The New Heaven and New Earth, and the First Heaven and First Earth that Passed Away

The New Heaven and New Earth, &

the First Heaven and First Earth

that Passed Away

Main references: Rv 21 (Rv 6, Rv 7)

 

What are the new heaven and new earth in the main chapter? What are the first heaven and first earth that ceased to exist?  

 

The first heaven and earth that passed away was the tabernacle of the Spiritual Israelites and their congregation members. The new heaven and new earth is the tabernacle that is re-created and its congregation members.

 

The tabernacle (the dwelling place of the saints) is referred to as heaven because God’s chosen people are symbolized by the sun, moon, and stars (refer to Gn 37:9-11), and thus, the place (the tabernacle) where the sun, moon, and stars are, becomes heaven. Moses saw what was in heaven and built the tabernacle on earth accordingly (Ex 25). Therefore, the tabernacle of Moses was heaven on earth. Jesus proclaimed, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near!” (Mt 4:17). He also said, “Your will be done on earth as it is done in heaven” (Mt 6:10). According to these words, the kingdom of God that Jesus established with his disciples here on earth (refer to Jn 5:19-20) was heaven, that is, the tabernacle, Spiritual Israel.

 

Since man was formed from dust (Gn 2), dust or earth figuratively refers to flesh. The heaven and earth that passed away was the first heaven that Jesus started, and that has lasted for the past 2,000 years. The new heaven and new earth is the second heaven that is created today at the second coming. The short term for the new heaven and new earth in Chinese is Shincheonji.

 

The main reference, Revelation 21:1, shows the old and the new things. These old and new things are equated to the worlds of Adam and Noah, the worlds of Noah and the Physical Israelites, and the worlds of the physical Israelites and the spiritual Israelites. The new thing is created again after the previous thing becomes corrupt, aging, and obselete.

 

The Old Testament was fulfilled at Jesus’ first coming, and the New Testament is fulfilled at Jesus’ second coming.

 

Why does the main reference say that the first heaven and first earth passed away? The reason why Jesus proclaimed, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near!” at the first coming was because the Physical Israelites, Jerusalem, at that time committed sins. That is why Jesus asked for repentance. Today, too, at the time of the second coming, if you look at the tabernacle in Revelation 13, the group of the dragon, the destroyers (the beast with seven heads and ten horns) came into the tabernacle of heaven, and they marked the foreheads and the hands of the saints of the tabernacle with the mark of the beast. The saints received that mark and worshiped the beast, the dragon. As a result, the chosen people of the tabernacle were destroyed. This is why the first heaven and first earth passed away. This event was betrayal and destructioin. There were people who marked others, and there were people who received the mark. Furthermore, there were people who worshiped, and there were people who were worshiped by others. Just like at the first coming (Mt 23), the destroyers stood in the tabernacle of the chosen people at the second coming. This is why the one who has witnessed that event asked for repentance.

 

The first heaven and first earth that was destroyed and passed away were the Spriritual Israelites that Jesus created with his disciples 2,000 years ago when he came to the land of Judah. It was the end of Spiritual Israel. They passed away due to their betrayal. Revelation 6:12-17 and Matthew 24:29 figuratively use the sun, moon, and stars of the sky (Gn 37:9-11) to explain their end. They fall from heaven to the earth. They begin with the holy spirit, and yet they return to mere flesh. They are part of heaven, but later they become part of the earth. In other words, they belong to God, but then they come to belong to Satan.  

 

God prophesied the events of Jesus’ first coming through the Old Testament prophets. The prophecies were regarding how Jerusalem would be destroyed and captured by gentiles. Likewise, Jesus and his disciples prophesied in the New Testament that the saints of God’s tabernacle would be destroyed and held captive by the pastors of the devil, and that all nations would fall down by taking the fruit of good and evil, the wine of adulteries—the venom of serpents, the devil, and the poison of cobras, and that they would also marry the spirit of the devil (Rv 17 ~ Rv 18). If these prophecies and the fulfilled realities are not true, then God, Jesus, and his disciples would have lied. However, the prophecies have been fulfilled just as they were recorded. Who can deny this? This is the end of Spiritual Israel that was established 2,000 years ago.

 

The Physical Israelites in the Old Testament came to an end at Jesus’ first coming, and the Spiritual Israelites were created through Jesus. In the same manner, Jesus, who has returned today according to the New Testament, has brought an end to the corrupt Spiritual Israel, just as we have examined above. He has created the New Spiritual Israel by harvesting and sealing people. This newly created New Spiritual Israel is new heaven and new earth. It is to this placet that God, heaven, and Jesus come according to the promises (Rv 3:12), and that the spirits of the dead also come (1 Thes 4:14). The blessings promised in Revelation 2 and 3 will also be in that place.

 

When are the new heaven and new earth created after the first heaven and first earth disappear? Where are they created? And who are they? What kind of kingdom are they?

 

The time when they are created is the Lord’s second coming when Revelation in the New Testament is fulfilled, just as examined earlier. At that time, Spiritual Israel (churches of Jesus) is destroyed and comes to an end. The Lord returns to harvest and seal people, and he creates God’s new kingdom (new heaven and new earth) here on earth. The new kingdom Jesus creates is the twelve tribes of Shincheonji Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (the 144,000 priests and the people of the great multitude). This is the kingdom promised in the New Testament. It is heaven, and its people are the people of heaven. This is truly the kingdom, which is the fulfillment of the New Testament of the prophecy that Jesus gave so that we would believe when it happens.

 

The pastors of the devil will hinder and insult this place, but God even prophesied to fulfill this kingdom from the Old Testament (Jer 31). According to that prophecy, Jesus came and sowed seed. Today grains are harvested and sealed, and the twelve tribes are created in accordance with the promises. God had Satan appear in order to create this promised kingdom, and Revelation 13 describes the events of the appearance of Satan. Satan appeared according to the prophecies, and as a matter of fact, a trap was set up to capture Satan (refer to Jer 50:24). These are the events of Revelation 13 and 12. As the promised pastor fought against the dragon and overcame it, he has become Israel (New Spiritual Israel) and has created the twelve tribes. It is from this time on that the kingdom of God and salvation can come (Rv 12:10-11). Do you believe in this prophecy and its fulfillment? 

 

The prophecies and the pastors of the New Testament exist until the messengers of the seven lampstands who prepare the way in Revelation 2-3 and 13. Since that time, people have been hearing the gospel of the revelation, the fulfillment of the book of Revelation, and they have been coming and gathering to the new heaven where they can attain salvation. Therefore, the events of Revelation in the New Testament encompass the end of the Spiritual Israelites  due to their betrayal and destruction, and the judgment of Satan, the group of the destroyers, in Revelation 12 and 18, and the New Spiritual Israelites. As Spiritual Israel and the destroyers are judged and come to an end, only the re-created New Spiritual Israelites can exist at the end. These are the events of destruction and salvation similar to the days of Noah and Lot (refer to Mt 24:37-41; Lk 17:26-30). The work of salvation has nothing to do with those who do not know and believe in the New Testament prophecies and their physical fulfillment. But to those who believe in God and his promises, this work of Salvation is the greatest blessing because it is the fulfillment of their will and hope.

 

It says in Revelation 21, “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and first earth had passed away.” It means that when the new heaven and new earth is created, the first heaven and first earth has already ceased to exist. The Physical Israelites were already brought to an end at Jesus’ first coming, and yet they still do exist. In fact, they were put to an end as God’s chosen people and became gentiles 2,000 years ago. Likewise, even if the new heaven and new earth has been created today, the Spiritual Israelites still exists. The reality, however, is that they were cut off from God and became gentiles. In other words, they returned to mere flesh and to the world. God is now with the New Spiritual Israelites who have been victorious.

 

The Republic of Korea where God, heaven, and the promised pastor, the one who overcomes are, will become the greatest and the most wonderful country. All nations will have to come to Shincheonji of the Republic of Korea to worship God (Rv 15:4).

 

Hallelujah Amen!

 

  

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Distinguishing Between the Man of Heaven & the Man of the Earth

 

Distinguishing Between the Man of Heaven

& the Man of the Earth

 

 

 

Main references: Jn 8:23; Phil 3:20

(refer to Jn 5:24-29, 6:1-6; Mt 13; Jn 15:18-24; 1 Cor 15:51-54; 2 Cor 5:17)

 

 

How can one distinguish between the man born of heaven and the man born of the earth? It is through their seed and fruit they can be distinguished. They can also be recognized as their transformed images appear, and as they take a test through the word planted in their hearts.

 

Adam was dust. He became a living being, that is, a living spirit, as the breath of life (the word of life) entered into this dust. It is stated clearly in John 6:51-53, people will have eternal life as the breath of life enters into them. Jesus also said in John 3:5-6, one can enter into God’s house, heaven, by being born again of God’s seed and His holy spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, and spirit gives birth to spirit.

 

Since Adam’s fall, the living spirit within a person has been dead because of sin. The dead spirit within a person, however, becomes alive as God’s word of life (the breath of life) enters into a dead man. This is the resurrection of the spirit, which was dead in the grave [the flesh] (Jn 5:24-29). Furthermore, whoever is born of Adam is his numerator (i.e. children), and he also becomes someone who ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, since Adam originally ate the fruit. The one born of Adam is a person born with sinful genes, and he is nothing but dust and mere flesh whose living spirit is dead. Concerning this, Paul states that death came through one man, and life also came through one man.

 

The thoughts of the devil want man to die, whereas the thoughts of God want man to live. If Adam, who became a living spirit, had not eaten the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, would his flesh still have returned to dust?

 

According to Genesis 6, the sons of God became one with the daughters of the earth (flesh), and as a result, they became the same flesh and mortal and returned to dust. Their life (life expectancy) was determined to be one hundred twenty years, and eventually they were destroyed and died.

 

The history of the Bible portrays the work of God which has been carried out in order to save people whose spirits are dead. God allows people to be born again through the cross of Jesus and the seed of God. God’s will (Mt 7:21) is that we are born again of God’s seed and the spirit, just as it says in John 3:5-6. If anyone is born of God’s seed and the spirit, he is born from heaven. He becomes God’s child and His family. This is the man of heaven born from above. That which is born of dust, the earth, is flesh, and this flesh returns to dust. That which is born of heaven, in contrast, goes to heaven. In other words, the seed of heaven is sown into the flesh, which is dust; once it grows and becomes bigger, the spirit of God, which is likened unto the bird of the holy spirit, comes and perches in it. This illustrates how God (the holy spirit) comes to His Son and unites Himself with His Son as one.

 

In this way, the one born of heaven differs from the one born of the earth. The place each of them ends up going to, also differs from one another. The one born of the earth does not know what is of heaven (the Bible).

 

Not all believers are true believers. Just because someone says he believes does not mean he truly believes. A false believer is only a believer superficially, and in fact, he is worse than non-believers. Just because someone claims to be a pastor does not mean he is a true pastor. Only the pastor whom God acknowledges is the true pastor. There were numerous pastors at Jesus’ first coming, but not even one person was a true pastor. All of them were the devil’s pastors. Likewise, there are several pastors at the time of Jesus’ second coming [at the time of Revelation] (Mt 24; Rv 18). However, the only pastor of whom God approves is one pastor: the promised pastor.

 

Among this great number of pastors, to whom will God entrust the secrets of the kingdom of heaven and the events of the covenant which are yet to be fulfilled?

 

At the end of the religious world when all nations have fallen down (Rv 18), those who follow their own pastors will be unable to attain salvation. Only when people follow the promised pastor, will they receive salvation. At the end of the religious world, falling from heaven to earth, and returning from the work of the holy spirit to being mere flesh is referred to as the end of the age or the end times (Rv 13). At a time like this, one will not become the man of heaven unless he is born again of the seed of heaven. Someone who is not born of the seed of heaven is born of the earth and is part of the earth, and he eventually returns to dust. Moses, Elijah, and Jesus went up to heaven, and they were not buried under the ground. Anyone born of the seed of heaven is guided by the holy spirit. His citizenship is in heaven (Phil 3:20), and he will resurrect and bear the holy image of heaven, just like the ones who appeared on the Mount of Transfiguration.

 

God’s true purpose after Adam’s fall was to remove from people the inherited sin, and to make people reborn of God’s seed and spirit. As the holy spirit of God rests on the people born of God’s seed (the sons), their lives of faith are made perfect, and the purpose and hope of their lives of faith are accomplished.

 

God has made the betrayers, destroyers, and the savior appear just as He promised in the New Testament Revelation. God has allowed us to know the pastor whom God is with through the appearance of those three entities. He has also permitted us to understand what kind of people will be saved and what God’s promised new kingdom and His promised temple are. Knowing the betrayers, destroyers, and the savior promised in the New Testament is the qualification for one’s salvation. If someone does not know these three entities, how can he be considered a believer?

 

If one is not born of heaven will be unable to attain salvation, nor will the one born of the earth enter into the kingdom of heaven. It is only those born of God who will be able to go to the kingdom of heaven. Anyone who has perceived the word of promise will say amen to this word.

 

 

 

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The Man of Heaven & the Man of the Earth.

 

The Man of Heaven & the Man of the Earth

 

 

Main references: Phil 3:20-21 (Jn 15:18-27)

 

 

How is the man of heaven different from the man of the world (earth)?

The man of heaven is born of heaven through the seed of God. His image is like God and in His likeness (Gn 1:26). It is like the transformed image of Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration (refer to Mt 17). On the other hand, the man of the world is born from the world, the earth. His image is the image of the earth, the likeness of flesh.

The one born of heaven speaks and listens to the words of heaven, whereas the one born of the world speaks and listens to the words of the world. This is the difference between the one born of heaven and the one born of the world, the earth. Jesus, the son of God, referred to himself as the way, the truth, and the life (Jn 14:6). He also stated no one could come to the father except through this way, truth, and life. According to 1John 1, the word in the beginning is Jesus. It says in John 1:1-4, the way, truth, and life is the word of God. Jesus is with God (Rv 3:21), and it is only through Jesus, who is the way, truth, and life, people can go to the Father. Jesus himself becomes the way and the bridge which allows people to go to God. Without Jesus, there is no way, no truth, no life, and no bridge.

 

Paul said in Romans 8, "If anyone does not have the spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ." In addition to this word, it says in Revelation 3:20, "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me." These scriptures show who is the one whom the spirit of Christ is with. If Christ is with someone, that person will also know the way and the truth just like Christ. He becomes someone who is led by the Lord, and he becomes the word just like Jesus. People's superficial claims of believe is a part from the will of Christ. Those people are nothing but outsiders.

 

The difference of heaven and the world is enormous, and so is the difference between the sons of God and the daughters of the earth. Their very origins are different: the seed of heaven and the seed of the earth, the world. If someone who is born of the seed of heaven betrays, becomes part of the earth, and unites with the daughters of the earth, then he becomes the same as the earth, that is, mere flesh, just like Adam. The origins of the man of heaven and the man of the earth differ because of their seed. The one born of the earth loves the world; he will listen to the words of the world and follow the world. The one born of heaven, in contrast, loves heaven, which is the kingdom of heaven; he will listen to the words of heaven and follow heaven.

 

Jesus said in Matthew 23, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate." A hen receives the seed of the rooster, lays eggs, and gathers them. She incubates those eggs for 21 days and then hatches and protects them. She also makes sure her chicks follow her through her own voice, and protects them. She looks for food to feed her chicks and knows and recognizes each of her chicks' voices, and raises them. Chicks, too, recognize their mother hen's voice and follow her. If the mother hen is out of their sight, they look for her. The mother hen, who knows the voices of her chicks, quickly runs to her chicks when they call out to her. Chicks know their own mother, look for her, and only follow her. The mother hen protects her chicks, feeds and raises them. On a cold night, the mother hen gathers her chicks under her wings to protect them. The chicks go under the wings of their mother or sometimes they go up on the back of their mother. Jesus, just like a mother hen who lost her chicks, was trying to gather us several times, but people, who were worse than chicks, were not willing according to Jesus' word. Will people ever know that they are actually worse than chicks? 

 
God spoke with a grieving heart in Isaiah 1 when He said, "Hear, O heaven! Listen, O earth! I reared the children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows his master, the donkey his owner's manger, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand." He continued, saying, "Ah, sinful nation, a people loaded with guilt, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption! They have forsaken the LORD; they have spurned the Holy One of Israel and turned their back on him." God also had Jeremiah record the same story in the book of Lamentations. People sinned just as Adam had sinned. If people are captured by the spirit of the devil, their mentality changes.

 

According to what is recorded in Revelation 13, 17, and 18, the events of the Lord's second coming (today), the Spiritual Israelites betrayed the Lord and followed the pastors of the gentile spirits. In fact, it is all nations which have committed such actions. All nations fell by eating the fruit of the kingdom of demons, in other words, by drinking the wine of adulteries. All nations also married the devil. This shows how they have become one with the devil instead of being one with God. At a time like this, the messenger who speaks on behalf, the one sent by the Lord, comes to the place where the people are held in captivity. He delivers the people and calls them out of this place, harvesting them like a thief. This is the work of salvation, which leads people from death to life at the time of the second coming. Aren’t all the pastors of the nations today persecuting the messenger who speaks on behalf, going against him with every possible means at their disposal, just like at the time of the first coming? Despite such work of persecution, one person overcomes, and the Lord, who is the way, truth, and life, is with the one who overcomes. Because the Lord is with him, the one who overcomes is able to fulfill the New Testament and establish the 12 tribes, the new kingdom of God, and he is also able to judge Babylon, the kingdom of the devil.

 
Up to this point, the actions of betrayal which occurred in the times of the Old and New Testaments, and in the times of the first and the second comings, have been examined.

 

How can those who have become one with the devil recognize God and the one sent by God? Only those who receive the revelation (i.e. the revealed word) will be able to recognize them. God said in John 10, "His sheep follow him (the pastor) because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger's voice." Depending on who people are born from, they are destined to follow the masters who gave them birth. The one who knows Jesus' voice will open up his heart and accept it, but those who do not know his voice, the ones who belong to a stranger, will not follow Jesus' voice. Today the one born of God's seed will listen and follow the voice of Jesus, the voice of the holy spirit of truth. The word of the New Testament, the Bible, is the voice of Jesus.

 

Men's words come out of the denominations which were founded and named by men. The temple of heaven, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, on the other hand, was created and named by heaven itself. God dwells in this temple, and His word of life comes out of it. That which is created according to the word of the Bible (the promise) is an object of heaven, just like the tabernacle created in Moses' time. All things, except for the tabernacle previously mentioned, the pastors of the world created and named after their own will are nothing but the things of the world.

 

Where can God’s kingdom be found and which of these people is is God's people?

 
Let us attain salvation by believing in the God of truth, and let us become the citizens of heaven.

 

Amen.

 

 

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