Trust: "a firm belief in the
reliability, truth, or ability of someone or something"
(The Oxford Dictionary)
If you were to ask husbands and wives
in their old age what one of the key ingredients to their lasting marriage had
been, I'm sure that many would reply 'trust'. A trust that the husband or wife
would remain loyal and faithful to his or her spouse. What can be said of trust
between God and man? What happens when man betrayed that trust and how can we
help ensure that what God and humanity lost can be restored today? To find
these answers, let's look into the Bible.
In the darkness of the world, God
found Adam, gave him the breath of life (Genesis 2:7), and entrusted all
creation to him. Adam became the lifeline through which God could communicate
with all His creation. The serpent - jealous of the inheritance Adam received -
deceived Adam's wife, Eve, into eating from the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil. (Of course, this wasn't a literal serpent or a literal tree). Eve
could have rebuked the serpent and reported to God and Adam what the serpent
had said to her, but she didn't. Such an act of deception and breaking of trust
in God signalled the fall of Man (Genesis 3) and the reason why humanity has
been afflicted with pain, illness and conflict until now. Although God has
been working throughout history to restore this lifeline to humanity, man has turned
his back on God. However, now is the time when the lifeline will be
reconnected.
New Covenant
The revelation from Jesus Christ,
which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it
known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testifies to everything he
saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the
one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear
it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.
(Revelation 1:1-3)
Today, there is a New Covenant that
God wants His creation to know. If we hear it and 'take it to heart' -
trusting in God’s promise - He will bless us and the lifeline that was cut 6000
years ago will be re-connected. God will return and restore all that was lost since Adam.
Main Reference
(The Correct Understanding of the
Bible and Shincheonji) Faith and Disappointment
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