We had received several invitations from our Shincheonji branch churches in Germany — Berlin church, Frankfurt church, and Central Germany church — as well as seminar requests from 350 German and European pastors. Due to the long distance that was needed to travel and the tight schedule we had to follow I had declined the invitation. It seems to me that the pastors in Europe have heard a lot about the reality of Korean Christianity. While the number of the Korean Christians has rapidly dropped due to the corruption of Korean Christianity, Shincheonji (SCJ) has been growing through the testimony of the revealed word, the physical fulfillment of the New Testament. Perhaps it was having heard this the pastors in Europe wanted to listen to the lectures of SCJ, as the church attendance rate in Europe was also very low at this time. Before I left for Europe, I thought that I would only go if it was God’s will and command, rather than going because of the invitations that I received from several pastors.
We have triumphed according to the Bible, and we have the evidence of victory. We have the greatest truth out of all mankind, the revealed word, which we testify about according to the 5Ws and 1H (who? What? Where? When? Why? and How?). My flesh belongs to the Lord because Jesus purchased me through his own blood (Rv 5:9-10). One day I dreamt that God had permitted me to visit Europe, so I sent my response to people that I would go if the press would broadcast our visit.
Seven SCJ delegates left South Korea on May 5, 2012, and we returned on May 16, 2012. The first seminar (the Open Bible Seminar/Conference) was hosted in the Frankfurt Press Club where 350 journalists were officially registered. The second seminar was hosted in the Ernst Reuter, Berlin.
The participating pastors in the seminars were from 28 different countries, and there were about 600 pastors. The press was unable to count the number of the participants because of the huge turnout. The lectures were based on Mt 24, Mt 13, and the brief testimony of all the fulfilled events of Revelation, which I saw and heard. Teams of translators were simultaneously translating the lectures into German, French, and English. The lectures were followed by a question-and-answer session. All the questions—if they were from the Bible—were possible to answer. After that period, interviews with newspaper journalists and with broadcasting-station producers took place.
By the time each seminar was finished, the participants’ faces were full of awe and joy. They neither cared about their pride, nor did they feel embarrassed to rush to the pulpit after the seminar was finished. Considering the difficulty in controlling the large crowd who wanted to come up to the pulpit, one can surely say that the Bible seminar was a great success. Someone bowed down with tears and pleaded with me to stay in Europe. Some people burst into tears from overwhelming inspiration. Others wanted to touch the hem of my clothes. People kissed my hands, and others invited me to come to their denominations for more seminars. Pastors and journalists raced to interview me. Several people said that they wanted to come to Korea to continue learning the word. “How dried their hearts must have been until now!” I felt sorry for them and prayed: “God, they are pleading. Please pour out your showers of blessings so that they can come back to life!”
After the seminars, we met Maizière, the former prime minister of East Germany. We listened to him explain the process of unification between East and West Germany, and we also spoke about the unification of Korea. Afterwards, we were given an opportunity to meet a director of the Göttweig Abbey, Austria. We returned to South Korea via Switzerland.
By the time we arrived at Incheon airport, there were a large number of congregation members already there, welcoming the delegations. Having watched those people, I was vividly reminded of the gathering of the large crowds after the seminar in Berlin. We had some time to take photos after the Berlin seminar. We had to stop and break up the photo taking so that everyone could be in the pictures. People asked us to remember to send them the pictures. It feels like they will always see me through those pictures.
Although seven of us went to Europe, the holy spirit of the Lord accompanied us as well. Roughly 2,000 years ago, Jesus proclaimed future events, which he would later fulfill as the new covenant. This would be the testimony to all people and the whole world. That which was proclaimed has now been fulfilled at the end of the earth, in the Republic of Korea. If this is the case, it is our duty to make this known to people. For this purpose I visited Europe. Since I testified about this physical fulfillment, I have done the task appointed to me, and people who have heard this testimony will be without an excuse for not having heard (Jn 15:22). Whoever verifies this testimony and believes in it will attain their hope by entering heaven and by gaining eternal life.
By the time each seminar was finished, the participants’ faces were full of awe and joy. They neither cared about their pride, nor did they feel embarrassed to rush to the pulpit after the seminar was finished. Considering the difficulty in controlling the large crowd who wanted to come up to the pulpit, one can surely say that the Bible seminar was a great success. Someone bowed down with tears and pleaded with me to stay in Europe. Some people burst into tears from overwhelming inspiration. Others wanted to touch the hem of my clothes. People kissed my hands, and others invited me to come to their denominations for more seminars. Pastors and journalists raced to interview me. Several people said that they wanted to come to Korea to continue learning the word. “How dried their hearts must have been until now!” I felt sorry for them and prayed: “God, they are pleading. Please pour out your showers of blessings so that they can come back to life!”After the seminars, we met Maizière, the former prime minister of East Germany. We listened to him explain the process of unification between East and West Germany, and we also spoke about the unification of Korea. Afterwards, we were given an opportunity to meet a director of the Göttweig Abbey, Austria. We returned to South Korea via Switzerland.
By the time we arrived at Incheon airport, there were a large number of congregation members already there, welcoming the delegations. Having watched those people, I was vividly reminded of the gathering of the large crowds after the seminar in Berlin. We had some time to take photos after the Berlin seminar. We had to stop and break up the photo taking so that everyone could be in the pictures. People asked us to remember to send them the pictures. It feels like they will always see me through those pictures. Although seven of us went to Europe, the holy spirit of the Lord accompanied us as well. Roughly 2,000 years ago, Jesus proclaimed future events, which he would later fulfill as the new covenant. This would be the testimony to all people and the whole world. That which was proclaimed has now been fulfilled at the end of the earth, in the Republic of Korea. If this is the case, it is our duty to make this known to people. For this purpose I visited Europe. Since I testified about this physical fulfillment, I have done the task appointed to me, and people who have heard this testimony will be without an excuse for not having heard (Jn 15:22). Whoever verifies this testimony and believes in it will attain their hope by entering heaven and by gaining eternal life.
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