War between God and the Devil
Who is God and who
is the devil? How are they different? Why have they been at war and when did it
begin? What have been the consequences of this war? What hope do believers in
the Bible have and what is it we must do today to attain this hope?
In the beginning
God created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1)
The first verse of
the Bible tells us that God is Creator of the heavens and the earth; Creator of
both the spiritual and physical worlds. God also tells us that He is self-existent,
without beginning or end. He made this known to the Israelites - whom God commanded
His promised messenger, Moses, to lead out of Egyptian oppression to the promised
land of Canaan – by commanding Moses to tell them "I AM has sent me to you"
(Exodus 3:14). God is also spirit (John 4:24).
In contrast to God,
the devil is a created being (also a spirit and the ‘guardian cherub’ in
Ezekiel 28:14) who betrayed God, is the cause of pain and suffering in life and
whose existence will soon come to an end. After God had given all creation to
Adam as an inheritance for him to rule over, the devil ('snake' in
Genesis 3:1), out of jealousy, stole what Adam rightfully inherited
by deceiving his wife, Eve. God left (Genesis 6:3) and the devil has been
ruling over the earth for the last 6000 years.
Since then, God
has been continuously working to make his word known to people through a promised
messenger; but whenever God works, so does the devil. He uses the people
who rightfully belong to God to interfere and prevent people from
listening to and believing in God’s word. Because spirit is
not visible to the naked eye, God has given us His word - something visible for us to know
Him by (John 1:1).
The reason why God's word has been revealed to us at this time is
because God and Jesus’ prophecies in the Book of Revelation are being fulfilled
today. Just as Jesus Christ came 2000 years ago to fulfil Old Testament prophecy,
there is one who comes today to fulfil New Testament prophecy. He is the promised
messenger sent by Jesus Christ (Revelation 22:16) who, like Jesus (John
16:33), fought and overcame the devil in Revelation 12 by revealing the devil's lies,
and received the 12 blessings of Revelation 2&3.
The fact that we can
clearly understand the Bible is the most precious and valuable gift imaginable because it leads us to
the place where God and life eternal without pain
or suffering will reign - the tree of life in
Revelation 22, which is the twelve tribes of Shincheonji Church. One must know
the true God, Jesus Christ, the one whom God has sent today and keep the words of the Bible in order to receive
salvation (John 17:1-3).
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The War between the True God and the Devil
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