About salvation

God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. However, although there should be light shining in the soul, the spirit is in darkness, and the sin of wanting to be like God sits within it like a strong castle. This strong surname is called old man.

Why did this happen? The story of Genesis chapters 1-3 is a story about the kingdom of God. This is the story of an angel who sinned in the kingdom of God. The angels who sinned opposed God because they wanted to follow Satan and become like God. God took off the angel's clothes and trapped the spirit in the dust, so it became a soul. So, the material world was created by God and man was created.

Since the spirit came from the kingdom of God, returning to the kingdom of God is salvation. Two things are necessary to return to the kingdom of God. First, you must take off the soul you received from your body and replace it with the soul (something like clothes) that comes from heaven. Second, the old man (sin) that is firmly established in the soul must be eliminated. This old man refers to the first man, Adam. The first man, Adam, was Christ, and he ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil given to him by Eve (symbolizing the angel who sinned). This means that Christ is born into the world and plays the role of giving people a body of sin. So the first man, Adam (old man), became synonymous with sin. Because the spirits of all evil angels enter the body with their sins, sin (old man) takes root in everyone's soul. That is why people become sinners as soon as they are born.

In order for you to return to the kingdom of God, you must first get rid of the sin that is your old self. People in the world make every effort to eliminate sin, but they cannot eliminate it. Human beings have no choice but to live with sin until death. In this way, God created humans as beings who have no choice but to fight against sin. The reason is that God tells people that you are sinners. So God gave the law to the Israelites. The Israelites tried to keep the law, but realized that they could not keep it, and through sacrifice, they were to remember the seed of the covenant promised in Genesis 3:15. 『And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her. seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel her.』That her seed is the Messiah. Today it is Jesus Christ.

Christ came to the world as the first man, Adam, to give people the body of sin, and as the last man, Adam, to give them the body of righteousness. Jesus Christ, the last man, Adam, was born into the world and died on the cross according to the law to solve the problem of sin. The title of sin is death due to blasphemy. Although the Jewish leaders charged him with blasphemy, he was someone who wanted to become like God. So, the sin (wanting to be like God) in the first man, Adam, was resolved through the death of the last Adam, Jesus Christ, on the cross. Jesus said, “It is finished on the cross” and died. That is why God considers those who die with Jesus Christ as dead to sin. The Bible expresses this as water baptism. In Romans 6:3, “Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?” and in Romans 6:6-7, “Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him.” , that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin.』 The Bible says that those who believe that Jesus died on the cross will be freed from all sin.

Water baptism is a ritual that expresses death to sin. However, believers must accept this with faith. Many people misunderstand that water baptism washes away sins, but it is not a washing away of sins, but death to sins. In 1 Peter 3:21, “The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.” Water is the sinner's death for sin and the promise (sign) of resurrection. So, those who receive water baptism are resolved from their sins. Noah's ark symbolizes water baptism.

Water baptism is a ritual that expresses death to sin. However, believers must accept this with faith. Many people misunderstand that water baptism washes away sins, but it is not a washing away of sins, but death to sins. In 1 Peter 3:21, “The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.” Water is the sinner's death for sin and the promise (sign) of resurrection. Therefore, the person who received water baptism has been resolved from the sins of old man. Noah's ark symbolizes water baptism.

In 1 Corinthians 15:44-45, “It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; The last Adam was made a quickening spirit.』Many people misunderstand resurrection as coming back to life after the body dies, but the body must die and the soul is born from heaven. So salvation is the salvation of the soul. In 1 Peter 1:9, “Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.”

Resurrection does not occur when one dies, but occurs while one is alive. The Bible says that people who have achieved resurrection are saints. You do not become a saint by believing in Jesus, but you become a saint by believing that you die with Jesus and are resurrected together with him. In Romans 6:4-5, “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:』

When a man becomes a saint, a temple is built in his heart and the kingdom of God enters. When a temple is built, God is present in the temple in the heart. Just as the stone temple of Jerusalem collapsed, the castle of the old man in the hearts of believers collapses and the temple of the new man is built. The identity of a believer is to become a new man, not the old man, and to change belonging from the world to the kingdom of God. Therefore, it is not subject to the laws of the world, but to the laws of the Holy Spirit in heaven.

However, in the hearts of believers, traces of the old temple and the new temple coexist. Therefore, believers have difficulty concentrating their minds on the new temple (Holy of Holies). This is called hypopomone in Greek in the New Testament. Because the old temple in the heart tempts believers, it becomes something like tribulation. The hearts of believers continue to be shaken by the old temple. That is why believers need patience to focus on the Holy of Holies in their hearts. In Revelation 14:12, “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

True saints are those who died on the cross with Jesus and were resurrected together with him. So he is in Christ. A temple (Holy of Holies) is established in the hearts of believers, and saints boldly enter the sanctuary as royal priests. Those who do not believe in resurrection while alive are those who are under the law and who go back and forth in the sanctuary yard every day seeking forgiveness for their sins. These are those who ask for the blood of Jesus every day to be forgiven of their sins. These people are no different from those who kill Jesus every day. Even though they must become dead every day, they try to kill Jesus every day, so they have no choice but to be judged according to the law.

So the number of saints becomes 144,000, and the kingdom of God is realized among the saints. This is called the third heaven or the millennium. “144,000 is not the number of people, but the name of a number. In the Old Testament, the sanctuary was surrounded by twelve tribes, and twelve Levites guarded the sanctuary around it. So multiplying 12 by 12 gives 144. Here If you combine 1000, the complete number of God (Aleph), it becomes 144,000. The number 144,000 means the person who guards the Holy of Holies of God. Since the Holy of Holies has been created in the hearts of the saints, the saints are called 144,000. God gives the resurrected saints a divine name, which only those who understand will know.

In many churches today, there are many people waiting for the rapture, but there is no word for the rapture in the Bible. In 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 』These words show the appearance of the resurrection that occurred in the hearts of the saints. It is showing. Since believers have bodies, they cannot see this with their own eyes, but they are encouraged to realize it with their hearts and comfort one another.

When the Holy of Holies is established in the saints' hearts, God enters the Holy of Holies in the saints' hearts. That is why the Bible says that it is a temple in the heart. So, the saints not only died with Jesus, but were also resurrected with him, ascended to heaven with him, and returned with him. In Colossians 3:3, “or ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” 1 Thessalonians 4 is a scene where the resurrected saints and the Lord meet while alive on this earth. Of course, those who are outside of Christ will face the White Throne Judgment. Those who are outside of Christ are condemned to the second death. However, while he who is in Christ is already alive, he has passed through the second death.

In John 3:5, “Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” The first death is due to sin at the water judgment. died about it. The problem of sin has been solved. The second death is the baptism of the Holy Spirit and fire. Therefore, a saint is also a man whose soul emerged from the body and died by fire. Therefore, saints become those born from heaven through the power of the Holy Spirit. This is testified in 1 John 5:7-8. 『For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.』Water is water baptism, and the Holy Spirit is fire and Holy Spirit baptism. Blood signifies the death of Jesus Christ. These all refer to the death of Jesus Christ.

Those born of the Holy Spirit from heaven are holy. In 1 Peter 1:15, “And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.” Saints do not become holy through a life of effort, but through Jesus Christ. It is through this that one becomes holy. Everything a saint does in Christ is holy. In the end, everything that lives in Christ is obedience and holy conduct. Being in Christ means denying yourself and taking up your cross. This means to become dead with Jesus. So, Christ is in the saints, and the saints are in Christ, becoming one with each other, hearing each other's voice, speaking to each other, and acting according to his words. To become holy, believers must unconditionally enter into Christ. The condition for entering Christ is that the body of sin must die with Jesus. It is like the high priest entering the Holy of Holies with animal blood. The high priest who enters the Holy of Holies becomes a holy being. Likewise, all who enter into Christ become holy beings.