24, 25시와 영원의 응답 (계 21:1-4)
1. 기도24를 누리라
(1) 정확한 언약을 붙잡으라
(2) 그리스도, 하나님 나라, 오직 성령
(3) 성삼위 하나님께 완전 집중하면서
(4) 가장 행복하고 편하고 중요한 시간
(5) 기도의 망대, 보좌의 망대가 내 안에
2. 이 때 일어나는 일(25시)
(1) 성삼위 하나님이 시공초월로 역사
(2) 무한세계의 힘과 우주적인 힘
(3) 하나님의 것, 하나님의 시간표, 하나님 나라의 일
(4) 초과학, 초의학, 초경제
(5) 237 치유 서밋의 성전
(6) 3개의 뜰과 금토일 시대
3. 그 결과(영원)
(1) 강대국과 3단체를 무너뜨림
(2) 사탄을 무릎 꿇게(롬16:20)
(3) 사탄을 무저갱 속으로(계20:1-3)
(4) 마귀를 불과 유황못에 던짐(계20:10)
(5) 237나라, 5천 종족 복음화
(6) 하나님 나라 완성, 세계복음화
(7) 새 하늘과 새 땅(계21:1)
(8) 성도들의 부활과 예수재림(살전4:16-17)
Answers of 24, 25th Hour, and Eternity (Rev 21:1–4)
1) Enjoy Prayer 24
1. Hold to the accurate covenant.
2. Christ, the Kingdom of God, and Only the Holy Spirit.
3. Fix your full concentration on the Triune God.
4. Make it your happiest, most restful, and most crucial time.
5. Let the watchtower of prayer—the watchtower of the Throne—be established within you.
2) What happens then (the 25th hour)
1. The Triune God works beyond time and space.
2. The power of the infinite realm and the cosmic scale.
3. God’s possessions, God’s timetable, and the works of God’s Kingdom.
4. Super-science, super-medicine, super-economy.
5. The 237 Healing–Summit Sanctuary.
6. The three courts and the Fri–Sat–Sun era.
3) The result (eternity)
1. The top nations and the three organizations are overthrown.
2. Satan is made to kneel (Rom 16:20).
3. Satan is cast into the abyss (Rev 20:1–3).
4. The devil is thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur (Rev 20:10).
5. Evangelization of the 237 nations and 5,000 people groups.
6. Completion of God’s Kingdom—world evangelization.
7. The new heaven and the new earth (Rev 21:1).
8. The resurrection of the saints and the Second Coming of Jesus (1 Thess 4:16–17).
Thank you. Today, in a quiet place, as I talked with God and prayed,
oh, I was so thankful and moved. How immense it is that I have been saved—
we often live frequently forgetting the fact that I have been saved.
Then we get very bound to reality and then
are very often seized by the worries of the world, but in Acts 13:48,
it says this: “As many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.”
Then God appointed me as one who is to be given eternal life. This—
how does this salvation happen? Only those who have been appointed to be given eternal life are saved.
No matter how well we do evangelism, we must meet such people.
So with those who are to be saved, even if I speak poorly, they
receive Jesus. But there are those who have not been appointed to be given eternal life. Such people, no matter how
clearly I explain the gospel, completely refuse. From a human point of view, some are absolutely not the type to refuse.
They are very pure, clean, humble, and respectful toward others—yet there are people who do not accept the gospel. I have seen many
such people. But some people are very rough. Their temper is very
violent. And they are inconsiderate and look down on others; their character
is not very good. However, among such people there are those whom God has prepared. Among those people there is someone of whom you would say, “That person, at least, will never believe in Jesus.” You know such a person. But when you preach the gospel,
they are set to become gentle sheep, everyone.
So our thinking is very often different. That I am among those appointed to be given eternal life—
that fact.
So one day, in Romans 10:13, “Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved,” and on some day the gospel was proclaimed to me. Someone
proclaimed the gospel to me. Then in Revelation 3:20 the Lord, on some day,
came to me and knocked on the door of my heart. “If anyone hears My voice
and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” This invitation of the Lord—
here God gave grace. So, in Romans 10:9–10,
I did not just believe Jesus in my heart, but I confessed with my mouth by a receiving prayer.
And in John 1:12, I received Jesus—what happened?
In 1 Corinthians 3:16, the Holy Spirit then came into me. “Jesus,
come into me. I receive Jesus.” When Jesus knocked at the door of my heart, by the grace of God
I received Jesus—and that Jesus came into me, right? How did He come? He came by the Holy Spirit. Everyone,
these things do not happen by chance. This happens within God’s eternal plan,
and this—
is it not the greatest miracle under heaven? In my life,
it is the greatest miracle. God came into me. So now, in me, the Holy Spirit
is with me, and from then on, finally, the cross event of Jesus 2,000 years ago
becomes my event. Then what happens?
From that point on, Galatians 2:20. “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life
which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” From that point on, we
live a life that acknowledges His Lordship. This means that now
I am not the owner. I am not the owner of my life. Even my life is not mine.
This is what happens to those who are saved. Now then, I have now briefly spoken
about salvation, but that I believed in Jesus and was saved is entirely God’s
grace; and so from now on I do not live as the owner, according to my will, my ambition,
with my zeal and effort. I do not live a life chasing what is visible.
From then on, we must acknowledge Lordship. Jesus
is the Owner. A life that acknowledges God’s Lordship—
this is it. The other day, when I had gone somewhere related to the bartizan, I said this to a person. Oh, recalling briefly
things that happened in the past, I said this: A life that does not acknowledge God’s Lordship—
its success is not success. God is the Sovereign over my life,
God created me, chose me before the foundation of the world, and called me—
but a person who does not enter into that, a person who lives without God, a person who does not acknowledge God’s sovereignty, a person who lives as if I am the owner
of my life—there comes a moment when that person dies. There comes a time when God takes the soul. That is going to hell. It is living without meeting God.
Then, as in Luke 12, like the rich fool—no matter how much wealth he had, no matter how much
he succeeded, no matter how high a position he rose to—“This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?” Foolish one. Everyone, within this secret of salvation,
having gone through this immense process, on some day, I came under the Lordship. On some day, I was saved and lived a life that acknowledged the Lordship of Jesus. So
now I live in the flesh, but it is not a life for the flesh. It is not a tasteless life chasing perishable bread.
From that point on, we live by faith in Jesus, the Son of God who saved me.
From that point on, it is different.
Now then, how important is this—to such an extent? If so, then we must
surely change the content of my daily 24. Because I am not the owner of my life.
Even my life is not mine. Even my children are not my children. They are not my property.
Even my work is not mine. If so, all things are from God, God
is governing and reigning, and my life and death and blessing are governed by God—
then change the content of the 24.
Even though I have been saved, I may be in religion as in Matthew 16:13–14.
Then this is not only failing to acknowledge the Lordship of Jesus—
it is doing the life of faith without even knowing who Jesus is. It is doing the life of faith with the wrong knowledge. One believes in Jesus but knows Jesus wrongly. From here,
we must now enter into the gospel. And this gospel must now be two things.
Simply “gospel” and “raw gospel” (original-color gospel) are different. “Raw
gospel” means a primary color unmixed with other colors, right?
“Raw gospel” means a gospel unmixed with other things. This must
be the first thing; and then it must become “only.” Oh, even if I have understood the raw gospel unmixed with anything, if it does not become “only the gospel,” that is also, likewise, wrong. Now, to which stage must this come? This is precisely
the stage of Gospel 24. How must it come? As in Galatians 2:20, I must die. So to Peter, who confessed that Jesus is the Christ, Jesus promised all the blessings,
and in verse 20—Matthew 16:20—why did He say, “Tell no one that I am the Christ”? We have heard this much, haven’t we? Why, right there, after praising that Jesus is the Christ, does He say not to speak of the Christ? Why is that?
Because though the stage is set, it is not yet the raw gospel. Still much of “my” things are mixed in, and it is not yet “only.” Until this happens, speaking of the Christ is useless. If you speak of Him, that Christ will be a false Christ, won’t He? Why so?
Human thoughts and God’s thoughts. You are mixing God’s work and man’s work. You are not setting your mind on God’s interests but on man’s.
Therefore Gospel 24 is to remove completely man’s work and man’s thoughts.
Now then, what changes at this time is that, by Gospel 24, the content of my life is completely changed. My daily 24—
the 24 hours of life—are filled full with the gospel. And I put down my things completely and am filled full with God’s things. That is absolutely not difficult. And we must surely do that. It is the normal thing. I am not throwing away everything. I am not leaving the present world, the present reality, or quitting what I do. Rather, while doing normally everything I have been doing, all
my thoughts and concerns from the top of my head to the soles of my feet are saturated with the gospel—Gospel 24.
When it becomes like this, then
there is no content left to pray about. The fleshly prayer disappears. That is
now Prayer 24. Now, up to here, what happens is this: the human realm.
The human realm, in the end, is Worry 24. It is Darkness 24. Right? It is Man’s Righteousness 24. The human effort,
method. Man—me as owner—living zealously, succeeding, becoming rich, achieving goals—all is within the human realm. But for a person without God,
this is the best. If one becomes the best in the human realm, that person becomes the most successful person. Living most zealously, preparing the most, then
saving on what must be saved, then giving up what must be given up, sleeping when others sleep, and so on—
and thus becoming the best within the human realm. But if we have not been saved,
if the tremendous event of salvation has not happened to me, then we would also just stay inside. Even while attending church, we would just pray for money, pray for our children, pray for church growth—and such would become the life goal. The prayer topics of Christians on earth are almost entirely prayers of the human realm. They pray for bread. But with what comes out of the human realm,
we cannot save life. Right?
With what comes out of the human area, we cannot overcome Satan. Absolutely we cannot. We cannot change the fate of people. No matter how much I love and cherish someone, no matter how much I devote myself to that person with my very best, I cannot change that person’s frame that is held by the devil. No one—can a parent change a child’s destiny because the parent loves the child? Absolutely not. Therefore, now that we have been saved—as I said earlier—though I live in the flesh, I do not live for the flesh; I live for Jesus.
If so, my life is not under my ownership but under God’s ownership—Lordship,
this is it. Then what should we do? I am not the owner of my life.
Then I must completely lay down my own things. When a slave works hard, the master does not give a reward because of that. Right, everyone? Therefore, the reason we lay everything down is that now we must go into God’s realm. Into God’s realm. Therefore, the way to pass through the human realm and enter into God’s realm—
it is not by living a devout life.
And it is not by praying a great deal that we enter into God’s realm. We can enter only if we renounce what is ours. The time of relinquishing my own is the quiet time. The reason for meditation and concentration
is not that I might improve my spirituality and receive more of God’s blessings. Nor is it in order to do evangelism and missions better. The reason I seek a quiet place and take a quiet time—
and, as we sang earlier, have this spiritual summit—this summit time, is
to enter into God’s realm. God’s realm.
To enter into God’s realm, you cannot go in with your own things. With my thoughts and assertions,
I cannot enter into God’s realm. Then what happens? One just attends church and life passes by. One may receive salvation. And to some extent one may receive answers to fleshly prayers. One can receive religious answers. But to such a person
God cannot attach life. There are many people who give testimonies while attending church. We hear many testimonies. Among those testimonies, there are many astonishing stories. At any rate, that
testimony is 24. It is something that happens in the human realm. That testimony—sorry to say—is more abundant in Buddhism.
It is more in Islam. Those who serve demons and practice idolatry have tremendous numbers of testimonies. Right? And even atheists—
people who live without God—can easily become wealthy and world-class figures. That is not succeeding in the life of faith. That is something that happened within the human realm. Because they lived diligently, they had something special and ahead of others.
So, with thorough self-management and by doing their utmost with all their might, they became successful. But
their life does not save people. They do not break the darkness in the field to which I belong. They do not change people’s destinies.
Why must we enter into God’s realm? Because only then
can it become the life that I live for God’s glory, a life that acknowledges God’s being the Owner. Then, if God is the Owner of my life, I do not live for my will.
I live for God’s will. That is why we speak of this—24, 25. We must know how immense this is—how immense these terms are. I think that, after Jesus, for 2,000 years,
this has not been said. Now, if we then know the meaning of 24, 25, and eternity—
every day when I take a time of concentration, I think of this. Ah, truly,
if the content of 24 does not change, I have not even begun. One may have been saved,
but one cannot do world evangelization. The work of the kingdom of God does not happen. The work of man’s kingdom
happens. But with the work of man’s kingdom, we cannot overcome Satan. We cannot resolve people’s problems of curse. Therefore, if we are to become 24, 25, and eternity,
then 24 must happen. I am speaking of this 24 now. Change the content of the 24. The content of our 24—
is it not bread? Because bread becomes the 24, it naturally becomes Worry 24. Worry 24, Discouragement 24. And we
are soon up then down, right? Real-life problems loom too large. Because we cannot escape the 24,
we just live the life of faith with a life of 24 of the human realm. But the content has not changed. The content of 24—the attending of church
is, by chance, just part of my life. Even faith is merely one part among the many
areas of my daily life. One part among many—just a portion. So faith and life do not go together; within life, one portion is faith. Everyone,
we have honestly lived like that, haven’t we? When do thoughts of God come? They hardly come.
Everyone, thus—change the content of the 24 completely to the gospel.
If you change completely to the gospel, from then on Prayer 24 begins. That is what I am saying.
So in 24, we now stake everything completely on the gospel and prayer. With the gospel, it is completely finished. Everyone, only when it becomes like this can we go to the next stage. Right? Without 24, we cannot go to 25.
There is the 25 of the kingdom of God, but there is also the 25 of Satan’s kingdom. Yet now, among people, the 25 of Satan occurs often. Why? Because 24 has not yet become the gospel. Today you must look at that part. Then
this becomes enjoyment. Try truly meditating on salvation. How was I saved?
I was not saved because I was good. It may seem as if I was saved because I decided to believe in Jesus—but no. Because God’s grace was there,
a heart to believe in Jesus arose. Because God’s grace was there, this gospel became believable. Receiving Jesus may seem to be done merely by volition,
but only the one upon whom there is God’s grace receives Jesus. As in Acts 13:48, only the one appointed to be given eternal life
receives Jesus. Otherwise, even a very simple country grandmother will not do it if she is not to do it. Even kindergarten children—some clamp their mouths shut and will not receive, even to the death. How
pitiful is that? That we believed and received Jesus—
that we accepted the gospel and came to have a heart to believe Jesus—this is
truly how great a miracle of God it is.
Having thus been saved and now become a member of the church, then
we must from then on continually move in the direction where, since God is the Owner, God’s will is fulfilled.
We move forward in the present progressive sense. Today we will look at this. So, in order to enjoy Prayer 24, as I just said, we need the accurate covenant.
Needless to say, the accurate covenant is that Jesus is the Christ.
We must hold to the accurate covenant. And the kingdom of God—only the Holy Spirit.
If we have the covenant, we do not attach our hearts to the kingdoms of the world. We do not live as if the worldly kingdoms were everything. And there is no need to pray about matters of the worldly kingdoms. The kingdom of God. Why “only the Holy Spirit”? Because now we must fulfill the will that delights God,
we must be filled with the Holy Spirit. We must gain the power of the Holy Spirit. If so, we
cannot help but concentrate on the throne and on the Triune God.
This is precisely Prayer 24. This now
becomes to me a very happy time, and a time with deep,
peaceful rest—a quiet,
deep time we can have.
So, at this time, prayer and
the bartizan of the throne are set up firmly within me. Therefore, this becomes a habit for you—and, as we spoke last Wednesday, it becomes your routine,
your rhythm, your system, and your custom—so that even without being told you can do it; you have now reached that stage. The reason we do this is not for a better future. Not to guarantee a better life. Whatever the case,
we are evangelists. We must do world evangelization. If our life has nothing to do with world evangelization and missions,
we can even say that that life perhaps has nothing to do with God. No matter how devoutly we live, all our life must be inside missions. If so, these words will be
well understood by you.
Now, this is the 25 that happens at that time. 25.
Things of the 25th hour happen at this time. Thus, naturally,
the result is eternity—25. We have now
heard much about this, haven’t we?
God is everywhere. But we—biblically—call the place where God is “the throne.” But everywhere is God’s throne.
That God, who is the throne, no matter where I am, transcends time and space
to be with me—this transcendence of time and space—this transcendence of time and space does not exist for humans.
Right? How can a human transcend time or space? That is 25. But God works upon me
with transcendence of time and space. And the work of transcendence of time and space occurs for me. I prayed here, and an event occurs in Cambodia. We have seen such things often. We prayed here, and
in the work of one of our saints the thing happens with the 25th hour. For our
remnants, such things will happen often. Transcending time and space—this is unconditionally 25. It cannot be done by human effort. It absolutely cannot be done by human zeal. And
there are people who attack Pastor Yoo Kwang-Su for speaking of the infinite world and cosmic power.
That’s to be expected. Because, for such people, this stage will never come, even if they die and live again. Right? So, when one speaks of something unheard of, they attack. “Where is such a thing? Where is such a term in the Bible?” There is more than enough in the Bible.
There is even, in Scripture, a space station. A space station—this is when we now launch spacecraft. There are many astronauts now on the space station. The space station is spoken of in missions. In Daniel’s prophecy, it says that people’s knowledge will increase greatly, and transportation and communication will become very fast. “Many shall run to and fro”—this speaks of transportation and communication. The Bible speaks of such things all over. People simply don’t know. Then what is meant by “cosmic power”? It is a power that exceeds the 24 that can move the cosmos.
Is this possible? It is more than possible. Why?
Because I have Christ. If I have the power of the throne, such things now happen. And now it is not mine but God’s; it is God’s timetable. It is not my timetable. Such things—and the work of the kingdom of God—
these appear as the result of 24. So, as I continue with Prayer 24,
I have great expectations of how the 25th hour will occur. And I also see it a bit in advance. Going forward, God will show much of what will happen. That
transcends space. It transcends time. But this is not merely a kind of foreknowledge.
In fact, evangelists foresaw all such things. That is entirely possible. And
Evangelist Rev. Yoo also told us that we can see CVDP in advance.
In Hebrews 11, the chapter on faith, it says this: “Faith is the substance of things hoped for”—what is hoped for is the future. That
becomes reality before me now—“and the evidence of things not seen”; the ancients obtained a good testimony by this. Not knowing where they were going, yet they went, knowing beforehand.
Not knowing what would happen, they went with the answer. Thus this now becomes super-—what I often say—super-science, super-medicine, super-economy, or the supernatural.
How can such things be possible? Ah, not in the human realm. How can such things happen in the human realm? Right? But if the 25th hour is believed, if we believe in the work of God,
then if it is right that God works transcending time and space, we must believe in super-science,
super-medicine, and super-economy. These must come as actual answers. Only then can we do world evangelization. Will we do world evangelization by combining our strength?
Will construction and operation become sufficient just because we devote ourselves to the utmost? No matter how hard we try to gather money, how much can we gather? Right? But truly—without doubting, without unbelief, without worry—if you enter into the stream of prayer, see what happens. We have not done it. As Chairman Chung Ju-Young said, right? “Have you even tried? Sir, have you tried? If you haven’t even tried, why do you say such things?” We have not tried. No one has tried. Except those in the Bible. So now a new timetable has opened. This is the Antioch timetable. Oh, those who actually do 24 prayer
are almost none. But you, try it. See what happens. I am now doing that as a representative. I am not speaking on the low level of “I am great” or “I am not great.” And
this is not a vague expectation that something will happen going forward. Just, without any personal aim, do only 24. Right? In the human realm, every 24 has a human goal. But the 24 enjoyment that we know has no personal goal. I have no goal. Only God’s goal exists. Thus what happens—
this is the 237, Healing, Summit, Sanctuary.
It is not just any sanctuary. 237—this is the Court of the Gentiles.
Healing—this is precisely the courtyard of prayer. The Summit is precisely the courtyard of children.
Such a sanctuary arises by the 25th hour. Therefore, for this we call it the three courtyards; and then, Friday–Saturday–Sunday—the three-day weekend age—
only then can we overcome the three organizations. Only thus can we go ahead of the Muslims. Only thus can we break and go ahead of the world’s religious groups and organizations of darkness. This 25th hour
is not the human realm. This power surely exists in us. Going forward, you will see much of it. Now, when it becomes thus—
we can save the three great-power organizations. Next Monday we will hold the 3rd
IRC India Remnant Conference. We have gone and done the 1st and 2nd; this time it will be only by video. Now
on site—centered on Rev. 49 Maru of our Antioch Hope Church—
the Remnant Conference will be held, and I will record a video tomorrow, Saturday. While recording the video, we will proceed together with our Antioch Remnant Conference at 5:30 p.m. Then what I will say is this: India is a great power. India is the greatest IT powerhouse
of this age. Its population is the largest, and India is a nation of diversity. Diverse cultures, diverse religions, then diverse histories, then diverse
peoples—and full of diverse idols. In that land of India, the gospel movement and the Remnant movement will arise. God has prepared disciples. We will now speak of that together.
Everyone, to save great powers, we must surely go through this 24 and 25.
Otherwise, under the tyranny of the great powers, all the weak are crushed. Everyone, now
all is the tyranny of great powers. Whenever, that is so. Why? Because the gospel has not entered the great powers, they act tyrannically. They enslave, make captives, and vassals under treaty, and then fully exploit, don’t they? Now in Africa, it is a land-grab by the great powers. All Africa is like that. Asia was like that. Then, from long ago,
when the age of colonialism flourished, the Western great powers gobbled up lands. Everyone, why so? If someone does not preach the gospel to the great powers, that is what happens.
But many missionaries go into the great powers. Then why does it not work? The missionary’s zeal, passion, effort, devotion, sacrifice—those are not the method. Now missions must happen by the 25th hour. Then we will save great powers. Joseph saved Egypt by the 25th hour, didn’t he? Right? Everyone, Daniel and
the three friends—was it because they were smart? Ah, now, because they do not worship idols, they are entering the lions’ den and the blazing furnace—yet the 25th hour is believed. Right? It is entirely the 25th hour. Esther—“If I perish, I perish”—
that is the 25th hour. Then she broke Haman. Everyone, now this will be shown much in actuality. When it becomes thus—
Romans 16. Romans has 16 chapters. Romans 16 is the core conclusion of all of Romans; and in Romans 16, introducing about 35 core members of Rome’s evangelization,
the conclusion in verses 25–27 is this: the gospel and the preaching of the gospel were hidden since times eternal. Now it has been manifested to His saints; and earlier it says this—
people chase vain things, and then they serve their own bellies, flattering and so on; but “the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.” This appears.
Only by going on the Rome journey does Satan kneel. Therefore, the work of making Satan kneel comes as the 25th hour and as the result of the 25th hour—as the answer of eternity. In Revelation
20,
Satan has continued to exist from after Genesis 3. His head has been crushed. But he has not died. That Satan is still active now and will be active going forward. Until when?
Until the second coming of Jesus and world evangelization. When Jesus returns and world evangelization is completed, what happens? Satan is cast into the bottomless pit. “Abyss”—do you know what “jeongjeojihwa” means? “Jeongjeojihwa”—“well” (井), “bottom” (底), then “uh-bu”—um, uh,
“seochi,” then “frog” (蛙)—“jeongjeojihwa.” That “jeo” is “bottom” (底). Bottom. Then “gaeng” is also a pit.
Then the “abyss” is a pit without a bottom. Into this
Satan is confined. This is coming, as stated at the end of the Bible in Revelation. Before that, no—it will not happen. Satan is alive and active. We absolutely cannot defeat Satan. In Revelation
20:10,
Satan is cast into the lake of fire—similar to the abyss. Same idea. Satan is completely confined in hell.
Ah, when will this happen? It will happen after going through 24, 25, and eternity.
Before that, sorry to say, in the human realm Satan runs rampant. In the human realm—just as in this morning’s Prayer Journal—
Satan makes me his playground and builds a house. And he makes a stronghold—a fortress. Truly, one becomes a playground where Satan can play to his heart’s content. Why?
The human realm. No matter how devout one is—it is the human realm. Everyone, that is why we cannot defeat Satan. But when the 25 happens, the event of the 25th hour happens, and the work of the kingdom of God happens,
then the event of eternity happens—and among them is the complete crushing of Satan. This is precisely
the 25th-hour work of the kingdom of God. It is the completion of the kingdom. The kingdom of God keeps happening and is then completed. This is world evangelization.
World evangelization surely will be done. When it becomes thus—Revelation 21:1. The new heaven and new
earth—this speaks of world evangelization. Jesus will return and the new heaven and new earth will open. And in 1 Thessalonians
4:16–21—rather, in verses 16–17—what we commonly call the rapture: the saints are caught up. Resurrection,
the second coming of Jesus, we will be able to meet Jesus in the air. And oh—
we who are alive may see the second coming of Jesus. Those who have fallen asleep in the Lord will rise first, and those who are alive will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. Comfort one another with these words. I have said this often at funerals. Therefore, because we have this hope,
ours is sorrow with hope. Do not sorrow as those who have no hope. We sorrow. But it is sorrow with hope. What hope?
The second coming of Jesus. Our resurrection. If we have died, then at the second coming of Jesus we will be resurrected; and even if we are alive, we will with glorified bodies meet the Lord.
This is what will happen going forward. We go in this way—24,
25, eternity. But we have not even begun. So those who say this or that—sorry to say, without even reaching the main point,
their life of faith will be a vicious cycle. They will live a nomadic life. This is not to criticize or condemn others or speak negatively, nor to say only we are right. Our saints must come into this. But to do this—
I think it has taken 2,000 years. So now, we are going on a road never before traveled.
You must surely know the value. Today, for this word “24, 25, eternity,”
I bless you in the name of the Lord Jesus to become the main figures of the answer. Let us hold to the word and pray. Now we always speak of 24, don’t we?
We speak of it at all times now, and in every sermon—and if you listen well to all of Rev. Yoo’s gathering and worship messages—the introduction is 24 and the conclusion is 24—
everything. Why? Because only when the content of the 24 is changed can we then, through 25 and eternity, have world evangelization—
and this is what God does. We surely believe this fact. Let us first look to the word today and all together pray in unison.