On 4th July 2021, Cheonji Ilbo (Cheonji Daily) published an article, in Korean, entitled, “(24 Wise Questions - 1) “How can you prove God's existence? Why doesn't God clearly reveal Himself?” This is a translation of that report.
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📰Korea JoongAng Daily published an article on December 17, 2011, which listed a series of questions posed by the late founder of the Samsung Group, Byung-chul Lee, one month before his death in 1987. Byung-chul Lee posed 24 questions on matters of religion and faith in writing to his acquaintance, who was a Catholic priest. 33 years had passed until these questions were published, and today the answers are finally being proclaimed to the public by Chairman Manhee Lee of Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony. Now people throughout the world can finally find the truth they have been seeking. This paper seeks to answer the 24 wise questions posed by the late Byung-chul Lee.
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(24 Wise Questions - 1) “How can you prove God's existence? Why doesn't God clearly reveal Himself?”
(Chairman Manhee Lee) "The reason why 'man' cannot see 'God' is because 'God' and 'man' have become enemies. Without understanding true 'religion', one can not know God."
Chairman Lee, Shincheonji Church of Jesus
Seeing oneself is evidence of God’s existence. God does not reveal himself to people because God and men have become enemies.
There are two kinds of gods or spirits: God the creator, who is life, and an evil spirit, who is a created being.
Each kind of god has a ‘parent-god’ and a ‘child-god’. The god who exists within a person is the ‘child-god’. A person (body) is like the house for a god.
A 'god' is a spirit and the soul is life. Even if the 'god' leaves, a person is still able to breathe and live because of his soul. When both the spirit and soul leave the body, that person dies. However, even after the body dies, the spirit still lives. We cannot know God if we do not understand true religion.
Man (Adam), who was created and the ‘child-god’ of the Creator (Acts 17:29), became a living spirit after receiving the breath of life (Gn 2). However, as a result of receiving the evil spirit of the dragon, who is a created being, the living spirit and evil spirit became one. This caused confusion, anxiety and pain. The soul and the spirit departed, and the flesh eventually returned to the dust and became dust (Gn 3).
People living on the earth from the time of Adam until today are people who have been born of the genes of the first man (Adam). When man, who is the ‘child-god’ of the true God, receives another god, the ‘parent-god’ who gives life leaves. After living what is left of one's life, man then dies.
As a result of inherited sin and personal sin having accumulated with original sin, sin has increased and our lifespans have shortened (Gn 6:1-3; Ps 90:10). Because evil entered life, pain and death also came into existence. Sin was committed by receiving another god, and because of this sin, the holy God who gives life left man. Because of sin, the ‘parent-god’ cannot come to people and people can not go to the ‘parent-god’. This is how there came to be division between heaven and hell.
Let's confirm it. I am dreaming. My spirit (god) that bears resemblance to me comes out of me, goes far and wanders around. The spirit wanders and is able to see and hear. My soul, which is still within the body, is not dead and is still breathing. The spirit (god) and soul (life) are now separated. The spirit which left even has the ability to fly. The soul which remains in my body lies still, and continues to breathe. When the soul (body), which is the house for the spirit, is shaken, the spirit immediately returns. The spirit then relays to the soul what it has seen and heard. Again, because of sin, the ‘child-god’ cannot receive help from the ‘parent-god’. One cannot know God through the knowledge or wisdom of the world.
Since there are two kinds of gods which give two kinds of thoughts, there is confusion; and after suffering under this kind of captivity and pressure, the spirit leaves, the soul also leaves and only the body (house) is left and returns to the ground.
In order to save mankind, who has been held captive in this state by the evil god, firstly the price of sin must be paid (with the blood of a righteous man). The evil god must be overcome and one must also overcome oneself. This is when one is able to find oneself once again, escape from the evil god and become one with the ‘parent-god’, who is the Creator and life. This is the path of religion. This does not occur simply by wishing for it, but rather it is possible through the one who gives us the true path and life (religion). It is similar to the reunification of an orphan who finds and drinks his mother’s breastmilk.
I have seen the God of heaven, have heard his voice, dreamed dreams and have experienced the spirit and the soul leaving my body. I have also experienced the spirit and the soul leaving and returning (to the body, which is the house of flesh) twice.
Both times I tried hard not to die. After the spirit and soul left, I did not think at all about the body, which was the house. With the same outfit I wore while I was alive, I travelled somewhere on earth. This happened when I was walking alone on a path. I do not remember how long I had been absent from the body. I was going far away, but the moment I thought about the body I was brought back into it and came back to life.
In conclusion, the proof of the ‘parent-god’ is seeing oneself, who is a ‘child-god’. How can the son say the father does not exist just because he has not seen him? The reason why the ‘parent-god’ does not reveal himself is because the ‘child-god’ has committed sin by uniting with another god. This is why the ‘parent-god’ (holy spirit) has been groaning (Rom 8:19-27). If I wrote based on the testimony of the Bible, I would have a lot more to say; but I have explained so that people who do not believe would also be able to understand.
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