[Shincheonji Online Seminar, Intermediate Lesson 5] Testimony on the Revelation of the Old and New Testaments by Chapter, The Result of Those Who Have Kept the Covenant and Those Who Have Not Dt 28 (Jer 31, Heb 8, Rv 7)
Pastors, theology students and church members worldwide who hope in heaven and eternal life, it is nice to meet you. My name is Park Cheol Kyu. I am the head of An Dong church of the Thaddeus tribe of Shincheonji Church of Jesus. I sincerely thank you for attending Shincheonji Online Seminar, The Testimony on the Revelation of the Old and New Testaments by Chapter. The words that we will be sharing today is intermediate lesson number five titled the results of keeping or breaking the covenant. Main reference is Deuteronomy 28. But we will also refer to Jeremiah chapter 31, Hebrew chapter 8 and Revelation chapter 7.
Out of the pastors who are listening to these words there may be some of you who know this and some who do not know this. However please listen to the explanation that I'll be giving you today. Listen well and let's make it a time when we can find the answers to God's will. In order to understand the result of those who keep the covenant and the result of those who don't, we must first understand the different types of covenant found in the Bible.
The Bible is composed of the Old Testament and New Testament. The Old Testament is an old covenant. The New Testament is a new covenant. All believers who believe in God in the holy scripture must know about the covenant that is in the Bible, right? Especially, what is the covenant that believers must keep today? It is the new covenant, Revelation. Then in order to keep this promise we must know the content of the promise, right?
The Bible clearly records the result meaning what happens when someone keeps the covenant or does not. Through this time let's find out our relationship with the results of the covenant today in great detail. Let me introduce our main reference chapter, Deuteronomy chapter 28. Deuteronomy was recorded approximately 3,500 years ago from today. And the recorder is Moses. Moses who recorded these words is 4th generation descendant of Jacob, the son of Amram from the tribe of Levi.
Once again the title for today's words is the result of those who keep the covenant and those who don't. Deuteronomy chapter 28 is a chapter that explains about the covenant made with the chosen people in God and the result of the covenant. In every generation, God chose a pastor and set aside the people belonging to this pastor as the chosen people and made a covenant with them. Deuteronomy chapter 28 first writes about the result of those who keep the covenant. They receive blessings. They win wars and they take possession of all blessings.
In contrast, those who do not keep the covenant, of course, are defeated in wars and fought against their enemy and they lose all things. Therefore, in order to receive God's blessings, we must absolutely keep our covenant made with God, right? Now let's find out about the content of the covenant made with God and the chosen people through our main reference verse Deuteronomy 28 one by one.
Deuteronomy chapter 28 verse 1 to 14 writes about the blessings that one receives by keeping the covenants, verses 15 to 68 writes about the curses that one receives for breaking the covenant. First let's look into the result of those who keep the covenant. In verses 1 to 3 , it says if they obey God's words and carefully follow all his commands meaning if they keep the covenant then they will be set high above all the nations on the earth. And if they obey God's words then all blessings will come upon them and they will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
And in verse 7, even when the enemies rise up against you, the chosen people, it says the enemies will be defeated before you and they will come at you the chosen people in one direction but they will flee from you in seven. In other words, the result of keeping the covenant is that they receive all of the promised blessings. And the enemies will be defeated in war and the chosen people will be victorious and the enemies will flee in seven directions.
In contrast, Deuteronomy chapter 28 verse 15 to 68, it explains the result of those who do not keep the covenant. Let me first explain verse 15 and 16. It says if they do not obey God's words and they do not carefully follow all his commands and degrees meaning if they do not keep the covenant, then in the city and in the country they will be cursed. isn't that right? Not only in verse 25, it says you, the chosen people, will be defeated by the enemies. And even if you go at them from one direction, you will flee from your enemies in seven. And you will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Then to organize the result of those who do not keep the covenant is that they receive all curses and plagues. Even if they are the chosen people, they will be defeated in wars. And instead they will be the ones who flee in seven directions. Like this, Deuteronomy chapter 28 shows the result of those who keep the covenant and those who don't. Then believers who know these words must absolutely keep the covenant. Isn't that so?
But the question is did the chosen people who made a covenant with God in the Bible keep the covenant well? Let's find out in the Bible the covenant between God and the chosen people and their results. At the time of the Old Testament, there are those who made the first covenant with God which is physical Israel. There are those who were enslaved in Egypt for 400 years and God brought them out through Moses. He brought them out from Egypt and God chose them. And just like it says that God makes a covenant with the chosen one. On Mt. Sinai, He called Moses and made a covenant with physical Israel.
In order to understand the content, let's see what it says in Exodus chapter 19 verse 5 to 6.
The content of the covenant that God made with physical Israel, the chosen people, is that if they obey God and they keep the covenant then they will become a kingdom of priests. This was the promise that was made through Moses. And in verse 8, we can see how the people of Israel responded that they will do everything the Lord has said. In order for the people not to forget the laws that they must keep, God himself recorded on the tablets of stone these laws. And that is the 10 commandments that we can find in Exodus chapter 20.
And the first commandment is to worship no other god. However still in 1 King chapter 11, the king of Israel Solomon worshiped gentile gods. This is why it is recorded in Hosea chapter 6 verse 7 that they have broken the covenant like Adam. What was the result of physical Israel breaking the covenant? Out of the twelve tribes of physical Israel, one tribe was left. But the other eleven tribes were destroyed by gentiles. And this one remaining tribe judah and Jerusalem in Isiah chapter 1 ultimately were swallowed up by gentiles and they were destroyed.
Through this, we can see that even though they were God's chosen people because they did not keep the covenant this was their end result. Therefore, God's chosen people must make sure to remember their covenant with God and absolutely keep it. Because of all these things. Let's see what God did next. Looking at Jeremiah chapter 31 verse 22, God promised to create a new thing through the prophet Jeremiah. Creation of a new thing is referring to something that did not exist before. It is talking about the creation of God's new kingdom and new people.
And this is also seen in Revelations of the 21 as the creation of new heaven and new earth meaning creation of Shincheonji. God promised two things for the work of the creation of a new thing. First in Jeremiah chapter 31 verse 27, he promised to sow two kinds of seeds. Another in verse 31, he promised to establish a new covenant. To better understand this, let's read what it says in Jeremiah chapter 31 verse 31.
Through prophet Jeremiah, two kinds of seeds and a new covenant were promised. And this prophecy was spread throughout Israel for approximately 600 years. And at the First Coming, it is fulfilled. At the First Coming in Matthew chapter 13, as promised, the two kinds of seeds were sown. and it was promised to harvest. At the time of harvest, those who were born of good seed, meaning the sons of the kingdom, are harvested and brought to the barn.
However the weeds meaning the sons of the devil are not harvested. It says they remain in the field and are burned with fire. Then who are those that are harvested and those who were not harvested at this time? Those who are harvested are those who have kept the new covenant and they go to heaven. Those who were not harvested are those who did not keep the new covenant so they go to hell.
Therefore, we must know God's covenant. Those who know God's covenant and keep it will be harvested at the time of harvest. In Jeremiah chapter 31 verse 31, even the promise of making a new covenant was fulfilled at the time of First Coming. The reason why a new covenant was established was we can see in Hebrews chapter 8 verse 7 to 8 that the first covenant that was made through Moses went wrong then a new covenant was made.
This new covenant is the promise that we must believe and keep at the time of the fulfillment of the New Testament. Then who established this new covenant? And how? In Luke chapter 22 verses 14 to 20, at the time of First Coming, Jesus made a new covenant on the Passover night. This covenant was established in Jesus' blood. And the content of the new covenant that in God's kingdom the Passover meal, Jesus' flesh and blood, will be eaten.
Then eating Jesus' flesh and blood is not referring to physical flesh and blood, right? In John chapter 6 verse 51 to 58, Jesus says that I am the living bread. They came down from heaven and those who eat my flesh and blood will have eternal life. Then Jesus' flesh and blood which we can eat and have eternal life is referring to Jesus' words of life. Therefore eating flesh and blood of Jesus means to listen to Jesus' words and to perceive them.
The summary of the new covenant is found in Revelation. Revelation records the new covenant in great detail. Therefore perceiving revelation and keeping it is what it means to keep the new covenant. It says in Hebrews chapter 8 verse 10 to 12 of what we must do in order to keep the new covenant. Then let's read Hebrews chapter 8 verse 10 to 12 in one voice.
Like the words that we read, putting God's law in our minds and our hearts is what it means to keep the new covenant. God's law is talking about new covenant, Revelation which we must keep. And putting this revelation and graving in my heart is what it means to be sealed and to keep the new covenant. This is why, in Revelations chapter 22 verse 18 to 19, it says those who add to a subtract from Revelation will receive plagues and not be able to enter heaven meaning those who add to or subtract from Revelation are those who do not keep the new covenant. And there are the realities of those who are kicked out.
In other words those who do not add to or subtract from Revelation are those who have kept the new covenant. However today those who believe in Jesus, the people of spiritual Israel, have they kept the new covenant and know Revelation? Looking at Luke chapter 18 verse 8, it says when Jesus returned at the Second Coming will he find faith on the earth? Meaning it is only a few of those who believe in Jesus' words of promise keep it. Just like the First Coming, today at the time of the fulfillment of Revelation, the new covenant, there are those who keep the new covenant and those who do not.
Looking at Matthew chapter 8 verse 11 to 12, it says the subjects of the kingdom are kicked outside into the darkness. And those who come from the east and the west take their places in heaven. Those were kicked out here are those who did not keep the new covenants. And those who come from the east and the west and take their places in heaven are those who keep the new covenant. Then what is their physical reality?
First those who do not keep the covenant, we're talking about the churches of tradition in Revelations chapter 6. In Revelation chapter 6 the chosen people who are figuratively referred to as the sun, moon and stars. It says they lose their light and they fall to the earth meaning like Adam they break their covenant and betray. In Revelation chapter 13, the tabernacle of heaven that represents the traditional churches in Revelations chapter 6 goes to war against the group of the dragon, the beast with seven heads and ten horns.
And in this first war, the chosen people of the tabernacle of heaven are defeated by the beasts and they are destroyed. What is the reason why they're defeated in this war? It is because like Adam they broke the covenant and they betrayed. As a result, like the words that are recorded in Deuteronomy chapter 28 verse 25, they are defeated by the enemies and they flee in seven directions. However, unlike them, at the time of the Second Coming, there are those who do keep the covenant.
They are those in Matthew chapter 8 verse 11 come from the east and the west and take their places in heaven. In Revelation chapter seven, they are those who are harvested and sealed, God's new kingdom and new people, the twelve tribes. Let's see how this kingdom was created by reading Revelation chapter 12 verse 10 to 11.
In Revelation chapter 12, the child born of a woman clothed with the sun and his brothers go to war against the group of the dragon, the beast with seven heads and ten horns. And this is the second war that we see in Revelation. In this war, those who belong to god, meaning the child born of this woman and his brothers, fight the group of the dragon and overcome.
And the weapon that they used to fight and overcome is the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony. Those who overcame in Revelations chapter 12, through them, opened the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in Revelations chapter 15. And they're used as bowls of wrath. They pour out in Revelation chapter 16 upon the betrayers and the destroyers meaning Babylon and judge them.
At this time, Babylon is judged by the promised shepherd, the one who overcomes. And according to Deuteronomy chapter 28 verse 7, they flee in seven directions and get destroyed. But those were harvested and sealed and made into God's new kingdom and new people, the twelve tribes of new spiritual Israel, they're created. The twelve tribes are God's kingdom that has been created by overcoming.
Then what was the reason that they were able to overcome? It is because they have the blood of the Lamb and the word of testimony. This is what they fought and overcame with.
The evidence that they have overcome is that they are able to create God's kingdom, the twelve tribes. At the time of the Old Testament, Jacob overcame and created the twelve tribes of physical Israel. At the First Coming, Jesus overcame and created the twelve tribes of spiritual Israel. Today at the time of the fulfillment of Revelation, the child, born of a woman in Revelation chapter 12, overcomes and created the twelve tribes of new spiritual Israel.
That's why this kingdom is Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the twelve tribes. Shincheonji 12 tribes are the reality of those who keep the new covenant. Let's verify this through the Bible. In Revelation chapter 5 verse 9 to 10, at the time of the fulfillment of Revelation, there are those who were purchased by Jesus' blood and given to God as kingdom and priest. There are those who reign as kings on this earth. And they, in Revelation chapter 1 verse 5 to 6, are free from sin by Jesus’ blood.
And they also in Revelation chapter 7 are those who were harvested and sealed, the twelve tribes, 144,000. In Revelation chapter 14, it says they are the first fruits that have been harvested. The reason why they are able to become God's kingdom and priest is because they have kept the new covenant. And after sealing 144,000 in Revelation chapter 7 verse 9 and 14, it says that out of a great tribulation will come out a multitude in white that cannot be counted. They have washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb. So they are people who receive atonement of sin by Jesus’ blood.
Also they are written in Matthew chapter 8 verse 11 to 12 as those who come and harvest it are from the east and the west and take their places in the kingdom of heaven. In Revelation chapter 21, it says that they are a new kingdom and new people meaning new heaven and new earth. New heaven and new earth is God's kingdom that has kept the new covenant, Shincheonji in Revelation chapter 7, the twelve tribes, 144,000 and the multitude in white.
To organize the new covenant was to eat Jesus' flesh and blood. Then revelation chapter 7, 144,000 and the great multitude in wide are the reality of those who have eaten Jesus' flesh and blood. The reality of those who have kept the new covenant. Pastors and believers who were listening to these words, what must we do to obtain our hope and the purpose of our faith which is to go to heaven and eternal life? Mustn't we keep God's law, new covenant, Revelation, engrave it in our minds and our hearts and keep the new covenant?
Pastors, all of you must listen to these words first and make it known to your church members so that everyone can keep the new covenant and receive the promised blessings. Then what is the blessing that those who keep the new covenant receive? It says in Revelation chapter 1 verse 3 is that the blessed are those who keep the new covenant, Revelation.
Looking at Hebrews chapter 8 verse 10 to 12, keeping the new covenant is to put God's law, engrave it in our hearts and become sealed. Their sins are remembered no more meaning they receive atonement of sin. And those who receive atonement of sin go to the place where Jesus prepared which is in Revelation chapter 21 the Holy City New Jerusalem. So they dwell there. This holy city heaven is as stated in Matthew chapter 25 given to ship like believers as an inheritance
They are those who keep the new covenant. In Revelations chapter 21 verse 1 to 4, it says the Holy City New Jerusalem, God and heaven come down to new heaven and new earth. This new heaven and new earth is God's new kingdom Shincheonji. At the time of the fulfillment of Revelation, those who keep the new covenant are able to enter into this holy city. Looking at Revelations chapter 21 verse 4, it says God will wipe tears from their eyes.
There is no more death, mourning or crying or pain. Then to organize all of this, the blessing that those who keep the new covenant receive is atonement of sin, become the twelve tribes, priest and people and receive heaven and eternal life. Then pastors and believers who were listening to these words, have you kept the new covenant? Have you been sealed with the words of the new covenant, Revelation? Have you added to or subtracted from revelation? We must know ‘Have I been created according to the Bible?’.
If we truly believe in the promises of the Bible, the new covenant, then we must find the place that has been created according to the promise of the new covenant. The people of Shincheonji of the twelve tribes had been sealed with the words of Revelation, created like stamping a stamp. They do not add to or subtract from Revelation but instead master it. Shincheonji has kept the new covenant. God and Jesus dwell at a place where the new covenant fulfills. Please find God's kingdom the twelve tribes that have been created according to the promise and enter into the kingdom and God's family.
Let's summarize what we went over today. The title of today's lesson was the result of keeping or breaking the covenant. In every generation, God's chosen people broke their covenant with God. That's why they were cursed and destroyed and they scattered. Today those who keep the new covenant receive blessings and enter heaven. However those who do not keep the covenant are cursed. They are unable to enter heaven. Instead they go to hell.
This new covenant is talking about Revelation. Keeping the new covenant means to put God's law, the new covenant, Revelation engraving it in one's hearts. Today the reality of those who have kept the new covenant is new spiritual Israel, the 12 tribes, 144,000 and the multitude in white meaning the twelve tribes of Shincheonji. Shincheonji has kept the new covenant according to the new covenant, Revelation, harvest and seal and created the twelve tribes, became the twelve branches of the tree of life and feeding the food of eternal life which is the fruit of the tree of life and healing all nations with the leaves of the tree of life. This is the evidence that Shincheonji has overcome.
Just like the words that we heard today at the time of the Second Coming when the new covenant is kept, those who keep the words of the Revelation become God's kingdom and priest and a holy nation and receive this great blessing. Therefore, believers who truly believe in God must know what the new covenant is which God has given us. Do not be like Adam who breaks the covenant but keeps the new covenant, overcomes and receives heaven and eternal life as an inheritance.
A family of faith of this global village, I hope that all of us can perceive the words of testimony that are given today. Find God's kingdom where heaven and God are and become one. Shincheonji is the place where God and Jesus are eternally with. I hope that we can all enter into this eternal nation. Next time we're going to look at intermediate lesson number 6 of the promised shepherd of the Old and New Testament. A lecturer who is more humorous than I will come. Please listen to the words that are given to us today multiple times and engrave it in your hearts so that you can make a God's treasure your own. And for all the people who are listening to these words, I pray that we will perceive God's will and enter heaven and obtain eternal life.
Lastly, in God and in Jesus and in the word we are one. So let's all shout this out together. We are one in God and in Jesus we are one.
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