The Preparations for the Economy of Light

Prayer Journal: January 15, 2026
13.~17. Jan. 2025 World Youth Retreat
Scripture Reading: 2 Timothy 2:1-7


By all means, you will be the main figures of the three courtyards, the three-day weekend age, and the holy meditation age. With that in mind, right now you are building the “foundation for eternity.”

2 Timothy 2:1-7, and among those, because you must now fight, you have been called as spiritual soldiers. Naturally, you do not know well right now. You do not know, but when you live your lives later, what you do now will become the foundation. Perhaps you look at your elders or parents and think, “That part is regrettable” or “That part is difficult,” right? That was also imprinted when they were your age. That is why you must understand; they cannot fix it. There are also figures doing special work. Without a doubt, it was imprinted when they were your age. Even if you do not know well now, it will certainly come out, so right now is extremely important.

Now then, you must fight as spiritual soldiers, so what is the very first thing you must do? You “prepare for the economy of light.” You must remember this. You are not doing this just to eat and survive. We are preparing for the economy of light. Therefore, this year’s message is important, but you must continue to remember it.

Now, there is something you must do in order to do this.
① The Future Picture of the Remnant—In order to prepare and restore the economy of light, your future picture as a Remnant must be firmly created. Even if it is not precise, you must create it starting from now. You must create it from now so that when you are holding onto something wrong, you can fix it. If you do not hold onto it now, you won’t even know if it is wrong or right. That is why most of our important middle and high school Remnants have failed to grasp this part. You must be certain about that picture of how you will go forward in the future, but that part is vague. They say Napoleon ate black bread when he was young. Black bread is something very poor people eat. Napoleon’s family was not poor, yet Napoleon always ate black bread. Someone asked, “Why do you keep eating black bread?” Napoleon answered simply without hesitation, “Because I am going to be a soldier in the future; soldiers ate black bread.” “Because I am going to be a soldier”—those words mean his picture regarding this was certain. He really became a hero, didn’t he? When did that enter him? It was already imprinted when he was your age. As you know, Stalin killed many people, and when he was your age, he was subjected to violence by his father every single day. It was imprinted. That is why when he seized power, he killed people. I used these two people from history as metaphors, but everyone is like that.

② 3 Concentrations / 3 Settings / 3 Answers—With this, you must do 3 concentrations. Now, if this picture has emerged, the 3 concentrations simply mean doing it in the morning, afternoon, and evening. You do it even if it is short. Doing it briefly during your time is better than doing it for 40 days as an adult. You do it continuously. In some ways, at your age, even doing it once produces an effect. Then, the platform, watchtower bartizan, or antenna that has no choice but to come to you will be created. This is the 3 settings. You do this continuously through prayer. You must never miss this. Then, you will know the problems, conflicts, and crises in advance and find the answers. Other people avoid those things and run away when they arise, right? You know them and enter into them. All 7 Remnants did that.

③ 300%—And starting today, the thing you worry about most is your studies, right? Even those who do well find it hard. Those who are good at studying find it hard because of studying, and those who are not find it hard because they aren’t. Starting today, do not do that. You are to prepare the future 300% regarding this. If you do this, you will undoubtedly be victorious. All 7 Remnants were like this. This is Lecture 1.

So from now on, if you pray just a little bit, you will see this.
There are probably some people who have grabbed hold of it by now. Then you must definitely do it this way. If you continue prayer in the morning, afternoon, and evening, as you keep doing it, something will emerge. The settings will be made. Without you even knowing, the strength to overcome the world will firmly arise. When these combine, the 300% comes out. 100% regarding myself is prepared. And the eyes to see the field—even though you are young, you will see it 100% like the 7 Remnants. Then, you will see the future and the system regarding that which adults cannot see. Why? Because you know; this is everything. If you study hard and graduate from the best university but this is not prepared, you will only see benefit as much as you studied. You will get a job somewhat well. If you graduate at the top of Seoul National University, it will be good for admission and good for getting a job. It is also advantageous for being active in society. However, if this is not prepared, you are nothing more than an errand boy. Conversely, let’s say you graduated from a poor university in the countryside. But if this has been prepared, you will be used. You must remember this. Now is the opportunity. In some ways, you can view it as the last opportunity. When you actually enter university, you will be frantic. If you do not have this strength, you cannot live by your own spirit. You will have no choice but to package yourself. It is even harder when you go out into society. Because you are not prepared with this, you will be pushed back when you go out into society. Then, you will have no choice but to deceive even yourself. That is called a facade that goes beyond packaging. You will have to live like that your whole life. The strength to move the Gospel will not arise. You must keep this in mind.

Introduction—The Reason
Then, why must we restore the economy of light? You must know the reason for this. There are two reasons.

1. Darkness
Because we are in the midst of darkness, no matter how great a person is, a person in the midst of darkness is darkness. No matter how good-looking they are, a person in the midst of darkness is darkness. Right? Therefore, there is no way to overcome darkness except for one. There is no way to overcome darkness except for one. It is light. To use you as a metaphor now, this light—it isn’t spiritual darkness, but if you turn off these electric lights, it becomes pitch black. Especially at night, if you turn them off, you can’t see anything. No matter how much you scream, it does not become bright. No matter what demand you make, it does not become bright. Rather, it is dangerous if you struggle. However, if you flip the switch and turn on the light, it is simple. It is the same spiritually. People do not know they have fallen into darkness. You must know. You must understand the Bible a little bit.

(1) Genesis 1:2, Originally humans were in the midst of emptiness, chaos, and darkness.

(2) Isaiah 60:2, That is why when they completely failed, it was recorded like this in Isaiah 60:2. Darkness covered the earth, and thick darkness was upon all peoples; they do not know. They do not know why such difficulty came; even though the captivity was prophesied, they do not know even as they are being taken captive. Why is it like this? Are we not looking at our country now? It is now completely seized by darkness. That is why your prayers are important.
It seems like nothing, but our country had these difficulties in the past. It existed even when I was born. During the Korean War, now if you have a little money, you can just go to the supermarket and eat something, right? Back then, we starved all day. There was nothing. War broke out, poverty struck, and our country—Japan suppressed us, China suppressed us, Russia suppressed us; they kept suppressing our country. At that time, missionaries who made our country known and planted hope entered. They came and almost all died here. How difficult a country was ours? Why did they die? Because the environment was so bad and there were so many invisible germs, foreigners died immediately after entering. But we were somewhat infected by the germs and had immunity, right? If you are not careful and go live in some valley in a developing country for a few days, you could drop dead. Our country was that difficult. But there is something those people said as they died. Since it was Joseon back then, they said, “Joseon is a country with hope.” No one said our country had hope, but those missionaries said, “Joseon is a country with hope; among the places we have traveled, it is the country with the most hope.” That is what those people said. But 70 years have passed, and our country has entered the ranks of advanced nations and is doing world evangelization. Now the whole world is flocking to hear the Remnant message. Darkness—you must know this darkness. That is why no matter how much effort you make, it doesn’t work.

(3) In Colossians 1:13, it says He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness.

(4) Traps (Genesis 3/6/11)—What kind of darkness is it exactly? Satan created traps so that we could never know, and we are fallen into them. I know nothing but myself, Genesis 3, fallen into that. We are caught by Satan. When you go somewhere and see a person who really can’t be reasoned with, what is the only thing they know? They only know themselves, right? That is Genesis 3. Also, there is nothing more frustrating with our parents, right? We want to respect our parents, but when they are so unreasonable, we can’t, right? What is it that those parents cannot communicate through? Their own thoughts are everything. Right? If that develops a little more, it becomes “my things.” That is Genesis 6. The Nephilim of Noah’s age. Then, because they have to survive now, they know only “us.” It doesn’t matter about anything else, just “us,” so they fight. That is the highest level. That is called the Tower of Babel, being caught exactly in this. They cannot escape. In the midst of this, suffering comes, doesn’t it? People do not know why suffering comes. Strange diseases enter the home, and they do not know why they enter. If you open your eyes and look closely, you will know what you must do. In your family or around you, you will see people suffering from truly strange diseases. But they do not know why.

(5) Frames (Acts 13/16/19)—This gradually grows and becomes globalized, and here Satan makes frames so that people cannot budge. That is how superstitions, idols, and religions were created. If made a bit better, it becomes a temple; they make these, turn them into idols, and when you go on world travels, you go to see these, don’t you? Without knowing, and because you need to know, they build idol temples all over the world and gather people, and so they do.

(6) Snares (John 8:44)—Then, they are caught exactly in a snare. In John 8:44, they are caught exactly in 6 snares. They exist in all humans. They cannot escape.

(7) Matthew 12:26-30 / 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 / John 16:11-14 / 2 Corinthians 4:4-5, It would be okay if it ended with this. Jesus finally said in Matthew 12:26-30 that this Satan sets up a bartizan inside you invisibly. I can’t even pray; prayer doesn’t work. It is during your time. If you set up the prayer bartizan right now, it becomes something for eternity, but almost no one can pray. Even inside the church, when problems come to the home, they change like unbelievers. You call that being tested, right? If you hear some words, you fall for all of it, and it would still be okay at this level. In 2 Corinthians 10:4-5, he even made a fortress. Satan, inside of us—humans do not know. Jesus spoke directly. Satan has become the ruler of your world; you follow the world all along. Without knowing, you just follow. What will happen to the earth in the future? They say war and immense things will come, right? They do not know why it comes. You must shine the light. 2 Corinthians 4:4-5, he is the god of the world; because you do exorcisms, it seems to work, and you offer ancestral sacrifices, and as you do it, it seems to work—he collapses you like this. Right now is extremely important.

If you do not make a bartizan with Christ, you will encounter something as you live your life in the future. While studying, you might think, “I love the history, tradition, and culture of the past so much,” which is natural, but you get stuck exactly there. Problems come, right? You are stuck. Because you miss Christ, you are stuck. That is called being conservative. One day as you are living and studying, new things are so good—that’s natural, right? You want to help those living in difficulty, you want to be with those who are marginalized—that’s good, right? You get stuck there. That is called being progressive. As that happens, it doesn’t end there. Things that entered during childhood develop. Because they go too far this way, they are called the right wing. They go too far that way. They cannot come back. They are called the left wing. So it doesn’t end with that. There are countries on these sides too. Places like China, Russia, and North Korea are on the left side. “See, we must live equally,” right? That is called communism. Our country is half and half, so both sides are poking at us. On this side is the representative country, America—”No, you must live according to ability, you must have as much as you worked for, talent is talent, and what isn’t isn’t”—this is capitalism, and it goes like that. Countries fight again. We do not know. But with what was imprinted without knowing, I find myself somewhere without realizing it. The earth is doing that nonsense right now. Right now, it is absolutely impossible without the light. As you go forward, you have to be stuck on something. Right? Looking at people, you realize love and must help, and philanthropy is good, but because that becomes philanthropism, it becomes a problem. Right? Because it becomes an “ism,” I am only satisfied if I do it that way. That’s not it, right? You mistreat your parents at home and go outside to volunteer, right? For whom is that? It’s for me. It’s not for those people. After chasing all the children out of the house, you go visit an orphanage, right? Is that right? It becomes that way. This darkness—Satan endlessly collapses humans. Right now, for you, right now is everything. With what is imprinted now, you save the world. Why?

2. Light
Because it is the light.

(1) Genesis 1:3, It is the light of creation. It is impossible without this light.

(2) Isaiah 60:1-2, It is not just light. Arise, shine, for the glory of the LORD has risen upon you; it is not just light. The light of glory that saves people has come upon you.

(3) Psalm 27:1, Exactly what is this light? He confesses in Psalm 27:1 that it is the light of my salvation.

(4) John 1:11, Conclusion—what is this light? In John 1:11, Christ came as the light to solve this problem. Therefore, to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. This God who is light comes to me as the Word.

(5) John 1:14, The Word is God, but He came clothed in a human body. This is an immense story. Why must it be this way? Because otherwise, it cannot be solved; all excuses are lies. Do not listen to them. You must save the world. You should take the words of people as prayer topics, but you must not put them in your heart. In the future, right? When you go to church, take everything as a prayer topic; if you put that in your heart, you will die. Know the words of parents as lessons of love and take them as prayer topics; if you store them, it will be big trouble. Even teachers have many spiritual problems. You only need to hear the knowledge that teacher teaches; if you put that person’s character in your heart, it will be big trouble. That is the only thing I realized. “Ah, I see”—just realizing that much leads to world evangelization. You are in a very important time schedule.

(6) 1 Peter 2:9, Therefore, in 1 Peter 2:9, it says He called you as a chosen people and a royal priesthood to shine this light.

(7) Matthew 5:14, Therefore, the moment you meet Christ, Matthew 5:14 says you are the light of the world; it doesn’t say “become” the light. You ARE the light!
Whenever I see our middle and high school retreats, I am always thankful—I feel sorry saying this to university students, but you understand the message more deeply than university students. Our middle and high school retreats are really like that. When going to university, I have to say slightly different words. Because I have to open their ears, when young adults gather, I have to say slightly different words. Why? Because they have many motives. When you gather adults, you really have to decorate your words. Why? Because only then will they open their ears. I used to make people laugh a lot in the past! Why? Because they weren’t listening, so that they would listen. One day a student sent me a letter. “Pastor, it was so funny my stomach hurt, so I don’t know what the sermon was about.” “Oh, Lord!” At that time, I changed it. Ah, I see, if the message is too funny, it won’t do; that too is humanism. Now you know the reason, right?

Main. Therefore, from now on, you are to equip yourselves with this while you are young. You just need to equip it now.
This is the ① posture of the summit who creates the future bartizan. This summit posture all becomes the future bartizan. Therefore, now you equip the ② content of the summit. Right? You just need to know the content. This is called the bartizan of God. Since you will become a summit anyway, you must know the ③ method of the summit, right? This method of the summit is your studies. Do not worry about studies. You just need to make it like this.

1. Summit Posture—”Future Bartizan”
Now, I will introduce the posture of the summit.

1) Genesis 37:1-11
Ordinary people only know about eating, wearing clothes, and who treats them well. That is all general people know. Joseph was not like that. What was it? He saw the sun, moon, stars, and the world being evangelized. You only need to know this. Align yourselves with this. Why? Because He called you this way. If you were going to be a beggar, you would have to prepare a tin can starting from now, right? Since you will become a summit, you must prepare. You continue the 3 concentrations. If you set the prayer, it will be made. One day, the 300% will just come out. That is the answer, but because people miss all of this, they have to follow unbelievers. It is even hard to eat. It becomes like this. You worked yourself to death doing errands for unbelievers, yet it’s even hard to eat—does that make sense? The church doesn’t revive either; naturally. Because it isn’t done, because all the real blessings were missed.

2) Exodus 2:1-10
Almost everyone gave up. Because it didn’t work, that was the time. It was taught to Moses. What the power of the Gospel is was taught. After teaching him, he was sent into the palace as an adopted son.

3) 1 Samuel 3:19
Now, this flipped the world. Most mothers only know “my child.” You treating them well isn’t actually treating them well. “My child”—Hannah realized this. “Give me a Nazirite”; not “my child,” but “Give me a Nazirite.” Thus, the son born was Samuel. Samuel prayed when he was your age, and not one of Samuel’s words fell to the ground.

4) 1 Samuel 16:13
How do 99.9% of people live? They just live however it happens. “What is the benefit to me?” “What should I eat to live?”—they live like this. At this time, David put the important covenant in his heart. You just need to put it in. The Ark of the Covenant, Philistia—it’s an embarrassing story. “Up until now, we were defeated by Philistia”—it’s not a problem of Philistia, right? You must realize it immediately. It’s not a Philistia problem; it’s our problem. Because he realized, in 1 Samuel 16:13, the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him. That’s it.

5) 1 Kings 19:1-21
When a crisis is encountered, everyone runs away. However, there is a person who made a choice in the crisis. 1 Kings 19:1-21, it is Elisha. God has no choice but to use him.

6) Daniel 1:8-9
Because they couldn’t realize this, they became captives again. They went as captives and realized the covenant. You just need to realize it. It is Daniel 1:8-9. He resolved his heart.

7) Synagogue
Knowing this, Paul saw there was only one hope and entered the synagogue. That means you. If the bartizan of light is planted inside you, it is the end. You don’t know either. You don’t even know how great a blessing you will receive. I also received the Gospel when I was your age, but I couldn’t even imagine it.

2. Content of the Summit—The Bartizan of God (7/7/7) → 7 Bartizans
It is the content of the summit. If you just think a little bit about the 7 bartizans, 7 journeys, and 7 guideposts when you wake up in the morning, it will do. I can promise you. Even if you think about it just once a day, works will happen. Actually, even if you do it once in a while, works happen. If you did it every day, this would flip things over. What comes out from here are the 7 bartizans. Among the 7/7/7, especially the 7 bartizans become my bartizan. The bartizan of Satan will naturally crumble, and answers have no choice but to come. What is it? What are the 7 bartizans? The Triune God is with me invisibly. At that time, Jesus spoke of 40 days. The power of the throne comes upon me. It is invisible. This power of the throne restores the 5 powers to me. If you pray for this, the past, present, and future are finished. Finally, the strength to overcome the one who seized the power of the air arises in me. At this time, what is seen? It is CVDIP. At this time, what is it? You restore the three courtyards. I have just spoken of the 7 bartizans. I do this 24. You just need to do it a little bit.

3. Method of the Summit (Preparation for 300% Studies)
By doing this, this (the method of the summit) comes out. There are a few important things that bring this out. You receive answers every day, but how do you receive them?

1) Liberation—Specialization
“I am liberated from here”—you will always see this. You have been saved.
2) Enjoyment—Field-centeredness
“I always enjoy this blessing!”
3) Master—System
The third thing is important. If you are doing this, God’s plan just comes as an answer. Now, if the answer has clearly come on the path you are going, there is nothing to hesitate about, right? You must listen well. The third thing is important. If you are doing this, God’s answer clearly comes, so there is no reason for me to hesitate. There is no reason for me to hesitate when I have already been accepted at the top of Harvard University, right? I just go, right? You hesitate when it doesn’t work; why would you when it does? This is now important. When you say you are a total unbeliever, shouldn’t you live like an unbeliever? Right? If you have no parents, shouldn’t you live like a beggar? But you have a house, so why live like a beggar? Now, if God’s answer doesn’t come to me at all, I must definitely live according to my thoughts. I must assert my own claims. Why? Because there is no answer. But when a certain answer has come before my life, I have no reason to hesitate. Do you understand what I am saying? This is important. Your master is not you, but God. If you become the master, it will be big trouble. You cannot overcome Satan. You cannot overcome the world. How can you overcome the whole world with your strength? You cannot. This is important.
What comes out from here? The talent you must do comes out with 100% specialization. 100% is seen in the field where you must go. The future you must do is seen 100%. It is the system. You go like this. Bill Gates, who was in the Nephilim, created it, didn’t he? Why wouldn’t we be able to create it? As a simple example—because talking about other things is complicated—I will talk about myself. I couldn’t realize it when I was your age. What could I not realize? I couldn’t realize what I should do in the future. I never even dreamed that I would become a pastor. But people around me kept telling me to do it. Yes, we haven’t spoken of it since childhood, but it is my mother’s prayer. Now, when this answer came out, I prepared 100% regarding evangelism. And out of 365 days, for about 300 days—almost every day. I went to the field. I could see God’s Word. I made the system exactly. Works absolutely happen. Therefore, do not worry about studies at all. In your time, almost everything will go toward the bio side and go toward the media side. You will all go toward blockchain. For now, you have no choice but to study. Because you have to take exams, and you have to know the basics, don’t you? Knowing the things of the past is a matter of conscience, so you study. You won’t be used. Of course, you might be used invisibly, but practically, it will become unrelated. Do not worry at all. Prepare exactly like this.

Conclusion

1. Economy of Light
Then what is the meaning of the economy of light?
(1) Me—Saving my work and having my studies be used.
(2) Family—Then, like the 7 Remnants, you will save your family.
(3) Church—You will save the church.
This is the economy of light. Because I saw many difficult nations when I was young, saving myself was not very difficult. Because I saw all the poverty, disease, and incompetence of my family, I must not be deceived by those. Why should I be deceived? I must not be deceived. If I am not deceived, it just happens. My family is poor, so how can I not be poor? I don’t spend money and I read books. I read many books and watched many movies in the past. Why? I must not be deceived; this is important. Go to the church. The church is doing other things. Why should I do that? I just don’t do it. I did just a little bit of what God wants, and works happened.

2. Spiritual Summit
Therefore, because you will become summits, the most important thing now is becoming a spiritual summit first. Understood? This is where the conclusion is made. Those people hitting and fighting each other in our country right now were originally people who were good at studying. Right? When they were your age at school, they were the ones who studied at the top. There are many among those people who were at the top of the bar exam and the civil service exam. That is why they could get to those positions. They got there, but they cannot keep their senses. Why? Because they know absolutely nothing about spiritual things. This must come first. Do you understand? Right now—if it doesn’t work now, you will be flustered when you go out later. You go to university from here, right? You will be completely flustered. University is different from middle and high school. You can go into the classroom, or you don’t have to. That is university. In high school, you had to go in, right? There is no such thing in university. You don’t have to go. If you don’t want to see the teacher, you don’t have to go. That is university. You also sign up for certain subjects. As long as I don’t have a problem with attendance, I don’t have to go. I’m telling you, that is university. All sorts of people and all sorts of things come out. If I don’t have an answer, if I don’t have this strength at all, what will happen? This must come first. From that moment on, from the moment one becomes a doctor, work happens to the point where one loses their mind. It’s late. From the moment one becomes a judge or prosecutor, one must be dragged 100% into humanism. There is no strength. From the moment one becomes a politician, they should already be at the level of leading the world. But because they lack this strength, they fall into problems together. That is why there is not even one person who has realized the Gospel. When you are at your age, if you already realize the Gospel and it is done, it is a simple story, and this (300%) comes first on the path you go. Because this (300%) comes first, I know it and other people see it and know it too. This answer will certainly come. Therefore, in Lecture 1, God will give you the blessing of 300% in studies! You must be certain. Why? Only with that can you save people.

3. Spiritual Summit Time
So just have a little bit of time. Everything else is good, but it will happen. Have a spiritual summit time. When you have it, make this picture certain. Draw it exactly. Draw the picture in your heart and keep doing it. Then 300% comes out. Because you leave this easy path and don’t do it, and because you cannot enjoy this blessing at all, it is difficult. Everyone, it’s hard when you try to find an unknown path, isn’t it? When I go on a path I know, I go while applying what I know. In Seoul, if I happen to be driving and it’s blocked, I don’t know where to go. I know all of Busan. If it’s blocked at some place, I go around, go up the mountain, come down—I know it all. Because I know, it becomes easy if you know.
You must never miss this for a lifetime. Now is the best opportunity. In some ways, it’s enough just to listen. Honestly, when adults were your age, that was how it was—I’m telling you, this answer comes. This is a surprising thing. This is the privilege of the Remnant. No, there are things you were a little moved by while reading a book, right? This also survives and comes as an answer. Therefore, if this is set up now, now you are finished, and you do world evangelization. I will pray.

Prayer. We give thanks to God. Let this be the most important time of answers for us. We thank You for calling the Remnants who will save the world. Open our spiritual eyes to never miss this.
We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.