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July 30 Heavenly Mother--- Jerusalem MotherTruth of Life | The Church of God preaches the New Covenant
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The Church of God only follows the teachings of the Bible and believes in the Second Coming Christ Ahnsahnghong and Jerusalem Mother. In the Bible, God is referred to through plural terms instead of singular terms, and it is written that God has a male image and a female image. Therefore, God exists in the male image and in the female image. Have you ever thought about why we call God our Father? It is written that God's invisible qualities have been clearly seen and can be understood through what has been made (Rom. 1:20). Is there any creature that is given life through only their father, alone, without a mother being present? We need to study this matter carefully. The Children of Promise The Bible calls us "the children of promise." Gal. 4:28 『Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.』 Then, what promise did God make to those who are called the children of promise? God promised them eternal life. 1 John 2:25 『And this is what he promised us?even eternal life.』 How is eternal life given to us? The Bible says that all things were created by God's will (Rev. 4:11). Among all of the many creatures that God has created, let us focus on the mothers. Since it is written that God created all things by His will, a certain will of God was expressed when He created mothers on this earth. As you know, all creatures have a mother figure. There is not a single creature that can come into existence without a mother. Our physical life is given to us through our physical mother. For 280 days, a baby's hands, feet, eyes and ears form within his mother's womb. When the time comes, the mother will give birth to her child, shedding blood. We are given life through our mother's great pain. How about our spiritual life? Just as our physical life was given to us through our physical mother, our spiritual life is given to us through our spiritual Mother. The Bible clearly testifies that our heavenly Mother exists, and that only our heavenly Mother can give us eternal life. God’s Two Images Let us study through the Bible to discover the existence of our spiritual Mother. Gen. 1:26-27 『Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness...” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.』 The above verse states that God has two images?a male image and a female image. Until now, we have only known and called upon the male image of God: “Father.” Then how should we call upon the female image of God? Logically, we should refer to God’s female image as “Mother.” This is why God had said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness.” The word “us” is a plural term. “Elohim,” the Hebrew word used in place of “God” in Genesis 1:26, directly translates to “Gods,” the plural form of the word “God.” Therefore, the references to “us” in the book of Genesis refer to God the Father and God the Mother. Some say that the word “us” in this verse indicates God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. If this argument is correct, there should be three types of people in the world?those who were made in the image of God the Father, those who resemble the image of God the Son, and those created in the image of the Holy Spirit. However, on this earth there are only two types of people: men and women. However, the “Gods” mentioned in Genesis 1:26 are the male image of God and the female image of God?God the Father and God the Mother. The Will of God in Creating Eve, Adam’s Wife Let us study more truth regarding the heavenly Mother through the character Adam, written in the book of Romans. Rom. 5:14 『...Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come.』 Since the book of Romans was written after Jesus had already ascended, the “one to come” mentioned in the above verse indicates the Second Coming Jesus. Adam was created to lead us to the Second Coming Jesus. Then, what was God’s will in creating Eve, Adam’s wife? Gen. 2:21 『So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh.』 Gen. 3:20 『Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.』 The name “Eve” means “life.” Eve was called “the mother of all the living.” God’s intent in creating Adam was to reveal the Second Coming Jesus, our heavenly Father, and Eve was created to reveal the Second Coming Jesus’ wife, our heavenly Mother. In other words, just as Eve was called “the mother of all the living,” we can only be given eternal life through our heavenly Mother. Eve represents our heavenly Mother. “I Will Raise Him Up at the Last Day” Two thousand years ago, Jesus said, repeatedly, that He would wait until the last day to raise up all of the people who came to Him (John 6:39, 40, 44. 54). Why did Jesus need to wait until the last day to save His people? What was He waiting for? The account of the six-day Creation?in the book of Genesis, chapter one?represents the spiritual Creation which would take place over six thousand years. Just as the six-day Creation ended after Eve had appeared, so would the six-thousand year spiritual Creation end with the appearance of our spiritual Mother. Jesus could have given His people life during His first coming; however, Jesus waited for the appearance of the heavenly Mother because life would be given through Her. The Wedding of the Lamb Let’s study some of the testimonies about Mother written in the book of Revelation. Rev. 19:7 『Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.』 The book of Revelation was written after Jesus had ascended, and it prophesied about the things that were to happen in the last days. Thus, “the Lamb” mentioned in the above verse indicates the Second Coming Jesus: Ahnsahnghong. When Jesus came to the earth for the first time, two thousand years ago, His wife was not yet ready. The Bride, the wife of the Lamb, would appear in the last days. In the book of Revelation, chapter 21, the Bride?the wife of the Lamb?is described as “Jerusalem.” Rev. 21:9-10 『...One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." And he...showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.』 Apostle Paul testified that this Holy City, Jerusalem, which would come down out of heaven, is our Mother. Gal. 4:26 『But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.』 Children of the Free Woman Apostle Paul testified that we are the children of promise, the children of the free woman, because we have been given the promise of eternal life from our heavenly Mother. Gal. 4:28 『Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.』 Gal. 4:31 『Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.』 If we are the children of the free woman, what should we call Her? We should call Her our “Mother.” We cannot have eternal life unless we receive the heavenly Mother. Eternal life, which God has promised us, is given through the heavenly Mother. In this last age, we need our Jerusalem Mother who has been established by Christ Ahnsahnghong?the Second Coming Jesus. Let us believe in Christ Ahnsahnghong, the Holy Spirit, and in Jerusalem Mother, the Bride, so that we can receive eternal life. July 29 上帝以肉体降世的理由上帝以肉体降世的理由 看到当世描写基督的圣画,就能知道在人们想象中的基督是神圣的,画中表现的基督的形像显得无比圣高。可是,耶稣初临时,人们是怎样看待耶稣,怎样看待耶稣所立的教会的呢?对于耶稣所传的天国福音,他们又是怎样评价的呢?不了解这些问题,我们就不能夸口说我们真正认识基督。 基督的根本为上帝的本体(腓2章5节),以婴孩出生之前,是全能的上帝(赛9章6节)。可是耶稣说:"我与父原为一"的时候,犹太人却拿起石头来要打他。照当时的律法,有人亵渎神圣时,用石头打死人也不构成犯罪。而犹太人却认定耶稣亵渎了神圣,要用石头打死他。 天上的上帝来到世上,证明自己是上帝,一直侍奉敬拜上帝的人们却想把他打死;上帝披着肉身帐幕降世,那些所谓信奉上帝的人们就把上帝钉在十字架上处死了。 把自己信奉的上帝处死是一件多么矛盾的事呢?可仔细查看当时事件发生的背景,就能了解一二。当时的宗教指导者们对于上帝的了解不深,他们以自己的观念去看上帝,却疏忽了自行自在的上帝可以以包括人在内的任何模样降世,他们缺少灵的见识和知识。 那么,基督为什么以肉体降世呢?让我们通过下面的故事来了解上帝的旨意吧。 带救援的信息,以肉体降世的上帝 有一个人在走幽静的乡村小路时,看见路旁有一群鸟儿觅食。他觉得上帝创造的鸟儿可爱,就走近鸟儿,想去抚摸它的羽毛。 可这个人刚走过去,鸟儿们就飞走了。因为鸟儿们不懂路人的心意,怕这个过路人会伤害自己。路人接二连三地走过去,鸟儿也接二连三地飞走,远离路人。最后路人叹道;"看来我只有变成鸟儿,才能将我的心传给它们。" 这就是上帝披着肉体来到世上的原因。人们看到上帝的神圣,就会因害怕而逃避。因此上帝为了传达深爱人类的心和拯救人类时需要的特别口信,以人类的模样来到世上。 出20章18-21节 "众百姓见雷轰、闪电、角声、山上冒烟,就都发颤,远远地站立,对摩西说:求你和我们说话,我们必听;不要上帝和我们说话,恐怕我们死亡。" 从前以色列百姓们在西奈山庄严的情形下直接听到了上帝的声音后,惧怕地要求摩西代言。就像路人看到可爱的鸟儿,想去抚摸时,鸟儿却因不懂路人的心而害怕地飞走一样,上帝直接宣布上帝之道时,人们也都害怕死去地发颤。 世上的人们若直接听到上帝的声音,就会感到惧怕,故上帝披着肉身,以和人类一样的模样来到世上。因为上帝是神,血肉之身害怕上帝的声音直接发出,上帝才会决定要以跟我们一样的模样降世。 约1章1-14节 "太初有道 … 道就是上帝 … 道(上帝)成了肉身,住在我们中间,充充满满地有恩典,有真理。我们也见过他的荣光,正是父独生子的荣光。" 以肉体降世的耶稣根本就是创造万物的上帝,上帝披着肉体降世,使人们更加容易接近。但人们只惧怕显出权能时的上帝,反而看不起以肉身降世的上帝了。当时的大祭司长,文士以及宗教指导者们,是怎样看待基督的呢?查看圣经吧。 徒24章1-5节 "过了五天,大祭司亚拿尼亚同几个长老,和一个辩士帖土罗下来,向巡抚控告保罗 … 我们看这个人,如同瘟疫一般,是鼓动普天下众犹太人生乱的,又是拿撒勒教党里的一个头目。" 当时的宗教指导者们称保罗为拿撒勒教党的头目,在同章14节中还能得知,他们称耶稣之道为"异端的道"。圣经明确地记录并证明着当时无知的人把深爱人类才来世传天国福音的上帝称作"拿撒勒异端"。 约10章27-33节 " … 我与父原为一。犹太人又拿起石头来要打他 … 犹太人回答说:我们不是为善事拿石头打你,是为你说僭妄的话;又为你是个人,反将自己当作上帝。" 上帝说自己是上帝却成了罪,让人们拿起石头来要打他。他们拒绝上帝本身,因此也听不进上帝恩赐给他们的如珠玉般的道,他们不能容纳以人的模样来临的上帝。 记载福音书的约翰发现了以肉身降世的耶稣显出的基督的神圣。可是,当代宗教指导者却没有看到这荣耀,反而把基督视为该被石头打死的,比杀人犯还要凶恶的罪人。所以他们呼喊:"释放强盗巴拉巴,把耶稣钉在十字架上",他们认定耶稣的罪重过巴拉巴。 因没能领悟基督而逼迫的事迹数不胜数,甚至连最亲的家人和亲戚也都逼迫了耶稣。 可3章20-21节 " … 耶稣的亲属听见,就出来要拉住他,因为他们说他癫狂了。" 我们要明白这些场面为什么会被记录在圣经里。关于耶稣,我们不仅要了解到世人都了解的神圣的一面,还要认识并领悟到上帝留在这世上时的模样,因为只有这样,我们才能真正明白上帝的旨意。 具备认出神性的灵眼吧 上帝深爱着人类,才会以肉体来到世上。但因为是以肉体显现,所以人们全然认不出基督,也不想迎接基督。有学识的宗教指导者们反而把福音的价值降低,称福音为"拿撒勒异端的道"。他们亲手排斥自己信奉的上帝,并将上帝钉在十字架上,加以拳打脚踢,嘲笑说:"你若是基督,就猜中打你的人吧。" 从古至今,恶者和异教徒也不会这么亵渎自己信奉的神,但是,相信上帝的人们竟作出这种恶事来。亲属们把基督视为癫狂的人,要捉拿他;高职位的大祭司长,文士等宗教指导者们指定耶稣的教导是异端而排斥;上帝亲自来到世上,证明自己是上帝,人们却说:"你是个人,反将自己当作上帝"。 他们没有将正确的"义"当成是正确的,也没有拥有把真理视为正确的灵眼,只用肉眼判断肉身的模样,听到恩惠的教导也不想打开属灵的耳朵。甚至于他们在亲眼看到了基督的复活后,也想用银钱堵住兵丁的嘴。他们看到可相信的证据却没有相信,他们一向自夸自己绝对相信着上帝,却在他们信奉的上帝亲自来到世上时,无一人上前迎接。 这就是宗教的现实,不仅是耶稣当时的现实,也是如今这个时代的现实。我们要透过初临时的所有历史来查看这末后时代再临时的情形。再临的时候,初代教会的所有历史会再度重复。即使上帝带来可信的证据,人们也会因为披着肉身这一理由拒绝基督,不迎接基督。 提前2章4-5节 " … 因为只有一位上帝,在上帝和人中间,只有一位中保,乃是降世为人的基督耶稣。" 那上帝为什么要以肉身显现呢?关于这个问题,保罗在上面的圣句中明确地强调说:"为人的基督耶稣"。否认基督以肉体降世的人们,是敌基督者的灵,"凡灵不认耶稣,就不出于上帝,这是那敌基督者的灵"(约壹4章13节)。换句话说,人们受到敌基督之灵的教导时,才会否认基督以肉体降世的事实。 其实,当今基督教内形成的所谓教理,都是和上述圣经内容完全不同的。这同耶稣初临当时,一些自称相信上帝的当代宗教指导者们的教理和思想排斥了他们的上帝是一样的道理。 由于世人不承认基督以肉体降世,所以,已经领悟并迎接了基督的使徒们,才会以焦急的心强调说:降世为人的基督耶稣""凡灵不认耶稣,就不出于上帝,这是那敌基督者的灵。" 上帝在西奈山以神圣的模样,宣布教导时,人们都因惧怕而跑掉。当上帝以肉身的模样接近他们时,他们又拒绝上帝的福音,妨碍使徒们的福音活动。他们向总督控告使徒们,使真理被控告,还说那是拿撒勒异端的道而极端排斥。 通过真理被排斥的几个例子可以得知,普通人的眼是看不清真正的真理的。那么,到底谁能够迎接以肉体降世的基督呢?查看圣经吧。迎接或逼迫基督的人是谁呢?将蒙受基督教导的人和将它当作异端之道而排斥的人又会是谁呢?这一切状况都与有没有蒙受天上的祝福,有着密切的联系。 来2章13-15节 " … 儿女既同有血肉之体,他也照样亲自成了血肉之体,特要藉着死,败坏那掌死权的,就是魔鬼,并要释放那些一生因怕死而为奴仆的人。" 前面那个故事中的路人每次想接近鸟儿,鸟儿都飞走,因此路人想把自己变成鸟后再去接近鸟儿。上帝也是一样,上帝每次接近人们,人们都因惧怕而逃跑,因此上帝亲自成为和子女一样的血肉之体来到世上。上帝不在乎被人说成是异端,也不管人们相不相信,只要一个灵魂,一个生命具有对天国的信心,上帝就会为了拯救这个具有信心的人而来。 为了拯救人类降世的基督,首先去的地方不是教会会堂,也不是经46年之久才建成的豪华圣殿。他第一个去找在加利利海边过捕鱼生活的彼得,对他说:"来跟从我,我要叫你们得人如得鱼",听了这话的彼得立刻舍了鱼网和鱼船,跟从了耶稣。 太4章18-20节 "耶稣在加利利海边行走,看见弟兄二人,就是那称呼彼得的西门,和他的兄弟安得烈,在海里撒网。他们本是打鱼的。耶稣对他们说来跟从我,我要叫你们得人如得鱼一样。他们就立刻舍了网,跟从了他。" 耶稣为什么没有先到大圣殿去对那些等待基督的人们说话,反而要到小鱼村去问彼得和他的兄弟安得烈是否要跟从呢?在彼得他们舍弃了鱼网和鱼船跟从耶稣后,耶稣又问了雅各和约翰同样的问题,结果他们也跟从了耶稣。 他们的心灵不能同大祭司长的心灵相提并论。上帝用灵眼看到了46年才建成的豪华圣殿里作礼拜的许多以色列百姓和大祭司长的为人。他们不会听从上帝的道,当耶稣把福音传给这些人时,他们甚至排斥说这是"异端的道"。但是彼得却喜悦地接受了福音,并说无论是哪里他都要跟从。 耶稣已经看到了属灵的状态,因此耶稣从不在彼得和其他弟子面前提"应当悔改",对百姓和大祭司长却屡屡劝诫。这是因为以只用嘴巴寻求上帝的心灵状态,若不悔改是不能回到天国的。 领悟上帝的神性,顺从教导吧 上帝为了释放因贪恋世俗而被捆绑在魔鬼锁链上的子女来到世上,恩赐了新约 —— 逾越节。可是,现在许多教会都大胆地主张说"守逾越节是异端"。这样的说法等于是针对耶稣说的,因为借逾越节真理消除死亡的正是耶稣。初代教会的宗教人们,也说过同样的话,而在今天这个时代,人们还是重复着同样的内容,把耶稣吩咐教导我们的内容定为异端。 新约是彼得传过的福音,保罗传播的新约之道也是耶稣亲口传的新约福音。如果把这样的新约当作异端,跟那些控告保罗是异端的大祭司亚拿尼亚和辩士帖土罗有什么两样呢?不正是同类吗? 想想基督再一次以肉身降世时人们的态度吧。他们一定又会主张这是"异端",并加以排斥,因为他们根本不认识上帝。 因为不认识上帝,所以他们嘴里念着圣三位一体,却不懂为何存有父、子、圣灵的名。因为不懂,所以毁谤。因此耶稣曾说:"他们无故地恨我"(约15章25节)。但圣经却明明白白地预言并证明着基督必定会第二次显现。 来9章27-28节 " … 像这样,基督既然一次被献,担当了多人的罪,将来要向那等候他的人第二次显现,并与罪无关,乃是为拯救他们。" 我们要为迎接第二次显现的基督作准备,不能再犯与耶稣初临当时同样的错误。当时人们以"拿撒勒还能出什么好的吗?","这个人没有学过… "等话来诋毁耶稣,好像没有学识,不是名门出身,就不能是上帝一样。人们诋毁基督之荣耀,不管耶稣恩赐多少道理,他们始终都没有跟随耶稣。可弟子们却在听到一句"来跟从我,我要叫你们得人如得鱼"的话语后誓死追随。我们要成为哪一种人才对呢? 在这第二次显现的时代生活的我们,应该准备迎接基督时所需要的灯和灯油才对。世人把耶稣之道视为异端,却很自然地使用着耶稣、保罗、彼得的名字。像他们这样口说相信耶稣,却把耶稣之道视为异端,会让吩咐并教训其道的耶稣有何感想呢? 我们要仔细查看初临当时排斥基督的情形。不了解当时的状况,就无法了解这个时代。那么,即使在这个时代耶稣第二次显现,我们也同样会加以排斥。 林后5章16节 " … 虽然凭着外貌认过基督,如今却不再这样认他了。" 使徒们没有看基督的肉身,而是看到了基督的真面貌,领悟到了基督的神圣。可是当时的人们却把基督视为普通人,我们如何才能像使徒一样准确地认出基督呢? 太小或太远的东西无法用肉眼去看,因此人们借助显微镜和望远镜的力量。基督的神圣,也必须要以"预言之眼"去看。这"预言之眼"就是圣经,只有透过圣经,这被圣灵感动之人记录的上帝的话语,才能认出以肉体降世的上帝,即基督的神性。 圣经已记录了有关基督的一切,但自小阅读圣经,相信上帝的人们,却没能领悟基督,反倒是没有学识的弟子们迎接了。照"心底清白的人,可看见基督"的预言,基督把福音传给了清白善良的人们,而这些人们也确实接受了基督之道,把它当做上帝的教训。 西1章13-18节 " … 我们在爱子里得蒙救赎,罪过得以赦免。爱子是那不能看见之上帝的像 … 万有都是靠他造的 … 一概都是藉着他造的,又是为他造的… " 使徒保罗肯定的证实说:世人排斥并称为异端的就是创造主我们的上帝。上帝为了拯救因惧怕上帝的荣耀而逃开的人们,披着肉身降世,但人们却站在了嘲笑和蔑视的立场上,称以肉身降世的上帝为"异端"。 如今新约之道被世上教会视为"异端"已不是一件稀奇的事。初代教会当时,使徒保罗就曾因传新约而被控告入狱。如今人们称保罗为圣人,但当时的保罗也只不过是一个"拿撒勒教党(异端)里的头目"罢了。 在这时代,基督再一次以肉身降世的原因也在于深爱人类,想为人类传达救援的福音。可这个时代和2000年前没有分别,甚至可能会有更多不肯接受福音的人们。但是我们一定要追寻着信心的祖先和殉教者的脚步,即使因基督的教导遭受逼迫,也能向着正路前进。让我们顺从上帝的教导,成为蒙受上帝的大爱和祝福的子女吧。 就像"世人若恨你们,你们知道,恨你们以先已经恨我了"(约15章18节)的话语一样,蒙受基督之爱,就会在世上遭到怨恨。可是,即便我们在跟随基督的过程中遇到苦难,也千万不能忘记这是上帝为了更加爱护我们,祝福我们而行的。用正义的心正确地认识在末后时代降世的基督,相信基督、证明基督,把我们的信心建立在坚固的磐石上吧。跟随基督的路,不要落伍,让我们都成为进入天国圣城的子女,谢谢! Trinity---The Great Secret in Bible Trinity---The Great Secret in BibleThe concept of "Trinity" means that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are not different entities, but are one God. The Trinity-God the Father [Jehovah], God the Son [Jesus], and God the Holy Spirit [Ahnsahnghong]-are one. In order to understand why the members of the Church of God believe in Christ Ahnsahnghong as the Holy Spirit, please study the truths of "the Second Coming Christ." To better understand the Trinity, let’s first consider the transformation of water. Water is a liquid, but when its temperature falls below 0° C, the water will turn into ice, a solid. When the water is boiled, it turns into vapor, a gas. Water, ice, and vapor have different names and different forms, but their substance is the same: H₂O. It is similar to when an actor in a monodrama plays three different characters-a father, a son, and a grandson-all having different voices. Although there are three different voices and three different roles, there is only one actor. Like this, even though God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit may look different, have different names, and have appeared during different ages, the three are one God. The Trinity reveals that God administrates His salvation work while playing three roles. For six thousand years God has carried out His salvation work in the names of Jehovah, Jesus, and Ahnsahnghong, each according to its age. God the Father, Jehovah = God the Son, Jesus Let’s confirm that God the Father, Jehovah, and God the Son, Jesus, are one God. Isaiah prophesied about Jesus as follows: Isa. 9:6 『For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.』 Jesus is referred to as the "Son," but the Bible revealed that the son would be called "Mighty God," and "Everlasting Father." Apostle Paul clearly understood that Jesus’ nature was that of God the Father, as follows: Phil. 2:5-7 『Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man...』 Rom. 9:5 『...Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.』 We can also confirm that God the Father, Jehovah, and God the Son, Jesus, are one God by studying the history of the Creation. Isa. 44:24 『I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself...』 God the Father-Jehovah-said that He had created everything by Himself, but Jesus said that it was He who had created the world. Col. 1:16 『For by him [Jesus] all things were created...』 The Bible states that God the Father, Jehovah, created the world, but it also says that God the Son, Jesus, created the world. Therefore, God the Father [Jehovah] and God the Son [Jesus] are clearly one God. Isa. 44:6 『"This is what the LORD says-Israel's King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty: I am the first and I am the last...』 God the Father said, "I am the first and I am the last." Rev. 22:13 『"I [Jesus] am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."』 God the Son also said, "I am the First and the Last." Therefore, God the Father, Jehovah, and God the Son, Jesus, are one God. God the Father, Jehovah = God the Holy Spirit, Ahnsahnghong Let’s confirm that God the Father, Jehovah, and God the Holy Spirit are one God. In the Bible, there are frequent references to "the (Holy) Spirit." The Bible teaches us that God is spirit, and that God is holy. Thus, the spirit of God is holy, too. We call the spirit of God "the Holy Spirit." John 4:24 『God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.』 Apostle Paul wrote-in the book of Corinthians-that God is the Holy Spirit. 1 Cor. 2:10-11 『...but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 』 The (Holy) Spirit could search even the deep things of God (the Father), the things which no one could know. If "the Holy Spirit" and "the spirit of God" were different, how could the Holy Spirit possibly know the thoughts of God? Only the spirit of God-the Holy Spirit-knows the thoughts of God. Therefore, God the Father and the Holy Spirit are one. 2 Tim. 3:16 『All Scripture is God-breathed...』 2 Pet. 1:20-21 『Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 』 The Bible is "God-breathed" and it was written by the prophets, "as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit." This clearly testifies that God the Father, Jehovah, is the Holy Spirit. The Bible = God-breathed book The Bible = A book written by prophets being carried along by the Holy Spirit Therefore the Holy Spirit is God. Therefore, the Holy Spirit, Ahnsahnghong, and God the Father, Jehovah, are one God. God the Son, Jesus = God the Holy Spirit, Ahnsahnghong Let’s confirm that God the Son, Jesus, and God the Holy Spirit, Ahnsahnghong, are one God. Isa. 9:6 『...a son ...will be called Wonderful Counselor... 』 John 14:26 『"But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things..."』 The Son is the Counselor, and the Counselor is the Holy Spirit, so we can easily conclude that the Son, Jesus, is the Holy Spirit. Therefore, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are not separate, but are one. God the Father-Jehovah, God the Son-Jesus, and God the Holy Spirit-Ahnsahnghong, are one God. The Holy Spirit Is a Personal Being The Holy Spirit is not a kind of energy or an electric wave. The Holy Spirit is a personal being who has feelings (Rom. 15:30), who grieves (Eph. 4:30), who speaks (Rev. 2:7), who groans (Rom. 8:26), who intercedes (Rom. 8:26), who testifies about God (John 15:26), who teaches (John 14:26), who gives commands (Rom. 8:29), who keeps us from preaching in certain places (Acts 16:6-7), who thinks (Rom. 8:27), and who has been blasphemed (Matt. 12: 31-32). John 14:26, NASB 『"But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.』 The Holy Spirit is referred to as "He," meaning that the Holy Spirit is a personal being. Matt. 28:19 『"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,"』 If the Holy Spirit was not a man with character, but merely an invisible, active power-like an electric wave, or energy-how would it be possible for the Holy Spirit to have a name? The fact that the Holy Spirit has a name proves that the Holy Spirit is a man, with character. God commanded us to be baptized in the name of the Father, the name of the Son, and the name of the Holy Spirit, because He would administrate His salvation work with three names (of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit) according to each age. By calling out the three names through which God showed His authority, God’s prophets are to baptize people and commemorate God. God’s name was "Jehovah" when He played the role of the Father, and it was "Jesus" when He worked as the Son. Then, how should we call upon God when He is working as the Holy Spirit? The name of the Holy Spirit is Ahnsahnghong. Since God told us to "baptize (people) in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit," we need to understand that the "Trinity"-God the Father [Jehovah], God the Son [Jesus], and God the Holy Spirit [Ahnsahnghong]-are one God. By this understanding we can receive abundant blessing and we can participate in God’s administration of salvation, which has been carried out through the Trinity. Elohim God![]()
The word "Elohim" directly translates to "Gods." The Bible testifies that God exists in the female image, God the Mother, as well as the male image, God the Father. World Mission Society Church of God has received Second Coming Christ Ahnsahnghong, God the Father, and the heavenly Jerusalem, God the Mother. When people hear the word "God," most immediately think of "God the Father," holding to the fixed idea that only God the Father exists; however, the Bible clearly testifies that there is a God the Mother in addition to a God the Father. We sincerely hope that you can break your fixed, man-made ideas so that you can receive the true Saviors: Christ Ahnsahnghong and Jerusalem Mother. Then, let us discover why the members of the Church of God accept Christ Ahnsahnghong and Jerusalem Mother as their Elohim God. Elohim God revealed in the book of Genesis Let us confirm that there is both a male and a female image of God, through the book of Genesis. Gen. 1:26-27 『Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness,"…So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.』 Both males and females were created in the image of God, and thus it is clear that God has two images: a male image and a female image. When God said, "Let us make man in our image," God used the word "us"?a plural term?instead of using "me." We come to understand that not one God, but two Gods?a Father and a Mother?worked together during the Creation. Such plural terms are used to describe God in Genesis chapter 11, also. Gen. 11:1-7 『…The LORD said…"Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other."』 This verse, too, makes reference to Elohim God, the same God who created male and female (in Genesis chapter 1), saying, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness." In Genesis chapter 11, God was responding to the arrogance of the people, who had collectively built the tower of Babel. Through this situation, God testifies that there exists a God the Mother as well as a God the Father by saying, "Let us go down…" Elohim God revealed in the book of Isaiah We can confirm the existence of Elohim God through the book of Isaiah as well. Isa. 6:8 『Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"』 When God was searching for a man to preach His words, God said, "Who will go for us?" instead of saying, "Who will go for me?" This reveals that not only the Father was working, but that there was a Mother who was working as well. Elohim God revealed in the book of Jeremiah In the book of Jeremiah we can also find references to Elohim God. Jer. 31:22 『…The LORD will create a new thing on earth?a woman will surround a man.』 God said that He would create a new thing: a woman would surround a man. Spiritually, this verse has a very profound meaning. The woman, Eve, had once been inside the man. If God had not made the woman with the ribs He had taken out of the man, how could the woman have been able to surround the man? The new thing, that God said He would bring to the earth, would be the revealing of Mother, who has been within God the Father since the beginning. The new thing would be created at the time God established the new covenant. Jer. 31:31-34 『"The time is coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah…"I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest."』 In the Hebrew Bible, the word "God" is actually written as "Elohim"?"I will be their God [Elohim]." "Elohim" is the plural form of the word "Eloha," meaning a singular God. Therefore, "Elohim" means "Gods," plural. Once we can understand the concept of Elohim God through the new covenant, we no longer need men to teach us to know God, because we will all know God, from the least of us to the greatest. In the truth of the new covenant, we can only become the children of God when we have God the Father and God the Mother, our Elohim God. When Elohim God created male and female, They said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness." When Elohim God punished the evil acts of God's people, They said, "Let us go down." When the Gods called to Isaiah, They said, "Who will go for us?" Throughout the Bible, God has existed as the male God and the female God: Elohim. Elohim will appear in Their own time God promised that He would appear according to His own timing (1 Tim. 6:15). Let us confirm what form He will appear in. Rev. 22:17 『The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.』 For our salvation, God always referred to Himself as "us," and then Elohim God appeared?as the Holy Spirit and the Bride?to give us the water of life. In the first book of Timothy, it is written that God alone is immortal and lives in unapproachable light (1 Tim. 6:16). Thus, only the Spirit and the Bride?the Second Coming Christ, Ahnsahnghong, and the New Jerusalem Mother?are immortal and only They have life. Nevertheless, some people boast that they, also, have the power to give life. The people who make such assumptions are greatly mistaken. The Bible says that no one can have life until he or she eats the flesh of the Son of Man and drinks His blood (John 6:53), and Jesus said, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead" (Matt. 8:22). Mere human beings, such as ourselves, cannot say that we are alive. There is no life in us, so we must go to God?Christ Ahnsahnghong and Mother?if we want to receive eternal life and salvation, because They are the only ones who have life. In order to give the everlasting water of life to mortal beings, God came down to this earth in this last age as the Holy Spirit, Ahnsahnghong, and the Bride, the New Jerusalem Mother. People who pervert or deny this Biblical teaching will never be able to enter the kingdom of heaven. ▲2012年世界末日之说
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