📰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 olive oil is figurative for the oil that lights a lamp. Its actual meaning is the word of testimony that comes from the two witnesses"
Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony
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Revelation 6:6 tells us not to harm the olive oil.
As God prophesied through the Old Testament prophets (Psalm 78:2), God hid the secrets of the kingdom of heaven in parables, as recorded in Matthew 13. Now, a new era of the new heaven and new earth has come where all these secrets are being revealed.
Physical olive oil is physical olive oil. In the Old Testament, olive oil was the official oil used to light the lampstand in the tabernacle of God.
It should be understood that the olive oil in Revelation 6 has a spiritual meaning; it does not refer to literal olive oil. Olive oil is naturally obtained from an olive tree. Therefore, in order to easily understand the spiritual meaning of olive oil, let's first understand the meaning of an olive tree.
In Revelation 11:3-4, Jesus gives authority to two witnesses, who are called the two olive trees who stand before the Lord. Are these olive trees not the witnesses of Jesus?
Just as a witness is a person who testifies to the events that he or she has seen and heard firsthand, the two witnesses of Jesus are people who testify to the actual events they saw and heard at the very location of the fulfilment of the Book of Revelation.
Moreover, in Zechariah 4, in a vision, the prophet Zechariah saw two olive trees to the right and left of a solid gold lampstand. When he asked the angel, the angel told him, “These are the two who are anointed to serve the Lord of all the earth.” The olive tree was Zechariah. It can be clearly seen that the two witnesses of Jesus in Revelation 11 are the two anointed ones in Zechariah 4.
Just as olive oil comes from an olive tree, spiritual olive oil becomes the word of testimony that comes out of the mouth of a witness who is likened to an olive tree.
Then, what do the witnesses of Jesus who are like the olive tree see and hear? The events of the Book of Revelation testify to the betrayal of the chosen people, the work of destruction, and the work of salvation. In Revelation 1, the tabernacle (church) of the seven golden lampstands, who are the messengers who prepare the way, appeared.
However, as seen in Revelation 2 and 3, because they violated the covenant with God and betrayed and did not repent even after receiving letters of repentance sent through the prophet to the tabernacle that betrayed, in Revelation 6 Jesus breaks open the seals of the sealed scroll and raises up the four living creatures to deliver words of judgment on the tabernacle of the seven golden lampstands that betrayed. Therefore, the command not to harm the olive oil and the wine concerns the words of testimony from the two witnesses and those who keep the word of Jesus.
The two olive trees in Revelation 11 are the two witnesses who saw and heard the events at their location, and the word of testimony that gives such evidence is the olive oil that comes out of the mouths of the witnesses.
2000 years ago, as recorded in John 14:24, the words of Jesus that people listened to at that time were the words of truth - that is, the word of God speaking through Jesus.
Today, the promised pastor of the new heaven and new earth is the one who can testify the greatest truth of mankind, the 66 books of the Bible, because he received and ate the revealed word in Revelation 10. If you meet the promised pastor and the promised new heaven and new earth, and are reborn of the seed of God's word of truth, you can become a true child and son of God. Conversely, in John 8:44-47, Satan's pastor, whom Satan uses, speaks lies. A lie is what the spirit of the devil within a person makes that person speak. That lie is the seed of the devil. If you are born of the seed of the devil, you become a child of the devil and go to hell with the devil.
As a result of these two teachings, those born of God's seed become God's sons and go to heaven and be with God, while those born of the devil's seed go to hell and suffer eternally. Which path will you choose: the path to heaven or the path to hell?
"Olive oil is the gift of grace, the Holy Spirit, and literal olive oil. I can't give you a clear answer because everyone's interpretation is different"
Korean Church
Pastor A, Presbyterian Church
"Do you know what you need when you have a candlestick? Olive oil. Without oil, there is no fire. The Church has been anointed with the oil of the Holy Spirit."
"Touch everything else, but don't touch the olive oil and wine. Olive oil and wine is the grace of God that He has kept hidden."
"Do not harm the olive oil and wine. This is really difficult to understand. What does it mean? Since every person's interpretation is so different, I dare not even attempt to answer this question. There's no answer that really comes to mind."
"It said not to touch naturally-produced olive oil and wine. Everything will be damaged except the olive oil and wine for God's temple, meaning that an economic catastrophe will ensue."
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