2026.06.07 Sunday 2nd Service
Church Construction Devotional Worship
「Why the Heavens, the Earth, the Seas and All Nations are Shaken」(Hag 2:1-9)
Introduction — Fulfillment of Prophecy
1. Isaiah
2. Ezekiel 37:1–11
3. Jeremiah 33:1–9
Main — Timetable
1. Incarnate Christ — Timetable
1) Genesis 3:15
2) Genesis 6:14
3) Exodus 3:18
4) Isaiah 7:14
5) Matthew 16:16
2. Church Recovery
1) Tabernacle
2) Temple
3) Church
3. Absolute Plan
1) Three courtyards
2) Three-day weekend age
3) Holy meditation age
Conclusion
Daily schedule / Weekly schedule / Sunday / Three-day weekend / Path
Bartizan / Journey / Guidepost
Haggai 2:1–9
01 In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai, saying:
02 “Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying:
03 ‘Who is left among you who saw this temple in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem to you like nothing in comparison?
04 But now take courage, Zerubbabel,’ declares the Lord, ‘take courage also, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all you people of the land take courage,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work; for I am with you,’ declares the Lord of hosts.
05 ‘As for the promise which I made you when you came out of Egypt, My Spirit is abiding in your midst; do not fear!
06 For thus says the Lord of hosts: Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land.
07 I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts.
08 ‘The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine,’ declares the Lord of hosts.
09 ‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘and in this place I will give peace,’ declares the Lord of hosts.”
Summary
Things became easier once I discovered 7 things. The reason people cannot receive answers is that when they gather they talk mostly about fleshly things, worldly things, wrong things, and gossip about others. Churches around the world are closing their doors. 70% of Korean churches and 90% of Japanese churches are not self-supporting. In Europe and America there are many churches that do not hold worship services. Many churches have no Sunday school. So pastors treat it as just a job. Since it’s difficult, they end up worrying a lot about money. Because I knew the reason, I knew what I needed to prepare. “People need to be saved, but there are no churches that can save them.” So I prepared for evangelism, prepared for the field, and prepared for the future. From the very beginning, God worked.
What did we do that caused heaven, earth, the sea, and the nations to tremble?
▣ Introduction_ Fulfillment of Prophecy
1. Isaiah — “Though it collapses, the Remnant, the stump, will rise. It will arise through the recovery of the gospel and Immanuel. It will be transformed by the power of the Word. If you hold onto this covenant and pray, a road will appear in the wilderness and a river will flow in the desert. If only you shine this light, the nations will return. That is why I have set you as a watchman.”
2. Ezekiel 37:1–11 Since I cannot give it, “Speak the Word. Speak life into being.” The dry bones turned into an army.
3. Jeremiah 33:1–9 “Thus says the Lord who does it, the Lord who forms it to establish it, the Lord is His name: Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” He wrote out the restoration (verses 4–9).
▣ Main_ Timetable
“The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. I am the Lord; in its time I will do this swiftly.” (Isaiah 60:21–22)
1. The incarnate Christ came. The timetable must be aligned to this.
1) Genesis 3:15 “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head.”
2) Genesis 6:14 You must enter the ark to live.
3) Exodus 3:18 Liberation comes through the blood covenant.
4) Isaiah 7:14 The way to become Immanuel — “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son.”
5) Matthew 16:16 Christ came. “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
▷ When a church that holds the true gospel appears, God shakes the nations. Satan must be made to bow.
2. Church Recovery — Before building the temple, the church must be built first.
1) In the tabernacle, everything was done in former times.
2) The temple was built, but greater problems came.
3) The church is needed. What is important is you (1 Corinthians 3:16).
3. Absolute Plan — The three things Paul restored
1) Three courtyards — Israel never went out in mission (to the courtyard of the Gentiles). It was because of this that they became slaves, captives, and a vassal state. There is no courtyard for children, no courtyard of prayer. They are doing other things. They must gain fundamental strength and receive fundamental healing. The Remnant must first be made into spiritual summits and sent out.
2) The three-day weekend age — One who knows the gospel has eyes to see blessing in the midst of every problem; one who knows prayer sees the answer when problems, conflicts, and crises come. If you do not know prayer, prayer and life are separate.
3) The holy meditation age — It must align with 237–5000. “You will become like God” (Genesis chapter 3, the age of meditation), the Nephilim caught by Satan (Genesis chapter 6), they look powerful but it ends up as the Tower of Babel (Genesis chapter 11). The holy meditation age is the covenant that corrects all this.
▷ The reason Herod’s temple was destroyed is that these three things were absent.
▣ Conclusion_ “Zerubbabel, Joshua, take courage. I, the Lord, declare it.”
Daily schedule — A quiet morning of prayer recovering all things, a daytime when the answers God is giving become visible, and an evening when 300% comes forth.
Weekly schedule — The flow of what God is doing becomes visible.
Sunday — This is holding Sunday worship with this covenant.
Three-day weekend — The core of Sunday worship is contained in the three-day weekend. When you come to the three-day weekend, you have something to testify about.
Path — The path of going forward while saving everything becomes visible. It is the bartizan, the journey, the guidepost.
Transcript
Thank you. Many people think, “How can things go well?” And there are also those who say, “Do your best.” But in my case, the conditions for doing well were not very favorable. I found about 7 things and things became easier after that. Why can’t people receive answers? And what is an answer? To understand easily why people can’t receive answers — “Ah, if they do that, they cannot receive answers.” I had been attending church from a young age, but when church members gather they don’t talk about the important things. They talk a lot about fleshly things and worldly things. And about other people at that. And about wrong things at that. So they cannot receive answers.
Right now churches around the world are closing their doors. I understood the reason. It’s a serious problem for churches worldwide. They are closing their doors. Looking carefully, about 70% of Korean churches are also not self-supporting. In Japan there are very few churches to begin with, and nearly 90% are not self-supporting. I understood that reason. In Europe and America there are many churches that don’t hold worship services. So, ah, no wonder they close their doors. There are also many churches with no Sunday school. So what happens? I understood the reason. American seminaries, famous schools, are completely empty. So I understood the reason. And as a result, pastors treat it as just a job. Since it’s difficult, they end up worrying a lot about money.
I understood the reason, you see. How clear it becomes when you know the reason — I now know what I need to prepare. People outside need to be saved, but there are no churches that can save them. So I prepared for evangelism. And I prepared for the field. And then I prepared for the future — for what needed to be done next. It’s not all that difficult. But from the very moment we started, God’s work began. The real start happened when we went into Yeongdo, and God caused an explosive work to erupt across the entire world. Even now, even greater works are happening.
War broke out and airplane fares tripled. So I thought no one would be able to come from overseas to this mission conference, but more people came than ever before. Those people grabbed hold of the Word and went, and the same evangelism movement began to break out. One Russian pastor was so excited that he testified everywhere he went, and like that the work happened.
“The Reason Heaven, Earth, the Sea, and the Nations Tremble” (Haggai 2:1–9)
What is the reason that heaven and earth and the sea and the nations will tremble?
You have probably heard that phrase many times, but you need to know the reason. I want to come around to the branch churches in the evenings a little, to give our ministry staff and elders some encouragement and to meet with them. Among them, Haeundae is an important area, so this is the first place I came. From the very beginning it has been different. In Yeongdo, police came and tried to stop a certain church’s fighting — it was that bad. The people who came out of there deciding not to fight but only to pray were the ones who started the church. That is Immanuel Church.
In Changwon, a certain church could not sustain its operations and wanted to sell the building. So we bought it. We bought it and set up a place for that pastor to live, and we started there. So it is a church with a reason.
Haeundae Church is the same. He is younger than me, but a classmate of mine was doing ministry here. Because I studied rather late, he is my university classmate. I didn’t know that friend was here. This church went bankrupt and was about to fall into the hands of an unbeliever — that’s when we won the bid on it. But when I came to check it out, I found it was my university classmate. “Big brother!” He was asking to be saved. “How do you want it to be saved?” I asked. We had kept lowering the price, waiting until it hit rock bottom before doing anything, but it was Immanuel Church that did that. “Oh really? Lowering the price like that is also illegal — well then take it back.” That’s what I said. “We did not try to take away someone else’s church. We bid on it because if it falls into the hands of an unbeliever, that would be a problem.” That’s what I said. “Take it back whenever you want.” He couldn’t take it back. So we gave the money in a way that was appropriate for the building where he could do church ministry, and for his living situation. So it is a church where people with a calling gathered and started together.
So, in that case, we are not in a difficult situation. What did we do that caused heaven and earth and the sea and the nations to tremble?
▣ Introduction_ Fulfillment of Prophecy
First of all, what was prophesied has been fulfilled.
1. Isaiah
God prophesied beforehand to the prophet Isaiah. Though it collapses, the Remnant, the stump, will rise. It will arise through the recovery of the gospel and Immanuel. It will be transformed by the power of God’s Word. If you hold onto this covenant and pray, a road will appear in the wilderness and a river will flow in the desert. If only you shine this light, the nations will return. So I appoint you as a watchman. It was prophesied. The people who read that survived in Babylon.
2. Ezekiel 37:1–11
He prophesied to Ezekiel. “These are completely dry bones and they are dead — can they live?” He didn’t say they could live. He said, “The Lord God can.” Then two things were said: “Speak the Word. Speak life into being.” I received tremendous insight from the phrase “speak into being.” It is not something I can give. I can only speak on behalf. But the dry bones turned into an army, you see.
3. Jeremiah 33:1–9
He prophesied beforehand. While imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, God spoke. “The Lord who does it” — why has this kind of thing happened? It means the Lord has done it. “The Lord who forms it to establish it.” One condition was attached: “Thus says He whose name is the Lord: Call to Me.” He doesn’t just say pray — why does He say “call out”? It means: don’t do other things, just pray. “And I will tell you great and mighty things which you do not know.” And then from verse 4 to verse 9 He wrote out what would be restored. It was promised.
▣ Main_ Timetable
This timetable is what is important, right? The timetable was also spoken in advance. It was said in Isaiah 60. “I the Lord will hasten it in its time.” Before those words: “The smallest will become a thousand and the least a mighty nation. I the Lord will do it.” So what kind of timetable is it? There are many churches in Haeundae. The one and only way to save Haeundae is to align with that timetable.
1. The Incarnate Christ
Do you know when this timetable is? Going back — not long from now — the most supremely promised, the timetable of the incarnate Christ coming.
1) Genesis 3:15
It is tremendous. “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head.” The timetable for this being fulfilled.
2) Genesis 6:14
There are no conditions whatsoever. You must enter the ark to live.
3) Exodus 3:18
There is absolutely no other way. Liberation comes through the blood covenant. These things are being fulfilled — it is aligning with the true timetable. They were shut up in Babylon for about 70 years. That time is not a small time. A crucial timetable has come. And throughout all of this, many things had already been promised.
4) Isaiah 7:14
He promised through Isaiah. It can’t be done any other way — it has to be Immanuel. The way to become Immanuel: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” The path of return from Babylon is aligning with that timing. It is tremendous.
5) Matthew 16:16
Not long after, Christ came, and “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” When a church that truly delivers this appears, God shakes the nations. If it is the true gospel, He shakes them completely. I may not know other things, but Pastor Kim Yong-gi who has followed me for a long time will know. I might make the same kinds of mistakes, but outside of the gospel there is no other motive. He will know. Many of our secretaries will know. Only the gospel — nothing else will do. God knows this. Right? Satan knows this. So if you — the church leaders of this church — begin to pray because of the true gospel, Satan will be completely bound. Satan must not merely be driven out. He must be made to bow. In the name of Jesus you can drive him out and he will go. But he comes back. Some churches fight every single day. Because he knows that. As far as I know, churches around the world are Satan’s playground — as far as I know. So I have no ill will. I forgive even the most wrongful person. Why? Because that’s how they can be fixed. Which one is God’s will? It is God’s will for that person to come to understanding, be corrected, and gain strength. Christ the solver of all problems. This is the direction we are going.
2. Church Recovery
Second. What is the reason heaven and earth and the sea and the nations tremble? It is not the temple. It is church recovery. Before building the temple, the church must be built first.
1) Tabernacle
In former times, everything was done within the tabernacle.
2) Temple
We thought things would be even better once the temple was built, but even greater problems came.
3) Church
So we need the tabernacle and the temple, and we need the church building, but we need the church. You are the church, and this building that was made so that the church could worship is the church building. What is important is you. Right? “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?” That’s what it says. We are on the way to recovering this right now. It is tremendous.
3. Absolute Plan
Something even more important. God has an absolute plan. He gave the Word here too, but it was not grasped.
1) Three Courtyards
Three courtyards. It was not grasped.
Israel has never once gone out in mission. Right? It was not grasped. They never went to the courtyard of the Gentiles. Because nothing worked, Jonah was forcibly sent out. But he ran off too. In a different direction. So he ended up in the belly of a whale, was vomited out, and did it reluctantly. Because of this they were sent out as slaves, as captives, as a vassal state. They could not grasp such an easy truth.
There is no courtyard for children. There is one, but I say there isn’t. The temple that Jesus prophesied would be destroyed is there — the courtyard is there. Why? Because He prophesied it and it exists, but they are doing other things there. They are doing commerce there, doing things for money — that’s why. You can easily end up in that situation.
The Remnant does not know the depth of prayer. Right? Even the elders don’t know it well — how would the Remnant know? The elders are holding on by faith right now. To put it nicely, they are holding on with conviction. To put it a bit negatively, they are holding on stubbornly. But they have not actually tasted it.
This must be done.
2) The three-day weekend age
The three-day weekend age. One who has eyes to see blessing in the midst of every problem is one who knows the gospel. Seeing the answer when every problem, conflict, difficulty, and crisis comes — that is prayer. Isn’t it?
Joseph, the representative among the 7 Remnant figures, went with the answer. So no matter how much suffering came, it was all right. Because he had the answer. You see, if we have suffering but also hope, the hope overcomes the suffering. Right? No matter what difficulty comes to me, if I have hope — I overcome it. If you just endure without hope, it becomes illness. Joseph already had a vision so clear that his brothers mocked him for it. Right? Clear enough to appear in dreams. Not because it appeared in a dream — but clear enough to appear in a dream. One day suddenly — he was seized by human traffickers — but Joseph knew. He knew he was going to a mission field. He made that confession later. When he met his brothers later: “It was not you who sold me, but God who sent me ahead.” The three-day weekend age. If the Remnant truly doesn’t know how to pray, worship and prayer are separate, and their personal life is separate. This is how our children are suffering difficulties. They are living by the grace of God truly, but in reality they are missing the path. They need to know.
And going forward, a fearsome age is coming. You will have to change all your careers. Even now the age of working from home has come. So much so that the term WFH has appeared. That means working from home. Many large buildings are no longer necessary. And now many workers are no longer necessary. A terrifying age has come. Serious spiritual problems will come, right? So anything that doesn’t align with the 237–5000 peoples cannot survive. Many multi-ethnic peoples come to our country for medical treatment. That’s natural. Our country is aligned with that. In places like England, America, Europe — if you want hospital treatment, it takes months. People die waiting. It’s true. They’re not aligned. They’re not aligned with 237, just like that. Japan also needs to wake up. It’s not aligned with 237 — if it’s not careful.
3) The holy meditation age
Looking at that I call it the holy meditation age. “Meditate. You are the greatest.” That is the meditation age of Genesis chapter 3. “Cultivate the way.” That is all a meditation movement. That is Genesis chapter 3. “You will become the Buddha.” That is Genesis chapter 3. That is what Satan said. “You will become like God.” And then they were seized by Satan. The Nephilim. That is Genesis chapter 6. So they look like they have power. Does a shaman appear to have power, or not? It looks that way, right? But looking at it later, it turns out to be the Tower of Babel. The covenant that corrects this — just hold the covenant and it is enough. That covenant is the holy meditation age.
Build this kind of church. For that, facilities also greatly influence things. So build the temple. It is urgent — quickly.
I said it ten-odd years ago. I said the age of personal YouTube broadcasting was coming, but we didn’t prepare quickly. So unbelievers are doing more of it. Going forward, churches that cannot understand these things — the three courtyards, the three-day weekend age, the holy meditation age — will no longer be necessary. Healing is contained within these courtyards. Right? People who come to church need to gain fundamental strength and receive fundamental healing. Visible medical treatment can be done by doctors. Right? That’s why there are hospitals and doctors. But fundamental things, spiritual things, gaining true strength — that cannot be done by the world. True healing. The Remnant must first be made into spiritual summits and sent out. The courtyard for children. If you simply hold onto this — just holding the covenant is enough. If it is truly so. Then God will work.
So now there is something to examine while holding this covenant. The temple that David prepared and Solomon built is called Solomon’s Temple. Babylon came and destroyed it. So they came back out and rebuilt it. The leader of that was Zerubbabel. So it is also called Zerubbabel’s Temple. One day a political operator named King Herod had ingratiated himself with Rome and became king by force. The people of Israel were not sitting still. So that king used humanism. What do the people of Israel love most? I’ll do that. What is it? Building the temple. So with the church already standing, he tore it down and rebuilt it. Enormously. That is Herod’s Temple. It is called the third temple. Now, the third temple was completely destroyed. Why? Because these three things — the three courtyards, the three-day weekend age, the holy meditation age — were absent. You must remember this. This message is being given in Haeundae, but people all over the country and the world are listening, and it is the same. Even just believing in the prophesied Christ caused work to happen — but now that Christ has actually come. It was aligned to that time. Through the apostles, a true church movement was launched. Especially as the figure of Paul emerged, all three of these things were done. It must be done. Then even if answers don’t come, they will come on their own.
▣ Conclusion
Several times today these words came out: “I, the Lord, declare it.” They appeared 6 times. When those words were said, these words came: “Zerubbabel, Joshua, take courage. I, the Lord, declare it.” These are tremendously important words.
[Daily Schedule]
Your daily schedule. You must do it this way without fail. In the morning, pray in a quiet, restorative time and recover everything through prayer. Then in the afternoon, amazingly surprising answers become visible. Every morning as you truly gain spiritual strength, by the time afternoon comes and you meet people and work, you see — truly — what God has done. Then though eating was hard before, now you see something — 300% comes out. That is the daily morning, afternoon, and evening prayer. You must find it. You must start doing it from now.
[Weekly Schedule]
Then a weekly schedule emerges. Within this prayer, week by week the flow of what God is doing becomes broadly visible. Our team that recently went abroad said: nothing else is needed anymore. Everywhere they go, the Word is already fulfilled. That’s right.
[Sunday]
This is holding Sunday worship with this covenant.
[Three-day weekend]
The core of Sunday worship is contained in the three-day weekend. When things are like this, you have content to share when you come to the three-day weekend. Testimonies come into being. And while spending all of Sunday in worship, you gain tremendous strength. Then that also enters into the daily prayer cycle, and it is confirmed every day. If this doesn’t happen, it is not because the person is bad. They cannot stay attached to a single church. They cannot stay. It is difficult. When I see answers — I feel like I’ve just been serving church for a few days when in fact it’s been a lifetime. And as answers keep pouring in, it feels like I’ve just done a few years even though I spent 40 years under persecution. Even now the answers are pouring out so much I’m busy just confirming them. Now, freshly, you truly need to grab hold of God’s covenant and think: I must save the field and the world.
[Path]
And so the path of going forward while saving everything becomes visible. That there is the bartizan, the journey, the guidepost. So every day you gain strength, and during the week you gain strength again. So the characteristic of Immanuel Church is — whether Sunday morning or afternoon, it doesn’t matter. People are packed in at all times. That means the church leaders and many people are praying all day long and holding onto the Word. Going forward, tremendous answers will come to you. They don’t have to, but they will. We have nothing more to receive, yet God has prepared it all perfectly.
I bless this blessing, that from Haeundae today it would spread to the entire nation and world, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let us pray.
Prayer. We thank God. In the midst of God’s work, please make us witnesses who save many who are dying. Please make this a church that gains strength. Please cause a work to happen in this church where people are healed through worship. Please open the eyes of the Remnant. Please cause a work to happen where many people of diverse nationalities are transformed. Please give special strength to all our church leaders and elders. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.