What is the true meaning of, ''A third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark'', in Revelation 8?

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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.


Judgment on one-third of the shepherds, evangelists, and congregation members who had the word of the light of life taken from them
Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony
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Does God, who created all things, desire to destroy the earth through a nuclear war and eradicate mankind? Or do you want peace to come to mankind? You want a world of peace without war.

Is it true that Jesus, who came to this earth 2000 years ago and came for peace, would want to engage in war and the destruction of mankind upon his return? Such assertions that disregard the works of peace at the first coming, and insist on war and the destruction of humanity in the second coming are mere claims of the devil who himself disobeyed God's will, and they are utterly inconsistent both Biblically and according to common sense.

Today, the war in Revelation is not a physical war, but a spiritual war that takes place in the temple of God in Matthew 24 and Revelation 13, and the weapon fought with is neither literal nor nuclear, but the word of the Lamb as seen in Ephesians 6 and Revelation 12:11. It is spiritual warfare fought with the blood and the words of testimony.

What is the meaning of the saying that 1/3 of the sun, moon, and stars are struck?

God hid the secrets of the kingdom of heaven in parables. Today is a bright new era, where Shincheonji is revealing all the secrets through the promised shepherd.

Let's examine the reality of the sky and the sun, moon, and stars that God spoke of. The heaven that God spoke of is the spiritual world where God resides, as seen in Revelation chapter 4. In Psalm 84:11, God is likened to the sun in the sky, and the numerous angels are likened to the many stars in the sky. In Revelation 13:6, the tabernacle where God resides is referred to as heaven, and God's tabernacle is likened to heaven. In Genesis 37:9~11, the shepherd is likened to the sun, the evangelist to the moon, and the congregation members to the stars.

The Word of God is likened to light that gives life to all things, and the state without the Word is called darkness. Therefore, when the sun, moon, and stars in the sky become dark, it means that the word, the light of life, disappears from the pastors, evangelists, and congregation members of the church likened to the sun, moon, and stars of the sky.

Then, let's look at the reality of the sun, moon, and stars that darken at the Second Coming, and the reason for their darkness in the book of Revelation. In Revelation 1, the tabernacle of the seven golden lampstands appeared through the seven stars and seven messengers who prepared the way for the Lord. In Revelation 13:6, it is said that this tabernacle is heaven. The sun is the seven golden lampstands - the seven angels in the tabernacle of heaven - and the pastors of the local churches that belonged to them. The moon is the evangelists who received and preached the word of light to these pastors, and the stars were the congregation members.

What is the reason that one-third of the sun, moon, and stars were darkened? The reason is that the chosen people of the tabernacle of heaven, as seen in Revelation 2~3, broke the covenant with God. The tabernacle of heaven was deprived of its authority to teach by the destroying nations, and as a result, the Word, which is the light of life, was removed from 1/3 of the pastors, evangelists, and congregation members.

Then who was the one who invaded the tabernacle of the seven golden lampstands of heaven? It was a group that belonged to a star called Wormwood who fell when the third trumpet was blown. They are the Nicolaitans mentioned in Revelation 2. They are gentile priests who are referred to as caves, mountains, and rocks in Revelation 6, and they are the beast with seven heads and ten horns mentioned in Revelation 13, the false shepherds of Satan.

If we look at the events in the main reference spiritually, it is like the foundation of the first coming when John the Baptist, the pastor who prepared the way, being (spiritually) violently attacked by the scribes and Pharisees.

“Phenomena caused by nuclear war; in Revelation 8, it is destruction of the natural environment
Korean Church

Pastor, Full Gospel Church
When the fourth angel blows his trumpet, 1/3 of the sun, moon, and stars are darkened, and their natural functions are paralysed one-third at a time. This can be seen as a phenomenon caused by nuclear war.

If nuclear war broke out enough to burn up one-third of the world's trees and destroy one-third of the ships, the nuclear explosion would fill the skies with dust. So, if dust covers the entire sky, it will darken the Earth, like a solar or lunar eclipse. This is scientifically reasonable. Even if only a volcanic eruption were to occur, the dust would blacken the skies like night, even in broad daylight.

As such, in Revelation 8, the trumpets of the four angels focus entirely on the destruction of the natural environment. So comes the natural destruction, where the trees are burnt up, the creatures of the sea are destroyed, the water rots, and the light of day and night dims one third a a time.
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