[Shincheonji God's Word] The Lamp and Oil to Receive Jesus at His Second Coming

The Lamp and Oil to Receive Jesus

at His Second Coming

Main reference: Mt 25 (Mt 22; Rv 19); Jer 31; Ez 39; Hos 2

What is the lamp and oil that one needs to prepare in order to receive the Lord when he returns?
In Matthew 25, Jesus said that those who do not prepare the lamp and oil cannot receive the bridegroom Jesus, and they will be left outside the wedding banquet. Is Jesus referring to a literal lamp and oil? Or are they metaphors? According to the Scriptures “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter hidden things, things from of old,” (Ps 78:2), Jesus “did not say anything to them without using a parable” (Mt 13:34-35).
What does the lamp and oil symbolise? Jesus told this parable using the ancient Israelite wedding banquet custom. In those days, the Israelites held their wedding banquets at night. Each bridesmaid would carry a lamp to receive the bridegroom and lead him into the house and into the room where the bride waits.
God said in Jeremiah 31, “… I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt... they broke my covenant though I was a husband to them.” He also spoke in Hosea 2:19-20, “I will betroth you to me forever.” In the same manner, Jesus has said that he will come in the position of a bridegroom. Like the Israelites that came out of Egypt, we too have become the brides. Why is Jesus expressed as the groom and we as the brides? Jesus is spirit and we are flesh, the house for the spirit. We become one with the Lord by embracing the Lord in our hearts. This is a spiritual marriage. In this sense, the metaphor of the bridegroom and brides is used. This can also be found in Apostle Paul’s letter when he stated, “I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him” (2 Cor 11:2).
In order to partake in this spiritual wedding banquet and to receive the Lord, one must prepare the lamp and the oil. In Moses and Aaron's case, Aaron used olive oil to light up the lamps in the tabernacle (Lv 24). In Zechariah 4, two olive trees and seven lamps appear. The seven lamps were the seven spirits before the throne (Rv 4). The two olive trees beside the lampstand, symbolises the pastors who served the Lord (Zec 4:14). In Revelation 11, the two witnesses who stand before the Lord are likened to two olive trees. Thus, spiritual 'oil’ symbolises the word of testimony that comes out through the mouths of the two witnesses. They have seen and heard the fulfilment of the prophecies of the entire Revelation and this is testified just as they were commanded. This very word of testimony is the oil of the Holy Spirit of the Lord.
What is the lamp? Just as Jesus is the light (Jn 12:46) and the Word (1 Jn 1:1), the spiritual lamp is Jesus’ word of promise, that is, the Bible. [Since the witnesses, likened onto olive trees, know the word (prophecies) of the Bible that was hidden through the parables and its physical fulfilments, the word of the Holy Spirit, which testifies about the physical realities that have been fulfilled is the oil, which lights up the Bible]. The main reference (Mt 25) mentions those who sell the oil, which refers to the olive trees i.e. the witnesses. Only those who receive the revealed word from these witnesses, the olive trees, and gain the understanding are able to receive the returning Lord.
At the time of the First Coming, the Jews failed to receive their God as their groom despite having the Old Testament (prophecies). This was due to their lack of understanding of the words of the promise. Likewise today, if one does not know the returning path of the Lord and the promised pastor, they will be unable to recognise God, the Holy City of New Jerusalem coming down from heaven, and Jesus when they come and only become persecutors. Without the proper teaching, the pastors of each denomination will be held responsible for their members’ ignorance. The Bible even promises after which events and to whom heaven, God and Jesus would come (Rv 3:12).
The word of the New Testament is the path, the lamp and the light the Lord uses to return. The oil of the Holy Spirit is the revealed word, which is the evidence of the fulfilment of Revelation. Being part of the fulfilment (the physical realities and entities) transpires as, being reborn in a new image as the new covenant is fulfilled in you. The eligibility of receiving the Lord at the wedding banquet is preparing the lamp and the oil, and acting in accordance to the prophecy and its physical fulfilment. The five qualifications include:  being harvested, being sealed, becoming a part of the twelve tribes, not adding to and/or taking away from Revelation, and having your name recorded in the book of life. This is the new covenant that believers must keep. God made it known to us that we will be able to reign eternally as kings, as His Kingdom (heaven) and his priests, if we obtain the five qualifications. These are the marriage qualifications to receive the Lord, and serve as a sign that the lamp and oil has been prepared. If one’s lamp shines no light due to a lack of oil, this means their heart has turned dark from not knowing the Bible's prophecy and its physical fulfilment and signifies the deficiency of their faith. How can such person receive the Lord if their position is like that of a non-believer? Like the sun, moon, and stars of the sky have darkened and fallen to the ground, they have returned to being mere flesh, despite having begun their faith with the Holy Spirit. Although this is the reality, they do not realise that they are in this situation and therefore they are in the night.
In 1 Thessalonians 5 there are those who are asleep at night and urged them to awake. Those who do not have the light will get destroyed, but those who become like the light of the day will attain salvation.
Today, at the time of the Second Coming, anyone involved in the acts of persecution and cursing is a pastor of Satan. Such actions serve as the evidence that they are a part of Satan’s people. It is only those who believe and keep the word of promise whom will attain salvation. I pray for all to believe and be saved.
Amen!



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Dear Father God



I thank you with all my heart for allowing me the chance to hear more about your promises and the time we are living in today. The word “gratitude” does not seem sufficient enough in describing what I feel toward you and your word of truth.
Thank you for sending us the promised pastor for the second coming, Man Hee Lee, someone who can explain your complete word, so perfectly and fully, from having seen and heard everything he teaches from Jesus Christ (1 Jn 1:1-3, Jn 16:12-15). Thank you that you and Jesus are always with him and are using him to bring healing to this world that has strayed so far from your love (Rev 3:21).
Lord, I pray that you would give us the words to speak about your love, righteousness and truth, words that can open people’s hearts and make those who are deaf and blind able to see clearly and listen to you calling them out from Babylon (Rev 18:2). Please don’t only give us these words, but also the courage to speak them to everyone we meet.
I pray that every action of your children in Shincheonji will be to bless, forgive and love those around us, and that the world will feel the light of heaven and your perfect truth though the way that we treat everyone as precious family. This world was not created to be divided. This world was not made to have borders and hatred, and discrimination and destruction. You have taught us to bring peace and healing to this world. You have asked us to love one another always… to love even those who are ignorant of you. I pray that all Christians can honor your word, and can hear the testimony you have sent to us today, to make known the rest of what the Bible has promised. May all religions find unity in the truth, please send strong angels to help us be obedient as it is your will for us to complete this task and restore peace to your creation.
Father, I ask that the burdens of your heart would become the duty of ours, and that the end will come quickly.
Hear our prayers and please send your truth and your light to guide us always on our way to your eternal kingdom (Ps 43:3, Ps 119:105). Keep us humble and forever grateful and please lead the whole world to Shincheonji, with hearts hungry to hear and test your true word in the Bible.
You know everything that we need and so I ask that you would continue to provide for every child of yours, exactly according to what they require in order to change their hearts and be made in your holy image.
Thank you for your love, and your light that is our hope and our vision.
All these things I bring before you, in the name of your son, Jesus Christ
Amen.

[Shincheonji Bible QT] Isa42:5-7

This is what God the LORD says--he who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and all that comes out of it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it: *"I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, *to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness. ( Isa42:5-7 )

[Shincheonji God's Word] Prayers at the End of the Age when All Nations have Fallen

Main reference : Rv 17-18
 
All nations have fallen and have become the possession of Satan, and maddening wine of adulteries comes out from the mouths of the pastors who have become Satan’s possession. At a time like this, where must the congregation members pray?
 
Because the Physical Israelites worshipped Gentile gods at the time of King Solomon, the 11 tribes in the North became the possession of the Gentiles and gave service in Samaria. One tribe in the South – the tribe of Judah—gave  service in Jerusalem. Even the one tribe of Judah (Jerusalem) in the South betrayed God and became the possession of Gentiles (Isaiah 1).
 
Furthermore at the time of Jesus’ First Coming, Israel was held captive by the Gentiles (Roman Empire). It was during this time Jesus came and spoke with a Samaritan woman. He said at this time, ‘it is not in Samaria, nor in Jerusalem, but when you pray go into your room’ (refer to Jn 4). Why did prayers and service have to be done in their rooms and not in the temples? God was searching for those who were praying in rooms. What is the reason for this? At that time, just like the words of Isaiah, Israel was captured by the Gentiles, and the pastors became Gentile pastors, offering service worshiping Gentile gods. This is because of the maddening wine of adultery; Satan’s words came out of the mouths of these pastors who became Gentile pastors.    
 
At the time when God and His son Jesus came, the actions of the pastors of that time were the actions of Satan, and the actions of an enemy.  Having service together with them is listening to the words of Satan, and worshipping Satan himself. Of the prayers that are lifted up, there are prayers the Lord does not accept or listen to according to the words of Isaiah chapter 1.
 
Today is the end of the age as a result of the corruption of the world of religion, and the end of the era Satan controlled. All nations fell as a result of the maddening wine of adulteries, and have married the spirit of Satan (Rv 17-18). Will God really receive prayers lifted up to Him from a place like this? Even today, it is the time to go into our rooms to pray just like at the time of the First Coming. 
 
At the time of Moses, God separated His people from the Gentiles, and the angels destroyed all the firstborns of the Egyptians. Also in Ezekiel chapter 9, a mark (seal) was placed on the foreheads of those who grieved and lamented over all the detestable things done in the city of Jerusalem. All those who did not have the mark were slaughtered. Even today, at a time when all nations have fallen, there are those who are sealed and those who are not. Those who are sealed will live, and foreigners (Gentiles) who are not sealed will be killed 1/3rd at a time (refer to Rv 8, 9).
 
Why is it that today, those who claim they are the most fervent believers do not believe in Jesus’ promises? Today there are the sealed people who are harvested, and the weeds that are not harvested. Of the two, whom will God save and whom will He throw out? Why do they not believe in the words of the Lord?  
 
The Christian Council of Korea (CCK) split into two (CCK and the Committee to Countermeasure Cults [CCC]). They are calling each other cults. Is this what you call orthodox? Are they believers who truly believe in the Lord? Is this what you call the light and salt of the world? Would God really dwell at a place like this?
 
Look at the 12 tribes at Mt. Zion who have been sealed and harvested. They are the Light created according to the New Testament promises God made. People at that time called Jesus, who came as the Light in the name of God, a heretic, and now there are those who call the pastor, who has united with the spirit of Truth who comes in the name of Jesus, a heretic. This is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (refer to Mt 12:31).  Believers must discern for themselves which path is the road to salvation.
 
 
 
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[shinchonji Cartoon; QT] Salvation by faith alone?

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 Is he saved because he just believed?

 

"Not everyone who says to me,

Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of heaven

- only the one who does

the will of my Father in heaven.

 

 

God knows who is right and who is wrong....

[Shinchonji meaning of the gospels] Draw me Close to You

A thought form the Word:
 Are you approved by men, or by God? it is only by the word that we can measure ourselves to God’s standard of life, love and religion.
 Live a life by God’s standard alone!
2 Tim 2:15:  Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

Gal 1:10: Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
 2 Tim 2: 23 – 26: Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. 24 And the Lord’s servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. 25 Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

“In Jesus’ name” – Shinchonji member’s prayer

Thank you for giving us your word and sending your precious son to die on the cross in replace of our mortal ( Gn 6:3) sins. Your lovely word is the only constant truth and your words will never pass away. (Mt 24:35, Lk 21:33, Mk 12:31) Lord I pray that you will guide your precious children. I pray for your wisdom and thank you for your grace and mercy that you have abundantly  given me.

Help me not to forget this gracious love.

I hope to always be humble before you and revere you(Deuteronomy 13:4). I want to keep your laws in my heart and to obey you no matter what you call me to do.

Help me, Lord, to persevere and to hold onto you with all my heart.

In Jesus’ name I pray,

Amen.

Why should study the Bible to begin with?

• The Bible study

          Why should study the Bible to begin with?

• The reason for studying the Bible

          What's written in the Bible is the will of God that is yet to be fulfilled

Now, Let's study hard!

• Mt 7:21

Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom for heaven,
but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

• Hos 4:6

My people are destroyed from lack of knowldge.
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.

knowledge in his Words, means the knowledge of the Bible.

• Jn 17:3

Now this is eternal life:
That they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

It's only the Bible can know God, and know his sent Jesus. Isn't it?

So, we know the correct understanding of the Bible.