Who are the Nicolaitans who Destroy God's Kingdom in the Book of Revelation?
📰The Bible is one of the best-selling and most widely distributed books in history, yet it is also considered to be among the least understood. The Bible, which is referred to as the New Covenant and Promise of God, in which 'the way to heaven and salvation' is presented, differs in theologians' interpretations that make it difficult to understand. These differing interpretations have been the cause of the rise of denominations with each one establishing their own doctrine. With the increase in online church services and gatherings resulting from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, there has been growing interest in the comparison of various church doctrine. This paper, therefore, attempts to provide readers with the opportunity to compare differing Biblical teachings without interpretation. Among a host of online sermons and Bible-based teachings, the contrasting doctrine between the established Church and Shincheonji Church of Jesus, which has drawn public interest throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, is hereby compared and summarised. Best efforts have been made to provide a summary of Shincheonji Church of Jesus' understanding of the Bible. Judgment as to what is right or wrong is left to the reader’s discernment.
"A group of false gentile pastors belonging to Satan - destroyers who kill the chosen people of God at the time of the Lord's Second Coming"
Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony
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God said that the secrets of heaven are hidden in parables, so no one in the heavens could know them. The secret of heaven hidden in parables can be made known only through the pastor of the promise when the word of prophecy is fulfilled at the appointed time. This Pastor (Shepherd) of the promised New Heaven New Earth is a witness who has seen and heard the entire fulfilment of Revelation today. This is why his testimony is true.
When the book of Revelation is fulfilled, the reality of the entity of the Nicolaitans, which is a group belonging to Nicolas, can only be made known by those who have seen them.
In Revelation 1, there appear seven golden lampstands (seven stars) who prepare the way for the Lord. However, after the appearance of this tabernacle of the seven stars and the seven golden lampstands, the Nicolaitans invaded this place, fed the seven stars an idol offering and led them on the path of betrayal. At that time, Jesus appeared to John and commanded him to write letters to these seven stars, which John did.
These seven stars are the betrayers who ate the Nicolaitans' teachings, which is food sacrificed to idols. The Nicolaitans are destroyers who fed the offering of idols, and John, who sent the letters, is the messenger of Jesus. There are three contents in John's letter to the Seven Stars. It urges them to ▲repent ▲ fight and overcome the enemy ▲receive blessings if they fight and overcome. At this time, the enemy that the seven messengers must overcome is the Nicolaitans in Revelation 2.
Who is Nicolas? About 2000 years ago, as the number of believers increased, seven deacons filled with wisdom and the Holy Spirit were chosen to serve in carrying out God's work. Nicolas was one of these seven deacons. Although originally a Gentile, Nicolas converted to Judaism and later came to believe in Jesus, becoming one of the seven deacons. The will of Nicolas was to fight and destroy the chosen people by creating a sect centred around him and deceive the chosen people.
This Nicolas is not Nicolas of the first coming coming back to life to fulfil this work. It is written that when the book of Revelation is fulfilled, someone like Nicolas will appear. The book of Revelation uses the names of people and places of the Old Testament and the First Coming.
Therefore, Nicolas in Revelation 2 is a person who assumes the characteristics of Nicolas at the first coming.
Who are the Nicolaitans? They are a group of people centred around Nicolas with the same will and intent. In the political world, groups of people sharing the same ethos are named 'parties'. Similarly, the group centred around Nicolas is the Nicolaitans. Jesus called these Nicolaitans 'self-proclaimed Jews' and 'a synagogue of Satan'. The Nicolaitans in Revelation 2 is an organisation of destroyers who appear when the book of Revelation is fulfilled to deceive the chosen people by entering the tabernacle of the seven stars and the seven golden lampstands which had betrayed God and making them one with Satan's spirit. Revelation chapter 13 refers to the organisation of Satan and the appearance of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that devoured the tabernacle of heaven.
Their actions are like the angel that fell from heaven to the earth in Isaiah 14, who opposed God and God's organisation and created his own organisation (sect). Like Nicolas of the first coming, a false pastor who came from a gentile place at the Lord's Second Coming and entered the chosen tabernacle of God to deceive the chosen people into receiving the seed of Satan. This man was a Catholic priest, who converted to the Presbyterian faith and even served as a pastor. This man entered the tabernacle of the seven golden lampstands at the time of the fulfilment of Revelation to deceive God's chosen people. Those who gathered around him united to form the Nicolaitans. When this group of Satan entered the tabernacle of God and deceived the chosen people, Jesus revealed to them the reality of the Nicolaitans, told them to fight and overcome them and, on condition of doing so, would receive blessings.
At that time, those who did not become one with the Nicolaitans and did not receive the mark of the beast, fought and defeated them with the blood of the Lamb and the words of their testimony in Revelation 12. These conquerors, or overcomers, gather at the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony which opens in Revelation 15. Heaven comes to those who overcame - that is, the brothers - at the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and this place becomes the promised place of salvation in Revelation.
At that time, those who did not become one with the Nicolaitans and did not receive the mark of the beast, fought and defeated them with the blood of the Lamb and the words of their testimony in Revelation 12. These conquerors, or overcomers, gather at the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony which opens in Revelation 15. Heaven comes to those who overcame - that is, the brothers - at the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and this place becomes the promised place of salvation in Revelation.
"The Nicolaitans are those who sin in the body, claiming that their souls are saved. It is also heresy for those who have strayed from true doctrine"
Korean Presbyterian Church
Pastor A of the Presbyterian Church
Pastor B of the Presbyterian Church
Source: http://www.newscj.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=857287
"The lesson of the Nicolaitans (Revelation 2) is, in simple terms, that if one's spirit is healthy, one's entire body is healthy. Only the spirit needs to be holy, the body just... . The argument is that the soul is saved, while the body dies and rots. That's why you just have a body and sin at will. Those people don't even pray. It's like that only if my spirit is healthy. Because once they believed in Jesus, that one salvation now becomes eternal salvation. That is why the theory of the abolition of morality and the abolition of the law emerges. The law no longer needs to be kept. Why? It means that our souls have already been saved.
Even in modern times, there is a heresy like that of the Nicolaitans. It is a heresy of salvation. The salvation sect is that, once you have the assurance of salvation, you will be saved no matter how many sins you have committed in life. If we apply that principle, then we should not take after the actions of the Nicolaitans. On the contrary, we should be careful of cults. These days, homosexuals belong to the Nicolaitans. It's causing great commotion in our country."
Pastor B of the Presbyterian Church
"The Theologian Clement cited the literature of his theological father, Irenaeus, saying that the Nicolaitans' faith was completely indifferent to the way of life and true doctrine.
In addition, he assessed that the Nicolaitans indulged in the carefree pleasures of life, like goats. On the other hand, the theologian Walboard viewed the Nicolaitans as false pastors who turned church members into a cult, teaching pagan beliefs, and allowing the celebration of pagan festivals and debaucherous sexual misdeeds."
Source: http://www.newscj.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=857287
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