2026.09.06 District Message Week 36
Isaac Who Received Delayed Answers (Genesis 25:19-26)
Summary
Within me: The Bartizan of the Throne
On the Path: The Journey of the Throne
In the Future: The Guidepost of the Throne
We cannot answer accurately how long we will live, whether we will get sick, or whether our business will succeed. But those who triumphed in faith had one thing: the bartizan of the throne within me, which no one can give and no one can take away, the journey of the throne on my path, and in the future, God leaves a guidepost at an exact timetable He sees. But Isaac’s answer came a little late. Yet he received the answer that enjoys the most. Even when the answer is late, figures who were not deceived emerged. Joseph, who spent 13 long years in prison; Moses, who became 80; Samuel, who started the Mizpah movement; David, who fled for decades. Also, Rome became evangelized only after 250 years.
▣ Introduction
1. The word is being fulfilled. About 7,000 promises have all been fulfilled. Only one has not yet been fulfilled.
2. Covenant prayer answers are happening.
3. The witness of the gospel has never ceased.
▣ Main
1. The answer comes in three ways.
1) Immediate answer
2) No answer – This comes as no answer because we don’t need to receive it.
3) An answer that must be waited for – This is the most common.
2. Reasons
1) He wants us to know the secret of the gospel.
2) He wants us to know the power of prayer. The sicker a person is, the more they must gain the real strength of faith; the older one gets, the more spiritual strength must be gained.
3) He is establishing a great plan.
3. The invisible answer
1) Absolute plan – Absolute covenant – Absolute mission
God’s absolute plan becomes visible. If we don’t see it, as we wait and pray, it is fulfilled, and the absolute covenant comes out, and the absolute mission comes out.
2) No darkness, the power of the throne, heavenly hosts – At this time, in ways we don’t know, darkness collapses, and because it is the power of the throne, the heavenly hosts are mobilized.
3) Special bartizan – At this time, the wrong bartizan we held is changed into a bartizan that knows God, and a special bartizan is established.
▣ Conclusion_ 7 Point
That’s when the 7 points are found. People get confused when the answer comes. When Rome declared Christianity the state religion, wealth piled up in the church and the priests went crazy. At this time, God is holding the 7 points that save the future for us. We must always ask. Do not be deceived when I become weak. That is the time you become the strongest. God’s real prayer answers happen so often through weak, elderly people. The 7 Remnants were all in difficulty, but they were not deceived. The devil by nature deceives. In John 8:44, the devil is the one who deceives, the liar, the father of lies. That’s why all fortune-tellers are deceived.
Transcript
We don’t know how long we will live. Also, I don’t know whether I will get sick or not. Also, now, whether my business will go well or not, I cannot give an exact answer to that either. But those who triumphed in faith had one thing.
[The Bartizan of the Throne Within Me]
I had within me the bartizan of the throne, which no one can give and no one can take away. Here, what we must be careful about is that we don’t die right away just because we hold some great grudge. But one day, a problem will inevitably come because of it. So when you’re going through faith life and get wounded like this, you must resolve it completely. You’ll almost get caught up in it. Conversely, praying doesn’t bring an immediate answer either. But it always comes. So you must build the bartizan of the throne within you.
[The Journey of the Throne on My Path]
And you go on the journey of the throne on your path. This is usually a word that ordinary people in the world absolutely cannot understand.
District Study (Week 36)
Category / Speaker: Rev. Kwang-Su Ryu
Date/Location: September 6, 2026, Immanuel Church (Seoul)
Title/Scripture: Isaac, Whose Answer Was Delayed (Genesis 25:19-26)
[The Guidepost of the Throne in the Future]
Then, without fail, the answer of world evangelization comes on your path. When? In your future.
So because we’re human, even Moses thought, “What age am I now?” But God’s word had not yet been fulfilled. He thought he had no strength now, and that’s natural to think. But one day, an event happened. From our perspective, it happened on some particular day. But to God who sees, it is an exact timetable. Right? Also we think, “Oh, I made a mistake, and because of that someone died.” But that’s not right. We came at God’s timetable, and we leave at God’s timetable. It’s certain. We must enjoy this in the meantime.
Ah, people, when they lose money, tend to have a hard time judging things properly. What you must be most careful about is that as people age, they sometimes become weak or sick. Also, even when young, when illness comes, people become discouraged in themselves. You must be most careful about this. There’s no need to. Ahn Yi-suk gave true thanks to God upon learning she had cancer. And then the cancer was healed. She didn’t become overly delighted about that either. People of faith are like this. We are here. The bartizan of the throne. We go on that journey. We leave this guidepost.
“Isaac, Whose Answer Was Delayed”
But sometimes the answer comes a bit late. And Isaac’s answer was a bit late. But he received the answer that enjoys the most.
People are all similar, right — when we have no answer at all, nothing visible, we think this way. That’s how you get deceived. Figures who were not deceived emerged. Joseph was in prison for 13 long years. Not a short time, right? Within that, Joseph was enjoying this (the bartizan of the throne, the journey of the throne, the guidepost of the throne). His brothers, when they saw him, said, “Joseph, look at him, he’s crazy.” “That kid is strange.” They themselves were the strange ones, but they called Joseph “strange.” All of you, try telling this to a group of unbelieving friends gathered together. They’ll say you’re crazy, right? But that person’s life was governed by this. How foolish, right?
Even Moses at 80 was like this — while hiding in Midian for 40 years after being driven out, that time was actually his best time. He wrote Genesis, which we absolutely cannot do without. We find every answer in Genesis. People don’t know. Why do spiritual problems come? It’s all recorded in Genesis. Even when we tell religious people not to worship idols, that worshipping idols brings spiritual problems, they don’t understand. The reason is explained in Scripture. It’s amazing. Some countries you visit — rooms, outside, everywhere is full of idols. The problem is these people don’t know how bad this is. It’s hard to name the country, but practically half of that nation’s people are mentally ill. And it’s going to get more serious ahead.
Those of you sitting here are somewhat better, but going forward, in the 2030-2080 era, isn’t it said that 90% of what people can do will disappear? That future is coming soon. So our elder deaconesses and older folks — don’t think you’re too old, you all must study these machines. You don’t need to become experts, but you must be able to function enough. Going forward, if you’re careless, you might reach a point where you can’t even order at a restaurant without knowing this. In this situation, we are still going to school and work. We really cannot afford to not know this power.
As you know, not one word of Samuel’s fell to the ground, they say, and after that, trouble came upon Israel. There’s no mention of Samuel’s presence during that time. Later, this Samuel starts the Mizpah movement. So the point I’m making is this — we keep getting deceived thinking that biblical prayer answers aren’t happening now. So today, in the first service, I was going to explain what the answer is, but before that, you must know that some things take a long time to arrive and are waited for. David spent decades fleeing. If you only look at that moment of fleeing, how would you feel? That’s the important part. Did he know and endure it? Or did he just endure without knowing? He was in that kind of situation.
More importantly, how much difficulty comes matters — if too much comes at once, people get confused. Right? Never get confused. 250 years — how long is that? People die without even seeing it. Turning Christianity into a strange group and persecuting it — that’s exactly what the devil does. Turning it into a strange group and persecuting it. That has to be a year or two, but this was 250 years. Ten Roman emperors persecuted the gospel over 250 years. It’s a situation where survival is impossible. That could happen. But the important thing is, even amid that persecution, there were people enjoying this (the bartizan of the throne, the journey of the throne, the guidepost of the throne). That’s astonishing. But when you look at the records of these people, they were all recorded as having been happy. Even amid that persecution. But one day, Europe was completely evangelized. Rome bowed before the gospel. Does that make sense — 250 years? Many people died without seeing it. We are easily prone to this kind of misconception. You must remember this.
▣ Introduction
1. Fulfillment of the word
What is clear is that the word is being fulfilled. About 7,000 promises have all been fulfilled. Only one has not yet been fulfilled.
2. Covenant prayer answer
Even now God is answering exact covenant-based prayer.
3. Witness of the gospel
And what’s important now is that the witness of the gospel has never once ceased. Even though it was blocked for 250 years, it never stopped. If so, we are within this.
▣ Main
There are a few things to remember.
1. Three ways
1) Immediate answer
There are three ways the answer comes. Some things God answers immediately when we pray.
2) No answer
Also, some things come as no answer because we don’t need to receive them. If your prayer wasn’t answered, it’s not because you lacked ability but because God isn’t giving what isn’t needed.
3) Answer that must be waited for
But there is an answer that comes after waiting a long time. This kind of answer exists too. But the third one is the most common. So what must we be careful about? When the answer comes after a long wait, how do we live out our faith in the meantime? So from the start, though given, what Jesus finally promised is this (the bartizan of the throne, the journey of the throne, the guidepost of the throne). Keep praying this and it becomes visible. This is important, right? If you keep praying this (the bartizan of the throne, the journey of the throne, the guidepost of the throne), you don’t need anything else. Keep praying this and it truly becomes visible. Then age and position don’t matter. If you are within this (the bartizan of the throne, the journey of the throne, the guidepost of the throne), one day it starts to become visible.
2. Reasons
Especially, the reasons become visible. What becomes visible?
1) Secret of the gospel
He wants believers to know the secret of the gospel instead of struggling while attending church.
2) Power of prayer
And He wants you to know the power of prayer throughout your life. The sicker a person is, the more they need the true strength of faith. The older you get, the more spiritual strength you must gain. Don’t listen to what people say. That’s how you get deceived. The older you get, the more strength you must gain.
3) Great plan
What else? God is establishing a great plan. He’s establishing a great plan. I mentioned this before — a smart Remnant came from abroad. He studied well. His faith was good too. Though a young child, his faith was solid. Whenever he met me, he’d say he was studying to become a doctor. He said he wanted to go where there were no doctors, to a remote area. So I told him plainly, “Don’t make that plan.” “You don’t know how greatly God will use you. You can go there later.” He seemed a bit hurt by that. “God may call you somewhere greater before you go there. Many people make their goals clear. But a truly prayerful person has no goal of their own.” Right? Someone who truly sees God’s plan doesn’t mean they don’t set their own plans — they can’t set them. This plan remains for you. God is not delaying the answer for these things; He’s making Isaac realize this.
3. The invisible answer
First, the invisible answer comes first, you know?
1) Absolute plan – Absolute covenant – Absolute mission
What’s the first? God’s absolute plan becomes visible. It was that way for Hannah too. You have no need to rush. While enjoying and praying, this becomes visible. If it’s not visible, just wait while praying. Then the absolute covenant that will be fulfilled comes out. All 66 books are absolute covenants, but the absolute covenant that will be fulfilled comes out, they say. So then the absolute mission — not optional, but absolute — comes out. Now, you all are due to receive that kind of answer. If you attend church just for fun, you’ll receive a fun kind of answer. No — some people attend faith the way they’d have “some” religion just to have one. That kind of person won’t receive the answer. This remains. It’s not delayed. This is about trying to know it.
2) No darkness, power of the throne, heavenly hosts
At this time David confessed this. Things you don’t know are happening. Darkness begins to collapse. This is invisible. And what else? Because it’s the power of the throne, this manifests, and the heavenly hosts, which Scripture describes the most, are mobilized invisibly.
3) Special bartizan
At this time, this is invisible to us. The bartizan changes. Right? Up until now, we easily hold onto a wrong bartizan. What people who study well should think about is that their studies weren’t wrong, but they kept learning things apart from God. Now we’re different. We change it into a bartizan that knows God. What is the last ministry for our elders? Establishing a special bartizan. You don’t have to do anything. Just establish this and it’s done. Amazing things happen. In fact, my mother did nothing at all. Just this one thing — prayer. But that answer, words cannot describe it. Now, real, visible answers begin to come. That’s when people get confused. Don’t get confused.
▣ Conclusion_ 7 Point
What do we do then? We find the 7 points. Try receiving many answers. It gets confusing. When Rome declared Christianity the state religion, what happened? Wealth just started piling up within the church. That’s when the priests went crazy. Right? In the old days, people were called heretics and beaten to death, but now this became overwhelmingly powerful. It became enormous. So, in our terms, when a pastor or pope appears, there’s an uproar. Everyone loses their minds over it. That’s not it. We are holding the 7 points that save the future for you all.
You must remember this. You must always ask. Don’t be deceived. There are times I become weak. Don’t be deceived. That is the time you become the strongest, right? We keep getting deceived. “Oh, I’m too old now, I have no strength.” That’s deception. God’s real prayer answers happen so often through weak, elderly people. Right? We keep getting deceived. Remnants get deceived saying “my environment is like this, my house is like that.” The 7 Remnants were all in difficulty. They were not deceived. Conclusion: the devil by nature is the deceiver. John 8:44. The devil, the deceiver. The liar, it said. The father of lies, it said. That’s why all fortune-tellers over there are all deceived.
May you all experience healing of even unknown illnesses as you pray all day today, in the name of Jesus Christ. I will pray.
Prayer
God, thank you. May today be a day we gain spiritual strength. May it be a day we grasp Your word. Open our spiritual eyes so we are not deceived. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.