THE DAY OF BLESSING

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et’s look at Exodus chapter 20 verses 8-11. [Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.]

“Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.” This Sabbath is the day of blessings. You receive ten thousand different kinds of blessings, but we will learn about only five of them.

What’s the first blessing? The blessing of sanctification. You can only go to heaven by what? Not by power, not by the length of your faith, and not by how much you donated. Only when you become sanctified and have the image of God can you go to heaven. But where does the blessing of sanctification come from? You may have fasted and prayed all night, but it did not work. But as you are learning right now, the first blessing you receive in keeping the Sabbath holy is the blessing of sanctification.

Let’s look at Ezekiel chapter 20 verse 12. [Moreover I also gave them My Sabbath, to be a sign between them and Me that they may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.]

It says that “they may know that I’m the living God who sanctifies them.” Let them know, show them– that’s why He gave the Sabbath, to be an eternal sign between Him and us. The people who keep God’s holy Sabbath, you can tell by their faces and that comes from a sanctified character. There may be thousands of denominations in this world, but is there any church that is sanctified? There’s none, and the fact that there’s not even one means they are not receiving the first blessing of the Sabbath. In other words, there is not one denomination or church that is keeping the Sabbath holy.

You may think, “What do you mean? There’s the Seventh-day Adventist Church!” But they are not keeping God’s Sabbath; they are keeping the Sabbath that the SDA pastors have made. It is a day that the pastors make their money; a holiday. If the Seventh-day Adventists had kept the true Sabbath, they would have already been sanctified long ago. But when people come here, even if they didn’t attend church or believed in God for ten or twenty years, or even a year, they are changed. How? Did this Park Myung Ho do some magic? No, it is due to receiving the first blessing of the Sabbath, and that blessing is being given here. There are no lies to God’s Word. Just like a raindrop that descends on the very spot it falls, God’s blessings accurately fall upon those who obey.

What’s the second blessing? The blessing of special light. Many of you have attended different theological schools of the world, but was there any light? It was so dark that you couldn’t even know whether the path you were walking on was the path of eternal life or the path of eternal hell. But once you came here, was there light? You became one who could see the future and even all the way to heaven. The whole future is opened before you. And not only that, you become children of light and there’s light that radiates from your faces, a light in your heart, a light in your character and life. That occurs because this is the very place where the second blessing of the Sabbath comes.

What’s the third blessing? The blessing of special health. Let’s look at Exodus chapter 15:26.[If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord who heals you.]

So it says, [Do what is right in His sight,] not in the sight of the church. He is asking you to do what is right in [His] sight, in God’s sight, and give ear to His commandments. And then “I will put” how many diseases? “None of the diseases which I have brought on the Egyptians.” Before we met our Real Daddy, we were sick from eating the wrong foods and not knowing the Sabbath, but He told us, “If you are sick, I am the Lord who heals you.” Those who returned to the Father and kept the Sabbath were not sick anymore; even if they were sick in the past, our Real Daddy healed them. In the churches of the world, for so long people have gotten sick with incurable diseases, and though people laid their hands praying for them, they still died from their diseases. But here, no one lays their hands on anyone, and yet do people get well or not? They get well just by sitting here and listening to the Word. It’s not because Park Myung Ho goes around laying his hands on people, but this is the very place where the third blessing of the Sabbath falls. I truly love God’s Word. If we just obey His words, all the blessings will fall upon us, and that’s why I’m so thankful to our Real Father, for giving us such wonderful messages. If we just return to our Father, we become such happy beings.

What’s the fourth blessing? The blessing of special power. Here we have two people, Mr. A and Mr. B. Mr. A goes up with a certain Bible verse and gives a sermon, and even though it is only thirty minutes, everyone gets a headache and aching backs, “Oh, when will this sermon end?” everyone says. But though Mr. B comes up with the same Bible verse that Mr. A came up with, he could speak for an hour and it would seem like only five or ten minutes have passed. His sermon moves the heart of the people even though it’s the same Bible verse. Later, we find out that this happened because Mr. A was a person who defiled the Sabbath and did not keep it holy while Mr. B was the one who kept the Sabbath holy.

Let me ask you, is there power coming out from me? Do you really think there’s a power that comes out from me?I take the same Bible that everyone else in the world uses. And though I’m the same person, there’s power coming out from me that can move the hearts of people. Then, what theological school did I come out of? Which department? The Mountain Theology School with a degree in A-frame carrying? Oh, how come all of you know this so well? Yes, it’s true. I came out of the “Mountain Theological School” with a degree in A-frame carrying. I did not learn as much as people in the world have, and I’m not any better or special than them, but there’s a power that comes out from me. And there’s no other reason for this; it is merely proof that I have received the fourth blessing of the Sabbath. There is no difference between all of you and me. If there is a single difference, it’s that I risk my life to keep the Sabbath holy.

In my youth, I had heard that the SDA Church lived according to the law, so I attended the church for a while; but even the pastors there were breaking the law. I tried so hard to save that church and I even wrote a book in the seventies, more than twenty years ago. I cried out to them to keep the Sabbath holy, and had they reformed, then the five million SDA Churches throughout the world would not have been forsaken as they are today; they would have become the church of power. But instead, the leaders took my book and said, “Oh, this is fanaticism, extremism.” How can there be anything wrong in telling the people to keep the Sabbath holy? And they rejected that truth. But all of you have accepted this–that’s why all the blessings have come to you. If all of you will also risk your life and keep the Sabbath firm and holy as I have, then you’ll be able to receive even more power than me.

What’s the fifth blessing? The blessing of holy influence. Those who keep the Sabbath holy, even if they just pass by, they have this magnetic effect and you want to go to them and learn from them; you want to be friends with them and spend time with them. It’s the blessing of holy influence and it even goes across the seas all throughout the world; it can move the whole universe. Then do the pastors of the SDA Church have this blessing of holy influence? Those pastors don’t even have the scent of Jesus. Some of you know what I’m talking about. Then is it because these pastors are evil or because they’re no good? It’s because they do not receive the fifth blessing of the Sabbath. But with our brethren, wherever they go, people say, “You know, that person from the Elijah Gospel Missionary Institute is very noble. I’ve never met anyone like him/her.”When we are amongst ourselves in church, we may not seem so special, but when we go out into the world, we have such an influence over people. And the gentile people outside say, “This person is really strange, he’s different from anyone we’ve ever met. He has some kind of power.” When we’re with each other, because we are all the children of light, we can’t tell whether we are shining or not, but when we go out into the dark world, that light shines. And with that holy influence that our Real Father has given to us, no matter how evil the enemy may be, Satan can’t stop the light that shines out from us, from our lives.

What precious blessings we have received! Though people fast for thirty or forty days, after they fast, they fight with their family, they fight with their church, and they show no signs of change. But when we return to our Real Father, keep the Sabbath holy,and just sit still, we become regenerated and sanctified. If you believe in Jesus, you are supposed to be the children of light, but it’s so dark out there in the world. Only on the Sabbath does the light shine upon you that you receive special health. Even though no one lays their hands on you, you become healthy. You have power and you have holy influence. The Sabbath gives us such blessings and we cannot help but go to heaven. When I think about the Sabbath, my heart fills up with such emotion. I don’t know how I can more strongly emphasize the importance of the Sabbath, how holy, how blessed the Sabbath is. Right now, my heart is moved with happiness and joy. That’s why when it’s time for the Sabbath, I get anxious because I want to quickly enter the Sabbath.

So those people who defile the Sabbath cannot live and if you look all throughout history, there’s not one person even among the chosen people that was saved if they didn’t keep the Sabbath holy. Everyone had to keep the Sabbath holy. And no matter how shabby a group of people may have been, when they kept the Sabbath holy, they could not help but be saved. Let’s look at what history tells.

First, the Israelites. God sent Moses to save the Israelites from Egypt and how many came out? 600,000 men. Just 600,000 men if you don’t include the children and women, but how many men made it into the Promised Land? Two. What about the others? They all died in the wilderness. It means only one out of 300,000 were saved. Everyone else died. Isn’t this true? Whenever I read about this, how sad it is. I imagined when they first came out of Egypt, how happy they were because they were finally receiving deliverance, dancing as they sang, “Oh, we will go to the Promised Land, to our home,” and they set out. But when it came for time to enter the Promised Land, two went in and 598,000 men and the rest all died in the wilderness. Can you believe that only one out of 300,000 people entered there? How harsh is this ratio. If only one in 300,000 could be saved, I’d probably give up believing in Jesus myself.

However, what did I tell you? Going to heaven is just like riding a cable car. It’s so easy. But why was it so hard for those Israelites to be saved? We should not read the Bible like some story book. We should ask ourselves why they died like that. Then why did Caleb and Joshua enter the Promised Land? We should learn the reasons why they all died and only Caleb and Joshua went in. We shouldn’t just read it like some story and let it pass like that. Then why did the Israelites die like that when God was leading them so preciously from the front and behind with a pillar of clouds by day and a pillar of smoke by night?

Ezekiel chapter 20 verse 13, [Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they despised My judgments, “which, if a man does, he shall live by them;” and they greatly defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them.]

“Yet thousands of Israelites, 600,000 of them [rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they despised My judgments, ‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’].It means they will not receive eternal life. So [they despised My judgments which, if a man does he shall live by them; and they greatly defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them.]”Does this mean the two million (including women and children) Israelites did not keep the Sabbath? They kept the Sabbath every week; they did not even miss one Sabbath, but why did they die? It’s because they greatly defiled the Sabbath.

 Look at the SDA Church, they will keep the Sabbath until they die. However, God did not say to just keep the Sabbath, He said to keep the Sabbath holy. He did not even say to keep it clean but keep it holy. But look at the SDA Church, they are defiling the Sabbath, and there has never been anyone who has defiled the Sabbath or trampled upon the Sabbath all throughout history as much as they. The Israelites really kept the Sabbath holy and really tried at least, yet only 1 out of 300,000 lived. So not even one being from the SDA Church will be saved. You will learn more as time passes.

Let’s look at verse 15, [So I also raised My hand in an oath to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, “flowing with milk and honey,” the glory of all lands, because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.]

“So I also raised My hand in an oath to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, ‘flowing with milk and honey,’ the glory of all lands, because they profaned My Sabbath, they did not keep it holy. So I did not guide them into the land flowing with milk and honey.” They could have received salvation so easily, like riding a cable car, whistling and singing. But now do you know why they failed?

The prophetess has said, “During the entire forty years in the wilderness, the people were every week reminded of the sacred obligation of the Sabbath, by the miracle of the manna.”

God performed three miracles every Sabbath. What kind of miracles? Every day, manna fell from heaven for each day’s use, but on the Sabbath preparation day, God gave them a double amount in order to make them keep the Sabbath holy. The manna would not fall on the Sabbath. That also was a miracle. Secondly, the leftover manna always decayed the next day but it didn’t decay on the Sabbath. Thirdly, the manna which fell everyday all year long didn’t fall at all only on the Sabbath, ever. So with these three miracles that occurred every week, every single Sabbath, they were reminded of the importance of keeping the Sabbath holy. He showed them these miracles for the entire forty years in the wilderness. Then is it because God had nothing better to do that He would show them these three miracles? It’s because He wanted to show them the holiness of the Sabbath and this is our Real Daddy striving to teach them these lessons. Yet even this did not lead them to obedience. So for people who have no desire to live, even God cannot save them. The churches in the world nowadays, especially the SDA Church, have made up their minds to die. If anyone says, “Let’s keep the Sabbath holy,” then they say, “Oh, he’s an extremist. Let’s bring him down from the pulpit.” They should accept this message but instead they’re saying it’s extremism and they kick away this blessing.

“Though they did not venture upon so open and bold transgression as had received such signal punishment, yet, there was great laxness in the observance of the fourth commandment.”

Actually, the Israelites did not defile the Sabbath as blatantly as the SDA Church does today. When they were first led by God to keep the Sabbath, they were regenerated and became more sanctified with each coming Sabbath. No one complained or murmured, no one rebelled against Moses as they were transformed astonishingly. But as the days, months, and years passed, little by little they became lax in their Sabbath. And then, instead of becoming changed, they become more evil. Later, they became such violent beings who even tried to kill Moses and started cursing God. This was the conclusion of those that defiled the Sabbath. All of you too, when you keep the Sabbath holy here, you will become more and more transformed. But if you find your character becoming strange and twisted as time passes, then you must deeply search yourselves. There is always a reason for everything. If there’s an accident, there is always a reason, whether the driver dozed or the tires blew, there is always a reason for everything. There cannot be an accident without a cause.

“The sins of blasphemy and willful Sabbath-breaking receive the same punishment, being equally an expression of contempt for the authority of God.”

Do you know what this means? Those who knowingly break the Sabbath– the Protestant Church members don’t know about the Sabbath so how can they keep the Sabbath holy? But those who knowingly break the Sabbath are acting no differently than spitting on God’s face. Do you realize the extent of this sin?

The SDA Church does not realize what a great sin they are committing by defiling the Sabbath. They think that just by going to church on Saturday is, everything. And if you look back in history, there is not one person who died because he did not go to church on Saturday. Whether the people led by Moses or the people that worshipped in golden Jerusalem, they all went to church on Saturdays for thousands of years. But did they live or did they die? They all died. It’s the same with the SDA Church. They will all die going to church on Saturdays.

Then why is breaking the Sabbath the same as spitting on God’s face? Those who call on God and say that they are His children, if so, should they have God’s image or the image of the devil? Those who call on God as their Father should be like the Father and be holy, but if there are those that have the image of the demon but call God their Father, then they are spitting on His face. Why? Those who keep the Sabbath holy will automatically have God’s image, but those who defile the Sabbath will automatically bear the image of the demon. So whenever these demons cry out to God and call Him their Father, it is the same sin as spitting on His face. Do you understand?

“Although God may not now punish the transgressions of His law with temporal penalties, yet His word declares that the wages of sin is death and in the final execution of the judgment it will be found that death is the portion of those who violate His sacred precepts.”

What does it say here? It does not seem that God is punishing the people, whether the SDA Church or any of you or any of those who knowingly defile the Sabbath. But a long time ago, if people defiled the Sabbath, they killed them, stoned them right on the spot. The reason was God hoped this would discourage the remaining children from defiling the Sabbath in the future. However, no matter how people defile the Sabbath now, He doesn’t punish them. Why? There is no one after us, no future generation to warn, so God just leaves them alone to defile it however they wish. But when the time for judgment comes, it will mean certain death for those who have broken and defiled the Sabbath. There is no forgiveness, only judgment that awaits them.

I hope that you will not walk on the path the Israelites did. I hope you will not walk on the path that the SDA Church is walking on. May you be like Jesus and keep the Sabbath holy. When you do, you will become sanctified, receive power, become the children of light, radiate a holy influence, and you will be able to ascend to heaven with a healthy body. Isn’t that wonderful? How wonderful it is!

How about the people of the golden Jerusalem? Did they live or die? They all perished. Were they saved? No, they all fell into ruins. Who commanded the people to build the golden Jerusalem? It was God Himself who told them to build it and gave them the blueprints to build it, and He personally entered there so that regular priests could not even stand before His presence. And what did He say? He vowed that He would love them forever, saying, “I will love this church forever as the apple of My eye.” But what happened afterwards? He let Jerusalem burn and a million people were killed in that fire. Does the golden Jerusalem exist now or not? It has completely burned down and only an empty lot remains.

God said that He would save the people of Jerusalem, to love and protect them for eternity, but why did He change His mind? We must know the reason why.

Jeremiah chapter 17:24-25,[“And it shall be, if you heed Me carefully,” says the LORD, “to bring no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work in it, then shall enter the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, accompanied by the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain forever.”]

Our Father always includes His name into important messages and says, [“And it shall be, if you heed Me carefully,” says the LORD, “to bring no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work in it, then shall enter the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, accompanied by the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain forever.”] Didn’t He make this vow?

But in verse 27, it’s written, [“But if you will not heed Me to hallow the Sabbath day, such as not carrying a burden when entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.”]

“So if you will not keep My Sabbath holy, then I will kindle a fire in its gates and no human or firemen will ever be able to quench that fire.” Now do you know why Jerusalem was burned down? It’s because they defiled the Sabbath. For thousands of years to this day, those who defiled the Sabbath, whoever it might be, even if they received the greatest favor and were led by Moses or Joshua, it was useless. But no matter how shabby a people were, forsaken and discarded – how shabby were the disciples that gathered in the Upper Room? Were they learned? Were they nice-looking? Did they wear stylish clothes? They were a ragtag group of people not worth giving a second glance, but they were all saved. Why? They all kept the Sabbath holy. You must realize that this Sabbath is your life.

For six thousand years to this day, not a single person who defiled the Sabbath was ever saved. Will you believe this now? Then how can we keep the Sabbath holy? How can we keep the Sabbath holy so as not to end up like the 600,000 Israelites in the wilderness, the Israelites of Jerusalem, and the SDA Church? How can we ascend to heaven like the group two thousand years ago in the Upper Room?

Let’s look at Exodus chapter 16:23, [And he said to them, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.’”]

Moses called all the people together and said, “Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, the holy Sabbath to the Lord.” This Sabbath belongs to our Real Daddy. It does not belong to the Israelites or the Seventh-day Adventists; it is God’s holy Sabbath. He said, “A holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake today, boil what you will boil and lay up for yourselves all that remains,” in other words, finish all your cooking today on Friday, the preparation day, and do not cook anything on the Sabbath. What are they not supposed to do? They are not supposed to cook anything.

Then look at the 5 million Seventh-day Adventists today, do they cook on the Sabbath or not? The Sabbath for them is the day to cook food and have a party. If there is a conference and the president or a guest pastor comes, the deaconesses in the back do not even attend worship. They go to the market and buy all kinds of foods to cook for that president or pastor on the Sabbath. If they don’t, then that church gets stigmatized and disregarded. Those people who come from the SDA Church, am I lying or not? Is there anyone whose church does not cook food on Sabbath? No, they all cook on the Sabbath.

Perhaps the people do it because they don’t know any better, but what about the people who know that it’s wrong and sit there eating that food? And do you know what they say after eating all that food cooked and prepared on the Sabbath? They say, “Bah, the Protestants are not keeping the Sabbath, they are keeping Sunday so they will all die. And only the Seventh-day Adventists will go to heaven, so do not leave this church. Do not leave the organization because if you stay, you will surely be saved.” Isn’t that what they say? Please do not listen to those deceivers. Where does it say in the Bible that if you remain in the organization of the SDA Church you will be saved? Only those who keep the Sabbath holy will go to heaven. There’s not a single reference in the Bible that states you can defile the Sabbath as long as you remain in some organization or denomination, that you will go to heaven. How can such lies be tolerated!

So I gave this Sabbath message tape to the president of the SDA General Conference of Korea at that time and even other famous pastors, imploring them, “Please, won’t you guide the Seventh-day Adventists and save them?”And you know what those leaders said? They went around until late night telling the people that Park Myung Ho was a heretic, to never listen to his erroneous messages. Didn’t they do that? There is no way that such a people can be saved. But upon coming here, is there anyone cooking on the Sabbath? So whether it’s the people of the Upper Room in the past or the Upper Room of the present, we only obey our Father’s words; that’s why we are able to receive such blessings.

Then does God prohibit us from cooking on the Sabbath because it’s a waste of time? Of course not. He wants us to eat more deliciously on the Sabbath. He wants us to cook more delicious foods on the preparation day and then just eat it on Sabbath. Why are we not permitted to cook on the Sabbath then? There are so many blessings, ten thousands kinds of blessings that are bestowed upon us on the Sabbath, and our Father doesn’t want us to miss out on any of those blessings by being too busy cooking. That’s why He doesn’t want us to cook on the Sabbath. If it was up to me, I would rather not even eat on that day and just receive blessings. Since He doesn’t want us to lose out on receiving blessings by cooking on the Sabbath, He has told us to prepare all foods the day before. How blessed we are! Do you still think it’s because our Real Daddy doesn’t want us to eat on the Sabbath? Yet people insist on barbecuing on the Sabbath saying it tastes so good. Then they get cancer and leprosy. I even went visiting SDA members who got leprosy. Can you believe God’s people getting leprosy while following Jesus? Is that God’s chosen church?

I often used to go visiting a leprosy hospital. There was an SDA deaconess’ family that was so pitiful. And even though I told them the right way to live, they wouldn’t listen. When people are foolish, there is no way to open their eyes. Even Solomon wrote that if someone is foolish, you could scrub them and they’d still remain foolish. It was God’s way of expressing that there was no way to awaken foolish people. You could scrub rice and barley and the skin would peel off, but no matter how much you scrubbed people with the Word, their foolishness would not peel away. It’s the only way they could live but they are so stubborn. It’s written here that God’s people will not get sick and He will heal us, but why are God’s people getting sick? We have to know the reason why and yet even though I tell them, they still say, “Oh, it’s okay. I’ll just live as I have done so up to now.”

Next, when we enter the Sabbath, we should take a bath and cleanse our bodies and our minds. This is written in Nehemiah chapter 13 verse 22 that He wants us to clean ourselves, to take a bath and enter the Sabbath. But do the Seventh-day Adventists do that? No. Their feet smell, their underarms smell, and they wear the same clothes and undergarments that they had worn all day long as they go to worship on Sabbath. And so I told a certain pastor, a very famous pastor, “Pastor, why does the SDA Church defile the Sabbath? Why don’t they even take a bath before Sabbath? Even those Buddhist monks who worship idols that cannot even talk, hear, or move, take a bath; they even take a bath in the middle of winter, in cold water three, five, seven times, before they go to pray for blessings. But why is it that Seventh-day Adventists can’t even take a hot shower or bath in order to keep the Sabbath?” And this pastor said, “Oh, it’s too expensive to take baths.” Let me ask those of you who came from the SDA Church, how small are the paychecks for your pastors that they can’t afford to pay for a bath four times a month? After this seminar, please put 4,000 won in an envelope and give it to your pastors urging them to take a bath before going to church.

You have to be able to understand each other to a certain extent so that you can talk to them. When he gave that kind of answer, I could not say anything back because it was so ridiculous. And with that dirty body and mind, do you know what they say? “O God, this is the Sabbath day, make me holy.” They are praying this kind of abominable prayer. The pastors have the deaconesses cook for them and they eat until their stomachs are about to burst, then they pray like that, so how can that church receive salvation?

Also, you should never enter the Sabbath with a heart of hatred towards anyone, whether family or friends. Perhaps you may have argued during the week, but you should go to them or call them and apologize to them first and settle all your differences, to enter the Sabbath with a peaceful, joyful heart. But is that what the Seventh-day Adventists do? They always fight when they just meet, always arguing every Sabbath. As soon as worship is over, pastors say bad things about elders, elders say bad things about pastors, and when pastors have meetings, they start pushing and shoving each other. Am I telling the truth or not? Am I lying? Since brethren are fighting with one another like that, what God will bless them?

And you should not travel on the Sabbath. Unless you have a special mission to share the bread of life with others, that’s alright, but even then, that person should be careful. Why? Because when riding the bus or train, you can hear the radio and you can hear people talking about worldly things; it will break the holiness of the Sabbath. So if possible, you should not travel because this world is evil and you cannot maintain the holiness of the Sabbath. There are times when I traveled on the Sabbath to spread God’s word, but you have to be especially alert, to be in a constant state of meditation with the Word and prayer.

Also, you should not sleep on the Sabbath. After working all week long making money, because Sabbath is a day of rest, there are some people who sleep all afternoon. Of course, those who are sick should sleep, but those who are healthy and sleep like that are stealing God’s time. The Sabbath is not our time but it is our Father’s time. But if there is a small seminar, perhaps during the summer, when you are listening to the Word and you have many messages to listen to, you can close your eyes for about ten minutes and rest. Though it’s not written that it’s permitted in the Bible that can be tolerated, because you are closing your eyes to rest, so, you can receive God’s Word later. But those who sleep all afternoon to the point that they are disoriented, when they wake up, that’s a sin.

Next, I will speak for those of our brethren from Protestant Churches. The Bible teachers from the Protestant Churches say, “Oh, the Sabbath belongs to the Jews and it has been abolished. We can just keep the Lord’s Day, Sunday. Isn’t it better to worship on the day that Jesus was resurrected than celebrating the day He died?” But I hope you will realize what a nonsensical lie that is. The Sabbath was not abolished in the slightest; it is eternal. The Sabbath is eternally unchanging, for it is the only way you can go to heaven; keeping the Sabbath holy is the only condition for salvation. Didn’t I already tell you that throughout history, no one that defiled the Sabbath survived? I hope you’ll believe it. Let’s return to the Bible.

Isaiah chapter 58 verses 13 and 14. [If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy day of the LORD honorable, and shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words, then you shall delight yourself in the LORD; and I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The mouth of the LORD has spoken.]

Yes, the mouth of the Lord has spoken. “If you turn away your foot, your hands, and your mouth from doing whatever you want on the Sabbath, I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth. I will cause you to be in heaven, feed you with the heritage”– allow you to live the fulfillment of the promise given to Jacob your father. So it says, “If you turn your foot away from the Sabbath and keep yourself from doing what you want on the Sabbath, then I will allow you to live in heaven.” But it says that if you don’t keep the Sabbath and do whatever you want, I will not cause you to ride on the high hills. You will fall to this earth and die.

Next, Isaiah chapter 56 verses 1 and 2.[Thus says the Lord: Keep justice, and do righteousness, for My salvation is about to come, and My righteousness to be revealed. Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who lays hold on it; who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.]

So, thus says the Lord, “Keep justice and do righteousness.” Why are we to do righteousness? “For My salvation is about to come.” Since the time for Jesus to come has come, He is telling us to do righteousness. Then, what righteousness must we do? [Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath and keeps his hand from doing evil]. Who keeps from not keeping the Sabbath? No. Everyone has kept the Sabbath up to now. The Israelites, the Seventh-day Adventists and the Jews, they all kept the Sabbath. So it says here, not “to keep the Sabbath,” but “who keeps from defiling the Sabbath.” Isn’t this exact? “Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath and keeps his hand from doing evil, it says, [blessed is the man who does this.]”

In verse 7, it’s written. [Even them, I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer.] So those who make up their minds to not defile the Sabbath like Jesus, Joshua, and Caleb, will be blessed. With what blessing? [Even them I will bring to my holy mountain.] What’s the [holy mountain]? The new heaven paradise, to [make them joyful in my house of prayer.] I hope that you will do the righteousness of not defiling the Sabbath. Keeping the Sabbath does not mean anything. So, if you don’t keep the Sabbath holy and continue to call God your Father, then you are spitting on His face. At least those in the Protestant Churches do not know about the Sabbath, they will not be condemned for it. Do you believe now that it’s the condition for ascension?

Some may say, “Ah, but that’s the Old Testament. The Old Testament has been abolished. Why do you make such a fuss?”Alright then, let’s go to the New Testament. I’ll do whatever you want.

Matthew chapter 24 verse 20 and 21.[Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath for then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.]

And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on what? - On the Sabbath. For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. What tribulation is this? Yes, it’s the tribulation of Jacob’s Trouble that you are perhaps quite familiar with. This Jacob’s Trouble is the great universal battle between good and evil. For those who want to preserve their lives, our Father is worried that if the tribulation is in winter, it will be too cold and you might freeze to death; however, if you run away on the Sabbath, you would be defiling it and He is afraid that you will eternally die. That is why He said, “Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath.” In other words, “It’s better to keep the Sabbath holy even if you freeze to death. You must not defile it by running away.” Do you understand? It’s not Peter who said this but Jesus Himself. Now do you still believe the Sabbath has been abolished?

Starting from Genesis, the Israelites, to the Jews, to the Seventh-day Adventists, up to those who are to enter Jacob’s Trouble just before Jesus comes, God says, “No matter what kind of tribulation it may be, keep the Sabbath holy even if you have to die. It’s better for you to die than to defile the Sabbath.” Is there a command more forceful than this? Now, will you believe that the Sabbath is alive and thriving? From Genesis up to now, the only way to be saved was through the Sabbath and keeping it holy.

Everything that those Protestant pastors have been saying is the trumpet sound of the demon. God is alive today and He is saying this to us but they dare to say that the Sabbath is abolished! The Sabbath existed since the beginning before the Jews were even born on this earth, so what did God say to Moses? He didn’t say to keep the Sabbath holy, He said, “Remember the Sabbath day.” To remember means it was already there so just don’t forget about it. Do you believe the Sabbath existed before the Jews were born? This Sabbath does not belong to the Jews.

We can only go to heaven through the Sabbath. Then when people go to heaven, what will they do there? Let’s look at Isaiah chapter 66 verses 22 and 23. [For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before Me…. And it shall come to pass that from one New Moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to worship before Me, says the Lord.]

So here, “says the Lord” comes out twice. [For as the new heavens and the new earth which I shall make shall remain before Me, says the Lord. And it shall come to pass that from one new Moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come and worship Me, says the Lord.] So we ascend to heaven through the Sabbath and when we go to heaven, what will we keep? We will keep the Sabbath in heaven as well. At that time, we’ll keep the Sabbath right there with our Daddy. I will not be leading the worship. Our Real Daddy will say, “Okay, today let’s go to the river of life. Let’s go to Zion. Let’s go to that star,” and He will lead us and pour blessings upon us. But do you still insist that the Sabbath has been abolished? There are so many false prophets under Satan’s influence in this world that are spreading such false teachings, that’s why it’s like in the time of Noah, only a precious few will be saved. Do you understand? There are no lies to Jesus’ words.

Though there are so many Protestants jumping up and down, thinking they must scream aloud in prayer, as Jesus sees it, they have nothing to do with Him. Our Father and Jesus are Beings that know what will happen millions of years in the future, for They are omnipotent. Do you now understand how those demons of fanaticism have controlled the whole world? You may think, “Oh, but it says in the Bible that Jesus abolished the Sabbath.” Yes, Jesus did abolish the Sabbath, but that was not our Real Father’s Sabbath; Jesus abolished the Sabbath of the Jews. But do you think those Protestant theology professors know that?

The Sabbath was made as a blessing for whom? For man. In order to take people, His youngest children to heaven, the Sabbath is the traveler’s guide to heaven. Heaven’s cable car is the Sabbath. So the Sabbath was made for man, to bless them with ten thousand blessings and transform them so that they may ascend to heaven. But the Jews made the Sabbath a day of curses, just like what those pastors of the SDA Church did.

What kind of day did they make the Sabbath? Claiming they must keep the Sabbath holy, do you know what those Jews did? They didn’t even carry around a handkerchief because if they put it in their pocket, they said it was the same as carrying a burden so that would make one a sinner, to be condemned for carrying a burden on the Sabbath. So if they needed to use the handkerchief, they sewed it to their clothes on Friday, then, claimed it was a part of their clothes and no longer a handkerchief, and that’s how they used it. Also on the Sabbath, while walking by, if they saw a sheep worth a hundred dollars fallen in a pit and dying, they would say, “Oh, that’s a hundred dollar lamb,” and they would save it. But when God’s sons and daughters were dying, they would say, “Don’t fold up your blanket, don’t get up, just die on the spot.” Then was this a Sabbath of blessings or curses? This was completely Satan’s Saturday Sabbath, a strange and cursed day. How could they allow God’s children to die while saving a hundred dollar animal? So people were not even treated with as much worth as an animal.

In Vietnam, when people are killed, no one bothers to mention it, but when a pig dies, the whole neighborhood gives their condolences saying what a great loss it is. And on the Sabbath, they counted how many steps you could take, making a rule that you could only take so many steps on the Sabbath or it would be traveling. But they worked around this rule so that they could freely travel by burying some food in the ground at a set distance of permitted travel on Friday. Then those Jews and Pharisees would go there on the Sabbath, eat some food and say since they ate there, it was a home. How ridiculous they were! That’s how they bent the rules for their own convenience. Apparently, there are more than 300 such traditions and rules that the Jews made. That’s why their religion was a curse to them.

They were not even permitted to light a candle on the Sabbath because that would be work. So how would they read on the Sabbath? They would call in gentiles and tell them to light the candle. Since they were gentiles, they would die anyway, so it would be alright for them to light the candle and work on the Sabbath. “Did you light it? Okay, then get out.” How self-righteous and evil they were!

That’s why when Jesus came, He said, “What nonsense! This Sabbath was given to us by our Daddy to give His children blessings, freedom, and liberate them. But you have made the Sabbath into a day that oppresses them, a day of curses instead of blessings.” The Sabbath became such a tedious day with all those traditions and rules, a cursed day that people forced themselves to keep, and that’s why Jesus abolished those things. He abolished all those false and evil rules made by the church. He purposely carried around a big handkerchief on the Sabbath, went far distances to make visits, light candles to read books. He healed the sick on Sabbath and told them to pick up their beds and go home.

One day, during the Sabbath, the Jews saw a man carrying his bed and passing the temple. They demanded of him, “Hey, why are carrying your bed around on the Sabbath?” And the man who was healed replied, “The teacher who healed me told me to.” “Who is this teacher?” “Oh, it’s Teacher Jesus.” That’s why the Jews killed Jesus, accusing Him of having defiled the Sabbath. They killed Jesus for defiling the Sabbath and for teaching that God is our Real Father. You all learned that last time, didn’t you? So Jesus came to abolish all those false Sabbaths that Satan made and recover our Real Father’s Sabbath, the true Sabbath.

Those Sunday church teachers and pastors say that Jesus abolished the Sabbath with His death on the cross, so if He did, should Jesus’ disciples have to keep the Sabbath or not after Jesus was crucified? They shouldn’t have to keep the Sabbath. But even after Jesus died, those disciples kept the Sabbath so strictly in a most holy way. They all lost their lives for keeping the Sabbath holy.

When Jesus died, they had to put fragrance on His dead body, but because the sun went down already, they said, “Oh, our Lord said we should not do anything on the Sabbath, let’s stop,” and so they stopped putting fragrance on Him, they went home and kept the Sabbath. When they came back early morning on Sunday after the Sabbath, Jesus had already been resurrected. So then, now do you believe that the disciples kept the Sabbath most holy?

If you look in the Bible, it says that Jesus kept every Sabbath as was His custom. It means He kept it holy as was His habit to do so. Even Apostle Paul kept the Sabbath according to the law just like Jesus. So Jesus came to abolish the Jewish Sabbath and instead establish our Real Father’s Sabbath. But Jesus knew that Satan would use the Protestant theologians to say He abolished the Sabbath, which is why in Matthew chapter 5, He said, “Do not think that I came to get rid of the law, but I came to fulfill the law. I did not come to abolish the Sabbath but to establish it.”Tomorrow I will explain more clearly about the Sabbath so that you will not have any more questions concerning it. The whole world has been completely deceived by the demon.

Jesus 2000 years ago abolished the Sabbath of the Jews made by Satan and instead taught them the Sabbath of our Real Father so that they could be blessed and go to heaven. In the same way, the last Son, this uncomely being, has come to abolish the Sabbath of the Seventh-day Adventists that they falsified and defiled, to instead give all of you the Sabbath of our Real Father. That’s why you must not keep the Sabbath of the Jews or the Sabbath of the Seventh-day Adventists, but the Sabbath which Jesus taught us, the Sabbath of our Real Father. Otherwise, there would be no salvation whatsoever.

Then why is it that people who were so evil become regenerated and sanctified just by keeping the Sabbath holy, and those whose faces were dark and gloomy become children of light, their faces so radiant that even people in the world can recognize them when they ride the bus? Those who were sick here and there and had all kinds of illnesses were healed completely just by keeping the Sabbath holy a few times. And those who used to give sermons that sounded so awful and tedious, all of a sudden, though they could not speak well or eloquently, had such power in their words as they became people with a holy influence, to end up going to heaven. Why do these things happen just by keeping the Sabbath?

Then how about those who keep the SDA Sabbath? No matter how refined a pastor may seem and so good-looking, how wicked is his character. You can’t even go near him because he gets mad and loses his temper. Some pastors even beat their wives! They don’t have a single ray of light. Later, you hear they get some disease and died. Their sermons are such a headache to listen to. Why is that?

Why is it that if you keep the Sabbath holy, you are blessed and ascend to heaven, but when you defile the Sabbath, it’s the complete opposite and you end up ruined? It’s not the day Saturday which blesses us. It is because the Lord of the Sabbath comes and blesses us. The Jews and the Seventh-day Adventists think that Saturday is everything and they will be blessed if they observe that day as the Sabbath, but that’s not it at all. That day has no power.  Can time give you any blessings? Can the day give you blessings? Is that day God? No!

In this universe, there are three places where God our Father abides. First, it’s in heaven, the third heavens. Second, in the throne of our hearts, and third, He abides in the holy sanctuary of time. The sanctuary of time is the Sabbath, beginning from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown, a full 24 hours. This is the Sabbath time where our Father personally abides. That’s why when we go to meet our Real Daddy who abides in the sanctuary of time, we must never enter the Sabbath with hearts of hatred or filled with grudge. It’s written that those who enter the Sabbath with sin in their hearts, God’s glory will become a consuming fire to such beings and they will burn away and disappear. That is why God can never appear to those SDA Churches – because they would all burn to death if He did. It is God’s mercy that even though they are forsaken, still at least they are living in the flesh. So that’s why when we go to meet our Father on the Sabbath, we should take a bath; forgive all our brethren; and enter the Sabbath with a holy heart and a heart of obedience. If you keep the Sabbath having cooked and eaten to your full, it would mean you had already committed a sin.

Therefore, it’s not the date which changes us and blesses us, but it’s our Daddy who comes at that time sanctuary, and when we meet our holy Daddy, we become sanctified. We become regenerated and sanctified. Would our Daddy just sit still doing nothing even though his child has the image of the beast? He would transform him. And because He is the source of all light, He comes and gives us light and we also receive light to become the son of light. When Moses met God on Mount Sinai, he came back with light radiating from his face and he had to cover his face with a cloth. Then when that God who is the source of light has come, how could we not become the children of light? That’s why though the group of people from the “Upper Room” is small in number, gentiles can recognize them.

Also, since we meet our Real Daddy who is the source of all power, we also have such power coming out from us. And when His children are sick, can our Daddy just ignore it? “Oh, why do you look so sick?” It’s the same with our earthly parents. They would do everything we ask though we do not even ask. Even though we don’t tell our Real Daddy what we want or beg Him for anything, because He is our Real Daddy, he heals us. And since we meet One who is holy, we also become holy and ultimately ascend to heaven. I hope that you will keep the Sabbath holy. May you act righteously by keeping the Sabbath and not defiling it.

Then how can we keep the Sabbath completely holy and not defile it? Whether you defile the Sabbath for 24 hours or one minute, you have still defiled the Sabbath. It says that the wages of sin is death, not that the wages of a big sin is death. Whether a big sin or a tiny sin, the wages of sin is death. You must become completely righteous beings. That’s why whether you defile all 24 hours of the Sabbath or just one minute, you have defiled it all the same.

Then how can we keep the Sabbath absolutely holy? Just as we began this Sabbath welcoming worship before the sun went down, when you go back home, you must allow the sun to go down while you are offering farewell worship. Then at the end of the Sabbath, you should be in the midst of worship as the sun goes down as well. If you do so, you will have kept the Sabbath holy for 24 hours.

During the Sabbath, you must never think about buying or selling, or think about personal things, or have a heart of hatred for anyone. You should not be thinking, “Oh, if only I didn’t keep the Sabbath today, I would be making a hundred dollars. I wish the Sabbath would quickly pass.” Do not think such thoughts. Those who keep Real Daddy’s Sabbath make lots of money on that day. On this Sabbath, I will surely make you a lot of money. The Seventh-day Adventists today are so upset that they can’t make money after Sabbath worship. They go to church in the morning and open their stores in the afternoon. They go to Seoul to buy wholesale products that day. Why do they do that? It’s because they are so foolish. They could make so much money just by keeping still and playing around on the Sabbath, but they are running around trying so hard to make money. So this Sabbath, I will make you a lot of money in actuality. The Son of God does not lie. So the Sabbath is a day of receiving blessings in which you are able to ascend to heaven having received all the physical and spiritual blessings.

But there is one question. Does our Real Daddy truly have a lot of love? Is He truly generous, pardoning, and forgiving? Yes. Our Real Daddy is truly generous and full of love. But when it comes to the Sabbath and you ask Him if you can break the Sabbath just once, He is so furious and says, “Let’s not be Father and son any longer. You are not My son. You are not My daughter.” Our Real Daddy is so good and broad-minded, but when it comes to the Sabbath, if you were to ask, “Our families are getting together to pay our respects to our ancestors, so can we get off just this Sabbath?” Then Daddy would scold you, saying, “What are you talking about! Then let’s separate, you can go live with your ancestors! You are not a member of My family.” And He would get so upset. How strange it is. We just want to do some small thing on the Sabbath and Daddy is outraged. Why is He like that?

The only son of a certain family was sick and dying. It was an incurable disease that would lead to certain death; a fearful disease like AIDS. No one who got this disease ever survived. It was a fatal disease and unfortunately, this only son got it. It was a disease that only one person in the whole world could cure. He was a very old man who made oriental medicine far, far away in another region. The only chance of survival for this son was to take that old man’s medicine. No one else could do it.

So there he was, this sick son lying on his bed. Long ago, there were no cars so they had to walk on mountain trails and gravel roads. It was during the hot summer and this elderly father walked so far (about 80 kilometers round trip) for many hours on end just to save his son. The father collapsed after he returned. Of course the father wouldn’t do such a strenuous thing if his son’s life wasn’t at stake. The father brought the medicine and the mother boiled it. She put all her care and made sure the medicine was properly prepared. The mother woke up the son, “Son, your father walked for so many hours and his feet are so blistered; he has collapsed right now. Take this medicine.”“Oh, no, that medicine looks bitter, I don’t want it.” “Oh, you don’t want it? Okay, fine.” And would any mother just throw away that medicine? Instead, the mother would become furious. “If you don’t take this medicine, leave the house. Get out! You are not my son.”The parents used to take such good care of their son because he was their only son, but this was the first time the mother was telling him to leave the house saying, “You are not my son. Go!” This son never heard his mother talk like that to him. Why? Is it because she hates him? No. It is because the mother really wants to save him. That’s her love for him.

Why does our Real Daddy, who is so forgiving and pardons us for anything else, get so upset and angry when it comes to the Sabbath? Even during Jacob’s Trouble, He tells us not to run away on the Sabbath and just die on the Sabbath rather than defile it. Why? It’s because He loves these young children so much and wants to take us to heaven. That’s why it is eternal life to know the heart of the only true God. But do the Christians in the world know the heart of God? That’s why they say, “Oh, the Sabbath is an enemy. Why does it come around so often?” That’s why they always open their businesses in the afternoons after going to church in the mornings. Now that you know our Father’s heart, even if you lose your life, I hope that you will keep the Sabbath holy.

Some people will come to me after this hour to ask me some questions. A female high school student will ask, “Teacher.” “Yes, what do you want?” “Teacher, after this meeting I have to go back to school, but if I don’t go to school on Saturday, I’m going to get in trouble and the teacher will take me to the office and punish me. What should I do?” “Just because you will be taken to the office to be punished, does it say in the Bible that you can defile the Sabbath then? Go home.”

Next, a young man will come and ask, “Teacher.” “Yes, how can I help you?” “Teacher, after this meeting I have to go for my military service and you said to keep the Sabbath holy even if I die, but if I don’t receive training on Saturdays and say that I am going to keep the Sabbath though thousands of other trainees are receiving training, I’ll get beaten and might even be sent to jail.” “Oh yes, well, it does not say in the Bible that you can defile the Sabbath because you are going to be punished, beaten, and sent to jail otherwise. Go.”

Next, a woman will come and ask, “You know, Teacher, after this meeting I have to hold a memorial service on Sabbath because I’m the oldest daughter-in-law in my family; all my relatives will come and I have to cook the food and lead the memorial service.” “Just because you are the oldest in your family, and you have to keep the memorial service, it does not say that you can defile the Sabbath to fulfill your duties. Go.”

Whether ten or twenty people come and ask me, I will only give them the same answer. He even tells us to die rather than defile the Sabbath even during Jacob’s Trouble. The tribulation you will receive in the army is nothing compared to it. That’s not even tribulation. You know Jesus died for keeping the Sabbath holy. And it was His final request, saying, “Rather than defile the Sabbath, may you choose to die like Me.” So Jesus died in the hands of the Jews for trying to keep our Real Daddy’s true Sabbath. He was killed for keeping the true Sabbath by those who kept the false Sabbath.

Isn’t the world like that today as well? They call those who keep the true Sabbath fanatics and heretics, all the pastors of the SDA and Protestant Churches have arisen against us, determined to destroy us. But let me make this clear to all of you, I came to recover this true Sabbath. You must know what sacrifice was made in order to give you this true Sabbath. It is such a precious treasure. It is your life. Even if you should lose your life, I hope that you will not lose the Sabbath that you may all ascend to heaven.

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