📰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.
"Famine is spiritual poverty where there is no word. The sword is the word of judgment, and the plague is the killing of one's spirit"
Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony
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In Revelation 6, when Jesus opens the fourth seal, a dappled horse whose rider is named Death, appears, and Hell follows him, and they are given authority over a quarter of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
The book of Revelation is not an event of the past, but an event that is fulfilled today at the Second Coming of the Lord. Moreover, physical warfare, famine, disease and epidemic do not occur only when Revelation 6 is fulfilled, but have occurred throughout the world throughout history. On the contrary, today, with the advancement of civilisation, medicine and science, diseases are being overcome, and the world is crying out for peace. Are the swords and beasts of the earth referring to today's weapons of war? Does this mean that the sword and the beasts of the earth are modern weapons?
In Matthew 13:34-35, Jesus revealed the secrets of the kingdom of heaven hidden since the foundation of the world in parables, and in John 16:25, at the appointed time, Jesus said that he would reveal them plainly without speaking again in parables.
The war at the era of the New Testament is not a war fought with actual weapons, but a spiritual war. Paul said in 2 Corinthians 10:4 that the weapons we fight with are not weapons of the flesh, and that in Ephesians 6:10-17 our wrestling is not against flesh and blood.
Therefore, the opponent in this battle is the powers of this dark world and the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Paul said to put on the full armour of the word of God, and to take up the shield of faith and the sword of the Holy Spirit, which is the word of God. We are also given the weapons to fight with. In Revelation 12:11, it is said that the battle was won with the blood of the Lamb and with the word of testimony, so we can see that the war in Revelation is not a physical war. The war in Revelation refers to a spiritual war between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan.
To understand this content, let's find out the location of the events of Revelation, who is judged, and why they are judged.
In Revelation chapters 1, 2 and 3, Jesus chose the seven messengers to prepare the way, and the work of the tabernacle of the seven golden lampstands began. Therefore, the location of the events of Revelation is the tabernacle of God.
However, the seven messengers forsook their first love and fell from the hand of Jesus. At that time, Satan's shepherd, the Nicolaitans, appeared in the tabernacle and deceived the seven messengers, feeding them food sacrificed to idols, and causing them to commit adultery with Satan.
At that time, Jesus chose the new John, showed him the mystery of the seven stars, and had him send letters of repentance to the seven messengers. The contents of the letters were to repent, fight and overcome Satan's shepherds, the Nicolaitans; and if they overcame, they would receive the promised blessings.
However, the seven messengers did not repent after receiving Jesus' letters, so Jesus took the sealed book, opened its seven seals and raised up the four living creatures of heaven's army to judge the chosen people who had betrayed. This refers to the event of spiritual judgment. Therefore, it can be seen that the location of the events of Revelation 2 and 3, and the location of the events of Revelation 6, are one and the same.
The dappled horse and its rider who appear when the fourth seal is opened, are the spirit and body that are dispatched upon the command of the fourth archangel, which is the fourth living creature. Hades that follows behind the dappled horse is hell, which refers to the angels of hell in the abyss. Hell follows in order to destroy the chosen people who betrayed and takes them to hell.
It is written that those with the dappled horse are given authority over a quarter of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth. The power over a quarter of the earth is the power to kill a quarter of the spirits of the congregation in the tabernacle of the seven golden lampstands who sinned. The sword that kills them is found in Ephesians 6:17 which tells us to take up the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Therefore, the sword is the word of God that judges.
As in Amos 8:11, a famine is not a hunger for food, or a thirst for water, but it is a famine of hearing the word of the Lord.
Moreover, death is not the physical death of the chosen people who betrayed, but the spiritual death of the chosen people who betrayed. The beast of the earth is the destroyer belonging to Hades, that is, Satan's false shepherd who is like a beast that kills the spirits of the messengers and congregation of the tabernacle that betrayed.
Just as God used the Gentile nation of Assyria as a rod to strike down sinful Israel in Isaiah 10:5, He judges the messengers and congregation of the tabernacle of the seven golden lampstands who betrayed by using the beast of the earth as a rod.
"These calamities of famine, disease and plague are all to do with physical war"
Korean Church
Pastor A, Full Gospel Church
"The dappled horse refers to death and hell. After war and famine, people lose their stamina and their resistance weakens. Then there are no sanitary facilities and they drink any water. As a result, an endemic ensues that begins with typhoid. People die in war, and they die of famine and disease. As a result, a quarter of the world's population of 6 billion people will die. How many deaths is that? 1.5 billion deaths."
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