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The Prepared Spiritual Summit in a Time of Crisis (Esther 4:13-16) 9/11/2022
Last week, we talked about the blessing of a team that Daniel and his three friends, who God has prepared and raised, enjoyed. They became the Holy Mason that restored the temple and the church that have been trampled on and ridiculed by unbelievers. They were the Holy Leaders that saved a field that was covered in darkness and idols. While taken as captives, they were the Holy Diaspora to became the spiritual summit and saved the 237 nations. There was another team that came after. Their names were Mordecai and Esther, and they were cousins. Accurately speaking, Mordecai is Esther’s older cousin that raised Esther, who did not have her parents, as the spiritual summit that changed the fate of Israel. What kind of person was Mordecai? We will talk about him in the seminar for parents and teachers, and we will focus on Esther today.
- What was special about Esther?
1) She grew up without her parents. She was an orphan.
① When people hear that someone does not have parents, they tend to think that the child will end up lacking in every way and in extreme circumstances, prone to corruption. Esther was just the opposite. God himself raised her, and she grew up within that blessing. The person who attributed to that was Mordecai.
② People of God have no reason to be discouraged or defeated. In Christ, we have been freed (Romans 8:1-2) from all curses (originial sin, Satan, fate, hell). We have now become children of God who can enjoy God’s blessings and the blessings of the throne (Ephesians 1:3-5). We are not alone. He will become our way (John 14:6), and we came enjoy the blessing of with, Immanuel, and oneness.
2) One day, Esther is given the opportunity to become the Queen. She was a prepared individual for God’s time schedule. Esther 2:7 says that she had a lovely figure and was beautiful. It does not only mean her physique was beautiful. Lovely and beautiful contains many things. It includes her spirituality (relationship with God), character (relationship with people), her intellect, specialty and her overall charm. Jesus “had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him” (Isaiah 53:2), but was in favor of God and man (Luke 2:52).
3) This Esther becomes the Queen of the King Ahasuerus (Xerxes), Persia’s 5th King, as the summit. At that time, Persia had control over the land of now what we call India to Ethiopia (1:1). She was not just a summit. She became someone who revealed God’s glory from her superpower nation to the rest of the world.
- How does God use Esther?
1) There comes a crisis for which Esther has no choice but to be used. It has always been that way. For God’s people, a crisis is not a crisis. Problems are not problems. It is God’s time schedule. It becomes the opportunity for God’s will to be fulfilled, our faith to be trained, for us to experience the power of the Gospel, and for us to be used for the age.
2) There are those who create these crises and problems. That is our enemy the devil (Ephesians 6:12). We must open our eyes to this.
① Someone tried to execute all Jewish people including Esther. It was someone named Haman, the next in power to the King. He was the descendant of Esau and from the lineage of Amalekites. God said that he will fight these Amalekites every generation. Why is that? When the Israelites were crossing the Red Sea to the land of Canaan, the first people to block them was the Amalekites. Joshua wins the battle and Moses names the alter Jehovah Nissi, the Lord is my banner (Exodus 17:15). It means that God himself fights. During the time of King Saul, God gives him the opportunity to demolish them, but he loses the chance and gets chastised (1 Samuel 15:9). These events are spiritual messages that tell the people of Christ how they must fight against the devil and have victory.
② Even now, the devil attacks us with many problems and events to make us fall (1 Peter 5:8). Haman conspired and offered the King a great amount of money and told him he should demolish all the Jews because they do not follow his laws. Satan tries to destroy us with unimaginable methods and evil wisdom. However, there is a clear conclusion. As much as the devil attacks us, we will have victory, and there are separate blessings and answers for us to enjoy (Job 45:5, Luke 22:31-32, Revelation 21:7). Haman died on the tree that he tried to kill Mordecai on, and instead of Haman, Mordecai becomes the governor of the land. The King could not sleep, so he went through past records and found that Mordecai gave great contributions that went forgotten. All hidden prayers, devotions and loyalty of the believers will one day undoubtedly become God’s blessings (Galatians 6:9).
2) What did Esther do during this crisis? As in the passage, she fasted for three days in prayer. She confessed the famous words, “If I perish, I perish.” Through God’s answer, if the King did not call on Esther to speak for the crisis, she had to die by the law of the nation. She decided on this resolution. There were at least three meanings within her prayer (10 lives of the summit).
① She discovered the reason and mission that God had made her Queen. This is the blessing of the watchtower. Mordecai tells Esther, “How do you whether it was for this moment that you have become Queen?” She heard that as God’s voice and discovered her reason and mission for God’s blessing her and raising her up to that position. A spiritual summit is someone who finds their mission within hardships in families, the church, and the age.
② Esther looked up to God’s power (power of the Holy Spirit, blessing of the throne). That is when the blessing of the platform begins. At that time, everything will gather to save us, the church, the field, and the 237 nations. It was the work of the Holy Spirit that the King could not fall asleep and comes to realize the records in the past, and his heart was stolen by Esther which led him to help her. When we hold onto the covenant and pray, the power of the throne, the work that transcends time and space, and unprecedented evidence will arise. All works in the Bible records such evidence. Choose to go into this power (Mark 9:29).
③ Esther chose the future that God had prepared. This is the blessing of the antenna. She did not think about saving her life in the moment. She looked upon the eternal things of God beyond even if she faces death. Do not be deceived by your today, have victory in your today, and train yourself to look upon the tomorrow and the future that will come ahead. She faced unjust situations and loss, and even faced death. However, she looked upon the future that God has prepared (Mark 10:29-30). This is called the spiritual covenantal contract with God.
Conclusion – The age is becoming increasingly difficult. Hold onto the covenant of the 3 ages. Remnants who will save these 3 ages must arise through us. Pray for the establishment of a summit school that will raise such remnants at our church. Until young adult years like Esther, it is not too late. Even for 1st generations that may think it is too late, there are more than many things they can do. May we all reside in this blessing to save 237 nations in this time of crisis.
The Prepared Spiritual Summit in a Time of Crisis (Esther 4:13-16) 9/11/2022 September 11, 202224 Answer of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
Daniel and His Three Friends Who Made a Resolution (Daniel 1:8-17) 9/4/2022
During the most difficult age where the nation of Israel was crumbling down, the temples were trampled upon, and the children were taken as captives, God formed a team. That was Daniel and his three friends. They were called Daniel’s friends, but they were a Holy Team that God had put together. They later become the Holy Mason that reconstructs the crumbled church and temple, the Holy Leaders that pray for the age as important individuals, a nd the Holy Diaspora that relayed God’s answers and blessings for the age to the entire world.
They became God’s masterpiece; the witnesses of platform, watchtower, and antenna.
For the last three weeks, we held onto what these blessings were from the prophesized Word of God in Isaiah. Tens of years later, Daniel and his three friends arose. The covenant we hold onto and our devotions of today will shape the future.
- Why must God bless us and our remnants this way? We should hold onto at least three reasons.
1) That is God’s absolute plan. There are five identities that remnants mut hold onto.
God knows the pain and disasters that the world will face due to the corruption of mankind and Satan (3 ages). He has called us as the “remained ones” that will be used as witnesses. He has chosen us in his absolute time schedule and has planted a holy seed within us. He will use us as diasporas and evangelism disciples that will save the 237 nations as the spiritual summit. The ones who hold onto this covenant are the ones who remain, the ones who will remain, and the ones who will leave behind.
2) That is the absolute request of this age. This is the blessing and mission of this age that remnants will hold onto. Someone needs to stand as a witness (platform), a person who prays for the age (watchtower), and the one to relay God’s answers and blessings (antenna). This is why God has promised the blessing of the throne. The land of Sodom and Gomorrah perished because God could not find even 10 people he was looking for. Why could he not find anyone? It is the reason God chose us, the smallest ones of this age (Isaiah 60:21-22), who have nothing to boast about (1 Corinthians 1:26-29).
3) That is God’s absolute time schedule. It is the eternal time schedule that remnants will hold onto. The gospel will be preached to the ends of the earth and the end will come (Matthew 24:14). There is something that comes next. For us, it is an eternal life and a new heaven and earth, but for unbelievers, it is eternal judgement and hell. Because the correct answers are not being shared, there are many false answers in the world (transcendental meditation movement, chi movement, dramas, movies).
- If so, what must we do?
Daniel made a resolution (8), and his three friends joined him. There are at least three meanings.
1) It is a choice. Within problems, it was their resolution to search for God’s answer and fulfill his desire. The nation crumbled, and they were taken as captives during a difficult time, but they were given a great opportunity. Opportunities can come from the world, Satan (Matthew 4:8-9), as well as from problems and hardships.
(1) The choice that we make in those moments determine everything (answers, blessings, future, posterity). We know the conclusion of Abraham who left his father’s household and chose the land of Canaan. We know the result of the choice that the twelve spies made. There is also the choice that prostitute Rahab made. We also know the result of Caleb’s choice when he choice Hebron over all other interests.
(2) There is a standard by which the people of God must make their decisions. The life that follows those standards is also called the 7 journeys. Simply put, there are three standards (God’s desire, the standard of faith in God, and the standard of the gospel that God has given us).
① Within problems and events, what does God desire (Romans 12:2)? Even if we ponder a little bit, we will come to an answer (problem of idolatry).
② Do everything in the standard of faith (Romans 13:23). All doubts, resentments, and complaints become unbelief and a channel for Satan. In whatever we do, we must do it in joy, prayer, and gratitude. It will fulfill God’s will (1Thessalonians 5:16-18).
③ Do everything in the standard of the gospel. We have been saved by the gospel, and we will save the world with this gospel. The gospel is enjoying the power and righteousness of God that was revealed through Christ (Romans 1:16-17), and that blessing will save others. We crumble because we strive to do it with our own strength. Our righteousness is equivalent to a dirty rag (Isaiah 64:6). We have no right to judge others or quarrel with others. Have the heart to save even your enemies. They will crumble on their own (Romans 12:20-21), or they will change into someone that God uses (Acts 9:15).
2) Concentration (limited concentration, selective concentration, oneness concentration).
We must make the right choice, but we do not have the strength to do so. Daniel and his three friends could not have rejected the food from the corrupted King that serves idols if they didn’t have strength.
① That is why we need the time of concentrating on God. It is not about just emptying ourselves (transcendental meditation). It says that if we just empty ourselves, seven demons will enter (Matthew 12:44-45). We must have a time in which the things of God fills our souls, heart, and mind, That is the filling of the Holy Spirit, and prayer 24. If we do not enjoy this blessing, we will continue to be busy, confused (2 Corinthians 4:4), distracted, obsessed, and addicted.
② It is when the power and answer of the throne is revealed in our lives (Revelation 8:3). They saw evidence in just 10 days. Their faces were glowing, and their servants acknowledged it (14-15). Someone who can enjoy God’s power is the one that is truly smart and wise. They can overcome themselves, the world, and the power of darkness.
3) Challenge (to save the world and stand as a summit that saves the age).
① The decision to choose God’s will within a crisis is a challenge. The resolution to pray at that time is a challenge. God gives all the intelligence and wisdom to those individuals. Daniel was able to realize God’s vision and his prophecy (17). Ultimately, they became the summit that saved Babylon and Persia. The King acknowledged their God (Daniel 3:28, 6:26).
② God desires to raise us as the summit in our respective places in this age. Hold onto God’s absolute reason for saving this age and the future and challenge toward the summit. Challenge toward the spiritual summit that you enjoy through prayer and the Word, and toward the skills and specialty summit that is acknowledged in the field. Challenge toward the language summit to save 237 nations and 5000 tribes, and the cultural summit (music, media, movies) that changes the flow of the culture.
Conclusion – God has chosen us and has prepared the blessing of the platform, watchtower, and antenna for the future. The choices we make every moment are what is important. Gain strength through the 3 concentrations. May you challenge toward the 3 summits and enjoy victory in your week.
Daniel and His Three Friends Who Made a Resolution (Daniel 1:8-17) 9/4/2022 September 4, 202224 Answer of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
God’s Spiritual Masterpiece – Antenna (Isaiah 62:10-12) 8/28/2022
God desires to raise His saved people as the spiritual masterpiece that will save the age and the future (3 masterpieces - platform, watchtower, antenna). It is not a new blessing that we have not seen before. He is restoring the blessing that had originally been given to us (Genesis 1:26-28). That is why the word “salvation” means restoration. The goal and the conclusion of this salvation is for our lives to become God’s masterpiece. Theologically, this is called sanctification and glorification (Romans 8:30), and Revelation 22:1-5 shows how tremendous this blessing is.
Why are there 3 masterpieces? It is because it can block the curses and disasters of the 3 ages that are fast approaching and save the 3 ages. Ultimately, Satan is working to destroy the church, the field, and our posterity.
What is the blessing of the platform? It is the blessing that allows us to stand as the source of blessings (Genesis 12:1-3). The source of all sources is the blessing of the heavenly throne. Since we have become the source, everything will return and all streams will flow around us. We have to enjoy this blessing in order to save our families, family line, future generations, the field, the church, and the world.
What is the blessing of the watchtower? It is a blessing that allows us to protect ourselves, our fields, as well as our posterity from this age and the future that are covered in darkness. First, God will become our life’s watchtower. Then we will be the watchtower for this world. As the watchtower, we fight the spiritual war for ourselves and our posterity and enjoy spiritual victory (Song of Songs 4:4 – one thousand watchtowers).
This week, we will look into the last of the three masterpieces – the spiritual antenna.
- We are to share this blessing of the gospel to all nations (237), peoples (five thousand tribes) and our posterity.
1) This is a rightful mission. If we cannot relay this blessing, we will be locked up and tied down by darkness, curses, disasters, and suffering. The COVID-19 had emerged from China, and a war has broken out in Ukraine, but the entire world is suffering along with them. If we are only concerned about saving ourselves, our own families, our country and its people, then we will fall along with the rest of the world.
2) This is the absolute mission. It is God’s heart, His pain, and His desire for all nations and people to live. The Jewish nation that was chosen first lost hold of this, so they fell into slavery, captivity, colonization, and a nomadic life (Genesis 12:1-3).
- We must have something we enjoy in order to relay it to others.
1) That is the gospel. Christ has come as the gospel, and it is a blessing of the throne we must enjoy within that Christ. God’s son had come down to solve life’s fundamental curse that we could not solve (John 19:30, Romans 8:1-20). We have now become children of God within Christ. We have become the ones to enjoy the heavenly blessings together (Ephesian 1:3-5).
2) We must train ourselves to communicate with the heavenly throne 24 hours.
The main role of the antenna is communication. We must become the antenna that receives and enjoys the blessing given from above. One of the most prominent technological revolutions of the 20th and the 21st century is the semiconductor. The world is now communicating through transistor radios, TVs, and 5G internet. There must be an antenna that receives the information coming from the semiconductors. What is the method by which God works within our lives through the blessing of His throne? He does so by the antenna of the throne.
① This happens when we hold onto the Word of God. Do we know what kind of great works that the Word of God can fulfill? It says that the Word of God is God Himself. The one who came in the flesh form of that Word is Christ (John 1:14). God has given salvation through the Word (2 Timothy 3:15) and healing through the Word (Hebrews 4:12), and He will give us victory in our spiritual battles through the Word (Ephesians 6:17). It says that in the end times, Christ will give judgement over this corrupted world through the Word (Revelation 19:13-16). If we begin our days holding onto the Word, our day will be connected to the heavenly throne. This is why we must always edit our lives that we live according to our own standards and thoughts with the Word. Our lives will be connected to the throne.
② This happens when we pray looking upon the heavenly throne. Our prayers will be delivered up to the throne by angels who carry our prayers above (Revelation 8:3-4)
As much as we pray, God will give us the power of the throne (power of light) and will give us unprecedented answers and evidence. We may have many plans, but we must try to make a blueprint for each day as well as our entire lives within prayer.
③ This happens when we have the heart to live to save lives around us in evangelism and missions. When the disciples went out and preached the gospel, the Lord was with them and showed them many signs (evidence) (Mark 16:20). This is why we must design our lives around saving others and the world through evangelism and missions. If we can connect our studies, skills, and businesses to world evangelization, then God will make it shine the light. That is design.
- How are we going to relay this blessing of the throne that we have realized and enjoy? Let us look at verse 10 in the passage. Last week, I explained the three camps with this verse.
1) “Pass through the gates and prepare the highway for the people.” First, our studies and occupations must match the 237 nations. Even if there is an antenna, the frequency must match. In simple terms, everything that we do must match the frequency of God’s heart that desires to save us, all nations and people. Within the church, we must equip the culture, environment, and the system that welcomes all people from 237 nations.
2) “Remove the stones.” Everyone’s hearts are hurt and diseased (depressions, anger management, panic disorders). We must possess the correct healing message. These problems do not just come. There is Satan’s strategy (spiritual problems). He deceived the first life Adam and Eve, raised conflict among siblings, brought on various disasters, and he leads everyone into corruption and despair. If we can correctly relay the Christ that had come to destroy the work of this devil, then healing will begin (1John 3:8, Acts 10:38). These are spiritual doctors. We must form a healing specialist team in the medical field to save the field and go into 237 nations.
3) “Raise a banner for all nations.” In the military, there are those who hold up the flag for the captain. We must stake our lives for the gospel and stand as the summit that can fight alongside the Lord. Then, we must go out and rise others. All remnants must meaningfully challenge toward the summit staking your lives for the gospel (language summit, financial summit, political summit, cultural summit).
Conclusion (verse 12) – Others will call us holy people (Holy Mason, Holy Leader, Holy Diaspora). We will be called the redeemed of the Lord. That means we will be witnesses that the world and even unbelievers acknowledge. We are Sought After, and a City no longer Deserted. These are the remained ones, and our pain and tears will become the antenna and masterpiece that saves the world. May we have victory in this covenant.
God’s Spiritual Masterpiece – Antenna (Isaiah 62:10-12) 8/28/2022 August 28, 202224 Answer of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
God’s Spiritual Masterpiece – Watchtower (Isaiah 62:6-11) 8/21/2022
Watch Tower is the 2nd spiritual masterpiece that God creates through our lives. Being used as a watch tower by God is His masterpiece. What is a watch tower, and why is it necessary and important?
In simple terms, it is a method by which God protects His people. Verse 6 in the passage says, “I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night.” Before we go out into the world and become the watchtower, God will post up walls and raise up watchmen in our lives to protect us. What is this watchtower and why do we need it?
First, the current age and the ages to come will be increasingly difficult. God knows how deeply corrupt mankind will become, how evil Satan will continue to be, and how difficult it will be for believers (Matthew 24, 2Timothy 3, Revelation). The world needs someone to inform them of this crisis and give them answers. That place is the watchtower, and those who are used for this work are the watchmen. Those people are called “the remaining ones,” or “remnants.”
Second, all the believers who hold onto this covenant of “the remaining ones” and “remnants” are the ones who will be used for that work as God’s absolute method. Because of this, The Holy Spirit will be with us in all our weaknesses and turn everything into evidence (Acts 1:8). Furthermore, He will work through the blessing of the heavenly throne to transcend time and space and create unprecedented masterpieces. This was last week’s message. This is the blessing of a platform (Isaiah 60:21-22).
Third, we must seek out the disciples and the team that will be with us for this work. That is why it says, “Pass through, pass through the gates! Prepare the way for the people” (10). Where the watch tower is established, disciples will father. Even in Elijah’s age that was full of idol worship and persecution, God left behind seven thousand disciples (Romans 11:4).
- Each age, God establishes three watchtowers.
1) A watchtower for a region. Those are the churches in every region.
Christ had purchased with his own blood (Acts 20:28), and Christ himself will establish them (Matthew 16:18). If a church can hold onto only Christ, proclaim only Christ, and look upon only Christ, no matter what difficulties and evil Satan brings, that power of darkness will not be able to overcome them. Beyond that, the light will shine in that region and the flow oof that region will change.
2) A watchtower for each field. We need this spiritual watchtower for our individual work fields, businesses, schools, hospitals, and military. God has called us and entrusted the place to us. The English words “vocation” or “occupation” carry this meaning. “Vocation” means that it is called by a voice, like a calling. “Occupation” means that we, who possess the light of Christ, must conquer and save the field covered in darkness. That is why regional churches in the work field, military, colleges, and the medical profession are so important. They are watchtowers that God establishes.
3) A watchtower for a nation. That is the missions field that saves 237 nations, and we are sending missionaries out to those places. If we can realize how important missions is and devote and participate inti, the blessings and answers of saving the age will be upon the individuals and their posterity. Your inadequacies and hardships do not matter. Joseph was not simply sold as a slave. God had sent him as a missionary to the land of Egypt (Genesis 45:5-8). Daniel and his friends were not simply taken as captives. God had sent them as missionaries to the land of Babylon. If prophet Jonah had properly went as a missionary to Nineveh, the land could have been spared from destruction. Only when we correctly realize evangelism and missions in our lives will our future generations survive.
- It is the work that God does through this watchtower.
1) He places the light and glory of God within us and blesses us (Isaiah 60:1-2, 60:19-20, John 1:9, 1:14). This is the blessing of Christ, and the blessing of salvation that those who accept Christ enjoy. If we are able to enjoy this light and glory within worship and 24 prayer our lives will shine with such light and become a masterpiece. In that sense, every individual will become a church, God’s masterpiece, and the spiritual watchtower.
2) God will mobilize His angels to that watchtower to break down the forces of darkness and help the people of God. That is why God said, “I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night” (6). These watchmen are the angels that help the people of God and fight against the darkness. God will work when we hold onto the Word (Psalm 103:20-21). So whether we study, work, so do ministry, we must hold onto the Word and receive strength from the Word.
3) What should we do at this watchtower? We must be in camp. It is shining the light. When we enjoy the fact that the light of Christ resides in us, the power of that light will be revealed. That is camp. Turn everything into camp (evangelism camp, birthday camp, marriage camp, funeral camp). We can focus on three things (10).
① Future camp. People in the world ultimately have anxiety and worries about their future. It is worse in this age we live in (futurology). We can tell them that Christ will be the way (John 14:6). He has placed “open doors” before us. No one can close those doors (Revelation 3:8). The reason we evangelism is to tell others about this way. This is what it means to “pass through the gates and prepare the way for the people” (10).
② Prayer camp. In the end, we must receive strength that God gives from the heavenly throne through prayer (power of light). It says to remove the stones. We must have strength to remove the stones (weaknesses, transgressions, scars). Thus, God promised the 5 powers. Only then can we carry out the calling of a watchman. We can then pray for others together. In your region or regional churches, if someone can sincerely pray for you and you receive strength, people will continue to gather.
③ Talent Camp. Believers will evangelize through their individual skills, jobs, and specialties (70 disciples). Remnants worry about what they will study and what kind of jobs they will get. However, it is simple (Matthew 6:33). With what kind of skills and jobs will we live our entire lives as evangelists? People who are ahead can help with that (internship). With that kind of specialty will we raise a banner for all nations? We can find the answer through prayer. It directly relates to globalization. We must establish a system within the church to support this, and if we can provide internships in the field, it will become great doors of evangelism.
Conclusion – “The Lord has made a proclamation to the ends of the earth” (11). This is the heart and the plan of God that goes out to all people of this age. “Say to Daughter Zion.” This is God’s heart and plan for us, who are weak, yet precious. “See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him.” To those who hold onto the covenant of this watchtower that will save the age and all peoples, God has prepared a separate reward. May we all become believers that walk this journey of a watchtower.
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God’s Spiritual Masterpiece – Platform (Isaiah 60:18-20) 8/14/2022
The word “masterpiece” from God’s masterpiece has the meaning, “the greatest masterpiece.” The antonym would be “a failure” or “a failed production.” What kind of beings were the humans that God created? The Bible says that life was created by God’s own image (Genesis 1:27), and it was a masterpiece that God was satisfied with (Genesis 1:31). How do we evaluate ourselves? Do we see ourselves as “classy” or “grateful?” Do we consider ourselves a “failure” or “useless?”
Following Adam’s corruption in Genesis 3, the world and its people are continuing to become corrupted and crumbled.
Why did the Israelites fall into slavery, captivity, and colonization and become nomadic people? It was a depiction of the lives that were separated from God, under sin and curses. There existed a great force in the background – the force of the corrupted spirits of Satan.
What must God do about this world and these lives? He desires to restore. That is why God sent His son as the Christ. He achieved what we call “salvation” (Matthew 1:21). This is the restoration of the original blessing.
What did this Christ do? He became the way for the lives separated from God (Prophet, John 14:6). By dying on the cross for us, he has freed our lives from sin and curses (Priest, Romans 8:1-2). As he resurrected, he crushed Satan’s head and destroyed all the devil’s work in our lives. He promises to give us victory (King, 1John 3:8). Now, he will work within us as the Holy Spirit so that our lives will become evidence that saves many others and a masterpiece.
Theologically, this process is called sanctification and glorification. “Sanctification” describes a state in which we are righteous and holy. “Glorification” means that the glory of God will appear in our lives (Romans 8:30). Ultimately, it is God’s desire, method, blessing, and conclusion for our lives to become His masterpiece. The first realization of that spiritual masterpiece is the platform.
- What does platform mean? The platform is a place where people gather, modes of transportation gather, and all streams merge. It is the source of all things.
1) God has saved us to be the ones who will enjoy heavenly blessings (Ephesians 1:3). It is the blessing of the source. Through one person, the blessing of God will come upon the family, children, others they meet, and the work that they do. Abraham held onto that covenant (Genesis 12:1-3). Isaac enjoyed this covenant to the point that the enemy acknowledged it (Genesis 26:29). Joseph, as a slave, in prison, and before the king, showed this evidence (Genesis 41:38).
2) God said he will revolve all things around his people. We can then save the world and save the church. Even when they were held as captives, God told them that everything will come back to those who hold onto this covenant. Nations and kings will return, crowds will return, sons and daughters will come, and all riches will come to glorify the house of the Lord (Isaiah 60:3-7). God can even change laws, policies, people, and environment for us. There may be temporary problems and hardships. However, they are not problems. We must discover greater answers and blessings through those things (Jeremiah 33:1-3).
3) Such individuals will ultimately change the culture of the world, and the stream of the future. That is why we call them, “the platform that saves the future.” One deacon Philip changed the spiritual flow of Samaria (Acts 8:4-8). The team that worked alongside the servant of God, Paul, overturned Rome and the world (Acts 13:1). Wherever they went, people came to them. They met Remnants like Timothy, Titus, Onesimus.
- There is something we must never be deceived by.
1) In the passage, God repeatedly promised “not anymore” three times (18-20). This was God’s promise, his declaration (Isaiah 55:11). This must be our confessions of faith (Isaiah 59:21).
2) Do not be deceived by three things. We tend to block God’s blessings. That is the channel by which Satan deceives us.
① Don’t be deceived by your past. Do not be caught up in your scars, failures, and incapability. God will do new things (Isaiah 43:18-20).
② Don’t be deceived by your reality. It may be your circumstance or environment. God has given us the key to heaven (Matthew 18:18).
③ Don’t be deceived by your unbelief. Satan will try to instill inferiority, competitive nature, anger, discouragement, and despair in you. This is the reason the Israelites faced failure in the wilderness. They were bitten by snakes (Numbers 21:4-6).
- What is the method by which God makes our lives into a platform?
1) “for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory” (19-20).
① Christ came as this light and glory (John 1:9-14).
When we reside in Christ and look upon him, he gives us strength. We must gain this strength.
② This strength is not just ordinary strength. It is the power of the light that overcomes all forces of darkness that is working in our lives and the world (Ephesians 6:12). Within this power, the glory of God will shine. When we enjoy this power, we can save ourselves, our families, our family line, the church, as well as the future.
② The time in which we enjoy this power is prayer (scheduled prayer, concentrated prayer, continuous prayer, 24 prayer). We must restore and train for the blessing of prayer in our personal lives. It is a time for you and God. All things that were bound by the darkness will return to you.
2) “They will possess the land forever” (21).
① This signifies the true blessing and true success that God gives when we look upon our eternal God. The blessing and success of the world is limited and temporary. However, the things that God gives are unlimited and eternal.
② The 7 remnants of the Bible, as well as all the people of faith enjoyed this blessing. Those individuals saved the world and the future. “The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation” (22). Poverty, education, disability, or failure did not become a problem. There were such individuals in America in the 19th-20th century (Lincoln, Moody, Wanamaker, Crosby, Edison). That age, America saved the world and commissioned out the most missionaries.
3) “I am the Lord; in its time I will do this swiftly” (22). It is God’s time schedule. Do not be anxious, in haste, or quick to make judgements. Do not compare yourself to others or compete with others. Do not be discouraged when you don’t see immediate answers or fruits. What is important is your spiritual state today. The future has been prepared. God has a time schedule for each individual. Look forward to that time schedule and prepare yourself before God and wait (that is faith).
Conclusion – Look upon the Christ that became your life’s everlasting light and glory (only). Then, all of your things will become uniqueness. You will conquer the land and save the world (recreation). May we all become the platform established by this system.
God’s Spiritual Masterpiece – Platform (Isaiah 60:18-20) 8/14/2022 August 14, 202224 Answer of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
Spiritual Masterpiece that Changes the World (Genesis 18:16-19) 8/7/2022
We call words that embody one’s life goals or purpose a “motto.” The same word in Chinese describes something that is engraved and hung up on the right hand side of one’s seat (座右铭). That is what makes people’s lives.
The saved people of God have the “covenant.” God has placed his plans and goals for our lives and has given it to us. If we live haphazardly, our lives will be meaningless. On the other hand, if we hold onto the covenant of God, we will experience the fulfillment of God’s covenant through our entire lives. We call holding onto God’s covenant, looking ahead, enjoying the covenant, experiencing the covenant, and challenging ourselves, the CVDIP.
We have the eternal covenant. It is Christ. This is our life’s eternal answer, and eternal conclusion. God has saved us from sin and curses for eternity. He will allow us to have victory for eternity. He will be glorified through us for eternity.
We have been given the covenant of this age. It is World Evangelism. He will save us to save the age, heal us to heal the age, and bless us to bless the age. The true happiness, true blessings, and true success that we must enjoy lie within this. Because he needs to save the world and this age, he has saved and will bless such a weak, lacking, and invaluable lives as ours. Every age, these individuals are called the remaining ones (remnant).
The 25th World Remnant Conference has come to an end. For 25 years, I have seen and experienced how these messages proclaimed within the remnant movement have saved my inadequate and shameful life, my family, church, and the field. All I have is thanksgiving.
The covenant proclaimed during the leaders retreat this year was “the spiritual masterpiece that saves the world.” I pray that we may all stand in the forefront of the line before this blessing.
- Why must God raise us as spiritual masterpieces that change the world? There are three absolute reasons. Above all else, the parents (1st generations) that will raise the remnants must hold onto this reason and receive realistic blessings. Through the faith and prayers of the 1st generation, the remnant age will arise.
1) This age is extremely difficult. It is God’s suffering.
It will become increasingly worse. This age goes beyond the Sodom and Gomora of the passage. People do not have their senses. Matthew 24, 2Timothy 3, and the Book of Revelation specifically records how people will face suffering. Did God desire such a world? We must be able to feel God’s heart and His heartache.
2) God has given us His answer and raised us up as the “remaining ones” that will shine the light. This is God’s method. God raised up these individuals in every age. He chose Noah in the age of Nephilim, Abraham in the land of Sodom and Gomora during the age of the Babel Tower. There are the remaining individuals. In Elijah’s age (Romans 11:4-5), in the age of captivity (Isaiah 6:13), and until the very end, there will be the remaining ones (Revelation 12:17). These remaining ones, the remnants, are God’s method.
3) It is God’s mission and his conclusion for these remnants to stand as God’s masterpiece. In this evil and crumbling age, there must be witnesses. They must act as the platform, watchman, and the antenna. This was also the last covenant that Christ gave. For this, He will be with us with the authority of heaven and earth (Matthew 28:18-20), work among us through the blessing of the thronw (Mark 16:15-20), and fill us with the power of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8).
- With God’s heart, method, and conclusion, what must we do?
We must prepare our vessel so that God has no choice but to fill us, work in us, and use us (specifically, our own CVDIP). We must discover our prayer topics within it, discover our own faith, and discover the reason and content by which we challenge ourselves. This is the 15 lectures from the leader’s retreat this year. It is divided into 5 topics (parts).
1) The first topic is the current address of the remnants. The identity that God has already given us is our current address. No matter how inadequate someone is, if they are the president, their current address is the White House. The moment we became children of God, we became people that will undoubtedly enjoy the blessing of our Father’s throne. We must hold onto this identity that belongs to God (establishing the throne upon ourselves), follow the flow of the Word and not that of the world (establishing the throne upon our fields), and concentrate so that our businesses can receive this blessing of the throne (establishing the throne upon our businesses).
2) The second topic is the remnant’s journey. This is the path that God has prepared for us. We are not to go on the wrong path that the world speaks of. Regardless of how difficult this world is, there are separate paths for us to take. It is the path of the remaining ones. We must discover God’s absolute answer within whatever problems or crises we face. We are already among the 1%. It is the path of the pilgrim. This would be the time to grow deeper with God. The deeper you grow in Him, you can transcend all things. It is the path of a conqueror. We already possess the light of God that will overcome and conquer the world.
3) The third topic is the remnant’s preparation for the future. There are three goals that God has prepared (platform, watch tower, antenna). The more we enjoy the power of the throne, the more people will gather (platform). Someone must be able to remain alert in prayer. Wherever your place is, try praying 24 with the heart of a watchman (watch tower). Prepare the vessel for communication that can safe the 237 nations (antenna).
4) The fourth topic is the strength that remnants will enjoy. This is the absolute power that God has promised. Change all thoughts and problems into prayer. Integrate prayer even into your breathing (24 prayer). If we don’t have this strength, everything will be a source of conflict. Especially in this age, we must be strengthened to fight against the darkness that works within all the idols, politics, and ideologies. The people of God lose hold of this, so they were taken as captives. The ones who had this strength were Daniel and his three friends, and Esther. They became the Holy Mason, Holy Leader, and Holy Diaspora of their age.
5) The fifth topic is the remnants’ final calling. This is the content we must challenge towards while living in the end times. We must challenge toward three things. Training for missions that saves 237 nations (language and culture adaptation training). Training for evangelism that will save our fields (7 journeys of the life of the evangelist). Training for lay leaders (to be able to save all servants of God and the churches).
Conclusion – I will summarize the message through the passage. This is the covenant that was given to Abraham, and the blessing that we will enjoy (Galatians 3:14).
1) God sent an angel to warn the land of Sodom and Gomora (16). God was with Abraham in that field. This is the reason God has led us to live in this age where suffering and disasters continue. He will use us as people who will change the world. Even if there exists 10 people who know the desire and the heart of God, God said he will not advance judgement upon them. This is God’s heart.
2) God gave Abraham a promise to raise Abraham up as witnesses before those people (17). Abraham will become a great nation, and all nations will be blessed through him. This is the blessing of platform, watch tower, and antenna that we will enjoy.
3) We must relay this blessing to our posterity (17). Remnants must realize this and follow. The church must go all in for this. May we all receive blessings to become God’s spiritual masterpiece that changes the world that is full of darkness.
Spiritual Masterpiece that Changes the World (Genesis 18:16-19) 8/7/2022 August 7, 2022Last week’s message was the 70 Disciples who Save the Age. In one word, be alert and pray. Why? The day of the Lord’s return is near. The age is becoming darker and more evil. What kind of faith should we have – end time faith. The age after Christ’s resurrection and before his second coming is the last days. As the gospel goes throughout the world the day of the Lord’s return is hastening. That is why Satan is going berserk. Jesus will absolutely return (Acts 1:11). Jesus finished everything on the cross and rose victoriously from the grave. Our life is within that victory. This fact must overshadow all others. End time faith has three elements: 1) no matter how dark the age, God has chosen and set apart those who will receive salvation; 2) only after the gospel of the Kingdom is preached throughout the world will the end come; and 3) God is not willing for anyone to perish – he waits for the last person destined for salvation to be saved. We do not live just any walk of faith – we are walking on the journey of the end time faith that has conquered in advance. How can we conquer in advance? Just be inside of the Word and follow the Word. This is the Covenant and being in the flow of the Covenant (Covenant Journey). Then you will absolutely have victory. God gives to his people his Word in advance and He fulfills that Word. It is when we hold onto the Word and place it in our hearts that we experience the fulfilment of the Word. Inside of the flow of the Covenant, there are three identities and path of the Covenant that we must take.
1.One who Remained – Path of One who Remains
1) The one who remains is the one who has strength and will be victorious. Your start may be good and you worked diligently but if you are not able to remain it is worthless. True faith is remaining to the end. How? God has chosen and therefore God will hold you to the end (Rm 11:5, Jn 10:29). It is not my hard work. It is God’s work and God’s grace.
2) The one who remains will remain no matter what. In the last days there will be tribulation. For the sole reason of following the Lord you will be hated and put to death. Because of the increase of evil many will fall away and betray one another and hate each other. False prophets will appear and lead many astray. The love of many will grow cold (vv.9-12). However, the one who endures to the end will be saved (v.13). Only the one who perseveres in prayer will endure to the end (Lk 18:1-8).
2. Pilgrim – Path of Pilgrim
1) We are not traveling an unfamiliar path or a path that we do not know the outcome of. It is a path we already have won and are victorious in.
a. Possess in Advance – mixed gospel, vague gospel, incorrect gospel, different gospel. We must possess the accurate gospel (Mt. 16:16, 17:8, 16:24, Jn 19:30) – (C)ovenant
b. See in Advance – we know the conclusion. Only when this gospel is preached throughout the world will the end come (v. 14, Mt 28:18-20) – (V)ision
c. Enjoy in Advance – being full of peace, joy, thanksgiving right now (Phil 4:4-7, 1 Thes.5:16-18) – (D)ream
d. Fulfil in Advance – Always being inside of the Word, prayer, and worship. Absolutely the word will be fulfilled (Is 40:8, Mt 24:35, Is 55:10-11) – (I)mage
e. Conquer in Advance – the one who holds onto the Word will absolutely conquer (Josh 1:5-8) – (P)ractice
3. Conqueror – Path of Conqueror
1) Jesus accomplished everything on the cross and has overcome. Our enemy the Devil’s head has been crushed. We can no longer receive wrath and condemnation. We have become God’s children and are eternally in the bosom of the Father. We are conquerors (Jn 16:33, Rm 8:37-39, 1 Jn 5:5).
2) The people of this world have lost hold of the spiritual and are living for the physical. We are those who sacrifice the physical to invest in the spiritual (saving lives). The path of the conqueror is the opposite of the world. Whoever saves his life will lose it, whoever loses his life will find it (Mt 16:25). The first will be last and the last first (Mt 20:16). A Conqueror fights the spiritual battle, not a physical battle. We know Satan’s strategy. We must save everyone.
3) Where you invest now will determine the flow later on. The greatest path of a conqueror is to invest in the next generation. God’s greatest concern/interest is for the Gospel/Covenant to be passed to successive generations. Only then can the 237 nations and 5000 people groups be saved. Though they may seem small and insignificant now, they are the ones who will save the world (Is 60:22). If all the first generation and members and church officers and pastors place their focus here then God will allow His blessings to overflow in every way. We must be the Platform (gather), Watchtower (prayer background), Antenna (relay) for the remnants.
Conclusion – No matter how dark the age we are walking on the path that we know the result and conclusion to. Through Christ we are on the Covenant Journey where we have conquered in advance. As we follow the Word/Covenant, may the blessing of the Throne be upon our lives, the church, and the posterity.
70 Disciples who Conquer in Advance (Mt 24:3-14) - 7/31/2022 August 1, 202224 Answers of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
70 Disciples that Save the Age (Matthew 24:32:39). 7/24/2022
The worst Age is continuing (pandemic, wars, climate, economy, mental disorders, spiritual problems). Although these things are prophesized in the Bible, many experts in different areas predict that the suffering of the globe and its people is heading toward its worst. A Romanian author once wrote a book called The 25th Hour. A Romanian young man dreams of immigrating to the United States with his lover for a happy life. However, the 2nd World War breaks out and many unfortunate things happen. The nation, the age, and even himself end up in a miserable state. He called that the 25th hour. The author later speaks of a beam of light that will shine on his despairing life. What was that light? It is Christ. The despair of people, the world, and the age alludes that the time of Christ’s return is near. The passage tells us, if those sufferings continue, the Lord is “right at the door.” How must we live our lives in this age? The Lord knew two thousand years ahead and gave us the answer.
- How must we live? In a few words, we must be “alert.” Concentrate, and do 24.
Christ with surely come back. However, only the Father knows the day and time (36). It is his sovereignty, but it also contains God’s heart, his patience, and his time schedule. There is something he has shown in advance.
1) The flood of Noah’s time. Just like that time, the day of Christ’s return will be the same.
① We will see many premonitions, and we will hear of it (1-28). We will hear news of war, widespread diseases, earthquakes, and famine. Many churches will be mocked and persecuted. In Revelation, it records that these things are the result of human greed and the work of Satan in the background.
② The problem is that even with all these signs, people will not realize (38).
It says that before the judgement of the flood, until the day the people entered the ark, they ate, drank, married, and did not realize until destruction came. Mankind will grow eviler and be submerged in the secular life.
2) The individuals that God will use in this time are distinguished.
① Unspeakable disasters and tribulations will come, but for the sake of those who are elected, the days will be shortened (22). These are the remained ones that God has chosen. They will be the ones who will remain, who do remain, and who will leave behind others.
② In the age of Elijah, there were seven thousand people who were chosen by grace to remain. There are people in this age as well (Romans 11:4-5). Who are these people? They are the remnants, evangelists who will save the world, and disciples that God remains in every age.
3) What must these remained individuals do? Jesus gave three parables to explain.
① The Parables of the faithful and wise Servant. They share the food with the people (45-47). What does food signify here? It is the answer that we must give to the people and this age in suffering. “Not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord” (Amos 8:11). There is an answer by which we can come out of this evilness and suffering, but no one to give it. If we truly stand as people who will relay this answer of only Christ, our lives will become God’s platform.
② The parables of the ten virgins (Matthew 25:1-13). We must stand as disciples to shine the light until our groom Christ returns. This is the blessing of the watch tower that must enjoy. In our families, churches, workplaces, and in this dark age, there must be individuals who will shine the light in their respective positions. Someone must be awake to block the curse and disasters. There may be believers that do not notice when the oil of the lamp is running out. They may think the groom is not coming because it is getting late. The oil signifies the filling of the Holy Spirit. If we do not enjoy the filling of the Holy Spirit, we will ultimately be holding an empty lamp (the shell, formality).
③ The parable of the bags of gold (Matthew 25:14-30). With the talents that God have given you, do what pleases God. We can evangelize with our talents, receive financial blessings, and be used for the work of saving 237 nations and 5000 people groups. That is the blessing of the antenna. We will share God’s solutions, blessings, and answers and relay them to others. Why did the master say “you wicked, lazy servant” to the man who did nothing with one bag of gold? When they were faithful to small tasks, they were deemed “good and faithful servant”, they will be “put in charge of many things,” and they could “come and share their master’s happiness.”
- What must we pray about and challenge towards?
We are not here to merely make a living. Truly hold onto the covenant of 70 disciples that will save the age. Enjoy only God’s kingdom and the power of the Holy Spirit and receive God’s blessings. That is the blessing of the throne of 3,9,3.
1) Make a lifestyle of enjoying the triune God (establish the throne upon yourself). Our lives as children of God are within God’s absolute sovereignty (Romans 11:36). Acknowledge God’s deeper things. Christ has surely finished everything (John 19:30). It doesn’t matter what problems or disasters come. They will be transformed into evidences. The Holy Spirit will be with us and help us (John 14:16-18). Then, we can overcome all things.
2) Pray so that the 9 blessings of the throne manifests onto your skills and talents (establish the throne upon your skills and businesses).
① The blessing of 3 lives. When we enjoy God’s image, reside in the power of the Holy Spirit, everything becomes blessings of Eden.
② The blessing of 3 transcendents. We will transcend the world (angels), time and space, as well as the work of Satan (power of light).
③ The blessing of 3 unprecedents. Blessings to come upon us, our churches, workplaces and businesses. Within that, lies the blessing of the economy of light that will save 237 nations for us to enjoy (Genesis 14:20, Isaiah 60:5, Acts 2:44-45, Romans 16:23).
3) As a result of this, the answer of saving 3 ages follows (establish the throne upon our church) All church members must be in oneness to do all things before God as we seek the blessing of the throne.
① This is an age where churches crumble. However, churches that enjoy the blessing of the throne will save the servants of the Lord, as well as other churches.
② There are so many individuals suffering from depression, addiction, and uncurable diseases. If we can just help them realize Christ accurately in faith, we can save them (Mark 16:17-20). The medical personnel must gather to pray about a healing specialty team (life healing, fundamental healing).
③ This is an age where the future generations have crumbled and lost their way. We must raise remnants to save 237 nations. We can seek out one person among the multiethnic, TCKs around us. Even if they look small and insignificant, they are not (Isaiah 60:22). Help them realize the 5 blessings of remnant (chosen one, holy seed, diaspora, spiritual summit, and evangelism disciple).
Conclusion – We are living in a difficult age. That is why God has given us the covenant of spiritual ambassadors, spiritual doctors, and 70 disciples. May you continue to have victory holding onto the eternal covenant of Christ, and the covenant that will save the age – blessing of world evangelism.
70 Disciples that Save the Age (Matthew 24:32:39). 7/24/2022 July 24, 202224 Answer of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
Disciples Who Restore Thanksgiving (Exodus 23:14-16) 7/17/2022
In the passage, God told the believers to keep the three feasts every year (Feast of the Unleavened Bread, Harvest, and Tabernacle). He told them to keep it forever (Leviticus 23:21). This week for us is when we keep the Feast of the Unleavened Bread, or in another term, Pentecost). There are two important reasons we must keep these Feasts.
First, the Feasts are God’s blessings that we must absolutely enjoy.
The Feast of Unleavened Bread is also called Passover. It is called Passover because on the day the Israelites sacrificed a lamb and painted its blood on their homes, all destiny, curses, and authorities of Hell passed over them. It was also called the Feast of Unleavened Bread because they ate bread that was not made with yeast. This signifies Christ’s suffering and death. Through Christ’s suffering, believers no longer had a reason to be cursed or fail (Romans 8:30-39).
The Feast of Harvest is also called Pentecost because it is 50th day after Passover. This Feast signifies the help and power of the Holy Spirit that saved people of God must enjoy to overcome and save the world. God promised that he would not leave us alone as orphans (John 14:16-18). Therefore, believers do not have a reason to be lonely or afraid.
The Feast of Tabernacle is the fruit that the believers bear. What fruit would that be? It is the fruit of evangelism, missions, and saving future generations. God will allow us to bear those fruits and store them in the heavenly storehouse as eternal blessings.
Second, through these Feasts, we are to prepare our vessels that can continue to hold God’s blessings within us.
It says that we should not harvest to the corners of the field or crops that have fallen (Leviticus 23:22). We are to be considerate of the poor and the wayfarers and become a vessel that saves all people. Then, God will fill up the rest. We are not to go empty-handed (15). In other words, we must restore thanksgiving throughout the entirety of our lives. Whenever important answers of blessings come, we must give thanks. If we can give thanks even when problems and despair come, that will be the vessel of a disciple.
- There is a reason we must restore this vessel of thanksgiving.
Undoubtedly, God has destroyed the authority of curses, fate, Satan, hell, and all problems in our lives through Christ (John 19:30). God knows everything that we need and has prepared them (Matthew 6:33, Ephesians 3:20). This blessing is the Gospel. We must realistically experience this to revive ourselves, our field, the church, our next generations, and the future.
1) Thanksgiving is a confession of faith in the fact that God will fulfill this promise in all problems and circumstances (24).
① The opposite of thanksgiving is complaints. Why did the Israelites continue to complain and resent God in the Wilderness when various problems came? They were not able to believe that God has given them Canaan and that God will be with them the entire way.
② God desires one thing from us. He wants us to believe him and believe in his promise.
2) When we restore thanksgiving, the work of the Holy Spirit follows (25). Only then, can we save the world. There are many evidences in the Bible. All those things must become our personal evidence to stand as a witness.
① When Jesus fed five thousand people with 5 loaves of bread and two fish, he gave thanks to God (John 6:11). He was grateful for the little he had, and he believed and gave thanks that God will work.
② The beginning of all answers and healing is thanksgiving (Philippians 4:6-7). When we cast all our worries and pray in thanksgiving, the peace of God will guide our heart and mind. It is not about getting our immediate problems resolved. It is about receiving healing for our whole lives. When Jesus healed the people with leprosy, only one person came back to thank him. That man’s life had been healed (Luke 17:19).
③ Even amidst the most devastating times, when we restore thanksgiving miracles can arise (transcending time and space, unprecedented works). David’s thanksgiving in the cave while hiding from King Saul (Psalm 57:9), Daniel’s thanksgiving inside the lions’ den (Daniel 6:10), Paul’s thanksgiving and praise inside prison (Acts 16:25) all fulfilled unprecedented miracles that transcended time and space.
3) That gratitude will lead us to eternal victory (eternity).
① When we restore this thanksgiving, the darkness that works in our lives, families, ministries, and field will be broken. There is one strategy that Satan uses to destroy us. He deceives us through our problems, events, environments, and relationships (Ephesians 6:12). He makes us discouraged, despaired, and wrathful and makes us give up. Our thanksgiving is what will make Satan give up on his deceptions (1Thessalonians 5:16-18).
② There, God’s kingdom will come upon us (Matthew 12:28), and we will establish a connection with the heavenly throne (Revelations 7:12). Thus, when we restore thanksgiving, we will restore 24, 25, and eternity.
- What is the reason we cannot gives thanks in our lives?
1) We do not know what we should be truly happy about and be thankful for.
① There are many things to be thankful for in life. We must be thankful for all the love, support, and blessings we received from our parents and others throughout our lives that brought us to this point. We did not just become someone out of nowhere (life, talent, skill).
② You may not have received those love, support and blessings. That is why you are someone who have been given greater and eternal things. Our souls have been saved. From that moment on, we have escaped from eternal curses, fate, and authority of hell. We are not people who will only enjoy blessings on this earth. We are people who will live our lives waiting and enjoying the eternal things (1Peter 1:8-9).
2) We have lost the most important thing to the devil.
① This is what the devil did to the believers who came out of four hundred years of slavery and were walking toward the blessing of Canaan conquest (Numbers 21:4-9). They are constantly hurt emotionally, and they continue to complain and resent. Ultimately, they are bitten by venomous snakes. They all become sick and crumbled.
② God gives them the bronze snake (Christ) to look up to. He heals whoever looks up at the bronze snake. We must restore this thanksgiving.
3) There is another reason they were deceived by Satan. It was their hidden greed.
① If you think for a little bit, you may discover how your life has been founded upon countless blessings and grace. Because we cannot be satisfied by the grace and blessings that God has given us, we fail to find anything to be thankful for. That is what fosters arrogance (1Timothy 6:4-5). That will create useless interests, debates, conflicts, speculation, calumny, and disputes. It makes our hearts corrupt.
② But godliness with contentment is great gain (1Timothy 6:6).
Conclusion – We are people who have realized “only gospel” in this age. Wherever we go, God’s kingdom will undoubtedly be established, and the work of Holy Spirit will undoubtedly be shown. Thus, we will be able to live as true 70 disciples that will save the field, the church, the posterity, and the future. May you restore true thanksgiving, receive healing from the hidden problems that bring you failure, and experience the new beginning of answers that save the 237 nations.
Disciples Who Restore Thanksgiving (Exodus 23:14-16) 7/17/2022 July 17, 202224 Answer of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
70 Workers Who Save the Next Generation (2 Timothy 2:1-7) 7/10/2022
We are the 70 Workers that save the next generation. We must prepare the future and the next age to come. There are at least three reasons we must do something to save the posterity.
First, it is a blessing that the future generations must rightfully enjoy. It is a responsibility of the parents and the first-generation to whom God has gifted children. The child’s entire life depends on the parents and leaders they meet and become nurtured and trained by. As our future generations inherit the covenant and blessings through their parents and the first generation, we must help them have gratitude for those things.
Second, it is a blessing that parents and the first-generation will enjoy. No matter what, the children are the fruits that parents and the first-generation bear through their prayers, devotion, and life. Some unbelievers even form an opinion about how well honorably the parents lived by their children.
Third, it is an absolute mission from God (John 21:15). The world will progressively fall deeper into pain, curses, and disasters. Along with human greed, it is the final wrath of Satan (Revelations 12:12). Within this, it is our children who must save their fields, the church, and their next generation. At the conclusion of this mission, we will meet Jesus who will come again and stand before God.
- We want to see Paul in the passage as a model who revived his posterity.
1) Paul called Timothy “my son” (beginning of verse 1).
Biological children are precious relationships that God has given to parents. They are God’s heritage and reward on earth (Psalm 127:3). However, biological children are not the only connection that God has allowed. Paul was an evangelist who lived alone and carried out world evangelism. Timothy was someone who Paul met while he evangelized in the field. Paul believed that Timothy was someone who God has given to him as a son. According to that faith, Timothy was the one who stayed by Paul’s side during his final days, and that love was captured and remained as the book of 2 Timothy.
2) What Paul desired to relay to this son was only gospel (end of verse 1).
“Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” There are three absolute reasons.
① Only this gospel is the way (John 14:6) and door (john 10:9) to enjoy all of God’s grace.
We meet God through this Christ, and in him we become free from all sin and curses and victorious over Satan’s authority. This Satan is working 24 hours to deceive the saved people, their families, churches, and field (1 Peter 5:8). However, Satan can never overcome us, who grow stronger in the grace that is in Christ. All his strategies will become the path to greater blessings and doors.
② God makes all things in the life of those who are in the grace of Christ into evidence (Acts 1:8). With that grace and evidence of blessings, they are standing as the ones to save the field, the church, and the world. Those individuals are called disciples. God desires us to raise disciples, whether they are our biological children, or children we meet in our fields.
③ All relationships and devotions that come in this Gospel becomes something eternal. When we stand before God, our children and posterity that we have raised become our eternal reward and eternal heritage.
3) What was the missions that Paul gave to this son? He told him to relay this gospel to other reliable people. Just like Paul met this Timothy, there will be other reliable people (disciples) in the field that God will allow us to meet. As much as we hold onto this covenant of discipleship and stand as a disciple ourselves, more disciples like us will be raised through us.
- Paul suggested three models to raise his beloved son Timothy as such a disciple (verse 3-6).
1) He told Timothy to endure suffering as a good soldier of Christ. They are the remained ones.
① What is one difference between a church member and a disciple? Church goers expect to live an easy walk of faith, but disciples are determined for suffering to come (Matthew 16:24). They are individuals that choose loss, persecution, and crises. However, in the end, those things become absolute blessings (Mark 10:28-30). Abraham, Isaac, Joseph, Moses, Caleb, David, Daniel and his three friends, Esther, and the figures of Hebrews 11 are such witnesses.
② Why did he talk about modeling a soldier? It is because we must fight against the enemy to protect and save our families and people. Satan is continuously working to destroy us, our families, the church, and the field. What would happen to ourselves and the people around us if we do not have the strength or the mission to fight against him? Someone must become a watchman, and a soldier that can fight and have victory.
③ All saved people of God are God’s army and soldiers of Christ from the moment they receive salvation (Exodus 12:41, Numbers 1:3, Ezekiel 37:10). Especially in a time like this where curses, disasters, and spiritual problems continue, God has promised us this blessing (Revelations 17:14, 21:7). We are people who can win if we stand against in faith (Luke 10:19, 1 Peter 5:9, 1 John 4:4). These are the remained ones.
2) He told Timothy to stand as a one who competes for the victor’s crown.
① This is an insight to our life’s journey. We must stand as the ones who know the journey. He compared life to a marathon. A marathon is not determined by how well you run in the beginning. We must look ahead to the long run. There is no reason to be tired or deceived if we do not see good results right away. Keep the pace of your faith, striving forward toward our eternal destination (covenant journey, journey of a pilgrim, journey of a victor).
② To compete according to the rules means to follow the Word (Psalm 119:105). Challenge yourself to make five things your lifestyle throughout your entire life (deep meditation, deep prayer, deep breathing, deep foods, deep exercise).
③ Where is the final destination of those who compete in this race? It is to relay. It is the work of an antenna. We must relay the blessing of the gospel through the entirety of our lives. This was the beginning of the marathon.
3) He told Timothy to enjoy the blessing of a hardworking farmer. They are the ones who prepare for the future.
① What are three things we can learn from farmers?
First, they look ahead to the future. Second, since they see that future, they can sweat to till the field and sow the seeds today. Third, they wait until those seeds grow and bear fruit.
② We must live our lives like this and raise our children and disciples this way. If we can properly raise one individual, it can change the world. When you look at someone, don’t look at who they are right now and judge easily. Look at the future that God has prepared for every individual. The prayers and devotions we pour into them now is the work of sowing the seeds in sweat. They are not ordinary seeds; they are holy seeds. Now, we just put our faith in God and wait. God is the one who will bear the fruits and allow us to enjoy (Galatians 6:9. People who work hard like farmers have separate blessings they will enjoy. They will enjoy those blessings first.
Conclusion – May you stand strong in the grace that only Christ Jesus gives. In that grace and blessing, may we raise our future generations as victorious soldiers, competitors who know the journey, and farmers who prepare for the future.
70 Workers Who Save the Next Generation (2 Timothy 2:1-7) 7/10/2022 July 10, 202224 Answers of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
70 Disciples that Save the Church (Acts 1:12-14) 7/3/2022
The most important reason church lay leaders and believers must receive God’s blessings and answers is to establish and save the church. Only then, will we be able to continue to receive strength, save our fields, and save our posterity. This is because the church is our spiritual family that revives us as individuals, a system that saves the field, and a platform that supports our future generations.
We are facing an age in which churches all over the world are crumbling and closing doors. The book of Revelation is a part of the Bible that prophesizes in detail what kind of curses and disasters will fill the earth in the end times because of human corruption and Satan’s works. It says that the Satan’s ultimate target of attack is the church, because if a church falls, everything else follows. Churches these days are losing hold of this. However, there exist churches of the remining ones (Revelations 12:17), and churches that will overcome that darkness (Revelations 17:14).
What kind of church is a church of the remaining ones and a church that has victory? Our church must be within this. There is one core fact. We must enter the essence of a church that God desires. Whether we live our lives or do something (studies, businesses), the mystery of true success and victory is found within this. In the passage, it tells us why God did not use the magnificent temple of Jerusalem, but rather the humble and persecuted Mark’s Upper Room.
- The first essence of the church is the significance of a church. This is the church’s fundamentals.
1) A church is a place that the triune God himself established and blessed (church of God).
The Garden of Eden was the beginning of church. It was a place that God has established, resided in, and blessed. Satan made us lose hold of this and began to destroy the church.
① Church is the house of God (Hebrews 3:6). God the Father himself established it, and His children gather in it. Therefore, the church is a spiritual family. In that church, believers must unite and search for God’s desire and focus on fulfilling His will. Satan tries to destroy the church with the thoughts of the majority, rather than the thoughts of the top minority that has power in the world.
② Church is the body of Christ (Ephesians 1:23). The people who have been saved by the price of Christ’s blood gather to form the body of Christ. The church must allow them to gather to exalt Christ, proclaim Christ, and unite within him. Satan makes us lose hold of this and continues to destroy the church.
③ Church is the temple (1 Corinthians 3:16). It is because the church is a place in which Holy Spirit indwells and works. This is why God did not use the church of Jerusalem, but instead the church of Mark’s upper room. Although the church of Jerusalem was extravagant and many prominent people gathered there, the work of the Holy Spirit had left. Mark’s upper room was rather shabby and consisted of only a few members, the people who gathered were people of prayer, and the work of the Holy Spirit came upon the place (Acts 2:1-4).
2) If we understand these meanings of a church, we can see how we must love the church and devote ourselves. This is what Jesus did when he went up to the temple. It is written, “zeal for your house will consume me” (John 2:17). Paul confessed, “Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church” (Colossians 1:24).
- The second essence of the church is the church’s foundation.
Even when you construct a house, the foundation must be sound to be strong. This applies to studies, as well as businesses.
1) The foundation of everything must begin with only gospel. Mark’s upper room church had this clear foundation. The gospel is the mystery by which we can escape from the curse of Genesis 3, have victory in our spiritual battles, and restore God’s blessings. Individuals were not the only ones that were cursed by Genesis 3. The land was cursed, and all the work that is done by humans were cursed (Genesis 3:17). The only secret to coming out of this curse is only gospel; only Christ (Acts 4:12). That is when individuals as well as the church becomes a rock. The gates of Hades will not overcome it. We will enjoy the keys to heaven (Matthew 16:16-19).
2) The next foundation that follows the gospel is prayer. Mark’s upper room church had this clear foundation (Verse 14, Acts 2:42). Upon those who hold onto this gospel and enjoy 24 prayers, the 9 blessings of the throne will come (church is the shadow of the throne).
① Upon individuals and the church, the power of the Holy Spirit will come (blessing of 3 lives).
② That is when we can receive the power to transcend the world, time and space, and the work of Satan (3 transcendent).
③ Upon individuals, the church, and our fields, unprecedented works will arise (blessing of 3 unprecedented works). Mark’s upper room, that did not have much and were persecuted because of the gospel, enjoyed this blessing. They experienced signs (evidence) daily, their finances were recovered, and number of saved people grew each day (Acts 2:43-47).
- The third essence of the church is the church’s basics. It is knowing what God desires to do through us (mission). If we align ourselves and the church to the work that God desires, everything will become God’s blessings. The church’s mission is to save everything through the gospel and prayer (evangelism and missions).
1) The reason the Israelites became captive and colonized was that they lost hold of this. They only focused on themselves as the chosen people and their nation as the blessed nation. They lost hold of God’s will for all nations. This is why God tells the Israelites as they were held captive, “raise a banner for all nations) (Isaiah 62:10).
2) This is the final reason that the temple of Jerusalem ultimately crumbled and has failed to recover. Jesus expressed his anger when he walked into the church of Jerusalem (John 2:13-16). The temple (field of gentiles, field of children) had become a nest for merchants and thieves.
3) All we need to do is to embrace this mission in our hearts and devote in prayer. This is the blessing of saving the 3 ages.
① We must save people of diverse nations to raise workers for the 237 nations and 5000 people groups (Matthew 28:18-20). This is God’s conclusion.
② We must heal the diseased and crumbled souls by sharing the only gospel in our fields (Mark 16:15-20). This is God’s heart.
③ This is our reason for concentrating on ministry that saves our future generations and raises remnant summits (John 21:15-17). This is God’s future. Try focusing on one person. Our remnant training programs that will continue this year are extremely important. I hope we can pray and devote together.
Conclusion – We must restore the essence of church. What significance does the church have in your life? The gospel and the blessing of prayer that the church must enjoy is the blessing we will enjoy. Church members and lay leaders that will devote themselves to multi-ethnic ministry, field healing, and summit remnant ministry must arise. Those people are called the 70 workers. May our small prayers and devotions be within this.
70 Disciples that Save the Church (Acts 1:12-14) 7/3/2022 July 3, 202224 Answer of the 1st 2ns 3rd RUTC:
70 Disciples Who Save The Field (Isaiah 62:6-10) 6/26/2022
Last week, we held onto the covenant of “70 disciples who save themselves.” When we are revived, many blessings and answers will follow, and works of saving our affiliated fields (family, school, workplace, region) will arise (Isaiah 60:1-7). As mentioned in the Wednesday service, that is biblical evangelism and upper room evangelism (evangelism that takes place, evangelism of a witness, systematic evangelism). When these blessings come, what do they lead to? They lead to life success, and the blessing of 70 disciples.
- What is the true problem of this world? Why do we experience the pain of curses, disasters, and wars? It is because people are living for false success. They seek to realize their own greed and ambition, and they do whatever necessary to achieve it.
1) That is the problem of Genesis 3. Only the Bible tells us this.
① After being separated from God, people are living as the lord of their own lives (Genesis 3:5). That is original sin. It says that God’s creations do not place God in their hearts (Romans 1:28).
② People live their lives drowned by the greed and competition (war) that comes from their corrupted nature (Ephesians 2:3). If we could discard our greed, there would be no reason for conflicts. However, that does not work the way we want it to (Romans 3:10).
③ There is an entity that tempts and controls those lives lost in greed. That being is the corrupted spirit, Satan. He is the father of all lies, and a murderer from the beginning (John 8:44).
2) All the success that is achieved under this sinful nature is a success of a babel tower (Genesis 11:1-8).
① They work to death and crumble at the end. Things do not work out regardless of their success, and they are constantly under stress and deadly competition. It becomes worse as you study more and promote to higher places.
② Some people achieve that success, but crumble, nonetheless. One day, darkness, chaos, and emptiness hit them (Genesis 1:2).
③ Undoubtedly, their surroundings and their world also crumble. Even if there is one selfish person at the workplace, things become very difficult. It is not simply a matter of personality or mentality.
3) Right now, the world is in fierce competition. Every individual and nation is fighting to survive.
① We are facing an age in which the top 1% rules over the world, and the rest will struggle to make a living.
② On top of that, there is so much false information around (age of exformation). They fabricate the press, and we cannot tell what the truth is.
③ Many scammers (voice phishing, SNS phishing) are deceiving the innocent individuals (2 Timothy 3:13).
- What does God want from us? What kind of answers is He giving us?
When the Israelites were failing and being taken as captives, God gave the absolute answer and conclusion to His people.
1) Enjoy the blessing of a watchman (6-9). There are at least two meanings.
① God will be the watchman for His people (6). “I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem.” What is the wall? It could be our family, workplace and business, or the region we live in. “You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest.” When we hold onto the covenant given to us through the Word and truly pray, God will mobilize his heavenly angels, fulfill his Word, and help us (Psalms 103:20-21). Never again will our enemies hurt us and steal from us (8-9).
② We must be the watchmen of prayer for the people in our field (7). “Give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.” God does not doze off or sleep. We must experience His works through prayer. One person’s prayer can change the family (gospelization of family), work, and the fate of this world (Knox’s prayer that saved Scotland).
2) Make a successful lifestyle (10). Success will naturally take place. The moment we received salvation, God has changed our identities into a child of God. He has been prepared to bless us. Experience that blessing within all your problems, events, work, and field to prepare your vessel.
① Pass through the gates. Despite being taken as captives, do not be discouraged, give up, or hide. Even if the reality is difficult, and you have weaknesses, pain, and tears, God will make those into evidence as well. What you may feel as shameful are not shameful things. Make that into a time of testimony of God’s grace. Do not lose hold of your self-confidence (identity), self-esteem (self-value) of a child of God that comes from God’s grace. God loves us and has called us as his children because we are lacking. He will give us evidence through seven blessings.
② Build up the highway for people. Change the perspective by which you see all problems, incidents, and others (eyes of the gospel, faith, future, and evangelism). Continue to train yourself to make it your lifestyle. When you prepare the way, people with gather (platform). Just as we are living by God’s grace, embrace all, forgive all, and bless them. You will enjoy those blessings as well.
③ Remove the stones. There are things that block your relationship with God. If we love the world too much, there will be no space in your heart for God’s love (1 John 2:15). Sometimes, interpersonal relationships face obstacles. Too much objectivity or subjectivity can be of harm. Never judge others or speak ill of others. All of that will come back to you.
3) Connect everything to evangelism and missions. “Raise a banner for all nations” (10). Be an antenna that saves 237 nations.
① Help one person from a different nation become established in the church and grow as a disciple. Have forum and pray together on the gospel and the pulpit message (individualization). Help them to hold onto the Word and receive answers. Help them experience the blessing of the church (establishment of church). Pray together in the field and guide them to share the gospel with others in their field (discipleship).
③ Our final goal is 237 nations and 5000 people groups. 70 disciples that will go forth to those people of 237 nations and 5000 people groups will arise. Multi-ethnic TCKs and international students around us are important doors.
Conclusion – We are not meant to merely work until death. May we hold onto the covenant of 70 disciples that will save the field.
70 Disciples Who Save The Field (Isaiah 62:6-10) Isaiah 62:6-10