[2026-03-26] My Life: Past, Present and Future

[2026-03-26] My Life: Past, Present and Future

I was born into a poor family and lived my life enduring hunger, suffering, and sorrow. In my childhood, I envied my friends who could eat their fill at home and live their lives in freedom. Consequently, whenever I was alone, I would sing songs lamenting my fate and cried often. There were also times when I had to venture alone into the high, deep mountains to gather firewood or wild herbs. It was so terrifying that my body would tremble with fear. Even now, the sight of those mountains fills me with fear. This was the beginning of my life's journey.

If I were to summarize my childhood in a single phrase, it would be this: I lived amidst hunger, sorrow, suffering, and scorn. Amidst these turbulent hardships, I was unable to grow properly (physically, school education, etc). Later, as a young man, when I served as a frontline combat soldier during the Korean War (6.25 War), I endured suffering similar to death on numerous occasions; after my discharge, I embraced those grueling ordeals as an important lesson for my life. Whenever I encountered difficulties or pain in the course of my life, the memory of that intense suffering from the past would flash through my mind; that suffering ultimately served as an invaluable education for my personal growth and my journey through life.

Looking back now, I realize that these trials and tribulations were a process of refinement intended to prepare me for the present day. Having survived the horrors of the battlefield, I returned to my hometown after my military discharge and resumed farming; every evening, I offered prayers of thanksgiving to God. Then, one day, a great light appeared to me and remained for three days. Inspired by this event, I ascended a mountain peak, drew my own blood, and swore an oath of absolute loyalty and filial devotion to God and Jesus, pledging, "I will believe in God and do His work." Thus began my life of faith. Subsequently, having been chosen by Jesus (as described in Rv 1), I went on to establish the 12 Tribes of Shincheonji. Furthermore, just as I was instructed, I bore witness to the churches regarding the realities of Revelation—what I had personally seen and heard—and the revealed Word (Rv 22:8, 16); in doing so, I faced severe persecution on many occasions (refer to Rv 11). At times, I would reflect upon the sorrow, suffering, and utter disdain and mistreatment endured by the prophets and apostles of old. In those moments, I came to realize that this world is, in essence, a realm of suffering and death. To bring salvation to the people of this world, God went so far as to send His only begotten Son to bear the cross in our place. That place was Golgotha, situated just outside the walls of Jerusalem. I have visited that site, as well as the "underground tombs (the Catacombs),” on several occasions. Each time, I was reminded of the suffering and martyrdom of the prophets and apostles (refer to Rv 20).

It was the love of Jesus—who died to atone for my sins—that led me to traverse the entire globe. Having circled the world 32 times, I have met with presidents and prime ministers of various nations, raising my voice to call for the cessation of war and the establishment of peace throughout the world. Furthermore, I ventured directly into Mindanao, Philippines—a region where approximately 120,000 people had perished in religious conflicts despite being citizens of the same nation—braving the mortal dangers of that war-torn zone. Through dialogue lasting an hour or two, I fostered mutual understanding and harmony between the opposing sides, thereby facilitating the signing of a peace agreement. To this day, photographs of me and images depicting my peace-building activities remain displayed on the streets of the Philippines.

Born into a humble family and having undergone a crucible of trials, I have risked my very life to proclaim—both domestically and abroad—the true meaning of the prophecies found in the New Testament Revelation, as well as their actual fulfillment (that is, the things I have seen and heard). In doing so, I was invariably reminded of the prophets and apostles who, in their time, risked their lives to spread the Gospel. I was also reminded of Jesus of Nazareth, who died upon the cross, and of his 12 disciples who met their deaths as martyrs. Today—some 2,000 years after the New Testament Revelation was recorded—there has been neither a pastor nor a believer anywhere in the world who truly mastered the contents of the New Testament Revelation. However, today Jesus has returned in spirit (as a spiritual body) (Rv 1) and fulfilled the New Testament Revelation; and I—the Promised Pastor—having witnessed and heard every event of every chapter of Revelation while standing by his side, am now testifying to the churches regarding the physical realities and revealed words of Revelation, thereby making them known to the world. Rv 22 records that anyone who adds to or takes away from this book of Revelation will be unable to enter the Kingdom of Heaven and will instead receive curses (plagues). Have you not seen this passage?

Have the doctors of theology and pastors of traditional churches not added to or taken away from the New Testament Revelation? They have all done so. If they have, they cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven. This is the word of Jesus. Just as the pastors of Jerusalem in the days of the first coming labeled Jesus a heretic, so too today do the pastors of Protestant and Catholic churches label Shincheonji—which has truly mastered the New Testament Revelation down to its physical realities—as heretical. Just how many "heresies" (levels of heresy) do Protestant and Catholic churches constitute? How many levels of heresy do these blind and deaf pastors and doctors of theology represent? Are they at the “third level?” The “fourth?” Let Protestantism, Catholicism, and Shincheonji take a public examination on the Revelation together—specifically to determine who is the heretic and who represents true orthodoxy.

Shincheonji, despite having mastered Revelation, endures sorrow and persecution at the hands of Protestant and Catholic churches—groups that have, in fact, added to and taken away from that very book. Yet, it is Shincheonji that is present in the Kingdom of Heaven promised by God (refer to Rv 7, 14, 21, and 22). Can Protestant and Catholic churches not comprehend this, even though they see it with their own eyes? Are they utterly blind—blind even while their eyes are open?

It is time for Protestant and Catholic churches to cease their excessive false testimonies. Today, Shincheonji has mastered Revelation—including its physical realities. Furthermore, through the truth, it has overcome this world (the world of traditional Christianity). Heaven awaits Shincheonji and me in the future. In this present age—the time of the fulfillment of Revelation and the Second Coming of the Lord—the 12 Tribes of Shincheonji have been created exactly as described in Revelation and have mastered its contents. Only these 12 Tribes of Shincheonji will enter Heaven. Amen.