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God’s Will, Objective, Salvation,
and Re-Creation in the New Testament
- Summary of the Entire Book of Revelation -
Prophecies will be fulfilled according to what has been recorded. Thus, if one adds to or subtracts from the prophecies (Revelation), one cannot go to heaven (Rv 22:18-19).
Rv 1:1-8 is the summarized conclusion after seeing all the events. John recorded the prophecies he saw as visions, and today, after approximately 2,000 years, what is testified are not the visions, but the actual entities, which are the fulfilled realities of the prophecies.
There is God (who wrote the book), Jesus who fulfilled the prophecies of the book, and the messenger of Jesus, who received and ate the opened book, sees everything at his side when the prophecies of this book are being fulfilled, and testifies to everything he sees.
When the fulfilled realities of all 22 chapters and approximately 25 pages of the prophecies are testified, those who have realized the contents of Rv 1:1-3 will be able to understand. They will be able to know when, where, who, and to whom the testimony is given.
From Rv 1:9 to the last verse of chapters 2 and 3, it seems as if the beginning of Revelation starts with John. However, this is not the case. Before Jesus appointed John, he first established the seven messengers (stars) of chapters 2-3, who prepare the way and do the work of the lampstands. Then, this place was invaded by Satan, the Nicolaitans. Afterwards, Jesus appointed John.
After this, Jesus made known the mystery regarding the seven stars and the seven golden lampstands to John, whom he appointed. Jesus also let him know about Satan, the Nicolaitans, and their actions. He had John send letters to the seven messengers on his behalf, and the content of the letters was, “Repent, fight and overcome the enemy, the Nicolaitans, and if you overcome, I will give you the things that were promised.”
This writing is not about events from approximately 2,000 years ago. Rather, [I] am writing about events that happened in today’s time.
John (the New John at the time of fulfillment) sent letters on behalf of Jesus to the seven messengers who prepared the way. Then, Jesus called John up to the throne of heaven. This event, of course, is an event that happened after [John] sent the letters in chapters 2-3. John, who went up to the throne of heaven, saw and heard the structure of God’s throne, the work being done there, and the voices of the spirits. He also saw a book in God’s right hand.
This book was sealed with seven seals, and John wept because there was no one in heaven or on earth who could open it or read it. At this time, one of the elders said that Jesus will open the seals on this book because he triumphed (overcame). Then, Jesus took the book and started removing the seals in chapters 6.
According to the words spoken by Jesus on the night of the Passover, the blood of the Passover lamb—the blood of salvation—is eaten once the seven seals are all opened and [the contents inside are] fulfilled (Lk 22:14-20).
Although what is to be fulfilled through this blood are all the events of Revelation, the core of Revelation, namely, the main will of God, is to harvest those born of God’s seed, seal them, and create the 12 tribes of God’s kingdom and people. These [12 tribes] came to exist by purchasing them with the blood of Jesus.
What took place with the opening of the book’s seals is Jesus using the four living creatures to make the white horse, red horse, black horse, pale horse, and their riders appear, and they judge the chosen people who betrayed. It is the judgment where the sun, moon, and stars darken and fall, heaven and earth disappear, and the chosen people get thrown out.
This judgment was given because, like Solomon and Adam, the chosen people bowed down to and served gentile gods and betrayed God, as seen in chapters 2-3 and chapter 13.
Who saw this? It is John who went up to the throne of heaven. Jesus opens the seals and fulfills while John sees these events [unfold]. This is the first heaven and the first earth passing away as seen in Rv 21:1.
When does the new heaven and new earth appear? After this event of Rv 6, the creation of the new heaven and new earth begins in Rv 7. In the same way Adam’s world that sinned ended and Noah’s world came to be, today, the first heaven and first earth passed away in chapter 6, and after this, a new thing—a new heaven and new earth—is created in Rv 7 according to the new covenant.
The work of Jer 31—this prophecy is also prophesied in Rv 21 as it is in chapters 6-7. The process (course) of carrying out this prophecy is this: as God’s seed sown at the time of the first coming has grown and ripened, they are first harvested, those who are harvested are sealed, and when the number of those who are sealed fills to 144,000, then there comes to be trials and a great tribulation, and those who come out of this tribulation are the multitude in white.
The 144,000 and the multitude in white in chapter 7 are those who receive salvation at the time of the fulfillment of Revelation. Therefore, it is said that this time is like the time of Noah and the time of Lot. Those who know the meaning of the prophecies of this Revelation will know the place to receive salvation and will receive salvation according to [God’s] will.
Those who are idle and don’t even know God, the word, and this era cannot receive salvation. Six of the seals of the book are opened in chapter 6, and the last, seventh seal is opened in chapter 8.
In Revelation, there are the seven seals, the seven trumpets, and the plagues of the seven bowls. They are fulfilled in the order of ① the seven seals, ② the seven trumpets, and ③ the plagues of the seven bowls. When one sees these events, he has to wake up (pay attention).
The last, seventh seal is opened in Rv 8. At this time, the seven trumpets appear, and the chosen people that were thrown out in chapter 6 are sacrificed along with the sound of the trumpet. Even so, these people still did not repent for their wrongdoings, up until the last verse of Rv 9.
In chapter 9, the number of the enemy’s mounted troops was two hundred million; there were heads on the tails of the horses, and fire, smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths and killed 1/3 of the (chosen) people. This is the army of the enemy. The various colors of breastplates (fiery red, dark blue, and sulfurous yellow) worn by the horses are the various false doctrines prepared for the spiritual war. The fire, smoke and sulfur coming out of the mouths of the horses are the false doctrines that burn people’s spirits.
In chapter 10, there is the scene of another mighty angel holding the opened book, planting his feet on the sea and the land, and judging them. There is the mystery of the last, seventh trumpet, and the promised pastor, who eats the opened book and testifies, appears.
This person who ate the opened book is the one who preaches to the servants what he has seen and heard regarding what must soon take place (Rv 1:1), the one who sent the letters in chapters 2-3, the one who went up to the throne in heaven and saw and heard the structure of the throne of heaven and the voices of the spirits, and the one who saw the events of chapters 1 to 10.
Let’s pause for a moment [and] look into the events of Moses’ time.
God chose Moses, and this was the time when Moses was kicked out of Egypt (Ex 2-3, Why is this process being mentioned?). Moses, together with his brother Aaron, returned to Egypt and fought with the king of Egypt for his people. This was the time when the king of Egypt forced a multifold measure of heavy labor onto the people of Israel. That night when they were coming out of this place of Egypt, the angel killed every firstborn of the Egyptians and the animals. At this time, the people of Israel killed a lamb, put its blood on the door, and roasted and ate the young lamb. The angels did not enter the homes of these people (Ex 12). This was the night of the Passover. Lk 22:14-20 comes to mind. It was said that this Passover lamb will be eaten when it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God. Do you know of this night, the kingdom of God, and the Passover lamb that is to be eaten? Gentiles will not know, but the people of Israel will know because they heard [about it].
Today, could [we] forget the word of this new covenant (Jn 6:51-57)? It is said that Egyptians are men (flesh) (Is 31:3). One has to come out of the churches of Egypt that are mere flesh in order to be able to eat the Passover. This is Jesus’ word of the covenant. Those who eat this Passover lamb will receive salvation. Just because one says, “Lord, Lord,” does not mean he will receive salvation. One has to keep the promise (Mt 7:21).
In Rv 11, like Moses and Aaron, there are two witnesses. When they finish testifying, they get sacrificed by the beast of the Abyss and die, and then come back to life like Jesus. At this time, as the last, seventh trumpet is blown, the kingdom of the world becomes the kingdom of God. This trumpet sound is the sound of salvation.
Rv 12, the appearance of the one who overcomes. The army of God and the army of the devil, the dragon, are fully mobilized, and thus, war takes place. At this time, the child born of the woman clothed with the sun, moon, and stars, and his brothers, fight and overcome the dragon by the blood of Jesus and the word of their testimony.
This one who overcomes receives the promises in Rv 2-3. Do you know these promises? There is a saying in the world (in Korean) that even dogs won’t eat ignorant things, ‘because they are dirty.’ [And you say that] those who do not know their own ignorance will go to heaven? That’s funny like an old man who acts like he accomplished something when he hasn’t accomplished anything.
[You think that] those who don’t even know where God or the kingdom of heaven is, where they come down to, and how they appear, will go to heaven? And receive salvation? Those who don’t even know where to receive salvation [always say], ‘Salvation, salvation.’ Even dogs will laugh.
God’s book, the Bible, is needed by man because these truths are recorded in it. That’s why it is said that the Word in the beginning is the way (the road), and why Jesus said that he is the way and the truth and the life. Churches that don’t have the word of life are the night where there is no God, no Jesus, no life, and no light. They are merely dead people.
I am now writing this article at the Suwon Detention Center, like Paul. Isn’t one’s life, position, and wealth providential? How could I possibly receive the Most Holy God and the kingdom of heaven? It makes me worry.
In Rv 13, the beast with seven heads and ten horns came out of the sea and entered the heaven tabernacle. The dragon gave this beast [his] throne and authority. Did you see this? That’s right, I saw it. This is why [they] fought. The beast won.
The people of the heaven tabernacle received the mark of the beast on their foreheads and hands, and they worshiped the beast. This was an act of betrayal to God. The seven messengers of the tabernacle are the people who made a covenant with God and Jesus with the blood from cutting the veins in their own wrists.
Due to sin like this, in Rv 6, Jesus judged these people through the four living creatures and threw them out, and those who were thrown out were killed in chapters 8-9. These seven messengers were the ones who had drawn crosses with their own blood on the back of the saints’ certificates of appointment. These people got deceived by the Nicolaitans and bowed down to gentile gods. Not only this, but during the period of Japanese occupation, the pastors of our country (Korea) bowed down to Japanese gods and even praised them. Wouldn’t the Bible have been crying from the time of Adam until now?
The beast that came out of the earth even made an idol (image) for the beast that entered from the sea, and he made the tabernacle saints worship the idol. Do you know 666, the number of the name of the beast that came out of the earth? One must know the beast that entered from sea and the beast that came out of the earth in order to not receive the mark of the beast.
The number of the name of the beast, 666, is using the betrayer of the Old Testament (Solomon) as a parable. This beast is also in the Book of Daniel. He (the beast that came out of the earth) is the one who made an idol for the one who came out of the sea. This person is the one who took the kingdom of the prostitute and occupied it in chapter 17. The number (666) of the name of this beast that came out of the earth uses as a parable the weight of the gold (666 gold talents) that Solomon of the Old Testament collected yearly from the Gentiles (1Kgs 10:14, 2Chr 9:13).
Revelation 14, the sealed 144,000 are the 12 tribes that have been harvested and sealed. They are those who have been sealed with the names of God and Jesus. On the contrary, chapter 13 is [regarding] the people who have received the mark of the beast. Chapters 13 and 14 are [regarding] the former things and the new things, just like Rv 6 and Rv 7. Chapter 6 is [regarding] the things that came to an end due to betrayal, and after this, what is created again in chapter 7 is the sealed 144,000 from the main reference—the 12 tribes.
It said that only the sealed 144,000 can sing the new song, and these 144,000 are the ripened wheat that came by being harvested. Those who are harvested are those who have been born of God’s seed out of the two kinds of seed. The actual entities of the prophecies of Mt 13 and the prophecies of Rv 14 are the same people.
In the same way, only those who had the mark of the beast in Rv 13 could buy and sell (give sermons), only those who have been sealed with the names of God and Jesus can sing the new song of chapter 14. Do you know this new song?
In Revelation, God’s group and the devil’s group are at war. Thus, one can only eliminate the enemy by knowing his own soldiers and the enemy’s soldiers. One must know those who received the mark in chapter 13 and those who were sealed in chapter 14.
Thus, it is said that one cannot receive salvation and will receive curses (plagues) instead if he adds to or subtracts from Revelation. The new song mentioned in chapter 14 is speaking of those actual entities of the fulfillment of Revelation, that is, the new covenant. Thus, only those who have been sealed can sing it. Those who carry out a true life of faith do not believe in pastors or the words of pastors. Instead, they are those who realize God’s word and believe it. One must become someone who believes in and keeps the words of the new covenant.
God prophesied in the New Covenant four gospels and Revelation what will take place in the future, and He said to see and believe it when it’s fulfilled. If that’s the case, then only by knowing the meaning of the prophecies can one see and know their fulfillment and believe in it. The one who makes the word of promise known to the flock of sheep is the true pastor. Those who don’t know it themselves and cannot feed it to the sheep are the false pastors.
Why aren’t the prophecies of the four gospels and the prophecies of Revelation being made known to the saints? How can they call themselves pastors when they don’t even know [the prophecies] themselves? If you follow a foolish, stupid, false pastor, then both of you (the pastor and the saints) are all headed for hell (Mt 15:14).
Come to the saints of Shincheonji and try asking them about the prophecies of the four gospels and all the prophecies of Revelation. They have mastered even the fulfilled realities and will make them known to you. Who are the [true] heretics? You are not even heretics. You are just foolish, stupid, dead people who are worse than heretics. The saints of Shincheonji have become walking books of Revelation.
They have become walking books of the revealed word who see and know the approximately 25-page book of Revelation—all 22 chapters and 404 verses—like the backs of their hands. You aren’t even worth comparing [with them]. How can the people of the earth and the people of heaven be the same?
In Rv 15, the last plagues of the seven bowls—those who overcame in Rv 12—are gathered by the sea of glass before the throne of God, and through them, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony that testifies all the events of Revelation was opened.
Those who have gathered at this place are those who fought against the group of the opposer, the dragon, and saw all the events of Revelation. Thus, they are able to testify regarding the events of Revelation. Have you been to this place (Rv 15:5) and tried hearing [the testimony]? Looks like you don’t have an interest in God’s word or prophecy.
God made those who fought and overcame the dragon into the bowls of wrath.
In Rv 16, angels fill those who overcame—the bowls of wrath—with the wrath of God and poured them out on the betrayers, on the throne of the dragon of the opposer’s kingdom (Babylon), and on the group of the dragon—the opposer.
As Babylon, on which the seven bowls were poured, sent out spirits of demons to the whole world and gathered supporting soldiers, the evil spirits of the earth have all gathered to Korea, the battlefield. Therefore, what would the hearts of the people of our country be like? Yet, Babylon split into three parts due to the last, seventh bowl. We are seeing this now.
Rv 17 makes known the organization and mystery of Babylon. Before knowing the mystery, one could not know that the beast in Rv 13 was Babylon. However, that mystery has now been revealed.
Ultimately, the beast with ten horns (the beast from the earth), who created the image for the beast from the sea in chapter 13, overthrows the prostitute and becomes the king of Babylon himself. These are all entities that appear in Revelation. In the midst of all this, the 12 tribes are established. This is God’s kingdom coming to exist through victory (overcoming).
Rv 18. What we came to know in chapter 17 is the fruit of good and evil of the prostitute of Babylon, that is, the food of the devil—the wine of adulteries. In chapter 18, all nations fell by the wine of adulteries of Babylon. This Babylon is the place where every unclean and detestable bird, namely, the unclean spirits, all gather.
Which church organization is this mystery, Babylon? We can see that it is not a small denomination if it is enough to make all nations fall. At the time of the first coming, who would have known that the pastors of Jerusalem were Satan’s organization? Likewise, in our country (Korea), the place where Revelation is fulfilled, where do you consider as Babylon? Is it not the denomination that swallowed up all the newly emerging denominations? Where is this place that uses its number of people for power (influence) and even mobilizes the politicians?
Because the Holy Spirit made known the mystery (secret) of this denomination, we have come to know the things referred to as the wine of adulteries and Babylon. Thus, now is the time when this must be revealed to the world. In Rv 2, the denomination of the one who entered and made [the saints] commit sexual immorality was Babylon, and those who have been captured into this place have married the spirit of the devil (ref. Rv 18:23).
If you try tracking the actions of these people one by one, then their identity gets revealed. That is why it is said that one cannot enter the kingdom of heaven if he adds to or subtracts from Revelation. The one who fought against the 12 tribes of Rv 7 was the enemy, Babylon.
In order to know hell and heaven, this fact above must be disclosed in detail. As recorded in Mt 13 and Rv 14, between those born of God’s seed and those born of the devil’s seed, one of these two entities is Babylon.
After the chosen people, who had been taken prisoners to this Babylon of chapter 18, are called out like in the time of Lot, God carries out judgment. It is carried out through death, mourning, famine, fire, and smoke (verses 8-10). In chapter 18, the fattened cattle (beast) and God’s oxen are captured (ref. Rv 19:18, Mt 22:4), and in chapter 19, the wedding banquet is held.
Rv 19. After the judgment of Babylon in chapter 18, the wedding banquet of the Lamb takes place, and God’s reign begins. The white horses and the riders capture the leaders of chapter 18 and send them to the fires of hell.
In Rv 20, finally, the dragon is captured and locked up, and the martyred spirits and we, who are alive, enter the first resurrection. Chapters 19 and 20 are the marriage and resurrection of spirit and flesh, namely, the martyred spirits and the living flesh (those who fought and overcame the group of the dragon). This is salvation.
In Rv 21, the first heaven and first earth pass away, and the new heaven and new earth is re-created (after a period of 6,000 years). This place is the marriage where spirit and flesh become one, and the meeting where the kingdom of heaven in the spiritual world and the kingdom of heaven on earth become one. God’s objective is completed according to the words “It is done” in verse 6. Those who do not believe this cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven.
The Holy City, new Jerusalem—the kingdom of heaven in the spiritual world—comes down to this earth (new heaven and new earth) (verses 1-4). From verse 9, the Holy Spirit showed and explained to me (New John) the appearance of this Holy City. This is what is being fulfilled on earth as it was fulfilled in heaven, and [they are] becoming one. However, only those whose names are recorded in the book of life can enter this place. Where is this book of life? Have you seen it? Where are the names of those who are sealed in Rv 7 and Rv 14 recorded? The one who overcomes in Rv 3 sits together with Jesus on his throne. This place is where the book of life will be. Those who are sealed with the names of God and Jesus (Rv 14, 7) are recorded in the book of life.
In Rv 22, the river of the water of life flows from the throne of God and the Lamb, and on the hill of the river, there is the tree of life. This tree of life is the tree of life seen in Gn 2-3. This tree of life is inside the Holy City; it bears twelve crops of fruit every month, and its leaves heal all the nations. Truly, it is the tree of life.
Have you seen this tree? You have not seen it. I can show it to you. It is truly, truly a good tree. Every month, it bears twelve crops of fruit. It is an amazing tree. I hope you see it once.
The condition to be able to see this tree is that one must wash his robes and wear them. These robes must be washed in the water as clear as crystal flowing from the throne of God, but would you be able to do this? If you are obedient, then I’ll let you know about the laundromat where the robes are washed.
In Rv 22:8, John saw everything from Rv 1 to Rv 22. In chapter 10, he received the open book, and everything he has seen and heard, he testified to the servants (Rv 1:1-2). Jesus sent this person, who was by his side and saw and heard everything he had fulfilled, to the churches as his messenger and had him give the testimony regarding the things he saw and heard (Rv 22:16). Then, who must all the people on earth receive the testimony from regarding the things that Jesus has fulfilled? Do you still not understand?
Who is outside this Holy City? There are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood (Rv 22:15). Inside the city, there is the tree of life. Between these two places, where will you go?
[They] do not believe in God, Jesus, the word, or the promise. They follow the dogs outside the city and bark sounds of lies and enjoy the lies. Aren’t these people living like, “It’s okay even if I die”?
As it says in Jn 1:1-5, let’s not become the people of verse 5, and instead, become the people of verse 4. Since the Word in the beginning is God, let’s enter the kingdom of heaven following the Word.
Furthermore, have I truly mastered Revelation without adding to or subtracting from it? Have I truly been created according to Revelation? Do I truly belong to the 12 tribes, who have been born of God’s seed, harvested, and sealed? These are the things we must know.
SHINCHEONJI Healing All Nations
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