The maddening wine of adultery that has destroyed all nations

What is the maddening wine mentioned in Revelation that has the power to destroy all nations? If it is real wine, wouldn’t it be astonishing?

Not long ago, a group of Christian pastors decided to make a prediction about the day they thought the rapture would come. They used the prediction to draw attention to themselves, turning it into a big issue in Christian circles. That day came and went, proving that those pastors are liars (Dt 18:20-22). They spewed lies out of their own thoughts because they couldn’t distinguish the time and because they misunderstood the concept of rapture. Although everyone now knows they are false prophets, they are not even ashamed of themselves and are continuing in the ministry. Oblivious to their hypocrisy, they are even persecuting other Christian groups by calling them cults. They are sowing the false seeds of weeds in people’s hearts, and anyone who receives their teachings becomes a child of the devil (Mt 13:24-30; Mt 13:36-40).

Today, the Christian world is confronted with an even bigger problem: the maddening wine of adultery mentioned in the book of Revelation. Because no one knows the true meaning of the maddening wine of adulteries, people have been left to their own devices and are inventing many false interpretations. False pastors are spreading their false interpretations about the wine of adulteries and the woman riding the beast with seven heads and ten horns (Rv 17:1-3). One commentary, for example, says the woman represents the Roman Catholic Pope, the seven heads represent seven of the world’s strongest nations, and the ten horns of the beast represent ten of the countries in the European Commission. Can these thoughts that come straight from a single person’s mind be the real testimony about the fulfillment of the book of Revelation? No, it is clear they are just spreading lies. The Bible specifically says the woman riding the beast with seven heads and the ten horns is called Babylon (Rv 17:5). This great prostitute entices people with the maddening wine of her adulteries, and all nations have joined her. They have drunk deeply of her wine and have been spiritually destroyed (Rv 18:3).

Wine is made with grapes; grapes come from vines. The Old Testament talks about the bad grapes that grow from the vines of God’s garden (Is 5:2-4). It also refers to the king of Babylon as a great tree that provides food for all (Dn 4:20-22). The New Testament compares the king of Babylon to a great prostitute (Rv 17:1-5). The spiritual nation of Babylon is a home for demons and a haunt for every evil spirit, a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird (Rv 18:2). The great prostitute belongs to this spiritual nation of Babylon, and her maddening wine represents the lies of Satan. Satan’s teachings are the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras (Dt 32:33). Anyone who eats from the fruit of this tree or drinks its wine is killing his spirit with poison.

Jesus spoke figuratively about about the secrets of the kingdom of heaven that would be revealed at the time of his second coming (Mt 13:34-35; Mk 3:10-12). No one can know these secrets until the time appointed for their fulfillment has come (Jn 16:25).

The devil is pretending to be God by giving his false teachings to his false pastors (Jn 8:44). He is working through them to spread his lies around the world, hiding them in plain sight in the form of biblical commentaries. The pastors of the world read and rely on the words of the commentaries more than God’s truth in the Bible, especially when it comes to the prophecies that they cannot understand on their own. Revelation even talks about these commentaries when it mentions the golden cup filled with maddening wine (Rv 17:4). The cup and its maddening wine represent these commentaries and the lies they contain. The world’s false pastors are drinking their fill of the maddening wine (Rv 17:2)—they have been intoxicated by false doctrines. Since these false pastors are also feeding their false doctrines to their congregation members, all nations have been spiritually destroyed by the words of false biblical commentaries (Rv 18:3).

Today, the time of the fulfillment has come and the sealed figurative language of Revelation has been entirely opened (Jn 16:25; Rv 10). All nations should abandon the biblical commentaries and return to the true words of the Bible and only the Bible (i.e. the true revelation from God). The prostitute and her beast with seven heads and ten horns do not represent the Pope, the world’s seven strongest countries, or 10 EC nations. These are lies preached by false pastors. When did the strongest nations come out of the sea to make war with heaven like the beast in Rv 13? When did the nations force people to receive a mark on their right hands or foreheads (Rv 13)? Protestants call Catholics heretics, and Catholics call Protestants heretics. We should not be the kind of people who curse one another; we should bless the people around us with our words and actions.

The woman of adulteries and her beast with seven heads and ten horns all represent pastors of Satan who emerged from the Republic of Korea. They appeared here to interrupt the work of God (2 Thes 2:9-10) because God and heaven have descended to Korea (Rv 7:2-4; Rv 21:1-3). Revelation is being accomplished right now and people who truly understand the Bible know and believe.

The holy spirit of the truth (i.e. the Counselor) has come to the new heaven and new earth—to Shinchonji—in the name of Jesus and is testifying the truth with the one who overcomes. Together, they certify that these words are truth.
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Promises in the New Testament and the secrets of the kingdom of heaven

At the first coming, Jesus spoke about the secret of the seed in Mt 13. He used figurative language when he talked about the secrets of the kingdom of heaven (Mk 4:10-11). He also warned us not to add or subtract anything from the book of Revelation (Rv 22:18-19).

There are three mysteries in Revelation: the mystery of the seven stars (Rv 1:20), the mystery of the seven pastors of the devil (Rv 17:7), and the mystery of the seventh and final trumpet (Rv 10:7). The events of Revelation occur in the order of betrayal, destruction, and salvation. The judgment of the betrayers and destroyers occurs in the following order: the seven seals are opened (Rv 6; Rv 8:1-2), the seven trumpets are blown (Rv 8; Rv 9; Rv 11:15), and the seven bowls are poured out (Rv 16).

The book of revelation is given to just one person (Jn 16:25; Rv 1:17-19; Rv 10) at an appointed time (Hb 2:2-3). Anyone, other than that one person, who claims to know the true meaning of Revelation is a liar. The one who knows Revelation is the one who testifies about its physical fulfillment (Rv 1:2; Rv 22:8, 16). When the Lord fulfills the prophecies of Revelation and reveals their physical fulfillment, the Lord makes it known to his one chosen person. In the time of the end of the Old Testament, the world became a possession of Satan. Today, at the time of the end of the New Testament, the world has again been handed completely over to Satan. This happens because the devil works very hard in each generation to enter pastors who have amassed great ecclesiastical authority (Mt 4; Rv 18).

During the time of Jesus’ first coming, it seemed as if the Jewish pastors and believers were carrying out a proper and diligent life of faith. If that were true, why did they try to kill God and his son Jesus (Mt 27)? They did so because the devil had entered and was working through them (Jn 8). If we consider how these events took place at the time of the first coming, it is not so hard to understand the situation at the second coming. The scriptures say that all nations fall and marry the devil in the time of the New Testament’s fulfillment (Rv 18).

At the time of Jesus’ first coming, no one in the religious world was righteous. No one knew God or Jesus; no one understood the will of God (Rom 3:10-12). There was no one who knew the contents of the sealed scroll (Is 29:9-14; Hb 2:2-3; Ez 1-3). When God’s chosen people have been captured by gentiles, God opens the sealed scroll and gives it to one pastor of his choosing. God also designates a place his chosen pastor must go. Jesus was the one who received the opened scroll at the time of the first coming. This was why people could only know God by receiving the revelation through Jesus (Mt 11:27).

Similarly, in the time of the New Testament’s fulfillment, no one knows the meaning of Revelation until God opens the sealed scroll through his chosen pastor. At that time, anyone else who claims to have received salvation and the holy spirit or to be orthodox is lying. If they had really received the spirit, they should have mastered the Bible and the revelation—the deep and mysterious things of heaven (1 Cor 2:10). How can people who dwell in darkness without the light of life (i.e. the word) be saviors? If they themselves are as dark as night, how can they claim to have received the holy spirit and to be orthodox? It is only when they receive the revelation from heaven that they can testify like Jesus, Apostle John, and Paul did (Rv 1:1; Gal 1:11-12).

Today, just like in the time of the Old Testament and the time of the first coming, those who do not receive the revelation, do not know God or Jesus and they cannot attain salvation. Please refer to Mt 11:27 and Rv 10:10-11to understand how the prophecies about the giving of the revelation in the Old and New Testaments were fulfilled. All believers today must know who they are and what time they are living. In other words, they must be able to discern the times and find the place from which the revealed word is coming. The revealed word is life and light. This is why places without the revealed word can be compared to the darkness of night. Please read 1 Thes 5.

Comparing Shinchonji Church of Jesus (SCJ) with the churches of the world is like comparing heaven and earth. This is because SCJ has the revealed word and has mastered the book of Revelation. It is also because the members of SCJ are good grains harvested from the field—from the churches of the world (Mt 13:30; Rv 14:14-16; Rv 14:1-5). No one receives salvation and goes to heaven unless they receive the revealed word through Shinchonji Church of Jesus—the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony. The churches of the world, on the other hand, are full of curses, persecution, and lies.

There are people today who preach the revealed word, but there are also people who prevent others from receiving it. Only by realizing this can people recognize who belongs to the first group and who belongs to the second. This message becomes the evidence that distinguishes the two groups.

Let’s work hard to help others seek the path of life. People at the first coming persecuted Jesus to cover their shame. We must not make the same mistake. We speak boldly about what we know. People who love the light will be happy to speak with us, but people who prefer darkness will stay in the darkness. In addition, the conversion education programs murdering people’s spirits must stop. Those who participate in these conversion education programs are worse than the servants of dogs (Is 56:9-11). The prophecies of Jn 16:1-2 were fulfilled in Calvin and are being fulfilled again in the conversion education pastors who belong to Calvin’s Presbyterian Church. These people murder others physically and spiritually just because they refuse to convert to the Presbyterian denomination. It is time to repent!

*The purpose of our lives of faith*

The purpose of our lives of faith is the kingdom of heaven and eternal life. God reigns in the kingdom of heaven and is the only one who can give eternal life. True religion and the Bible leads to the kingdom of God and eternal life. God is the Lord of true religion and the kingdom of heaven. Eternal life is of God.

People read and believe in God’s book, in which God has written his will. Many people, however, are ignorant of the scriptures and of God’s will (Mt 22:29). These people act according to their own will (Rom 10:2-3).

The world is full of religious scholars, but what do they study? Supposedly, they are studying the true will of God and the true meaning of the Bible. Which of them, then, knows the true will of God? The truth is that none of them know it. They study the Bible because they do not know. Only God knows his true will, and God does not reveal this mystery until the time he has appointed arrives (Eccl 3:1; Dn 12:8-9; Jn 16:25).

Although Apostle Paul was blameless before the law and had more knowledge than most, he persecuted Jesus and stoned Stephen to death (Phil 3:5-6; Acts 7:1-8:3). Why did he do such a thing? Apostle Paul persecuted Christians because he was judging them according to his own righteousness and his own knowledge. Religion cannot be judged according to the knowledge and righteousness of men. Siddhartha threw away his kingship and his kingdom to solve the problems of life, age, disease, and death, but he could not accomplish his goals. After death, however, his spirit can be saved by faith when he listens to the gospel of Jesus (1 Pt 3, 5).

The studies of the world’s scholars are biased and prejudiced by their denominations; the teachings have lost their life. Over the past 6,000 years of biblical history, it was always the pastors or religious leaders who killed the prophets and apostles sent by God. They judged them according to their own righteousness (Mt 23:34-35). Today’s religious scholars should not follow the path of these pastors from the past. When you encounter a new teaching, even if you think it looks humble and small, even if the world has turned away from it, shouldn’t you at least understand it and honestly decide whether or not it is true? This is the attitude of a real scholar.

There is a pastor today who is like Apostle Paul before he met Jesus and repented—like the Apostle Paul that killed Stephen. He hated Shinchonji Church of Jesus with all his heart and tried everything he could think of to destroy us. Here is his testimony.

“I entered Shinchonji with the intent to destroy it. As we joined, however, my brothers and I began to understand. We realized that we were wicked and ignorant. We realized that we did not have any knowledge of the Bible. Our hearts were not white, but black. We did not know anything about religion. We were led by evil spirits, not the holy spirit. Although we thought we were righteous, we sowed the seeds of weeds, which are evil. In doing so, we gave spiritual birth to the children of Satan. I now know that this is the truth according to the Bible. Although I had received the seeds of evil spirits and had given birth to spiritual children who were evil, I still claimed to be orthodox. I realized by the help of the holy spirit that I was wrong in calling Shinchonji Church of Jesus a cult and wrong in persecuting it. In fact, I wanted to kill myself because I had done so much wrong.”

I want to say something to the religious scholars of the world. You must study hard and decide for yourselves whether our teachings are true. I assure you that there is a big difference between the lives of faith people live in Shinchonji and the lives of faith people live in the rest of the world’s churches. I am proclaiming that Shinchonji—The Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony—is the place all nations must come to learn the Bible and to worship (Rv 15:2-5; Rv 21:1-6). I assure you that this is the destination of our lives of faith.

The Church and the Holy Temple

God appointed Noah after Adam’s fall. God appointed Moses and Joshua after Ham’s sin destroyed Noah’s world. God made a covenant with Abraham and fulfilled it through Moses by delivering the Israelite from Egypt (Ex 12) and through Joshua by entering Shechem in the promised land of Canaan (Jo 24:25).

After they entered the land of Canaan, judges and kings were appointed to rule the Israelite who had made a covenant with God. King Solomon, however, worshiped gentile gods, thus, dividing Israel into north and south (1Kgs 11). Later, even the city of Jerusalem in the land of Judah was invaded by gentiles (Is 1).

The era of Moses’ law and the era of the kings, which both occurred long before Jesus, can also be referred to as the era of the temple for burnt offering and sacrifice. After Jesus came, God no longer wanted burnt offerings and sacrifices. He wanted people to truly know him. The era of heaven’s gospel, also known as the era of the church, had begun.

The Greek word for church, ecclesia, means gathering. A church is, thus, a place where people are gathered to receive teachings. A temple, on the other hand, refers to the holy place where God dwells. God does not dwell within the church building, and when Satan sets himself up in the holy temple, it can no longer be called a temple. Regardless of its location or its appearance – whether a hut or a palace – any place God dwells can be called the temple. If God is in a person’s heart, that person is the temple (1Cor 3:9, 16-17). This is why Jesus was the temple of God.

When Jesus came the first time, the law of Moses, the prophets, and their prophecies came to an end (Lk 16:16). When Jesus comes a second time, the era of the church, which lasts until the appearance of the seven messengers of the seven churches in Rv 1, 2, 3, comes to an end. The gospel (the seed), pastors, and prophecies of the New Testament all come to an end at this time as the true grains are harvested from the world’s churches. This is when the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, where all nations must come and worship, opens (Rv 15:4-5). The eternal gospel (i.e. the fulfillment of the New Testament) appears, and the holy city of New Jerusalem descends from heaven to Shinchonji (i.e. the New Heaven and New Earth). This is the beginning of the era of the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, which is New Jerusalem (Rv 21:1-6).

The temple in this city is God and it is Jesus (Rv 21:22). All believers must distinguish the time they are living in according to the Bible so that they can find the correct path. We must go and unite with the place where we belong to reach our hope of eternal life. According to the four gospels and to Jesus’ words in Revelation (the beginning and the end), the era of the Christian church ends and a new generation is created. Let us understand the prophecies of the Bible and believe in their fulfillment.

Ecclesiastical Authority & Spiritual Murder

Since the scriptures cannot be broken (Jn 10:35), everyone’s deeds will be judged according what is written in the book (Rv 20:12).

What does it mean that the scriptures cannot be broken? It means that God’s prophecies are always fulfilled (Isa 46:10). The scriptures of God will come true regardless of whether we believe in their fulfillment. There are many pastors and denominations in the world today. Unfortunately, the Bible tells us that people do not work on behalf of Jesus just because they claim to work in Jesus’ name. There are many false apostles or pastors, who lie and masquerade as true workers of Christ (2Cor 11:13-15; Mt 24:2-5). They claim ecclesiastical authority and power in the name of Jesus, and with this authority they can spiritually murder their own congregation members (Jn 16:1-4). Some have even had congregation members who refuse to follow committed to mental hospitals. How can they claim to have the love and forgiveness of Jesus (Lk 20:9-15; Mt 5:10-12)?

How can they claim to be orthodox and to believe in Jesus when they don’t even keep Jesus’ commandments? Jesus gave up his life for sinners. If you are a follower of Jesus and if you believe in God, you must follow their steps. Instead, these people persecute and kill their own congregation members out of selfish ambition. They will be judged according to Rv 20:12.

We must judge for ourselves what is true and what is biblical. We must not be like Cain who killed his brother Abel when Abel did not listen to him. We should not belong to the evil one like Cain did (1Jn 3:12). Instead, we should side with true believers who carry out God’s love and good deeds.

Jesus said in Jn 16:1-2 that when the time comes, people will put you out of the synagogues and that the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God. Today, there are pastors who ban their congregation members from the church, spiritually killing them just because they did not obey. Just because these pastors who commit their congregation members to a mental institute when they decide to stop attending services claim to be orthodox, does not mean they really are, does it? Are they orthodox or heretical? Is this the right type of faith? Isn’t this just the oppression of the freedom of religion? We must find the correct answer from the Bible. Jesus has already warned us about these kinds of evil deeds in the Bible.

Shinchonji-The difference between the church and the temple

God appointed Noah after Adam’s fall. God appointed Moses and Joshua after Ham’s sin destroyed Noah’s world. God made a covenant with Abraham and fulfilled it through Moses by delivering the Israelites from Egypt (Ex 12) and through Joshua by entering Shechem in the promised land of Canaan (Jos 24:25).

After they entered the land of Canaan, judges and kings were appointed to rule the Israelites who had made a covenant with God. King Solomon, however, worshipped gentile gods, thus, dividing Israel into north and south (1Ki 11). Later, even the city of Jerusalem in the land of Judah was invaded by gentiles (Isa 1).

The era of Moses’ law and the era of the kings, which both occurred long before Jesus, can also be referred to as the era of the temple for burnt offering and sacrifice. After Jesus came, God no longer wanted burnt offerings and sacrifices. He wanted people to truly know him. The era of heaven’s gospel, also known as the era of the church, had begun.

The Greek word for church, ecclesia, means gathering. A church is, thus, a place where people are gathered to receive teachings. A temple, on the other hand, refers to the holy place where God dwells. God does not dwell within the church building, and when Satan sets himself up in the holy temple, it can no longer be called a temple. Regardless of its location or its appearance – whether a hut or a palace – any place God dwells can be called the temple. If God is in a person’s heart, that person is the temple (1Co 3:9-17). This is why Jesus was the temple of God.

When Jesus came the first time, the law of Moses, the prophets, and their prophecies came to an end (Lk 16:16). When Jesus comes a second time, the era of the church, which lasts until the appearance of the seven messengers of the seven churches in Rev 1-3, comes to an end. The gospel (the seed), pastors, and prophecies of the New Testament all come to an end at this time as the good grains are harvested from the world’s churches. This is when the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, where all nations must come and worship, opens (Rev 15:4-5). The eternal gospel (i.e. the fulfillment of the New Testament) appears, and the holy city of New Jerusalem descends from heaven to Shinchonji (i.e. the New Heaven and New Earth). This is the beginning of the era of the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, which is New Jerusalem (Rev 21:1-6).

The temple in this city is God and it is Jesus (Rev 21:22). All believers must distinguish the time they are living in according to the Bible so that they can find the correct path. We must go and unite with the place where we belong to reach our hope of eternal life. According to the four gospels and to Jesus’ words in Revelation (the beginning and the end), the era of the Christian church ends and a new generation is created. Let us understand the prophecies of the Bible and believe in their fulfillment.

Shinchonji-The corruption of each generation and that which is prophesied

This article is concerns the condition of the corrupted pastors of each generation, the believers under the authority of those pastors, and the prophets God chose to speak for him.

Be assured that it is not through our own efforts that humans can understand the words of God. Although Adam’ world, Noah’s world, and Moses’ world were established according to God’s will, they became corrupt. In the same way, the present Christian world has become corrupt, and its teachings are no longer aligned with the word of God it received at the time of Jesus’ first coming. Christianity has been moving away from God and toward human-centric authoritarianism.

Just as God appointed Noah, Abraham, and Jesus to speak for him because they were the only righteous men of their respective generations, God has also chosen and appointed righteous individuals from today’s corrupt generation. Those whom God appointed in the past were not chosen because they were highly respected pastors. God was with them even though they probably looked like ignorant laypeople to others. On the other hand, although Paul was a well-respected scholar, he was still appointed by God. Instead of trusting in his education to save him, Paul considered what he had learned to be rubbish after receiving the revelation from Jesus (Php 3:4-8). He chose the revelation of heaven instead of his physical knowledge and possessions. The Bible even says that Jesus knew many scriptures despite having never had a formal education (Jn 7:15). Regardless of their original circumstances, these servants of God mastered the deep things of heaven because the holy spirit was with them (1Co 2:10). As well as understanding the word of God, those who received the holy spirit were even able to speak foreign languages they had never studied (Ac 2:1-4). This work of the spirit is the essence of religion.

Lamentably, the pastors of each generation used their ecclesiastical authority to persecute and kill the prophets sent by God. It was also the chief priests at the time of the first coming who killed Jesus and his disciples. The believers under these priests were not innocent bystanders; they collaborated with the priests to accomplish this persecution. It is no different in the time of the second coming. The Bible clearly states that the two witnesses who serve the Lord at the second coming will also be killed (Mt 23:33-36; Lk 20:9-10; Ac 7:51-54; Rev 11, 13).

Why are these events occurring and recurring? There are three simple reasons. First, the Bible says that no one in heaven, on earth, or under the earth was able to read or look into the scroll sealed with seven seals (Rev 5:1-3). This lack of ability to understand God’s word means that the teachings of men have become pervasive. Although people come near to God with their lips, their hearts are far from him. The people who used to belong to God have become outsiders – gentiles (Eph 2:12; Isa 29:9-13). Second, persecution occurs because people who hear the teachings of the revealed words perceive that they are different from their own teachings, which are the teachings of men. Because the teachings are different, they persecute those who preach the revealed words as heretics. Finally, persecution occurs because the hearts of the persecutors have degenerated and have become a home for Satan and his evil spirits. This is why it seems so natural for them to hate and kill those with whom holy spirits live. Both Isaiah and Apostle John referred to the words of a sealed scroll, which must be revealed. No one who understands the revealed words of that scroll that used to be sealed could hate the one who gave them those revealed words.

Shincheonji-The fulfillment of Revelation, which is the promised prophecy

Jesus will fulfill the New Testament (Rev 21:6) just as he fulfilled the Old Testament (Jn 19:30).

The prophecies in the four gospels are the same as the prophecies of Revelation. Prophecies are given so that we can believe when they are fulfilled (Jn 14:29). How is it, then, that they are fulfilled? Both the Old and New Testament refer to the work of a messenger that must “prepare the way” (Rev 1, 2, 3). During this work of preparing the way, pastors that belong to Satan invade the tabernacle of heaven. These pastors entice people to eat food sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality with Satan. This is when Jesus chooses one pastor to send his letters to the seven messengers who play the role of the seven golden lampstands that prepare the way. The letters ask the messengers to repent, and say that the blessings recorded in Rev 2 and 3 will be given to the one who overcomes the invading Nicolaitans. The fulfillment of Rev 2 and 3 is equivalent to the fulfillment of all the chapters of Revelation. Although the seven messengers receive the letters of Rev 2-3, they refuse to repent. Since these chosen people are symbolized by the sun, moon, and stars, and by heaven and earth, Rev 6 reveals that they are judged for their betrayal, just as Adam and the chosen people of the first coming were. Just as Physical Israel came to an end, this event represents the judgment and end of Spiritual Israel.

After this, the 12 tribes of New Spiritual Israel are newly created through the work of harvesting and the work of sealing (Rev 7). The 12 tribes are the 144,000 firstfruits in Rev 14. Are people saved just because they claim to be? Have you received the holy spirit just because you think you have? Can you be truly orthodox just by saying so? No one can gain salvation or receive the holy spirit at the time of Revelation’s fulfillment unless they belong to these 12 tribes. That is the only way to be truly orthodox. If you are part of the 12 tribes you must know the meaning of the seven stars (Rev 1:20), the name of the beast, and the number 666 (Rev 13). You must understand the true identity of the wine of adulteries (Rev 17), the place of the marriage with the devil (Rev 18), and the place of the wedding banquet of the lamb (Rev 19). Only the one who has seen and heard all the events through Jesus and his angels at the location where the prophecies are physically fulfilled is capable of testifying these things. These are the revealed teachings of God, which make known both the prophecies and their fulfillment. No one should add anything to or take away anything from the words of the book of Revelation (Rev 22:18-19). If that is the case, people who are ignorant of the prophecies and their physical fulfillment should receive the testimony of the one who does know them. This is the only way to become a wise believer who truly understands what he or she believes.

The prophecies were given so that people could believe when they are fulfilled (Jn 14:29). Those who do not believe in the physical fulfillment reveal themselves to be false believers just like the Physical Israelites did (Eph 2:12).

Shincheonji-The prophecies of the New Testament and their fulfillment

The holy spirit can searches all things, even the deep things of heaven (1Co 2:10). Our faith must be accompanied by a knowledge of the word. We should speak from the Bible, answering questions using only the Bible.

I would like to ask everyone who reads this article: How many of the New Testament prophecies do you know? Do you merely claim to believe without knowing the word? What are the two nations that battle against each other in Matthew 24 and Revelation? Who are the destroyers that stand on holy place? To which mountain must people flee in the midst of this destruction? What are the sun and moon that go dark? What are the stars that fall? If Jesus comes with his angels with a loud trumpet blast and gathers his elect from the north, south, east, and west (Mt 24:31; Lk 13:29), where is the place to which he gathers them? If the elect are gathered at the wedding banquet of the kingdom of heaven, where is the banquet located? What does it mean for the scriptures to say that the days of the Son of Man will be like the days of Noah (Mt 24:37-39)? What does it mean for Jesus to come like a thief bringing his angels for the harvest (1Th 5:1-3; Mt 13:39)? If the distribution of the food at the proper time coincides with this harvest (Mt 24:45-47), who is the one that gives people their food at the proper time? What does this food represent? If those who prepare the lamp and the oil can receive the Lord, what do the lamp and oil represent? Who is the one that sells the oil (Mt 25:1-13)? What do the wedding clothes represent (Mt 22:1-14)?

When God promised that Elijah would come before the messenger of the covenant, he was talking about John the Baptist (Mt 11:10-14, 17:10-13; Lk 1:13-17). When God promised to come, he fulfilled it by coming to Jesus (Ps 118:26; Jn 5:43). This is why Jesus referred to John the Baptist as Elijah. Jesus also said he had come in the name of God and that seeing him was like seeing the father (Jn 12:44-45). The Spirit of truth (the Counselor or Advocate), whom Jesus sends in his own name, is the spirit who speaks on Jesus’ behalf. If that spirit dwells within a person, how should we address that person (Jn 14)? Isn’t it better to be able to answer these questions than to rashly persecute those who can answer them?

In the book of Revelation, which is a prophecy (i.e. revelation through visions), the revelation is passed down from God to Jesus, from Jesus to his angel, and from the angel to Apostle John. Finally, John testifies to the servants about everything he saw-that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ (Rev 1:1-3). Since the testimony of John, who speaks on Jesus’ behalf, is the same as the testimony of Jesus, anyone who refuses to accept John’s testimony is refusing Jesus’ testimony. There is the “one who reads” the book of Revelation and there are “those who hear it” (Rev 1:3).

Today, God, Jesus, the angel, and Apostle John are all spirits. Revelation, however, must become a physical reality just as the Old Testament became a physical reality in Jesus. Who, then, is the promised pastor (messenger) that testifies about the revealed word in Rev 10 and the physical fulfillment of all the chapters of Revelation after seeing and hearing them in reality? Is there anyone confident enough to say, “I can believe the physical fulfillment without understanding anything of these things you have mentioned!”?

Who are the seven messengers promised in Revelation 2 and 3? Who are the Nicolaitans (i.e. Satan)? What do the fruit of the tree of life, the hidden manna, the white stone, and the iron scepter that rules over all nations each represent? What does it mean to be written in the book of life? What does it mean for the one who overcomes to have God’s name, the name of the holy city, and Jesus’ new name written on him? Who is the one that defeats the Nicolaitans and is rewarded with right to sit on the throne of Jesus? Are you sure it is acceptable not to know these things?

Who belongs to the kingdom of God and its priests that were purchased by the blood of Jesus in Rev 5? If anyone who has truly witnessed these events were to proclaim what he saw and heard, would he not be persecuted as a heretic? What does it mean when Rev 6 says that the sun and moon become dark and that the stars fall to the earth? How can we understand the disappearance of heaven and earth? Who are the people that hide themselves after being abandoned? In Rev 7, who are the 144,000 of the 12 tribes sealed by God and who are the great multitude dressed in white robes? When and where do these people appear in reality? Can anyone be considered orthodox or be saved without belonging to the 12 tribes? Please answer these questions.

What do the seven trumpets in Rev 8 indicate? Rev 9 mentions horses with tails that have heads on them. If fire, smoke, and sulfur come out of their mouths to kill a third of humanity, what is the physical reality of this killing? When and where does this disaster occur? Who is the one that eats the revealed scroll from heaven and who are the peoples, nations, languages, and kings that receive the revealed words in Rev 10?

What does the beast of Rev 11 represent? Who are the two witnesses that are killed by the beast? Where and through whom is the seventh trumpet sounded? Can anyone receive salvation without hearing the sound of the seventh trumpet? Anyone who wants to claim to be orthodox or to have already been saved must be able to answer to these questions. Should we believe that members of a denomination that once worshipped the Japanese emperor instead of God are orthodox or that they have already been saved?

Who are the woman, her male child, and the group of the dragon that are mentioned in Rev 12? Where is this heaven where the salvation, power, and kingdom of God (heaven) come after the male child fight and overcome the group of the beast in Rev 12? Who are the people mentioned in Rev 13 that receive the mark of the beast and then worship him? When and where do they appear? Shouldn’t we be aware of all of these things?

What is Mt. Zion in Rev 14? Who are the 144,000 firstfruits that have the name of God and the name of the Lamb written on their foreheads and that sing a new song before the throne at Mt. Zion? What is the new song that they sing before the throne? Where is the sea of glass by which those who have had been victorious over the beast and his image and the number of his name stand (Rev 15)? Where is the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony to which all nations come and worship?

Who are the ones on whom the bowls of God’s wrath are poured because of their betrayal (Rev 16)? Where is the throne of the beast? Rev 16 also mentions evil spirits that come out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. After coming out of their mouths, the spirits gather all the kings of the earth to Armageddon to wage war against God. Who are these kings of the earth? Where do the kings of the earth belong and with whom do they side? The kings of the earth commit sexual immorality with the prostitute who sits on the seven heads and ten horns of the dragon, and all the inhabitants of the earth become drunk with the wine of her adultries (Rev 17). What is the true identity of this wine of adultries? Do you think all the kings and inhabitants of the earth who unite themselves with the prostitute will obtain salvation?

What is the wine of adultries that causes all the nations to fall in Rev 18? Who are the merchants, the captains of every ship, the sailors, and their passengers? Who are the ones that marry the devil? When and where do they appear? After this event, people are invited to the wedding banquet of the Lamb; they come from the north, south, east, and west (Rev 19). Where is this wedding banquet held? From where are the people who are gathered coming?

If Rev 20 testifies that the people whose flesh has united with the spirits will reign as kings with Christ for one thousand years, where does this happen? When do the first heaven and first earth disappear (Rev 21)? Where are the new heaven and new earth? Where does the holy city descend from heaven? Who are the ones that tell lies to confuse others instead of believing in these events when they become physical realities? Have those liars seen and heard the physical fulfillment of Revelation? Who are the ones that have God’s name written on their foreheads and that reign as kings for ever and ever in Rev 22? What is the holy city that has the tree of life bearing 12 kinds of fruit? What is the water in which we must wash our robes to enter the holy city? What does it mean when the scriptures say that names are written in the book of life? Who are the dogs, sorcerers, idolaters, sexually immoral, and liars? What is the idol that these idolaters have worshipped? Furthermore, who are the spirit and bride? Who are the ones that add to or take away from the words of Revelation?

Please judge for yourself the identity of the true heretics. Is it those who understand the answers to all these questions and obey, or is it those who neither know the word nor obey it? Can anyone become orthodox and receive both the spirit and salvation without belonging to the 12 tribes of God or the multitude dressed in the white robes that are promised in Revelation?

Anyone who wants to know the answers to all of these questions should come to learn the new song at Mt. Zion – the place promised in the Bible – so that they might become a good grain (Rev 14:1-3). Today, there is a place where the physical fulfillment of the New Testament has appeared. The testimony about this fulfillment is being proclaimed, just as Jesus fulfilled the prophecies of the Old Testament at the first coming and testified about that fulfillment. Do not allow your ecclesiastical authority make you arrogant. Humble yourself and speak only the truth. Only when you repent, learn, and believe the words with obedience, can there be salvation for you. Again, today is the time of Revelation’s fulfillment.