[Shinchonji Truth] His coming or Our Going?

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!