The Gospel of Jesus Christ revealed through the apostles (general) (2024)

The Gospel of Jesus Christ revealedthrough the apostles (general)

Index

Ⅰ God'sKingdom.................................................................................... 4

1. God'sKingdom.................................................. 4

2. heaven............................................................. 5

Ⅱ Angels................................................................................................ 10

1. Angelswho sinned........................................... 10

2. Garden of Eden Story....................................... 10

3. Satanand his angels......................................... 12

4. Angels............................................................ 30

Ⅲ Creation of heaven and earth.......................................................... 31

1. Creationof the world....................................... 31

2. Creationof the human...................................... 37

Ⅳ God's Salvation Plan........................................................................ 43

1. Sonof God and Daughters of Man........................ 43

2. FloodJudgment and Ark.................................... 45

Ⅴ Christ................................................................................................. 49

1. Trinity........................................................... 49

2. Identityof Jesus Christ.................................... 52

3. death on the cross........................................... 59

4. Resurrection................................................... 63

5. Secondcoming................................................. 68

Ⅵ Millennium and Hell............................................................. 75

1. Millennium..................................................... 75

2. Helland puss*................................................ 78

3. Spiritualwar.................................................. 88

4. Thelife of one who is saved............................. 96

Ⅶ Judgment

1.White throne judgment................................... 102

2.Second death................................................. 105

Ⅰ. God's Kingdom

1. Kingdom of God

No matterhow well humans try to explain the spiritual kingdom of God, they cannot.However, it will be easier to understand the kingdom of God through the eyes ofhumans living in the world through the Trinity. The Trinity is God the Father,Jesus Christ the Son, and saints born of the Holy Spirit. God the Father can becalled the first heaven, Jesus Christ the Son is the second heaven, and saintsborn of the Holy Spirit can be called the third heaven. This is a means to helpus understand the kingdom of God.

(1) First Heaven

The firstheaven refers to the kingdom of God where the Father is on the throne. It isthe kingdom of God where God the Father is present as the Spirit. No one hasever seen God the Father. However, saints can be known through Jesus Christ. In1 Timothy 6:16, “Who only hath immortality,dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen,nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.

(2)Second heaven

The secondheaven is the kingdom of Jesus Christ, the kingdom of the Son of God who existsin a spirit body. The resurrected Jesus said in Luke 24:39, “Behold my hands and my feet,that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones,as ye see me have.』

(3) Third heaven

It refersto the temple built in the hearts of believers, and is referred to as heaven inthe Gospel of Matthew. The kingdom of God is one, but it can be understood asthe first heaven, the second heaven, and the third heaven. The kingdom of Godis connected by the Holy Spirit and operates according to the word of JehovahGod. The kingdom of God is one, but because of angels who sinned in the kingdomof God, the kingdom of God is visible to human eyes in three forms. It has thesame meaning as the Trinity.

2. Heaven

(1) Heaven

In Matthew 3:2,“Andsaying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”A distinction must be made between the kingdom of heaven andthe kingdom of God.

The Hebrew word "ἡβασιλείατῶνοὐρανῶν"is translated as the kingdom of heaven, which is the kingdom of God in theheart. Jesus tells the people to turn to God as God draws near into theirhearts. The kingdom of heaven is Jesus Christ. For those who repent, JesusChrist enters their hearts.

Angels who sinned inthe kingdom of God took off their clothes and their spirits were imprisoned ina pot and became humans. Humans are beings trapped in the world. So humans dietwice.

In Genesis 2:17,“Butof the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for inthe day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”The Hebrew Bible says,“die anddie.”there is. And in John 3:3,“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”It is expressed as“be bornagain.”The previous one is to die (twice) and beborn from heaven. Regarding the two deaths, the first death is death to sin(baptism in water), and the second death is death to the soul (baptism infire).

The death of the crossis the process of dying to sin and taking off the dirty clothes of the soul. SoJesus preached the gospel to the spirits in prison. In other words, He enteredinto the hearts of all humans and revealed to them that you must die. In 1Peter 3:19-20,“By which also he went and preached unto thespirits in prison; Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsufferingof God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few,that is, eight souls were saved by water.』

Water baptism meansdeath to sin. Romans 6:6-7『Knowing this, that our oldman is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, thathenceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin.』

The death of the soulis a baptism of fire, the death of the soul (the first man, Adam) that camefrom the body. A believer changes from a physical body to a spiritual body(clothes of Christ). In Matthew 3:11-12,“I indeed baptize youwith water unto repentance.”but he that comethafter me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shallbaptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:Whose fan is in his hand, and hewill throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but hewill burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.』

There are three daysbetween the death and resurrection of Jesus. The third day signifies thebuilding of the temple. In John 2:19,“Jesus answered and said untothem, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”The saints who die with Jesus have a temple built in theirhearts. And resurrection is a change of clothes from a physical body to aspiritual body (new soul). In 1 Corinthians 15:44-47,“It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is anatural body, and there is a spiritual body.

And so it is written,The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam created a quickeningspirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which isnatural; and afterwards that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth,earthy; The second man is the Lord from heaven.』

Those who die on thecross with Jesus (water baptism) and believe that their physical body (soul)has died (fire baptism) will wear clothes from heaven. This is resurrection.Resurrection is not the resurrection of the former body, but the putting on ofa spiritual body (clothes of Christ) from heaven. That is why saints becomepriests and wear the priest’s holy clothes.

Ascension means thatthe believer enters the temple built in the heart. This is because the templemeans the kingdom of God. In 1 Corinthians 3:16,“Knowye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth inyou?”

And Jesus told thePharisees to repent, for the kingdom is at hand. Heaven becomes the kingdom ofGod in the heart. This foreshadows Jesus’death on the cross,resurrection, and ascension to the kingdom of God. Therefore, saints are alsoat the right hand of the throne in the kingdom of God.

The Second Coming isGod entering the temple in the hearts of believers. This is Immanuel, and inGreek it is Parousian. It means the presence of God. Church people still waitfor the second coming of Jesus, but the second coming of Jesus has come true forthose whose temple has been built in the hearts of believers. So, the saintsand Christ meet in the temple and have a heavenly wedding feast.

(2) The concept of the third heaven

In 2 Corinthians 12:2-4, “I knew a man in Christ above fourteenyears ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, Icannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught. up to the third heaven (TrituUranu). And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, Icannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heardunspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to speak.』

The Bible describes the Third Heaven asTritu Uranu. Ton Uranon (τῶν οὐρανῶν) is the kingdom of God that comes intothe hearts of believers. Tritu Uranu is the third heaven and is the kingdom ofGod that comes into the hearts of believers. The third heaven was expressed asparadise (Paradison παραδεισον).

In Luke 23:43, “And Jesus said unto him, Verily I sayunto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. (paradeiso παραδεισω).” Jesus said this to one of the twomen who were crucified with him. He says in chapter 23 verse 41, “And we indeed justly; for we receivethe due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.』This is the appearance of a person whor*pents. And in verse 42 of chapter 23, “And he said unto Jesus, Lord,remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.” Regarding your country, he used theexpression kingdom. Ultimately, it means the kingdom of God. At this time, thekingdom of God spoken of by the evildoer who died with Jesus on the cross wasthought to be the country where the body goes when it dies, while the kingdomof God spoken of by Jesus is paradise.

The third heaven, called paradise, isthe Garden of Eden before the man Adam and the woman Eve were driven out. Thereis a saying that God will restore the Garden of Eden. In Isaiah 51:3, “For the LORD shall comfort Zion: hewill comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden,and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be foundtherein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.』

(3) The restored Garden of Eden

Isaiah describes the restored Garden ofEden as follows: In Isaiah 65:25, “The wolf and the lamb shall feedtogether, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be theserpent’s meat.” They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,saith the LORD.』

In Revelation 21:1-2, “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth:for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was nomore sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God outof heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.』

John again represents the city of NewJerusalem in his Revelation. Revelation 21:18-21『And the building of the wall of it wasof jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. And thefoundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of preciousstones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, achalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius;the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, achrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelvegates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the streetof the city was pure gold, as it was transparent glass.』

It talks about the materials of the walland foundation stone of New Jerusalem. The reason these jewels are listed likethis is not to explain the meaning of the jewels themselves, but rather to meanthat the New Jerusalem that God has allowed is filled with precious jewels likethis.

Looking at Exodus 28:17-20, thebreastplate worn on the high priest's chest had twelve precious stones, and thenames of the twelve tribes were engraved on them. This means that in thefuture, with the completion of God's glorious plan of salvation, each tribe andGod's people will shine beautifully and flawlessly like God's jewels.

All those in Christ are like jewels ofGod. Even jewels are not all shining with the same color and shape, but arebeautiful jewels with various colors and shapes. However, gems are rare andprecious beings that are difficult to find. Among jewels, pearls are a symbolof suffering. It is also for those who have overcome hardships to enter.

In the end, it can be said that the thirdheaven is paradise, the restored Garden of Eden, the new heaven and new earth,and the millennium. The saints living in the world become a sanctuary where thethird heaven enters the heart.

Ⅱ Angels

1. Angels who sinned

The story of angels who sinned in thekingdom of God is told in Jude 1 and 2 Peter 2:4. In Jude 1:6 And the angelswhich kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hathreserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the greatday.』 In 2 Peter 2:4『For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down tohell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;』 God imprisoned the angels who sinned in darkness. This darkness isthis world.

2. The story of the Garden of Eden

The fall of Adam and Eve in the Gardenof Eden is a symbolic expression of the story of the angel who sinned. Thecontents of Genesis chapters 1-3 express the story before the creation of theworld. The main crime of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden was their desire tobecome like God. The core of sin is not breaking the commandments, butdeveloping a desire to become like God. So because of that, the commandment wasbroken.

The angels who sinned did not keeptheir position and opposed God because they wanted to be like God. The angelswho sinned symbolize Eve. And God imprisoned them in a dark pit (hell), andhumans were created by combining the angelic spirit with the dust. The firstman was created in this world to pass on the body of sin to all humans. Thefirst person was Christ, who sacrificed himself to create a body of sin.

And the first people were separated andcreated man and woman. In the Bible, the man is called Adam and the woman iscalled Eve. However, in the English Bible, the first man is referred to as Adamand the man is referred to as Adam, so it is confusing. The first man, Adam, isnot a name; it is Adam, meaning a person. The second man, Adam, is the nameAdam. So, there is a story about Adam and Eve being expelled from the Garden ofEden after eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Thisis a symbolic expression of being expelled from the kingdom of God.

3. Satan and his angels

(1) Satan acts as an adversary.

In the Old Testament, Satan was mostlyexpressed as a man (adversary). In 1 Samuel 29:4, “And the princes ofthe Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines saidunto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thouhast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in thebattle he be an adversary (Heb. :Satan) to us: for wherewith should hereconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of thesem*n?』 The English Bible expresses Satan as an adversary.adversary means Philistine. In addition, places where the adversary isexpressed include 1 Samuel 5:18, 1 Kings 11:4, and Psalm 109:6. Every timeIsrael betrayed God and served idols, God used an adversary to judge Israel. Andwhen Israel repented, turned around, and served idols again, we can see thatthey were repeatedly attacked through their adversaries.

(2) Satan is the king of the world andholds the power of air.

Satan is spiritually expressed as onewho holds the power of the air. Revelation 12:8-9『Andprevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the greatdragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, whichdeceived the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels werecast out with him.』 Satan is the archangel of God, Hebrought out the sinful hearts of the angels, but ultimately turned them intosinners. In the end, the evil angels go to the prison called the world, andSatan goes out into the world as their manager. He is represented by it as theruler of the power of the air. Revelation 12:10『And Iheard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, andthe kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethrenis cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.』

(3) Satan accuses sinners.

Satan is also expressed as a spiritual being. In particular, he appears asan accuser in the Book of Job. Through Job, Satan accuses those who havelegalistic faith to God. Therefore, it can be said that those who are under thelaw are under the control of Satan. Satan (the devil) is an accuser (category κατηγορῶν). The devilaccuses sinners under the law to God. Satan accuses Job. In John 5:45, “Do not think thatI will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, inwhom ye trust.” Moses playsthe role of Satan. This is because Moses is synonymous with the law. The lawcontinues to accuse believers. In heaven, Christ won the battle. So there is nolonger any need for the law in heaven. Saints in Christ are not accused. Itexpresses that Jesus Christ was victorious. So, salvation and the kingdom ofGod came through Christ.

(4) Satan does not allow those who are in the law to escape.

John 8:44 『Ye are of your fatherthe devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was amurderer(Andropoktonos ἀνθρωποκτόνος) from thebeginning(Arkes ἀρχῆς) , andabode not in the truth(Ente Aledea ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ) , because thereis no truth(Aledea ἀληθείᾳ) in him. When hespeaketh a lie (pseudos ψεῦδος), he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar (pseutes ψεύστης), and the fatherof it.』

Epidymias means desire, longing, etc. Arke means leader or first.Andropoctonos means murderer, murderer. Eledea is truth, En Auto is in him, Ente Aledea is in truth, Pseudus is a lie, Pseustes is a liar.

The devil is Satan. Satan is the king of the world and acts like a prisondirector who follows the law. He does not listen to the words of truth, such asGod's special pardon. He only accuses those who sin according to the law.Although he is a creature created by God, he is the first murderer who droveevil angels to spiritual death. Although he knew the evil angel's desire tobecome like God, he played the role of causing the evil angels to sin insteadof the one who should have made the angels repent from their sins. So he cannotstand in the truth and has become a liar to other creatures. He appears as ifhe is trying to set a trap and trip his opponent. God created the materialworld to imprison evil angels and had Satan manage it.

This is similar to the way the Jews at the time of Jesus tried to trap himand trap him. When Jesus saw that the Jews were not standing for the truth, hefiercely said that they were the children of Satan. Satan does not want to givesinners a chance to be free. He does not convey the fact that God gives thegrace of pardon to those who repent and turn away, but sets traps to preventthem from escaping from the law.

(5) Satan gives believers a thorn in the flesh

In 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, “And lest Ishould be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, therewas given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lestI should be exalted above.” measure. For this thing I thought the Lord thrice, thatit might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee:for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will Irather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.Therefore I take pleasure in confirmations, in reproaches, in necessities, inpersecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am Istrong』

Apostle Paul also had a body while doing God's work, sothere may have been times when he thought about the things of men. Every timehe faces a physical challenge or reaches a physical limit, sometimespessimistic thoughts pass by. Each time, God gave Apostle Paul a stimulusthrough a thorn to help him break away from thinking about human things.

(6) Satan approaches believers when they do human work.

God's work is to believe in the one sent from God (Christ). Peterconfessed to Jesus, “You are theSon of God,” but hesuddenly rebelled against what Jesus said. In other words, you should not die.In Matthew 16:21-23, “From that time forth began to Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how thathe must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chiefpriests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised.” again the thirdday. Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee,Lord: this shall not be unto thee. But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get theebehind me, Satan: thou art an offense unto me: for thou savourest not thethings that be of God, but those that be of men.』BecausePeter does something like denying the work of God for a moment, the momentSatan (the prosecutor) tries to indict Peter, Jesus Christ defeats Satan toprotect Peter. And he scolded Peter. He is trying to trip up Jesus because hethinks about human things.

Peter denied Jesus three times until the rooster crowed three times. AndJesus died on the cross. Peter, who denied it three times, says in Matthew26:75, “And Peterremembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the co*ck crow, thoushalt deny me thrice.” And he went out, and wept bitterly. 』However,the resurrected Jesus Christ visited Peter and gave him the task of spreadingthe kingdom of God once again.

The same case as Peter is in Acts 21:10-14. 『Andas we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet,named Agabus. And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and boundhis own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jewsat Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him intothe hands of the Gentiles. And when we heard these things, both we, and they ofthat place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. Then Paul answered, Whatmean ye to weep and to break my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, butalso to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. And when he would notbe persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.』

Many of the disciples, who had heard through the Holy Spirit that Paulwould be delivered into the hands of the Gentiles, advised him not to go up toJerusalem. Paul was already doing God's work and was trying to fulfill hismission as a preacher of God's will without thinking about his own life, butthe disciples who told him not to go to Jerusalem stopped him because they wereworried about Paul's death. That is, they think about human affairs. God's workis to preach the death and resurrection of the cross. Jesus' death on the crossand resurrection were to save all mankind, and the disciples must also conveythis. This is God's work.

(7) Satan (the devil) tests believers.

Satan's temptations appear not only to Jesus, but also to believers in thechurch. Looking at the example of Jesus, the purpose of Satan's temptation isto select those who believe in the wrong soteriology, to select those whoaccept both the gospel and the law, and to select those who serve both God andthe world. That is why we accuse the wrongdoer to God.

First, the wrong soteriology is that you can be saved just by believing inJesus. One must be born from heaven through water and the Holy Spirit toachieve salvation.

Second, Satan selects those who accept both the gospel and the law.Although a believer has been forgiven of his sins through the blood of JesusChrist, if he keeps the provisions of the law or always thinks about notcommitting sins in the present and the future, Satan will screen him out.

Third, anyone who serves both God and the world is guilty of spiritualidolatry. Since believers are fully armed with the words of the Bible, therewill be no problem, but believers who are not born of the Holy Spirit will nothave an easy time passing the devil's test. If you do not pass the devil's test,you cannot be free from the prison of the world.

(8) Satan and the woman’s descendant (Jesus Christ) meet.

Matthew 4:1-11 『Then was Jesus led upthe spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.And when he hadfasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when thetempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that thesestones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall notlive by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setth him on a pinnacle ofthe temple, And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down:for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning. thee: and intheir hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy footagainst a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not temptthe Lord thy God. Again, the devil takes him up into an exceeding highmountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall downand worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee henceforth, Satan: for itis written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.』

In worldly terms, Satan and Jesus play the roles of prosecutors andlawyers. God can be likened to a president. According to the law, the presidentcreated a prosecutorial system and gave it the power to prosecute criminals. Thewhole world is made up of sinners, so it has become a prison. That is why thepresident is attempting to grant pardons to those who repent in prison. He leftthe power of pardon to his son, who would act as his lawyer. However, theprosecutor naturally did not find this lawyer challenging his role. And to makepeople doubt whether they really have the power, we will meet them countlesstimes in the future, where the lawyer introduces his position to theprosecutor, and the prosecutor tests the lawyer. The President's Chief of Stafftook on the role of bringing prosecutors and lawyers face to face. Lawyers havebeen preparing measures to pardon criminals for a long time.

『Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to betempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, hewas afterward an hungred.』 The Holy Spirit symbolizesthe President's Chief of Staff. The phrase “fast and starve for40 days and 40 nights” means that the lawyer had to findrepentant sinners and made a lot of preparations. Lawyers achieve their goals,but they are hungry. The prosecutor asked the lawyer three questions, and atense battle ensued.

The first question is, “You say you have the power to absolve sins, butyou brought a sinner here. Why don’t you pardon him here?” However, the lawyer responded by saying that he would not pardon justany sinner, but only those who repent. A repentant heart is one who realizesthe sin that broke his father's heart and turns to him. However, the prosecutorcannot respond to the lawyer's words.『And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou bethe Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered andsaid, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word thatproceedeth out of the mouth of God.』 These stonesrepresent sinners under the law. The loaves of bread are life-giving bread andrepresent those who have taken off their sins and become righteous. In otherwords, what Satan means is to pardon sinners and make them righteous. This iswhat causes people to misunderstand that they can be saved just by believing inJesus. Jesus, the lawyer, says that those who eat the word of God becomerighteous. It is not enough to just eat the bread (life in heaven); sinnersmust first eat the Word. At this time, the Word will be the Old Testament.Every sinner killed an animal and offered it as a sacrifice to God. It meansthat through this sacrifice, we must look to Christ (the promised seed who isthe descendant of the woman) who will come in the future. The Word contains themeaning of death on the cross and resurrection.

This is the second question. A strange questionarises, since you have the power to pardon sinners, should you allow yourselfto pardon yourself if you commit a sin? This question subtly leads to the ideathat lawyers are also subject to the laws of the world. When the Presidentsends a lawyer to the prison of the world, he decides that he will not besubject to the laws of the world. However, if a lawyer falls for theprosecutor's leading questions, law enforcement becomes possible, and at any time,if the prosecutor, even a lawyer, violates the provisions of the law, he or shecan be prosecuted. However, the lawyer firmly tells the prosecutor's leadingquestions not to test the president's authority. So this time, the prosecutorcould say no more.

『Then the devil takes him up into the holy city, and sets him on apinnacle of the temple, And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, castthyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge. concerningthee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dashthy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shaltnot tempt the Lord thy God.』

When a person jumps from the top of a temple, it is an act of suicide. Thelaw prohibits harming one's own body. What will God do if Jesus breaks the law?So, Satan's leading question is that Jesus must also be someone who strictlyobeys the law. In the church today, we are talking about the active and passiveobedience of Christ. These are people who have fallen for Satan’s questions.

Active obedience means that Christ observed the law for sinners as a conditionfor gaining eternal life. Passive obedience is said to mean that Christsuffered by paying the penalty for sin and paying the debt of all his people. So,Christ's subjection to suffering and death is part of his active obedience, andChrist's living in subjection to the law and working in the image of a servantare part of his passive obedience. The idea contained in the meaning of activeobedience is that salvation is achieved only when Jesus' work on the cross andJesus' legal obedience are combined. These are truly heretical remarks. Jesuswas above the law, but he died according to the law to save all mankind.

This is the third question. The President hasgiven me all the power to prosecute criminals, but if you have the President'spower to pardon, then my power means nothing. Since you are no different fromthe President, you should say a word of sorry to me. Wouldn't you? Then, theyare saying, “I will hand overall prosecution rights to you and you can do everything.” So, the lawyer said, although I am granted thepower to pardon, the president values procedure, so he is not taking away yourpower. Jesus, the lawyer, responded by saying, “The President has made such a big decision outof a desire to show grace by freeing repentant sinners, so please do your bestas instructed by the President.” Then the prosecutor could not say anything, so he left the scene. Thisis the story of how the lawyer also left the place after receiving guidancefrom the Presidential Office administrator.

『Again, the devil takes him up into an exceeding high mountain, andsheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saithunto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worshipme. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thoushalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.』This Bible verse is from Matthew 4:8-10.

However, if you look at Luke 4:5-8, it says, “And the devil, takinghim up into a high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in amoment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power.” will I give them,and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I willI give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesusanswered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thoushalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.』

When Satan says, “Because it was handed over to me,” it means that Godhas handed over to Satan the right to prosecute sinners. The Greek word for “worship” in 『If thou therefore wilt worship me』 is theword proskuneses (προσκυνήσῃς basic formproskuneo). It has meanings such as flattering, prostrating, showing respect,and worshiping. Here, proskuneses refers to a degree of respect that isapologetic rather than worship. But internally, it is a test of whether one canserve both God and the world. This is equivalent to spiritual adultery. Themeaning of returning the world to Jesus is equivalent to spiritual adultery.

In the church today, most people say that the spiritual war is a waragainst Satan. The criminal naturally fights with the prosecutor to avoid goingto jail. When a criminal looks at the prosecutor, he will seem like the reaperof the underworld. However, if one escapes the law and is born from heaven,like Jesus Christ, the saints in Christ have nothing to do with Satan (theprosecutor). Because he is dead to sin, he is terminated with no right toprosecution. Therefore, the enemies of believers are false prophets and thefleshly self. First, false prophets distort the Bible and speak evilly towardGod. Second, the physical self is something that must be fought. Jesus told himto deny himself. He is his physical self. The spiritual self fights with thephysical self until death. It is the same principle as the Israelites enteringCanaan and fighting the seven nations. Jesus' words to deny oneself correspondto this. If you think that your physical self is good and your spiritual selfis good, then you are committing spiritual adultery because God is good andidols are good. Believers can only live by standing on the truth and not beingdeceived by untruth.

4. Angels

Churchpeople think that Satan and his messengers (ghosts, dark spirits) do evil, andguardian angels do good, but angels follow all humans. Angels are with humansfrom the moment they are born into the world. However, since people are bornsinners, the angel plays the role of a watchdog. That's why people think theangel's appearance is evil. To them, angels become Satan, devils, and ghosts.

However, when people repentand come to Christ, the angel serves as a guardian angel to spread the gospeland help them avoid falling into sin. He becomes an angel under the care ofsaints. It is not that there are separate Satans and separate angels, but thatangels also have different roles depending on the state of the person.

ⅢCreation of heaven and earth

1.Creation of the material world

Genesis 1:1-2 『In thebeginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form,and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of Godmoved upon the face of the waters. 』

Church people say that Godcreated the heaven and the earth in the beginning. The word ‘heaven and earth’ must be understood well.Heaven and earth are heaven and earth. Heaven does not mean the sky we see withour eyes, but the kingdom of God. The land is not the land we live in, but theworld (material world) that is contrary to the kingdom of God. The kingdom ofGod is the place where God resides, and the world is the material world whereGod does not exist, which God separated from the kingdom of God.

The words that appear inGenesis 1:1 are important. It is necessary to pay attention to 『Heaven(Shamayim), Earth (Eretz), Creation (Bara)』. Regardingheaven (Shamayim), in the Old Testament, all heaven we know is called Shamayim.The blue sky is also called Shamayim, outer space is also called Shamayim, andthe kingdom of God where God dwells is also called Shamayim. In the OldTestament, all heaven is Shamaim. When it comes to Shamayim in the OldTestament, we must first think about what kind of Shamaim this is. This meansthat you have to consider which of the three heavens it is by looking at thecontext.

In Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” In other words, in Deuteronomy, in 『God createdShamaim and Eretz』, in Deuteronomy 26:15, 『Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thypeople Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto ourfathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.” Here, “thy holy habitation” refers to the kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God iswritten as Shamayim. This Shamayim is the Shamayim used in Genesis 1:1.

In 1 Kings 8:30, “And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, andof thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou inheaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.” The heaven mentioned in the table is also Shamayim, thekingdom of God. So where is Shamaim in Genesis 1:1? In Genesis 1:8, “God called the firmament (Shamaim) Heaven.” This firmament can be seen to have been created inGenesis verse 7. If we consider the Heaven mentioned in Genesis 1:1 to be thesame as the Heaven in Genesis 1:8, it does not fit logic because the heavencreated in the beginning and the heaven created in Genesis 1:7 overlap.Therefore, it is clear that the Shamaim of Genesis 1:1 is not the sky we arelooking at. Heaven mentioned in Genesis 1:1 can be said to refer to the kingdomof God.

Next is the land (Eretz), andin Genesis 1:9 it says, “And God said, Let the watersunder the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry landappear: and it was so.” That land is Eretz. Then, itoverlaps with Eretz mentioned in Genesis 1:1. Some may say that the land spokenof in Genesis 1:1 and the land spoken of in Genesis 1:9 are the same land.

However, the land mentioned inGenesis 1:1 can be understood to refer to the material world we are talkingabout. This is because the land is said to have been “made” in Genesis 1:1, and it isalso said to be land in Genesis 1:9. In other words, because it results in aduplicate name, we can see that the land in Genesis 1:1 refers to the materialworld, not the land of the Earth. We can see that the material world created byGod is covered with water.

The Hebrew wordtranslated as “create” is “bara.” However, in order to accurately understand the meaning of the word ‘bara’, if we look at Isaiah 45:7, itsays, ‘I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: Ithe LORD do all these things.’ Here, the word 『form, make』 is the word 『Bara』.Here, ‘darkness’ is the same word as darkness mentioned in Genesis 1:2.

Darkness appearsautomatically when light disappears. When peace disappears, it automaticallybecomes tribulation. In 1 John 1:5, “This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare untoyou, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.” There is no darkness in God. So,because God blocks the light, it becomes darkness. The meaning of the word barais 『separate, cut out』.Therefore, because this material world blocks the light of God's kingdom, amaterial world called darkness was created.

『In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth』 This means that the material world (world) was separated from thekingdom of God. When God separated the material world, the earth (materialworld) was chaotic and empty, and darkness was over the deep. The materialworld was made of water. 『The Spirit of God moved overthe surface of the water.』The word moving meansenveloping, like incubating an egg.

Why did Godseparate the material world from the kingdom of God? He was meant to imprisonthose who did not maintain their position in the kingdom of God and left theirplace. In Isaiah 53:6, “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his ownway; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.』

Sheep have poorvisual discernment. So, it was expressed as an animal that is easily deceived.To have gone astray means to have fallen into delusion. 『Everyonewent to his own way (Ish).』 God created the first man,Adam, and brought out the woman from the man (Ish). Here, the Hebrew word ishmeans that through Adam, each person who sinned in the kingdom of God enteredthis world.

Adam is a symbolof the one who is to come. The one who comes (Christ) has the meaning of theone who took on sin. When God sent out the spirits of those who committed sinsin God's kingdom to the material world, a living being like a sacrificial lambwith a body was needed. That is exactly what Adam played. Then, Eve wasseparated from Adam, and descendants were born through them. That is why Godimprisons sinful spirits in the body.

Spirits who sinnedin the kingdom of God fell into the temptation that they could become like Godwithout God. This temptation also appeared in the Garden of Eden. So, Eve fellinto the temptation of wanting to be like God first, and gave her husband thefruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, so they were driven out ofthe Garden of Eden and into this world.

Although theGarden of Eden happened on this earth, it serves to explain the events of God'skingdom. In the Book of Revelation, the new heaven and new earth have no darkness,only light. Because God is light. So, in the material world where darknessexists, God does not exist.

In 1 John 2:15, “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.” If any man loves the world, thelove of the Father is not in him.』

However, God enters the material world through His Word to predestineChrist before the creation of the world and to save sinful spirits. Through theWord, God informs people who are trapped in the darkness of this world that Godis waiting.

2. Creation of Man

(1) Soullike existence

Genesis 2:7『And theLORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrilsthe breath of life; and man became a living soul. 』(kjv)

Not only humans but also all animals become thesame living being (Hebrew: nephishhai, Greek: pushke). God breathed life intothe dust that formed form to give it life. What is the breath of life? Itrefers to spirit.

Whenspirit and earth met, they became soul, life. However, this soul living beingis born with the destiny of death. There is a meaning that sinners against Godmust die. It can be said that being born into the world is itself trapped inmatter and is the first death.

(2) Spirit and body

In Ecclesiastes 12:7, “Then shall the dust return to theearth as it was: and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.” When a person dies, the spirit goesto God, and the body returns to the dust. In other words, the spirit isreleased from the prison of dust and returns to God. By the way, in order forhim to return to God, he must put on holy clothes. The holy garment is thesoul. In the world, the soul, a living entity, is like clothes contaminatedwith sin. The spirit must change its clothes into the clothes of Christ. Inother words, the spirit must be changed into a new soul body (clothes ofChrist). So this changing of clothes is called baptism.

(3) Baptism

In Mark 1:7, “And preached, saying, There cometh(Erchemai ἔρχεται) one mightier than I after me, thelatchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.”

Regarding John the Baptist, therewere many people who thought he was the Messiah. In John 1:6-8, “There was a man sent from God, whose namewas John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that allmen through him might believe. He was not that Light, but he was sent to bearwitness of that Light.』 John the Baptist made a proclamation about theMessiah in Matthew 3:1-3. 『In those days came John theBaptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Repent ye: for thekingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophetEsaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the wayof the Lord, make his paths straight.』

However, John theBaptist also wondered whether Jesus was the Messiah. So, there is a scene wherehe sends his disciples to ask Jesus while he is in prison. However, it is saidlike this. In Matthew 11:3-5, “And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look foranother? Jesus answered and said to them, Go and shew John again those thingswhich ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, thelepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poorhave the gospel preached to them.』Jesus is theMessiah.

Mark 1:7-8 talks about the waterbaptism given by John and the baptism of the Holy Spirit given by Jesus. Waterbaptism is an expression of dying to sin. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is fireand the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The baptism of fire comes first, and thenthe baptism of the Holy Spirit. In Matthew 3:11, “I indeed baptize you with water untorepentance.” but he that cometh after me ismightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you withthe Holy Ghost, and with fire:』

Baptism with fire and the HolySpirit means that the soul (like clothes from the body) is burned to death bythe fire of the Holy Spirit and is replaced with new clothes (clothes ofChrist). The death of one's former clothes by fire represents the death ofone's old self and the judgment of God. Therefore, saints are also consideredto have already been judged if they died on the cross with Jesus Christ.

Baptism in the Holy Spirit meansbeing born from heaven with the Holy Spirit and the clothes of new life. Itmeans resurrection. Galatians 3:27 『For as many of you ashave been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.』

At the time of the early church,many people would have heard about the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Those whor*ceived the baptism of the Holy Spirit were so happy that they could not bearit. So, in the eyes of non-believers, they said, “Those people are drunk.” When you get drunk, you forgeteverything. Likewise, it is said that after receiving the baptism of the HolySpirit, he became “drunk on new wine.” The new wine means ‘Heaven is coming’ because the gospel is to be spread. It isto preach the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In order for this salvation to bedelivered, we seek the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The disciples said, “Isn’t it morning? No one has been drinkinghere.”

In the Gospel of Matthew, John theBaptist refers to the Holy Spirit and the baptism of fire, and it is used oncein Luke 12:49. 『I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I,if it be already kindled?.』What Jesus did for threeyears was to throw fire on the earth. In chapter 12, verse 50, “But I have a baptism to be baptized with;and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!” Baptism by fire symbolizes the death(judgment) of Jesus Christ on the cross. It tells us that all people will bejudged by fire like the judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah. And the baptism of theHoly Spirit symbolizes the resurrection of Jesus.

Everyonepasses through the second death. The first death is death to sin (baptism inwater), and the second death is death to the soul (baptism in fire). The soulrefers to the physical body received from parents. This is expressed as aphysical body (fresh), which means physical life, unlike body, which meansflesh. So we find people making every effort to cleanse this physical body.However, the physical body we received from our parents contains the desire(idol) to become like God, so it must die. People in the world have a religiousspirit, and this religious spirit for self becomes an idol (Greek sarex:fleshly body).

Ⅳ God’s plan of salvation

1. The Son of God and the Daughters of Man

Genesis6:1-7『And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of theearth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw thedaughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all whichthey chose. And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, forthat he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. Therewere giants in the earth in those days; And also after that, when the sons ofGod came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the samebecame mighty men which were of old, men of renown. And God saw that thewickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of thethoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that hehad made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said,I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man,and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repentethme that I have made them.』

The sons of Godrepresent angels (spirits) who sinned. The daughters of men represent bodiesmade of dust. The marriage of the Son of God and the daughters of Manmetaphorically expresses the spirit combining with the dust to become a humanbeing. In God's view, humans are the expression of beings who want to be likeGod. So God trapped the spirits of his sons, angels, in the dust and createdhumans, which he regrets.

Although God causedthem to die, he presents a motif to save them. It was an ark. This means thatall humans must die in the flood. However, it means that salvation will beprovided through the ark. The ark symbolizes Jesus Christ. Entering the arkmeans being united with Jesus who died on the cross. If a believer believesthat he died in union with Jesus Christ, he will be united in union with Christand be resurrected. Resurrection is the new creation and getting off the ark.

2. The flood judgment and the ark

Luke 17:26-27 『And as it was in the days ofNoe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, theydrank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noeentered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.』

The Bible tells us through the time of Noah that all humans are beingswho must die by drowning. In 2 Peter 2:4-5, “For if God spared not the angelsthat sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains ofdarkness, to be reserved unto judgment; And he spared not the old world, but hesaved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in theflood upon the world of the unholy;』

Peter connects the time of Noah with the angel who sinned in thekingdom of God, because God's Son (the angel who sinned) took the daughter of aman (an image made of clay) as his wife. So, because the two are combined, onebecomes a person of the soul. Without exception, humans in the state of soulwant to be like God and thus reveal their righteousness. All soul people mustdie. God trapped the spirits of angels in the dust and turned them into humans,so the world is a prison, and humans are sinners from birth.

The time of the Son of Man means the second coming of Christ. TheSecond Coming of Christ is the Parousian (presence) of the Word (Ho-Logos) andthe Holy Spirit for believers in present-day resurrection. However, otherpeople (believers) say that they believe in God, but they are absorbed inworldly affairs such as ‘eating, drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage,’ and so they are destroyed. Soonly Noah and his seven family members were saved.

Only those who understand the meaning of the end can move on to newlife. In the end, for those who are in Christ, a temple will be built in theirhearts, Jesus will return, they will become one, and the kingdom of God will beestablished, but for those who do not, the second coming of Jesus will come asjudgment.

The apocalypse is not some point in the future, it is happening now.Currently, heaven has come to believers, but believers under the law live inhell every day, because they are caught in the net of the law. Even thoughJesus gives believers freedom, false prophets prevent them from escaping.

Believers must realize that they have left the kingdom of God and aretrapped in the dirt of this world, discover that their greed to become like Godis hidden in their fleshly selves, and repent and turn back.

Repentance begins with the realization that the old man (the first man,Adam) must die, because all humans bear traces of the old man. The terribleenemies of believers today will be false prophets and fleshly egos. Above all,most churches have been tainted by humanism, legalism, and gnosticism. Faith inblessings and blessings overflows within the church. Even though the Bibletalks about the kingdom of God, believers do not even know what the kingdom ofGod is. They think of resurrection, the second coming of Jesus, and salvationas something in the distant future.

The carnal self wants to be more interested in the world than in thekingdom of God. The carnal self causes one to focus not on spiritual eating,drinking, getting married, and getting married, but on physical things. Saintsmust spiritually eat the flesh of Jesus, drink his blood, and enter the weddingfeast with the Bridegroom, Jesus Christ. This is not something that will happenin the distant future; it is something that is happening now.

In Luke 17:30-31, “Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.” In that day, he which shall beupon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take itaway: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.』

Those on the roof are those in Christ, and those in the house are thoseconfined in the law. The Bible tells us not to go back into the law whileremaining in Christ.

V Christ

1. Trinity

Tritheism is thetheory of three Gods in three persons. Modalism is the theory that God is oneGod in one person who appears in the form of Father, Son, and Holy Spiritdepending on the times. Modalism is the claim that God acts as the Father inthe Old Testament, as the Son in the New Testament, and as the Holy Spiritafter the New Testament. Subordination theory is the theory that the Father,the Son, and the Holy Spirit are completely one subject, but the Son and theHoly Spirit are subordinate to the Father. Adoption theory is the claim thatJesus became the son of God because God adopted him.

Most pro-Trinity denominations and denominations are denominations thatinherit the theological tradition of Christianity, recognize only the Old andNew Testaments as scriptures, and accept the theological standards of the eraof the universal church as apostolic guidelines. The Eastern Orthodox Church,the Catholic Church, and Protestant denominations include the Lutheran Church,the Reformed Church, the Anglican Church, the Baptist Church, the PresbyterianChurch, the Methodist Church, the Holiness Church, and the Pentecostal Church.

Most denominationsopposing the Trinity are denominations that emerged after the 19th century, andthey regard the current theological tradition of mainstream Christianity asapostasy. As the early church passed through the period of the universalchurch, the current church was cut off due to apostasy. They argue that sincethe Trinity is also a theory of disconnection, rejecting it is the way tobridge the disconnection. They are restorationists who reject the Nicene Creedand the doctrines of the Universal Council, including Jehovah's Witnesses,Latter-day Saints of Jesus Christ, and Unitarians.

Tosummarize, believers should know that "the doctrine of the Trinity is adoctrine to explain the work that occurred during the period between Jesus'physical coming to this world as the Son of God the Father and his death on thecross."

Wemust believe that before Jesus came to this world, he was the only God, JehovahGod, and that even after Jesus was resurrected, he returned to the position ofthe only God, Jehovah God. Although God is one, not three, God imprisoned theangels who sinned in God's kingdom in the world (creation of heaven and earth, includinghumans), and he performed the role of Christ to bring them back to the kingdomof God (salvation). When seen through the eyes of people in the human world, heappears to be the God of the Trinity.

However, although JesusChrist died on the cross, was resurrected, and returned to God's place, itwould be difficult for believers to regard Christ, who will return, as one ofthe Trinity. For example, is the Holy Spirit who came to the disciples atPentecost different from Christ? Most Christians today still think of the HolySpirit, Christ, and the Father separately. It is difficult for them to say thatthere are three Gods, so they use the strange logic of saying that they are oneGod in three persons. Although the story could be accepted when Jesus Christwas in this world, it would be difficult to talk about the second coming ofChrist according to the Trinity in the current situation.

2. Identity ofJesus

In Mark 9:1-3, “And he said unto them, VerilyI say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall nottaste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.” . And after six days Jesustook with him Peter, and James, and John, and led them up into a high mountainapart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. And his raimentbecame shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can whitethem.』

The Jews and even thedisciples of the time were confused about the identity of Jesus. Most Jewsthought that Jesus was Elijah or Moses reincarnated. However, Jesus' disciplesthought that Jesus was a person with the power of God. Peter confessed, “You are the Christ, the Son of God.” However, since the Bible does notsay what the other disciples thought, I do not know, but they may have thoughtof Jesus as a god or a demigod.

The disciples had no conceptof resurrection. How will the disciples react when Jesus shows them what theresurrection is like? Jesus was concerned that when they saw the resurrectionscene, they would think of him as God. Although Jesus is the Son of God, he wasalso a man, the Son of Man. Jesus before his resurrection was neither god nor “half-god, half-man”. Today, there are many people inthe church who refer to Jesus as God. I understand the purpose, but then Jesusbecomes God. Believing in Jesus as God is a kind of idolatry.

InMark 9:4-5 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talkingwith Jesus. And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us tobe here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses,and one for Elias.』

The disciples who saw Jesusand Elijah and Moses thought of them as gods because the disciples knew verywell that Elijah was transformed into a fiery chariot and ascended to heaven.They would have read through the Pentateuch that Moses also had radiance on hisface. So, Peter is saying that he will build three tabernacles (temples) andworship. This is serving idols. It is in the same context that church peopletoday say that they are God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.It's like making Jesus a god.

However, God the Fathergives justice. He is my Son and came to the world to do the work of death andresurrection, so you must follow his words. Mark 9:6-7 『For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. And therewas a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying,This is my beloved Son: hear him.』

Somedisciples may have thought that Jesus was Elijah reincarnated. However, thescribe said that Elijah must come first, which is an expression that the scribesaid in reference to what the prophet said in Malachi chapter 3. They must havebeen curious. In Mark 9:11-12, “Andthey asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? And heanswered and told them, Elias verily cameth first, and restored all things; andhow it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and beset at nought.』

Jesus said to John theBaptist that Elijah must come first. Therefore, the Bible tells us that Jesusis neither Elijah nor God, but the Son of God who is responsible for the workof death and resurrection. In chapter 9, verse 13, “But I say unto you, That Elias isindeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it iswritten of him.”Jesus did the work of the cross, and John the Baptist did the work of thecross. Jesus made the path straight for His ministry.

Matthew 3:3『For this ishe that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying inthe wilderness (Te Eremo τῇ ἐρήμῳ), Prepare ye the way of theLord, make his paths straight .』

Te Eremo (τῇ ἐρήμῳ) represents the person whohas left God. He is a person thrown into the world. Repentance is returning toGod. If the road back to God was winding, John the Baptist now makes itstraight and makes it easier to move forward.

In the Old Testament (Malachi), God said, “Before the great and terrible day of the Lordcomes, God will send the prophet Elijah to bring back the people.” According to the words of the prophet Malachi,the Israelites believed that Elijah must come first before the Messiah comes.

John theBaptist is the spirit of Elijah who was born as a human being. That is why Johnthe Baptist does that. In Luke 1:17, “And he shall gobefore him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathersto the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready apeople prepared for the Lord.』 Here theFather is God. Children refer to Israel. He is the one against whom Israelrebels. So, in order for those who have left God to return to God, the peopleestablished for the Lord (John the Baptist) are prepared.

John theBaptist came and called for the Israelites to repent. He said to bring forthworthy fruits of repentance. The saying “the law andthe prophets were until the time of John” applieshere. The point of John the Baptist's cry is that God's judgment is imminent,so repent, realize that you are a sinner under the law, and find Christ. Thefruit of repentance is discovering Christ. This is 『returning the heart of a father to his children and the disobedientto the wisdom of the righteous』. This is to make theway smooth and prepare the way.

The purposeof John the Baptist being born into this world was for this purpose. TheIsraelites believe that if they keep the law well, they will become righteous,but this is wrong and they should repent. In that law, he realizes that he is abeing who cannot escape from sin and must turn back. He is John the Baptistcalling out to them to find Christ and turn to Christ. Then, it contains themessage, “Christ will come and provide a way to return to God.”

John theBaptist came into the world before Jesus and spoke words that made the wayforward smooth (repent), but the Pharisees and scribes who were among theleaders of the Jews did not understand. “The Son ofMan will also suffer of them in the same way.” Not only didthe Jews treat Jesus like John the Baptist, but the Bible also said that Jesuswould suffer.

In Isaiah 40:3, “The voice of him that crieth in thewilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert ahighway for our God,”where are the wilderness and desert referred to? The wilderness and desert thatJohn the Baptist cries out for are Israel and become a cry to the world.

The disciples thought that thekingdom of God and the world were separate, and although most believed inresurrection, they thought that the body was resurrected after death. Jesusshows his disciples in advance how the resurrection will take place.Resurrection is the story of God's kingdom. However, Jesus showed his disciplesthat it is not something that arises after the body dies, but something that ishappening now. He also showed that the kingdom of God is coming in the world.

『After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John up ahigh mountain by themselves, and was transfigured before them.』”he was transfigured before them. "(kjv,niv). Metemorphode (μετεμορφώθη) is a compound word of mete (return) and morphode(image of God). God is also expressed as a shining figure in the Book ofRevelation.

Resurrectionwill transform. In other words, it becomes a different being. Resurrectionmeans ‘transfigure’ in English.

“The reason whyresurrection is not used as the word change” is that it is not a concept ofgradual change. Resurrection is a change of clothes. It is a change fromleather clothes to the clothes of Christ. It is a return from the position of ahuman being to the form of a god. When saints are resurrected, they also becomelike that. Returning to the form of an angel. That is why the resurrectedsaints are referred to as the sons of God. Resurrection transforms the soulfrom the old soul into a new spirit body. The reason why clothes turn whitemeans that previous clothes cannot become that way.

3. The death of Jesus Christ on the cross

In Matthew 20:28, Jesus saidthat he came to the world to provide a ransom for many people. The day beforeJesus died on the cross, he said, “How I longed to eat thePassover meal.” The Passover lamb symbolizesJesus. Eating the Passover food was an attempt to explain the meaning of Jesusdying as a ransom.

In John 6:54, Jesus said, “Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hatheternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” However, in verse 40 of chapter 6, it says, “And this is the will of him that sent me, that every onewhich seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and Iwill raise him up at the last day.” In other words, eating anddrinking the flesh and blood of the Son of Man is the same as seeing andbelieving in the Son. “Believe” is not a word that relies on an object or believes inthe words of a person like in other religions, for example, but means “unite.”

『Drinking the flesh and blood of theSon of Man means uniting with Jesus.』 I believe thatJesus Christ died in my place as a sinner who had no choice but to die on thecross. Everyone who believes that Jesus Christ died on the cross and wasresurrected believes that “in union with Jesus, I amaccomplished on the cross.”

In Luke 22:19-20, “And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, andgave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do inremembrance of me.” Likewise also the cup aftersupper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed foryou.』 Jesus dying on the cross like this is to atone for the sins of allsinners in this world, that is, my sins. The same expression is found in Isaiah53:1-6. Jesus Christ suffered the punishment that all humans should have toendure.

If you say, “What does Jesus’ death on the cross have to dowith me?”, you do not know the meaningof dying for sin. Sin is leaving God. Many angels took off the clothes of thekingdom of God and became naked spirits, thinking, “You can become like God without God.”

However, due to God's wrath,being driven out to this world and the spirit being trapped in the body is thevery nature of humans and the result of sin. In order to return to the Kingdomof God, we must repent of the mistakes we made in the Kingdom of God andreturn, but there are two obstacles caused by the flesh. It is a sin.

We must return aftereliminating the evil in our flesh (the attribute of wanting to be like God: theold self) and all the sins committed in the world due to the old self. However,humans do not have the ability to eliminate the problem of sin on their own.Because he is a sinner. However, Jesus Christ solved the problem of sin throughthe atonement blood shed on the cross. I believe that I died on the cross withJesus Christ. I believe that dying means dying to sin and evil (the old man).

Regarding sin, my sins are putto death through the atonement of Jesus Christ, but my old self is saved onlywhen I die in union with Jesus Christ. I, my old self, must die. He must takeup his cross. Jesus Christ does not eliminate the evil old man's desire toleave God, but everyone must bear his own cross. Of course, he dies on thecross with Jesus, but the subject of his old self dying is not Jesus, buthimself. People mistakenly believe that Jesus solved the evil old man. However,sin was purchased with the blood of Jesus Christ.

Romans6:3-7 says, “Know ye not, that so many ofus as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Thereforewe are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised upfrom the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk innewness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of hisdeath, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:Knowing this, thatour old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed,that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin.』

4. Resurrection

Church pastors today are notinterested in resurrection. Because they believe that Jesus was resurrected,they have faith that someday believers will also die and be resurrected. Forthem, resurrection means physical resurrection after death, so beingresurrected while alive is unthinkable.

People whobelieve that the body they received from their parents is resurrected afterdeath value the body. So, even after death, they did not cremate and buriedtheir bodies. Some people even freeze and store dead bodies, thinking that theywill one day be revived.

Resurrection and survivingagain are completely different. Jesus raised the dead many times. He raisedLazarus, Mary's brother, the daughter of Jairus, the leader of the synagogue,and the son of a widow. There are also examples of Paul and Peter raising thedead. However, it is true that those who die and come back to life do not havebodies of eternal life, but bodies that come from the ground, so they return tothe ground. In Ecclesiastes 12:7, “Then shall the dust return tothe earth as it was: and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.”

Since Jesus raisedthe dead, people in the church may think of it as resurrection, butresurrection does not refer to the flesh, but rather spiritual resurrectionfrom the dead. Resurrection means that the physical body dies and a spiritualbody is born.

In 1 Corinthians15:42-44, “So also is the resurrection of the dead.” It is sown in corruption; it israised in corruption:

It is sown indishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a naturalbody, and there is a spiritual body.』

In 1 Corinthians15:16-18, the metaphor of a seed is that when it falls to the ground, it dies,but because there is life within it, life creates form. Inside the seed is lifein the shape of a cotyledon. To put it in human terms, it is spirit. In John6:63, “It is the spirit that quickeneth; In ‘the flesh profiteth nothing: thewords that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.’, the subject who brings life isthe Holy Spirit, and the object of life is the dead spirit. So, the life withinthe seed is spirit, but the form of the spirit body is given through the powerof the Holy Spirit. So, the spirit takes on a spirit body and is born as aglorious body called resurrection. 1 Corinthians 15:36-38 Thou fool, that whichthou sowest is not quickened, except it die: And that which thou sowest, thousowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, orof some other grain: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and toevery seed his own body.』

And in 1Corinthians 15:49-50, it clearly states that the corruptible body does notreceive the inheritance of heaven. “And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear theimage of the heavenly.” Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit thekingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.』

The spiritual bodyis the body that inherits the kingdom of heaven, the clothing of Christ, andthe spiritual body of Christ's resurrection. The resurrected body is a bodythat is transformed, has no spatial limitations, and lives eternally. Thephysical body does not change and become a spiritual body, but the physicalbody dies and is reborn as a spiritual body. This is called new creation.Resurrection means new heaven and new earth.

Today's church only emphasizesthe death and blood of Jesus Christ on the cross. We receive forgiveness ofsins through the blood of Jesus and attain salvation. A church withoutresurrection becomes a half-gospel. That is why we deviate from living a lifeaccording to the Bible. It's like pastors telling believers to live accordingto the Bible, even though they don't live according to the Bible.

There is a fundamentaldifference between the beliefs of those who believe in present resurrection andthose who believe that they will be resurrected after death. Those who believein the present resurrection have realized the present second coming of Christ.That is why the kingdom of God (heaven) is established in the hearts ofbelievers. However, those who believe that they will be resurrected after deathbelieve that the second coming of Christ will not occur now, but sometime inthe future (the end). They think of the coming of the Holy Spirit and thesecond coming of Christ separately. So they still believe in the Trinity ofGod. They even consider God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.They are speaking as if there are three Gods.

For those who do not believein the present resurrection, there is no present second coming of Christ, thereis no heaven in the heart, there is no millennium in the heart, and there is nobook of life in the heart. Since they do not believe in a present resurrection,they will not believe in a present ascension with Christ. The words ofColossians 3:1-3 are also unbelievable.『If ye then be risen with Christ,seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God. Setyour affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead,and your life is hidden with Christ in God.』

Those who believe in present resurrection have their identity changedfrom flesh to spirit, their fleshly identity dies, and their spirit wears aspiritual body and is with Christ. Christ is on the throne and in the hearts ofthe saints. Therefore, saints also exist in Christ, in God on the throne, andalso in the heart. Those who believe in present resurrection are those who liveaccording to the Bible. So they preach the death and resurrection of the cross.Resurrection means that the old disappears and a new creation emerges.

5. Second Coming

When Jesus died on the cross and wasresurrected, he stayed on this earth for forty days. And Jesus told hisdisciples that he would come again, and that he would be my witnesses to theends of the earth. After he had finished speaking, he ascended to heaven infull view of his disciples. However, in Acts 1:11, “Which also said, Ye men ofGalilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken upfrom you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go intoheaven.』 Strictly speaking, we must realize that thescene the disciples saw was not a spatial concept of heaven, but something thathappened in their hearts.

And on the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came to the disciples. Isthe coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost a different event from the secondcoming of Jesus? Basically, the answer varies depending on how believers knowGod. Church people know that God is the Trinity. What does the Trinity mean? Itis confusing whether there are three Gods or whether there is one God.

While thedeveloped doctrine of the Trinity is not explicit in the books that constitutetheNew Testment,it was first formulated as early Christians attempted to understand therelationship between Jesus and God in their scriptural documents and priortraditions.

An earlyreference to the three "persons" of later Trinitarian doctrinesappears towards the end of the first century, whereClement of Romerhetoricallyasks in hisepistleas to why corruption exists among some in the Christian community;"Do we not have one God, and one Christ, and one gracious Spirit that hasbeen poured out upon us, and one calling in Christ?"A similarexample is found in the first centuryDidache, whichdirects Christians to "baptize in the name of the Father and of the Sonand of the Holy Spirit".

Believersshould know that "the doctrine of the Trinity is a doctrine to explain thework that occurred during the period between Jesus' physical coming to thisworld as the Son of God the Father and his death on the cross."

Wemust believe that before Jesus came to this world, he was the only God, JehovahGod, and that even after Jesus was resurrected, he returned to the position ofthe only God, Jehovah God. Although God is one, not three, God imprisoned theangels who sinned in God's kingdom in the world (creation of heaven and earth,including humans), and he performed the role of Christ to bring them back tothe kingdom of God (salvation). When seen through the eyes of people in thehuman world, he appears to be the God of the Trinity.

However, although JesusChrist died on the cross, was resurrected, and returned to God's place, itwould be difficult for believers to regard Christ, who will return, as one ofthe Trinity. For example, is the Holy Spirit who came to the disciples atPentecost different from Christ? Most Christians today still think of the HolySpirit, Christ, and the Father separately. It is difficult for them to say thatthere are three Gods, so they use the strange logic of saying that they are oneGod in three persons. Although the story could be accepted when Jesus Christwas in this world, it would be difficult to talk about the second coming ofChrist according to the Trinity in the current situation.

So, for believers whobelieve that Christ died on the cross with Jesus and was resurrected withChrist, the second coming of Christ comes into the hearts of believers throughthe power of the Holy Spirit. Of course, for believers (and other people) whodo not believe that, the second coming of Christ has not occurred. The secondcoming of Christ does not come as a judge for believers, but as a comforter tohelp them avoid difficulties in order to spread the gospel in the world. Ofcourse, Christ's second coming will be as judgment for those who are not saintson the last day. This is the White Throne Judgment. Church believers who arewaiting for the second coming of Jesus must realize that the second coming hasnot occurred. Believers who say they are waiting for the Second Coming are thesame as waiting for the White Throne Judgment. Therefore, believers waiting forthe Second Coming are still under the law.

InJohn 16:7, “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It isexpedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will notcome unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.』 The part that suggests that God is one is John 16:15: 『All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that heshall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.』

In Revelation 22:7, “Behold, I come quickly (taqi ταχύ) (er komai ἔρχομαι), and blessed is he who keeps (theron τηρῶν) the words of the prophecy of this scroll.” Taqi (ταχύ) meanshastily. all. Erkomai (ἔρχομαι) means coming now. Does this mean the second coming of Jesus or thepresence of Jesus in the heart? If it is the Second Coming, it will be the endof the world. However, it is not the end, but rather an expression of Christpresent in the hearts of believers. Theron (τηρῶν) is also present tense. Christ will come quickly tothose who keep the prophetic words of the scroll (the Book of Revelation).

Those who keep the Word are those for whom Christ is Lord and who livewithin His Word. Protecting means preserving. It means staying in the truth sothat the meaning of the word is well preserved. It is not easy to preserve thetruth in today's mostly untruth churches.

InJohn 14:2-3, 『In my Father's house are many mansions: if itwere not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if Igo and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself;that where I am, there ye may be also.』 This refers tothe temple that will be built in the hearts of believers. Jesus enters thetemple in the hearts of believers, and saints also meet God in the Holy ofHolies.

In1 John 4:13, “Hereby know we that we dwell in him(ἐν αὐτῷ),and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.” En auto (ἐν αὐτῷ)means in Christ. When the Holy Spirit comes, believers become in Christ throughthe power of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, Christ also exists within the saintsthrough the power of the Holy Spirit. It is Christ who gives the Holy Spirit.Strictly speaking, Jehovah God gives the Holy Spirit to believers. The one whogives the baptism of the Holy Spirit is Christ and Jehovah God. In the kingdomof God, the Father is Jehovah God, and the resurrected Christ is also JehovahGod. That is, there is only one Jehovah God. However, Jesus Christ, who livedin the flesh on this earth, is the Son of God the Father who came to this worldin the flesh (the Son of Man).

Therefore,God's work on this earth appears as a relationship between the Father, the Son,and the Holy Spirit. And since saints are also on this earth, they establish arelationship with Jehovah God through the Father, the Son (Christ), and theHoly Spirit. If the saint is in Christ, the saint is to the Father (JehovahGod) by the power of the Holy Spirit, and if Christ is in the saint, the Father(Jehovah God) is to the saint by the power of the Holy Spirit.

When the second coming ofChrist takes place in the hearts of believers, they become the kingdom of God.In Matthew 3:2, “And saying, Repent ye: for thekingdom of heaven is at hand.” Heaven refers to thekingdom of God in the hearts of believers. Thus, because Christ becomes theLord of the saints, the name of the saints becomes 144,000, and they becomekings and priests of the thousand-year kingdom.

Today, when Jesusreturns at the end and the millennium is established, believers believe thatthey will reign with Jesus Christ. However, for those who believe in thepresent resurrection and the present second coming of Christ, the thousand-yearkingdom will be realized right now and they will reign as kings. Satan was theking of the world, but now he reigns in Christ. Therefore, if you have receivedthis kind of grace, you must confidently spread the gospel of truth. Today, wemust rescue those who are trapped in untruth and build the kingdom of God.

Ⅵ Millennium and Hell

1. Millennium

Millennial kingdom is another name for heaven. For a believer to go toheaven, the believer passes the test from Satan (the prosecutor), does not goto hell, and becomes a citizen of heaven. When a saint becomes a citizen ofheaven, he or she is in the millennium. There is a tendency to equate themillennium or heaven with the kingdom of God. The kingdom of heaven thatappears in the Gospel of Matthew is translated in Greek as “Hebasileia ton uranon,” and is the kingdom of God in the hearts of believers. Of course, thekingdom of God is a concept with a comprehensive meaning.

Heaven (millennial kingdom) is whenbelievers establish the kingdom of God while their bodies are alive. In Matthew3:2 it says, “Andsaying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Heaven means Jesus Christ. A saintis a person who believes that Jesus Christ died on the cross and wasresurrected, and a temple (Holy of Holies) is built in his heart, and whenChrist enters his heart, he becomes heaven. Therefore, those who do not believein the present resurrection, those who do not believe that Christ has returnedand entered into the hearts of believers, cannot be considered to have come toheaven to them.

Revelation 20:1-3『And I saw an angel come downfrom heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, andSatan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit,and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations nomore, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must beloosed a little season.』

It means puttingSatan into the abyss for a thousand years. So Satan becomes inactive. Satan'sauthority to accuse sinners is suspended for a certain period of time. Theconcept of a thousand years is the concept of God’s reign. The millennium is the kingdom of God that is ruled by God fora thousand years. The kingdom of God is not a concept of time and space, but aconcept of God's reign, and the millennium refers to the people of the kingdomof God.

Those who do notattain the millennium are spiritually dead. These are those who have notachieved resurrection. In Ephesians 2:2-5, “Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works inthe children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation intimes past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh andof the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God,who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when wewere dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye aresaved;)"

Thesaints, the church of the millennium, are born from heaven and are protected byGod and have escaped Satan's control. However, God briefly restores Satan'sright to prosecute. Satan still prosecutes sinners. So a fierce war breaks outagain between prosecutors and lawyers, and the saints, disciples who have beengiven power by Jesus Christ, also fight against Satan and his angels. In theend, the saints in Christ win.

2. Hell and Hades

The meaning of hell is distorted because church people think of it as “burninghell.” In the Bible, the meaning of “hell” asthought by church people is expressed variously as Tartaro, Hades, and Gehenna.

First, regarding Tartar, in2 Peter 2:4, 『Forif God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell (Tartaro),and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 』 was expressed.

Tartaro, described as hell, means that the spirit is trapped in thebody. Since all people are born sinners, people are in hell. This means presenthell. This is a concept that contrasts with heaven. Heaven and hell are notspatial concepts but represent the spiritual state of humans.

Second, Hades means Hades, which represents the second death. In otherwords, Hades symbolizes fire. In Revelation 20:14, “And deathand hell (Hades) were cast into the lake of fire.” This isthe second death.』

Hades, expressed as hell, is not a concept of hell being trapped, butreceiving fire. In other words, it represents the second death. The seconddeath is a fire. Then, the first death is seen as the spiritual first deathwhen the spirit is trapped in the dust. These are the spiritually dead(Necros). And the second death is being judged by the fire of the Holy Spiritand the word of God (the lake). Death and Hades are personified expressions.And in Revelation 20:9, “And they went up onthe breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and thebeloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.”

Fire has two meanings. Theold self dies through fire baptism and is reborn as a new person through thebaptism of the Holy Spirit, and there is fire given to believers as a means ofrefinement. Baptism by fire has the meaning of salvation, leading from hell toheaven, and fire has the meaning of refinement.

The first baptism of fire is inGenesis 19:24, “Thenthe LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORDout of heaven;”It represents God's judgment on the city of Sodom, and its purpose is to saveLot and his family. In 2 Peter 2:7, 『And deliveredjust Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:』

Baptism by fire represents judgmentand salvation. The side that gets hit by the fire is judgment, and the sidethat escapes the fire is salvation. Those in Sodom are those who are inuntruth, and Lot, who is suffering, is those who are in truth, and God isbringing out those who are in truth through fire baptism. Baptism by fire burnsthe old self (the clothes of the physical soul) with fire and creates a new person(the clothes of Christ).

Those who have passed the second death (baptism of fire: union withdeath on the cross) while the body is alive participate in the firstresurrection (new person). In Revelation 20:4-5, “And I sawthrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I sawthe souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the wordof God.” , and which had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, nor hadreceived his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived andreigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not againuntil the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.』

These words were expressed figuratively. Those who die on the crosswith Jesus Christ will be resurrected together and achieve the millennium(heaven). The concept of the millennium is not a concept of a period of time,but symbolizes the kingdom of God in the heart. So, the first resurrectiontakes place while the saints are alive. This means that when the firstresurrection takes place, one will reign with Christ. This means that saintsbecome royal priests.

In Revelation 20:6, “Blessed and holy ishe that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath nopower, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with hima thousand years. 』The first resurrection and the second death are contrasted. Thesecond death symbolizes dying on the cross with Jesus Christ, so we are nolonger subject to the second death. Saints no longer experience spiritualdeath. This is resurrection. Of course, death occurs physically, but that isnot the meaning of death in the Bible.

In John 5:25, “Verily, verily, I sayunto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice ofthe Son of God: and they that shall hear live.” The deadare spiritually dead, but when they hear the voice of God and repent and turnback from being sinners, they become spiritually alive. So, resurrection meansthat it occurs spiritually (spiritual body), not physically.

Colossians 1:13 『Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hathtranslated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:』. InEphesians 2:6, “And he hath raised usup together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:” Thismeans heaven arising in the heart. Salvation is moving from the kingdom ofdeath (the law) to the kingdom of eternal life (the baptism of the Holy Spirit)through fire baptism.

Judgment and salvation are present events that occur in believers. Forsaints, judgment is dying on the cross with Jesus (water baptism: dying to sin,fire baptism: dying to soul, second death), and salvation for saints is beingresurrected with Jesus. Those who do not believe this will one day go to theresurrection of judgment and be judged. Heaven and hell become a story of thepresent. If you have eternal life right now, it is heaven, and if you do not,it is hell.

In Revelation 20:15, “And whosoever was not found writtenin the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” ἐβλήθη εἰς τὴνλίμνην τοῦ πυρός. The wordhurede (εὑρέθη: to discover)is not translated here.

This means that anyone whosename is not found in the Book of Life will be thrown into the lake of fire. TheBook of Life is in everyone's heart, but we must open it and discover a name.Otherwise, you are living in hell. It means that only those who understand thename will know it. When the dead spirit in the heart is resurrected and arises,a temple is built and Christ enters the temple. So the name becomes Christ. SoChrist becomes my master.

And there is a refining fire. Who makes fire?Fire is made by people. He submits himself to judgment. The reason God allowedthis fire is in 1 Peter 1:7, “That the trial ofyour faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it betried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory.” at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 』Revelation 3:18『I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayestbe rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame ofthy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thoumayest see.』Fire has the meaning of refinement.Experiencing hellfire while alive is something that God allows for refinement.That refinement is what makes gold.

When a believer realizes the meaning of fire and escapes from untruth,it becomes gold. It's like Lot coming out of Sodom. When believers sufferingfrom hellish untruth come out of there and enter the truth, they become heaven.Therefore, fire allows one to come out of previous untruth (physical self) andmove towards truth (spiritual self). To a son who is going astray, his father'swhip is seen as fire, but in the end, it leads to a good life. Whether a sonregards his father as a scary person or as a loving person depends on how theson looks at his father. In the end, if believers recognize fire as a path tosalvation, it leads to heaven, but if they perceive fire as pain, it becomeshellfire. Although believers experience hell and are refined spiritually, whenthey move toward the truth, they become those who enjoy heaven. He will becomeone hundred and forty-four thousand saints, the millennium, and the new heavenand new earth. Heaven and hell are experienced by believers while they arealive and remain until they die. That is why believers must fight and overcomethe fleshly nature within them.

Third, Gehenna has the meaning of burning garbage. Fire has the meaningof refinement, but fire that is not refined becomes a fire that causes pain.However, the meaning is confusing because Gehenna is translated as hell. InMark 9:47, “And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee toenter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be castinto hell (Gehenna) fire:”

Gehenna refers to slaughtering a sacrifice in the courtyard of thesanctuary and burning the animal's carcass outside the gates. It is a garbagedisposal site. In Jeremiah 7:31-32, “And they have builtthe high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burntheir sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neithercame it into my heart.

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no morebe called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley ofslaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.』 Gehenna appeared in theValley of Hinnom. The Valley of Hinnom was a garbage dump to the southeastoutside Jerusalem. Burning animal corpses. Maggots come out of the corpse.

In Mark 9:48, “Where their worm died not, and thefire is not quenched.”However, in the Valley of Hinnom, among the Israelites, they sacrificed theirchildren to Molech. This signifies the corruption of the temple at that time.To compare it to today, church people kill the Son of God and offer his bloodto God every day in order to receive forgiveness for their sins. This is whathappens in corrupt churches.

This is a different concept from Gehenna and Tartaro, which aretranslated as hell. Tartaro represents the trapped darkness, but Gehenna isintended to represent burning with fire rather than hell. The meaning ofburning trash is different from baptism of fire. Baptism of fire has themeaning of salvation and judgment, but Gehenna has the meaning of burninggarbage. The fire of the tongue in a person's heart is intended to burn others,and even the Son of God. When a believer burns himself, it becomes a refinement,but when he burns others, it literally becomes hellfire. He will live inhellfire.

Heaven and hell are things that are currently happening to everyone,and are things that extend even after the body dies. Currently, those who arein Christ become heaven, and those who are outside of Christ become hell. Thismeans that those who are outside of Christ repent and receive the baptism offire (the second death) and enter Christ into heaven, and those who are inChrist are also refined by fire and become more like pure gold.

Those who have received the baptism of fire participate in the firstresurrection. Those who do not do so will undergo the second resurrection aftertheir physical death and will be judged by fire. The first resurrection meansputting on Christ. Saints become royal priests.

3. Spiritual War

Spiritual warfare isliterally an invisible war. Many people living in the world live with their ownreligion, and there may also be people who do not have a religion. However, asignificant portion of them have Christianity as their religion, and if you askthem about spiritual warfare, most of them will say that the target is Satan oran evil spirit.

Spiritual war, like physicalwar, is a state in which you cannot fight if you do not know how to identifyenemies. If you do not know who you are in a spiritual war and who you arefighting against, you will lose the war.

When a person is born,passes through infancy and enters adolescence, he or she begins to developself-consciousness. This is how people come into contact with their identity.If he doesn't know me, he can't go to war. The self that everyone appears atbirth is the physical self. This physical self is a collection of approximatelyseven characteristics. These are the nature of the body, blood relations,experience and knowledge, thoughts and ideologies, religiosity,self-righteousness, and the desire to dominate. This may develop or shrink aswe grow, but overall it does not change. However, because this physical selfstands in hostile opposition to God, it ignores the spirit trapped in the bodyor rejects its very existence. So it also rejects the words of the Bible.

Only when we are clearlyaware of the existence of spirit can we properly stand on our own identity. TheBible speaks of humans as beings in which body and spirit are combined.However, the spirit is trapped in a body called dust. So the spirit does notknow God and is in darkness. To use a metaphor, it is like a person whocommitted a crime while living in the world and is in prison. So, the personlives freely in the world, but then their clothes and everything they used towear in the world are taken away, and it is like living in prison for a certainperiod of time wearing a prison uniform with a number on it. In prison, a person'sidentity will be the number on their prison uniform. The spirit trapped in thehuman body is likewise trapped in the body by sinning in the kingdom of God,and is wearing the clothing of a soul.

In orderfor someone imprisoned to realize their former identity, they will have toremember their parents, think about the house they lived in, and think aboutthe family they lived with. Likewise, humans also get a glimpse of whatspiritual identity is only when they are interested in the spirit. At that time,confusion in the believer's identity arises. In the Bible, the secrets ofheaven are explained through the parable of the sower. Just as the buds of lifegrow by plowing the soil, sowing seeds, watering, and cultivating, they come torealize the spirit trapped in the body through countless meditations andreading the words of the Bible.

In the Bible, it is said thatthe fundamental reason why the spirit was trapped in the body was because thespirit wanted to become like God. That is greed and idolization. That is whythe Bible says that this is a sin against God. Sin means opposing God andturning away from Him. The Bible says in Genesis 2:17 that sinners against Godmust die twice. “But of the tree of the knowledgeof good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatestthereof thou shalt surely die.” The translated Bible says youwill surely die, but the Hebrew Bible says you will die and die. Those whor*alize that they must die twice like this are those who realize that they aresinners who have left the kingdom of God and are trapped in the dust, and havea desire to repent. He realizes that he has no choice but to die to God andbegins to ask God for forgiveness. This is repentance. So they participate inthe death of Jesus Christ on the cross.

The first death is that wemust die to sin. This is water baptism. Romans 6:3-7 talks about baptism andsin. 『Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christwere baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism intodeath: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of theFather, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have beenplanted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likenessof his resurrection:Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, thatthe body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.For he that is dead is freed from sin.』

Since humans cannot die ontheir own, God uses His Son Jesus Christ to redeem those who repent by dying onthe cross. It is a method that allows sinners to be forgiven of their sins bymaking them believe that not only did Jesus die on behalf of humans, but thatsaints also died with Jesus. So, those who become saints have already beenjudged. The White Throne Judgment will be received by all those who are in thelaw.

The second deathis the death of the soul. This is a baptism of fire. Take off your previousclothes and burn them in the fire. The soul is like a leather garment thatbecomes a human being when the body and spirit meet. This is the clothing thatGod gave to the first man, Adam. However, since these are clothes that comefrom the flesh, we must take them off and change into clothes that come fromheaven. This is the baptism of the Holy Spirit. This is called the clothing ofChrist. Those who change into the clothes of Christ wear new clothes (spiritualbodies), so their spirit receives light and comes to life. In 1 Corinthians15:43-44, Apostle Paul explains the spiritual body. The spiritual body can besaid to be the body of a resurrected person. Since we have a body, we justdon't recognize it. If he does not believe that he is resurrected, then he hasnot changed his clothes. When we believe in the resurrection, a temple is builtin the hearts of believers. This is called the kingdom of God (heaven) in theworld. The kingdom of God in the hearts of believers is also called the thirdheaven. That is why Christ enters the temple in the hearts of believers. Thisis the Second Coming. Those who do not believe in the second coming of Christwill not find heaven in their hearts.

So, in the body,the self-identity revealed from the flesh and the spiritual self-identity bornfrom heaven through the Holy Spirit become mixed. Here, identification ofenemies became possible. The true me is a spiritual identity born from heaven,and my enemy is none other than an identity born from the flesh. This is wheremost Christians get mistaken. Since they cannot “discern their enemies,” they do not know the meaning ofJesus’ words to deny oneself. The object of self-denial is the physical self,and the subject that must be denied is the spiritual self. These two fightuntil their bodies die.

Humans are borninto the world, but unfortunately, the world is like a prison for the spirit.There are people in this world who manage prisons. There is a prison warden,and there will also be subordinates. They can control prisoners by law, punishthem by law when they commit illegal acts, and even make them do labor. To usea spiritual analogy, we could say that these people are public officials whoplay a villainous role against sinners. The prison director is Satan, and thoseunder him are angels who play villains. That is why it is expressed as a darkspirit (devil, etc.). Everyone just does their part.

However, God stampsthose who die twice to the flesh acknowledging their innocence even before theyleave the world (prison). You are no longer a sinner. They are the guards whoplayed the role of the villain and no longer intervene and cannot do anything.We only live in the world because of our bodies. In 1 John 3:9, “Whosoever is born of God does notcommit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is bornof God..” In 1 John 5:18, “We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; But he that isbegotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. 』However,even if a believer escapes from the bondage of a sinner, it is not Satan or adark spirit that torments him, but the fleshly self. That is why there is aconstant battle with oneself.

4. What should thelife of a saved person be like?

Ephesians 2:8-9『For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:it is the gift of God: Not of works, least any man should boast.』

When a believer is under the law, he is like a spiritualchild, tossed about by the winds of deceit, crafty temptation, and all kinds ofteachings. However, when a believer is under the Holy Spirit, he becomes one inbelieving and knowing the Son of God. Ephesians 4:13-15『Tillwe all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God,unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried aboutwith every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness,where by they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may growup into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:』

What is important here is to become one in believing andknowing the Son of God.

τὴνἑνότητατῆςπίστεωςκαὶτῆςἐπιγνώσεωςτοῦυἱοῦτοῦθεοῦFaith in theSon of God and intimate knowledge of God the Father (Hebrew yada) become one.Saints must become one through faith in the Son of God and knowledge (Hebrewyada) with God the Father. So we move forward to the full size of Christ. Thisis accomplished in Christ.

Faith in the Son of God means death on the cross andresurrection. The faith of the Son of God is the belief that he must die on thecross for the work of salvation and that God the Father will resurrect him.When the faith of this Son of God becomes one through knowledge (yada) with Godthe Father, the salvation of all mankind begins. Likewise, when saints becomeunited with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ on the cross, theybecome one with God the Father. Therefore, believers become perfect people.

『unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature ofthe fulness of Christ:』How is it achieved for abeliever to be converted and become a perfect person? It will not be easy for asinner to be converted and immediately become a perfect person. God's salvationis not inductive, but deductive. God first declares salvation through thecovenant to those who repent to God. Hwagae means death on the cross withJesus.

If a North Korean defector goes to the United Statesafter many twists and turns and thinks he has suddenly gained Americancitizenship, he will become an American, but he will not be able to live a lifein the United States. Although he is legally an American, he is lacking in allareas including language, culture, and economy, so he cannot be considered acomplete American. So he will work hard to overcome obstacles. In order toreach the full stature of Christ, the obstacle becomes the believer's fleshlyself. Jesus told us to deny ourselves.

Galatians chapter 5 reaches a mature level and is like aguidebook. The idea is to overcome obstacles while looking at this. InGalatians chapter 5, the Bible contrasts those who are born of the Spirit andthose who are under the law. In Galatians 5:19-21,“Nowthe works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication,uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance,emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness,revellings, and such like: of the which I told you before, as I have also toldyou in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdomof God.』and in chapter 5 verses 22-23『But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,gentleness, goodness, faith. Meekness, temperance: against such there is nolaw.』

The same thing is said in 1 Peter chapter 2. 1 Peter 2:1-2『Whereforelaying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and allevil speakings, As newborn babes desire the sincere milk of the word, that yemay thereby grow』. In 1 Peter 2:11, it is translated as“Dearlybeloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts,which war against the soul;”fleshly lusts are thepassions of the flesh. Fleshly lusts can be expressed in roughly seven ways,and those that are firmly established in the hearts of believers include thenature of the flesh, blood relations, experience and knowledge, thoughts andideologies, religious feelings, self-righteousness, and the desire to dominate.

In 2 Peter 1:4,『Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises:that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped thecorruption that is in the world through lust.

In 2 Peter 1:5-7,“Andbeside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtueknowledge;And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and topatience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherlykindness charity.』(kjv)

In 2 Peter 1:5-7,“Forthis very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness,knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance;and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and tobrotherly kindness, love.』(niv)

In the English Bible (niv), it is translated as“makeevery effort to add.”Of course, the King James Bible says『giving』, and in the Greek Bible,παρεισενέγκαντες(pareisenencantes: apply)ἐπιχορηγήσατε(epichoregesate:give)』(eight virtues) are given and applied.

This is not achieved through human efforts, but it is said that when onebecomes one with God, divinity appears in this way. Virtue (excellence) iscreated through faith, and gifts are received through knowledge (unity withGod), so people can become arrogant. He who realizes this becomes self-controlled.So it is connected to patience (hypomone). Hypomone is the saints’stay at thethrone of the Lord. So it becomes piety (Eusebeian: loving God). That is whybrotherly love and agape love are achieved.

2 Peter 1:5-7 also serves as a guide for believers. This is a biblicalmessage that tells believers to remember and see this and achieve spiritualgrowth. Those who are in Christ also continue to grow to the full stature ofChrist. Spiritual saints fight with their physical identity, fall, rise, andgrow. He grows up like a child. The full stature of Christ means that saintsalso become sons of God. The Son of God becomes the one who achieves the deathand resurrection of the cross and the kingdom of God in the heart.

VIIJudgment

1. WhiteThrone Judgment

Revelation 20:11-12『And I saw a greatwhite throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heavenfled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small andgreat, standing before God; and the books were opened: and another book wasopened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those thingswhich were written in the books, according to their works.』

This represents the White Throne Judgment. Judgment is done by Christ.Regarding the One who judges, Matthew 16:27-28 says, "For the Son of manshall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall rewardevery man according to his works. Verily I say unto You, There be some standinghere, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming inhis kingdom.” You are notjudged when you die, but you are judged before you die. In John 5:27-29, “And hath given himauthority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.”

Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are inthe graves shall hear his voice, and he shall come forth; they that have donegood, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto theresurrection of damnation." In Philippians 2:9-10, "Wherefore Godalso hath highly exalted him, and gave him a name which is above every name: Thatat the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things inearth, and things under the earth;"

Judgment is something that happens in the heart. Christ enters the heartas the "Ho-Logos, the Word" and judges the saints' original nature.The old man wants to become like God. This means that it is a sin. So, thosewho are dead to sin have already been judged. Those who die to sin have thebook of life in their hearts. Those who do not have the Lamb's book of lifewill be judged. Those who are not in Christ and who are spiritually dead willbe judged by God. Necrus are spiritually dead people. According to his owndeeds, as written in the books, it means a person who dies with Jesus Christand is resurrected together with him, thereby establishing a thousand-yearkingdom.

There are twotypes of books. These are books other than the Lamb’s Book of Life. “The dead werejudged according to their deeds (erga) as written in the books.” The books arebooks about deeds. The book of life is the book in Christ. However, those whoare not in Christ are judged by other books. They are the ones who do not findthe book of life in their hearts. Even though there is the Book of Life, youcannot see it. This is because even if you read the Bible, you cannot acceptGod’s good will. Onlythey discovered other books. The other books are the Bible, the law. Those whoare subject to the law are judged according to the law. However, those who havethe book of life have already been judged by the first death, so there is nojudgment of the second death.

2. Thesecond death

In Revelation 20:14-15, “And death and hellwere cast into the lake of fire.” This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the bookof life was cast into the lake of fire.』

“Deathand Hades were thrown into the lake of fire (He Rimne to Pyros)” Death and Hadesrefer to the state of the human spirit. This means whether one is in a state ofunion with Christ or not. He who is in Christ has the book of life within him.Those who do not have the book of life are judged by the law according to theirdeeds. Baptism is being judged by fire and the Holy Spirit. Baptism meansdeath. It is the death of an old person. The old people are judged. Deathrefers to the spiritually dead (old self), and Hades refers to the place wherethose who face the second death go. In “He Limne (Pot) toPyros (Fire),” the lake isthe Word of God, and the fire is the fire of the Holy Spirit. We will be put tothe second death by the Word of God and the fire of the Holy Spirit. Is hisidentity an old man or is he a new man with the book of life? He becomes whathe thinks and believes. All of these things happen to individual believers.