[Shincheonji World News] World Without War by Peace Advocate Man Hee Lee

“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” ― Albert Einstein

These immortal words of one of history’s greatest minds are embodied by the actions of world renowned peace activist, Man Hee Lee. With the help of the Philippines’ Nationwide Association of Pastors, Mr. Lee, along with his Korean Christian organization, Shincheonji, held a bible seminar and world peace seminar at the auditorium of the College of San Agustin in Biñan, Laguna.
Mr. Lee was invited by different churches in the local areas of Laguna and Cavite to hold a bible seminar for their local church groups. A World Without War is what he envisions and advocates through political support, preaching God’s words and mobilizing the youth.



The large number of attendees, 900 strong.

I attended the seminar with two other friends, namely Kiko Tawagon and Maddie Laconico who helped me with coverage. Upon entering the auditorium, we were met with loud, heartfelt worship singing. Everyone was on their feet praising, clapping and proclaiming God’s glory.

Local pastors and churches near the area of the school lent a helping hand in making this event possible, assisting with registration, maintaining order, and guiding all the attendees.



Some pastors and church leaders who attended the event.

Mr. Man Hee Lee giving his talk on Christian action for peace.

 

 Mr. Lee is a visionary who dreams of a world rid of the terrors of war. He has been travelling to different countries and locations, from South Africa, to Germany, to Papua New Guinea, to New York, and beyond. Mr. Lee, with the Korean Christian organization, Shincheonji, has been meeting with these countries’ religious leaders and heads of state to appeal to them to support his cause in eradicating wars and ending their support for such violent causes.
His actions were first ignited by his own experiences as a young soldier on the front lines of the war between North and South Korea. He believes that young students shouldn’t be sent to fight wars and be robbed of their chance at making the most of their youth. Preaching about God’s word and the fulfillment of God’s promise to His people, Mr. Lee hopes to ignite the conscience of people in the hope that they too would be inspired to become involved in his campaign for world peace.
According to Mr. Lee, he has been advocating his Christian seminars and peace efforts for quite a long time now. He has inspired 130 international youth groups in certain countries in the declaration of peace and revolution to be forwarded to the United Nations. To help further his causes for ending the turmoil in states that are in a state of war, these youth groups and several more supporters from other countries try to motivate presidents and politicians to drop the guns and sing for peace.

source: http://www.wheninmanila.com/world-without-war-by-peace-activist-lee/

[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.
 
 
 
Shinchonji: Healing All Nations
 
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[Shincheonji God's Word] The Lord’s Prayer & His Kingdom And His Righteousness

 Main reference: Mt 6
 
What is the true meaning of the Lord’s prayer, and what are his kingdom and his righteousness referring to?
 
After the choosing of the disciples, starting in Matthew 5, Jesus gave us commands to keep as believers. One of them is the Lord’s prayer (Mt 6:9-13). He also said to seek first his kingdom and his righteousness (Mt 6:33). These are the two main points of Matthew 6.
 
After seeing the way in which the hypocrites prayed and gave to the needy, Jesus told his disciples not to do these things to be seen by men as they (hypocrites) do, but to pray to God who is unseen. He then told us what we should pray (Mt 6:1-13).

 
This prayer is the Lord’s prayer that many believers recite at the end of worship services. They do so with their mouths without knowing its meaning. If one does not follow through with their prayer in action, one is a liar to God. He listens to our prayers only if we act as well.
 
● Explanation of the Lord’s prayer
 
1) Verse 9: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name
 
① In heaven
Where is the ‘heaven’ at which God resides? The place in Revelation 4 where God’s throne is located is the spiritual heaven. God coming to Jesus at the First Coming (Mt 3:16-17; 4:17) was the spiritual heaven coming down to earth.
Also, the ‘tabernacle’ on earth on which heaven came down was called ‘heaven’ as well. The reason is that just as the sun, moon, and the stars are in the sky, Israel, who are God’s chosen people, were figuratively referred to as the sun, moon, and the stars, and thus, God’s tabernacle was heaven, the spiritual sky (Gn 37:9-11; Rv 13:6; 12:1; 15:1, 5; Mt 13:24).

 
② Our Father
In John 8, when the Jews claimed that God was their father, Jesus said to them that their father is not the true God, but the lying devil (Jn 8:41-44). This was because they were born of the seed of the devil (liar).
Only by being born of God’s seed, which is his word (Lk 8:11), can one call God ‘father’. Furthermore, God will only acknowledge those born of his seed as his sons (children). God doesn’t just automatically become the father of someone born of the devil’s seed just because he calls (the true) God his father. Neither can he just automatically become God’s son.
 
③ Hallowed be your name
God is the creator of the heavens and the earth. He has no sin; he is the light of righteousness and life. He is the Lord who judges between righteousness and wickedness. He is also the owner of all nations and all creation. God is truly a holy and flawless being. It is only logical that his creation reveres and praises God’s holiness as he deserves.
 
2) Verse 10: Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
 
① Your kingdom come
This is praying for the spiritual heaven to come down to and unite with the tabernacle of heaven on earth. It is also praying for God, who left the world, to come down to the recreated kingdom (tabernacle) on earth.
 
② Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven
Moses (Ex 25) and Jesus (Jn 5) fulfilled on earth just as they saw in heaven. In the same way, at the Second Coming, the one who fights against and overcomes the devil (the promised pastor) sees the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, in Revelation 21 and 4. He then fulfills it (Rv 3:12). Although the devil and his group will interfere with this, God and Jesus will be happy. We also ought to be happy, as seen in Revelation 19.
 
3) Verse 11: Give us today our daily bread
 
In the time of Moses, until they entered into Canaan, produced their own crop, and settled in the land, God gave the people of Israel manna from heaven every morning (Ex 16:14-36). Jesus said, however, that although the forefathers ate the manna that Moses gave, they died; but that he gives the food that does not spoil, that endures to eternal life. He said that this food was the living bread from heaven, his flesh and blood (Jn 6). Jesus himself is also the ‘Word’ as seen in 1 John 1.
The true daily bread that Jesus gives is the revealed word of the New Testament. This revelation was sealed in God’s right hand in Revelation 5, but Jesus opened it starting in Revelation 6, and thus, gave it as ‘the manna from heaven’, as the real food that endures to eternal life. The one who overcomes (i.e. the New John) in Revelation 10 is the only one through whom we can receive this (revelation).

 
4) Verse 12: Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors
 
⇒ Refer to the explanations of verses 14-15
 
5) Verse 13: Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
 
① Lead us not into temptation
Jesus told us to pray this because he knew what would take place at his Second Coming. As seen in Matthew 24, nations will rise against nations and kingdom against kingdom. At that time, many fall into deception and temptation so as to betray each other; and as there is an increase of evil, the destroyer stands on the pulpit. He is telling us to pray to not fall into these temptations and trials.
 
② But deliver us from the evil one
He is telling us to pray for deliverance from the destroyer during when he strikes and overtakes the chosen people.
 
③ For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
It is only proper for the power and the glory to be God’s because he is the creator of everything, the Lord of all, and the Lord of lords (1 Cor 15:28; Ep 4:6; 1 Tm 6:15). All created things must befittingly give glory to the maker (creator) of all beings.
 
● Verse 14-15: For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. *But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
 
Jesus spoke about forgiveness as follows.
In Matthew 18:21-35, the one whose master canceled his debt of ten thousand talents did not forgive his servant who owed him a hundred denarii, but had him thrown into prison until he could pay back the debt. The master, having heard this, called in the one whose debt he canceled, and asked why he threw his servant in prison instead of canceling his debt of a hundred denarii, when the master has canceled his own debt entirely. He then said that he too shall be thrown into jail, until he should pay back all that he owed.
This is a moral teaching regarding forgiveness. One who does not forgive others will not be forgiven.
 
● Verse 33: Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness.
 

What kingdom is this referring to? It is indeed referring to heaven. One cannot see or touch this heaven. Expressed in parables, heaven comes down on the tree that grows from a seed (Mt 13:31-32). This heaven also comes down on the one who overcomes (Rv 3:12). God’s kingdom (heaven) fulfills here on earth as it is in heaven, and it is to this place that heaven (above) comes down. This heaven is the kingdom that he told us to seek. This kingdom is the sealed twelve tribes of New Spiritual Israel (Rv 7, 14). We must seek and find this kingdom which God and the angels are with. Furthermore, ‘his righteousness’ that we must seek is the revealed word (Rv 10; 14:1-5) and faith, both of which can be found at this kingdom.

 
God’s will, as well as the objective of our faith that the 66 books of the Bible points to, is the twelve tribes of New Spiritual Israel, the kingdom that is created here on earth as it is heaven. This is the place we as believers must go to.
 
 
Shincheonji: Healing All Nations
 
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[Shincheonji] The Zion Christian Mission Center

The Zion Christian Mission Center Admissions Information

The Zion christian Mission Center welcomes anyone who wishes to learn the Bible
regardless of age, education, gender and social status.

 

1 Interview
Submission of application for successful applicants only Classes are free of charge.

 

2 Application Submission
Attend Commencement Worship (Bring Bible, hymnbook, and writing instruments)

3 Commencement Worship

4 Course
3-level course of study at the end of the entire study,
there is a graduation exam. Successful students will participate in the graduation ceremony.
















5 Graduation Ceremony

God and the Second Coming of Jesus

Main reference: Rv 3:12
 
When, where, and to whom do God, Jesus, and the kingdom of heaven come? About 2,000 years ago, God and the kingdom of heaven, promised in the Old Testament, came to Jesus. God, Jesus, and heaven who came at the First Coming and left (Acts 1:9-11) did not come until now.
 
Then when and where will this happen? What will be the sign of the Second Coming?
 
When Jesus came and left, he answered all of the questions that are written above. Not knowing this means that something is wrong with your faith. God made known future events to Siddhartha, who was a gentile, because God saw him make an effort to know it. Why then wouldn’t God make it known to His dear children if they seek it? God wrote the Bible before believers desired it to make it known to them. Therefore, believers who don’t know should repent for their lazy faith.   
 
Apostle Paul describes Jesus' Second Coming in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2. When Jesus comes, believers will be gathered to him. However, certain things must take place before he returns. As it is recorded "to not become easily unsettled or alarmed, whether it be through spirit, word, or letter saying that the Lord has come." Also, there were warnings saying that the savior does not come until the event of betrayal and the sons of destruction appear. This means that betrayal and destruction must come first before the Second Coming of Jesus.
 
Matthew chapter 24 records the signs of Jesus’ coming and of the end of the age. Jesus said, "First they will deceive you and many will turn away from the faith. At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it. This is what false prophets and antichrists say" (Mt 24:1-5, 23-24). He also said, “See, I have told you ahead of time.” (Mt 24:25).
 
So how will Jesus come then? As lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so would be the coming of the Son of Man (Mt 24:27), meaning that Jesus comes in the spirit. Jesus further explained the sign of his Second Coming and the end of the age, saying that 'there will be war in the temple with the gentile who will destroy the chosen people and stand in the holy place, and the sun, moon, and stars will darken and fall (the destruction of the chosen people).' At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory (Mt 24:15-22, 29-31). This means that Jesus will come after the signs regarding his coming appear. Jesus comes with the angels and harvests from all directions (Mt 24:31). The faithful and wise servant gives them their food at the proper time and Jesus puts him in charge of all his possessions (Mt 24:45-47). This is the way and the signs of Jesus’ coming.
 
As seen in Revelation (Chapters 1, 2, 3), Jesus first sends the seven stars (messengers) that prepare the way, and Satan’s Nicolaitans enter the temple of the messenger who prepares the way and causes the congregation members of the tabernacle to eat food sacrificed to idols and commit adultery. At this time, Jesus chooses his advocate and commands him to send letters to the seven messengers that prepare the way, telling them to repent. The content of the letter was a conditional promise that states, 'If you fight and overcome Satan’s Nicolaitans, I will give you the blessings written in Revelation 2, 3.' God, Jesus, and heaven comes down to the one who overcomes (Revelation 3:12), and he is entrusted with everything that has been prophesied.
 
The place where the events of Revelation 2, 3 take place is the same as that spoken of in Revelation 6, 8, 8, 11, 13, 12, 16, 17, 18--tabernacle of the seven golden lampstands. Also, Satan's Nicolaitans in Revelation 2 are the beast of the dragon's group in Revelation 13. These are also those that fight and defeat the congregation members of the tabernacle and place a mark on their foreheads and make them worship the idol that was made for the beast. The destruction of the congregation members of the tabernacle who betrayed when they receive the mark of the beast and worship the idol is described as the darkening and falling of the sun, moon, and stars (Mt 24:29, Rv 6:12-14). How can the people of the world know this?
 
Unless one receives revelation from heaven, not even those that were present at the place and time of the events can know. Only the messenger of the Lord, the advocate, who was chosen and who saw and heard all the events can know it. Then believers can also know about the betrayer, destroyer, and the savior by receiving the revelation through the messenger sent by Jesus. Jesus sends his angel to give people this testimony for the churches (Rv 22:16). Then believers hear the advocate’s word and see the physical fulfillment of the prophecies and those who believe this obtain salvation.
 
Who is the 'one who overcomes' as mentioned in Revelation 2, 3? The one that overcomes is the child born of the woman clothed with the sun in the tabernacle of heaven. This child (male) is one who, together with his brothers, fought and overcame the group of Satan. The dragon's group came into the tabernacle of heaven and caused people to eat food sacrificed to idols and commit adultery. They are defeated by the child and the brothers, and are expelled from the tabernacle of heaven. From here on, the child and his brothers do the work of God's kingdom and salvation. The child overcame by Jesus' blood and the word of testimony. God, Jesus, and heaven that are promised in Revelation 2, 3 descend upon the one who overcomes. The one who overcomes also receives the promised manna, white stone, ecclesiastical authority to rule, and reigns with Jesus on his throne
 
As seen in Revelation chapter 12, just as Jesus overcame in heaven, those in the tabernacle of heaven on earth (the promised pastor, ‘the one who overcomes;’ and his brothers) who belong to Jesus overcome and God’s will is done on earth as it is in heaven. This is the way and the sign of Jesus' Second Coming, and makes known onto whom God, Jesus, and the kingdom of heaven come down (Rv 14:1-5).
 
Let's believe in God and the Word and receive salvation. All believers here on earth must become the people of heaven by coming to the One who Overcomes on whom God, Jesus, and heaven descended. I sincerely pray that you receive God's kingdom and salvation.
 
Amen!