The Beginning of Wisdom[Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother, www.wmscog.org]

The Beginning of Wisdom!!
World Mission Society Church Of God believes in Christ Ahnsahnghong and God the Mother!
Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother are the source of wisdom for salvation!!
Only God can give us the wisdom for salvation. Elohim God only!!

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Hos 6:3 [Let us acknowledge the Lord ;  let us press on to acknowledge him.~~~]
2 Ti 3:15 [~ the holy Scriptures, which are able to to make you wise for salvation
                         through faith in Christ Jesus.]

Nowadays, many people want to have the knowledge for salvation!! Who can give us??

The knowledge and fear of God is the beginning of wisdomThe Bible says that our salvation depends on the knowledge, fear and worship of God.
All the teachings of the Bible emphasize that we should have a right faith in God !!
Pr 9:10 『"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,
                         and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding."』
The Bible says that the knowledge of the Holy One [God] is understanding. God, who had existed in the spirit in the Old Testament times, became flesh and dwelt among people on earth in the New Testament times, taking up all our infirmities. By doing that, He understood our weakness and helped us to overcome all trials. Such knowledge of God's providence is wisdom.
It is not easy to recognize God whether in the spirit or in the flesh.
Especially, it's hard to understand Christ, the mystery of God, who came in the flesh,
                         in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Col 1:26; 2:2-3).
In the Bible we can find out forefathers in faith who recognized and received God who came in the flesh, so that they might be blessed abundantly, and we also meet many foolish people who didn't recognize God but blasphemed Him, so they were cast into the eternal hell fire.

In this age, Christ Ahnsahnghong and God the Mother have come in the flesh
into this earth only to save us!!
Only through the bible we can find out the wisdom of recognizing Elohim God!

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Salvation and the Feasts[WMSCOG believes in Christ Ahnsahnghong and heavenly Mother!!]

Salvation and the Feasts 
World Mission Society Church of God has the salvation through the feasts of God!!
Christ Ahnsahnghong has restored the feasts of God. We need the help of God for our salvation.
And His help can be allowed only through the feasts, not from human beings but from God!!
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The Bible likens the kingdom of heaven to a very precious treasure hidden in a field (Mt 13:44-46). Jesus said that when a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Through His words, we can understand how great and precious our salvation is.
As the people of Zion, we are to treat all God's feasts of the new covenant like treasure and celebrate them. Now, let's confirm through the Bible that only those who celebrate the feasts of God are given the heavenly glory.

Temporary visit to the universe and eternal visit to it

Most people in the world have a yearning for traveling outward into space. Those who have ever visited the outer space said the same thing that they could not deny the existence of God the Creator because the starry heavens in the universe were so beautiful.

God has promised us that we will travel around the spacious universe forever and ever. Just because we believe in God and keep His laws, God has freely given us grace and made us good enough to enter the kingdom of heaven. How great the value of the kingdom of heaven is!
What if a person promises to give you one million dollars? You will make every effort to get the money; you will do whatever he wants you to do, won't you?
 However, its value cannot be compareed with the value of the salvation which God gives. We must not lose such a great blessing by failing to endure temporary difficulties like Esau. Instead, we are to know the value of salvation and give thanks always, that we will surely enter the kingdom of God.

The Bible tells us that celebrating the feasts of God is a necessary condition for entering the kingdom of heaven, and that those who celebrate the feasts are given a great blessing as follows:
1 Co 3:16-17 Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.
The Bible describes us as the temple of God. This implies that the temple is where the covenant of God exists. The temple is a place where we offer sacrifice to God in accordance with the words of the covenant given by God.
So we are to become the temple of God where the feasts are celebrated, in order to attain salvation and reach the heavenly kingdom. In the Old Testament times, the blood sacrifice of animals was offered in the temple, and in the New Testament times it has been changed into a spiritual sacrifice-the worship in spirit and truth.  Every saint, the temple of God, is to worship on the weekly Sabbath and also at the seven annual feasts three times a year.
If no worship is offered in the temple at God's appointed times, it doesn't need to exist anymore. There are numerous churches around the world, and many who claim to believe in God are confident that they will enter the kingdom of heaven. However, their faith is vain unless they keep the feasts of God, even though they are so diligent in living out their faith through their own worship.
Through the Old Testament history, we can see that God was enraged when His temple was full of idols and abominable things. If there is no covenant and no celebration of God's feasts including the Sabbath in the temple-each individual Christian, the temple is already devastated and defiled. God said He would destroy the temple, the person. Can he be saved then? Never!!

God loves those who celebrate His appointed feasts
Zep 3:14-20 ["Sing, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem! ...The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing. The sorrows for the appointed feasts I will remove from you ["I will gather those who grieve about the appointed feasts," NASB]; they are a burden and a reproach to you. At that time I will deal with all who oppressed you; I will rescue the lame and gather those who have been scattered. I will give them praise and honor in every land where they were put to shame. At that time I will gather you; at that time I will bring you home. I will give you honor and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your fortunes before your very eyes," says the LORD.]
God says that He will gather those who celebrate the appointed feasts and give them honor and praise among all the peoples of the earth.
Those who grieve about the feasts and make every effort to celebrate them-God quiets them with His love and saves them. We should be proud of keeping the feasts of God with faith and work for the gospel more devotedly. Though we often fail to feel the grace of God because it is so great, God who never lies will give us His people, who keep the feasts, all the blessings He has promised us.
Zep 2:1-3 [Gather together, gather together, O shameful nation, before the appointed time arrives and that day sweeps on like chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the day of the LORD's wrath comes upon you. Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD's anger.]
God's promise to rescue His people from disasters is fulfilled through His feasts.

Salvation through the feasts
Since we are God's people, we must keep all His feasts. Why?? Without feasts, there is no salvation!!
Zec 14:16-19 Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD Almighty, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD Almighty, they will have no rain. If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The LORD will bring on them the plague he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
The Feast of Tabernacles is one of God's seven feasts divided into three festival periods-it is the seventh and the last of all the feasts. The Bible says that those who do not celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles will suffer disasters.
God has promised us the forgiveness of sins and eternal life through the feast of the Passover on which disasters pass over.
Jn 6:53-54 Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."
Mt 26:17-19, 26-28 ...He replied, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.'" So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover. ...While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body." Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."
He calls the Passover bread His body, and the wine His blood.
We eat Jesus' flesh and drink His blood through the feast of the Passover.
Putting the above Biblical words together, we come to understand that only he who celebrates the Passover can partake of eternal life by eating Jesus' flesh and drinking His blood and he who doesn't keep it has no life in him.
Salvation is for the people of Zion who celebrate the feasts
God has established Zion the city of the appointed feasts and brought us into Zion.
Isa 33:20-24 Look upon Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken. There the LORD will be our Mighty One. It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars will ride them, no mighty ship will sail them. For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; it is he who will save us. ...No one living in Zion will say, "I am ill"; and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.
God forgives the sins of those who dwell in Zion, the place where they celebrate their religious festivals, and saves them. Salvation is given only to the people who keep the feasts. So God says that He will gather those who grieve about the appointed feasts and give them praise and honor among all the peoples of the earth. And He also says that those who celebrate the feasts will escape disasters but those who don't keep the feasts will suffer them.
God says that salvation comes out of Zion, the city of the appointed feasts. But the devil deceives people by saying that they don't have to keep the feasts or if they keep them they cannot be saved. We must not be deceived by such nonsense.
God tells us to watch out for false prophets, saying that by their fruit we will recognize them (Mt 7:15-20). Let's confirm whether or not the people, who celebrate the feasts, can escape all disasters and be saved at God's appointed time.
Rev 14:1-4 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. ...And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among men and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb.
In Zion the city of the appointed feasts are the 144,000 redeemed from the earth. In vision, the Apostle John saw the people with God in the place of the appointed feasts.
 Many believe that they can receive blessing and salvation even in a place without the feasts, because they lack knowledge of the Bible. However, there is no promise of heaven in such a place; what waits for them is only a curse, the punishment of hell. We are to worship God in spirit and truth only in Zion the place of God's appointed feasts, fully understanding the value of the salvation which God has granted to us.
Before long, those who celebrate the feasts of God will share in the glorious salvation, freely traveling into the universe.
Let's preach this good news of salvation to all people around the world, so that they can also go to such a spacious and beautiful world together.

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Why did God give us the Passover?[WMSCOG believes in Christ Ahnsahnghong and heavenly Mother!!]

Why did God give us the Passover?
[WMSCOG believes in Christ Ahnsahnghong and heavenly Mother!!]
World Mission Society Church Of God keeps the Passover by the bible!! The Passover is from God!!
The Passover truth is very essential for our salvation!! It is God's will!!

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God established the Passover to destroy the devil and give His children eternal life.
Whoever dwells in Zion knows well the importance of the Passover.
Why do disasters pass over us when we celebrate the Passover.
What is the true meaning of the Passover? Let's study over these matters through the Bible!!

The Passover is God's appointed feast, which was established over 3500 years ago.
        When the Israelites lived as slaves in Egypt, God commanded Pharaoh to release Israel from Egypt. However, he refused God's command, and God brought ten plagues upon Egypt. The tenth plague, the slaying of the firstborn, was about to fall upon Egypt on the night of the fourteenth day of the first month in the sacred calendar: God let the plague of death pass over the houses that had the blood of the Passover lamb on the sides and tops of the doorframes. This was the day of the Passover.
Ex 12:11-13 『"This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the LORD'S Passover. On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn―both men and animals―and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt."』
That day, all the firstborn of Egypt were killed, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon. In Egypt there was not a house without someone dead (Ex 12:29-30). However, the Israelites, who painted the lamb's blood on the doorposts and lintels of their houses, were saved from the plague of the firstborn in Egypt.
 Here, we need to carefully consider why the plague of death passed over the people of Israel. It was not because of the people celebrating the Passover that the plague passed over, but because of the blood of the Passover lamb.  Only the house marked with the blood of the Passover lamb was saved from the plague.
It is because of the blood of the Passover Lamb in us that we can escape disasters. We have to carefully consider this: Because God protects us and wraps us with His invisible love and grace, all disasters are avoided, evil gods are judged, and we are redeemed from this sinful world. So, do not just consider the Passover itself, but feel the hand of God who guards and protects us through the Passover.

The devil our enemy can do us no harm and retreats when we preach the truth. It is because of the blood of the Passover Lamb in us. God's judgment were brought upon all the gods of Egypt on the Passover. What the devil fears most is the blood of the Passover Lamb.

Christ, the Passover Lamb
The apostles testified that Christ is the reality of the Passover lamb.
1 Co 5:7-8 『Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast―as you really are.
        For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival . . .』
The Bible tells us that we are to celebrate the Festival, the Passover, for Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us, shedding His precious blood. It is really not because we are great and powerful that the devil fears us, but because the precious blood of Christ is given to us.
1 Pe 1:18-19 『For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.』
Eph 1:7 『In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace』
The Bible tells us that salvation does not come from us, but only through the precious blood of Christ.
Christ's flesh and blood in the Passover
Concerning the blood of the Passover Lamb with which we are redeemed from the empty way of life and from sin and death, Jesus taught us as follows:
 Jn 6:53-57 『Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him . . . so the one who feeds on me will live because of me."』
Not only disasters but even sin and death flee from us by the blood of Christ. To put His precious blood into us, God has given us the Passover, the truth of life.
Mt 26:17-19, 26-28 『"‘. . . My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.'" So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover . . . While they were eating,
                    Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples,
                                       saying, "Take and eat; this is my body."
                   Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them,
                                 saying, "Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant,
                                              which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."』
Lk 22:7-8, 19-20 『. . . Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover." . . . And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me." In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you."』
The Passover is the covenant God has established through His own blood.
Without the blood of the Passover Lamb, we can neither escape disasters nor repel the devil. So Christ, the reality of the Passover lamb, has given us the Passover bread and wine as His flesh and blood. He has promised that if we eat His flesh and drink His blood, we remain in Him, and He in us.
Nevertheless, many churches today claim that the Passover doesn't have to be observed. Are they right? Without the blood of the Passover Lamb, we are apt to be attacked by Satan. For this reason, God has told that if anyone does not celebrate the Passover, he must be cut off from God's people.
Nu 9:10-13 『"Tell the Israelites: ‘When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body or are away on a journey, they may still celebrate the LORD'S Passover . . . But if a man who is ceremonially clean and not on a journey fails to celebrate the Passover, that person must be cut off from his people because he did not present the LORD'S offering at the appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.'"』
In the Old Testament times, God's people could escape the plagues by putting the blood of the Passover lamb on the doorposts and lintels of their houses.
In the New Testament times, we can be saved from disasters by eating the flesh of Jesus―the Passover Lamb―and drinking His blood. So God clearly says that without keeping the Passover nobody can be God's people―he must be cut off from God's people.

Why does the precious blood of Christ have the power to make disasters pass over?
Because it contains His extreme love and sacrifice. The prophet Isaiah prophesied the appearance of Jesus who would come 700 years later as follows:
Isa 53:1-12 『. . . He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.』
We ourselves sinned, but Christ Himself bore the penalty for our sins. Bearing our sins, He was pierced and His body was torn with thorns; He willingly laid down His life for us on the cross. In this He demonstrated His own self-sacrificial love for us.
He shed His precious blood for proof that He loved us. So, the destroying angel and even the devil our wicked enemy who know such a story very well, dare not touch us.
In the blood of the Passover covenant is included the love of Christ who has given us life by suffering the extreme pain of His flesh being torn and His blood being shed. All things are subjected to the blood of His sublime sacrifice, to His sacred love.
With such sacrificial blood we are sealed. By the power of the blood, all disasters pass over us.
Ps 91:7-11 『A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. If you make the Most High your dwelling―even the LORD, who is my refuge―then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;』
The blood of the Passover lamb in the Old Testament was put on the doorframes and lintels of their houses. In the New Testament, however, the blood of the Passover Lamb is marked on our foreheads and hearts through the new covenant. So, even if the destroying angel comes near us, when he sees the blood of Christ in us, he passes over us. A thousand may fall at our side, ten thousand at our right hand, no disaster comes near us who are sealed by the precious blood of the Lamb in the truth of the Passover, the new covenant. That's why we can be saved from disasters through the Passover.
Give thanks for the sacrificial love in faith
We are here today owing to the extreme suffering of Christ. Considering this, we have nothing to boast about in the presence of God. What is really great and dreadful is the sacrificial blood of the Passover Lamb that makes us become the children of the everlasting kingdom of heaven.
1 Co 4:7 『For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?』
It is foolish for us to hold ourselves at the center of our faith. We can not boast of ourselves; everything we have comes from God: our knowledge, wisdom, good understanding of the Bible, and so on. Those who understand this always cherish the love of Christ; they are patient and kind; they do not boast; they are not proud, just as it is written in 1 Corinthians 13. However, those who forget such mighty grace become conceited or arrogant. The Bible says that God will weep in secret because of our pride.
Some ask, "Does it matter whether or not we commit any sin as we celebrate the Passover?" They greatly misunderstand the Bible. The precious blood of the Passover Lamb is the eraser that removes our sin. On the contrary, our sin dishonors the precious blood of Christ. God has forgiven all our sins, committed in heaven, through the precious blood of Christ. How dare we dishonor and insult the precious blood? If we do, His blood is no more effective for us. Though one's name is written in the book of life, it may be blotted out of it. So the Bible tells us to hold fast what we have, so that no one will take our crown―the crown of life.
We are to cherish the precious blood of Christ, given to us by His sublime grace. We are most proud of having the forgiveness of sins and eternal life through the Passover.
Thinking of the grace and love God has given us, we children of Zion shall give thanks in everything and be joyful always.
We should preach the gospel to all people around the world who still do not know the Passover and are fallen away from salvation and the grace of God, so that they may also cherish the precious blood of Christ in them.
 We are all here today because of the precious blood of our heavenly Father and Mother, given to us through Their sacrifice. With a more humble heart, let us always give glory to our heavenly Father and Mother and receive abundant blessing.

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What We Are Waiting for and Must Prepare!![WMSCOG believes in Christ Ahnsahnghong and heavenly Mother!!]

World Mission Society Church Of God believes in Christ Ahnsahnghong and heavenly Mother!!
In this age, God the Father and God the Mother give us the water of life!!!

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What We Are Waiting for and Must Prepare!!
There are times of waiting that the people of faith must go through until they receive the promised blessings. They wait for the coming of God and for the delight which they will enjoy forever in the everlasting kingdom of heaven.
They also wait for the Last Judgment Day when their enemy the devil will be judged, and for the glorious day when the following prophecy will come true:
"Those who have fallen asleep in faith will be raised from the dead. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be changed and meet God in the air."
Waiting requires endurance and preparation as well.

Faith that waits for God
The Bible tells us that we were originally angels who lived with God in heaven but got involved in the rebellion of Satan and were cast down to this earth because of our sins.
To save us who had committed sins deserving of death, God Himself came to this earth and atoned for our sins by shedding His blood on the cross.
Thanks to the sacrifice of God, the way for the spiritual sinners to receive the forgiveness of sins and to go back to heaven has been opened.
Our souls have been eagerly waiting for God, who will redeem us, for such a long time.
The object of our waiting, whom we have been earnestly longing for, is God.
2 Pe 3:11-13 『Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.』
"You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming."
This means that we should wait for God to come as the Last Judge on this earth while living holy and godly lives. On the day when we will welcome Heavenly Father and return to our heavenly home with Heavenly Mother, our eternal days full of joy and delight will start.
Rev 21:1-5 『Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. . . ." . . . He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."』
Rev 22:1-5 『Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. . . . There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.』
"A new heaven and a new earth," which Apostle John saw in a vision, refers to the kingdom of heaven. When the eternal kingdom of heaven comes, there will be no more death or pain or sorrow and God will let us lay down all our burdens which have given us hard times on this earth and will give us eternal joy and happiness that will never wither away and everything else we desire.
Since the Bible tells us to wait for this glorious day, we should put more hope in the eternal kingdom of heaven and give ourselves fully to the work of God. Our labor in God is never in vain (1 Co 15:58).

Let us wait for heaven while emptying ourselves
To receive what we are eagerly waiting and longing for, we need to prepare for it.
When autumn comes, trees prepare themselves for the upcoming season. Autumn is the season when trees adorn themselves most beautifully than any other seasons. When they are about to throw away their thick leaves, they turn into the beautiful colors of yellow, gold and red. After radiating their beauty to the fullest like that, the trees shake off all their leaves and welcome the coming winter and spring.
Through these principles of nature, God reminds us that everything and everyone can be most beautiful when they try to throw themselves away completely. We, too, should empty ourselves filled with the disgraceful thoughts of the world and receive God fully into ourselves.
Php 3:7-9 『But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, . . .』
Apostle Paul forsook his thoughts, knowledge and his own self. After removing his arrogance and evil nature which obstructed him from receiving God, he decided to only have Christ within him.
As trees are most beautiful in the season when they throw themselves away, so we can become most beautiful spiritually when we empty ourselves like Paul. The trees that have completely abandoned themselves endure even a freezing north wind and a fierce snowstorm, and they greet spring when everything comes to life. This is the principle of rebirth into a new life.
Jn 3:3 『In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God
                                                 unless he is born again."』
Jesus has taught us that no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born again.
In order to be reborn, we must forsake ourselves.
When we throw ourselves away, we can have God within us.
When we let go of ourselves completely, God comes closer to us and becomes our treasure. To those who are born again by getting rid of all their worldly thoughts and desires, God says, "They remain in Me, and I in them," and also gives them this promise, "They will bear much fruit" (Jn 6:53-56; Jn 15:5).
Gal 2:20 『I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 』
When we remove all worldly desires from ourselves, Christ lives in us and works in our lives; He gives us new life and controls everything-all our thoughts and minds and even our faith. Our selfishness and stubbornness that still remain within us, our arrogant mind which prevents us from realizing that we are sinners and makes us consider ourselves better than others, and our egoistic thoughts?when we get rid of all these things, we can have the mind of Mother.
Even God forsook Himself and came to this earth for us.
Now, it is time for us to abandon ourselves. By removing the sinful nature from us and receiving Heavenly Father and Mother, we must have the mind of Mother within us. We will be changed beautifully when we forsake ourselves without seeking our own good, take care of our brothers and sisters, and care about their spiritual safety with the mind of Mother. That's why Apostle Paul advises us to have the mind of Christ (Php 2:5).

Heavenly children born again to have the mind of Mother
A mother is an elder in a family, but she always works like a servant. If her children soil their clothes, she washes their clothes by herself. She cleans up the room which their children have messed up, and she also cooks food for them. If her children are sick, she also nurses them all by herself. Even though she is in a much higher position and deserves to be served by her children, she only does lowly and tough work like a servant, taking care of her children.
No matter how hungry she is, she tries to feed her hungry children first.
According to rank, she deserves to eat first and then she may give her children anything left to eat. However, she never does so. She is not authoritative and does not want to be served, but rather she always yields to the lowly. It is a mother who endures the most for her children.
‘Would a mother not breast-feed her hungry child? Would a mother hate her child and hurt him or her? Would a mother rest comfortably even after losing her child?' If we think about the mind of a mother carefully, we can find out what we must do. When we have the mind of a mother, we are able to obey every teaching of God described in the Bible.
God our Father has made us realize Heavenly Mother, the new Jerusalem, and let us be guided by Mother. She personally sets us an example of how to love, instructs us in everything, prays for us Her children from early in the morning even when we are unaware of it, solves the problems of so many members all around the world, and comforts them. Seeing what Mother is doing, we should also have the same mind as God our Mother.

If we have the mind of Mother, we must be able to do what Mother is doing and care for the members whom Mother is taking care of. I hope that by doing so, each and every soul will grow graciously in Zion and all the members in Zion will enter the eternal kingdom of heaven by welcoming Father without lacking anything, without any regrets, when He comes back.
When Jesus was taken up into heaven on the 40th day after His resurrection, He asked Peter three times, "Do you love me?" Then He told Peter repeatedly, even three times, "Feed my sheep and take care of them." It is the duty of all who love God to take care of God's people.
Taking care of them and feeding them spiritual food with the mind of Mother!!
This is our basic duty as those who have received the truth earlier.
The fruit of the Holy Spirit produced with the mind of Mother When we fully arm ourselves with the mind of God our Mother, we can easily achieve the Ten Talent Mission. If we find it hard to accomplish the mission, it is because our minds have not yet been changed. We cannot do anything if we try to do it by ourselves with our own minds.
Suppose that a mother has a missing child.
The mother will be anxiously looking for her lost child, even forgetting to sleep and take a rest.
 There is nothing more urgent than finding her lost child.
We need to examine ourselves to see if we are preaching the gospel with the earnest mind of Mother. Unless we have the same kind of earnestness in mind as Mother, it is so hard to find a soul.
Those who have the mind of Mother bear much fruit even though they are not fluent in speaking and are lacking in knowledge of the Bible. Here is a convincing example: The long-term and short-term overseas mission teams are leading so many souls to God. This shows that the gospel does not depend on our ability but the key factor is whose mind we have. Although the mission teams are not good at speaking the local languages in difficult and unfamiliar environments, people are curious about them, thinking, ‘What are they preaching so eagerly?' Then they follow them to Zion and receive the truth.
It is the same with the gospel in our country.

If we preach the gospel with the mind of Mother, wherever we are, it blooms and bears fruit.
When we have the heart of God our Mother, we can be like the five wise virgins waiting for the bridegroom with enough oil for their lamps and can be worthy to wait for the kingdom of heaven.
At the end of this waiting time, there will also surely be the day when we go back to our eternal heavenly home. As parents are eagerly looking forward to seeing their children, so our Elohim are earnestly waiting for us, Their children, to change beautifully and to return to our heavenly home.
Are you not curious about what kind of place the river of the water of life is, what angels look like, and what the kingdom of God looks like? Looking forward to the overwhelming joy in heaven, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him," let us get rid of all our evil habits and wicked personalities and always have Christ within us, so that none of us will fall behind but all will reach the kingdom of heaven. I earnestly hope that you will treat people around you with the mind of Mother in your home, church and community and lead many of them into the loving arms of God as great prophets.

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Do you want God's Blessings?[WMSCOG believes in Christ Ahnsahnghong and heavenly Mother!!]

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Desire for Spiritual BlessingsThere is a great difference indeed between those who understand and those who do not.
In Zion there are two kinds of people:
             the wise who fully understand the words of God and store up blessings one by one,
and the foolish who do not understand and lose lots of blessings even under the most favorable circumstances.
We must be the wise who faithfully store up the heavenly blessings God has provided for us.
Just as Jacob did not hesitate to suffer any distress and sacrifice in order to gain spiritual blessings,
all the brothers and sisters in Zion should earnestly desire spiritual blessings and accumulate them rather than pursue physical desires.

Jacob persistently asked God for His blessing
Jacob had an intense desire for God's blessing. He purchased the birthright from his twin brother Esau for a bowl of lentil stew; with his mother's help, he obtained the birthright blessing reserved for his elder brother. This caused Esau to hate him. Jacob fled from his brother Esau and took refuge with Laban his mother's brother. He worked as a shepherd for 20 years at Laban's house.
After 20 years, Jacob decided to return to his homeland. On his way back home, he met God at the ford of the Jabbok. Then God said, "Let me go," but Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me." God struck the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched. But still Jacob held on. All night Jacob wrestled with God, making supplication for a blessing. He clung so tenaciously to God, that God could not overcome him and finally blessed him and gave him a new name 'Israel,' which means 'one who struggles with God.' 'Struggle' is not a negative word in this case. This shows that he desperately clung to God with a death grip in order to receive blessing from Him, even in excruciating pain as his hip was wrenched. God saw how ardently Jacob desired His blessing and blessed him greatly.
Our goal is to enter into heaven, our eternal home. As that day draws near, we should have a deeper desire for God's blessing. Jacob, even suffering the pain of his hip being wrenched out of its socket, clung to God and begged for His blessing. Like Jacob, we should ardently desire to attain the kingdom of heaven and store up spiritual blessings.

Strive for a place where we are going
In the Talmud, there is a story which has an important spiritual lesson for us. It is a story about a servant who worked in a rich man's house. He had diligently worked for a long time, and his master rewarded the labors of his faithful servant. He burned his slave documents and sent him away with a shipload of precious merchandise.
The freed slave leaped for joy, but upon his voyage a storm overtook him and all on board were lost. He narrowly escaped death and reached an island.
The people in the island welcomed him unconditionally and made him king over them. He felt like he was in a dream. Until that time he had lived as a slave, but he was made king and began to live a life of joy and happiness, enjoying a variety of different foods every day.
One day, a faithful and wise servant confided to him a great secret: "According to this island's rule, if a man is drifted to the island, he is to become king. But after one year, he is to be sent to the 'Island of Death' and live there until his death." He was shocked to hear this and came to his senses, awakening from his dream-like state. He urgently asked the servant what he should do, and he advised him to prepare for the days which would come upon him in the future and told him to order his servants whatever was needed, while he was king.
The next day, he went to explore the Island of Death. There was not a single tree or plant in the island. There was no house and no drinking water around. He hastily ordered his servants to build beautiful houses and dig wells in the Island of Death and told them to move precious goods to the island. He also sent there some of his servants to serve him. His servants did whatever he ordered them to do, because it was the order of their king.
Finally, the time came for him to go to the Island of Death. But unlike many who had lived miserably and died on the Island of Death, he could spend the rest of his life in happiness and peace, just as he lived a pleasant life during the year of his reign.
This Talmud story helps us to think of the place where we are going. Life is limited. Everyone who is born on earth is destined to die when his days are over-whether the days of his life are one year, ten years or one hundred years. He must move to another world, as did the king. What should he do right now then? He should hastily prepare himself for a place to go, building houses, digging wells and planting trees and flowers. Whatever he invests will be returned to him.
So God said, "Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above" (Col 3:1). This word means that we should seek and labor for the eternal blessing of heaven where we are going, without neglecting our earthly life while living on the earth. For him who has not prepared himself for a place to go, it will be like an island of death. But for him who has prepared, even the island of death will be turned into an island full of life.

Pursue the desires of the Spirit
Like the wise man in the above story, from the moment we understand, we should prepare ourselves for life in a place where we are going. Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven is given to those who forcefully advance it (Mt 11:12), and He also said, "Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life" (Rev 2:10). God grants such precious blessings not to those who do nothing, but to those who make every effort to enter heaven-those who are completely faithful to God. Keeping this fact in mind, we should make preparations for the kingdom of God, entertaining the desires of the Spirit.
The Bible tells us that those who do not pursue the desires of the Spirit but the desires of the flesh cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven.
Gal 5:16-26 [ live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. ... The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, ... those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. ... Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. ...
Those who have the desire for spiritual blessings pursue the desires of the Spirit. The flesh sets its desire against the Spirit. So if we follow the desires of the flesh, we will fall away from spiritual blessings.
God said, "My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done." If one does not build his own house and not plant any shade tree for the kingdom of heaven, what shall he receive when he goes there? There are lots of things that please people's eyes and ears and captivate their minds in the world. However, our life on earth is limited. If anyone has spent his time indulging in good living, eating and drinking, he should awaken and strive and sweat for the eternal kingdom where he will go, from the moment he realizes that the time for an end to his reign is at hand, just as the wise king did.
Ro 8:5-17 [ The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. ... For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, ... Now if we are children, then we are heirs-heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
God has made us heirs of His eternal kingdom. His heirs do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit. They are more concerned with spiritual blessings.
Like Jacob, they always think about how to accumulate more blessings and store them up for themselves, following the teachings of God. What about those who do not know the value of the blessings upon them like Esau? Their places will be taken by those who forcefully advance the kingdom of heaven. The Bible repeatedly says that those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.

Little things add up to spiritual blessings
Being faithful even in little things entrusted by God is the best way to store up spiritual blessings. In Matthew 25 we can find a good example of how to store up spiritual blessings.
Mt 25:14-23 "Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants ... To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. The man who had received the five talents went at once and put his money to work and gained five more. So also, the one with the two talents gained two more. ... But the man who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money. After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. The man who had received the five talents brought the other five. 'Master,' he said, ' ...See, I have gained five more.' His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!' ..."
Working diligently with God-given talents and gaining more talents is the way to store up blessings in heaven.
God says that when the gospel is preached to all nations, He will gather them all before Him and judge them according to His righteousness. He has previously showed us the scene of judging them and has taught us what we must do in order to follow the desires of the Spirit.
Mt 25:31-46 "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, ... All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. ... whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me. ... whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.' Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."
Jesus teaches us we must get ready for the kingdom of God and tells us what we have to do now.
God inspects everything, even the least things. He has provided bountiful blessings for us in heaven. The Bible has already showed us what diminishes our blessings and what increases them.
Being faithful in the least is an important factor in storing up blessings in heaven. Jesus says that whatever we do for one of the least of our brothers adds up to spiritual blessings. Being careful to keep this word, we shall make every effort to lead many to righteousness by using our talents for the gospel, so that our blessings will be stored up in heaven.

Those who were blessed by honoring God
About 2,000 years ago, when God came to this earth in the flesh, many failed to recognize Him and rejected Him, but some recognized Him as the Christ and received Him. They stored up spiritual blessings, being faithful even in little things. Their faith-filled words teach us a lesson today, beyond the period of 2,000 years.
Mt 8:5-10[ When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. "Lord," he said, "my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering." Jesus said to him, "I will go and heal him." The centurion replied, "Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and that one, 'Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."...
The centurion said, "How could a lower ranking person order a higher ranking one to come or go? I do not deserve to have You, who are so holy and high, come under my roof." Saying that, he told Jesus, "Just say the word." Seeing the centurion's faith, we come to understand that he who desires spiritual blessings honors God who has come to this earth in the flesh.
Mt 9:20-22 [Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. She said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed." Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart, daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that moment.
All such wonderful things are a result of accumulated spiritual blessings. In those days, a great number of people touched the cloak of Jesus, pushing and pulling against one another. However, none of them experienced the work of the Holy Spirit, but only a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. Here, we can also find that one's attitude and faith toward Jesus is the basic condition for storing up spiritual blessings
Mt 9:27-30 [As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!" ... he asked them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" "Yes, Lord," they replied. Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith will it be done to you"; and their sight was restored....
All their accumulated spiritual blessings resulted in a miracle-the eyes of the blind were opened. Many people treated Jesus as they pleased, but those blind people treated Him with great honor. So did the centurion and the bleeding woman. They all honored Jesus, and as a result they were blessed by Him, as God says, "Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained" (1 Sa 2:30).

Forcefully advance the kingdom of heaven
Besides, in the Bible there are many records showing us how to get blessings. Through the Biblical records, we must be spiritually awakened. Without awakening, we cannot desire spiritual things. Apostle Paul understood the value of heavenly blessings, and he did not even fear death when he preached the gospel. The Bible says that Paul saw the third heaven in a revelation. As he saw the eternal heavenly glory that cannot compare with the earthly one, he put forth his utmost effort to run the race set before him.
Like the servant in the story, I have earnestly told you your future. Men are destined to die. This world is not eternal. So, like the forefathers of faith, we must prepare ourselves for heaven, understanding and entertaining the Spirit's desires.
We are required to have a much stronger desire for spiritual blessings than Jacob. He understood how valuable God's blessing was and clung to God until he was blessed. It was his tenacity and faith.
Now we are standing at the ford of the Jabbok River. Like Jacob, let us persistently ask God for His blessing and forcefully advance the kingdom of heaven, so that we may return to our eternal home with the blessings which are a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand times greater than the blessings Jacob received. May the blessings of heaven rest abundantly upon my brothers and sisters in Zion!

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Our Spirits!! [WMSCOG believes in Christ Ahnsahnghong and God the Mother!!]

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                                                          as the Saviors in this age!

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"What happens to a man when he dies?"                "Does a man really have a spirit?"
                                      "Where does a man go when he dies?"
Questions such as these have been a matter of great interest throughout history,
                                         but no one has been able to answer them.
Men eager to find such answers wrote great philosophies,
                                         but mere philosophers could never realize how they had been created.
Christ Ahnsahnghong came to the earth, established the Church of God,
         and taught us that all men are angels who have come to the earth after sinning in heaven.
He let us know how valuable we are and revealed to us the true purpose of our lives.

The Spirit Revealed through the Creation of Human Beings
Gen. 2:7 『. . . The LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his
                             nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.』
The dust is not the essence of life; God didn't name the dust itself a "living being."
Only after God had breathed the breath of life into the dust, He called it a "living being."
Therefore, the essence of life is not the flesh, but the breath of life, the spirit that God breathed
into the dust. Man's flesh is made from the dust, but his spirit is made by God, and is from God.
Solomon wrote, "The dust returns to the ground it came from,
                             and the spirit returns to God who gave it" (Eccl. 12:7).

Jesus' Teaching about the "Spirit"Matt. 10:28 『"Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.
                 Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell."』
Jesus revealed the separation between the death of the body [the dust] and the death of the spirit.
The Greek word for soul in this verse is "pneuma," which means "spirit."
John 4:24 『"God is spirit [pneuma]." 』
2 Cor. 33:17 『Now the Lord [Jesus] is the Spirit [pneuma].』
Heb. 1:14 『Are not all angels ministering spirits [pneuma] . . . ?』
God is spirit and doesn't belong in the flesh. Jesus is spirit and doesn't belong in the flesh.
Angels are also spirits who do not belong in the flesh.
Thus, a man's death can be separated into two events: the death of the flesh and the death of the spirit.
The devil, or another man, can kill our body, but it is only God who can destroy our spirit.
The Apostle Paul, in a letter to the Church in Corinth, wrote as follows:
1 Cor. 2:11 『For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit [pneuma] within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit [pneuma] of God.』
Jesus taught us that the true essence of our life is not our flesh, but our spirit.

The Apostle Paul's Thoughts About the "Spirit"We try to understand the apostles' minds because their thoughts were established by Jesus' teachings.
The apostles understood that our flesh is merely the house of our spirit.
2 Cor. 5:1 『Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed [if our flesh dies],
                       we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.』
Our spirit lives in a temporary earthly tent,our flesh,now!!
                but it will live in an eternal house that God has built for us.
2 Cor. 5:6 『Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord . . . .We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.』
In this letter, the Apostle Paul says that the Lord [Jesus] dwells in the world of spirit and that we dwell in the world of flesh.
Thus we are away from the Lord as long as we are in the body. The Apostle Paul also reveals that he, and the rest of the saints, would prefer to be away from their bodies and at home with the Lord.
In the above verses, what is the entity that dwells in the body and then leaves the body?
Paul's spirit, the very essence of Paul, is the one who wants to leave the body.
The body he wore was not the essence of his life, but instead, Paul's spirit !!
To say it again, the Apostle Paul lived not for the temporary life in his earthly tent [his flesh],
                          but he longed for the life that he would live in the eternal house.
God would give him this everlasting home only after his spirit left its earthly tent.
The Apostle Paul wrote similarly in a letter to the saints in Philippi.
Phil. 1:21-24 『For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain . . . . I am torn between the two:
                                  I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far;
                               but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.』
Paul's words, "We  . . would prefer to be away from the body," in the book of 2 Corinthians 5:6 and the words, "I desire to depart," in the book of Philippians chapter one, have the same meanings. "To be away," or "to depart," means to leave the body.
 What is the entity that dwells in the body or leaves it?
As you know, It is Paul's spirit, the true essence of Paul.
Paul revealed that it was more necessary for the saints that he remained in his body. If Paul were to leave his body [if he were to die], he would go to Christ; thus it was good for him to leave the body. If he remained in the body, however, it was good for the saints because then he could teach them the truth of God and guide them down the right path.
Paul also uttered a revelation that God had shown him in another letter to the Church in Corinth.
2 Cor. 12:1『I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained,
                            I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
                            I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the thir heaven.
                           Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know - God knows.
   And I know that this man whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows.』

When Paul saw this revelation, he said twice, " . . . whether I [my spirit] was in the body or out of the body I do not know God knows."
According to this verse,
            did the Apostle Paul think that the spirit existed as a separate entity from the body,
       or did he believe that the spirit did not exist?
If the Apostle Paul believed that the spirit did not exist, could he have said, "Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know- God knows" . . . ?

As you see, God teaches us that our spirits exist!! And spiritual world also exist!!
Our spirits must return to God!!
In other words, we have to return to our heavenly home!!

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