On November 2, Shincheonji, Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, hosted its 116th theology course graduation ceremony in the Republic of South Korea. In less than one year, 59,192 theology graduates have studied and completed the theology course, which empasses introductory, intermediate, and advanced lessons: the secrets of the kingdom of heaven written in parables within the four gospels, the six thousand year history of God and His promises, and the prophecy and fulfillment of the book of Revelation.
Chairman Man Hee Lee opened the word portion comparing the 1st Coming and 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ. In the 1st Coming, Jesus knew the believers of that era would not accept him, persecute him, and not believe in him, although he was prophesied to come in the Old Testament. This happened because they did not know the promises (prophecies) of the Old Testament. In Matthew 24 and the book of Revelation (chapters 6 and 7), Jesus promised that one era would end and another would begin, so “we have to know about the end of the world, the second coming of Jesus…Christians, we must know about the Bible.”
He explained that in Revelation 6 the sun, moon, and stars darkening and falling is the end of the first era, afterwards the work of sealing begins in Revelation 7. “We cannot add anything on top of what was promised, and you cannot subtract anything from the word of promise. Dear pastors, did you not add or subtract from this book? If you did, you must repent in front of God and you must be born again.” Chairman Lee goes on to explain that inside the book of Revelation, there is a promised pastor and when he comes, pastors must recognize him, but would they? “When Jesus came they could not recognize him, but there is work at the 2nd Coming”. He emphasized that pastors and believers today must recognize the promised pastor that was promised to appear at the time of the 2nd Coming by Jesus through the book of Revelation. “We cannot recognize him just by seeing him, however, the Bible will tell us how (referring to the phrase “After this” first seen in Revelation 4)”.
Chairman Lee emphasized there being an appointed person chosen by Jesus in the book of Revelation; he is the only one who has seen and heard all of the events of Revelation, and only he can testify to these events (Revelation 22: 8, Revelation 22:16). “The one who has seen and heard will know the truth; the one who has not, cannot know it.” He urged everyone in the global village to check and verify for themselves. “The scripture was given to people as a promise, the reason why He (God) gave this is so that people can believe based on this Bible.”
In summary, Chairman Lee emphasized knowing the book of Revelation and believing in it one hundred percent, not adding to or subtracting from Revelation or you will receive curses as promised in Revelation 22:18-19. He explained that God’s purpose of fulfilling the entire book of Revelation is for the creation of the 12 Tribes according to the word (Revelation 7). He urges believers, especially pastors, to repent and walk the correct path, “When we carry out a life of faith, we must be the wise ones, not the foolish ones, and be able to verify all of this”.
