📰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 seven thunders are the seven spirits of heaven that had been in front of the throne when Jesus opened the sealed scroll”
Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony
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When the angel opens the scroll and gives a loud shout, what are the seven thunders that concurrently shout?
In summary, the seven thunders of Revelation 10 refer to the seven spirits in front of the throne of God. They are the seven eyes that were with Jesus when he opened the sealed scroll. First, let's take a look at the process of the open scroll that was given to the angel in Revelation 10. In Revelation 1:1, we see the route of conveyance of revelation.
This revelation is from Jesus Christ, which God gave Jesus to fulfil in order to show his servants what must soon take place. It was then given to his servant John through an angel and the angel's command.
Looking closely, there was a scroll sealed with seven seals in God's right hand in Revelation 5. This scroll is the promise of the New Testament, the sealed book of Revelation, which no one in heaven or on earth could open.
After Jesus took the sealed scroll and opened all its seals, Jesus gave the opened scroll to the angel, and the angel shouted out the words of the opened scroll with the seven thunders.
Then, who is the angel who came down from heaven in Revelation 10 that appears with the seven thunders? The appearance of the angel in Revelation 10 is very unique. Its appearance is like the image of God that the prophet Ezekiel saw in a vision, and the image of Jesus that John saw in a vision on the island of Patmos 2,000 years ago.
The reason that the angel in the main reference comes in the form of God and Jesus is because the angel is a messenger who has come with a special duty to deliver the words of God and Jesus.
This angel is the Counsellor, that is, the Holy Spirit of truth that Jesus promised 2,000 years ago.
Now, let's find out the reality of the thunders, the sound of the seven thunders, and the reason why John is told to seal the words instead of writing them down.
The reality of the seven thunders are the seven spirits before the throne of God. They are also called the seven eyes, who were present when Jesus opened the sealed scroll. Literal thunder is the sound of thunder from rain, lightning, and hail from the clouds. In the same way, the 7 Spirits shout out the words of the open scroll together with the angel in the main reference, and the sound is the sound of wrath to judge the sea and the land.
The words of wrath and judgment are not expressed quietly. That is why the seven spirits are called the seven thunders. These seven thunders in Revelation 10 sound the words written in the open scroll, that is, the words of revelation. The reason the angel commands John not to write down the sound the thunders make and to seal it, is because John must preach the words of the open scroll that he has received and eaten.
Then, what does it mean that the angel who came with a scroll stands with one foot on the sea and the other on the land, and why is this scene shown to John? The angel who holds an open scroll and stands on the sea and the land shows the judgment of the destroyers and the betrayers with the open words of Revelation.
In Revelation 1, we see the appearance of seven angels in the tabernacle of the seven golden lampstands who prepare the way for the Lord.
They betrayed and were destroyed by a beast with seven heads and ten horns that came up out of the sea in Revelation 13. The sea is said to be the world in Daniel 7, and more specifically, in Revelation 17, it is the beast with seven heads and ten horns on which the Prostitute rides, and the people, multitudes, nations and languages belonging to it. Therefore, the sea refers to the group of destroyers and their church members, and the land refers to the tabernacle of the seven golden lampstands and their congregation who betrayed after starting with the work of the Holy Spirit and returning to the flesh.
In this way, John, who saw the angel judging the sea and the land with the seven thunders through the words of the opened scroll, established seven workers of duty and judged the betrayers and destroyers with the words of the opened scroll given to them. This is the same as Moses who made the tabernacle and all its furnishings on the earth according to what he saw in heaven, and Jesus who fulfilled everything on earth according to what he saw God do in heaven.
Then, what kind of person is John, who fulfils the command of the angels on the earth according to what he sees in the spiritual world?
'New John', who fulfils this at the time the book of Revelation is fulfilled, is the promised pastor of Shincheonji, who received and ate the scroll that became fully opened in Revelation 10. He is the only witness who saw and heard the events of the war of Revelation, and he is the messenger of Jesus whom Jesus sent to the churches to testify the prophecies and fulfilment of Revelation. Therefore, today, all peoples on earth must meet the one pastor of the new heaven and new earth. Those who hear the word of revelation as testified through the promised pastor of the new heaven and new earth, and come out to the truth, are God's new nation, the new kingdom and new people, Shincheonji, the harvested and sealed 144,000 people and the multitude in white.
“The thunders represent the perfect word of God, sealed to keep it a secret”
Korean Church
Pastor A, Presbyterian Church
“Thunder is not the actual sound of thunder, but the voice of God (Rev 4:5, Rev 8:5). The number seven is a perfect number, and the seven thunders refer to the perfect Word of God. This means that the perfect word of God is proclaimed in response to the angel's cry.
God stopped John from recording what the seven thunders said, and commanded him not to write it but to seal it. This is to keep the contents of the revelation that was sounded through the seven thunders a complete secret. We should not seek to know anything other than what is written in the Bible. To do otherwise is arrogance and a sure-fire way that you will fall into a cult. Indeed, believers need the wisdom to know the place where the word of God has been testified and to discern when to stop according to when the word stops.”
Pastor B, Baptist Church
“You can know God, but you cannot understand everything.
Such people who claim to understand everything about God are more likely to be sea cucumbers, sea urchins, and sea anemones. So, if you look here, seven seals, seven trumpets, and seven bowls are all recorded in Revelation, yet the seven thunders are not recorded. Since the words of the seven thunders were not to be recorded, do you know what the seven thunders are? I don't know, and noone else knows. Why? It was not recorded, so how would you know? Don't keep asking me what the seven thunders are.”
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