On 9th June 2021, Cheonji Ilbo (Cheonji Daily) published an article, in Korean, entitled, “What is the 'Kingdom of Heaven' in Matthew 13, where the Mustard Seed is Sown to Become the Largest of Trees for Birds to Nest?" This is a translation of that report.
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📰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.
"The 'kingdom of heaven' is the seed of the word that Jesus sowed which grows into a large tree-like organisation where the Holy Spirit dwells"
Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony
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The hope of every believer is to go to heaven, where God is. 2000 years ago, Jesus told six parables about the kingdom of heaven in Matthew 13. Among them, in Matthew 13:31-32, which is the main reference for today, it is written that the kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field, which grows and becomes a tree with the birds nesting in its branches.
What is this figurative seed that becomes heaven? God is the Word, His Son Jesus is also the Word, and God creates man through the Word. This parable is speaking of the Word (John 1:1, 1 John 1:1, James 1:18). Just as seed is sown into a field, the field in which the seed of the Word is sown is the heart of man. The tree which the seed grows into refers to one's inner being born again through the Word. In John 15, Jesus called himself the vine and his disciples the branches. What kind of bird nests on this tree? In Matthew 3:16, after Jesus was baptised, the Holy Spirit came upon him like a dove. The Holy Spirit was being figuratively likened to a bird.
Let's find out the reality of heaven in the main reference. God gave Jesus the seed of God's word of life, and Jesus, who was born from that seed, was the true vine. Moreover, in John 14:6, Jesus said he was the way, the truth and the life. Jesus is the tree of life, and the 12 disciples became the 12 branches on this tree of life. The Holy Spirit, the bird of God, came upon Jesus in this way. At the first coming, Jesus, who was the tree of life, was the kingdom of heaven on this earth. Jesus cried out in Matthew 4:17 that the kingdom of heaven was near. 2000 years ago, the place where Jesus and the 12 disciples were was heaven, and going to Jesus was the way to heaven.
However, trees also appear in Daniel 4. Just as there are two kinds of spiritual seed in the Bible, there are two kinds of spiritual trees. These two trees are the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in Genesis. In Daniel 4:20-22, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, is said to be a large tree, where the birds of the air make nests and wild animals (beasts) dwell beneath. Like Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, a shepherd (pastor) who serves foreign (gentile) spirits is figuratively likened to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
However, trees also appear in Daniel 4. Just as there are two kinds of spiritual seed in the Bible, there are two kinds of spiritual trees. These two trees are the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in Genesis. In Daniel 4:20-22, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, is said to be a large tree, where the birds of the air make nests and wild animals (beasts) dwell beneath. Like Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, a shepherd (pastor) who serves foreign (gentile) spirits is figuratively likened to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
At the first coming, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was born of the seed of Satan, and its reality was the Jewish pastors, scribes and Pharisees who were born of the word of Satan. In the end, they did not recognise Jesus, who was the reality of the kingdom of heaven, but persecuted and even killed Him.
Jesus told these people that the kingdom of God would be taken away from them and given to people who would bear its fruits, and Jesus made a new covenant and left. In Revelation chapter 22, which is the prophetic book of the New Testament, it is written that the tree of life will bear fruit when the Lord returns. Then what is the reality of this tree of life at the Lord's Second Coming, which is heaven?
In Revelation 1, the tabernacle temple that prepares the way for the Lord appeared. However, as seen in Revelation chapters 2-3, they betrayed by breaking the covenant with God, and as a result as seen in Revelation 13, they lost the war against the beast with seven heads and ten horns that had invaded the tabernacle.
In Revelation 15, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony is opened by those who had overcome the war with the blood of the Lamb and the words of their testimony in Revelation 12. Jesus promised to give the fruit of the tree of life to the one who overcomes who received and ate the opened book in Revelation 10, and creates God's promised new kingdom of the 12 tribes.
This promised shepherd (pastor) who overcomes is the reality of the tree of life at the Second Coming of the Lord. He is born of the seed of God's word and establishes a tree-like organisation where the 12 branches of the tree of life become the 12 tribes where the Holy Spirit comes to dwell. In Revelation 21, it is written that the holy city, New Jerusalem, will come down from heaven and be with these people. The place where this tree of life is located is New Heaven and New Earth, Shincheonji, where those who have overcome are gathered. This is heaven on earth where God, Jesus and the angels descend. All believers who hope for the kingdom of heaven must belong to the newly created 12 tribes of new heaven new earth where the one who overcomes, who is the tree of life promised in the Bible, is.
On the other hand, what is the reality of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which was born of the seed of the devil at the Second Coming of the Lord? In Revelation 17, it is written that a Great Prostitute called Babylon rides on a beast with seven heads and ten horns, and in Revelation 18, it is written that Babylon has become a gathering place for unclean and detestable birds. Therefore, the reality of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil today is spiritual Babylon that killed the spirits of believers by feeding them false commentaries, and refers to the Great Prostitute and her pastors - that is, the pastors of today's traditional churches.
In summary, the kingdom of heaven is the seed of the word that Jesus sowed which grows into a large tree-like organisation where the Holy Spirit dwells.
On the other hand, what is the reality of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which was born of the seed of the devil at the Second Coming of the Lord? In Revelation 17, it is written that a Great Prostitute called Babylon rides on a beast with seven heads and ten horns, and in Revelation 18, it is written that Babylon has become a gathering place for unclean and detestable birds. Therefore, the reality of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil today is spiritual Babylon that killed the spirits of believers by feeding them false commentaries, and refers to the Great Prostitute and her pastors - that is, the pastors of today's traditional churches.
In summary, the kingdom of heaven is the seed of the word that Jesus sowed which grows into a large tree-like organisation where the Holy Spirit dwells.
"This represents the wrong type of growth for the Korean Church. A mustard seed can never grow into a tree"
Korean Church
If you refer to the books of Daniel and Ezekiel, the saying that the birds of the air dwell there is an expression which describes false and evil things being brought in. This means that there are elements that grow incorrectly within God's kingdom."
Source: http://www.newscj.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=868306
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