2026.05.16 Business Missions
The 237 Nations and the Bartizan of God’s Kingdom That Fulfills the Eternal Answers of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd RUTC (20)
– Bartizan of the 3-day Weekend Age 66 –
「The Start of the Businessperson Bartizan ① – Abraham’s Bartizan」
(Ge 13:18)
Our teams are now at that field. At first I told the Immanuel Seoul Church music team to go and see, but they didn’t quite understand. So the main team went and is now making its rounds. All those who went confirmed that everything is being fulfilled exactly as the Word says, and were astonished.
What we must consider is that the nation right now is the Solomon Islands. We must not look lightly at those people. They are people of great caliber. And they have the gospel. As one example — in the Greater East Asia War, the Japanese brought 3,000 Korean youths and used them in warfare, and that is where they died. Of course Japanese people died too. Our young Korean youths — you could call them young adults — 3,000 died there. That is how much Solomon Islands can be considered the core of the Pacific War. Even now it is important. And remarkably, many answers are happening there.
Japan has been continually saying to the Solomon Islands: we want to build and construct a war memorial there, and made the request. They found and presented the best land in the Solomon Islands for it. At that time, in order to make that request, members of our nation’s National Assembly also went and we met together. The Solomon Islands is no ordinary nation. They said “No.” So then Korea asked — many Koreans died, so we would like to build a memorial, they said. To that too they did not say yes. Those people are not ordinary. The remarkable thing is that they gave the land to me personally. That shows deep thought. Giving it to Korea would be one thing, giving it to Japan would be another. So they gave it to an individual. I thanked them for it, and they registered it completely in my name.
So I am in the midst of praying about it. The question of whether to discuss this with our national government and put up a memorial there or not. You may not have known this, but there has been a political dimension to it all along. When people from the conservative camp are in power, they tend to get a bit close with Japan. And when people from the progressive camp are in power, they dislike the Japanese. So now it becomes an opportunity to build it — those from the conservative camp didn’t want to build a memorial. Because they’d have to clash with Japan.
In the midst of all this, that land was given to me. The last time there were five or six members of the National Assembly who came and were astonished. “What on earth is the Darakbang World Evangelization Association? Who is Pastor Ryu Kwang-su? Why are those people giving him something like that?” Then one of the leaders among them asked me to pray for them. Of course, I prayed that this person would become an outstanding prime minister. And yesterday this person became prime minister. And so they gathered all the photos of our meeting together and sent them asking me to send a congratulatory message. And the one who said they would give me the land has become Deputy Prime Minister. As I see it, the doors of world evangelization are now opening rapidly. Of all times, our team happened to be at the Solomon Islands then. Right now those friends are being treated as distinguished guests. After finishing there, they will go to Vanuatu. This is how the Word of God is being fulfilled.
There are people thinking “Why don’t I receive answers to prayer?” And in some cases, they don’t even know what an answer looks like. The answer may have come and they don’t realize it. Right?
So please take a good look at the theme. Right now it is “1st, 2nd, 3rd RUTC Eternal Answer’s Bartizan of the Kingdom of God.” And what I had in mind is that next year I intend to do “The Journey of the Kingdom of God.” The year after that I intend to do “The Guidepost of the Kingdom of God.” So we now have about 6 months remaining. With what remains, what should we do? We now need to engrave within ourselves what the bartizan of the Kingdom of God means. So today is that beginning.
The reason for “Beginning of the Work Mission Person’s Bartizan 1” is to engrave this. What does 1 mean? It means 2 will come next. We must follow the flow of the Word well like this. We must watch the flow of answers well and position ourselves within it — otherwise, the answer may have come and you won’t know it.
“Abraham’s Bartizan”
We must look at Abraham’s bartizan first. One day, one day it dawned on Abraham. “Ah. I’m going to have descendants.” “Ah, they came.” One day he promised to make a great nation. And he heard the word of world evangelization — that all nations would be blessed through his seed. That is when Abraham came to have certainty. Right? That is the bartizan. So the three things must be seen quickly.
1. Genesis 12:1-10
God told Abraham about five blessings.
1) Five blessings
Right away: “Go to the land I will show you.” A covenantal blessing. And then what? “Through you” — a representative blessing. Through you. “I will make you able to overcome all.” A foundational blessing, an irresistible blessing. And “through your seed” — this is a monumental blessing. He spoke of these things.
2) Unbelief
But Abraham was unbelieving. “Surely not.” He simply could not understand it. You must not try to understand the Word of God. That is only possible when God and I have a similar IQ. Why do we try to understand another person’s words? That is only possible when that person and I are at a similar level. God’s IQ surpasses all of humanity and all of time combined. Abraham inevitably was unbelieving. He has no child, yet “through your seed” — and so He kept promising a son. Isaac was born. At that time Abraham received a definite shock.
3) Failure
And so he kept on failing.
2. Genesis 13:1-18
In the midst of this, this thing happens. Now conflict keeps arising with his nephew Lot.
1) Conflict
At this point Abraham already began to understand.
2) Concession (Decision)
So he concedes. And makes a decision. This is now the bartizan beginning to be built.
3) [Altar]
At this point Abraham began to build an altar. Without a bartizan, I cannot be a watchman. Right? Without my bartizan, I cannot build an altar. So this is what you need to completely build — your own bartizan — before the year ends in December. There is no need to rush. From now you need to search for it while praying.
With this, Abraham essentially had it all completed. “Look to the north, south, east, and west. Walk the length and breadth of it. I will give it to you forever.” And then looking at chapter 15: “I am your shield and your reward,” he said. Everything was said. From the point this (the altar) began, everything was said.
3. Genesis 22:1-23
And through this God is now testing Abraham in order to truly give him the bartizan. It is a passage you know well, isn’t it. “God tested Abraham,” it says.
1) Test
That testing is this (a test). The test the devil gives is not this. In English it is called “temptation.” That is what the devil gives. That is what people give. God tested Abraham. Why? To bless him. To give him the covenant. When a school teacher gives a test, is it to make the students fail? It is to improve their ability. “Whatever it takes, I’ll torment those kids and destroy them” — that’s not it. “Whatever it takes, I need to keep improving their ability.” That is what a test is. God tested Abraham. To make him into a vessel worthy of receiving this blessing. So then He gave a major test. Bring your son and offer him. An enormous major test. Abraham obeyed accordingly.
2) Original sin – Ram
Why must the son die? Why, for what reason? There is no reason. Original sin is dying without reason. “What did I do wrong?” “I don’t know, you just die.” That is original sin. Right? Departing from God. “What sin have I committed?” It has nothing to do with it. “What sin did the parents commit?” Nothing to do with it. You simply die. You are ruined. Just like that. That is original sin. He made this known. He prepared a ram. This is an enormously significant message. Someone asked me once: “But then, if God says to bring your son and kill him, what would happen?” Don’t ask — you die too. You die. The world is ruined. No matter how much you struggle, it won’t work. That is original sin. There is only one path. He gave that answer. So then simultaneously, right now, both Abraham and Isaac became engraved simultaneously. The bartizan stood simultaneously.
3) Promise
He promises an enormous future. Right? The reason God tests us is to give us a promise. God prepared an enormous promise and gave it to Abraham.
This is Abraham’s bartizan. What we absolutely need. What is the first thing we need? It is not “I believed well in Jesus and lived my faith well.” We are humans who had no choice but to die. God saved us. So all believers must come to understand. “I came to know God because I was ill.” That may be true, but it is not the full picture. That is merely one occasion. God says he saved you by grace. Why? To shine this light. What is the reason he established royal priests? To shine the light. And you get deceived again. You must not be deceived. “With no child, how can my seed save the world?” It makes no sense. Yet Abraham believed it. And then when told to offer his son, he believed that too.
Hebrews chapter 11 says he believed God would bring him back to life. But what God gives is not that. It has to be this (the ram). “Your descendants shall multiply. And the nations shall be saved. You shall possess the gate of your enemies.” Enormous, isn’t it? It will be fulfilled exactly as it says. You must now prepare your definite bartizan.
▣ Conclusion_ Isaac
And how did Abraham prepare? What preparation did he make? He transmitted all these blessings to Isaac. After Isaac received the transmission of this covenant, God blessed him 100-fold. What should bring one year’s harvest brought a hundred years’ worth. Why? Because he had to do world evangelization. Enemies came and covered and destroyed the wells. God caused Isaac to obtain the source of springs — the original source itself. God built it so that he would obtain the original source. Because he had to do world evangelization. After that the Israelites don’t understand. God unconditionally blessed Israel. Why? Because they had to do world evangelization. Israel still has not come to understand that. They think their own nation is great. Still, even now. They are actually remarkable. Nobel Prize recipients — their photos are posted in a row, you see them in hospitals in America, don’t you. A third of those are Jewish people.
So before this year ends, we truly need the bartizan of God standing firm within us — this is right. There is no need to rush and build it. There is no need to try to do something. You need to hold the covenant and keep praying, continually moving forward with the throne’s bartizan, journey, and guidepost that God has given. That is when it becomes built exactly right.
It would be nice to build it a little early. In my case, I built the bartizan when I was in school. I attended church for a long time, but I never saw someone who properly prayed. I saw some who practiced mysticism a bit, but I didn’t think that was right. Others thought that way, but I thought differently. I came to think a great deal about prayer. And I came to think about evangelism. I couldn’t do evangelism. So I thought — well, the Bible says to do it a lot. I made that my bartizan, and from that point I began to see the Word working and moving. And now finally we have come all the way to the 5,000 peoples. The doors are opening right now.
Even this year and next year, just staying in prayer within this is sufficient. If your heart is truly where God wants it to be, that is enough. All the believers, all the work mission people must be that way. “What can I do a lot at church” — that is important too, but church leaders and work mission people — the question is: how can our church preach the gospel, and how can I stand on the side of saving people? If that’s where you are — if that is truly where you are — even the eyes with which you worship change. The eyes with which you see the pastor change first. Right? The way you receive the message changes. Why? Because this bartizan is correct. “How do I eat and live well” — that is already the wrong bartizan. Right? Always worrying about the world while going about — that is already the wrong bartizan. The question is how to give your life to saving these dying people. Then your occupation becomes your secondary work. Not your primary work. So how did David understand it? “The Lord God’s covenant is to be proclaimed throughout the entire world, and for that purpose I was given an occupation, and that occupation is king. Then what is my work?” He grasped both things. “First, it is to save the nation.” And so he built 1,000 bartizans. And what is the true thing? The world must be saved. So he prepared to build the temple. Well done, right? God blessed all of David’s steps.
Let us pray.
Prayer. May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, King of kings, and the eternal love of God, and the working of the Holy Spirit — may they be always with all of God’s people who will build the bartizan of the Lord, especially with the work mission people, especially with the church leaders, from now to eternity. Amen.