Mankind has been plagued by this question that many, regardless of gender, race, or status have tried to understand. There are many answers, but the true answer comes only from God.
God has revealed to us the reason for our present suffering and the answer to the age old question of why we are born.
First of all, we need find out where we are from and what happened in the past, in order to better understand our current condition.
Ecc 12:5-7 The dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
This verse indicates that our spirits were with God before being born on this earth.
We can understand more through the words of Jesus Christ
John 6:38 For I have come down from heaven…
Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and save what was lost.
Although we are now on this earth, at one time we were with God in heaven. Now, however, we are considered the lost from heaven. Without knowing where you are from, how will you know to where you will return?
Ezek 28:12-17 You were in Eden, the garden of God… Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned… and I expelled you… So I threw you to the earth…
In the above verse, Ezekiel says that the king of Tyre was expelled from Eden to this earth. This indicates that the Garden of Eden is in heaven, not on this earth. Why then, was the king of Tyre expelled?
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The payment or penalty for sin is death. Since all men who are born in this world have to face death eventually, it is evident that all men committed sin as did the king of Tyre.
Prisoners always long for freedom and to return to their home. So, our imprisoned souls have also been longing to return to the kingdom of heaven, our home.
Eph 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace…
We can return back to our home Kingdom of Heaven through Christ body and blood.
Jn 6:54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life…
Mt 26:17-28 …the Passover… This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Amos 8:1 “The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign LORD, “when I will send a famine through the land --- not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.”
For 1900 years, this truth of the Passover has been abolished and men have been living in their sins not knowing the way of redemption.
However, in our time, Elohim God themselves will appear and extend their hand of salvation to us.
Rev 22:17 The Spirit and the bride, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.
Now the Spirit and the Bride are calling those who thirst for the water of life, all who want to eat from the tree of life and return to their heavenly home.
Our Father Christ Ahn Sahng Hong came back again and restored the truth of life as prophesied. Please do not ignore the voice of God as we did in before.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
COG Ahnsahnghong ] The Wedding Banquet and Heavenly Mother.
I was able to learn about the parable of the Wedding Banquet which is in the bible (Mt 22) at the World Mission Society Church of God.
I never heard about this parable nor have a ever read it, so studying about it was pretty awesome. Basically, the last one to always appear and who is the most important one in a wedding ceremony is the bride.
Actually, this is common sense. But, in the parable of the Wedding Banquet, there isn't a mention of a Bride.
Just like a bride appears last in her wedding ceremony, likewise the spiritual Bride in the bible should appear last, but when exactly?
Rev 19:7 says "Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready."
The Bride, who is our Heavenly Mother will appear in the last days to give Her children eternal life.
The reason I found this so awesome when studying at the Church of God World Mission Society was because of how perfect it was and how much sense it made.
Mother God is truly testified all throughout the bible.
I never heard about this parable nor have a ever read it, so studying about it was pretty awesome. Basically, the last one to always appear and who is the most important one in a wedding ceremony is the bride.
Actually, this is common sense. But, in the parable of the Wedding Banquet, there isn't a mention of a Bride.
Just like a bride appears last in her wedding ceremony, likewise the spiritual Bride in the bible should appear last, but when exactly?
Rev 19:7 says "Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready."
The Bride, who is our Heavenly Mother will appear in the last days to give Her children eternal life.
The reason I found this so awesome when studying at the Church of God World Mission Society was because of how perfect it was and how much sense it made.
Mother God is truly testified all throughout the bible.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
E] Preach the Truth of Life to the Whole World.
The Council of Nicaea is very suggestive in many aspects.
Because of the intervention of Emperor Constantine, the Church of Rome came to have much stronger authority and started to exercise great influence over the churches.
If any church did not submit to the Roman Church that was supported by the power of the emperor, it was regarded as heretical and persecuted.
In this situation, the saints who tried to live according to God's word had to celebrate the Passover in secret, wandering in deserts, mountains and caves. However, as the Bible said, "The Ancient of Days came and pronounced judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came when they possessed the kingdom" (Da 7:22), Christ-the Ancient of Days-came the second time and the truth of life which had been taken away by Satan was restored in its due time.
We have received the promise of eternal life through the Passover of the new covenant which God established.
God restored the Passover by sacrificing Himself even to the point of death.
It is because no one can receive the forgiveness of sins and salvation without the Passover.
Giving thanks for the grace of God who has restored the Passover through His sacrifice and love, we should preach this precious message of life more powerfully.
Friday, April 16, 2010
D] The Passover Controversy.
As the Church of Rome began to celebrate the Eucharist on Easter day instead of celebrating the Passover, Polycarp, Bishop of the Church of Smyrna, and Pope Anicetus, Bishop of the Church of Rome, disputed over the Passover around 155 A.D.
Polycarp emphasized that the Passover was a traditional custom handed down from Jesus, saying that he had been celebrating the Passover every year, together with John-one of Jesus' disciples-and many other apostles.
In this dispute, however, they failed to persuade each other.
Afterward, around 197 A.D., Victor the Bishop of Rome insisted that the churches should adopt the Roman practice of celebrating Easter instead of the Passover, and compelled all the churches to accept the Dominical Rule.
The churches in the West agreed to follow the Dominical Rule, but the churches in the East which were the foundation of the Christian Church greatly opposed his insistence.
Especially, Polycrates, Bishop of the Church of Ephesus, sent a letter to Victor, in which he strongly emphasized that the Passover should be celebrated.
Through the letter which Polycrates sent to Victor at that time, we can guess the situation where the truth gradually started to become perverted after the Early Church.
- Eusebius Pamphilus, Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History, pp.208~209 -
[All these observed the fourteenth day of the Passover according to the gospel, deviating in no respect, but following the rule of faith. ... and my relatives always observed the day when the people (i.c. the Jews) threw away the leaven.]
When Victor received this letter, he planned to excommunicate all the churches in Asia and the nearby churches by accusing them of being "non-Orthodox."
However, he could not achieve his plan because of objections from many churches around him.
The Eastern Church continuously celebrated the Passover according to the teachings of Jesus and the traditions of the apostles.
This is evidence that the Passover was not abolished even in the New Testament.
The Passover is the feast of life which Jesus established with bread and wine, in order to fulfill His words: "Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you" (Jn 6:53).
Polycarp emphasized that the Passover was a traditional custom handed down from Jesus, saying that he had been celebrating the Passover every year, together with John-one of Jesus' disciples-and many other apostles.
In this dispute, however, they failed to persuade each other.
Afterward, around 197 A.D., Victor the Bishop of Rome insisted that the churches should adopt the Roman practice of celebrating Easter instead of the Passover, and compelled all the churches to accept the Dominical Rule.
The churches in the West agreed to follow the Dominical Rule, but the churches in the East which were the foundation of the Christian Church greatly opposed his insistence.
Especially, Polycrates, Bishop of the Church of Ephesus, sent a letter to Victor, in which he strongly emphasized that the Passover should be celebrated.
Through the letter which Polycrates sent to Victor at that time, we can guess the situation where the truth gradually started to become perverted after the Early Church.
- Eusebius Pamphilus, Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History, pp.208~209 -
[All these observed the fourteenth day of the Passover according to the gospel, deviating in no respect, but following the rule of faith. ... and my relatives always observed the day when the people (i.c. the Jews) threw away the leaven.]
When Victor received this letter, he planned to excommunicate all the churches in Asia and the nearby churches by accusing them of being "non-Orthodox."
However, he could not achieve his plan because of objections from many churches around him.
The Eastern Church continuously celebrated the Passover according to the teachings of Jesus and the traditions of the apostles.
This is evidence that the Passover was not abolished even in the New Testament.
The Passover is the feast of life which Jesus established with bread and wine, in order to fulfill His words: "Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you" (Jn 6:53).
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
C] Change of the Truth.
The Council of Nicaea decided in favour of celebrating the resurrection on the first Sunday that comes 15days after the vernal equinox every year, under the excuse that it was difficult to calculate the date of the feast according to the movements of the moon, and determined that Holy Communion should be celebrated at Easter.
The Western Church had not kept the Passover till then, but it continued to celebrate the resurrection on the Sunday after the Passover. So, even though the Eastern and Western Churches held the Eucharist on different dates from each other, they all used the Passover in determining the date of Easter.
However, as the Council of Nicaea eatablished the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the disappeared.
Church history simply explains that the Council of Nicaea was convened to standardize the date of Easter.
However, behind it was hidden a conspiracy to completely abolish the Passover.
Satan's hindrance did not stop here.
The Church of Rome, which had been associated with polytheistic traditions and ideas for a long time, introduced Easter that was originally a festival in honor or Easter the goddess of spring-which was celebrated in Northern Europe at the vernal equinox, and grafted it into Christianity.
The custom of eating eggs on Easter originated from the accient people who believed in pagan gods.
The Western Church had not kept the Passover till then, but it continued to celebrate the resurrection on the Sunday after the Passover. So, even though the Eastern and Western Churches held the Eucharist on different dates from each other, they all used the Passover in determining the date of Easter.
However, as the Council of Nicaea eatablished the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the disappeared.
Church history simply explains that the Council of Nicaea was convened to standardize the date of Easter.
However, behind it was hidden a conspiracy to completely abolish the Passover.
Satan's hindrance did not stop here.
The Church of Rome, which had been associated with polytheistic traditions and ideas for a long time, introduced Easter that was originally a festival in honor or Easter the goddess of spring-which was celebrated in Northern Europe at the vernal equinox, and grafted it into Christianity.
The custom of eating eggs on Easter originated from the accient people who believed in pagan gods.
Monday, April 12, 2010
B] The Truth of the Early Church.
In the Old Testament, there is the Feast of Firstfruits when the Israelites brought to the priest a sheaf of the first grain (fruit) they harvested and the priest presented it to God as a wave offering on the day after the Sabbath (on Sunday) following the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
Until they gave the offering of the firstfruits to God, they could not eat grain from the new crop(Leviticus 23).
The prophecy of this feast was fulfilled by Jesus: After celebrating the Passover Supper, Jesus was crucified on the cross at the Feast of Unleavened Bread-the day after the Passover, and He rose from death on the day following the Sabbath (Mt 16:9). By resurrecting as the firstfruits of those who had fallen asleep, Jesus fulfilled the prophecy concerning the first grain-the offering of the Feast of Firstfruits in the Old Testament (Mt 27:50-53; 1 Co 15:20).
According to these Bible-based teachings, the Early Church kept the Passover on the 14th day of the first month in the sacred calendar, celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread by fasting on the 15th day of the same month, and observed Resurrection Day to commemorate the resurrection of Christ.
Until they gave the offering of the firstfruits to God, they could not eat grain from the new crop(Leviticus 23).
The prophecy of this feast was fulfilled by Jesus: After celebrating the Passover Supper, Jesus was crucified on the cross at the Feast of Unleavened Bread-the day after the Passover, and He rose from death on the day following the Sabbath (Mt 16:9). By resurrecting as the firstfruits of those who had fallen asleep, Jesus fulfilled the prophecy concerning the first grain-the offering of the Feast of Firstfruits in the Old Testament (Mt 27:50-53; 1 Co 15:20).
According to these Bible-based teachings, the Early Church kept the Passover on the 14th day of the first month in the sacred calendar, celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread by fasting on the 15th day of the same month, and observed Resurrection Day to commemorate the resurrection of Christ.
Monday, April 5, 2010
COG Ahnsahnghong ] The Passover was disappeared at the Council of Nacaea.
A] The Eastern Church and the Western Church.
The Council of Nicaea was an international council of religious leaders from the Eastern and Western Churches, held at Nicaea in Asia Minor in 325 A.D. under the leadership of the Roman Emperor Constantine. The major issues on the agenda, discussed during with Arianism that denied the Trinity. Especially, the matter of determining the date of the Passover Communion had been disputed since the mid-second century, and it was brought to an end when the Passover was completely abolished at the Council of Nicaea.
The Passover controversy started after all the apostles died and the Early Church was divided into the Eastern Church and the Western Church. The Eastern Church, which was governed by the patriarch of Constantinople in Asia Minor, and the Western Church, which was ruled by the Pope from Rome, celebrated the Passover to commemorate the death of Christ on different dates from each other.
The Eastern Church held the Passover Communion on the 14th day of the first month in the sacred calendar and celebrated the Day of Resurrection on the first Sunday after the Feast of Unleavened Bread (the 15th day of the first month in the sacred calendar), according to the teachings of the Bible. On the other hand, the Western Church did not celebrate the Passover, and instead held Communion at Easter.
Why did the Eastern and Western Churches celebrate the Eucharist on different dates?
It was because the Western Chruch changed the date of the Lord's Supper at its own discretion, emphasazing the resurrection of Jesus. This difference in date caused much confusion among the Christians traveling from east to west. When they traveled to Rome after celebrating the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, they became confused and surprised to see the Eastern Church holding Communion at Easter.
The Council of Nicaea was an international council of religious leaders from the Eastern and Western Churches, held at Nicaea in Asia Minor in 325 A.D. under the leadership of the Roman Emperor Constantine. The major issues on the agenda, discussed during with Arianism that denied the Trinity. Especially, the matter of determining the date of the Passover Communion had been disputed since the mid-second century, and it was brought to an end when the Passover was completely abolished at the Council of Nicaea.
The Passover controversy started after all the apostles died and the Early Church was divided into the Eastern Church and the Western Church. The Eastern Church, which was governed by the patriarch of Constantinople in Asia Minor, and the Western Church, which was ruled by the Pope from Rome, celebrated the Passover to commemorate the death of Christ on different dates from each other.
The Eastern Church held the Passover Communion on the 14th day of the first month in the sacred calendar and celebrated the Day of Resurrection on the first Sunday after the Feast of Unleavened Bread (the 15th day of the first month in the sacred calendar), according to the teachings of the Bible. On the other hand, the Western Church did not celebrate the Passover, and instead held Communion at Easter.
Why did the Eastern and Western Churches celebrate the Eucharist on different dates?
It was because the Western Chruch changed the date of the Lord's Supper at its own discretion, emphasazing the resurrection of Jesus. This difference in date caused much confusion among the Christians traveling from east to west. When they traveled to Rome after celebrating the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, they became confused and surprised to see the Eastern Church holding Communion at Easter.
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