Prayer Journal: October 9, 2025
12. Jan. 2025 Immanuel Church Sunday Worship 2nd Service
Scripture Reading: Genesis 26:12-25
Thank you. We may say, “Let’s become truly rich.”
But to do so, we must first do two things.
“The Economy of Light – The Temple of Light”
We must first restore the economy of light. And even if we do not become great conglomerates, we must absolutely restore this. We must restore the economy of light and the temple of light.
(100 years, fundamental, Rehoboth)
At such times, God may give a 100-year answer, as in today’s text He may give a fundamental answer, and He may give a Rehoboth answer.
So, if with a clear conscience we say, “Let us earn much money and accomplish many works,” that is not bad. But even if we attempt that, we must begin with this (the economy of light—the temple of light). Especially, what has been missed is that many Christians have done business yet ended without much success. Why is that? This (the economy of light—the temple of light) must be established. The economy must absolutely restore the economy of light, and the economy of light is to save the church, missions, and the next generation, the remnants, is it not? That must be restored. Because we hold this light, we cannot be ruined. And along with that, wherever you go and in the church where you are, you must build the temple of light. First of all, in the introduction we must know three reasons why the economy of light comes.
▣ Introduction: Reason
1. Individual – Culture of darkness (curse)
Where does the economy of light come from? First, there are cultures of darkness that come upon the individual. This breaks what brings curses upon individuals.
1) Idol temples (John 8:44)
If we do not build the temple, if we do not establish the temple properly, many people go to idol temples. So if you look at times in our country when disasters were rampant in the past, everyone practiced idolatry. But what we must surely realize is that only the Bible teaches that disaster comes when one practices idolatry. Other books actually make people practice idolatry. When you practice idolatry, it becomes a serious matter. Only the Bible says not to do this. A curse will surely come upon the individual. Why is that? Because when one practices idolatry, Satan the deceiver is bound to work. And at first, power appears.
2) Divination, shamanism (exorcism ritual)
Why must we build the proper temple so that people will worship? Because many people fall into divination and into shamanistic exorcism rituals. This brings tremendous curses upon individuals and upon the next generation. Thankfully, only the living Word of God says not to do this. That is natural, since the others are not the Word of God—they do not know. They think that making idols is good. This is because they do not know the spiritual world at all.
3) Ancestral rites (1 Corinthians 10:20)
And when you perform things like ancestral rites, in 1 Corinthians 10:20 it says that evil spirits come forth. “The sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons.” Then evil spirits deceive. People, not knowing this, are deceived and fall for it. Some people, because they are not ruined immediately, do these things (idol temples, divination, shamanism (exorcism ritual), ancestral rites) casually. This is extremely important. We are not disparaging things in an overly extreme way; we must understand the principle. This invisible Satan surely destroys humans by these (idol temples (John 8:44), divination, shamanism (exorcism ritual), ancestral rites (1 Corinthians 10:20)) methods. Now, there is a reason he does so.
2. Authority of darkness – Family line (Nephilim)
Secondly, what is it? This authority of darkness also completely enters into the family line. This method was the Nephilim. This is the first service message today—the Nephilim.
1) Events
Therefore, the reason the sacrificial ram was properly sent to this temple was to solve three events: the Garden of Eden, the Noahic flood, and the Tower of Babel.
2) Seed
Immediately, the family line appears. “Through your seed all nations will be blessed. Through your seed you will possess the gate of your enemies.” Works arise in the family line. “Through your seed you will become as numerous as the stars of the heavens and the sand on the seashore.”
3) Future
And He gave the covenant of the future. As in today’s text, the hundredfold blessing to the next generation; through Joseph, the world evangelization movement. Now something more important remains.
3. The masses, the people – Disaster
This culture of darkness appears as a complete disaster to the masses and the people.
1) Idol great powers
Therefore, in the Bible, without exception, idols were surely made to move the great powers. It is truly strange. Look closely at history. If you look at all the nations that perished, they had made idols great powers. Many of our workers are in Japan—share the Gospel in Japan. Japan is also a great power of idols. If you do not teach this, spiritual problems in Japan will keep increasing. So if there are truly competent people, if there are politicians in Japan, they could easily receive the Gospel. This must surely be told. Thus, teams that boldly explained this arose in Babylon. Disaster simply comes.
2) Solomon
For example, look. King Solomon, not knowing, built idol temples throughout the entire land. There was a reason. As Solomon became a great king, he used his head on a large scale—“Let’s have international exchange.” To do that, he sent the royal women from those nations to Israel, since it was now a strong nation. Then about a thousand of them came; what did they bring? They brought idols. So they said to King Solomon, “We are too bored. It is hard. We did not come because we wanted to; our parents, the kings, told us to come. Please let us keep our faith.” That is what they said. Because Solomon did not know this realm, he said okay. So idols came to fill Jerusalem all at once. After that, Israel was divided. It was divided immediately in King Solomon’s time. Thus the northern kingdom Israel and the southern kingdom Judah were separated. From then on, curses and disasters continued. They were ignorant of it. They did not even know why it was coming. For you to know this and say you will build the temple is extremely important. It is to restore the economy of light and the temple of light— in my lifetime. The most important thing is that when you truly hold this covenant, answers come from that time. If you do not hold the covenant, even if answers come, you do not recognize them. So this is absolutely important.
3) King Ahab
Look at this. King Ahab made idols everywhere. He not only made idols, he even brought the prophets of idols, kept them in the palace, and raised them. A miserable thing happened. So look straight through the biblical perspective—this is it.
4) Rome
Rome made idols and spread them throughout the entire world. Strangely, it is the same.
5) Japan
Therefore, you must surely convey this to our workers in Japan. Japan made these idols and spread them throughout the whole. Saying simply, “Korea, obey us”—that much might be understandable, but they commanded people to bow to their gods. Even more ridiculous is that they emphasized this to the church. That is how it became. Even though the church knows that one must not practice idolatry, they came to the church and emphasized it. They even set up a shrine in the church and told the congregants to bow. What do you think happened? They did not know.
▣ Main: [ A few people ] – The Temple of Light
Each time this happened, many did not appear. One or two people who realized arose. When a single figure named Moses appeared, there were ten plagues—those that destroyed Egypt’s ten idols of darkness. All of them. The plague of blood, the plague of frogs, and so on. The Nile turned to blood—the Nile was a god to them. Even the frog was a god to them— fertility, a god who produced many lives. God broke that. When people like Samuel and David, who realized about idols, arose, God permitted the temple. One or two people. As you know, setting aside Elijah and Elisha as a given, a figure named Obadiah arose. He realized that the idol darkness culture must be blocked. Then God worked.
Is it not the same for our country, as I mentioned earlier? Because of one or two people. At that time, the Japanese came, threatened, and gave money. Money. They called in those pastors who did politics and gave money like this: “Make the church pass shrine worship.” So it passed in the church. The general assembly gathered and passed it. As is often the case, the general assembly is a place that is good at doing strange things. They passed it. The pastor who passed it then was a pastor named Hong Taek-gi, the moderator— so the historical record says. And they went to perform shrine worship, pastors lining up. The pastor who guided that was a pastor named Kim Gil-chang. I remember the names exactly. Many things happened in life. But then, opposition arose.
A person named Rev. Ju Gi-cheol said, “We cannot do this.” Rev. Son Yang-won said, “We cannot do this.” It went like that. Of course, in Busan, Rev. Han Sang-dong said, “We cannot.” And then a woman named Choi Deok-jin said, “We cannot.” So they locked all these people up. Rev. Ju Gi-cheol was beaten so severely in prison that he died. They kept trying to persuade them to bow. They did not. Through these people—through one or two people—our Korean church was transformed into a church that saves the world.
1. 100-year answer – 3 courtyards
Pray for the temple of light. It is said that when this covenant was held, the 100-year answer came. What is the 100-year answer? Is it that all of Satan’s bartizans are destroyed? No. If you build the three courtyards, the 100-year answer arises. Without a doubt. You must not miss this. I will not be able to speak much about the three courtyards.
1) Multiethnic
The three courtyards are a church where multiethnic people can fully come. Therefore, when we now build the temple, we must continually strengthen the multiethnic. We must renew it in many aspects. So, in my opinion, three worship services should be held separately: our current multiethnic people, the sick, and the remnants. These are the three courtyards.
2) Healing
3) RT
You must remember this well. This brings the 100-year answer. Only when you receive the 100-year answer in a single year can you accomplish world evangelization. This is not receiving some grandiose answer; it is the economy of light and the temple of light.
2. Fundamental answer
Then He gives the fundamental blessing. This is the answer you will receive. The fundamental answer, blessing, has come. What does this mean?
1) The throne
Because this astounding matter must break the darkness, God begins to work by the power of the throne.
2) 7·7·7
Simply put, as we say now, it means He gave the answers of the 7·7·7—bartizan, journey, guidepost.
3) Source of springs
Not merely a source, but He gave the blessing of the source of springs. If it is the source of springs, it means you obtained the source from which water flows. Because you drink tap water, you consider it ordinary, but at that time, there was no water. What was people’s greatest worry then? Whenever they dug the ground, water did not come out—oil did. For us now, that would be a chance, but since they could not develop oil then, they said, “How unlucky—oil again,” and water did not come out. But when water came out, one became an enormous rich person. Abraham dug many wells. God blessed him. And even though enemies came and blocked them, God made him obtain the source of springs. This is called the economy of light and the temple of light. You must surely find and enjoy it.
3. Rehoboth economy
Now, what is it at last? Though they blocked the wells to the end, in the end, he found another spring called Rehoboth—able to move a vast land—so much so that they could no longer block it.
1) RT 7
So what did we teach the RT 7? A common point of the RT 7 appears. In a single word, what is it? We produced remnants completely moved by the Spirit of the Lord. Why? Because without God’s power, this cannot be done.
2) John 14:16
Therefore, you who are saved have absolutely nothing to worry about. The Holy Spirit is with you.
3) 1 Corinthians 3:16
In 1 Corinthians 3:16, it says that you are God’s temple. Knowing this blessing, the Rehoboth economy is bound to arise.
4) Acts 17:1, 18:4, 19:8
Thus later, Paul, knowing this, dug into the synagogues.
▣ Conclusion: [ The watchman’s prayer ]
Now, continue to pray. Even if I know nothing else, I will restore the economy of light and the temple of light while I live. With what will we restore it? In conclusion: with the watchman’s prayer. Many people do not know prayer. You must know prayer—the watchman’s prayer.
1. The throne
This watchman’s prayer is the prayer that moves the bartizan, journey, and guidepost of the throne. You must always remember this. Jesus explained it.
2. The kingdom
At the time you pray, the kingdom of God comes. The answer, the decision, happens afterward.
3. The work
And what then? After you have prayed, the work of the kingdom of God is accomplished in the places you go and come. You must always remember the wrap-up. The New Year’s message: it is the prayer of the remaining one, the one who remains, the one to remain, and the one to leave behind. The prayer of 24, 25, and eternity. It is the prayer of the pilgrim who changes what is important. Just concentrate. If you know what concentration is, it is the New Year’s message. You must enjoy it. It is your truly now-reviving-and-saving conqueror’s creative prayer. Therefore, while you are alive, our elderly adults should say, “I will leave behind the economy of light and the temple of light.” Remnants, early on, should say, “I will restore the economy of light and the temple of light.” Early— in advance. Then the work of saving the world takes place.
May this week be a week of blessing in which, within prayer, you experience many answers, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let us pray.
Prayer. We believe You will give new grace in this new week. Grant new strength. Let new healing arise. We pray that new grace may come upon all the saints. Thus, let the economy of light be restored. Let the work of leaving behind the temple of light in this place arise. We pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.