Prayer Journal: October 8, 2025
12. Jan. 2025 Immanuel Church Sunday Worship 1st Service
Scripture Reading: Genesis 22:13-19
▣ Introduction
1. Abraham’s journey
1) Abraham, who did not have assurance in the covenant
At first, Abraham did not hold to the covenant. More than merely failing to hold it, he lacked assurance. So all he could see was his own life and how he should live. He could not see God’s covenant. Hardships kept beginning to approach. Near-death hardships arose wherever he went. Then, in the end, an incident occurred where he and his nephew Lot fought over money. They ended up fighting over property.
2) Abraham who began to build an altar
Only then did Abraham realize. He realized, “Why have I become like this now?” From that time, Abraham understood and began to build an altar. Even this alone is enough for us. He grasped, “Who on earth am I?” and prayed.
3) Consecutive answers
Then God gave answers consecutively. What answers did He give? He said, “I am your shield.” In Genesis 15, He said, “I am your shield and your very great reward.” In chapter 17, He continued promising: “Change your name to Abraham. You will be the father of many nations.” In a situation where, humanly, Abraham could not possibly succeed, God began to continually give the Word. In chapter 18, Abraham entertained guests, and God sent angels and once again promised Abraham: “I will give you a seed. Your seed will save all nations and peoples under heaven.” God began to give such promises to Abraham.
Thus a miraculous thing happened: when Abraham was one hundred years old, he gained a son. The son’s name was Isaac, and through this son—this seed—all nations would be blessed. God gave such a blessing.
2. What is being missed
What is Abraham still missing now? God is trying to give Abraham something important, but we are almost all missing it like Abraham.
1) Ask questions
Today, you only need to ask a few questions.
When I came to Yeongdo, I inserted a sheet of paper with thirteen questions into the newspaper for everyone in Yeongdo. Not necessarily because of that, but afterward we saw the work of saving Yeongdo.
Today we must surely ask questions. “Why does disaster keep coming upon this land more and more as days go by?” We must ask. “With so many people having mental illness and continuing to increase, where am I right now?” We must ask.
2) People who, not having obtained answers, have fallen into fortune-telling, exorcism, and religion
Outside, because they have not obtained answers, almost everyone among the citizens of Korea has fallen into fortune-telling. At the beginning of the year, almost all go there. Some people perform a big exorcism every year. It becomes more and more difficult. Some do it every month. Some spend hundreds of millions of won in a single month on exorcisms. Then problems keep coming to the next generation. God said that if you do that, problems will come to the next generation. The answer is only in the Bible; others do not know it.
So even though they have religion, it does not work. Because religion is an idol, it cannot work. Why does it not work even though people attended church? If you do not know this reason even while attending church, then because it is religion, it is the same as an idol. Then even if you endure, it will not solve it—it is not something solved by endurance. Problems keep coming to the next generation. Is this something solved by endurance? When spiritual problems come upon the next generation and they collapse, is that something to be handled by patience?
Friends, it is more than that—so many spiritual problems are coming that the era is becoming strange. Why is it like this? We must realize today. So many spiritual problems are coming now that the nation cannot even have dialogue, the media cannot have dialogue, and the law cannot have dialogue. Things are just going off the rails like this now. The whole world is watching for chances to pounce on our country—this is the situation now.
So some people, at such a time, fall into gambling. And children fall into drugs. Even little kids gather and talk about suicide—little kids. How can elementary school students, who know nothing, talk about life’s problems and then commit suicide? All over the world there are conflicts, division, and war. There is no way to avoid it. Such a situation was all around Abraham.
At this time, God called Abraham. He threw at him something immensely painful. He thought he was living well, but he was not actually living well. If you do not know this, you are not living well. The world is turning like this right next to you—so you are not living well. Representatively, God called Abraham. You must surely remember this and receive answers to prayer. What happened?
3. A ram in place of me and my son’s death—a ram that breaks all Nephilim and darkness
1) A ram in place of his son
God said something like a bolt from the blue: “Take your son, your only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and offer him to Me as a sacrifice.” Offer your son. When Abraham heard that, he was so stunned that he did not even tell his wife. Usually a person would talk even with his wife. He was so stunned that he did not tell his wife. He did not even tell the person concerned. He was so stunned. He could not bring himself to say to Isaac, “Son, today you are to be offered as the sacrifice….” He simply took Isaac with him. Think how much pain and how many thoughts he had as he went. A servant followed along. He told the servant, “Wait down here. We will worship and come back.” Why? If the servant went along, he would surely try to stop him. So they went. As they went up, Isaac finally asked, “Father, why is there no lamb this time?” He asked why there was no lamb for the sacrifice when everything else was there. Every year they had brought a lamb. Abraham could not bring himself to answer. So he answered like this: “God Himself will provide.” And they went up. When they went up and Abraham truly was about to offer Isaac, then he would have to kill him. It was a tremendous moment. Imagine if such a thing really happened. At that moment, God called to Abraham. Then He had him offer a ram in place of his son and bestowed a tremendous blessing. “Do you understand?” That is the meaning. “Through your offspring I will make you as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore.” Three times He said the same thing. “Through your seed you will possess the gate of your enemies.” Tremendous words, are they not? And again, “Through your seed all nations on earth will be blessed.”
2) What broke the Nephilim
So what is this? You must hold to one word. It broke the Nephilim. Nothing else will do. What are the Nephilim? It is that Satan came to human beings and took hold of them. In our Korean terms, shamans and sorcerers—that is all Nephilim. In America, those in the three organizations who do meditation—that is all Nephilim. This is a big problem. Those who cultivate “the Way” in the mountains gain powers—this is Nephilim. Strange winds are blowing across the earth, but people do not know it.
Abraham had no idea. So Abraham and Isaac realized it clearly. Friends, if you want to realize it clearly, when you come to the point of death, you realize. When a person says, “Ah, I’m going to die,” then he realizes. This is not a realization that is soon forgotten. He will never forget it. “Ah— in place of your death, a ram. In place of your son, a ram.” This is not just a story. “A ram that breaks the Nephilim and all darkness.”
3) The covenant that solves spiritual problems
Even great powers cannot solve this. They cannot solve it now. How good are the nations—the United States, Europe, the great powers? They cannot solve spiritual problems. And now Israel’s Judaism— even less. Most of us like what is strong and powerful, but the mighty medieval church could not solve it. Today, God gave this covenant.
▣ Main: The covenant of the ram
At this time God blessed Abraham; in that case, there is the answer given to Abraham, and what on earth is the answer we are to receive? The ram—what on earth is this?
1. Solving past problems
It completely solves the past problems that came through the Nephilim. Three past problems are still ongoing today. What are they? We must solve this. Your children must not suffer these. What are the three past problems?
1) The event in the Garden of Eden
“Do not believe God.” “Rather than God, you become God.” “You become a Buddha.” “You become a king.” “If you meditate, you become a man of power.” It is the same. This is the event in the Garden of Eden. We became ruined there. So a person who always says “I, I”—such a one cannot succeed. Men—ask your wives. How is a man with whom conversation does not work, who knows only himself? You cannot talk with him. Right? You cannot beat him, nor can you sell him. It is a headache. There are also some women who become a bit unhinged and know only themselves. When one becomes a bit unhinged, one knows only oneself: only one’s own words, only one’s own thoughts are everything. That is being unhinged. Satan used and touched precisely that.
2) The era of the Noahic flood
Then something serious happened. The era of the Noahic flood came— but that was not the main problem. The era of the Nephilim came. We thought Satan was merely helping us, but the era of the Nephilim came. That is the Noahic flood era, and it continues even now. Even now, in America, Freemasons gather confidently and tell people to invite spirits. In the New Age groups that produced Bill Gates, they tell people to serve Satan. Right? Even now. That is what they are teaching.
3) The world organization of darkness
Even now they are organizing the world of darkness. That is the Tower of Babel.
These three events continue even now. If we do not realize this, our posterity will have to go under it and suffer. This is what was destroyed.
※ The answer to receive is the ram, the blood of Christ
Therefore we must know what answer to receive: the ram—the blood of Christ.
2. Today’s covenant
Second, what is it? He gave today’s covenant. Not only was the past ended; what is today’s covenant? He gave the three things mentioned earlier.
1) Through your seed
“Through your seed”—through you and your descendants—God will bless with power as numerous as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. In the verse we read today, verse 17, it says so.
2) Your seed will possess the gate of their enemies
And what did He say next? Second: “Your seed will possess the gate of their enemies.” This is extremely important. Your posterity that has the Gospel will conquer the gate of the enemy that has the authority of darkness.
3) Through your seed all nations on earth will be blessed (verse 18)
And in verse 18, “Through your seed all nations on earth will be blessed.”
3. The future covenant
The covenant of the ram did not end there. What is it? It contains the future covenant. To what extent was it contained?
1) Isaac
God blessed Isaac a hundredfold. God made Isaac obtain the springs—the source of wells. Right? Though he faced difficulties, he received the blessing of Rehoboth. Why? Because world missions had to be done. The door God had prepared began to open.
2) Jacob
God then raised up his descendant Jacob and said this. At the Jabbok River He said it. While giving a great answer, He said, “From now on, do not call your name Jacob, but Israel.” That famous name Israel— it is Jacob’s name. “Call your name Israel.” Why did He change the name? I am not saying everyone should go home today and change your name. Then what is it? I dislike people who keep changing names. But that is not what this means. “Never forget.” “Abraham—father and mother of many nations—never forget.” That is what it means. “Through your descendants, nations and all peoples under heaven will be blessed—so call your name Israel.”
3) Joseph
Who came after that? A person named Joseph. He carried out world evangelization. This is what God promised as the answer we will receive.
▣ Conclusion: The one thing to do – Joseph, who realized it
Then there is only one way. If we are to receive this answer, there is only one thing to do. Abraham could be the one who realized it, but who carried it out? Joseph did.
1. Build the Lord’s bartizan
Joseph built the Lord’s bartizan. There is no other way. Holding to that, he built the Lord’s bartizan to the extent that he saw the sun, moon, and stars bowing. There is only this way.
If we are to overcome the Nephilim and truly save people in this world, if we are to revive the church, we must go with the Lord’s bartizan.
2. One who has the Lord’s bartizan goes on the journey
And go on this journey.
1) Potiphar’s house, the fields, everything of Joseph—blessing
Then, when he went to Potiphar’s house, God blessed Potiphar’s house. Right? Not only that. God sent blessing even on Potiphar’s fields. And more than that—God blessed everything Joseph did. This is the journey of world evangelization.
2) Works even in the prison to which he was sent under false accusation
He was even falsely accused and sent to prison, but works arose even there. When works of such great magnitude arise, you can overcome the pain.
3) Prime minister
God set him in the position of prime minister.
This is the journey of one who has the Lord’s bartizan.
3. The guidepost that God answers becomes visible
But one absolutely important thing always comes. What is it? The guidepost that God answers first becomes visible.
Joseph never did politics asking to be made prime minister. This is different from people in our country today who have no qualifications yet shout that they will become president. Joseph did not ask to be appointed. Right? The king recommended him. This is important.
Today I speak because all remnants need this. A remnant with real hope for the future, Jo Chan-mi, came to greet me—she is going to America again. She is a scholar majoring in very important brain science. This is extremely important for the future. In some respects you could say that, in the future, that is the only thing. Adults may not easily understand, but that is the trend of the coming age. She is doing master’s and doctoral studies in it.
※ Hold only to the covenant. If you go on the journey with the Lord’s bartizan, the guidepost will appear. Because answers come first, my worries and plans are unnecessary.
So I said to her, “Use what people say as topics for prayer; never just listen to them.” “When you go to church—there are many churches—take them as topics to pray to revive the church; do not hold them in your heart. Hold only to the covenant. Do not miss the flow of the covenant.” Thus, if you go on the journey with the Lord’s bartizan, the guidepost will appear. “Then, according to God’s Word, your worries and plans are unnecessary.”
On the road ahead, what comes first? Answers come first.
If the doors of evangelism keep opening on the road pastors around the world are walking, then just go that way—what worries would there be? But most have missed this blessing. Joseph found it. It was what had been promised to Abraham. It was promised to Isaac. It is fulfilled as it is. You must hold to this today.
※ When alone, find what makes you happier. Prayer is to be happy and to gain strength. You are not lonely. You must first have that bartizan.
For remnants scattered throughout the nation and the world, the greatest concern when scattered is this: it is hard when you are alone. Find what makes you even happier when alone. I did not say this today, but our Chan-mi said, “I like being alone more.” Right. That is it. That already means she is praying and doing much. If you properly realize prayer, it is not hard—it makes you happy and gives you strength. Right? You are not lonely. Whatever situation comes, you are not bored. You must first have that bartizan. Remnants around the world.
※ Do not be deceived at home or in church. Think of saving them, pray, and receive answers.
Then go and see. Families and churches are a mess; do not be deceived by that. Hold to the covenant and, like remnants, think of saving them. So I also said this: “Until now you have received much help from your parents. Now, our remnants must think of saving their parents and pray.” That is a remnant. Are you not thankful to your parents? They have helped until now. But that is not the only help—you must receive answers to the point that you can save your parents. I said that to her—because it fits today’s sermon, and because remnants around the world must know.
※ The ram—what destroyed the Nephilim culture that entered our past family line, the authority of the Nephilim working now, and all the authority of the Nephilim that will touch our future and our posterity. You will possess the gate of your enemies.
Today, “the ram” is not a simple matter. It destroyed the Nephilim. It destroys the Nephilim culture that entered our past family line. It breaks the authority of the Nephilim that is working now. It breaks all the authority, darkness, and power of the Nephilim that will touch the future and our posterity. Therefore, “You will possess the gate of your enemies.” Others will not even understand. If you do not know the word “Nephilim,” you cannot interpret any of this. You cannot explain why a shaman has power, even if only for a moment. You cannot explain why they perish. You cannot explain why it must be the blood of Christ. Why specifically the cross? You cannot explain it.
May the blessing of God that blocks the Nephilim era overflow upon you this year, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let us pray.
Prayer. Let us enjoy, all day long, the authority of the name of Christ through this covenant today. At this time, work, O God, upon remnants throughout the nation and the world. Bless not only our Chan-mi, who is being sent and is going again to America, but all the remnants who are there. Raise up evangelists who completely overcome the Nephilim era. We pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.