[Shincheonji, Intermediate Lesson 24] Testimony on the Revelation of the Old and New Testaments by Chapter, God’s Objective: The Re-Creation of Heaven and Earth Mt 6:10, Gn 1:1-2:3, Rv 21:1-7

[Shincheonji, Intermediate Lesson 24] 

Testimony on the Revelation of the Old and New Testaments by Chapter, 

God’s Objective: The Re-Creation of Heaven and Earth 

Mt 6:10, Gn 1:1-2:3, Rv 21:1-7

◼ Key point of the main reference

◈ Matt. 6:10

God’s will and objective is to fulfill God’s kingdom on this earth as it is in heaven and become one with it.

◾ Time of Moses - Create God’s dwelling place, the tabernacle(Exod. 25:8-9)

◈ Gen. 1:1-2:3

◾ 1st day : Formless, empty and dark heaven and earth / Create the light

◾ 2nd day ~ 6th day : Re-create heaven and earth

◾ 7th day : Rested ⇒ Logic of the order of recreation of heaven and earth(blueprint)

◈ Rev. 21:1-7

New heaven and new earth is created so God’s objective which is recreation of heaven and earth is completed. God and holy city new Jerusalem come down and become one and the sabbath rest and eternal life are fulfilled.

◾ Time to fulfill : time of fulfillment of Revelation

◾ Shepherd who fulfills : Shincheonji’s promised pastor, the one who overcomes, New John

1. To understand Genesis 1

1) What kind of creation?

※ Examples of contradiction when interpreting a physical creation

① Before the sun exists, can living things grow from the ground?

② How are the light created on 1st day and the light created on the 4th day different?

: Describing the spiritual creation of God’s kingdom in parables using the creation of the natural world

2) Why was the creation of the kingdom of heaven spoken in parables?

: To hide the secret of heaven from the evil ones which is about a creation of God’s kingdom(Matt. 13:10-13)

2. Order and meaning of the re-creation of heaven and earth in Gen. 1

※ The situation in the lead up to the recreation

◾ Formless, empty, heaven and earth and darkness was over them

: The corrupted former world

: God’s kingdom and people were destroyed due to the betrayal (Jer. 4:23-28)

◼ Over the waters : World(Dan. 7:3, 17)

1) Creation of 1st day(Gen. 1:2-5) : Light

◾ Light(The word in the beginning, the newly chosen pastor) : Separate light and darkness, day and night (John 1:1-5, 14, 1 John 1:1-3)

◾ Light(pastor) in every era → Adam, Noah, Moses, Jesus, Overcomer New John

2) Creation of the 2nd day(Gen. 1:6-8) : New heaven

◾ Expanse(穹蒼) : New heaven, new tabernacle(※ Rev. 13:6)

→ Create new tabernacle(kingdom) in the world(many waters)

→ Ark at the time of Noah, tabernacle at the time of Moses

    Organization of Jesus and 12 disciples at the first coming

    The Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony at the time of second coming(Rev. 15:5)

◾ The waters above(truth) and the waters below(untruth) are judged and separated (John 3:31-34)

3) Creation of the 3rd day(Gen. 1:9-13): New earth

◾ The land that has appeared(new earth) (Rev. 21:1) → Create new people of new kingdom(new saints)

◾ Gathered waters(sea) : False truth of the world

◾ Vegetation, plants bearing seed, trees bearing fruit with seed = Saints created with the word of God(People of new heaven and new earth)

4) Creation of 4th day(Gen. 1:14-19) : the sun, moon and stars

◾ Sun, moon, stars : Figurative God’s chosen people(Gen. 37:9-11)

  Sun(great lights) = shepherd

  Moon(lesser light) = evangelist

◾ Let there be seasons(四時), days(日字) and years(年限) → The day counted

◾ Govern the day and night 

: Through the pastor, evangelists, and saints of the new tabernacle, they govern over together the people and the gentiles

: Allowing them to govern over the darkness is God gave these people the world

5) Creation of the 5th day(Gen. 1:20-23) : Bird, Fish

◾ Water(water of life) = word of God

◾ Sea creatures(fish) = saints who are evangelized with the word of God

◾ Bird = spirits belonging to God

: In God’s tabernacle, the holy spirit come like a bird and work together(harvest)

◾ Be fruitful, increase in numbers and fill the water in the seas = Meaning to let the world of truth flow and spread across all corners of the earth and to evangelize and make God’s kingdom to multiply

6) Creation of the 6th day(Gen. 1:24-31) : Four living creatures, Men

◾ Create wild animals, livestock, creatures moving along the ground, man

◾ Create man in God’s image and likeness(Zech. 12:1)

◾ Man in the lead up to recreation → Gen. 1:2 State of being formless, empty and in darkness

◾ What will be needed to born again?

John 3:5 water and spirit

1 Peter 1:23 seed of God(Word)

◾ said to man “Be fruitful, increase in number, fill the earth, subdue and rule over”

∴ The one who is born again will be the lord of all creation and become God’s children who can receive the inheritance.

⇒ This is the logic of the order of creation from the 1st to the 6th day.

: From the time of Adam until the time of Revelation, work of creation and recreation of heavens and earth according to Genesis 1 repeats in every era.

◾ In each era, God’s creation becomes corrupt. God will tear it down and create again. 

◾ In every era, God will tear down the corrupted world and create to enter the rest.

3. When and how recreation of heaven and earth happen?

1) When is it fulfilled?

: At the time of fulfillment of Revelation (Isa. 65:17, Rev. 21:1)

  Time of Lord’s second coming, Time of end of age time of harvest (Matt. 13:39)

2) How is it fulfilled?

◾ The first heaven and first hearth passed away(former heaven)

   Betrayed tabernacle of the seven golden lampstand and its saints(Rev. 1:20)

◾ Rev. 2-3 Betrayal(Hos. 6:7)

   Teachings of the Nicolaitans, sacrifice to idols, adultery → Being the tabernacle  and saints that are formless, empty, and in darkness

◾ Chosen and anointed Jesus’ pastor(New John) in Rev. 1 send the letters of repentance. 

◾ The sun, moon and stars, heaven and earth, which is judged and came to an end in Rev. 6(Matt. 8:12 subjects of the kingdom)

   Heaven and earth, the sun, moon, and stars : formless, empty, darkness

◾ Rev. 8-9 ⅓ spirits are killed at a time belonging to gentile destroyers

◾ Rev. 17:1, 3, 15 the prostitute(Beast with 7 heads and 10 horns) ⇒ many waters flooded, over the waters(tabernacle in Rev. 13)

◾ The physical fulfillment of this event happened at the tabernacle temple that was established in 1966 in the Republic of Korea in the province Gyeonggi-do, Gwacheon city under the mountains of Cheonggye

◾ Recreated new heaven and new earth(New heaven) : Shincheonji Church of Jesus, The Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, saints of harvested and sealed 12 tribes

(1) Create the light on the 1st day : Promised shepherd, overcomer, New John(Rev. 22:8, 16)

(2) Create new heaven and new earth from the 2nd till 6th day

◾ Overcomers : small number of remnant seeds(seed of recreation) (Rev. 12:11, Rev. 6:6, Rev. 15:2)

◾ Create Shincheonji Church of Jesus, The Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony(Rev. 15:5) with overcomers

◾ Harvested 12 tribes families(plants, sun moon stars, living creature, man) (Rev. 7, Rev. 14)

※ Shincheonji Church of Jesus, The Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony

◾ God’s kingdom that is fulfilled on this earth as it is in heaven

◾ Recreated God’s new kingdom and new people according to the logic of the order in Gen. 1

◾ Names of people, location, church, organization are all created according to the new covenant Revelation

4. The rest of the 7th day(Gen. 2:1-3, Rev. 21:2-7)

 

◾ The time for God to rest eternally

: After God judges the corrupted world of the former heaven(Rev. 6), God creates the world of a new haven, Shincheonji(Rev. 7) and God comes down to as written in Rev. 21

◾ God and us live in the recreated kingdom of heaven. God will enter the rest and we will receive the promised blessing of eternal life(Rev. 21:1-4).

◾ Matt. 6:10 : New Jerusalem(spiritual haven) ⇒ New heaven new earth(Physical heaven), Shincheonji / people(righteous) : Recreated man 

 ◾ In order to fulfill this objective(recreation of heaven and earth) God and Jesus have been working tirelessly (John 5:17)

▎ Conclusion

1. After the sin of Adam as God’s rest was broken God repeatedly does the work of creation according to the order of Genesis 1 until all creation is restored to his original image

2. The first day was formless and empty and in darkness and from the 2nd to 6th day God created the new heaven and new earth.

3. The recreation of heaven and earth of Genesis 1 becomes complete through the creation of new heaven and new earth in Rev. 21.

4. The first heaven and first earth that comes to an end are the subjects of the kingdom the tabernacle of the seven golden lampstands that betrayed. God and the holy city new Jerusalem come down to new heaven and new earth, Shincheonji 12 tribes and enter into the rest and give the promised blessing of eternal life(Matt. 6:10)

5. Let’s not resemble the corrupted previous generations but let us participate in the work of recreation of heaven and earth become the new creation who is born again with God’s seed and spirit and make every effort into entering the rest(Heb. 4)