Prayer Journal: September 18, 2025
22. Dec. 2024 Immanuel Church the Second Service
Scripture Reading: Acts 11:19-30
Thank you. Today is our temple construction worship service, and there are a few things we must keep in mind.
At a very important time, the Antioch church was used. The reason is that they fixed the future time. First, during our temple construction you must do what the Antioch church restored.
[ Restoration of the Blessing of the Three Economies ]
We must surely restore the blessing of the three economies that the Antioch church restored.
[ Economy of Light (Offerings, Tithes) ]
First is the economy of light. For a church of light, the offerings to the church and the tithe are the economy of light. In a sense, this is difficult. All my life I saw that my mother never once skipped her tithe. It is hard. Of course it is also so when you have much, but it is harder to do when you do not have much. Every month we would look over things—she would first set apart the weekly offering and the tithe. Then there is not much left, and you live on that. I did not understand, but now I have much insight. How great were the miracles God did? Not once was anyone in our family ever sick. That is a miracle. It is no small thing to say that for decades of life there was no illness. God completely protected us. Back then the newspaper collector would come for payment; besides the newspaper bill, no one ever came to our house to collect money. Until now God has blessed us to do world evangelization. I know this secret.
[ Mission Economy (Missions – Temple) ]
And what we must surely restore is the mission economy. The most important thing here is missions and the temple that builds the three courtyards. If these two are not connected, you cannot do right missions. Therefore we are going to build a temple with the three courtyards.
[ Remnant Economy (Age) ]
From then on, the Remnants arise. The Remnant economy speaks of the economy of the next generation—the economy of the age. Because Remnants look ahead to the age that will arise and prepare, you must not judge by what is happening now. Even now, banks are turning to digital currency. Tremendous changes will come. Therefore Remnants must surely pray and see the economy of the age.
▣ Introduction – Three Events
Then we must first confirm three events.
1. The Event of Stephen
Three events appear here. What are they? “The event of Stephen.” You know Stephen’s event—he preached the gospel once and died tragically. Some, seeing this tremendous fact, even say, “That is discipline,” or “That is disaster.” God showed us the manner of Stephen’s death: (1) Full of the Holy Spirit (2) Heaven opened (3) Jesus Christ standing at the throne. He was full of the Holy Spirit, and God showed the open heaven and Jesus Christ standing at the throne. This was Stephen’s event. “Stephen fell asleep,” it says.
Regarding the one who recently went to be with the Lord in Seoul, I think this way: they themselves may not know, but if one passes while doing the Lord’s work, that is martyrdom. No one knows. When my father died because of believing in Jesus, not a single relative came. I had never seen a family like that—no one came. Normally, at least the siblings would come. Because he believed in Jesus, they did not come. And they said he was cursed for believing in Jesus—because he died early, he was cursed. Unbelievers can see it that way. I was in my first year of middle school. Truly we received blessings incomparable to those people in the world—spiritually of course, but even physically there is no comparison. They lived so painfully. They persecuted us so much that later they were ashamed to come.
The event of Stephen shook the world. To be martyred for the Lord is no ordinary matter. (Saul) As you know, Paul was within this—his name then was Saul. He was there.
2. The Event of Crisis (Acts 12:1–25)
After that, what happened was that they met an even greater crisis. How could this be? Those who only look at reality and make calculations will not receive any of God’s true blessings. Stephen died like this, and then crisis struck again—what happens then? Most will stumble. If hardships keep coming, most will run. Yet this was the time when God was making the world’s first, greatest church. This is Acts 12. At that time all the church leaders gathered at the center. They should have run, but they gathered. In chapter 12 we see them praying through the night.
Angels, Messengers Scripture clearly records that to the place of prayer God sent the Lord’s angel. To the place of prayer God sends His messenger. The same word—but the Lord sent an angel to free Peter, and sent a messenger to strike down King Herod. If crisis comes while you proclaim the gospel, know that it is the most blessed time. Do not fear. Then important words appear here.
3. “Those Who Were Scattered”
It says, “those who were scattered.” These scattered ones established the Antioch church, and as they prayed at night, amazing miracles took place. Why is this? God was making the first-ever church the world had not seen—a church with three courtyards. This is a very important timetable.
[ The Lord’s Hand ] Thus Acts 11:19 says, “The hand of the Lord was with them.” There is no more important phrase than this—the Lord’s hand was with them. Do you see the Lord’s hand?
[ The Lord’s Grace ] And in verse 23 it says, “He saw the grace of the Lord.” Can you see grace? It is different: within the church, the grace of the Lord was seen, and it was seen that the mighty hand of the Lord was with them.
[ Paul ] Then God sent Paul here. Was that a coincidence? There is absolutely no coincidence.
[ Barnabas ] God sent Paul here, and from then on he met Barnabas.
[ A Great Number of Disciples ] At that time, despite such persecution, “a great number of disciples were gathered.”
[ Blessing ] Though a great famine came upon the whole world, God blessed only the Antioch church—what blessing? He blessed them with the economy of light, blessed them with the mission economy so they could do missions, and restored the Remnant economy so they could raise the next generation.
▣ Main
Now, what kind of temple must we build? Before that, we must first receive answers. This is the great blessing to receive from the New Year. Who are these people? This is what we must surely do.
1. Those Who Changed the Bartizan
Those who changed the bartizan. This is what we must do from now on.
2. Those Who Found the Journey
Second, those who found the journey. We must find God’s journey.
3. Those Who Set Up the Guideposts
The last part is even more important: those who set up the guideposts. Paul is now seeing what Jesus taught. We will keep confirming this at New Year’s, but it is simple.
1. Those Who Changed the Bartizan
Which bartizan must be changed?
[ Satan’s Bartizan ]
It is dreadful. You will never receive answers. Jesus said, “There is a bartizan of Satan within you.” It must be changed. No matter what you do, there will be no answer until you change Satan’s bartizan. In Matthew 12:26–30 Jesus said, “How can someone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his goods unless he first binds the strong man?” And He continued, “When the Holy Spirit comes and Satan is bound, the kingdom of God has come upon you.” You must never forget this.
[ The Bartizan of the Throne ]
Then we set up the bartizan of the throne. If you only change this, tremendous works will arise.
2. Those Who Found the Journey
This we must surely do.
[ The Nephilim Journey ]
Without even knowing it, you are walking the journey of the Nephilim—being dragged by Satan. People have no idea. If the church does not know, how will others? It is written only in the Bible; if the church does not teach it, people cannot know. Therefore believers who have competence should even send reports by message to those in high places of their nation. Now we must. We must send why America has the most mental illness. In Japan mental illness swarms—sorry to the Japanese, but we must send the reason. In Korean churches, mental illness has suddenly appeared—it has increased too much. We do not know what disaster will occur. They are on the Nephilim journey. How offensive will this sound? Jesus said, “You are of your father the devil.” They are being led by him.
[ The Journey of the Throne ]
We must find the journey of the throne that no one can block.
3. Those Who Set Up the Guideposts
[ Tower of Babel ]
People of the world are setting up guideposts for the Tower of Babel that will soon collapse.
[ Guideposts of the Throne ]
We are different. We set up guideposts of the throne that will never disappear. It may look as if things are not working for you now, but God is most surely preparing. At least your eyes must open to this.
When we were young, people said our family would not make it—that our house would not succeed. The situation looked that way. But they did not make it. When we came to this town and began the pioneering, neighboring churches said our church would not make it. They were the ones who could not make it—why say we cannot? I kept hearing that. As soon as we came, from all sides they said our church would not make it. The early members—elders and deaconesses—are witnesses. Next to us they said our church would not make it. When we began “Darakbang” and spread the evangelism movement nationwide, some foreign scholar said Darakbang would not make it. “Why?” “For such-and-such reasons.” That is only your thought. He could not make it and disappeared. People simply cannot grasp this: that Satan’s bartizan is inside me, that I am walking the Nephilim journey being dragged along, and that I am currently within the soon-to-collapse Tower of Babel.
▣ Conclusion – [ 237 ] [ 5000 ]
Therefore we must actually cause the 237 nations and the 5000 people groups to come. We need more people in business to rise up, because we cannot bring the Remnants of the 5000 people groups without them. Even now, Pastor Salam’s wish is to come to Korea, but his country will not let him out. At times our own Korea does not grant permission. He truly bears a commission, yet he cannot come. He wants to come to the missions conference but cannot.
1. The Three Courtyards
To save these people, we set up the three courtyards. We set them up at 300%.
2. The Three-Day Weekend Age
From among them we must raise disciples and at least enable the Remnants to pray. This is called the three-day weekend age. I believe Paul, watching how Jesus did this for forty days and at the synagogue on each Sabbath, thought, “Ah, I must open that age.”
3. The Holy Meditation Age
We must open the holy meditation age—calling Remnants and gifted people in our church and changing the world. No one else can do it. It is impossible work—but by God’s Word it is possible. We are building this temple.
Now the churches of the world must pray. As we seek to reach the 5000 people groups, many say, “Satan is raging,” but I do not see it that way. Only those who must surely hear the gospel will remain. Thus things do not go according to some people’s wishes. Rumors say “Immanuel Church is ruined”—that though many gathered, it all collapsed and the seats are empty. Numbers are not the issue. For true world evangelization, one disciple per region is enough. Right? Let us call those people into the three courtyards. In this way we must completely change these people—change the old things, change the bartizan, and quickly help them to see the journey of the throne. If they do not understand this, it is a serious matter. Quickly help them to see and to set up the guideposts that truly bring answers. When this becomes imprint, root, and nature, then we will send them to the world to open the holy meditation age.
Many multiethnic people will precious come. They must not merely eat meals and sightsee. There are many pastors in the 237 nations—aside from the 5000 people groups—who have done no theological study at all. We must call them, change them to enjoy the gospel. Three things: our key (main message) now speaks of three. If you do not change the bartizan, destiny does not change. If you do not find the journey, you are completely dragged by Satan—you run his errands. Only when you find this does true revival arise. Then we set up the absolute bartizan and the absolute disciples. Thus, many Remnants must decide in advance. To all the saints I bless you in the Lord’s name to restore the blessing of the three economies. Immanuel Seoul may find it difficult to hold worship now because of seating, but I bless you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to receive even greater grace. Let us pray.
Prayer. We thank You, God. This week, let us hold the accurate covenant and wait for the kingdom of God. Let us restore true answers and power. Let the greatest blessing arise that changes the bartizan within me. Lead us on the journey of the throne so that we are not dragged by the Nephilim. Make my house a guidepost. Make my work a guidepost. Make my studies a guidepost. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.