The Life of Faith and Belief of Today’s Christians in This World
The believers (the Jews) who believed and practiced the Old Testament word (prophecy) eagerly longed for the coming of the Messiah. But when, at the First Coming, Jesus—who was the Messiah—came, the Jews of that time did not believe in Jesus and tried to kill him. This was because the spirit of Jesus and their spirit were different, and because of ignorance of the prophecies of Scripture. In the end, Jesus bore the cross and died, and his disciples went as far as martyrdom. This was the worldly knowledge and sentiment of that time.
Believers of the New Testament era (Christians) also have eagerly longed for the Messiah, namely the Second-Coming Jesus. But today, at the time of the fulfillment of the New Testament Revelation, although Jesus came according to the prophecies of Revelation and fulfilled the New Testament Revelation, the believers did not believe that Jesus fulfilled the New Testament Revelation, nor did they believe that the promised shepherd whom Jesus chose sees, hears, and testifies to the fulfilled reality.
About two thousand years ago, the disciples of Jesus would have known because they saw Jesus’ face at that time. But among the believers of today there is not a single person who has seen or knows the face of the Second-Coming Jesus; they only see and sense through Scripture (Rv 1, Rv 2–3). At the First Coming, as in John 1, Jesus came as the Word that became flesh. But the Jews of that time were ignorant of the Scripture (the Old Testament), so they neither knew nor believed in Jesus, who came according to the prophecies of the Old Testament. In the same way, just as in the days of the First Coming, today also there is no one who knows the reality of Jesus who comes again. And even when the promised shepherd, whom Jesus has chosen and is with, comes—namely, the one who has come according to the prophecies—they could not believe that reality either. This was because their knowledge of Scripture (the New Testament) and their faith were lacking.
In Revelation are recorded in detail the Second-Coming Jesus, the promised shepherd, and the works to be accomplished. But the Christians of the world cannot believe either the one whom Jesus promised and who was sent as promised (the promised shepherd), or the realities by which Jesus fulfilled Revelation. Jesus said that this time today—namely the Lord’s Second Coming—is like the days of Noah. In Noah’s time also, the people of that time could not believe Noah; and at Jesus’ First Coming, the people of that time could not believe Jesus. And at the time of the Second Coming, which is today, they have not believed that Jesus came in spirit, was with the promised shepherd, and fulfilled the New Testament Revelation. He said that if one adds to or subtracts from Revelation, one cannot enter heaven but receives a curse (a plague) (Rv 22:18–19).
As I see it, both the pastors of the globe and the believers have all added to and subtracted from the New Testament Revelation. Yet, as seen in Revelation, even among such people there are those who are sealed. Who are they? The twelve tribes, the 144,000 of Rv 7 and 14. It is said that these sealed twelve tribes, the 144,000, and the great white multitude who have received forgiveness of sins by the blood of Jesus will be saved (Rv 7). Now it is time to stop false faith and bluffing faith, and to have true faith by seeing, hearing, and believing the prophecies and the fulfilled realities. At this time, the “fulfillment” is the actual reality in which the prophecies have become flesh and appeared.
Whoever calls Shincheonji heretical today must make clear, through Scripture, the grounds for calling Shincheonji heretical. Why do they not know that they themselves are heretical? Is there not a spirit that persecutes Shincheonji together with them? Have they not added to and subtracted from the New Testament Revelation? The one who has added to and subtracted from the New Testament Revelation is a person who has disobeyed the promises of God and Jesus—what qualification do such people have to label anyone “a heretic”? The one who has added to and subtracted from Revelation is a heretic and has not entered the promised nation, the twelve tribes; how then could such a person know what is true and what is false? The one who has added to and subtracted from the New Testament Revelation is a person disobedient to God and Jesus, and is one who fails to meet the qualification to go to heaven. Everyone who babbles that the true, orthodox Shincheonji—created according to the New Testament Revelation and who has mastered Revelation—is heretical is a false shepherd. One should first examine oneself by Scripture (the New Testament). What qualification does the one who has added to and subtracted from the New Testament Revelation have to call someone a heretic? Such people seem to be ignorant pastors belonging to the devil. Without even knowing the New Testament Revelation, how can anyone judge someone to be a heretic? When Shincheonji says, “To verify who is a heretic and who is orthodox, sit for an open Bible exam,” not even one among the pastors of the traditional churches has responded to it. How can we call such people pastors! Are such people orthodox? Are they not false pastors?
The life of faith and belief of today’s Christians in this world is no different from that at Jesus’ First Coming. The believers of the New Testament era have been waiting for the Second-Coming Jesus. But today Jesus has come again and fulfilled the New Testament Revelation, and Jesus has shown what he fulfilled to the shepherd he chose and told him to go to the churches and testify (Rv 22:8, 16). Thus the promised shepherd has testified to this, but the Christians of the world have not believed either the promised shepherd or the testimony. He said that if one adds to or subtracts from Revelation, one cannot enter heaven but receives a curse (a plague) (Rv 22:18–19). When Revelation is all fulfilled, there will be judgment. At that time, those who did not believe and who added to and subtracted from Revelation will not escape the lake of burning sulfur—hell. This is the promise of the New Testament.

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