouraging cannibalism now makes perfect sense! Spiritually, we have to eat the “bread”that gives life, the “bread” from Heaven…we must hear and understand God’s words through Jesus!

At the second coming too, God promises a “hidden manna” (Rev 2 v 17)… it should be our goal to properly understand what that bread is going to look like (or should i say sound like – judging from Jesus’ revelation of “bread”). If we don’t we could be in the same dangerous position that the Jews were in at the first coming. They did not understand the prophecies about Jesus and because of that they killed him, they trampled on their only way to spiritual life!

So… now we can pray for our daily bread (our spiritual food) without actually going against what Jesus commands when he tells us not to worry about our physical meals. When we put God’s will and His ways first, we will always have our food to eat at the proper time! (Mt 6 v 33) God is spirit and therefore our spiritual Father longs for our spirits to live. Let’s eat and be full of God’s bread!

Jn 6 v 35: Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.

 

We should be without excuse. This is what Shinchonji, Church of Jesus teaches.

His coming or Our Going? : THE LORD’S PRAYER SERIES (2)

Mt 6 v 10: “…Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.“

Where is Heaven? I think that between this question and the famous: “Who made God?”, my poor mother was at her wit’s end at many points throughout my childhood. I asked these at regular (annoying) intervals when growing up, and never received any satisfying Biblical explanation until recently.

Heaven is a place in the spiritual realm… and the most logical and straight-forward answer would be that heaven is where God is. God’s throne is always the focal point., right? Well… Let’s then examine WHERE God’s throne, or dwelling place really was throughout the history of God’s people.

At Adam’s time, God walked with him in the Garden of Eden, until the point of Adam’s sin and betrayal (Gen 3 v 8 & Gen 6 v 3). This is an important turning point in history, where God leaves his creation. It is from this point onwards that he works continuously to restore what was destroyed by man’s disobedience  ( Jn 5 v 17). Later on we see that God instructs Moses to build a tabernacle so that He can dwell among His people again (Ex 25 v 8-9). It would be impossible for God to live in people’s hearts at this stage because that is where sin is, so it is interesting that Moses had to make this dwelling place EXACTLY according to the pattern which God showed him – this could be an entire post on it’s own  . The physical tabernacle/temple is where God dwelt in the Old Testament. 

At Jesus’ first coming, Mt 3 v 16 or Lk 3 v 21-22, The Holy Spirit descended on Jesus. Jesus became the home for God at this time (Jn 10 v 30). He spoke on behalf of God (Jn 7 v 16), acted on behalf of God ( Jn 10 v 25)and was given the authority to judge on behalf of God as well (Jn 5 v 27). Jesus was in fact God’s throne, which meant that where ever Jesus was, heaven was too. This brings new light to the understanding we have of Mt 4 v 17... “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.” We now that God’s throne is never just alone in the spiritual realm, it is surrounded by His spiritual kingdom (Rv 4 and throughout Ezekiel), the kingdom of heaven. When Jesus spoke these words, perhaps it was prophecy…although it has been about 2000 years, so judging by man’s standards it was by no means “near”… He was speaking very literally to those who understood him.

It is because of the sacrifice that Jesus made that the problem ofsin could be resolved, which allowed for people to become the “temple” of the New Testament. From that time on, those born again into God’s image (those who make their temple according to the pattern He provides us) can have God’s spirit dwell in him/her.(1 Cor 3 v 9 and 16)

So… What is it that Jesus teaches us to pray? “Your kingdom stay”? No. Does he tell us to pray that we would all become spirits and ascend to heaven? No. Jesus tells us to pray that God’s kingdom would come, and that His will would be done ON EARTH! Ecc 1 v 4: “Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.“ Rev 21 speaks about the new heaven and new earth that God will come and dwell in. “..Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them…” – Rev 21 v 3. It makes sense that since Jesus is heaven (or heaven is where Jesus is) at the first coming, when he comes again, heaven comes with him! 

If God’s kingdom really does COME, which is what the prophecies tell us (Rev 12 v 10) then it would be like creation has made full circle. Where it began, it also ends… Alpha and Omega. Interestingly enough, the place Revelation tells us to find God’s throne at the second coming is at Mount Zion – Read Rev 14 v 1 – 5. Understanding these prophecies is so essential!

Shinchonji is the place where you can hear all the explanations to the prophecies of the New Testament. It is Mount Zion, and the Spirit of Truth is working through the Counsellor – Lee Man Hee – to testify God’s truth today, in a similar way to how Jesus came to testify God’s truth at the first coming. Jesus came to reveal God’s promises and fulfill them,making the  Old Testament perfect and complete. Man Hee Lee came today to reveal Jesus’s promises and fulfill them,making the New Testament,and all of God’s word and work perfect and complete.

God, Jesus and the one who overcomes (Man Hee Lee) are waiting for us to be those who Jesus can say belong to God’s kingdom…those who do have faith at the second coming (Luke 18:8).

This is our Hope…”YOUR kingdom COME, YOUR will be done ON EARTH as it is in heaven! …Eternal life, with God. Amen!

Daddy…? : THE LORD’S PRAYER SERIES (1)

Matthew 6 v 9: “… Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name…”

When I was a kid, I can remember being in the supermarket with my father and wanting a box of chocolate milk really badly. Obviously at that age I wasn’t able to simply choose what i wanted and  buy it – partly because as a  child I didn’t know what was good for me ( I would’ve had chocolate milk for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack time!) and partly because i simply didn’t have the means by which to purchase my goodies… what i did have though, was a very loud voice  The logical thing to do was to ask my dad, who was standing only a few feet away, to get the milk for me… “Daaaaaaaaaad!?”… “Daddyyyyyyy!!??’ … no response.

Firstly we should think about what it is that makes God our Father?

In Genesis God created man (Adam) in His image. It is only 2 chapters later that  God says “the man has now BECOME like one of us” (Gn 3 v 22). If you are created one way – in the image of God almighty – and you become something else, surely it means that you are no longer the way God created you to be. And since this is taken in context after Adam and Eve sinned due to the serpents deception in Eden, we know that after they listened to Satan instead of God, they became people with sin in their hearts! Satan knows both good and evil – he wascreated good and became evil, just like Adam and Eve(Gn 6 v 5-6). When that happens God leaves men, because God cannot dwell with evil, He is all good. (Gen 6 v 3). The point I am wanting to make is that since the appearance of Satan, not all men are made in God’s image any longer. Therefore, not all men contain God’s spiritual DNA.

God’s seed (DNA) is his word (Lk 8 v 11). In Jn 6 v 63 Jesus compares the words he speaks to both spirit and life.

Therefore  God’s SEED = WORD = SPIRIT = LIFE! right? Isn’t it true that if Adam had listened to God’s word he would have had eternal life? Sin would never have entered man’s heart and so death would never have been part of the equation.

Jn 3 v 3-5 tells us that we need to be born again of spirit and water. Well if Jesus is saying that His words are spirit then the answer is not so abstract! I agree with poor Nicodemus, in that having someone tell you to be born again is a pretty far-fetched and unfathomable idea. But with the explanation and hind-sight we have today we can clearly understand that it is those who understand Jesus’ words and Love him (bearing in mind HIS definition of Love Jn 14 v 15 & 23), who are being born again, back into God’s image.  Why must we be born again? Because of the fact that men are descendants of Adam’s… and Adam was no longer God’s son, he was no longer made in God’s image, because He betrayed His creator. For us to be like Christ (Christians) we need to follow the instructions in 1 Pet 1 v 23! We need to be born of God’s “imperishable seed”, the “living and enduring WORD OF GOD“. Then our hearts can resemble God’s heart and we an pray for things putting Him first. (Mt 6 v 33).

The reason I got no response in the supermarket all those years ago, was because the man I thought was my father was really a stranger. He did not recognize my voice because I wasn’t his child, and so I’m sure the stranger would’ve eventually turned around and said –  ”little girl, I don’t know you!“… Luckily my real dad, loved me enough to hear me when I needed help and despite not getting my chocolate milk, I was so relieved to have found my father!

We should make sure that we are truly God’s children…this means that we need to not only call ourselves his children, and be self-proclaimed Christians, but we need to be the ones who are acknowledged by God. In the end we stand before no one else, we have only God to answer to, no friends to support you, no others to blame…we will each be held accountable because God’s word has been given to us so that we are without excuse (Rom 1: 20-21).

Let’s all be those who belong to God, and are born of his spiritual seed,so that we can be part of his kingdom and priests

Bring It… – Persecution Follows Truth of Shinchonji.

This cartoon really made me giggle! Although I know in reality being sabotaged, mid ‘happy-moment’, by a sneaky, baseball bat wielding bully is not really a laughing matter…BUT what tickles me is how this happens to us spiritually so often, and I wonder how many of us realize WHY!?
I think what frustrates most Christians is that in the Bible, we are told to follow the teachings Jesus gave – most of which are seemingly impossible to mere mortals as it is – and then just as we starting to master those aspects of God’s word our spiritual bully, Satan, appears (baseball bat in hand). Where, before, it felt like smooth sailing, once going the extra mile for God’s kingdom suddenly it’s stormy seas… But hang on! That’s not what they told me when I chose to be a “born again Christian”!? Things are supposed to become clearer and easier. I’m supposed to be SAVED from Satan’s clutches… am I not?

The short and very blunt answer would be – Yes, you are supposed to be SAVED, but you are also supposed to BECOME a child of God (Jn 1 v 12). My point is not that you aren’t becoming His child, it’s that being born again is a process through learning and understanding God’s words and will (1 Pet 1 v 23). So just like being born as God’s child cannot come to completion the same day you acknowledge Him or respond to that altar call at church, being saved is a work that comes to completion at Jesus’ second coming (Heb 9 v 28). Do you think that Satan enjoys the idea of people seeking God’s truth? If people understood truth, Satan would have no power to deceive people! Therefore I’m sure there is no greater threat to the devil, than a Christian with the revealed words of God! For every step you take towards fully understanding God’s heart, Satan looses ground to stand on… but don’t be fooled into thinking he will not put up a fight!

God warns us throughout the Bible and gives us examples of the enemy’s battle plans in the past. In Gen 2 v 17God’s command is clear! And Satan twists God’s truth into something that tempts man. He makes that one thing God forbids, and that man even understood NOT to do (Gen 3 v 3) seem so very appealing. Unfortunately History repeats itself throughout the generations of the Old Testament and by Jesus’ first coming Satan was on a winning streak! In Mt 4 he tries this same tactic on Jesus, by quoting God’s word. How is it that Jesus overcame? Well other than the fact that Jesus was God’s son, He obviously knew and understood all of God’s words fully.

“Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me” – Mt 11 v 6 & Lk 7 v 23. Jesus never claimed that following Him would be easy! He warns that persecution will come as a result of following Him – He was the one man revealing Satan’s pastors (Mt 23 &  Jn 8 v 44) and bringing a NEW WORD from God! Instead of listening and testing His words according to scripture, they labeled Jesus as a cult, and hated him for his testimony. “If the world hates you, bear in mind that it hated me first.” – Jn 15 v 18.

The reality is that Jesus brought all things good! He brought truth, light, love and God’s will into a world that belonged to Satan, and if we are claiming to be made in God’s image, we should have a heart after Jesus’… a heart containing God’s truth! His word is our suit of armor (Eph 6 v 10-20) and our weapon ( Heb 4 v 12 & Rev 12 v 11) to fight the battle Satan will bring against us.  It is then easier to understand  why God tells us to rejoice in times of trouble – NOT because we are expected to have super-human powers of indescribable  joy 24/7, but because if you are facing trials and persecution due to God’s word being your chosen path, it means you are a threat to Satanand he’s found reason to gather his troops and attack.  Overcoming those attacks will mean you have seen through his lies and rendered him powerless!

The Son of God overcame the world, and as those who are becoming God’s children, we have the means by which to do the same – suit up to secure your victory!

James 1 v 2-4: Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds,  because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.  Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Those who persecute anyone, cannot possibly belong to the same spiritual family of Jesus Christ. Please hear the truth with humble hearts and be sure to never regret an uninformed decision you make today.

Shinchonji welcomes all listen to judge for themselves.