Heaven and Hell
Main references: Mt 13, 23
The words “heaven” and “hell” mostly appear in the New Testament Bible. “Heaven” appears 37 times (37 verses containing that term, in 18 chapters), and “hell” appears in 13 places (13 verses containing that term, in 8 chapters).
How are heaven and hell different from each other?
Heaven is where God the Creator is; it is a paradise where there is no death and pain (Rv 21:3-4). Hell is the fiery lake of sulfur; it is a where the eternal punishment of sin is given (Rv 19:20, 20:10, 21:8).
This judgment takes place according to Jesus’ words recorded in Jn 12:48, and according to Rv 20:12. Judgment takes place according to what people had done as recorded in the books (the Bible). From this judgment, those who kept the Lord’s commands go to heaven, and the sinners who did not keep the commands (covenant) enter the fire of hell.
Every man is born with the gene of the transgressor Adam (born with sin), and there are the original sin, the hereditary sins, and the personal sins. The law of Moses required atonement sacrifices with lambs’ blood in order to rid sin, but this could not make sin disappear (Heb 10).
God had Jesus bleed on the cross so that the people can receive atonement of sin through Jesus’ blood instead of that of the lambs. In order to go to heaven, one must first receive the atonement of sin through Jesus’ blood; second, one must be born again with God’s seed and His spirit, and third, he must be harvested and be sealed. These are God’s commands, and the Bible is the promise of God.
If these things are not fulfilled in one's life, he will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
▶ Analysis regarding heaven
Where Apostle John went up to and saw in Rv 4 was heaven in the spiritual world. It says that this heaven will come to the one who overcomes on earth (Rv 3:12).
The time this heaven comes down to the earth is the time of the creation of the new heaven and the new earth, which comes after the first heaven, the first earth, and the sea disappear; it says that the holy city (heaven) will come down to this new heaven and new earth (Rv 21).
It says in Mt 6:10, "God’s will is to be fulfilled on earth, as it is in heaven.” This is the heaven in the spiritual world, and what is fulfilled on earth is the heaven in the physical world. This is like how Moses saw what was in heaven and built it on earth (refer to Ex 25). When the spiritual world comes down to the physical world and becomes one with it, it is like how a bridegroom and meets the bride, and lives together (refer to Rv 21:9-11).
The spiritual world and the physical world were one when God created the heavens and the earth (refer to Gn 1:26-27), but the heaven of the spiritual world left because Adam sinned and became a sinner.
Jesus forgives such sins of men through his blood, and God of the spiritual world returns to be one with them; this is heaven where the spirit and the flesh become one.
Jesus said, “the kingdom of heaven is near (Mt 4:17),” at the First Coming, and he said in Mt 13 that he was “heaven” (verse: 24, 37). He also explained many times what the kingdom of heaven is like. “The kingdom of heaven that is near” came to Jesus, and God in heaven also came to Jesus. Although heaven and God could not be seen with physical eyes, they were with Jesus.
▶ Analysis on hell
Hell is the fiery lake of sulfur; it is the place where the devil, the beast, and the false prophet are tormented day and night for ever and ever. This is also called, “the Abyss (Rv 20:1-3)”, and this is hell, the lake of fire into where even death and Hades are thrown. To describe it simply, it is the lake of fire where the spirit and the flesh are tormented. This is where the devil and the sinners who did not receive the atonement of sin go to.
Jesus said it is better to go to heaven with just one eye, with one arm, and one leg, rather than having the whole body thrown into the fire of hell (Mt 18:8-9).
Hell is where the devil is, and heaven is where God is. If the Israelite pastors at the First Coming, today’s pastors in Korea, and Shincheonji (the pastors and the congregation members) are put on scales, who will go to heaven and who will go to hell? Jesus said that the trees can be recognized by their fruits (Mt 7:16-20). Their actions will testify about themselves.
(refer to Mt 19:28) Jesus, today’s One Who Overcomes, and the 12 disciples (Jesus’ 12 disciples, the 12 tribe leaders) are the ones who judge the churches with Calvinist doctrine, those who belong to worldly politics, and those in Stewardship Education Center who came to money and power. There is no one else who was given the authority to judge; this is what the Bible says.
What is sin? Sin is to not believe (refer to Jn 16:9). Believe in what? Jesus and the words of promise Jesus spoke. Why do they not believe in the pastor who came as promised? Why do they not believe in the prophecies and their fulfillment? It is because they have much of the devil’s ingredient, sin. How could the devil believe in God and His Word?
As God, Jesus, and the One Who Overcomes appear in Korea, will people stay quiet? Isn't it a fact that the devil’s army will cause a fuss? But the place where God came to, the place where God’s Word is fulfilled is truly a blessed place.
In the past, and now, people claim that they carry on their lives of faith. However, believers who are with the devil that appears at the time of the promise, become even more evil than the non-believers. They do the actions of the devil because the devil is with them. At this time, the believers whom God is with receive persecution more than any other time. However, their prize is heaven; this is what the Bible says (refer to Mt 5:10-12).
Of course, both the devil and God choose people who closely resemble their own characters, and they fulfill their purposes with their chosen ones. God fulfills the prophecies He had promised, and the devil obstructs what God fulfills. The reason the devil obstructs is that when God’s prophecies are fulfilled, God, whom it had been denying, is acknowledged. God is acknowledged as the true God when His promises are fulfilled, and that is when God’s purpose is fulfilled.
One who believes in God believes in Him for two, three reasons. One reason is that God is the Father who created him. Another reason is that heaven will be fulfilled on him. Another reason is that he does not desire to be in hell’s fire with the devil.
And there are three things that a believer must know. One is that he must know God. Another is that he must know the devil, and another is to know the words of promise and His kingdom.
A true believer must know himself in front of the Bible. If one still has not been born from the heavens, does not know the will of the heavens, and does not know God’s promise and His will, then it is night and darkness for him. Read 1 Thessalonians 5. You can find yourself there. Many talk about lives of faith, but most have not even entered the gate to lives of faith.
The most joyful news to the believers is God, heaven, and eternal life; one must find this kingdom and the righteousness and to carry on his life of faith. If he has not found it, then he is still lost; but the one who has found it, has arrived at the destination. There is a beginning and an end to life of faith. The result (the end) is the kingdom of heaven, the world of peace. And he becomes the family of the heavens.
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