DO NOT SELL YOUR BIRTHRIGHT

Thank you very much. In this hour we will learn about, “Do not sell you Birthright in Heaven.” Psalms 78:43-53.

[Reader: How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods that they could not drink. He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labor unto the locust. He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost. He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

Speaker: Verse 42. “They did not remember His power: the day when He redeemed them from the enemy.”

Yes. When the Israelites were slaves in Egypt, making bricks, beaten by the Egyptians, without hope of escape, but to die hopelessly, our Father saved them. He brought them out of Egypt by fighting with Pharaoh. Even if our Father fights with angels, it would be such a disgrace to Him. When He fought with Pharaoh, the wicked king of Egypt, in order to save His children, the disgrace that was poured upon Him cannot be expressed in words. He sent plagues, like locust, flies, and others numbering to ten, just to take out His children from Egypt. But His children did not even appreciate His love. They never gave thanks to God. Psalms 78:12-17.

Reader: Marvelous things he did in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

Speaker: Even though our Father performed miracles for them to make them happy, to win their hearts, and prove His value to His children, to fascinate them with all His heart, yet they never valued them. Have you ever seen parents who tried to fascinate children just to win their heart? Our Father did His best to fascinate His children by showing and performing all kinds of miracles yet the Israelites whom our Daddy loved so much did not even appreciate His love. Without receiving any word of praise and thanks from His children our Father continually poured His love for them to win their heart. He gave water out of the rock, He made the stream to flow from a rock. He divided the Red Sea, for them to cross without using a boat, and so many proofs of His love, yet they just left our Daddy. They rejected God in their heart. Yet our Father, like a child, did His best to attract their heart but He failed to fascinate them. He was only disgraced and rejected and betrayed by His children. What a disgrace that cannot be expressed in words. Psalms 78:18-20.

Reader: And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. Yes, they spoke against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? Behold He struck the rock, so that the water goes out, and the streams overflowed. Can He give bread also? Can He provide meat for His people?

Speaker: In spite of being the King of the universe, our Daddy losing His prestige, came down to this earth and did His best to win the heart of His children. Despite giving food to the Israelites, they murmured saying, “Is there a God? Can God prepare a table for us.” After eating the manna from heaven they said, “Is there a God? How come He doesn’t give us water?” Then God gave water from the rock, but after satisfying their thirst, they said again, “Is there a God? How come He does not give us meat?” They always found way to complain to God, and never tried to appreciate His love. But our Daddy did not care, He just did His best to win their hearts. Verse 22.

Reader: Because they did not believe in God and did not trust in His salvation.

Speaker: They did not believe in His love and did not trust in His salvation. They were only concerned about things they could put into their mouth. Verse 23-24.

Reader: Yet He had commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of heaven. He had rained down manna on them to eat and gave them the bread of heaven.

Speaker: Our Daddy was doing His best as their real Father. Because they were His children, He just opened the windows of heaven and rained on them manna. Verse 25-27.

Reader: Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full. He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. He rained meat on them like the dust and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea.

Speaker: Yes, because He is their Real Father, He did His best to win their hearts, in spite of being disgraced, in spite of being mistreated and rejected by them, He kept on sending the precious manna, and foods of their desire. As they shouted for meat our Father sent them thousands of quails like the dust of the air just to prove His being a Father to them. Psalm 78: 56-57.

Reader: Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God, and did not keep His testimonies, but turned back, and acted unfaithfully like their fathers, they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

Speaker: Even though He was so disgraced, mistreated and rejected by His children, our Father did the best for them, but they continued testing God saying, “Is there a God?” They rebelled against God, like their fathers and went astray. They turned away from Him. Instead of giving love and thanks to Him, they betrayed Him. Psalm 106:8-14.

Reader: Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake that He might make His mighty power known. He rebuked the Red Sea also and dried it up; so He led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hands of the enemies. The waters covered the enemies, there was not one of them left. Then they believed His words and they sang His praise. They soon forgot His works, they did not wait for His counsel, but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness. And tested God in the dessert.

Speaker: Yes, our Father saved them for His name’s sake although they were just like serpents, vipers, who never appreciated our Daddy’s love. Our Father guided them and saved them for His name’s sake. Mistreated and betrayed, He still rebuked the Red sea, divided up the water and made them cross just like a dry land. He saved them from the enemies by destroying the Egyptian armies in the water. So they started believing God’s words and praised Him saying, “Ah, now we see and found that Moses is the very servant of God. He was really sent from God, now we believe in God.” After crossing the Red Sea, they believed in God but what does the next verse say? “They soon forgot His works, they did not wait for His counsel, but lost exceedingly in the wilderness and tested God in the dessert.” Next Psalm 106:24.

Reader: Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They believed not His word; but murmured in the tents, and hear not unto the voice of the Lord.

Speaker: In every time of age, when God’s children saw God’s miracle performed on their behalf, nobody praised or thanked God. Do you see and believe our Daddy’s love as you came here? Do you praise our Daddy? In every time of age all people do the same, as you did here. All people, everybody who saw our Daddy’s miracles praised Him and believed Him. Nobody who saw our Daddy’s miracle performed for them failed to believe in Him, but the next verse says, “they soon forgot His works.” When that moment passed by, they soon forgot His works.

[And they did not seek counsel of God.] They started testing God again saying, “Is there a God?” As they went back to their tent they started murmuring again; “Is there a God? Ah, Moses, from God? Why does he not protect us fully?” That’s why a prophet said that unless they see God’s miracles performed for them unceasingly they would not believe in His love. Unless they see God’s miracle continuously they would not believe in God’s love. As they see God’s miracle performed for them today they say, “Ah, now we believe in His love, now we believe in God.” But if tomorrow comes, they completely forgot everything.

Until now, 95 meetings so far, everybody who came here said, “Now we can believe in my Daddy Now we can follow Him.” But if they go back home, they start complaining again, fighting with one another, fighting with wife, and fighting with children. Always fighting with one another saying, “Ah! Elijah Gospel Missionary Institute? It was so cold and I had a hard time there. The leaders and their sleeping place also were so awful.” Seeing God performing miracles on their behalf, they believed in Him, but as that moment passed by they started murmuring again. This was the behavior of the Israelites and also people of today.

There was a person, as she went back home after the meeting, she was overwhelmed with joy, having received our Daddy’s love, “Oh! My Daddy saved me. Now I will love Him and follow Him even at the risk of my life.” As she went back home, she found out that a thief broke into her house and all her diamond ring, gold ring, and necklaces were stolen. The thief took away everything.  She bought all those things for her marriage. Then she said, “Ah! If there is God, how come He did not protect my diamond rings and gold rings and everything? How come He let the thief enter my house? Is there really God? I will not go to the meeting anymore.”

As somebody went back home after the meeting, Ah! His farm was completely covered with weeds. He could not even see the cabbages. It was completely covered with weeds. So he said to himself, “Ah, how come the meeting is for ten days? Is seven days not enough?” He started complaining, pulling all the weeds in anger, throwing here and there, while murmuring, “How come the meeting lasts for ten days?” So people around him thought, “Probably something wrong happened to him. How come he is doing like that?”

After the meeting, as I went back home, I found out that a thief broke into my house. Somebody walked around the house and opened all the chests, the desks and everything but there was nothing to be taken so the thief just went away. “If there is God, how come He did not keep my house?” But somebody who broke into the house even defecated in the room and went away. “Ah, if there is God how come He let the thief defecate in my room? Why did He not kick away the back of the thief while he was defecating in my room?” As people go back home and something happened, they start complaining again. When people come here, they say, “Oh, I attended a meeting. Now, I realized who my Daddy is. Now I know who the Son of God is.” But after going back home, they remain the same.

Last time from a village next here, a deacon attended this meeting. Before coming here, only his wife regularly attends church. Although he didn’t want to go to church, he was just dragged by his wife to attend the Adventist church. But after attending this meeting, he even became much better Christian than his wife. Now, he is the one dragging his wife. In the past although he went to church, he was not a Christian at all. To avoid fighting, he was just dragged by his wife to church. But after receiving this message, he became so beautifully changed. Every time he gives testimony, I am so much moved. I heard him giving this testimony.

When he went back home after the meeting, all his vegetable garden was fully covered with weeds. If this happened in the past he might have been filled with complaints. But after attending the meeting as he saw this, he thought to himself, “When I did not take care of my garden for only ten days, it was covered with weeds. What if my Daddy does not take care of the garden in my heart for ten days? My heart will be completely covered with weeds of sin. Oh, how thankful am I because my Daddy took care of me for ten days. Now I became clean.” Then he said to all the weeds in the garden, “You weeds, after this Sabbath, I am going to pull you out.” With peace of mind he entered the Sabbath. This is the token of being regenerated.

What is the true regeneration? No matter what kind of tribulation, no matter what kind of trial may come upon us, if we do not doubt the Son of God, but always praise Him in whatever situation, this is true regeneration. Always praise God whatever situation you may be in. So, if you go back home even if all your vegetable garden may be completely flooded and washed away, even if your house be completely destroyed or totally burned, I hope you can still say, “Oh, how thankful I am that although I lost my house, I gained my heavenly mansion.” This is a truly regenerated person. But if you say, “Oh, I have brought this house through all kinds of hardships, how come my Daddy let this house be burned? How come Daddy let my vegetable garden be flooded?” Then you are not regenerated person. Then if somebody invites him,

“Oh, let us go to the meeting”

“No! I don’t want to go the meeting anymore. However being dragged by a friend he comes again and after the seminar he says, “Oh, I was so stupid, how come I was so stupid, Now I realized my Daddy loves me.” As he went back home again, he remains the same.

But now, if you go back home, even if your vegetable gardens are flooded away, even if your room is defecated by a thief, will you be thankful to God? If you do so, then you are truly a regenerated person who are ready to go to heaven.

When the Israelites were making bricks, God sent Moses and gave them a message: “My children, My children, I am not forsaking you forever. I am going to lead you to the land of Canaan. If you only enter that land, you are going to eat delicious fruits, like sweet grapes and all fruits of its kind, and you will live in a beautiful house there.” So the Israelites were overjoyed. “Now, we will be free. Now, we are going to be set free from the Egyptians. Now we will go to that beautiful land of Canaan, which our Father promised to give us. Our Father is going to give us such beautiful houses. There will be no more trumpet sound in the morning. We can now sleep as long as we want. Now we can have time to fold our blanket and we can keep the Sabbath holy.” So they followed Moses overwhelmed with joy.

Following Moses they journeyed out of Egypt. Then came the Red Sea fronting them, and all of a sudden, here came the Egyptian Army running after them, ready to destroy them all. Then they started complaining, “Moses, what are you doing now? You have brought us out from Egypt, to take us to the land of Canaan, how come you will let the Egyptian armies kill and destroy us?” So, our Father divided the Red Sea and destroyed all the Egyptian Armies. So they praised God saying, “Now we can believe Moses, He is truly sent by God. Now can believe in God. He is the true God.”

But as they continued to follow Moses, they were brought into the wilderness where there was no water. They said, “Hey, Moses, we don’t need the land of Canaan, just give us water, plain water.” Then the little babies began to cry out “water, water Mommy, water.” Oh they got into big trouble. So they said, “Hey Moses, we don’t need the land of Canaan flowing with milk and honey, we just need plain water.” But Moses didn’t care, he just kept on saying, “just follow, and just follow.” So they continued complaining here and there. Everybody was full of murmurs and complain. Then they come to a huge lake, and shouted, “Hey, there is water here. Here is water” They quickly jumped into the water to drink, but the water was extremely bitter. If anybody would drink the water he would die. Nobody could take the water into their mouth and stomach. They soon forgot God’s works, they did not wait for His counsel. Why did they ask Moses? Why shouldn’t they pray to God. They just did as they pleased. They just jumped into the water, drank it and then spewed it out. They started cursing Moses, as they shouted, “You deceiver Moses, you said that you are going to take us to the land of Canaan flowing with milk and honey. But you brought us to this bitter water.” So, Moses turned the bitter water into sweet water. After drinking sweet water they said, “Ah, now we can believe in God. He is the true God.”

As they followed Moses again, the food that they brought out of Egypt was running out. There just remained a little so they started complaining again. “Hey! Moses, our food is running out, what are we going to do? Now, please give us food.” They said, “How can we live by eating only manna everyday?” Then they started eating their cattle and their animals.

As they continued their journey, there came a barren desert. There was nothing ahead of them but a barren desert. There was starvation, fatigue, and exhaustion. Moses, continued leading them to different barren deserts, so they started saying, “Ah! I wish I died in Egypt after eating a lot of meat there.” “Moses, is he a man from God? We are completely deceived by him. Is there a land of Canaan flowing with milk and honey and lots of grapes so sweet? We are all became deceived.”

As Moses kept leading them into deeper and deeper desert the way became narrower and narrower. Because the way was so narrow, they were forced to throw some of their big luggage to pass through it. Since they already followed Moses a very long way, they had no more chance to go back to Egypt. They had no other choice, but to follow Moses against their will. They said, “Alright let’s throw away some of our baggage. We cannot go back to Egypt anymore, we cannot stay here either, and we have to follow Moses against our will.” They followed Moses against their will filled with indignation. After throwing away their luggage, as they followed Moses, there came again to a huge cleft, and so they had no where to go. They could not go anywhere anymore.

This is exactly the way we are going now. Are you happy after meeting our Daddy here? Of course you are so happy, and you burst into laughing, dancing, and even singing joyful songs. Ah, you seem to be able to save the whole world here. But as soon as you go back home, your wife or your husband suddenly becomes like a devil and tries to kill you. Or your lovely wife suddenly joins the pastors in the world in trying to destroy you. The elders, deacons, deaconess who used to care and love you so much, suddenly become your enemies. As you try to persuade them to listen to you, “Please listen. Oh, please listen to me.” But they say, “No we don’t want to listen to you. You are completely deceived by the demon.” Then you must drink the bitter water, bitter trial and test. But as you try to drink it, because you have the love of Daddy in your heart, together with Daddy it becomes sweet water of experience. I hope you do not drink that bitter water by yourself.

Now, your food is running out. In the past, you could preach to people with what you have leaned from theological school. But now after this meeting, you forgot everything even those what you have learned here. While you were still here you seem to be able to preach to all the people all your lifetime. But if you go back home, you forget everything you have learned here for ten days even those which you have learned from theological school. There is nothing in your heart. You have forgotten everything. You run out of food. When you were staying here, you said to one another, “Hey, when we go back home let’s save all our church members.” But as you reached your home, you are left alone. All your friends leave you and go away from you. They become one with the world. Those friends who said, “Let us go back home and save everybody.” They become one with the world and you are left alone by yourself. Now you have nothing to preach to others, you have no more power, you became exhausted and tired, and you even forgot what you have learned in the world. It is so hard. Then our Daddy opened a small seminar on Sabbath day, and you said, “Oh, I have no strength to go to small seminar. I don’t want to go.” But someone persuaded you, “Let’s go; let’s go.” Then you attended the meeting. After the meeting, you said, “Ah, I am so thankful to my Daddy. Only for my sake He opened a small meeting.” You start dancing again.

But if you go back home you are again left alone. Now our Daddy is leading and guiding you into the barren dessert, where there is no resting place, no shade. Our Daddy keeps leading you into deeper and deeper wilderness. You are now fully exhausted: betrayed by a husband, betrayed by a wife, forsaken by church, and left by friends. Ah, this way is too hard. You are too exhausted. “Let everybody be a foot. No, I can’t, I don’t want.” Our Daddy keeps dragging you into deeper, deeper wilderness. He keeps on saying, “forsake everything, and abandon the world. Be a Foot, not only foot but be a dirt, be a water.” But you say, “No, I don’t care. Let everybody be foot, be water, be salt, be whatever. Let everybody be tail or whatever, I don’t care.” But you have already been forsaken by your church members, by your wife, by your husband, by your friends. You have no other choice but to follow this way. So, you have to throw away your luggage, everything you have in the world. As you keep on following our Daddy, you reached a huge cleft. Now you have no where to go anymore. Now, you find yourself to be completely deceived by God. “What? The way to heaven is as easy as riding in the cable car? No, I have been completely deceived by God.”

If you persistently believe in our Daddy’s love, if you only believe our Daddy until the end, then the huge cleft would become a vast plain and the huge ocean will dry up, then there will be a road going to heaven. This is the very way we are supposed to go to heaven. Even if you may have to drink bitter water, even if your spiritual food dries up, even if you are surrounded by a barren dessert, walking by yourself, even if there is a huge cleft, will you believe our Daddy’s love completely? You must believe our Daddy’s love fully. Even if your house is completely burned, even if your children are all taken away, even if nothing remains in your house, I hope you only follow Daddy with thankfulness.

A German reformer called Vendeon, fought against the Roman Catholic Church who devoured the whole world. When he was being chased by the Roman Catholic soldiers, he fled to the mountain with his two children. He made a little shack to live there. One night, as they were sleeping, enemy’s soldiers came and burned the whole house. His two sons were burned to death and he was half burned, about to die soon.

He was only following Jesus and living according to His will, but he lost his wife, his family, his position, and he was persecuted by his church. There remained only two sons, so he fled to the mountain, but one day his shack was burned with his children. Half burned he, was only living against his will. Dying while leaning against the wall, he sang a song like this: “Whether I live or die, let Your will be done.” This is the song he composed. “Oh Lord whether I live or die let Your will be done.”

In whatever situation, like Job, like Vendeon, will you praise God? Then our Father will give back you all your lost possessions, all your children, everything you lost. Then our Daddy will take you to heaven with Him. He will make you the happiest child in the universe, and give you eternal life.

So, we must pass through all the tribulations on this earth. Just because you are scolded once, and your wife says, “you get away” then you now carry a crooked neck. How funny it is. You know swans, they have so beautiful neck. Even if they bend they look so beautiful, but you if you bend your neck, it looks so terrible.

People complained so much about this ten days meeting. Yes, ten days is a very long period. This is a big sacrifice. I understand you. I also experienced poverty. I also experienced running a business and I experienced everything you do. Ten days period is one third of a month. Since I confine people for ten days, keep people for one third of a month here, how can anyone run his business? How can anybody make money for a living? Many people ask me, “Teacher, if we go to the new temple, is our meeting going to be only seven days? No, not at all. If we go to the new temple we will have probably fifteen days meeting there. This ten-day period cannot be shortened, nor lessened.” I received so much curse from the worldly people because of this ten day meeting. I have become the target of all curses of Koreans and people of the world because of this ten day meeting. They say that I am making trouble and destroying families of the world. I am receiving too much curse from them. But even at the risk of my life, I will go on with this ten-day meetings. Why? Because this is the only way you can live.

Our Daddy at first says, “Why don’t you give Me one tenth of your possessions?”

“One tenth? If I earn three thousand dollars a month, how can I give three hundred dollars to God?” But if we obey and barely give it then He says again,

“Hey, my son why don’t you give me one seventh of your week?”

“One seventh? Oh how can I give my one seventh of the week? Even I keep working everyday the whole week, I can hardly support myself. But if you obey and give it to Him, He says again,

“Why don’t you give Me one third of your month?”

“One third? I already gave you one seventh.”

But our Daddy keeps on pleading, “Give Me one third of your time.”

“How could I ever make my living without one third of the month?” But as you came here and obeyed, was it so hard? No! It was not so hard, anyhow we obeyed.

Then He says again, “Why don’t you give me one half?” He keeps on asking us, first 1/10, then 1/7, next 1/3, 1/2, and then, the whole thing. Now, if we give our whole life to Him, what do we become? We become one with Him. So, if we give to our Daddy one third of our month and become one with Him then we will go to heaven.

Without knowing this, how come you keep on asking me to shorten the period? Do you want to be separated from God? If you want, then don’t come anymore. Did I tell you to come here by any means? I even told people that if they want to, then they can go away. They themselves came here, then why are they complaining to me? Don’t care whatever I do. Just do whatever you want. But for me, I am going to stay with my Daddy and give one third of a month, one half of a month, and whole month, and all months, and I am going to be one with God to go to heaven. So if you give yourself wholly to Him, you will go to heaven.

Our Daddy asks us little by little. If He asks us to give the whole thing right away then nobody would be able to do this. That is why He starts asking us 1/10, 1/7, 1/3, 1/2. So, if we give ourselves wholly to Him then we will go to heaven. Seeing all the miracles they say, “Ah now we believe in God. We will follow Him.” If that moment just pass by they start complaining and murmuring again against God. Psalms 78: 40.

Reader: How often they rebelled against Him in the desert; how many times they made Him sad. ”

Speaker: Yes, how often they provoked Him in the wilderness? Yes, thousand of times, scores of times, they tested God. Psalms 78:37,39

Reader: For their heart was not right with Him, neither were they steadfast in His covenant. For He remembered that they were but flesh, a breath that passes away and does not come again. Verses 32-33.

In spite of this they still sinned and did not believe in His wondrous works. Therefore their days, He consumed in futility and their years in fear.

Speaker: Yes. Even though our Father performed so many miracles in front of them in order to win their heart but they still betrayed Him. Unless they see our Father’s miracles unceasingly, continuously, they would not believe in Him. Only as they see miracles, their eyes are opened, but after that moment passed, their eyes close again. Haven’t your life been like that?

They had no strength of heart, no chastity, and they were not faithful to our Daddy’s covenant. They were nothing but all flesh. There was no spirit of God in their heart. They were just nothing but flesh. That is why God let them all be blown like a wind. They were supposed to receive the spirit of God in their heart but they always complained to God. So God let them be alone and let them be blown away like a wind.

God lets them be alone and lets them be blown away like a wind. Yet they say, “Ah, I am living with the blessing of God.” They don’t know that God has already forsaken them. Unless they see our Father’s unceasing miracles they would not believe in God. If we are like these people, our Father would say to us, “You are just a flesh, you have no spirit of my Son in your heart.” Without knowing that our Father already forsook them, they just say, “Ah, I am living so happily because of God’s grace.”

From now on, as you go back home, even if your house is completely burned, or your rice paddies are all swept away, even if all your children are dead, no matter what happens will you praise our Daddy? Then you will be a perfect person. You are the Job of today. So, our Father gave Job twice as much as he had before. Our Father restored double everything he had lost. He lost 1,000 cows, our Father gave him 2,000 cows, he lost 2,000 sheep, our Daddy gave him 4,000. To everything he lost except his children, our Father gave him double. But he will also receive double of his children. Why? Because all of the dead children will be resurrected.

So, those who fully trust in our Daddy and give thanks to Him in whatever situation, they are truly prepared people ready to go to heaven and live with Daddy forever. Anybody who comes to our Daddy and sees His miracles praises and gives thanks to Him. But when we go back home, that’s when the problems start yet this is when we have to overcome and gain victory. Only when people go back home from here they become like that. If that happens to you then you must destroy your home and stay in this mountain. As they go to their room they start nagging their wife or husband. I hope you break down your room and stay here. What about staying here until next meeting? There is no strength in their body, no chastity in their heart. Because they always become like the Israelites our Father forsakes them and leaves them alone. I hope you won’t be like that but trust Him and believe in His love forever. 1Corinthians 10:11.

Reader: Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition on whom the ends of the ages have come.

Speaker: Now, will you make their history as your example? Their history was written in the Bible in order to give us admonition, lessons. So, I hope you will not be like them but keep your chastity to God forever. I hope you will not follow their examples of disobedience. We can also learn from people in these days who are unstable, and they flee away from God. Hebrews 3:12-14.

Reader: Beware brethren, lest there be any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; but exhort one another daily, while it is called today, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end.

Speaker: Amen. [Beware] lovely [brethren, lest there be any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God.] Be careful not to depart from the living God. But advise and [exhort one another] so that you may become partakers of Christ. If you only hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, we will be partakers of Christ. I hope you will do this. Next Hebrews 12:15-29.

Reader: Look diligently lest any one fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled; Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, like Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For you know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched, and that burned with fire, nor to blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore: (For they could not endure what was commanded, and if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with an arrow: And so terrifying was the sight, that Moses said, I am exceedingly afraid and trembling:) But you have come to mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, who are registered in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better things than that of Abel. See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they escape not who refused him who spoke on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him who speaks from heaven: Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.” And this word, yet once more, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire.”

Speaker: Yes. Here it says, [look diligently, lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you.] If any root of rebellion comes out among us, that root of rebellion spreads so rapidly among people. So, He told us to be careful and to be aware not to be affected by it. For by this, many become defiled lest there be any fornicator, or profane person like Esau. Here it mentions about Esau who sold his birthright just for a morsel of porridge. Who is the first born of the universe? Jesus. Birthright means all the blessings and inheritance of heaven. So, the birthright of heaven which was Jesus was to be given to Esau, but did he receive the birthright? No, he sold it to his brother for just a bowl of porridge. We may think that Esau was very diligent and honest but Jacob was a very tricky person who deceived his father. Esau was working in the mountain by himself, but Jacob only helped his mother and didn’t do anything for the birthright. Esau was so honest while Jacob was tricky. Then, why did God give this birthright of heaven to Jacob who was such a tricky person? Why? Because heaven gives the birthright only to those who appreciate the value of heaven, the value of this blessing. He gives it only to those who are seeking to receive it. Have you also received the birthright of heaven like Jacob? Can you now sit on the heavenly throne with Jesus? This is the very birthright of heaven in the universe. People today say, “Ah! Esau sold his birthright just for a bowl of porridge.” But they are worse than Esau, selling their birthright for nothing. Esau regretted saying, “Ah! How come I sold my birthright?” When he tried to get it back, he could not get it back anymore. Why? Because Jacob would not give it back to him anymore. Because Isaac already gave the birthright to Jacob, it could not be given to Esau again.

Many people today are losing the birthright of heaven. As they cried so bitterly they cannot get it back. As Judas, was given the birthright, he rejected it, so it was given to Matthias. It cannot be given to Judas again. If you also reject or sell your birthright of heaven then it will be given to somebody else. Even if you regret, it cannot be given to you anymore for the person who receives it will not give it back. Once our Father gives the birthright to somebody He never takes it back again. Since you received the birthright of heaven, I hope you never lose it. Amen! Hebrews 12:18-21.

(Reader) “For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness or tempest, and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of the words, so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore. For they could not endure what was commanded: And if as much as beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or trust through with an arrow. And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, I am exceedingly afraid and trembling.”

Speaker: Okay, let’s digest first. [For you have not come to the mountain.] Who is this ‘you’ which may be touched and burned with fire? This ‘you’ refers to us. Here it says, [You have not come to the Mount Sinai that may be touched] by fire and blackness and darkness and tempest and sound of trumpets and the voice of words. Mount Sinai was completely covered with darkness and blackness and loud noise of trumpets, and the eardrums of the Israelites were about to be broken into pieces. They shouted to God, “Oh Father, please do not speak to us directly, please speak to Moses so that we may listen to him.” So, here it says, [they begged so that the words may not be spoken to them anymore, for they could not endure what was commanded. As a beast touches the mountain it should be stoned or crushed.] The Israelites were trembling in the sight of God at the feet of Mt. Sinai. He said, “You have not come to the Mount Sinai like that.” Hebrews 12:22-24.

Reader: But you have come to Mt. Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the judge of all, to the spirit of just men made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

Speaker: Yes, you have not come to Mt. Sinai which was surrounded by blackness and darkness and tempest due to God’s presence that if anybody came to that mountain would be consumed. We have not come to that kind of place but you have come to mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven. This is the very general assembly of all the firstborn of heaven. And God, the judge of all has come to this place. And the spirit of judgment made perfect. And Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant. Jesus, the mediator, has come upon this mount Zion and the blood of His sacrifice is here. Do you now know what mountain you have come to? No! Not at all. For after this hour you will forget everything completely. As you go back home again, if your rice paddies are completely swept away, will you complain to God again?  Hebrews 12:25-29.

Reader: See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven. Now, this, yet once more, indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken let us have grace by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence, and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.

Speaker: Yes, when I interpret the Bible you don’t have to say, “Ah, since our Teacher is interpreting the Bible let’s just say, Amen.” You should not say like that. You must listen carefully and use your own judgment. If you think that this is wrong, then you should not accept it.

Have you now accepted the birthright of heaven like Esau? Is there any place in the world except here where the birthright of heaven is being given bestowed upon God’s children? Since you already received the birthright of heaven, I hope you will grasp it and firmly hold on it to the end. Amen! Do you now know that this is the only place where the birthright of heaven is bestowed upon us?

Our Daddy said, “You have not come to Mount Sinai which was covered with God’s presence, which was so terrifying and darkening to them but you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. When they came to Mount Sinai, they all trembled even Moses trembled before God. You have not come to that kind of place but you have come to Mount Zion in the East, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem.

We have learned that Jerusalem does not merely mean a temple or building. The heavenly Jerusalem is the very place where the heavenly Father’s real children are living. You now have come to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, who are registered in heaven. And to God, the judge of all, and to the Holy Spirit, and you have come to Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant. Jesus, the mediator has truly appeared. Now you have come to the true Jesus, to the blood of His sacrifice.

So, although we do not see the blackness and darkness and tempest and trumpets sound which shook Mt. Sinai, you came to such a place like this. Those who disobeyed Moses were all destroyed then how can you expect the Spirit if you reject and despise Him? When God came to Moses, His presence shook the area of Mt. Sinai.  But here it says, “Yet once again, I will shake not only earth but also the whole heaven.” Are you sure that this is the very message that will shake not only this earth but the entire universe? Have you heard any message as this in history? Because of this message of God’s love, the entire universe will become stable, which will never be corrupted nor be destroyed anymore. There will be no battle anymore.

That’s why He said, “Yet once more I shake not only this earth but also the heaven.” Yet once more means the removal of those things that are being shaken. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken let us have His grace, let us believe in His love from now on. Let us keep His promise and grant Him our love, and serve Him with reverence and godliness, for God is a consuming fire. God is the same today, yesterday and forever. He is a consuming fire today also.

Those people who forsake this birthright, and say that God’s people and the Son of God are fanatics, even if they call the name of Jesus, or name of God in their churches for thousand of years, they can never live a life of sanctification and regeneration. Why? Because God already consumed them. Anybody who rejects this message from heaven, rejects the son of God, and say that this is a heresy can never be sanctified. Those people who go to church and say “Please regenerate us, please sanctify us.” Even if they go to church for thousand of years, they can never produce from their soul the leaves of regeneration and fruits of sanctification even until they die.

Our Father gives us the Man of Truth, Oil of the Holy Spirit, give us His only Son as a fertilizer for the tree of our soul. So only when we come to our Daddy He gives us the water of the Holy Spirit and sanctify us with the life of Jesus. Then that is the only way that we can produce fruits of regeneration and sanctification.

So, I hope you fully grasp the birthright you already received. As you go back home, even everything is washed away, will you praise our Daddy? I hope you will only praise and thank our Daddy. I hope you do keep this birthright with you forever.

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