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The Eternal Answer of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
The Answer of Eternity and Sanctuary that Moses Enjoyed (Exodus 3:6-12) 3/3/2024
There is a term that unbelievers use when hardships and suffering continue. They call it fate. It is something they cannot avoid nor escape from. There are individuals lost in that, families lost in that, and even nations.
Moses and the nation of Israel in the scriptures face the same thing. Moses was born in a nation that was in slavery and from parents who were slaves. He was abandoned near the river but was rescued by the princess. He then became a prince and grew up in the palace, but through a momentary mistake, he becomes a murderer and begins to run away. In the passage, Moses is 80 years old, barely living by tending sheep. It was quite a pitiful life.
However, Moses and Israel’s ancestors did not live that way. We’ve talked about people like Abraham all the way to Joseph, who truly enjoyed God’s blessings and were used as God’s witnesses of that age. After Joseph’s death, Israel faced 400 years of slavery under Egypt, and Moses was born during that age. That is our reality today and the reality of this age, and America. Through just one person like Moses, and remnants who came after Moses like Joshua and Caleb, everything can be restored. We can hold onto and enjoy the things that God gave, things that God will do, and things that God has prepared (Deuteronomy 33:7). God saved us as He saved Moses. He will use us as He used Moses, and He has promised us the future that He gave to Moses.
- We must first restore the blessing of salvation that restores all things (solution to past problems). It is something that God has given. Exodus is a book in the Bible that records how Moses and the Israelites escaped from fate-like curses.
1) Salvation is how God solved the problems of life that we could never resolve.
① If it is something that we can solve on our own with our intellect, effort, or actions, we do not use the word “salvation.” Every religion teaches that you can solve the impossible life problems with your actions and efforts. That is a lie! Even churches are becoming this way.
② Moses did not deliver his own life. Moses did not deliver Israel. He enjoyed God’s salvation and was used for God’s work of saving Israel.
2) How did God deliver Moses and Israel?
① God came to Moses and Israel, who had fallen into failure, suffering, and curses (Ex.3: 1-5). God chose Moses before creation and came to save. And He called Moses. He comes to us even now (Revelation 3:20). Today might b
e that day (2Corinthians 6:2).
② God told Moses, “I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob” (v.6). What did God repeatedly tell Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? He says, “go to Canaan,” and “stay in Canaan.” It is referring to Christ who will be coming to the land of Canaan. Fate and suffering will end, and you will be a blessing (Ephesians 1:3-5).
③ God said, “So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey” (v.8). Because we couldn’t do it, God came down in the form of the Son and became our true savior (Isaiah 7:14, John 1:12, 1John 3:8). When we accept this Christ, we become his son (John 14:6, Romans 8:15-17). This blessing is the Gospel, and enjoying this is the walk of faith. Moses’ ancestors enjoyed this blessing of the Gospel. Israel and Moses wasn’t able to enjoy this and thus lived in oppression (Matthew 10:6).
- Go into the blessing of being raised by God as the ones who will save this age (solution to present problems). God will accomplish it. It means that God will raise us as the witness, and He will send us to others like us and the world. That is the blessing of evangelism and missions.
1) “I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt” (v.10). Moses misunderstood and began asking, ““Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” (v.11).
2) God talked about three things. There are three methods by which God sends us to save people and the world (key to evangelism and missions).
① “I will be with you” (v.12). When we seek to be used by Christ, His authority and power will be with us. When we evangelize or devote ourselves to serve the Lord, His power will be with us. We have nothing to fear for He is with us, and no matter what problems Satan may send our way, it will not be a problem.
② Finally, “And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain” (v.12). It means that God will turn Moses’ pain, tears, and despair into evidence. All the people that are revived through Moses will also become evidence. This is the absolute reason for which God will change everything into evidence. Interpret everything with evangelism and missions (2Corinthians 5:20).
③ Go to Pharaoh and say nothing other than, “our people need to offer sacrifices to the Lord” (v.18). It is salvation bought with the sacrifice of Christ (Colossians 1:13-14). It is talking about the unique, absolute, and eternal Christ. Even when we just speak about the Christ that we realized and enjoy, darkness will be broken, fate of life will change, and people will be revived.
- It is the future that is prepared for Moses (solution to future problems). It is something that God has prepared (answer of eternity and sanctuary). Why did God allow the Red Sea and the wilderness? There were easier paths. It was because there were true answers to be enjoyed through those paths. God made them to prepare future, conquest of the Canaan.
1) They were told to keep the three feasts every year (Exodus 23:14-17). Make the blessings of a saved child of God your Imprint, Root, and Nature.
① Passover is the mystery by which we were freed from all fate and destiny. When they applied the blood, all curses passed, and darkness was broken (Exodus 12:27).
② Pentecost is the blessing of the First Fruits. This is the work of the Holy Spirit that is given to those who are saved. We can do anything with this blessing (Philippians 3:3).
③ Tabernacles is the blessing of Eternal Fruits. Our prayers, devotions, evangelism, and missions become eternal glory (Revelation 8:3, 2Timothy 4:8).
2) Make the Ark of the Covenant and always put it before you. There, I will meet with you and show you my works (Exodus 25:10-22). God says to put three things inside the Ark of the Covenant. It is the Ten Commandments that He gave, the Manna they ate in the wilderness, and Aaron’s sprouted staff.
① The Ten Commandments is the love of Christ. Grab a hold of the love of God that was revealed through Christ and put it into action (Galatians 3:24, Romans 13:8-10).
② The Manna is the providing of Christ. Do not be caught up on life but seek first His kingdom and His righteousness (Matthew 6:44).
② Aaron’s sprouted staff is the Life, Authority, and Power of Christ. There came a sprout on a dried-up staff and the enemies crumbled (1Peter 2:9).
3) Build a tabernacle and move according to it (Genesis 25-40). This is the blessing of the sanctuary.
① The tabernacle was built to worship God. It is our spiritual state of worshipping God, as well as the time and space.
② The sanctuary that lies in the very front of the tabernacle represents the Salvation that was fulfilled by the atoning sacrifice of Christ (Hebrews 9:12). The second sanctuary held the things that the priests had to do every day. This is the mystery of being victorious every day as saved people. In the center of the tabernacle, there was the Altar of Incense (today’s prayer), on the right was the Bread of Presence (today’s word), and on the left was the Golden Candlestick (today’s evangelism).
③ When the Israelites travelled, they were to put forth this tabernacle. When they stopped, the 12 tribes were to gather centered around the Tabernacle. Upon that Tabernacle came the Glory of God (Exodus 40:36), and the Israelites saw all evidences with their eyes (Exodus 40:38).
Conclusion – The God that raised and used Moses is our God. May that salvation, that enjoyment, and that future become ours.
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Answer of Eternity and Sanctuary that Joseph Enjoyed (Genesis 45:1-8) 2/25/2024
Joseph is a model of someone who was used for the conclusive blessing of world evangelism, which all saved people of God must experience and enjoy.
It is a blessing that was promised the moment we received salvation. It is the conclusion to every covenant. This is the conclusion of the covenant that God came and gave to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (Genesis 12:3, 26:4, 28:14) This is also the conclusion for all the problems and circumstances we face. This is the reason why God must heal and change all our scars, pain, and failures into evidence (last week’s message talked about Jacob as our model). Above all else, this is God’s heart (John 3:16, 1Timothy 2:4), and this is the absolute reason the world still exists (Matthew 24:14).
God has raised us and our church, despite our inadequacies, for world evangelism. He has given us much evidence up until now. Through Joseph, may we hold onto the conclusion for all problems and the conclusion of the blessing that we will enjoy throughout our entire lives. May this week be a time of experiencing the eternal and absolute answer, for which we can prepare ourselves, through the answer of the sanctuary.
- The work that God accomplished to use Joseph as the witness of world evangelism.
Why is this important? We are not the ones who can do world evangelism that will save 237 nations and 5000 people groups. It is something that God allows. God calls us, to use us (“Missio Dei”).
1) God chose Joseph. This is the beginning.
① God prepared the Gospel that will save all lives before creation, and He prepared His people that will be used as witnesses, for that Gospel. (Romans 16:25-26, Mark 3:13-15) The standard for that is according to what pleases God in His will, thus, His sovereignty.
② Why is it us? It is to save others alike, through us who are the weakest and most lacking. It is to therefore boast of only Christ. (1Corinthians 1:26-31) Will God not use those who are strong and complete? The fact is that there is no one complete before the eyes of God.
2) God trained Joseph, who He chose, to raise him as a witness. We must correctly realize the way God trains us. God sent Joseph, whose mother died early and grew up as a daddy’s boy, early into the world. He was able to experience in advance what kind of place the world is and the pain and suffering that people went through. (Hebrew 4:15 “sympathy”, God’s RUTC) The Bible tells us of at least three reasons why God allows suffering in our lives.
① It is God’s test to make us, who are lacking and weak, complete. (James 1:2-4) Through various problems and suffering, God heals our hidden scars. Only then, will we stop being deceived and stolen from ,by Satan. Joseph was always loved by his father. He grew up with a character that was hated by others. Only Joseph wore colored garments, he told on his older brothers, and even his dream shows of him boasting himself. (Genesis 37:1-5)
② God takes this Joseph through times of suffering to make him experience unique God. (Psalm 62:1-2) This is God’s time schedule. (Psalm 105:17-19) The 7 remnants all experienced this. It does not mean we do not need anything else (love, help from others). However, the love and help of others is not complete. We do not know what may happen. If Satan works, things can become fatal. The absolute love, absolute power, and absolute blessing that can surpass all things is only. (Genesis 39:2-5) That is why when problems come, we wait as we hold onto the covenant. (Lamentations: 3:26-30) We wait for God’s kingdom to come.
③ God allows us to enjoy important blessings of meetings within those times of suffering. (1Samuel 22:1-2) Joseph learns how to take care of a big house, when he goes as a slave to the house of the Egyptian general, (finances). He went to the palace and trained how to manage the finance of the nation. He was unjustly sent to prison but meets the people who used to work in the palace, (politics). Joseph received training to be a governor in the future within his suffering there. Are you going through suffering? It is a time of training for you to become a person of God, a person of only, and a person who will save the world.
- There are three things that were established in Joseph’s life through God. These are three blessings that bring no choice but to do world evangelism.
1) It was evidence that was made through suffering and pain. This is also the future that God prepares within suffering, and the key to evangelism.
① Joseph finally becomes governor and meets his brothers who sold him off to slavery. There is no doubt that he must have been hurt and lonely. He revealed himself to his brothers and cried our loud (vs.1-2).
② Joseph then confirms the reason he was sent to Egypt as a slave and ultimately became the governor in the palace. His family came all the way to Egypt which became the region of Palestine, which faced 7 years of famine. Joseph realizes that God sent him ahead to save those lives, and to save all the lives of Egypt (vs.8). Hold onto all problems and pain that you go through as God’s absolute plan and evangelism to save people like yourself and the future.
2) It was the heart and love of God that was placed within his heart, within his problems and suffering. This is another key to being used as an evangelist.
① He was abandoned by his physical family, but he experienced the love of God that never forsook him. The foundation of being able to love and help everyone was made through that time.
② It was the character and lifestyle that was able to share and give what he had. Giving is not conditional. We can be this way when we realize that our salvation, as well as the fact that we can stand here through all our times of pain. It is through the unconditional grace and unlimited love of God. Because we received it unconditionally, we can give unconditionally (Agape Love).
③ His brothers committed evil to Joseph, but he shared with them what God gave him. This is the true blessing of the sanctuary. It is our spiritual state that reflects God’s character (mercy, forgiveness, giving) within us.
3) It is the answer of the future and the eternal blessing that was created through his life. Joseph lived for one generation, but the legacy that he left behind was eternal.
① Through the brothers that he saved and their descendants, the 12 tribes of Israel are formed. (Revelation 7:4-9) Through the 12 tribes came innumerable saved people of God, thus all the nations and peoples that are saved. That gospel has reached us. This is eternal world evangelism.
② Later, they become a great nation and enter Canaan just as it was promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. In that land of Canaan, Christ, who solved all curses and granted blessings of the heavenly throne came down. That Christ has now told us to spread this Gospel to all nations and make disciples of all nations.
③ The spiritual leaders that came through the descendant of Joseph (Deborah, Gideon, Machir, Amnon, Judges and Joshua). God will raise spiritual summits that save the future through us and our church. This is the absolute reason for our remnant ministry.
Conclusion – All our pain and suffering is God’s absolute conclusion. May it be a time of preparing for the holy sanctuary. That is the greatest and eternal answer for world evangelism (Religious reformation leader Saint Bernard’s On the Love of God)
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The Answer of Eternity and Sanctuary that Jacob Enjoyed (Genesis 32:22-30) 2/18/2024.
Jacob is a model for saved people of God who have remaining scars and weaknesses but receive healing and blessings and are ultimately used by God. Bible scholars say that Jacob is a model of someone who was full of faults but overcame everything and reached sanctification.
We cannot speak of all the failures and suffering that Jacob faced (Genesis 47:9). If we look closely, our lives are the same.
At a young age, he deceives his father and lives as a fugitive. When he finally returns to his homeland, he is not able to meet his parents. He goes to the land of Haran where his uncle is, and he deeply suffers there. He returns to Canaan but on the way his daughter gets sexually assaulted. It results in a war with Canaanites that lead him and his family to the brink of death. However, God does not give up on Jacob. He heals Jacob to raise him to a place of eternal answers and blessings.
- We need to know the reasons for Jacob’s failures.
1) He was born as a twin. This can be a blessing, or it can cause great scars.
When the two brothers were in the womb, God told the parents that they will split into two nations. The parents did not realize this (Genesis 25:23).
2) If the parents held onto God’s plan and helped them well, they would have grown to bless each other. The father loved Esau because he liked the meats that Esau hunted and brought home. The mother loved Jacob. The parents showed favoritism (Genesis 25:28). Growing up seeing that from their parents, they constantly fought for the right of the first-born (Genesis 25:29-30).
3) Later on, the mother disguises Jacob and Esau and sends him to his father to receive the blessings from God (Genesis 27:5-23). Jacob learned to lie and use humanism from his parents.
4) There is something decisive. They were not able to relay God’s covenant that their two sons must hold onto for their entire lives. Isaac himself was relayed the accurate covenant by his father Abraham, and he saw how his father obeyed God and lived, as a servant of God. He enjoyed blessings throughout his entire life, but he failed to do the same to his children.
- How does God heal and use this, Jacob? There are three ways God gave healing. It is heartbreaking to see people fall into the world, face failures and suffering because their parents and the church failed to relay the covenant. However, God never gives up on his people. He heals them and blesses them through all problems and incidents.
1) God comes to Jacob and tells him of His absolute plan, (covenant) for the chosen people (fundamental healing). To save others and save the posterity, we must plant God’s absolute covenant in them and begin with fundamental healing. God came to Jacob and gave him this covenant when he was on the run, after deceiving his father and fell asleep in fear (Genesis 28:13-15). It was nothing special. It was the covenant that God repeatedly emphasized as He chose Abraham and Isaac.
① “I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.” It is the covenant of the Canaan land, and the covenant of Christ. All we need to do is go into Canaan and remain there. It means never lose hold of Christ that will come to that land. The moment you step into Canaan, you are freed from all authorities of fate, curses, and hell (Romans 8:1-2). The enemy Satan will continue to deceive our lives and drive us into failure, but we have the authority to overcome with the name of Christ (1 John 3:8). We, who could not dare to reach God in all our transgressions and sin, can now go to Him (John 14:6).
② “Your descendants will multiply and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.” Your family and your children will be blessed, and they will stand as people who will save the world. This is the covenant of “witness” and the covenant of “world evangelism”. God will use all our pain and failures to save people like us and people of all nations.
③ “I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you (Gen.28:15 NIV).” This is God’s method of blessing us. It is the blessing of “With, Immanuel, and Oneness”. God himself will help us. We must enjoy this blessing 24 hours. If we hold onto this covenant in whatever crisis and despair, there will be nothing to fear. Nothing will be impossible.
④ This is where Jacob experiences the first blessing of the sanctuary. He named the land where God came to him, Bethel. He makes three resolutions. He resolved that God will be his God, that the place will be God’s temple, and he will give a tenth of all that God gave for the rest of his life. If you live your entire life with this confession and heart your life will be different, (fundamental healing). Your destiny will change. You will become a witness in your field. Financial problems will be resolved, and the economy of light, economy of missions, and economy of the future will follow.
2) God forms Jacob through all incidents that he goes through, (Life Healing). When we talk about “life” it includes character, objectivity, sociability, and responsibility, (our vessel to hold God’s blessings).
① Jacob learns what it means to be diligent when he goes to his uncle Laban’s house and labors for years. One day after working for his uncle for 20 years he said, “I worked as the heat consumed me in the daytime and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes” (Gen.31:40 NIV). His uncle acknowledges the 7 remnants were trained that way, Joseph in Genesis 39:4-5 and David in Psalm 78:72).
② As he tended his flocks, if there were any that were sick or missing, he bore the loss himself and replaced them. This is responsibility. These people will surely succeed and be used by God in their families and workplaces.
③ Ultimately, Jacob returns to his brother. He approaches him first to apologize, and they restore their relationship in tears (Genesis 33:3-4). It is great courage to be able to acknowledge your wrongdoings and approach them to apologize. All closed paths will open.
3) In decisive times of crisis and despair, God makes Jacob experience a deep relationship with God (Spiritual Healing). Spiritual healing can also mean the healing of spiritual problems that drill deeply into our scars and weaknesses. However, there is a more important spiritual healing. We are being healed as people who will enjoy a deep relationship with God.
① Jacob was terrified to meet his brother after 20 years. He sent away his family and was left at the Jabbok River alone (vs.24). This shows how important alone time is (Summit Time). He wrestled someone all night until his hip was wrenched (vs.25). It was a time when he prayed in tears (Hosea 12:4).
② At this time through the angel, God changes Jacob’s name to Israel (vs.28). A name that used to mean competition and scars (“grabbed the ankle”) changes to a name that means “fought against God and won.” How would we ever overcome God? It means that Jacob, who was full of scars, moved the heart of God (Spiritual Summit).
③ He called that place “Peniel” (the face of God) (vs.30). He once again enjoyed the deep blessing of the sanctuary. Are you facing unjust suffering? Are you going through a shameful fall? It is a time to experience God deeply.
Conclusion – God heals Jacob this way to finally make him the main figure of eternal answers and blessings. Through Jacob’s 12 sons, the 12 tribes are made (Revelation 7:4-8). Through Joseph, he shows us the answer to change the age. Through his descendants, Christ comes. May we hold onto this covenant of Jacob and experience a deep time throughout the week.
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The Answer of Eternity and Sanctuary that Isaac Enjoyed (Genesis 26:12-25) 2/11/2024
If we can enjoy the answers and blessings that Isaac enjoyed, it will not matter how challenging this world is. Even if darkness covers the earth and incomprehensible conflicts, problems, and suffering continue, those things will come as greater blessings. In the end, through this answer and blessing, we will be used to save crumbling churches, fields, and the posterity to save 237 nations and 5000 people groups. There are three representative answers and blessings that Isaac enjoyed throughout his life. He is the model of the answers and blessings that we will enjoy.
First, when famine struck Canaan, he went down to the land where the Philistines lived to grow crops. That year, he received a hundred-fold (12). For a shepherd who used to ten sheep to growing cops is a great challenge. However, Isaac looked upon God as he farmed, and God blessed this Isaac. No matter how difficult the economy is, if God blesses us, we can become truly wealthy like Isaac (economy of light, economy of missions, economy of future). This is a life of enjoying the eternal inheritance that God gives.
Second, Isaac was facing conflicts with the Philistines from their jealousy, but he was able to yield everything. It was not that he had to yield because he lacked power. God gave him something deeper (“the source of wells”) and something greater (“Rehoboth”). Even if he yielded, he lost nothing. If you experience such answers from God, you are able to share and give freely. That becomes God’s masterpiece.
Third, the king of Philistine and leaders came to Abraham and acknowledged, “you are blessed by the Lord.” This was the blessing of conclusion. Unbelievers and enemies who used to give you a hard time, acknowledged. It was not only human enemies. The forces of darkness that deceives our lives and brings us suffering will crumble (Deuteronomy 33:29, Romans 16:20). Isaac was sworn to that they will never bring harm to him again. He makes a feast for them and sent them away peacefully. This land was named, “Beersheba” (“7 wells,” “well of the treaty”), and this brings tremendous meaning for later on. To this day, the region of Beersheba becomes the border of southern Israel. It became an eternal inheritance that was relayed to future generations.
We must hold onto the three mysteries by which Isaac was able to enjoy this answer and blessing.
- This answer and blessing was something rightful for a saved person of God to enjoy.
1) This blessing is what God promised as he chose Abraham and sent him to Canaan (5 blessings we shared about last week) There was no other condition. God told him to go to the land that he has prepared and will show. That was the land where Christ was to come. “Go to Canaan” and “live in this land” (2) means to remain in Christ’s covenant. As the true priest, he freed us (Romans 8:1-2), as the true king he destroyed the work of Satan (1John 3:8), and as the true prophet he became our eternal way (John 14:6). This is where all life’s problems end (John 19:30).
2) What answers and blessings did God promise if Isaac stayed in Canaan? (3-4)
① God told him, “I will be with you.” If God is with us, our lives, and in all the things that we do, then who can block us? If you can realize that God is with you and can enjoy that 24 hours, then there is nothing for you to fear. He has prepared our way (7 journeys), he accompanies us (7 guide signs), and he gives us victory over the world (7 bartizans).
② “I will bless you and to you and your descendants, I will give all these lands” It means he will bless us so that we can conquer the world and live a life that saves others. He will give us evidence to be witnesses to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8). All the answers that Isaac enjoyed were God’s promises fulfilled. All we need to do is hold onto this promise, believe in it, and enjoy it (Isaiah 55:11).
③ “All nations on earth will be blessed through you.” According to God’s promise, Christ comes as a descendant of Abraham and Isaac (Galatians 3:16), and that gospel reached us. We must now relay this gospel to the net generation. That is why we focus on remnant ministry (Sunday School, Summit School, Preschool).
- This blessing had no choice but to be fulfilled in Isaac’s life and was something necessary and inevitable.
1) Before God fulfilled answers and blessings for Isaac, there was a covenant that He made with Abraham. As he commanded Abraham to be circumcised, God said to Abraham, “I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you” (Genesis 17:7). This is where infant baptism came from. There are tremendous blessings to be enjoyed by people who have been chosen from the womb and baptized as infants.
2) Abraham did at least three things to relay to Isaac the covenant and blessings that he held onto.
① God said to Isaac, “I will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham” (3). As God gave his covenant, he swore an oath. Abraham believed. God fulfilled according to that faith. It was Abraham’s faith. It was necessary (1John 5:10). That is why the covenant and faith that the parents hold onto are so important. It becomes fulfilled in the lives of their posterity.
② It says, “because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions” (5). Abraham moved and followed the Word as God gave him the Word. It was Abraham’s obedience. Do not be shaken by people, circumstance, and reality, but meditate upon the Word, follow the Word, and train a life that obeys the Word (Psalm 103:17).
③ it says, “I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham” (24). God referred to Abraha, as his servant. That is why living as servants of God and church officers is important. There are prayers and devotions made in those positions. None of it will fall to the ground. It will become eternal answers (Matthew 10:42, 1Corinthians 15:58).
- This answer and blessings were something absolute, which had no choice but to come as works of transcending time and space and unprecedented works in Isaac’s life. Isaac made mistakes life his father and was weak as ever (Genesis 26:6-11). Isaac knew that about himself. So he always meditated upon the Word (Genesis 24:63), and called on the name of the Lord and built an altar (worship) during important times (25). This is the blessing of sanctuary.
1) Meditate on the Word so that the Word becomes imprinted in you and begins to dominate you (bartizan of meditation). You will be able to experience the 7 journeys. Secular meditation is about emptying yourself. Meditation is filling yourself with the Word and remaining inside the Word always (John 15:7). You need to have a time of meditation for the Word to become imprinted. Only when it is imprinted will the Word become your standard of thoughts in times of problems, crises, and conflicts.
2) Cherish the time of worship and become a person that devotes to worship (bartizan of worship). You will be able to experience the 7 bartizans. Make worship most valuable to you. Then you are making God the most valuable to you. Prepare for worship in advance (plan and preparation for worship). Through that worship, God of the heavenly throne works upon us and mobilizes his heavenly army.
3) Prepare yourself to be able to save your field (school, work, business, region). You will be able to experience the 7 guide signs. The Philistine king and the people around him become changed. Continue to break down the darkness and pray. That is evangelism. Proclaiming the gospel to the ends of the earth for new works to arise is God’s conclusion (Matthew 24:14). Absolute answers have no choice but to come.
Conclusion – May you hold the covenant and raise up the three bartizans in this difficult age so that the answers that Isaac enjoyed become our eternal answers.
The Answer of Eternity and Sanctuary that Isaac Enjoyed (Genesis 26:12-25) 2/11/2024 February 11, 20241,2,3 RUTC 응답의 영원 : 이삭이 누린 영원과 성소의 응답(창26:12-25) 2/11/2024
이삭이 누린 응답과 축복을 우리가 누릴 수 있다면 세상이 아무리 어려워도 상관이 없을 것이다. 온 땅에 흑암이 덮어 여러 가지 이해할 수 없는 갈등, 문제, 고통이 올 것이지만 더 큰 축복이 될 것이다. 마침내 이 응답과 축복으로 우리는 무너지는 교회, 현장, 후대를 살리고, 237 모든 나라와 오천 종족을 살릴 만큼 쓰일 받을 것이다.
이삭이 평생 누린 대표적인 응답과 축복 세가지가 있다. 우리가 누릴 응답과 축복의 모델이다.
첫째, 가나안에 기근이 오자 블레셋 족속들이 사는 땅으로 내려가서 농사를 지었는데, 그 해 백배를 얻었다(12절).
양을 치던 목자가 농사를 짓는다는 것은 굉장한 도전이다. 그러나 이삭은 정말 하나님을 바라보고 농사를 지었고, 하나님은 이 이삭을 축복하셨다고 했다. 아무리 세계 경제가 어려워도 하나님이 우리를 축복하면 이삭처럼 거부(빛의 경제, 선교 경제, 미래 경제)가 될 수 있다. 이것이 하나님이 주시는 영원한 기업을 누리는 삶이다.
둘째, 이때 이삭은 블레셋사람들의 시기를 받아 갈등이 생기나 다 양보할 수 있었다. 힘이 없어 양보한 게 아니다. 하나님은 더 깊은 것(“샘의 근원”)을 주시고, 더 큰 것(“르호봇”)을 주셨기 때문이다. 양보해도 잃는 것이 없었다.
이런 하나님의 응답을 누리면 마음껏 나누고 베풀고 살 수 있다. 그것이 하나님의 작품이 되는 것이다.
셋째, 블레셋의 왕과 주변의 지도자들이 와서 아브라함에게 “너는 여호와께 복을 받은 사람이라”고 인정을 한다. 이것이 결론의 축복이었다. 불신자가 인정하고, 내게 고통을 주던 대적들이 인정을 한 것이다. 사람의 대적만이 아니다. 그렇게도 우리 인생을 속이고, 고통을 가져다주는 어둠의 세력들이 무너지는 것이다(신33:29, 롬16:20).
이때 이삭은 그들이 다시는 해를 끼치지 않을 것을 맹세 받고, 잔치를 베풀고 축복해서 보낸다.
이 땅을 “브엘세바”(“7개의 우물”, “맹세의 우물”)라고 이름을 지었는데, 이것이 훗날 엄청난 의미가 된다.
오늘날까지 브엘세바 지역이 이스라엘의 남쪽 국경이 된다. 미래의 후대에게 남겨 준 영원한 유산이 된 것이다.
이삭이 이 응답과 축복을 누릴 수 있었던 세가지 비밀을 우리가 붙잡고 누리면 된다.
- 이 응답과 축복이 구원받은 자가 누릴 당연한 것이었다.
1) 아브라함을 택하여 가나안으로 보내놓고 약속한 축복이 이것이었다(지난 주 다섯가지의 축복)
다른 조건은 없다. 내가 준비하고 지시하는 약속의 땅 가나안으로 가라는 것이다. 그 가나안이 그리스도 오시는 땅이다. “가나안으로 가라”, “가나안에 거주하라”(2절)는 말은 그리스도의 언약 속에 있으라는 것이다.
참 제사장으로 우리를 해방시키셨고(롬8:1-2), 참 왕으로 우리의 대적 마귀의 일을 멸하셨고(요일3:8),
참 선지자로 우리의 영원한 길이 되어주신 것이다(요14:6). 여기서 인생 모든 문제가 끝나는 것이다(요19:30)
2) 이 가나안에 머물면 어떤 응답과 축복을 약속하셨는가?(3-4절)
① “내가 너와 함께 있을 것이라”고 했다. 하나님이 나, 내 인생, 나의 모든 일에 함께 하는데, 누가 막을 수 있나?
정말로 하나님이 나와 함께 하는 것이 깨달아지고 24로 누린다면 아무 것도 두려울 것이 없다.
그분이 내길을 준비하셨고(7대여정), 나와 동행하여 인도하시고(7대이정표), 세상을 승리하게하신다(7대망대)
② “내가 네게 복을 주어 이 모든 땅을 너와 네 자손에게 주리라”고 하셨다.
실제로 세상을 정복하고, 살리는 인생을 살도록 축복하시겠다는 것이다. 그래서 땅끝까지 가서 증인이 될 수
밖에 없도록 증거를 주신다는 것이다(행1:8). 이삭이 누린 응답이 전부 하나님 약속한 대로 이루어진 것이다.
우리는 이 약속을 붙잡고, 믿고, 누리기만 하면 된다(사55:11)
③ “네 자손으로 인하여 천하만민이 복을 받을 것이라”고 했다.
이 약속대로 아브라함과 이삭의 후손으로 그리스도가 오시고(갈3:16), 그 복음이 우리에게까지 온 것이다.
이 복음을 다음 세대에 전달해주고 가야 한다. 그래서 렘넌트 사역(주일학교, 써밋스쿨, 프리스쿨)을 집중한다.
- 이 축복이 이삭의 삶에 성취될 수 밖에 없는 필연적(Necessary, Inevitable) 인 것이었다.
1) 하나님이 이 응답과 축복을 이삭에게 이루기 전에 먼저 그 아버지 아브라함과 맺은 언약이 있었다.
아브라함에게 할례를 명령하면서 “내가 너와 언약을 세워 너와네후손의 영원한 하나님이 되리라”했다(창17:7). 유아세례가 여기서 온 것이다. 모태로부터 선택받아 유아 세례를 받은 사람들이 누릴 축복이 엄청난 것이다.
2) 아브라함이 자신이 붙잡고 누린 이 언약과 축복을 이삭에게 계승시키기 위해 적어도 세가지를 한 것이다.
① 하나님이 이삭에게 말하기를 “내가 네 아버지 아브라함에게 맹세한 것을 이룬다”고 했다(3절).
하나님은 언약을 주시며 맹세했다. 아브라함은 믿었다. 하나님은 그 믿음대로 성취하셨다. 아브라함의 믿음이다.
필연적인 것이다(요일5:10). 그래서 부모가 붙잡은 언약과 믿음이 중요하다. 그렇게 후대의 인생 속에 성취된다.
② “아브라함이 내 말을 순종하고, 내 명령과 법과 지시를 따랐기 때문이라”고 했다(5절)
아브라함이 하나님이 말씀을 주시는대로, 그 말씀 따라 움직인 사람이다. 아브라함의 순종이다.
사람, 환경, 현실에 흔들리지 말고, 말씀 묵상하고, 말씀 따라가고, 말씀에 순종하는 삶을 훈련해보라(시103:17)
③ “내 종 아브라함을 위하여 내가 너와 함께 있어 너를 축복하고 네 자손을 번성하게 하리라”고 했다(24절)
아브라함을 향해 “내 종”이라고 했다. 우리가 주의 종으로 살고, 중직자로 사는 것이 그래서 중요하다.
그 속에서 하는 기도와 헌신이 있다. 하나도 땅에 떨어지지 않고, 영원한 응답이 된다(마10:42, 고전15:58)
- 이 응답과 축복은 이삭의 삶에 시공간 초월, 전무후무한 역사로 올 수 밖에 없는 절대적인 것이었다.
이삭도 아버지처럼 실수도 했고, 연약하기가 짝이 없었던 사람이었다(창26:6-11). 이삭은 그런 자신을 알았다. 그래서 말씀을 묵상하고(창24:63), 제단(예배)을 쌓고 여호와의 이름을 불렀다(25절). 이것이 성소의 축복이다.
1) 말씀이 내 안에 각인되고 나를 지배할 수 있도록 말씀 묵상하라(묵상의 망대). 7대 여정이 체험될 것이다.
명상은 나를 비우는 것이지만 묵상은 내 안에 말씀을 채우고, 항상 말씀 안에 있는 것이다(요15:7)
평상시 묵상의 시간을 가져 말씀이 각인되어야 문제, 위기, 갈등이 올 때 말씀이 내 모든 생각의 기준이 된다. 2) 예배를 소중히 여기고, 예배에 헌신하는 사람이 되라(예배의 망대). 7대 망대가 체험될 것이다.
예배를 소중히 여기라. 하나님을 소중히 여기는 것이다. 그래서 예배를 미리 준비하라(예배를 위한 계획, 준비)
그 예배를 통해 하늘 보좌의 하나님이 우리 가운데 역사하시고, 하늘의 군대도 동원되는 것이다.
3) 내 현장(학교, 직장, 사업, 지역)의 사람들을 살릴 준비를 하고 살라(전도의 망대). 7대 이정표가 체험될 것이다.
그렇게 힘들게 하던 블레셋의 왕과 그 주변의 사람들이 바뀐다. 계속 흑암꺽으며 기도해보라. 이것이 전도이다.
이 복음이 땅끝까지 전해져 새역사가 시작되는 것이 하나님결론이다(마24:14). 절대적응답이 올 수 밖에 없다.
결론-이 어려운 마지막 때에 언약을 붙잡고 세가지 망대를 세워 이삭이 누린 응답이 우리의 영원한 응답이 되기를 축복한다.
이삭이 누린 영원과 성소의 응답(창26:12-25) 2/11/2024 February 11, 2024Eternal Answer of 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
The Answer of Eternity and Sanctuary that Abraham Enjoyed (Genesis 12:1-5) 2/4/2024
We are talking about the two spiritual answers that God's people must enjoy this year. It is the answer of eternity and the answer of the sanctuary.
Answer of eternity refers to the spiritual blessings and spiritual power that only God can give (spirituality, spiritual summit). Because it is something spiritual, it is an unlimited power that transcends time and space and is connected to the eternal world and the future.
The answer of sanctuary refers to our vessel that God has no choice but to bless and use (Wednesday service). Your life that has been saved is the sanctuary (1 Corinthians 3:16), and your spiritual state of enjoying God deeply is the sanctuary (1 Corinthians 2:10-12). Moreover, all meetings and places where God’s people who enjoy Him gather is the sanctuary (Matthew 28:18-20).
When these two things are enjoyed and established as an unshakable system (bartizan), at least three things will happen.
First, the forces of Satan that are driving our lives and the world into darkness, conflicts, and suffering will crumble.
Second, our studies, work, business, effort, and devotion, however small, will become masterpieces that reveal God’s glory.
Third, through that, we will save 237 nations and all peoples. We will remain as the eternal legacy that saves the posterity. Following the account of Noah, this week, we will take a look at the evidence of the answer of eternity and sanctuary that Abraham enjoyed.
- What kind of person was Abraham?
Originally, he lived during the age of Babel Tower where people worshipped idols and strove to uplift their own names. In families, households, and nations with strong idol worship, immense spiritual problems strike them (depression, mental disorders, passing down spiritual problems).
1) This is when God chose Abraham and told him to go to the land of Canaan (1).
① God came to Abraham. This is the beginning of salvation. God chose before creation, and He comes to find (Revelation 3:20).
② He came to Abraham and said, “leave your country, your people, and your father’s household and go to the land that I will show you.” That is the land of Canaan which Christ came. What is it mean? This is the blessing of salvation that brings you out of all fate, curses, and authority of Satan and into God’s blessings.
2) How did he explain and promise that blessing of salvation (2-3)? God promised tremendous blessings after receiving salvation.
① “You will be a blessing” (foundational blessings). The life that was bound to live in suffering and curses on earth filled with idols and darkness became a child of God that will enjoy those blessings (Ephesians 1:3-5). Our foundation (destiny) has changed.
② “I will make you into a great nation” (representative blessings). Through you, your household and your family line will receive God’s blessings. For those of you coming from a unbelieving background, even if you face hardships, hold onto this covenant and do not shake.
③ “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse” (irresistible blessings). What blocks our way and curses us are not just people. This is a blessing that breaks down the forces of darkness and Satan working in the background.
④ “All peoples on earth will be blessed through you” (historical blessings). God will give evidence to the extent of saving the age you live in. He will bless our studies and businesses to bring evidence. He will make even our diseases, pain, failures, and tears into evidence to save this age.
⑤ Beyond that, there are blessings (14:16, 22:18). “Through your offspring (posterity), all the nations of the earth will be blessed” (monumental blessings). Through Abraham’s descendants, Christ comes. We do not know what kind of historical figures who will fulfill God’s will could arise through our posterity. This is why we focus on remnant ministry. Our spiritual posterity will arise together.
- The work that Abraham did holding onto the covenant.
1) He held onto what God promised. That is called “faith that holds onto the covenant” (there are many misunderstandings about faith).
① Hold firmly to the covenant (imprint, root, nature). This is why God told Abraham to get circumcised (Genesis 17:11). This means you will deem the blood as evidence of the covenant (blood of Christ, covenant of Calvary) and keep it as a sign on your body to cherish.
② Abraham went through a lot of failures, but God found favor in Abraham for holding onto His promise in faith (Romans 4:3). When does this faith come? It comes when you try to hold onto the Word and follow the word (Romans 10:17).
2) Abraham followed what God promised (4). He held onto the Word and followed the Word to Canaan. Make a resolution starting with small things. All resolutions made by people of faith are not small. Hardships may come by. However, it is rather a time of training your faith to grow stronger and deeper.
3) There is something that Abraham did very well to hold onto that promise of God and not falter. Every time God gave His promise, he built an altar before God (7-8). This is the worship and prayer that we give.
① Only then, will we not be deceived when our circumstances and realities are difficult (Ephesians 6:10-11).
② That is when God sends his watchmen (angels) and works without rest (Isaiah 62:6-7). Enjoy the worship-oriented life. Hold onto the covenant of 3,9,3 and truly enjoy prayer. Unprecedented works will arise.
- There are two spiritual systems that he made throughout his life as he enjoyed this blessing (eternity system, sanctuary system). There was a time in Abraham’s life where he had to make a choice with absolute faith. That is when this was created.
1) It is a system that was created when Abraham sent away his nephew, Lot, as he blessed him, even after numerous conflicts. Abraham chose God’s eternal things.
① Abraham brought with him his nephew, who lost his parents, into Canaan. As time went on, they began facing conflicts about property. Abraham lets Lot choose his land first because he doesn’t want to show God’s people fighting over property (Sodom and Gomorrah).
② God then comes to Abraham and tells him that all the land he sees northward, southward, eastward, and westward will be given to him and his offspring (Genesis 13:14-18). That land is Jerusalem, and through his descendants, Christ comes. It becomes a system through which all nations live (eternity system).
2) It is a system that was created when he sacrificed his only son Isaac, whom he had after a very long time of prayer. Abraham chose God (sanctuary).
① Abraham believed that even if he kills Isaac as a sacrifice, God will bring him back to life (Hebrews 11:19). That is how deep his relationship with God was. All our devotions must stem from this.
② This event of Abraham sacrificing his son becomes a prophecy of Calvary, where God killed his son to save us. “Your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.” This covenant was fulfilled.
③ What was the answer that God gave in that time of his decision? It was the answer of Jehovah Jireh (Genesis 22:14). God poured down everything that He had prepared for the remainder of Abraham’s life. This is the answer of the sanctuary.
Conclusion – Our fundamentals have been changed after receiving salvation. As much as you restore your faith, you will experience the answer of Jehovah Jireh all your life. When you need to make a choice, may you choose God, choose the things of God, and choose the things that God has prepared.
The Answer of Eternity and Sanctuary that Abraham Enjoyed (Genesis 12:1-5) 2/4/2024 February 4, 2024The Eternal Answer of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
The Answer of Eternity and Sanctuary that Noah Enjoyed(Genesis 6:9-16)
The Answer of eternity and the blessing of the sanctuary mean the same thing and are interconnected.
Why are believers in difficulties? Why is it so hard to live in this world? Why are they often mocked and oppressed? It is the same reason the Israelites who were chosen first were captivated, enslaved, and colonized by the world.
It is because they lost hold of the blessings that God gave when they received salvation (identity, authority, and inheritance of a child of God) and the blessings of eternity. Many look towards the visible things, the physical things, the worldly things, and are seized by them. We think that those type of blessings are all there is. People don't know that the world is covered by darkness (Isaiah 60:2), and that darkness controls those things (John 14:30, Ephesians 2:2-3, Ephesians 6:12).
God wants us to enjoy His blessings, spiritual blessings in our lives. Spiritual things transcend time and space, it is a power without limits, and unprecedented and never-repeated works will arise. It becomes the power of light that breaks down the power of darkness. Combined, we call that the blessing of eternity and blessing of the sanctuary. When we can understand, realize, and experience this spiritual blessing, we will have nothing to fear. We will be able to save the 237 nations, the posterity, and the future.
All we need is to find those individuals as our models and the models for our church. The first of them is Noah and the blessing of eternity and sanctuary that he enjoyed.
- There is something we must first hold onto in order to enjoy this blessing as our own.
1) Mystery of salvation. Our past, present, and future are all guaranteed (Blessing of fundamentals).
① Noah’s salvation was Gods calling and choice (Genesis 6:1-8, Romans 8:30). From Noah's past, God decided to deliver him, chose him, and called him. Many people hold onto the painful memories and scars of the past. God knew even those things. To deliver us from a life stuck in destiny, God freed us within Christ (Romans 8:1-2, Colossians 1:13-14).
② Noah’s reality was an age full of corruption, curses, and darkness. The age we are living in now is the same. Even unbelievers are warning people about the extinction of mankind and the earth. Within that, God was with Noah. He allowed Noah to hold onto God’s righteousness and accompanied him (9). It says that Christ entered into the sanctuary and obtained eternal redemption (Hebrews 9:12), and gave us eternal inheritance (Hebrews 9:15).
③ The future that awaited Noah was destruction and judgment. We are also living in such an age (Matthew 24:3-31). We live without knowing that the day of destruction will come like the judgment of the flood (Matthew 24:37-39). God told Noah about the blessing of the ark and led him, his family, and his descendants to receive salvation.
2) Mystery of the gospel. He gave the grace for all to receive salvation (Blessing of the grace, Genesis 6:8, 1Corinthians 15:10, Acts 20:24).
① God allowed all who entered the ark to be saved. All that any sinner needs to do is to enter. All they need to do is to realize their transgressions and sins, and accept the Christ that took on those transgressions and sins (Revelation 3:20).
② If you enter the ark, it becomes complete salvation. You are now in Christ. Not even the flood can swallow you. No curses (original sin, Satan, hell) can swallow you. This is why God instructed Noah to use gopher wood and coat it with pitch.
③ The moment you enter the ark, you become someone that will enjoy God’s eternal blessings. After the ark, new works begin through Noah’s family. This is why we are called a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17). When Christ returns, God will create the new heavens and new earth through us and those who went up to heaven before us.
3) Mystery of evangelism and missions(Blessing of true conquest). Noah was used as the evangelist of that age (2Peter 2:5).
① God will save us to save our families, fields, and the world (Acts 1:8). That is why when you are revived, your field becomes revived (upper room). God will make us, who are weak and lacking, and even are pain into a message that can save the world (meaning of Moses’ 40 years of wilderness).
② Now, people come into the ark that we put our devotions into making and gain life (bartizan, system). That is why the prayers and devotions that go into evangelizing is important (family, workplace, region).
③ God gave all the wisdom, power, and the finances to build that ark. They are Christ’s ambassadors (2 Corinthians 5:20). This is the life of an evangelism disciple (12 apostles of Matthew 10, 70 worker disciples of Luke 10, main figures of Rome evangelization of Romans 16).
- Ultimately, what was the answer that Noah enjoyed as he held onto this blessing?
1) Answer of eternity. Noah enjoyed the blessings of the eternal God.
① As he built the ark, in every moment and every step, Noah listened to God’s word and enjoyed spiritual blessings (John 6:63). That was revealed as unprecedented and never-repeated answers. That is why the kind of Word we listen to is important. These answers begin when we listen to the Word of the gospel (Romans 10:17), and the spiritual Word (John 6:68).
② Noah built the ark as he held onto that Word and prayed, and that became the masterpiece that saved the age. If we hold onto the spiritual Word and follow it, our pain and the small things we do can become such a masterpiece (Pilgrim’s Progress).
③ Later, that ark became a prophecy of the Christ who will come as our eternal savior. That was the eternal masterpiece that saved all ages. God also used Rahab, who was a prostitute, as well as Ruth, who has a painful past in marriage.
2) Answer of the sanctuary. They enjoyed the blessing where their life and the church that he served became the eternal sanctuary.
① The sanctuary is a place where God resides with us, as well as a place and a state of enjoying God deeply (God’s kingdom means the same). Continue to train yourself in taking the time to enjoy God deeply in your daily life (worship prayer, scheduled prayer, meditative prayer, 24 prayer). When important times or crises come, make it a time to enjoy God even more deeply (reason for one window on the ceiling of the ark).
② That is when we can surpass all things and enjoy answers that transcend all things. We can overcome even our individual weaknesses, powerlessness, and scars and they turn into answers. With what strength do you think Noah was able to build the ark? How will we save America and the 237 nations? We must enjoy this answer (Genesis 39:5, Acts 8:4-8, Acts 28:30-31).
③ We can enjoy this answer and be used for the work that pleases God. We will leave behind the eternal legacy. God took care of Noah’s health, finances, and future perfectly. He saved up and prepared for the future (21). The vessel to save your precious things and devote that to the work that God desires is the sanctuary.
Conclusion – It is a difficult age that we live in. All we need is to enjoy eternal answers (spirituality) and enjoy the answer of the sanctuary (vessel that God use)
The Answer of Eternity and Sanctuary that Noah Enjoyed(Genesis 6:9-16) Genesis 6:9-16Eternal Answer of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
Challenge Toward the Eternal Legacy (Acts 11:19-26) 1/21/24
We are sharing the three blessings (eternal inheritance, eternal masterpiece, eternal legacy) within the covenant “eternal answer” we held onto this year.
“Eternal Inheritance” is the blessing we received when we received salvation in Christ (combined into 7 journeys, 7 bartizans, 7 guide signs). We must stand firm and wait as we continuously go through spiritual training so that we experience this throughout our entire lives and it becomes ours.
“Eternal Masterpiece” is the blessing that God creates with all our things. Even with small things, try to concentrate holding onto only Christ, only God’s kingdom, and only the power of the Holy Spirit. Your life itself and your everything will become a masterpiece.
The “Eternal Legacy” that we will hold onto this week is something that God desires to leave behind through us. Why is this important?
First, God has chosen and delivered our lives long before creation. That is how important our lives are. So rightfully, what our lives leave behind will be important. It is the evidence and the traces of the days we lived. That will not only remain on earth, but also eternally (Romans 16:25).
Second, those traces are traces of God and the evidence of those who lived within God (Book of Evidence). Through the evidence and traces that we leave behind, the 237 nations, the posterity, and the future will live.
Third, the chosen and remained ones, the disciples must arise. The gospel must be proclaimed to the ends of the earth so that Christ returns for the beginning of the new heavens and new earth (Matthew 24:14). If we do not have this eternal hope, believers become the most pitiful. However, that day will surely come, and the eternal reward, glory, and crown that we will enjoy are set aside for us.
The passage shows us the Antioch Church that was raised to leave behind this eternal legacy and the people and their legacy that they left behind. This is the model for our One Mind Church as well as for all churches.
- The Antioch Church was a place where people who first knew and enjoyed this spiritual legacy from God had gathered. “Eternal inheritance,” “eternal masterpiece,” and “eternal legacy” actually all means the same thing. It refers to things that come from God.
1) To leave behind as this eternal inheritance, masterpiece, and legacy, God chose and saved us (Ephesians 1:3-14).
① What is the salvation we received? To give us all these blessings, the everlasting God chose us before creation and sent His Son to make us righteous and holy as His child (3-5).
② Why did he do that? To praise that glorious grace through us, and to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ (6-10). Others will see that we praise and give thanks in God’s grace in our lives. They will see and realize Christ and works of saving all nations and the posterity will begin.
③ God named us His inheritance, and to confirm that, he sealed us with His Holy Spirit (11-14). Inheritance can mean “possession,” but it also means “joy.” We are God’s possessions that will fulfill God’s will forever. At the same time, we are His joy. Our individual lives that have been saved become God’s joy.
2) Paul was someone who persecuted the church and approved of the killing of many believers (Acts 8:1).
① In Damascus, God broke Paul and named him “my chosen instrument” (Acts 9:15). Our past is not important. Give thanks to the grace of God that has called you from that past and desires to use you. Make your past into a springboard. Our reality today is also not important. Holding onto the spiritual reality and spiritual blessings will determine your future. That is the fact. Problems and are problems. Persecution is not persecution. Through the people who were persecuted and scattered, the masterpiece of Antioch Church was formed.
② How did God use Paul? This is the blessing that we must enjoy in the courtyards, and the masterpiece and legacy that God desires. God promised to raise Paul up to proclaim His name to the gentiles (237 nations and 5000 people groups), the kings (summits), and the Israelites descendants (posterity). God used his life exactly in that way.
③ God attached the Antioch church and a church officer like Barnabas. He created the 5 member team to send them into the world. That is how our One Mind Church was established, and we are also going forth in that blessing (our church’s CVDIP). Our individual lives and Church are God’s inheritance, masterpiece, and the legacy to leave behind.
- Now, what must we challenge for? God desires us to leave behind three legacies.
1) Legacy of evangelism. This is the first legacy that those who have the gospel of grace must leave behind.
① When we stand before God, the legacy that remains forever is the people that have received salvation through us. The nameless believers who were scattered from persecution and arrived at Antioch proclaimed the Word even there (19). The Word is what revives (John 6:63). That Word became flesh and came as the Christ to save lives (John 1:14).
② The church must always be in the saving movement (life movement). Only then will you come alive and your posterity come alive. We must see the history of people who came alive. We must leave behind a church that saves unbelievers, crumbled individuals, and people who experienced failures. Paul confessed that he considers his life worth nothing when it comes to proclaiming this gospel of grace (Acts 20:24). God has given us everything.
2) Legacy of missions. This is what makes the Antioch Church special.
① When everyone was sharing the gospel to their own people, this church was established as they evangelized to the gentiles and the Greeks (20). Multiethnic ministry is the starting point to saving all nations. That is why God used the Antioch Church as the church to save the world.
② To do missions more in detail, we created our 5 member teams(Acts13:1-3). They prayed and gathered their offerings to commission Paul and Barnabas as the first missionaries. This was a legacy that God was most pleased with. When we concentrate on the works that God is pleased with, He will give us health, finances, and people.
3) Legacy of posterity. Saving the future generation is ultimately saving the future and preparing for the eternal future.
① This is the reason Paul’s team that the Antioch Church commissioned sought for the synagogue wherever they went (Acts 17:1, 18:4, 19:8). Even is the Jewish nation was destroyed, they raised the synagogues and raised the posterity. Thus, many intellectuals and summits arose. Without the gospel, they became enslaved, encaptivated, and colonized. Even if they did produce summits, they were wrong summits, fake summits, and evil summits. This is what we must plant inside of our posterity. The gospel. That is how the authority of curses, destiny, Satan, and hell will end.
②The future generations raised through Paul’s team like Timothy, Titus, and Onesimus saved the world. They were people destined to crumble, but rather became spiritual leaders and saved the future church. That is why our work of establishing the Sunday school ministries, Summit School, Preschool, and the RUTC movement is so crucial and urgent.
Conclusion – All we need to do is go into 24-hours holding onto eternal inheritance, eternal masterpiece, and eternal legacy. Doing consistently, whenever you have time, is 24 hours. Put your heart into it, prayers into it, and offering into it. We are challenging towards that. That is when we ourselves and our church will become God’s eternal inheritance, masterpiece, and legacy, and that place will become God’s sanctuary.
Challenge Toward the Eternal Legacy (Acts 11:19-26) 1/21/24 January 21, 2024Eternal Answer of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
Concentrate for the Eternal Masterpiece (Acts 1:12-14) 1/14/2024
Last week, we talked about the eternal blessings (inheritance) that we were given the moment we received salvation (eternal life, eternal background and mission, eternal power). If you can make this blessing your own, it will not matter how difficult this world is.
All we need to do is realize and hold onto the fact that the triune God has already given us the eternal inheritance (that is faith). Enjoy the God who gave us that eternal inheritance and the blessing of the throne through prayer. That is the 3,9,3 prayer and the 7 prayer bartizans. Wait until God changes everything we go through (crises, diseases, conflicts, feeling wronged, and failure) into evidence and raises us up as witnesses to the ends of the earth. This time of waiting is the guidance of the Holy Spirit. God will open up doors and paths according to his perfect time schedule.
This is how we experience a life where God makes our everything into his masterpiece (all studies, skills, efforts, devotion). No matter how small it is, if it is left in God’s hands and He blesses it, it will become a masterpiece. Our lives that are lacking, weak, and in failure becomes a life that enjoys God in the deepest way (masterpiece of spiritual summit). We did what was necessary, but that becomes something unique and absolute (masterpiece of specialty, masterpiece of skill summit). It can even change the flow of the age (masterpiece of culture summit). The 7 remnants all enjoyed this blessing (Genesis 39:38-40).
Through such individuals, America was able to save and move the world in the 20th century. In this nation that is driving the 4th industrial revolution, if Satan’s masterpiece continues to be made rather than God’s, then America will become a nation that drives the world into suffering. That is up to us, and we must block it.
To do this, we must experience what true concentration is. The battle in these end times is the battle of concentration. It is a spiritual battle and the battle of the summit, but ultimately, it is a battle of concentration. The 3 organizations behind those who are leading the 4th and 5th industrial revolution are also leading people into the wrong concentration. Even religious organizations are fighting this battle. This is the Nephilim movement of this age. If we cannot correctly realize and enjoy the blessing of concentration, we will face the 3 ages in captivity, slavery, and colonization just like the Israelites in the Old Testament.
- What will we concentrate on? What did the believers of Mark’s Upper Room concentrate on? They concentrated on only Christ, God’s kingdom, and the power of the Holy Spirit. We must focus on the things of God, the things he promised.
1) Concentration on the things of the world that are physical or visible will ultimately pass. One day it will cause you to crumble. Concentrating on physical this is not concentration, but an obsession. If it continues, it becomes addiction, and later, a spiritual problem.
2) True concentration is when four spiritual things become one.
① The triune God (Father God who created us, Christ who redeemed us, and the Holy Spirit that guides us and gives us victory). ② Us, the saved children of God. ③ The things of heaven and the throne, not the things of flesh and earth. ④ When we focus on uniting these three things, God’s works will arise within our time, studies, works, and ministries.
3) If so, then what is the work of God’s kingdom? The Bible talks about at least three things.
① By the work of the Holy Spirit in us, the righteousness, peace, and joy of God will come upon us (Romans 14:17).
② Through that work of the Holy Spirit, darkness in our fields full of darkness, problems, and pain will crumble (Matthew 12:28).
③ People from 237 nations and 5000 people groups will return to the Lord, and people suffering from darkness will be healed (Mark 16:17-20).
- How will we concentrate?
1) We must concentrate on the things that God gave (limited concentration). We are limiting ourselves to concentrate on the things of God. The time that we plan and use are concentrated on the physical things. These things are necessary, but they can become the 12 snares of Satan. We must have a time of listening to the Word and concentrating on the Word. That is when God’s kingdom is established (Psalm 103:20-21).
2) We must concentrate on the things that God has answered (selective concentration). It is prioritization.
① There are things that God has already answered and entrusted to us as blessings. These are the talents, positions, and missions that we have been given. Cherish all these things and concentrate 24 hours in thanksgiving. Small things are not small (lesson from the parable of talents).
② God has permitted us our family, workplace, school, and business (Psalm 16:5-6). Seek out and concentrate on what is rightful and necessary. You will be able to see what you must do, how you can help, and what you can share. Everything you do in the name of Christ will become an absolute masterpiece (Matthew 25:40).
3) Concentrate on the work of saving everything (oneness concentration). This must become our nature to become the disciples that save America and the world. If we are deceived by Satan, we unknowingly become focused on revealing others’ faults, judging and criticizing others that end up killing them.
- What results from this is eternal masterpiece.
It will save people and change the world. God will be pleased, and he will remember it. It will lead to eternal blessings and crown (2Timothy 4:8).
1) Through Peter, who was unlearned and stuck in failure, God saves the crippled beggar in front of the temple Beautiful Gate (Acts 3:1-12). That Peter confidently proclaims at the court that only Christ is our unique way of salvation (Acts 4:12).
2) Paul, who was at the scene where Stephen was stoned to death for evangelizing, rises as an evangelist (Acts 7:1-60). The things that we do right now may seem meaningless when it doesn’t produce immediate results. However, God will make it into an eternal masterpiece. Through that Paul, the gospel spread to Asia, Europe, and Rome (7 guide signs in the book of Acts) and changed the world.
3) That gospel become distorted and created the age of Catholicism and the age of Popes, but God raised up Luther at 27 years old and opened the age of religious reformation. At that time, translation of the Bible and movements to save the church and the posterity began. Many people died, but it all became an eternal masterpiece. In this age, God will use weak and lacking people like us and our church to change America and the world (Our church’s CVDIP). Within that lies all the answers and blessings that we will enjoy individually and as a church. God will make it into a masterpiece.
Conclusion – 1) Enjoy the 3 “only”s (only Christ, only God’s kingdom, only the power of the Holy Spirit) in 24-hour concentration. That is when our studies, work, business, and finance will be raised as a system of recreation. 2) The blessing of the 3 courtyards in Acts 2:9-11. It is the blessing of “you will drink it in the courts of my sanctuary” that we held onto for this year. It is the blessing of Multi-ethnics arising, becoming disciples of healing, and standing as the summit to change the world. We have been building the basic foundations until now. Believe that unprecedented and never-repeated works will continue this year and each raise up a prayer bartizan. 3) With this power, we are opening the age of the 3-day weekend. This is the reason we are beginning our preschool and summit school. The 3-day weekend will continue to become secularized, but for us who are raising the posterity, it will be a time of opening the age of RUTC. By the blessing of true concentration, may this year be the greatest year where we ourselves, our businesses, and our church become the eternal masterpiece.
Concentrate for the Eternal Masterpiece (Acts 1:12-14) 1/14/2024 January 14, 2024Eternal Answer of 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
Enjoy the Eternal Inheritance (Acts 1:1-8) 1 /7/2024
It is the first week of the new year. We began this year with the covenant of “Eternal Answer of 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC” and our church’s covenant of “They will drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.” We may have various plans and prayer topics for the new year, but if we enjoy the blessing of fulfilling this covenant, it will become the greatest year of our lives.
We are waiting for the age of RUTC. God has raised us and our posterity as the remnants, or the “remained ones” of this age, and we are waiting for the blessing and answer of saving 237 nations and the 5000 people groups through us. That answer will become our “eternal answer.” The words “eternal answer,” contains the meaning that the answers we receive will transcend time and space, will be unprecedented, and will have no limits. Only then can we overcome, conquer, and save this age full of darkness, suffering, curses, disasters, and wars, and inherit those blessings to our children.
- What is the eternal inheritance we received from God? There are at least three eternal inheritances.
1) The moment we accepted Christ, we were given the eternal life of Christ (1John 5:11-12).
① That is the born-again life (John 3:5), eternal life (John 5:24), and the new life (Romans 6:4). This is the blessing of Mount Calvary (Acts 1:1). Our lives that were supposed to face judgment and destruction died with Christ and became new lives (Romans 6:4). The moment we receive Christ, His death became mine (imputed). Through His redemption, we were freed from all sin, curse, destiny, and authority of hell (Romans 12:1-2). We may fall again to temptations, but that authority of sin, curse, Satan, and hell cannot control us.
② That is why no matter what the circumstance, our lives will never fail or face destruction. In that way, we who belong to Christ are a “new creation” (2Corinthians 5:17), and our redeemed lives are eternally precious before God (Isaiah 43:4). Begin with realizing your own life’s worth. You can overcome anything.
2) The moment we possessed the life of Christ, our lives have been given His eternal background and mission.
① That is the background of God’s kingdom and blessing of the mission. He gave this blessing to us as he emphasized it for 40 days on Mount Olives (Acts 1:3). We are living on this earth that is covered in darkness, but we do not belong to this earth. We belong to heaven (Ephesians 1:3), we are people of God’s kingdom (1Peter 2:9), and we will rightfully enjoy the background of heaven (Philippians 3:20). All the dark forces that control this earth and the kingdom of the air will surrender (Luke 10:19) and kneel (Romans 16:20) before Christ and His believers.
② Even when we die, we do not die. The Christ returns, we will become the main figures of the eternal kingdom of God, the new heavens and new earth (Revelation 21:1-4). Enjoying this kingdom of God and relaying to the 237 nations is our mission. This mission is not simply an obligation. It is the most glorious blessing and conclusion (John 14:12, Matthew 28:18-20).
3) For this mission, God gave us the power of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8). This is the blessing of Marks upper room.
① The moment we accepted Christ, we were given His authority and power. When we truly believe, that power is revealed (Mark 16:17-18). “I didn’t learn much and I have no power.” That is wrong. The 12 disciples from Galilee who came out of this inferiority were able to save the world. “I learned a lot and I have power.” This is even more wrong. Paul who came out of this arrogance conquered and saved Rome.
② When you study, work, do important tasks, face crises, or when you are weak, if you week this power, it will be revealed. David who tended sheep and played instruments experienced this (1Samuel 16:23). Daniel who was a governor but faced crises experienced this (Daniel 6:10). Diseased Paul experienced this (2Corinthians 12:9). Thomas Edison confessed that his never-ending passion came from this eternal power.
- We must make this eternal inheritance become ours in reality.
It is becoming increasingly difficult, but that is when doors that transcend all things, that are unprecedented and never-repeated, and that save the 3 ages and 237 nations will open (Acts 2:1-47).
1) Realize and hold onto the fact that God has already given us this blessing. That is the 7 journeys (true faith).
① Hold onto the fact that it is already given to us. This is what God emphasized to Joshua as He promised Canaan conquest (Joshua 1:3-4). This is the reason God distributed the land of Canaan as inheritance even before it was conquered.
② This is the reason Caleb chose the land of Hebron that everyone feared and called impossible (Joshua 14:12). According to that faith, his descendants conquered that land. Later, Christ comes down to that land and the world lives. The life that has this faith is the life of the “remained ones” (Romans 11:5). They will live as the ones who remain, ones who will remain, and the ones who will leave behind.
2) Look to and enjoy the God that is the source of all these eternal inheritances. That is the 7 bartizans (true prayer).
① People of God confessed that God himself is their inheritance before all the things that He has given (Psalm 73:26). Even through difficulties and unjust circumstances, they did not resent God but rather gave thanks in everything (Psalm 50:23). This is the life of a pilgrim.
② David confessed that in Him, he lacked nothing (Psalm 23:1), and he will not be shaken (Psalm 62:1-4). Because this is who David was, even if he was young (1Samuel 17:42-43), even if he faced great failure (2Samuel 12:1-5), and even if he grew old, God used him so preciously and he inherited those blessings down to his descendants (1Chronicles 29:28).
3) Wait until God changes all things into evidence and raises you up as witnesses (true guidance of Holy Spirit). That is the 7 guide signs.
① When we hold onto the covenant and wait, God works with no rest (Isaiah 62:6). All we need to do is wait (Lamentations 3:24-26). Evil ones will always do evil things, but God will make even those things into blessings for us (Romans 8:29). Do not judge anyone but believe and wait on the fact that if God desires, He is someone who can change and use even those individuals.
② Continue to do 5 deep things, focus 24 hours, and wait on God’s time schedule. Everything will be restored (faith, relationships, health, finances). Then, the blessings of the 3 courtyards (multiethnic, healing, posterity) that save 237 nations and 5000 people groups will come upon our church as great evidences. This is the life of a true conqueror and winner.
Conclusion – Do not be deceived by the physical things, visible things, or the things of this world but look up to the triune God who has become our eternal inheritance and His throne 24 hours. May this new year be the time of greatest happiness, greatest answers, and greatly being used by God.
Enjoy the Eternal Inheritance (Acts 1:1-8) 1 /7/2024 January 7, 20242024 New Year’s Message
Eternal Answer of 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
They Will Drink It in the Courts of my Sanctuary (Isaiah 62:6-10) 1/1/2024
When the people of God were crumbling, God gave them the answer and hope for the future through the Major Prophets.
The book of Isaiah keeps a detailed record of how the believers (the remained ones) gained answers through Christ and restored all lost blessings to be used as the ones that saved the world. That is why the three blessed terms that are seen the most in Isaiah are Christ, the remained (remnants), and the covenant regarding all nations and all peoples. In Isaiah 62, the three blessings that God will restore in us are promised in detail.
First, it says that God will work without rest until Zion’s vindication shines out like the dawn, and Jerusalem’s salvation like a blazing torch (1). Zion and Jerusalem represent the chosen people of God. He gave His righteousness to those who were polluted with transgressions and sins, and He will work until their salvation is revealed like light and torch to the world filled with darkness. This is the work that Christ accomplished when he came, and he finished it on the cross (John 19:30).
Second, it says that the nations will see your vindication, and all kings your glory. You will be called a new name that the Lord will bestow (2). You will be called “Hephzibah (who God delights in),” and you will be a crown of splendor in the Lord’s hand. This is the blessing that God’s children will enjoy, and God calls them the heirs (Romans 8:15-17). That is the meaning of the crown. A believer is someone who has the identity to enjoy all things of God (Ephesians 1:3-5).
Third, it says that even your land will be blessed and you will enjoy the blessing of “Beulah;” a marriage with God (4-5). Since we are within God’s blessings, His blessings will also be upon all our fields (school, workplace, business, nation, age). This is God’s kingdom that we enjoy on earth. This is the blessing that Joseph had (Genesis 39:5) and evangelist and deacon Philip enjoyed (Acts 8:8). In this age, God will use us as the witnesses of this blessing to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8). There are three systems that we must prepare to realistically enjoy this answer and blessings and be used for God’s works.
- We must raise the bartizan that leaves God no choice but to work for us (prayer system, spiritual system). God will post watchmen and will work with no rest when we pray (7 bartizans).
1) May the new year be a time for us individuals and our church to enjoy prayer to the fullest extent more than ever. Even if we have nothing else and there is nothing we can do, prayer is the greatest privilege and strength we can enjoy (7 powers).
2) Ultimately, the people that God used were the ones that held onto the promise of the gospel and enjoyed prayer. Especially after Isaiah’s prophecy, take a look at the remnants who were taken as captives. They were all people who enjoyed prayer.
① Daniel refused to eat the King’s food, looked to the blessings of the Lord of all Lords, and resolved to pray (Daniel 1:8). It doesn’t matter if we are not receiving the answers we want right now. God has prepared something greater, something eternal (Jeremiah 33:1-3). Prayer isn’t being stubborn about what we want, but acknowledging and looking up to the higher and deeper things of God (Isaiah 55:9).
③ Esther enjoyed the prayer, “If I perish, I perish” (Esther 4:16). She did not pray to gain the things of her greed. She prayed to gain the courage and strength to be resolute even when she lost. She did not pray to be spared. She prayed in faith so that even if she died, God’s will would be forever fulfilled. That is why our prayers are taken up to the heavenly throne by angels (Revelation 8:3), and is fulfilled in our posterity, our future, and eternity.
- On this prayer, establish the sanctuary that God has no choice but to bless and use (Sanctuary system, Church system). God has promised that our toil will not be taken by enemies. We will eat it and drink it in the courts of His sanctuary (8-9).
1) Why did the temple that David prepared for and Solomon gloriously built crumble and burn? In John 2, why did the Lord swing his whip and become angry that his Father’s house had turned into a market? We must ask the same questions in this age. Why are God’s churches crumbling, closing doors, and being mocked by the world?
2) The three courtyards within us (individual church), our church (temple church), and our workplace (field church) that must be restored are important (10). In every age, when churches fell, all believers’ lives became miserable. They did not know what to do, nor had the strength to do anything.
① The courtyard of the gentiles; the courtyard of multiethnics. We must prepare the way for all peoples (multiethnic system). Saving people of all nations is not difficult. We only need to understand the heart of God that goes out to people of all nations and give them the accurate answer of only Christ. Even if the people, nation, and culture are different, the source of the problem we all face are the same (fundamental problem of Genesis 3 and 6 states of nonbelievers). All we need to do is accurately relay the three authorities Christ has that solved those three fundamental problems, as well as the 7 blessings of a child of God that they will enjoy within Christ. That is when God attaches his chosen people that will receive salvation (blessing of platform).
② The courtyard of healing. We must prepare the highway (healing system). Originally, God created us in his image and made us a big road to conquer and rule over the earth. We lost that way and are wandering around oppressed by scars, legalism, the world, and power of the devil. Christ came to heal (Isaiah 61:1). Make them accept Christ, and strengthen them in prayer until Christ work with His Holy Spirit (watchtower). One day, they will save people like them and will rise as disciples that heal the world.
③ The courtyard of the children; the courtyard of posterity. We must remove the stones (remnant system). Let go of the prejudice about young children. We must look toward the future that God will use and heal them in advance (5 deep things). We must accurately relay the gospel (spiritual antenna) and prepare the mas the summits to save the world (spiritual summit, skill summit, culture summit).
- Then, the system of world evangelization will be established (missions system, world system that will save 237 nations and 5000 people groups). This is the absolute reason and absolute conclusion for all blessings and answers. It says, “raise a banner for all nations” (10).
1) Make the heart of God for the world and all nations yours. Only then will your heart and life become a sanctuary. That is where God will restore all things and pour out all things (blessings of health, finances, posterity).
2) It says that the only when the gospel is preached to all nations will Christ come again and the eternal new beginning unfold. Even if you haven’t been to that country, take a trip there through prayer and embrace it in your heart. For that purpose, we made the 5 persons 1 team like the Antioch Church. Once a month have a forum of missions, fight for the missionaries through prayer, prepare missions offering, and pray for short-term missions.
Conclusion – In the new year, focus on creating the three systems that God is bound to use and will become eternal answers and blessings. May you become the sanctuary, your field the sanctuary, and our church the sanctuary that receives blessings and glorifies God.
They Will Drink It in the Courts of my Sanctuary (Isaiah 62:6-10) 1/1/2024 December 31, 20232024 신년메시지 1,2,3 RUTC 응답의 영원 : 나의 성소 뜰에서 마시리라(사62:6-10) 1/1/2023
하나님 백성들의 무너지고 있는 시간에 이들에게 하나님의 답을 주시고, 미래의 소망을 주신 것이 선지서이다.
특히 이사야서는 그리스도를 통해 해답을 얻고 길을 찾은 성도들이(남은 자들), 어떻게 잃어버린 모든 축복을 회복해서 세계를 살리는 자들로 쓰임 받을 것인지를 자세히 기록했다. 그래서 이사야서에 가장 많이 나오는 세가지 축복된 단어가 그리스도, 남은 자(렘넌트), 열방과 만민에 대한 언약이다.
이사야 62장에 하나님이 우리에게 회복시켜 주실 이 세가지 축복이 더 구체적으로 약속되어 있다.
첫째, 시온의 의가 빛 같이, 예루살렘의 구원이 횃불같이 나타나도록 하나님이 쉬지 않고 일할 것이라고 했다(1절)
시온과 예루살렘은 택함받은 하나님이 백성들을 의미한다. 허물과 죄로 더렵혀진 하나님 백성들에게 그 분의 의를 주시고, 그들의 구원이 빛 같이, 횃불같이 어둠이 가득한 온 세상에 나타나도록 하나님이 일하실 것이라고 했다. 이것이 그리스도가 오셔서 하실 일이고, 이미 십자가에서 끝내셨다(요19:30)
둘째, 그들이 누리는 축복과 영광을 모든 나라와 왕들이 볼 것이고, 하나님은 이 구원받은 백성들에게 새 이름을 주신다고 했다(2절). 그 이름을 “헵시바”(하나님이 기뻐하는 자)라고 할 것이고, 그들은 하나님의 손에 들려진 아름다운 왕관이 된다고 했다. 이것이 하나님의 자녀가 누릴 축복이고, 그들을 하나님의 상속자라고 했다(롬8:15-17).
그것이 왕관의 의미이다. 성도는 하나님의 모든 것을 누릴 신분을 가진 자들이다(엡1:3-5)
셋째, 그래서 그들이 사는 땅도 복을 받아 “쁄라”(하나님과 결혼한 자)의 축복을 누릴 것이라고 했다(4-5절).
우리가 하나님의 축복 속에 있으니 내가 있는 모든 현장(학교, 직장, 산업, 국가, 시대)에 하나님의 축복이 같이 임하는 것이다. 이것이 이 땅에서 우리가 누릴 하나님의 나라이다. 이것이 요셉이 누린 축복이고(창39:5), 전도자 빌립 집사가 누린 축복이다(행8:8). 하나님은 이 시대 우리를 땅끝까지 그 축복의 증인들로 세우신다고 했다(행1:8).
이 응답과 축복을 실제적으로 누리고, 쓰임받기 위해 우리가 준비해야 할 시스템 세가지가 있다.
- 하나님이 계속 우리를 위해 일할 수 밖에 없는 망대를 세우라는 것이다(기도 시스템, 영적 시스템).
하나님이 파수꾼을 세우고, 쉬지 않고 일하신다고 했다. 언제인가? 우리가 기도할 때이다(7대 망대)
1) 새해에는 우리 개인과 교회가 그 어떤 때보다도 최고로 기도가 누려지고 훈련되는 해가 되기를 축복한다.
다른 것이 없어도, 다른 것은 못해도 우리가 누릴 수 있는 최고의 특권이고, 힘이다(7가지 능력).
2) 결국 하나님이 쓰신 모든 사람들은 복음의 약속을 붙잡고, 기도를 누린 사람들이었다.
특히 이사야의 예언 이후 포로로 끌려간 자리에게 쓰임받은 렘넌트들을 보라. 전부 기도를 누린 사람들이었다.
① 다니엘은 왕의 음식을 거절하고, 만왕의 왕 되신 하나님 축복을 바라보며 뜻을 세우고 기도한 사람이다(단1:8).
뜻을 세우고 일을 먼저 하지 말고, 뜻을 세우고 기도를 먼저 하라. 하나님이 문을 여시고, 하나님이 일하신다.
② 다니엘의 세 친구는 “그리 아니하실지라도”의 기도를 누린 사람이다(단3:18)
지금 내가 원하는 응답이 안 와도 상관없다. 더 큰 것, 영원한 것을 준비해놓으셨기 때문이다(렘33:1-3).
기도는 내 것을 고집하는 것이 아니라 하나님의 더 높고 깊은 것을 인정하고 바라보는 것이다(사55:9)
③ 에스더는 “죽으면 죽으리이다”의 기도를 누린 사람이다(에4:16).
얻으려고만 하는 욕심을 가지고 기도한 것이 아니다. 잃어도 상관없는 용기와 힘을 얻는 기도를 했다.
살려고만 하는 기도를 한 것이 아니다. 나는 죽어도 하나님의 뜻이 영원히 이루어질 것을 믿는 기도를 했다.
그래서 우리의 기도는 천사들을 통해 하늘 보좌로 올라가고(계8:3), 후대 속에, 미래 속에, 영원 속에 성취된다.
- 이 기도 위에 하나님이 축복하시고, 쓰실 수 밖에 없는 참된 성소를 세우라는 것이다(성소 시스템, 교회 시스템)
그래서 우리가 수고한 모든 것을 더 이상 뺏기지 않고 성소에서 먹고 마실 것이라고 했다(8-9절)
1) 왜 다윗이 준비하고, 솔로몬이 가장 영광스럽게 지은 성전이 무너지고 불에 타는 일이 벌어졌는가?
요2장에서 주님은 왜 채찍을 휘두르며 아버지의 집을 장사꾼들의 소굴로 만들었다고 분노하셨는가?
이 시대에도 똑같은 질문을 해야 한다. 왜 하나님의 교회가 무너지고, 문을 닫고, 세상에서 비난을 당하는가?
2) 내 안에(개인교회), 교회 안에(성전 교회), 내 일터에(현장 교회) 회복해야 하는 세가지 뜰이 중요하다(10절).
시대마다 교회가 무너지면 모든 성도의 삶도 비참해졌다. 할일을 잃어 버렸고, 할 수 있는 힘도 없다.
① 이방인의 뜰, 다민족의 뜰이다. 모든 백성이 올 수 있는 길을 닦으라고 했다(다민족 시스템).
다민족 살리는것이 어렵지않다. 모든 민족을향한 하나님마음을 알고, 오직그리스도의 정확한 답만 주면 된다.
민족, 나라, 문화가 달라도 결국 겪는 문제의 근원은 같다(창3장의 세가지 근본 문제와 불신자 상태 6가지).
그 근본 문제 세가지를 해결하러 오신 그리스도의 세가지 권세와 그 그리스도 안에서 누릴 자녀의 축복 7가지 만 정확히 알게 해주면 된다. 그때 하나님이 그렇게 구원받을 택한 백성을 보내시는 것이다(플랫폼의 축복)
② 치유의 뜰이다. 큰 길, 대로(고속도로)를 만들라고 했다(치유 시스템).
원래 하나님은 우리를 자기 형상대로 지어놓고, 세상을 정복하고 다스리도록 우리 안에 큰 길을 만들어놓았다.
그 길을 잃어버리고, 상처, 율법, 세상, 마귀 권세에 짓눌려 완전히 헤메는 길을 가고 있는 것이다.
그리스도께서 치유하러 오셨다(사61:1). 그리스도께서 성령으로 역사할 때까지 기도해면서 힘을 주라(파수망대).
어느 날 그들이 자기 같은 사람을 살리고, 세상을 치유하는 제자로 서는 것이다.
③ 어린이의 뜰, 후대의 뜰이다. 모든 돌들을 제하라고 했다(렘넌트 시스템).
어린 아이라는 편견을 버리라. 하나님이 쓰실 미래를 보면서 미리 치유 해줘야 한다(다섯가지 깊은 것).
복음 정확히 전달하고(영적 안테나), 세상 살릴 써밋으로 준비시켜야 한다(영적써밋, 기능써밋, 문화써밋).
- 이렇게 해서 만들어지는 것이 세계복음화의 시스템이다(237과 오천종족을 살리는 선교 시스템, 세계 시스템)
모든 축복과 응답의 절대 이유이고, 절대 결론이다. 그래서 “만민을 위해 깃발을 들라”고 한 것이다(10절하)
1) 전 세계, 모든 민족을 향한 하나님의 마음을 내 것으로 만들라. 그래야 내 마음과 인생이 성소가 된다.
거기에 하나님은 모든 것을 회복시키고 부으신다(건강, 경제, 후대 축복까지).
2) 분명히 모든 민족에게 복음이 전파된 후에 그리스도가 다시 오고, 영원한 새로운 시작이 열린다고 했다.
가보지 않은 나라라도 기도로 여행하며 가슴에 담아보라. 그래서 안디옥교회처럼 오인일조를 만들었다.
매달 한번씩 선교 포럼하고, 기도로 선교사들을 위해 싸우고, 선교 헌금도 모으고, 단기 선교도 기도해보라.
결론-새해에는 하나님이 쓰실 수 밖에 없고, 영원한 응답과 축복이 되는 세가지 시스템을 세우는 일에 집중해보라. 내가 성소가 되고, 내 현장이 성소가 되고, 우리 교회가 하나님이 영광을 받고 축복하는 성소가 되기를 축복한다.
나의 성소 뜰에서 마시리라(사62:6-10) 1/1/2023 December 31, 2023