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The Bible enables us to be wise for salvation (2 Ti 3:15). Let us learn the true will of God from it.

God Will Save Us

Now we live in a prophetic age when God's care and protection are needed much more than ever before. In regard to Influenza A/H1N1, the South Korean Government raised its flu alert status to the highest "red" level in early November, and is struggling to develop countermeasures against the flu. A few months ago, the WHO and many countries in the world already declared the H1N1 flu to be a global "pandemic," raising its alert level to 6, the highest phase. The US even declared a national emergency for the flu pandemic. At a time when disasters are rampant, God's people need God's saving hand more than anything else. So, now let's take some time to review the teachings about…

The History of Israel

The Reason We Learn the History of Israel The reason we learn the history of Israel is because the natural Israelites’ history contains the things that will happen to us, the spiritual Israelites. Through the prophetic points in the history of the natural Israelites, we must know in advance what will happen to us and have the right faith as God’s sons and daughters, solidifying our status and position as children of God. The history of Israel can be classified as follows: From Adam to Noah From Noah to Abraham From Abraham to Moses From the Exodus to the Time of the Conquest of Canaan and the Period of the Judges The Period of the Kings The Period of the…

Who Creates the Miracles of the Gospel?

Biblical history shows us that God created miracles at important and crucial moments to save His people: dividing the Red Sea, feeding 600,000 men plus their families with manna every day for 40 years, causing water to flow out of a rock by striking it, and so on. Thus, whenever the Israelites encountered difficulties, God opened a way for them in a miraculous way. Then, who creates the miracles of the gospel in this age? The answer is also "God." We were tempted by Satan to sin in heaven, and have been cast down to this earth. Even now, if Satan tempts us, we may be tempted any time because we are so weak and feeble. However, since our Heavenly…

The Work of the Holy Spirit Is Fulfilled Through Preaching

I believe that all our brothers and sisters in Zion are waiting for the blessings of the Holy Spirit of the latter rain God has promised through the autumn feasts. Just as the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, looking forward patiently to the autumn and spring rains (Jas 5:7-8), we are waiting for the refreshing rain of the Holy Spirit in order to bear the precious fruits pleasing to God. In order not to put out the fire of the Holy Spirit but to make the Spirit well up always in our hearts, we should let the water of life flow without remaining stagnant. For this, we must pay attention to the words of the…

Before and After Meeting God

Now the young adults like the dew of the dawn are arising and coming to willingly devote themselves to God. I earnestly hope that they bear the fruits of the Holy Spirit abundantly with their youthful ambitions and burning faith. I also desire that all the members of Zion—female adults, male adults, youth students, children and senior adults, who display God's glory, receive the blessing of bearing much good fruit. We've gone through a lot of changes before and after meeting God. Now, let's take some time to reflect on how much we have changed since we met God and what the differences are in our lives before and after meeting God, by reviewing the words of the Bible. Wild…

The Meaning of the Sabbath

Until a ceramic ware is completed, it requires many processes such as molding a figure out of clay, baking it, putting glaze on it, placing it in a kiln, and so on. In the same way, until a life is born, it takes a process of being created in the womb for nine months. The process of effort is required to complete something in this visible, physical world. Likewise, in the spiritual world, God continues to work to make us perfect. Every Sabbath day, God blesses us and gives us new strength so that we may not be lacking in anything as citizens of heaven. Thinking of the love of God, let's remind ourselves of the meaning and significance of…

Lightning, Regarded as Divine Punishment to People, but as God’s Grace to Plants

When the sky is covered with thick clouds, most people feel scared. What if there are also lightning and thunder? The fear will be doubled. In order to encourage terrifying and scary atmosphere in the visual media, thunder and lightning are not omitted. Also, about those who have committed grave crimes or done something harmful to society, Korean people say, “They are going to be hit by thunderbolt.” Here, thunderbolt means punishment from heaven. Although thunderbolt, lightning, and thunder are common natural phenomena, people have felt dreadful about them. Lightning happens when the electric charge, generated by clouds, flows in the air. Lightning is usually created in a cumulonimbus cloud, a vertically long cloud, on rainy days. Caused by various…

Christianity Is a Religion That Believes in Incarnation of God

Recently a reporter asked me this question, "Why does the Church of God believe in God in the flesh, while most other churches do not believe in God incarnate?" He added that even though we hold on to the truth and follow the right path with a healthy faith, it may seem odd or abnormal to other people. The reporter's question reminded me that the truth of the Bible, which everyone must know, had not been preached enough to people in general, even to Christians. This made me so anxious and frustrated. In actuality, Christianity itself is a religion which acknowledges that God has come in the flesh. The "Trinity," which Christians talk about, means that God the Father, God…

Words That Made Naaman Change His Mind

King Aram’s commander Naaman who has leprosy arrives at the door of the prophet Elisha’s place. He has come to be cured of his leprosy. However, Elisha does not come out to Naaman but sends a messenger to say, “Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed.” Naaman goes away angry because he thought that the prophet of God would cure him, calling on the name of God and waving his hand over the spot. What is more intolerable is to wash in the filthy Jordan River when there are other clean rivers. However, his servants’ thoughts are different, “If the prophet had told you to do some great…

The Sabbath and God the Creator

God's people, who keep the appointed feasts of God, can realize God's providence contained in the feasts and can also understand the love of God who spares no pains to save the souls of His children. So, they love God's commands more than pure gold and keep them holy (Ps 119:127; 50:5). The Sabbath, one of God's feasts described in the Bible, is a day for us to commemo-rate God as the Creator who made all things and to worship Him. God completed His work of creation in six days and rested on the seventh day. Then He blessed the seventh day and made it holy. In the time of Moses, God commanded His people to "remember the Sabbath day…

Jericho and Babylon

Now our brothers and sisters in Zion are preaching the gospel fervently in their given circumstances: students at school, employees at work, soldiers in the army, housewives in their neighborhoods. As we preach so eagerly, God has weakened the power of Babylon. These days, even those who have been in Babylon for a long time now seek the true faith according to the Bible and receive the truth. This is the current trend in the gospel. Babylon is to fall as prophesied in the Bible. Babylon's fall can be likened to the fall of Jericho in the days of Joshua. It was the work of God that the fortified walls of Jericho fell down flat before the Israelites. Since all…

From the Mortal Body to the Immortal Body

People of Zion participate in the festival of life, which God grants, by keeping the Passover holy every year. The Gospels of the New Testament show that Jesus established the Passover as the new covenant, saying, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer" (Lk 22:15). Why did Jesus eagerly desire to celebrate the Passover with His disciples? It was because He wanted to accomplish His administration of redemption to save the sinners, who were bound to die, by making their bodies immortal through the Passover of the new covenant. People say that the manna coming down from heaven or Lazarus' rising from the dead is a miracle. In actuality, however, there is no greater…

This Is the Age When God the Mother Is Needed

"Mother" has been one of the hottest topics in the mass media since last year when the whole world plunged into economic recession. It is "Mother" that comes to mind first when people are having a hard time. It is human nature to think that once they come to "Mother," there is always something abundant that enables them to find a solution to their problems as well as comfort for their souls. Sociologists analyze that this is the age of chaos and discord and the world needs feminism—especially motherhood—more than ever. All the prophecies of the Bible also definitely state that we need the love of "Mother" and live in the age when God the Mother is urgently needed. Mother,…

Unless We Are Born Again

God has said that if we follow His word, we will prosper in everything we do. I earnestly hope that in this year all our family members of Zion will please Elohim and give Them glory by living a more worthy life in the eyes of Elohim, paying attention to the prophecies Father has given us and following the Teachings of Mother. Let us be fully born again as the heavenly people who resemble God, being changed for the better in everything, including our speech, behavior and mindset. The kingdom of heaven is a place where those who are not reborn can never enter. Thinking of the kingdom of heaven which is closer than yesterday, far closer than last year,…

Those Who Work for the Glory of God

Now, the hopeful new year has come. I think 2009 will be the year when we, the people of Zion, who have diligently run the path of faith, must come to a new realization and renew our determination. We are keeping all the commandments of God, including the seven feasts of the new covenant in three times, such as the Sabbath and the Passover. However, now is the time for us to pay more attention to what kind of attitude we should have as Christians when we serve God. We need to quickly realize what God wants from us and put it into practice. When God tells us to unite, we should be united with one another; when God tells…

Sow, and You Will Reap

Winter is already here, but spiritually now it is the autumn season and the harvest is at its peak in Zion. God has entrusted His loving children with the mission of gospel harvesters to save souls by preaching the words of life to them, and also has given each of us a sharp sickle (see Mk 4:29; Joel 3:13). The effort of sowing should precede in order to reap an abundant harvest. If we only desire fruit without making efforts to sow and reap, we can gain nothing. When we sow the seed of the gospel diligently in the hearts of people, it grows and bears fruit, doesn't it? This is God's providence over creation. A seed is to grow…

A Hesitating Faith and an Entrusting Faith

There are numerous people in the world who claim to believe in God. However, only those who fully obey God's word can be said to truly believe in God. We often see many people say they believe in God but deny Him by their actions. They insist on doing things their own way, saying, "Although God said so, I think it's better to do it this way." ‘I believe in God, but this time I will do it my own way and next time I'll obey the will of God, if it suits me.' This is not the thought of the person who puts his complete trust in God's will, but of the one who defers entrusting himself to God's…

Those Entrusted With the Mission of Salt and Light

Last summer, I visited the Churches of God in Europe, where I was able to meet many brothers and sisters who worked hard for the gospel with great fervor day and night, following the will of God. From them I got many touching realizations. If I summarize my impressions of Europe, it was a place of darkness where the light of truth had not yet been fully shone. Since it was in deep darkness, the truth of the Bible was polluted and perverted. Yet, people didn't recognize it at all. Dozens of sculptures were attached to the outside of a big old church, and the truth of salvation couldn't be found in it. Nevertheless, people didn't care about it; they…

Proclaim the Glory of Jerusalem to the World

Every single prophecy in the Bible has been fulfilled in human history without fail, and is still being fulfilled today. Some prophecies, which still remain unfulfilled, will surely be fulfilled soon according to the providence of God. Now, we have the most important prophecy of the Bible before us. God said that the glory of Jerusalem would be proclaimed to all the nations of the world. Even though there is a prophecy, unless we ask God and make an effort to fulfill the prophecy, it will be delayed in its fulfillment and we will not share in the glory which is prophesied. As the soldiers of the heavenly army in Zion, we should keep in step with the prophecy and…

According to Your Word

The people of Zion keep the Sabbath as God said, "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy," and every female member wears a veil during worship as God said, "Woman ought to cover their heads while in worship." Thus, every act of faith-doing as God says-is obedience toward God. Christians must always live according to the word of God. God told us not to add or take away from the words of the Bible because He put all the means for salvation together in the Bible. If we walk the way God has showed us, we will find eternal life, salvation and heaven at the end of the way, where God will gladly meet us. Keeping this deeply in…