2026.01.04 Sunday 1st Service
Scripture Reading: Genesis 3:1-15
▣ Introduction
Today, as you begin the first year, you must truly throw away all preconceptions, look once at the Bible and the history of Israel, and pass it on to the next generation. Since there is not much time, I will first give the answer and then take time to confirm it. Israel received the gospel. Then they should pass it on. But they heard the gospel, knew it, and should have passed it on, yet they did not live the life of the gospel. They did not enjoy the gospel.
So, a part we must think about in the introduction is that the Israelite people all went into slavery. Then God confirmed the gospel again at that time. Because the incident of the Garden of Eden is something humans cannot overcome, He spoke of the blood sacrifice. So they returned.
But even after returning, their descendants kept suffering, dying, and burning at the hands of the Philistines. At that time, God sent a man named Samuel. Then the content of all the people praying appears. At that time, one important thing appears. That is the Mizpah Movement. It is 1 Samuel 7:9–10. They offer the blood sacrifice. So ordinary people cannot understand it. Of course, “Return.” “Abandon idols.” “Look to the LORD.” “Repent.” They are only doing what is obvious. From the Garden of Eden until now, the goal has been to completely kill your descendants, but you do not know that scheme—now. To the extent that people are deceived, when translating the Bible, in some countries they say, “Go offer sacrifice,” and they remove the word “blood,” just like that. Why would they do that? Who made them do it? They removed “blood.” And theologians change “a virgin will conceive” into “a woman will conceive.” Many Bibles like that exist. Who made them do it? Yet astonishingly, Samuel gathered them at Mizpah and offered the blood sacrifice. What is it? They do not know the value. What is it? Then now your children and your descendants will all be like that. What is it?
Yes, it is like the United States and Europe—disasters have come in full. Half are now mentally ill. There is no solution. Your descendants will be wandering around out of their minds. There is no solution. In Japan, one of the cultural practices is simply staying at home and going nowhere. They express it very nicely and say it is part of Japanese culture. In my view, that is being out of one’s mind. They go nowhere—just. They introduced it as Japanese culture, continuously.
The Israelite people had just begun to gain strength. A figure like David appeared. And they went into captivity. They did not know the reason. “We will fight now.” “You can’t.” What does that mean? You can’t. You must raise remnants. In the next chapter, another strange word appeared. A word appeared that no one thinks is important at all. A word appeared that makes Satan tremble. The world church has no interest, but a word appeared that makes Satan tremble. “A virgin will conceive and bear a son, and you shall call His name Immanuel.” Do you know what that means? Not the son of man, but the Son of God will be conceived. Then, again, they bring forward that virgin, that woman, bring forward Mary, and misunderstand it in reverse.
They returned. They rebuilt the temple, and works took place. Then they were seized by Rome. That matched the timetable of God sending Jesus to this earth. It was not that He became the Christ then—He is the Christ from eternity—but He had to come incarnate then for fulfillment. Then what Jesus asked was not the answer of Matthew 16:16? “Who do you say that I am?” This means, “Whom is God sending, and what have you been waiting for until now?” Even the disciples answered incorrectly. People usually express their wrong words like this: “Many people say you are like this.” They say it like that, though it is their own words. Jeremiah, Elijah, John the Baptist—those answers came out. “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Then Jesus gave a shocking praise. “Can flesh and blood reveal this to you? The One who revealed this to you is My Father in heaven.” He poured out tremendous blessing.
Now look at what Jesus did. He did things that are hard to understand—see which ones are the gospel. They do not actually enjoy the gospel. If you do not actually enjoy it, you are worse than religion. Isn’t that right? Have you ever been to a Buddhist temple? They teach things completely opposite the gospel, but their behavior is more completely gospel-like than the gospel. When they meet, they greet like this, and they do good deeds, right?
Then if you are not careful, you become worse than Japanese culture. When I went to Japan, I went to a remote gathering. There was a park and there was my lodging. I walked around the park and came back, and after three hours I remembered something. In the past, people carried long wallets with cash and identification cards and such. Then—ah!—it hit me. I remembered after three hours. I had left it in a Japanese restroom. Ah… this is a big problem. Money is one thing, but my ID cards were all in there. I ran. It was still there. Wow… I was surprised. Then we are worse than Japanese culture.
So Jesus came to restore the gospel, to make us know the gospel. He met with gangsters. Do you know who the gangsters were? They were fully organized violent criminals. The Romans summoned those people and gave them a mission: “Collect as much as you want. Just put in this much to Rome. The rest is up to you.” They made them collect taxes. They were thugs. So people hated them. But one who would become a leader among them came. Jesus called him and went to his house and ate. Why? He was a thug, but he longed for the Word and wanted to hear the Word. The Pharisees criticized that.
And it was legally forbidden to go to a leper’s house. Jesus went, healed him, and ate with him. Which one is the gospel?
The adulterous woman—Jesus forgave her. When they tried to stone her, the law says you must show an example to block this evil. The gospel makes her realize, saves her, and establishes her as a witness. Which one is more alike? The Pharisees, or Jesus—your thoughts and your life.
So Israel again lost the nation for 2,000 years. Isn’t that so? He is telling the Jews. We may think it is ordinary, but if you lose this gospel line, disaster comes upon descendants. If you go to Europe and the developed nations, descendants are in fact finished. It is a big problem. That is why I thought I must stake my life on the remnant movement. “Let’s pass on excellent knowledge”? That is someone else’s work—we must save them.
▣ Main
Then, at the beginning of the year, as you listen with your children, you must truly forum five things. You must absolutely do it. With many excuses, Satan blocks the gospel—many good things. But you must forum these five things. I will speak briefly.
It is Genesis 3:15. The seed of the woman—the head of the serpent—this means He will break authority. It speaks of being freed from original sin. You cannot solve original sin. You cannot solve leaving God. You cannot solve it even if you keep the entire law. Original sin cannot be solved. So I will send the Christ. I will solve original sin. You must make them understand that.
Why is that? People do not distinguish well. Because they cannot distinguish the gospel, they cling to small success, you know. I tell remnants: Hey, you must succeed. But that is not success. Right?
And because they keep setting standards on small success, gospel-less elites become quite a frightening existence. It is fortunate that you have the gospel—if you raise gospel-less elites, it becomes something tremendous.
And they keep missing it because of legalism. The law is to make me realize; it is not to be used to condemn others. They use it to cover themselves and condemn others. Since that does not work, they fall into mysticism. Mysticism—if you do mysticism without the gospel, you become demon-possessed. So we must open the eyes of the gospel to our descendants. Then later they think, shouldn’t I succeed greatly? Of course you should succeed. But you are not a slave of the world. You must teach them.
So what is important is that if you do not know Genesis 3, the seed of the woman, my original sin is not solved, and I can only serve Satan as a slave. The evidence is that they became slaves, captives, and colonies. The problem is that they have no interest in it. They think it is not important. That is the problem. The whole world is growing darker, and they say, “What is so important about that?” You must forum with remnants.
What is the second? It is Exodus 3:18. Destiny must change. They came out on the day they applied the blood of the lamb. What is the first? The solution to original sin. What is the second? Destiny must change. They must be liberated and come out. It is not important just to come out of Egypt. They must come out of that incident of being caught by Satan. You must tell them.
Also, Isaiah 7:14 is the Babylon incident. You must explain it. With this gospel, you must be equipped with the power of recreation. Like the three young adults, like Daniel, like Esther, you must become witnesses. Our remnants must hear it and, like Daniel, set their resolve.
And you must explain Matthew 1:19–23. It is when Jesus was born. Then the same word, Immanuel, appeared again. What is that? The incarnate Christ. Light came clothed in a human body. So “to those who received Him, to those who believe in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.” “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?”
And the final word is Matthew 16:16: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” It is the gospel of Christ. God said He would give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. “I will build My church upon you.” “The authority of Hades will not overcome it.”
If there is anything we must do, the age after us will be the AI age, and most jobs will almost disappear. The blockchain age will come, and we will not even know where money flows. The world church’s offerings will decrease. Your descendants may not even know how to find jobs. This is not speculation—it is certain. And the age of Nephilim becomes active. You must teach them. Nothing else is important. At the beginning of the year, while truly praying, we must give our descendants an answer that can win wherever they go in the world. God has given you that now.
▣ Conclusion
So if someone asks me now, “Then what is the answer you and Immanuel Church have received?” I think no other answer is needed. What is needed? We have received everything. If our church can evangelize the world and save descendants, that is the greatest blessing and the answer. Jesus said that.
This year, the door to the 5,000 tribes will open tremendously. That is the answer. So do not struggle too much in the church; even if we must gather strength, I think the entire church, all the believers, should pray once.
That the island nations of Oceania, which open the door to the 5,000 tribes, are connected to our church—this is a miracle. At first, one important elder said, “Oh, Vanuatu? That’s not very important, is it?” Well, it is the door to the 5,000 tribes. But now our church is taking responsibility for this, and these people are sick and struggling. Our elders are doing very well. So even if we must gather strength, we must do it. Because it is the answer. Where else is there such a glorious blessing? What is the answer? Is eating a meal the answer? Anyone eats. Is living well the answer? Everyone lives well, all of them. If the Word is not fulfilled, if we cannot block descendants from darkness, and if we cannot do world evangelization, that is not the answer—that is what it means.
According to this core message, you must truly have the best time in the morning. In the daytime, you must truly have a blessed time. Meetings—that is blessing. At night, you create the final masterpiece for your end. Those who know prayer do not worry.
One poor young man began to pray at a harbor. He became a shipping king. It is Onassis. There is no need to worry. One poor clerk began to pray. He built department stores that moved the world across the entire United States. You will know who it is. Do not worry at all. One person began to pray over church finances. Look carefully at the Bible. He began to pray over church finances, and he was blessed the most in the United States. You will know who it is. One family began all their prayers over mission finances. They did world missions and became a conglomerate. It is the Priscilla and Aquila couple. Do not miss it—hold onto the covenant.
I bless, in the name of Jesus Christ, that this year will be a year of receiving blessings and grace that you have never had until now. I will pray.
Prayer. We give thanks to God. We thank You for letting us know the gospel that people do not know. We thank You for giving us salvation. Now let us restore the life of the gospel. Let the sick come and be healed, let criminals come and be healed, let failures be healed, let the abandoned come and be healed. Let those with spiritual problems be healed. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.