The witty words of Shincheonji Chairman ManHee Lee, who is over 90 years old, erupted in applause and laughter in the hall. The Shincheonji Bible Seminar held in major cities in South Korea during the month of October was successfully completed. Many of the attendees were pastors who had criticised Shincheonji as a heresy.

The sight of pastors who treated 'Shincheonji' as a serious cult pricked up their ears and responded with 'Amen' to Chairman ManHee Lee's lecture on the fulfilled realities of the entire book of Revelation represented the changed status of Shincheonji and the interest of the religious community. The success of the Shincheonji Bible Seminar is proven by the reactions of the pastors who attended and the statistics.

Among the 1500 domestic pastors who attended the Shincheonji Bible Seminar held earlier this year, 282 domestic and 5069 overseas pastors are taking classes at the Zion Christian Mission Centre, a Shincheonji Bible education institution. After this lecture series, the number of students taking pastoral training is expected to increase further. What is the reason why the Bible Seminar, led by Chairman ManHee Lee of Shincheonji Church of Jesus and rejected by the established churches and denominations, has been such a success?

The key message that Chairman ManHee Lee delivered at both the first and second Shincheonji Bible seminar series this year was the ‘testimony of the fulfilled realities of the entire Book of Revelation.’ He said, “The Book of Revelation has been fulfilled up to chapter 17,” and emphasised, “I am conveying what I have personally seen and heard with regards to the fulfilled realities of the prophecies recorded in the Book of Revelation, as I was commanded.” As Chairman ManHee Lee, a former farmer who did not attend seminary school and was not ordained as a pastor, preached the Book of Revelation, which pastors around the world were most curious about, the pastors in attendance repeatedly responded with 'Amen' and applause.

Chairman ManHee Lee repeatedly appealed, “When the Book of Revelation is fulfilled, if you add to or subtract from the Book of Revelation, you will be cursed disaster and cannot go to heaven. Let us believe in the Book of Revelation, understand it, and reach the goal of our faith together.” He also expressed his frustration with religious pastors who arbitrarily defined Shincheonji as a 'heresy' and refused to even check the facts.

The pastors who met after the meeting acknowledged that it was a ‘lecture on a different level that penetrates the Bible’ and ‘a word of revelation.’ Some people expressed deep emotion at the loud and confident testimony of Chairman ManHee Lee, who is over 90 years old.

Regarding this, one pastor said, “If he had not personally seen and heard the actual realities of the Book of Revelation being fulfilled, he would not have been able to speak with such power and confidence.” Another pastor said, “I too was trapped in the cult-centred frame of thinking and couldn’t think of anything else, but after listening to this Word, my thoughts changed,” and recommended, “Open your heart and listen.”

A pastor who has been active for 35 years said, “Let’s sign an MOU and not think of heresy.” “There is nothing wrong with what I said,” he confessed, adding, “I think I should come to Shincheonji and learn the Word.”

Shincheonji explained the meaning of holding this Bible Seminar, saying, “The lectures will unravel the Book of Revelation which is the last of the 6000-year work of God that has not been solved or known by anyone, one by one”, and added, “This is an event where the greatest truth of mankind is being made known to all nations.”

It is no small thing if, 2000 years after the Book of Revelation was preached, it was fulfilled in the East, in South Korea, and someone appeared to testify to its reality. At this Bible Seminar, Chairman ManHee Lee said, “The day when God will judge the corrupt religious world is not far off,” and “The 12 tribes of Shincheonji is the ark of salvation prepared by God at the time of the fulfilment of Revelation.”

The Bible records that the last days are like the days of Noah and Lot. Looking at the loud and confident appearance of Chairman ManHee Lee, who is over 90 years old, one is reminded of Grandfather Noah desperately shouting, ‘Get on the ark!’ The Shincheonji Bible Seminar was once again a huge success because pastors and believers acknowledged that, like Noah, there is a 'messenger of prophecy announcing the impending judgment' from Shincheonji.