Shincheonji beliefs

Born Again into People of Heaven

Main reference: Jn 3:1-6

Jesus freed us from our sins by his blood and made us to be a kingdom and priests (Rv 1:5-6, Rv 5:9-10). Jesus, the son whom God is with said, “No one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit” (Jn 3:5). Why can no one enter heaven which is God’s kingdom, without being born of water and the Spirit? 

What does it mean to be born of water and the Spirit?

The sons of God in Genesis 6, like Adam and Eve from Genesis 3, were children of God who became living beings through God’s breath of life. The Word of God in the beginning is God and God’s breath. Therefore, those to whom the Word of God came are referred to as “god” (Jn 10:35).  Satan (serpent) fed men the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which is the venom of serpents and the deadly poison of cobras. Thus man (God’s children) returned to dust, to what they originally were (death: Dt 32:33). The tree of life which bore 12 crops of fruit every month were God and Jesus (Jn 15:1-5), and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil where the poison of death comes from was the snake, the dragon and Satan’s pastor of Babylon (Dn 4).

If Adam who was the son of God had not eaten the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, he would not have returned to dust.  After Adam sinned, men on earth were born of his poisoned genes.  Consequently, they all returned to dust like Adam (refer to Gn 3:17-19). All the creations of heaven and earth returned to dust in the end because of Adam. The reason for life and death which Buddha and Byung Chul Lee wanted to know was this. The only cure that can free us from death and the pain of sin is the blood of Jesus. Therefore what Buddha had heard and understood was that the savior is Jesus, and this is why he had stated that his teachings would be like a lamp without oil when Jesus comes 500 years later.

Jesus shed His blood 2,000 years ago, but the suffering and death of humanity has not ceased. Why isn’t the blood taking into effect? The gospel of Jesus who shed His blood as told by his disciples, promised that the effectiveness of the blood will take place at the time of the Second Coming. This is recorded in the book of Revelation and in the Four Gospels. However, these have been sealed until today. It was promised that all this will be told by the Spirit of Truth, through the advocate (Jn 16:25). In the promised day of Revelation, as it is written in Revelation (refer to Rv 6, Rv 13), even a Catholic prophet prophesied during the 12^th century which he lived in, that a “new era will unfold” and that “the Catholic gospel of the old will end with the 112^th Pope.” Catholoicism must not be extended like Buddhism was (*1: refer to note at end of article), but rather the congregation members must receive blessings by keeping the Word of Revelation from heaven. Also, there is salvation for the Pope himself, if he acknowledges the present time and strives to become a citizen of heaven by being born again. To say the truth, the true Pope is God and Jesus. Moreover, the clergymen in the Catholic Church are called “father,” but the true Father is God.

     

Let us understand the role of genes in behavior by observing chicks. Chicks that are hatched resemble the appearance of the rooster and hen which produced them. Their behavior also resembles that of their parents even within the three days they are hatched.  They mimic their mother’s behavior, from how they drink water to how they dig the ground with their feet to find food. They even fight the same way, because they are born with their mother’s genes.

Likewise, people who are born of the snake and Adam and Eve who are sinners, have the same appearance and same behavior as them. It is because of that inherited blood that people sin. Would someone who is born of betrayal and evildoing act according to God’s will just by saying so with their lips? The 6,000 years of history of sin proves it. Therefore we must be born again. We must be born again of God’s seed and God’s spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh but the spirit gives birth to spirit (Jn 3:1-6). Even if Satan’s spirit had controlled someone’s flesh, he or she can enter heaven and become citizens of heaven and God’s family if they are born again with God’s seed and spirit. It is written in Mt 7:15-20 that we will know the tree, the pastor, by the actions (fruit). We will know who are born with God’s seed and spirit and who are born of Satan’s seed based on their actions (fruit).  If this pastor is a tree, then we should know which tree’s fruit we are. We are able to know through the promised Word of the New Testament.

     

Since we are born of sin’s seed and sin’s spirit, we can enter heaven after being born again by God’s seed and spirit. Those who are born with God’s seed and spirit know the meaning of God’s Word. Those who are children of darkness, who are born of Satan’s seed, do not know God’s will or promise, and neither do they believe it.  

     

As we can see plainly, we are promising and accomplishing God’s reign and peace, while the those who oppose us are declaring war and are continuously doing evil. Are we going to leave war and trouble as an inheritance for the future generations? Or are we going to put all wars to an end and leave peace as an inheritance? We Shincheonji who are opening the new era thank our God the Father for reigning over the world of peace which He created according to His will. We wish that people of all nations would be born again like us to be with God’s will and His kingdom.

Shincheonji life giving quotes

New Jerusalem Temple 

No matter how great the tribulation that you may encounter, your faith must stand strong.  Why do you think a pastor is referred to as a "rock"?  A rock stand strong regardless of the waves splashing against it.  Let us keep our faith like a rock, and be on guard for our own faith.

We need to make eery effort not to let our passion for God's work fade away.  True religions is doing God's work.  Therefore, you must not fade away fro God.  Don't you have to meet God's criteria in order for God to acknowledge you?  Thus, let us train people to be fully equipped, and also make yourself fully equipped.

Just like a rock in the sea stands strong even if it is splashed with strong waves continuously, those who have the complete knowledge do not get swayed by anyone.

Shincheonji: The Sealed 144,000 and the Multitude in White

What do the sealed 144,000 and the multitude in white represent?

In Revelation 6 God judges and brings to an end the corrupt Spiritual Israel and creates a new nation, the New Spiritual Israel in Revelation 7.  During this time, God seals the 144,000 of the twelve tribes with His seal as promised.  Each tribe consists of 12,000 people. “After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: ‘Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb’” (Rv 7:9-10).   They are the great multitude. This event that fulfilled has been seen Today.  Why can you not believe it?

What does it mean to be sealed by the seal of God?

The angel brings the seal of the living God.  This is the angel that brings the revealed word of the open book in Revelation 10. To be sealed means to have this revealed word engraved inside our hearts and minds. God and Jesus are the Word from the beginning (Jn 1:1, 1 Jn 1:1). God gave the sealed book sealed with seven seals to Jesus, who opened all the seals and gave the book to the angel.  The angel brings the opened book and begins the work of sealing (Rv 1:1, Rv 5, Rv 10, Rv 7). Therefore, the seal of God is the word of God.  Having the word engraved in one’s heart is having God engraved in one’s heart, and having the word engraved in one’s heart means to be sealed by the seal of God.

(Jn 3:31-34) 

³¹The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. ³² He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. ³³ The man who has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. ³⁴ For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. ³⁵ The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. ³⁶ Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.”

  Thus, being sealed means to listen to the word of testimony (of the things of heaven that have been seen and heard), believe it, and engrave it in your heart.

Revelation is regarding the events of heaven (Rv 12, 13, 15).  One is sealed with the revealed word which is the testimony of what was seen and heard in heaven.   As written in John 3, the difference between a person who is sealed and one who is not sealed is the difference between a person of heaven and a person of the world. How can we tell? One can tell by whether he has the word of the heaven or not.  The sealed twelve tribes in Revelation is a promise of God concerning the new era, the new people, and the new nation.  This new nation begins with a person who is sealed, which means a person with the word.   Anyone who believes this promise will search for the place with the revealed word so that he can be sealed, and he will sincerely desire to be sealed.

Who are the great multitude that appear after this—the multitude that no one can count and that come out from every nation and tribe?

After the former heaven and earth come to an end due to corruption in Revelation 6, and the work of sealing the twelve tribes happen in Revelation 7, a great multitude that no one can count come out from every nation and tribe.  They have received the atonement of sin by Jesus’ blood.  As written in Revelation 19:11-16, a rider is riding on a white horse and his name is the Word of God.  Jesus is the Word from the beginning, and the blood is his word. As Jesus said, the blood that was shed 2,000 years ago will be eaten on the day of the Second Coming at the kingdom of his Father. Today, at the time of Revelation, this blood can be eaten at the twelve tribes of God’s kingdom.  In Revelation 5:9-10, Jesus purchased men and made them to be God’s kingdom and priest with his own blood, and in Revelation 12:10-11 they fought and overcame the dragon with the blood of the Lamb.  In Revelation 7:14, Jesus allowed the people to become the great multitude by washing their robes with the blood of the Lamb.  Thus, the great multitudes are those who come out from all nations and receive the atonement of sin and salvation after the 144,000 are sealed.  They believe in the word of the testimony of the 144,000, those who testify to the blood of the lamb.

They prepared places in nations and regions for the World Alliance of Religions’ Peace Offices for the unification of scriptures.  With the word of Jesus’ blood they have been cleansed from sin and have become the great multitude; it is a great number that no one can count, numbering billions of people.  This is exactly what has been seen.

  In this era the unbelieving, those who practice magic arts, the liars, and the dogs, cannot enter heaven, the holy city—their place is hell (Rv 21:8, 22:15).    Those who believe in the prophecy and fulfillment of Revelation will receive salvation as the great multitude.  The betrayers and destroyers will not enter heaven but go to hell, but those who believe will receive salvation and become the people of heaven.

Revelation makes known the new people of the new nation in a new era.  It makes known the re-creation of a new nation.  Those who believe will receive salvation as written in Revelation.

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The Truth and Freedom

Main reference: Jn 8:32-55

(Jn 8:32-55)

³² Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." ³³ They answered him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?" ³⁴ Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. ³⁵ Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. ³⁶ So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. ³⁷ I know you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are ready to kill me, because you have no room for my word. ³⁸ I am telling you what I have seen in the Father's presence, and you do what you have heard from your father." ³⁹ "Abraham is our father," they answered. "If you were Abraham's children," said Jesus, "then you would do the things Abraham did. ⁴⁰As it is, you are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things. ⁴¹ You are doing the things your own father does." "We are not illegitimate children," they protested. "The only Father we have is God himself." ⁴² Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me. ⁴³ Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. ⁴⁴ You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. ⁴⁵ Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! ⁴⁶ Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me? ⁴⁷ He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God." ⁴⁸ The Jews answered him, "Aren't we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and demon-possessed?" ⁴⁹ "I am not possessed by a demon," said Jesus, "but I honor my Father and you dishonor me. ⁵⁰ I am not seeking glory for myself; but there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge. ⁵¹ I tell you the truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death." ⁵² At this the Jews exclaimed, "Now we know that you are demon-possessed! Abraham died and so did the prophets, yet you say that if anyone keeps your word, he will never taste death. ⁵³ Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?" ⁵⁴ Jesus replied, "If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me. ⁵⁵ Though you do not know him, I know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and keep his word.

The following explains the conversation between Jesus and the Jews

Jesus said to the Jews “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free”. The Jews replied to this, saying, “We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves of anyone”. Then Jesus said, “Everyone who sins is a slave to sin”. Then he said, “A slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed”. He also said, “I know you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are ready to kill me”. Jesus said again to the Jews, who were Abraham’s descendants, “I am telling you what I have seen in the Father's presence, and you do what you have heard from your father”.

Jesus said to the Jews that His father was different from the father of the Jews and that His father was God but the father of the Jews was the Devil. He was not talking about physical fathers, but saying that the spiritual fathers of the two were different. This means that although both Jesus and the Jews had bodies of flesh, the spirits in them and their fathers were different.

Even today, although people of The Christian Council of Korea (CCK) and congregation members of Shincheonji have bodies of flesh, they have different spirits and spiritual seeds in them, so their fathers are different as well. That is why people of CCK are persecuting and trying to kill congregation members of Shincheonji and have declared war against Shincheonji. If we make known the truth to them, the truth will set them free. We are aware that as they do not have the truth in them, they were unable to become people of freedom, instead, they became slaves to sin and therefore became our enemies. It is only possible for them to be free from sin and to escape from the Devil, their father, if the truth is in them.  

We are giving them the opportunity to be born again by giving them the truth. I am not speaking of my own accord and the words I say are not just my own. Rather, the Father who sent me commanded me to say these words. Now is the time of the end of Spiritual Israel and the time of re-creation. Only when one is harvested, sealed and born again, the true God will be his/her father and one who is born again will be a child of God.

The kingdom of heaven is the place where the children of God live as one family. Those who believe in this will be born again and become family members of heaven.

Amen!

The Heaven and the New Covenant Jesus Taught- Shincheonji

 ◆ The Heaven which Jesus taught

What kind of place is the heaven Jesus taught? Jesus spoke about the kingdom of heaven in parables (Mt 13:34-35).

One must wonder why these things are like the kingdom of heaven. There are six parables of the kingdom of heaven (Mt 13:24-30, 31-32, 33, 44, 45-46, 47-50). We must know why these things are heaven and where it is. Believers have been carrying out a life of faith to go to this very heaven.

What is the difference between the heaven Jesus spoke about and the heaven people imagine and desire to go?

There is a heaven in the spiritual realm and an identical heaven here on earth, because the heaven here on earth is made according to what is in the spiritual realm. For example, heaven was the tabernacle Moses made according to what he saw in the spiritual realm. Also the heaven mentioned in Matthew 6:10, “your will be done on earth as it is in heaven,” is the heaven Jesus mentioned in Matthew 13. Therefore, we must know the Bible.

There is a heaven in the spiritual realm and a heaven in the physical realm.  The heaven that comes down to this earth is the heaven in the spiritual realm, whereas the heaven on earth is the heaven in the physical realm that has been made as it is in the spiritual realm. The heaven in the spiritual realm descends upon the heaven that is created on earth—like the heaven in Matthew 13. This is the promise of the New Testament and the heaven that the Bible describes.

◆ New Covenant

Allow me to ask you.  Have you kept the new covenant (New Testament)?

Jesus established a new covenant with his own blood (Lk 22:20). This was the fulfillment of the promise made in Jeremiah 31:31. Paul explained about the new covenant in Hebrews 8 and after Jesus took the cross and shed his blood in chapter 10, he spoke about putting his laws in his people’s hearts and minds in verses 15-16. Did everyone record the very revelation in your hearts and minds? Did you add to it or take away from it—meaning from the revelation and the whole vision?

Habakkuk 2:2-3 states, “Then the LORD replied: ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.’” The revelation that Prophet Habakkuk spoke about was the sealed scroll in Isaiah 29:9-13 which fulfilled during Jesus’ first coming.

The book that summarizes the New Testament is the book of Revelation. At the Second Coming, the revelation that Prophet Habakkuk spoke about is this book of Revelation. He said to write this revelation in one’s heart so that he may read it as he runs with it. Why? So that when the revelation fulfills, he may recognize it, believe it, and receive salvation. If one does not know this revelation, how will he recognize it when the Lord fulfills it according to his promises? Will he break the new covenant the same way the Physical Israelites broke the covenant when the Old Testament prophecies fulfilled (refer to Jer 31:31-32)? Does anyone who adds and takes away from the words of Revelation have the right to persecute others?

Shincheonji life giving quotes

In the word was the life


We must have the belief that says,  "This Word is my life," and, "Only through this Word may I live."  Thus, everyone must have a mind set on completely understanding the Word.  You must always think, " I am still lacking.  My knowledge of the Word is still insufficient so I must learn more."  With this mindset, you must develop an abundant and perfect understanding of the Word.

The light shines in the darkness,


We must pray to God diligently.  God is with thousands upon thousands and ten thousand times thousand angels.  Truly, it is God who has been working to this day.  

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