Abraham's family and Mother[Christ Ahsahnghong]

God(Christ Ahsahnghong) said that there is our God the Mother(Heavenly Mother) in heaven. Let’s find out about Heavenly Jerusalem Mother ( God the Mother )through the Bible in World Mission Soceity Church of God.


The character Abraham is used to represent God in the Bible. Through the history of Abraham's family, God has revealed to us how we can inherit the kingdom of heaven.

Isaac was the one who received Abraham's inheritance. Even though Abraham had another son named Ishmael, born through Hagar, God did not allow Ishmael to receive the inheritance of Abraham. Rather, God bestowed the inheritance upon Isaac, who was born through Sarah. The reason why Isaac was chosen as Abraham's heir was that Isaac was the son of Sarah, who was free. This history shows us that the heavenly inheritance will be given to those who are born of the heavenly Mother, who is free.

Christ Ahnsahnghong taught us that our heavenly Mother does in fact exist and that She is truly the biggest mystery hidden within the Bible.

Let us study "The History of Abraham's Family and Mother," taught to us by Christ Ahnsahnghong.


Abraham Represents God
First of all, we need to recognize who the character Abraham represents in the Bible.

   Luke 16:19-31 『"...The time came when the beggar died and the angels
   carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried. In
   hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away,
   with Lazarus by his side. So he called to him, 'Father Abraham...' "』

As you know, this parable is about a beggar, named Lazarus, and a rich man. The parable tells of Lazarus, who died and was carried to heaven, and a rich man, who was sent to hell to be tormented. Lazarus was obviously carried to God's side after he had died; however, the Bible states that Lazarus traveled to Abraham's side. In the parable, the rich man, who went to hell, called up to God in the distance; however, the Bible states that the man saw Abraham, and called up to him, saying, "Father Abraham." Who is the only one who is worthy to be called "Father" in the spiritual world? God is the only one who can be called upon in this way. Then, whom does Abraham represent? Logically, the character Abraham was chosen to represent God. Therefore, the inheritance of Abraham can be likened to the inheritance of God, the kingdom of heaven.


Isaac, the Heir of Abraham
Then, let us find out who was appointed as Abraham’s heir. There were three candidates who could have been chosen as the heir of Abraham: Eliezer, Ishmael, and Isaac. Among them, who became Abraham’s heir? It was Isaac who was appointed. We need to understand the reason why Isaac was chosen to be Abraham’s heir.

   Gen. 15:1-4 『...But Abram said, "O Sovereign LORD, what can you give me
   since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of
   Damascus?" And Abram said, "You have given me no children; so a servant
   in my household will be my heir." Then the word of the LORD came to him:
   "This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be
   your heir."』

When Abraham was an old man and had not yet borne a son, he asked God to allow his servant Eliezer to be his heir. However, God did not allow Eliezer to become Abraham’s heir, revealing that a son would be born from Abraham’s own body and that he would become his heir. Some time later, Hagar, Sarah’s maidservant, bore Abraham a son: Ishmael.

   Gen. 16:1-15 『Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she
   had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar; so she said to Abram, "The
   LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant;
   perhaps I can build a family through her." Abram agreed to what Sarai
   said...So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the
   son she had borne.』

Ishmael was born to Abraham through a maidservant named Hagar, and Abraham asked God to allow Ishmael to become his heir.

   Gen. 17:18-19 『And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live
   under your blessing!" Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you
   a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as
   an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.』

When Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under your blessing," God did not allow Ishmael to become his heir. Instead, God promised Abraham that he would have a son through his wife, Sarah. Isaac was born as God had promised, and of the three?Eliezer, Ishmael, and Isaac?Isaac was chosen to be Abraham’s heir.


The Key Factor in Deciding an Heir Is "Mother"
Let’s study the reason why God chose Isaac to be Abraham’s heir. Both Eliezer’s father and his mother were slaves, neither of them was free. This is the reason why God did not allow him to be Abraham’s heir. Ishmael’s father, Abraham, was free, but his mother, Hagar, was a slave and not a free woman. This is why God could not allow Ishmael to become Abraham’s heir. Isaac’s father, Abraham, was a free man, and his mother, Sarah, was a free woman. The fact that Isaac had been born of a free woman was the big difference between Ishmael and Isaac, and this discrepancy became the key factor in choosing Abraham’s heir.

In those days, the eldest son inherited all of his family’s property. Since Ishmael was older than Isaac, he should have become the heir? that is, if God had made His decision according to the paternal line. Ishmael was not chosen to become Abraham’s heir, even though he was Abraham’s eldest son, because his mother was not a free woman, but a slave. Thus, it isclear that the decisive factor in choosing Abraham’s heir was his mother.

What we need to focus on while studying the history of Abraham’s family is not merely the story of a man and his family. As you know, the Bible is not a storybook to tell us of men and their families. Nevertheless, God repeatedly mentioned the story of this particular family. Actually, the history of Abraham was a shadow of what was to happen in the future. In order for us to know who could become God’s heir, the story of Abraham’s family was written, as a prophecy.

Therefore, through the history of Abraham’s family, we can clearly understand that the decisive factor in choosing an heir is the mother. As Isaac became Abraham’s heir through Sarah, his free mother, we can become God’s heirs through our heavenly Mother, who is a free woman. Only those who believe in the heavenly Mother?only the children who are born through the new covenant?can inherit the heavenly Father’s kingdom. Let us read one more verse testifying about the heavenly Mother.

   Gal. 4:22-31 『...But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our
   mother...Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. At that time
   the son born in the ordinary way persecuted the son born by the power of
   the Spirit. It is the same now. But what does the Scripture say? "Get rid of
   the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman's son will never share in
   the inheritance with the free woman's son." Therefore, brothers, we are not
   children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.』

The Bible declares that we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman. Ishmael could not inherit his father’s estate because his mother, Hagar, was only a slave, not a free woman. On the other hand, Isaac was chosen to become Abraham’s heir because his mother, Sarah, was a free woman. The Bible also testifies that we, like Isaac, are the children of promise, the children of the heavenly Mother, who is free.

In today’s world, there are three types of people: those who are like Eliezer, those like Ishmael, and those who are like Isaac. The first type of people, who are like Eliezer, are atheists, who do not believe in Father God or in Mother God. The second type of people, who are like Ishmael, are those who believe in Father God, but do not believe in Mother God. The third type of people, who are like Isaac, are those who believe in Mother God as well as Father God. According to the history of Abraham’s family, which one of these three types can become an heir of the kingdom of heaven? Only the third type of people, who are like Isaac, can be recognized as God’s heirs. There is no doubt about it.

Which group of people do you want to be classified with? If you want to be like Isaac, you must first become a child of the free woman. Thus, you must accept the heavenly Mother, who is free. The Bible testifies to this fact.

God said, "My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge" (Hos. 4:6). What kind of knowledge is God referring to in this verse? We must recognize that we have a God the Mother, as well as a God the Father. We must accept Elohim God. Also, we must firmly believe that God is our Mother, who gives us salvation alongside our Father. Only after we come to realize this can we say that we have the knowledge of God, and that we will not be those who are destroyed from a "lack of knowledge."

The Bible testifies that the Holy Spirit is God Ahnsahnghong, and that the Bride is Jerusalem Mother. Let us accept God Ahnsahnghong, the Holy Spirit, and Jerusalem Mother, the Bride, who give us the water of life in these last days, so that we can enter the kingdom of heaven.

Opening the Civilization of the Gospel through the God the mother(World mission society church of God)

Opening the Civilization of the Gospel through the God the mother
World Mission Society Church of God believes Christ Ahnsahnghong and heavenly mother who came as savioirs in the age of holy spirit according to all propecies of the Bible.

World Mission Society Church of God which keeps and follows the three times seven feasts testified in the bible is a truth church.

There is only World Mission Society Church of God which God estabilshed the church with god's blood (passover of newcovenant)

Now the huge civilization of the gospel, which will be recorded in the history of salvation forever, opens up wide along the refreshing river of the water of life, flowing our from heavenly Jerusalem (God the mother)to the whole world.
The four great ancient civilizations of the world arose in Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus River Valley, and the Yellow River Valley.
The Egyptian civilization emerged and flourished in the fertile land of the Nile valley ; the civilization of Mesopotamia, which means "land between two rivers," developed and prospered in the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates river; the Indus civilization originated in the Indus River valley; and the Chinese civilization arose in the Yellow River valley.All the four ancient civilizations of the world originated along the big rivers. It was because when it rained heavily, rich soils at the upper river basins were carried downstream and were widely distributed along the rivers, and as a result the land became fertile and suitable for farming. As the land was fruitful, enough food was produced and people became well-off, and it resulted in the formation of various cultures.
As aforesaid, the ancient civilzations, which brought improvement in human life, developed along the rivers. This gives a good lesson to us, who are opening the civilization of the gospel all around the world. The new civilization of the gospel, which will be recorded in the history of salvation forever, is also being reclaimed along the refreshing river of the water of life, flowing out from heavenly Jerusalem. Now the water of life flows all over the world; wherever it flows, the huge civilization of the gospel opens up wide.

Ezek 47:9-12 Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live. Fishermen will stand along the shore; from En Gedi to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets. The fish will be of many kinds--like the fish of the Great Sea. But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt. Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing."

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Zion, The Ark Of Salvation (World Mission Society Church of God)

Zion, The Ark Of Salvation (World Mission Society Church of God)


World Mission Society Church of God believes Christ Ahnsahnghong and heavenly mother who came as savioirs in the age of holy spirit according to all propecies of the Bible.

World Mission Society Church of God which keeps and follows the three times seven feasts testified in the bible is a truth church.

There is only World Mission Society Church of God which God estabilshed the church with god's blood (passover of newcovenant)

According to Matt. 24:37-39, it states that, “As it was in the days of Noah, so will be at the coming of the Son of Man (End Day). For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark, and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.”

As children of God living in these last days we need to understand clearly, why God compared these last days just like the days of Noah. In order to understand this we need to understand Noah’s position. In looking at the Noah story he was consider among all the peopl as a righteous man who walked with God, then in the same way in these last days we need to be righteous by walking with God. Then the question is how can we become righteous before God, cause according to Rom.3:10, “There is no one who is righteous.” In the book of psalms God gives us a clue on how we become righteous.

Psalms 119:172, states that, “May my tongue sing of your word, for all your commands are righteous.” Through we can understand from obeying God’s command, we can be consider righteous in God’s viewpoint. Then the question is where can we go to keep all God’s commands. In reading the Noah story God told him to build and enter the Ark. Then if Jesus compare our age to Noah’s time, there should also be a spiritual Ark that we need to enter in order to be protected from the last day disasters.

Psalm 50: 1-5; “The Mighty One, God, the Lord, speaks and summons the earth…From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth…He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people: Gather to me my consecrated ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.” From this scripture God describes gathering all his children in Zion, which is the place where all God’s festivals are kept, which is the Church of God (Is.33:20).

Through the story of Noah we can understand right before destruction comes, God always provides a way of salvation also. I will truly like to give all glory and praise to our heavenly Father Christy Ahnsahnghong for buidling the spiritual ark of salvation so that we may be saved in these last days.

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The true meaning of the Passover and Christ Ahsahnghong & God the mother

The true meaning of the Passover and Christ Ahsahnghong & God the mother

World Mission Society Church of God believes Christ Ahnsahnghong and heavenly mother who came as savioirs in the age of holy spirit according to all propecies of the Bible.

World Mission Society Church of God which keeps and follows the three times seven feasts testified in the bible is a truth church.

There is only World Mission Society Church of God which God estabilshed the church with god's blood (passover of newcovenant)

God is our Benefactor who has saced us. The life God has given us is not etmporary, but everlasting So we must not forget the love of God, nor should we foolishly betray the Savior of our life or turn away from His loveInscribing God`s love on our hearts, let`s meet God our Benefactor, who has delivered our souls from eternal death, in the Bible

John 53-57 Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.
Who on earth would be willing to sacrifice himself to save sinners, giving them his own flesh and blood? However, God Himself has become a pledge of salvation for us by sacrificing Himself in our stead. He has delivered us from eternal death by giving us His flesh to eat and His blood to drink, torn and shed for us By such a tremendous sacrifice of love for the atonement of our sins, God has freed us from sin and delivered us out of the shadow of death
Matt 26:17-19, 26-28 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?" He replied, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.'" So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover. 26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body." Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins
On the Passover, Jesus gave bread to His disciples, saying, "This is My body," and also offered them wine, saying, "this is my blood." And He told them to remember His holy sacrifice whenever they ate bread and wine(Luke 22:19-20; 1Cor 11:23-26)We should not only rejoice in having received eternal life by eating the Passover bread and drinking the Passover wine, but in them we should find our Father and Mother giving us Their precious flesh and blood and looking upon us continually with eyes full of compassion and pity. God our Father and Mother have been sacrificed for us, like the Passover lamb. They`ve given us Their flesh to eat and Their blood to drink, and as the result of such a great sacrifice They have saved all of us, Their children. We must not forget the precious love of our Father and Mother.

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World mission society church of God]-heavenly Mother From The Beginning

heavenly Mother From The Beginning

Many times when I have spoken to people about the Female image of God they question why are we preaching of her now and not since the time of Christ 2,000 years ago. What they don’t know and even I didn’t know before coming to the Church of God World Mission Society is that Heavenly Mother existed since the creation of the world; she created the heavens and the earth and everything along with Heavenly Father.

Genesis 1:26 "Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

Why us if God is just one? God and his angels? Does God needed help to create everything? Us is the Trinity? No, Father, Son & Holy Spirit is the male image of God, what about the female image? It’s Heavenly Mother who created us.

Genesis 3:22 "And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil.

Only God knows the good and the evil. God said this; therefore God is plural, male and female.

Isaiah 6:8 "Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"

Throughout the whole Bible God spoke in plural because God is male and female. Even 2,000 years ago the disciples knew about the existance of Heavenly Mother and of her coming in the last day, Apostle Paul testified to this:

Galatians 4:26 "But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother."
Then why didn’t she come 2,000 years ago? It is because the prophecy has to be fulfilled…

Matthew 22:1 "Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: "The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son…"


Kingdom of Heaven=Wedding Banquet

The main factors in a wedding are: Bridegroom, Bride, Guests and Food. When does the Bride appear? At the End. Then who is the Heavenly Bride? It is Jerusalem Our Mother, then when should she appear? At the end, in the last days.
She will come to give us salvation for she will put the Seal of God on her children…

Revelation 7:2 "…He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:"Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God."

Whether we like it or not we must understand that Heavenly Mother is God. We can’t make up God the way we want him to be but just give in and understand thru the prophecy who is God. How amazing we say our physical mom is, how much more our Spiritual Mother? She will give us Eternal Life.

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Come To Zion and Meet God (Ahnsahnghong & Heavenly mother)

Come To Zion and Meet God

God already prophesied that in the last days the love in this world will grow cold. Unfortunately is true, we can see these words of God being fulfilled whenever we see our surrounding or even the TV. No one seeks God (Romans 3:9-18), they believe in themselves. It is actually very sad, that is why everything is controlled by the evil one nowadays but by being controlled by Satan we can’t go to Heaven.

2 Timothy 3:1 but mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.
If you were to ask people: Who do you follow God or Satan? Do you think they are going to say Satan? Not at all! But what about in God’s point of view?

1John 5:19 we know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

Man! The whole world is worshiping the evil one without realizing it. God and came in the flesh in the last days to rescue us from following the lies and evil things of this world…

Revelation 18:4 then I heard another voice from heaven say: "Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues; for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.
Where should we go then?

Deutoronomy 12:5 but you are to seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name there for his dwelling. To that place you must go…

Psalm 102:21 so the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion…

If you were to know where God is going to come wouldn’t you go? Just think about it…I don’t think your answer is ‘no’. God already prophesied where will his name be declared and that is in Zion. I know that nowadays many Churches are named ‘Zion’, but the Zion testified in the Bible celebrates all of God’s Feasts (Lev. 23:1, Is. 33:20). Plus in Zion Heavenly Mother Jerusalem will dwell; that’s why we are the only Church which testifies the existence of Mother God and it is because we are the true Zion.

Hebrews 12:22 but you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly…

No matter how much we are persecuted or ridiculed we will still continue delivering the truth of God the Mother.

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Is Cross An Idol? (Ahnsahnghong and God the mother)

Is Cross An Idol? (World mission society church of God)


Every Church you go nowadays it’s full of crosses. I guess they don’t know that in Gods point of view the cross in an idol. And what God describes about idolatry in the Bible is not nice at all.

Exodus 20:4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.
What is an idol in Gods point of view? It can be anything right? But he specifically testifies what is an idol…

Leviticus 26:10 "This is what the LORD says: "Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the sky, though the nations are terrified by them. For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter. Like a scarecrow in a melon patch, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good."
You don’t have to be that smart to understand what God is describing here, looks like a scarecrow…adorn will silver and gold…can’t speak…can’t walk…must be carried and it’s an idol. What is it? What looks like a scarecrow? CROSS.

God doesn’t want us to follow idols, the cross was just an execute tool used to kill criminal 2,000 years ago. Then how can we remember Christ worshiping the tool they used to kill him? It doesn’t make any sense. What if he would have been killed by the guillotine which was also an execution tool at that time? Would you go to a Church full of guillotines? No right? But what is the difference, there’s none both were just tools of execution.

Idolatry is to worship anything as a God, will God be pleased if we do this? Only God can give us salvation, not any idols. Don’t follow peoples way, it is truly worthless.

Veil; Christ Ahnsahnghong, Heavenly Mother, World Mission Society Church of God

 

Veil    

God’s children value the laws of God. Let us introduce the truths of the new covenant of the early Church, which were restored by the Second Coming Christ Ahnsahnghong.

Matt. 22:1-14 『..."The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son...But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 'Friend,' he asked, 'how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' The man was speechless. Then the king told the attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'..."』

In the above words, spoken by Jesus, it is clear that there is a regulation for God's people to wear wedding clothes when they enter the heavenly wedding banquet. It is a promise we make with God.

Likewise, when we worship God, there are certain regulations. Worship services should be held according to the teachings of God. Firstly, we should have a godly mind when worshiping God, and, secondly, women should wear veils.

All of the women of the Church of God wear veils during worship services, according to the teachings of the Second Coming Christ Ahnsahnghong. By wearing veils, they can worship God with a godly mind. Men do not cover their heads during worship services.

God gave us this veil regulation as a sign representing God's authority. Even though this regulation seems minor, it cannot be neglected. None of God's commands were instituted meaninglessly. All of the regulations were given to God's people because they are necessary for our salvation and allow us to enter the kingdom of God.

Hos. 8:12 『"I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something alien."』

If we regard God's regulations as trivial, God will regard us as trivial.

Woman’s Veil Is God’s Commandment

Christ commanded that during worship service men should not cover their heads, but women ought to cover their heads.

1 Cor. 11:1-6 『Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ....』

The Apostle Paul emphasized that his teachings were from Christ, not from his own personal opinions.

Through Christ's teaching, we discover that men ought not to cover their heads, but that women should cover their heads while worshiping God.

During the time of Moses, the head of a woman stood for the man. Thus, it was regarded as very shameful if a woman uncovered her head in front of a man or even loosened her hair. In fact, when a Jewish man chose to marry a Gentile captive, he would shave the woman's head to wash away the shame of her prior ignorance of God.

The words, "It is just as though her head were shaved," refer to this very shameful occurrence.

Woman’s Veil Shown Through the Providence of Creation

Even through the Creation, we can see that men ought not to cover their heads, but that women should cover their heads while in the presence of God.

1 Cor. 11:7-9 『A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man....』

God created Eve as Adam's helper. In the work of preaching the new covenant, too, man is the head and woman is the helper; however, men must not arrogantly ignore their female counterparts. As it is written:

1 Cor. 11:11-12 『In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.』

Could the gospel work be completed by only men? Or, if only women worked for the gospel, could it be fulfilled? Men and women should help each other in the gospel work. Both should remain devoted to their missions and faithful to the titles and positions given to them by God.

Woman’s Veil Is Shown Through the "Very Nature of Things"

Our intrinsic nature, given to us by God, teaches us that men should not cover their heads, but that women should.

1 Cor. 11:13-15 『Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?...』

This verse implies that it is not proper for a woman to worship God with her head uncovered. We unconsciously know that if a man has long hair he looks ugly, and it can even become his disgrace. God gave men "the nature" not to cover their heads.

"But that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering."Contrary to man, if a woman has short hair, she is not seen as beautiful. When a woman has long hair that covers her head, she looks beautiful, and it becomes her glory. This is only because God gave women the "nature" to feel beautiful when their heads are covered with long hair.

Through the "nature of things," God taught us that a man should not cover his head, but that a woman should cover her head. Verse 15?"long hair is given to her as a covering"?means that God uses a woman's long hair to subconsciously teach her that it is proper for her to cover her head.

As the Apostles preached the gospel, Christ's teachings spread to various Mediterranean regions. Initially, the veil regulation was obeyed without rejection. As people began to advocate gender equality, however, a question was raised: "Is there any reason for women to wear veils when men do not?" In the region of Corinth, women became repulsed at the thought of the veil regulation. In an effort to change their incorrect thinking, the Apostle Paul emphasized that women ought to cover their heads, explaining the deeper significance of this regulation.

Woman's Veil Is Notated in the Section Titles of the Bible

Some versions of the Bible have section titles which summarize the contents of the chapter which follows. Let's look at some of the section titles used for 1 Corinthians chapter 11.

ESV (English Standard Version) - Head Coverings TEV (Today's English Version) - Covering the Head in Worship

These section titles display the Apostle Paul's true purpose in writing this chapter. 1 Corinthians 11 lists all of the reasons why women have to cover their heads during worship. No commandment of God is trivial. All of the commandments are given to us for our salvation and heavenly blessings. Women should cover their heads when they worship or pray so that they may give glory to God.

The Bible says,"Arrogance is like the evil of idolatry."

Men Ought Not to Cover Their Heads

In some churches, the male priests cover their heads; however, this teaching is not from the Bible. A long time ago, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments, the Israelites could not look directly at Moses' face because he was so radiant after meeting God. The people were afraid to come near him, so he put a veil over his face. When he went to speak with God, however, he took it off (Ex. 34:29-35). From then on, the Israelites covered their faces with shrouds when they read the Old Testament.

Just as Moses took off the shroud when he came before God, we are to meet God [Christ] without a shroud. In this instance, the shroud does not imply veils that cover the "heads" of women, but it signifies the shroud that covered the people's "faces" when they read the Old Testament.

Through 1 Corinthians chapter 11, we can understand that women ought to cover their heads during times of worship and that men ought not to cover their heads. Through 2 Corinthians chapter 3, we can understand that now, regardless of gender, we need to take away the shroud which has covered our faces and has not allowed our eyes to clearly see the truth of the Bible.

The feast of unleavened bread; Christ Ahnsahnghong, Heavenly Mother, World Mission Society Church of God

The feast of unleavened bread

Let us introduce the seven feasts in three times, that is, the seven thunders which were unsealed by Christ Ahnsahnghong who came again as the Root of David.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month, according to the sacred calendar, is the feast that commemorates Christ's suffering on the cross (Lev. 23:6). The Church of God celebrates the Feast of Unleavened Bread on the fifteenth day of the first month by the sacred calendar, following the teachings of Second Coming Christ Ahnsahnghong.

Origin

This feast originated from the Israelites' suffering, from all the trials that they had experienced from the time they had kept the Passover and left Egypt, until the time they had crossed the Red Sea. Pharaoh, king of Egypt, released the Israelites from their Egyptian bondage, but immediately changed his mind. He sent all the chariots of Egypt to chase after them?including six hundred of the country's best chariots?to capture the Israelites and bring them back to Egypt. As Pharaoh's army approached, the Israelites were terrified and cried out to the LORD. At that moment, the LORD God divided the Red Sea by Moses' staff, revealing dry ground between the two walls of water. It is written that God allowed six-hundred thousand men to safely cross the Red Sea. Then, how many women and children do you think were among them? God protected the Israelites from the Egyptian army by a pillar of cloud and a pillar of fire, delaying the Egyptians' ability to chase after God's people. We can only assume how hasty and nervous the fugitives' hearts were at that time. All of the difficulties and hardships that the Israelites endured during this time period became the origin of the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Ex. 14:1-31).

Ceremony

In the Old Testament times, God commanded His people to eat unleavened bread (made without yeast) and bitter herbs, so that they would remember the suffering of the Israelites. The unleavened bread was also called the "bread of affliction" (Deut. 16:3). These events were a prophecy to reveal that Jesus would suffer, being hung on the cross. In the New Testament times, we participate in Christ's suffering by fasting, according to God's command.

Mark 2:20 『"But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast."』

Prophecy and Its Fulfillment

The Feast of Unleavened Bread is a feast of suffering, representing the Crucifixion of Jesus. The Israelites' traveling into the Red Sea represented Jesus' going into the tomb. Their landing on the other side of the Sea represented His resurrection, the significance of which is implied in the baptism that we undergo now. On the Feast of Unleavened Bread, Moses led the natural Israelites from Egypt into the Desert of Sinai, and on this feast Jesus led the spiritual Israelites from this sinful world?the reality of Egypt?into the desert of faith. Whoever believes in Christ and is baptized has symbolically crossed the Red Sea and entered the desert of faith. When we commemorate the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we participate in Christ's suffering, and we are given the power from God to endure the tribulations and hardships that we will be faced with (Luke 22:43-44).

Solomon's Judgment and Mother; Heavenly Mother, God the Mother

Solomon's Judgment and Mother

Our heavenly Mother is the true Mother in this age.

Only our God the Mother can give us spiritual life.

The Bible testifies about God; it testifies of Elohim [Gods]―God the Father and God the Mother. The 66 books of the Bible consistently speak not only the truth about God the Father but also the truth about God the Mother, through the relationship between Adam and Eve, the history of Abraham's Family, the prophecy of the New Jerusalem, and so on.

To know Christ as the Father and Mother is the greatest mystery of the Bible. The god of this world [the devil] has blinded people's minds, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ (2 Co 4:4).

Only those who are redeemed through the blood of Christ can receive wisdom and understanding from God and realize the mystery of God.

Solomon's wise judgment

Solomon is known as the wisest man in the world. He was the son of King David and the third king of Israel. He was famous for his wisdom; people from all nations came to hear his wisdom.

The Bible records that Solomon was given wisdom by God. He offered a thousand burnt offerings and prayed earnestly, and God appeared to him in a dream. Then he asked God for wisdom and understanding to discern justice. There continuously arose many disputes among his people; so he asked for wisdom to become a fair judge as their king, that he might discern right and wrong and none of them would suffer the injustice of being subject to a bad judgment.

God granted him not only the wisdom, but also the riches and honor which he did not ask for. King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. God's wisdom was reflected in Solomon's decision. Among all his judicial decisions, the Bible precisely records only one case in which he discovered who the true mother was.

1 Ki 3:16-28  『. . . One of them said, "My lord, this woman and I live in the same house . . . The third day after my child was born, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one in the house but the two of us. During the night this woman's son died because she lay on him . . . So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I your servant was asleep. She put him by her breast and put her dead son by my breast. The next morning, I got up to nurse my son―and he was dead! But when I looked at him closely in the morning light, I saw that it wasn't the son I had borne." The other woman said, "No! The living one is my son; the dead one is yours." But the first one insisted, "No! The dead one is yours; the living one is mine." And so they argued before the king. The king said, ". . . Bring me a sword." So they brought a sword for the king. He then gave an order: "Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other." The woman whose son was alive was filled with compassion for her son and said to the king, "Please, my lord, give her the living baby! Don't kill him!" But the other said, "Neither I nor you shall have him. Cut him in two!" Then the king gave his ruling: "Give the living baby to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother." When all Israel heard the verdict the king had given, they held the king in awe, because they saw that he had wisdom from God to administer justice.』

There was no witness, and the two women in dispute over one living baby appealed to Solomon for justice, each claiming to be the birth mother of the living child. Solomon discovered the true mother of the baby by her love for her child, and returned the living son to her.

In Solomon's judgment, we find out that his God-given wisdom enabled him to discern the true mother. The Bible testifies of God, and everything that was written in the past was written to teach us (Jn 5:39; Ro 15:4). The story of Solomon's judgment between the two mothers was not written to admire his wisdom, but to testify of God and teach us something spiritual.

God's wisdom manifested in Solomon's judgment

God gave wisdom to Solomon, that he could recognize who the true mother was and gave the real mother back her child. Likewise, God in His wisdom has made known to us the heavenly Mother. We have received our heavenly Mother; like Solomon, we should help the poor souls wandering aimlessly around the world and let them know who the true Mother is.

Gal 4:26-31  『But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother. For it is written: "Be glad, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have no labor pains; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband." Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. At that time the son born in the ordinary way persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now. But what does the Scripture say? "Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman's son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman's son." Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.』

The Bible clearly tells us that there is our spiritual Mother above (in heaven). We were angels in heaven, but our sins separated us from our Mother and caused us to be cast down to the earth. Because of the sins we had committed in heaven, we lost our memory and couldn't remember our Mother.

Our sins caused our Mother to come from heaven to this earth (Isa 50:1). The Apostle John saw in a vision the new Jerusalem, the Bride of the Lamb, coming down out of heaven. "More are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband." This prophecy implies that our Mother raises Her children alone here on earth after our Father went up to heaven but She has even more children than any woman who has a husband.

The evil one teaches that Mother does not exist

The Bible clearly reveals the existence of the spiritual Mother. However, our wicked enemy the devil has been deceiving all people for thousands of years into believing that Mother does not exist. He teaches lies and people foolishly believe them. In Revelation, we can see that the devil deceives all people living on the earth.

Rev 13:6-15  『He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them . . . Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth . . .』

The devil is the deceiver of deceivers. When he tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden, he wickedly perverted God's word and deceived her into following his way. And now he is deceiving the inhabitants of the earth into believing that Mother does not exist.

It is clearly recorded in the Bible, "our Mother," so that everybody can easily see. Nevertheless, most people deny the existence of Mother and reject Her. It is because they are spiritually deceived by Satan. Once they are tempted, although we show them clear and convincing evidence that Mother exists, they would not accept it.

1 Jn 5:18-19  『We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him. We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.』

We belong to God, but the whole world is under the rule of the evil one. The devil, the wicked one, makes up many lies and teaches them. One of them is that God the Mother does not exist. The whole world has been deceived by his false teaching.

Think of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Eating the fruit of the tree would result in death. However, when Adam and Eve looked at the fruit after being tempted by Satan, it looked good for food, pleasant to the eyes and also desirable to make one wise. Being deceived, they lost the ability to discern between good and evil.

Biblical testimonies to our heavenly Mother

We need to receive wisdom from God like Solomon, in order that we may discern our true Mother. Through the history of Creation in six days, we can clearly find our Father and our Mother as well, the Creators.

Ge 1:26-27  『Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.』

God created man in His own image, then male and female were created in the image of God. This proves that there is the female image of God as well as the male image of God. We call the male image of God "Father." What should we call the female image of God?

When God created man, He said, "Let us make man." It is Elohim [God the Father and God the Mother] who said, "Let us . . ." here.

The devil knows well that if our spiritual eyes are opened to recognize our Mother, his world will be destroyed soon. So what he fears the most is that the glory of our Mother is revealed. Eve was to be the serpent's enemy as described in Genesis.

Ge 3:14-15  『So the Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, "Cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."』

There is an enmity between the serpent and the woman, the devil and the Mother. God put enmity between them in order to reveal the heavenly Mother to us.

The ancient serpent, the devil, is basically the enemy of our Mother and also the enemy of ours. If those on Mother's side become strong, those on Satan's side naturally become weak. The serpent crushes our heel, but we shall crush his head and finally win the victory over him. While crushing the head is fatal, striking the heel will not cause death.

Under the Old Law, he who did not obey his father and mother was considered evil and put to death (Dt 21:18-21). God's laws given in the Old Testament were only a shadow of the heavenly things. The law in Deuteronomy 21 shows that if one does not obey the spiritual Father and Mother, he will not enter into eternal life but go into destruction.

Unless we find our Mother, we become spiritually orphaned. Satan, who knows this, has deceived the world into believing that there is no Mother.

So the people cannot even imagine that God the Mother exists, calling God, "Father, Father." However, we belong to God; our Father has made known to us our heavenly Mother and brought us into Her arms. We truly give thanks to our Father for this.

Divine providence revealed by the sun and moon and stars

God's existence is evident to us through nature which He created. We can confirm the existence of our heavenly Mother through the sun, the moon and stars.

Ge 37:9-10  『Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. "Listen," he said, "I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me." When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, "What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?"』

Joseph, the eleventh son of Jacob, had a dream in which the sun and moon and eleven stars bowed down to him. When he told the dream to his family, his father scolded him, saying, "Will I and your mother and brothers bow down to you?" Why did Jacob interpret the sun, moon and the stars as symbolical of his household?

This is not just a dream. Through Joseph's dream and its interpretation, God has made known to us our heavenly family relationship: our Father represented by the sun, our Mother by the moon, and we the children by the stars. When the Apostle Paul wrote to the churches in Corinth, he explained that the sun has its own glory, the moon another glory, and the stars a different glory.

1 Co 15:38-41  『But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body. All flesh is not the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.』

The above verses say that there are many stars, and that one star differs from another in glory; the sun or the moon is not mentioned to be many. As it is written in Da 12:3 that "those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars for ever and ever," God's children are compared to the stars. So the sun represents the Father, the moon the Mother, and the stars the children.

God's invisible power and divine nature are reflected in all things (Ro 1:20). Nature created by God serves as a textbook that teaches us God's providence. In the daytime, when the sun shines, the moon and stars do not appear. However, when the sun is sinking behind the western hills, then the moon appears, accompanied by the stars.

God said that He would give us, His children, honor and praise among all the peoples of the earth in the last days (Zep 3:18-20). For this, the Father's ministry of the gospel must be completed and our Mother has to appear. So the Father accomplished His ministry of 37 years according to the prophecy of King David, and then the glory of the Mother along with ours began to appear. Without Mother, we cannot reach eternal salvation, nor can we share in the heavenly glory. To prevent people from realizing that, the devil blinds their eyes, stops their ears and hardens their hearts.

Let us be like Solomon

Jesus spoke the following phrase: ". . . as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings . . . ." At a hen's clucking, not a rooster's crow, chicks gather. Likewise, at Mother's loving voice, the children of heaven, scattered throughout the world, return to Her.

Mother cries out, "Do no harm to My children," enduring heartbreaking pain. Mother's earnest cry will be a message of life that awakens the spirits of the children deceived by Satan.

We shall be joyful always, for our heavenly Mother is with us. With a firm faith in Mother's existence, we the children of Zion shall stand up against the evil tricks of the devil who tries to blind our minds so that we cannot realize Mother. Let's all be like Solomon and help our brothers and sisters, who are wandering around like orphans all over the world, to know our Mother and meet Her.

Col 3:1  『Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.』

God's children must find the Jerusalem that is above, the heavenly Mother. The devil our wicked enemy slanders us and entices us with lies so that we will not know the existence of Mother. However, we belong to God, our Father and Mother.

Children of Zion! Let's not forget the love and grace of our heavenly Father and Mother who have come to save us. We are obligated to preach the good news to the ends of the earth. Like Solomon, let us lead our brothers and sisters, scattered among all nations, into the loving arms of our heavenly Mother, who always cares about the lives of Her children. Let them hear our Mother's earnest voice!

The Spring of the Water of Life; God the Mother, Heavenly Mother

The Spring of the Water of Life

Word of God ( Christ Ahnsahnghong ) is being preached to the whole world.

The love of Jerusalem Mother ( God the Mother ) is being preached to the whole world.

Now the salvation of Jerusalem Mother is being preached to the whole world, and many souls on every continent of the world are coming to God. In whatever place, the truth about "Mother" is the spiritual master key that opens the minds of all people. How amazing!

Even the people, who have not listened to the gospel we've preached for years, open their minds and come to the truth within a very short period of time. This is impossible without the truth about God our Mother. The Bible prophesies that living water will flow out from Jerusalem and that swarms of living creatures will live wherever the water of life flows.

Let's take some time to realize the love of God again, who leads all mankind to the spring of the water of life, by studying about the fountain of living water.

Those who suffer from spiritual famine

Today, Christianity is gradually declining in the world. In Korea, the number of Christians has decreased every year since 1990. Even in Europe and America, which boast a long tradition of Christianity, many Christians do not attend church even though they are enrolled in the church register. In the chapel of each church, only a few people attend worship service. This shows how far they've become diverted from worshiping God.

Although they have believed in God, their souls still feel empty and thirsty. Now the whole world is suffering from a spiritual famine.

Am 8:11-13  『"The days are coming," declares the Sovereign Lord, "when I will send a famine through the land—not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord. Men will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the Lord, but they will not find it. In that day ‘the lovely young women and strong young men will faint because of thirst.' "』

If a traveler finds a spring in a desert, even if it is a mirage, he will run towards it. What if he finds a real spring, not a mirage? His joy will be beyond words.

There are many thirsty souls who have been suffering from spiritual thirst and longing for the water of life, staggering and wandering here and there. Now, when the people of Zion deliver the water of life to Samaria and to the ends of the earth, so many people around the world open wide their hearts and receive the truth. Here we come to realize again what the world is thirsty for—what is the core truth that relieves the thirst.

The people, who have shown little interest in other truths even though we have eagerly preached the gospel to them many times, open wide their minds when they hear the truth about Mother. As they receive Mother, they automatically receive God the Father and easily understand God's commands. Ultimately, the key that opens the doors of their minds is in God the Mother.

 The work of God who leads us to the spring of the water of life

God leads the thirsty souls to the spring of the water of life. The Apostle John saw in a vision the spring of the water of life and wrote:

Rev 7:15-17  『". . . Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."』

Rev 21:2-4  『I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God . . . "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes . . ."』

In Revelation 7 it is written that the Lamb will be our Shepherd, lead us to springs of living water and wipe away every tear from our eyes. In Revelation 21 it is stated that the dwelling of God is with men, and that He will live with us and wipe every tear from our eyes. Here, we need to know who the God that lives with us, as the spring of the water of life, is.

Zec 14:8  『On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half to the eastern sea and half to the western sea, in summer and in winter.』

Gal 4:26  『But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.』

Since the Bible says that living water will flow out from Jerusalem, the source of the water of life is Jerusalem. And the Jerusalem is our Mother. God our Father has led all the thirsty souls to Jerusalem Mother, who is the spring of the water of life, so that they will never hunger or thirst again and will enter the eternal kingdom of heaven where nothing will harm us, neither the sun nor any burning heat.

It is written that the Lamb is our shepherd and guides us beside the spring of the water of life, so there will be no more tears. For God washes away all our tears we have shed—tears of pain and sorrow, tears of repentance, tears of thanksgiving, etc., and grants us eternal heavenly salvation. In the desert of faith toward the kingdom of heaven, the Lamb has led us beside the spring of living water, and the spring of living water gives us the water of life that wells up continually, so that we will gain spiritual strength and won't get exhausted.

Jerusalem Mother who gives us the water of life

The Bible teaches us that the spring of the water of life is the heavenly Jerusalem, our Mother. Still, there are people who refuse to come to Jerusalem. To such people, the Bible gives a warning as follows:

Zec 14:16-19  『Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain . . . The Lord will bring on them the plague he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles . . .』

The Bible says that those who do not go up to Jerusalem will have no rain. This means that those who do not believe in Jerusalem Mother and do not come into Her arms will never quench their spiritual thirst.

The water of life quenches our thirst, and it also becomes a spring of water welling up to eternal life (Jn 4:14). In order to go back to heaven, we must get eternal life. Christ eagerly wanted to give us this living water so that we might have life, at His first coming.

Jn 7:2, 14, 37-39  『But when the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near . . . Not until halfway through the Feast . . . On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive . . .』

Jesus presents a definite condition to receive the living water by saying, "Whoever believes in me . . ." Whoever does not believe will never be able to drink the water of life. We should first have faith in the One who gives us the water of life so that streams of living water will flow from within us. Just as Jesus Christ shouted out 2,000 years ago, the Spirit and the Bride are now shouting aloud, "Whoever is thirsty, let him come and take the water of life."

Rev 22:17  『The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.』

Streams of living water will flow from within those who believe in the Spirit and the Bride, the Second Coming Jesus and His spiritual Bride—the heavenly Mother, as Jesus said, "Whoever believes in me, streams of living water will flow from within him." No one can drink the water of life unless he receives Mother and comes to Zion where Mother dwells.

We should be proud of the fact that Jerusalem our Mother, who is the spring of the water of life, lives with us. The Bible clearly prophesies that Babylon will fall in the end, no matter how great it is. Farmers are never pleased with weeds no matter how prosperous they are. Even the prosperous weeds cannot but wither and die without water. Here, we need to think of why God made every living creature unable to live without water.

In Zion, however, a little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation (Isa 60:22). For God the Father, our Shepherd, and Jerusalem Mother, the spring of the water of life, are with us and grant us such great blessing. Even though we are a "little flock," who have entered through the narrow gate, our future will be so prosperous because Jerusalem our Mother, who is the source of life—the spring of the water of life, dwells with us.

The water of life flows from the throne of God

The river of the water of life, which God showed the Apostle John, was flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. The throne of God refers to Jerusalem our Mother.

Rev 22:1-6  『Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse . . . And they will reign for ever and ever . . .』

Jer 3:17  『At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the Lord, and all nations will gather in Jerusalem to honor the name of the Lord. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.』

The Bible describes Heavenly Mother by using various expressions such as the bride, the wife of the Lamb, Jerusalem, the throne of God and the spring of the water of life. So, sometimes the Bible states that living water flows out from Jerusalem, and sometimes it says that the water of life flows from the throne of God.

Those who are not led by the Lamb are unable to discern spiritual things in a spiritual way, and they lean towards the literal city of Jerusalem in Palestine. In that place, however, eternal life and any other blessings have not been prepared.

All nations are now gathering in heavenly Jerusalem since God has made known to them the source of living water that quenches all the thirsty souls. When we see them receiving Jerusalem Mother with joy as soon as they realize Her, we can feel how thirsty they have been for the water of life.

The Bible says that all nations will gather in Jerusalem and they will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts. Thus, if people gather to Jerusalem Mother and are taught by Her, they come to eradicate all their evil disposition and stubbornness. Think of how the "Teachings of Mother" make us feel. With them we feel so comfortable, generous, kind and affectionate. There is no better teaching that enables us to be born again as the children of heaven full of love than the Teachings of Mother.

If we are still harsh and angular in disposition or character, we should change ourselves from now on. As Abraham conceded better things to his nephew Lot, we should do the same for our brothers and sisters. As the sea receives all the dirt and purifies it, we should have a broad mind like the sea. Then we can say that we believe in Mother. If anyone says that he believes in God but disobeys God's teachings and commands, he is the one who claims to know God but by his actions denies Him. In other words, his faith is in vain.

The water of life for the healing of the nations

The world thirsts for the water of life. The prophet Ezekiel describes the scene where this water of life flows into the whole world as follows:

Eze 47:1-12  『The man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east) . . . He then brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and the water was flowing from the south side. As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and then led me through water that was ankle-deep. He measured off another thousand cubits . . . He measured off another thousand . . . He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in—a river that no one could cross . . . When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh. Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live . . . Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.』

In Ezekiel it is written that the water comes out from the temple. In Revelation, it is stated that the water flows from the throne of God and of the Lamb. Where is the throne of God located? It is the Most Holy Place of the temple. The water flowing from the Most Holy Place has become the river of the water of life, and where the river flows everything lives.

In the Bible, the Most Holy Place means the heavenly Jerusalem our Mother (2 Ch 3:8; 1 Ki 6:19-20; Rev 21:9-16). According to the prophecies, wherever the truth about God the Mother is proclaimed, all the nations of the world are being revived by God's grace. Longing for life and teachings of love from Mother, all the nations are coming to salvation.

Now Elohim are gathering Their children from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens, in order to give them the water of life. To Their children who believe in Their names, They give the water of life so that they can have eternal life and will never thirst, and help them to do everything.

We, who have received the water of life earlier, should participate in God's work of leading the whole world to the spring of the water of life by diligently proclaiming the voice of the Spirit and the Bride, so that the water of life can flow more rapidly to every place in the world. I earnestly hope that all the children of heaven scattered among the nations will receive Jerusalem Mother quickly, so that the water of life from Mother will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.