BE A GOD

You may wonder why this chapter is [Be a God] when chapter 4, [God is our Real Father] clearly states the fact that we are Gods. Please let me mention one thing before continuing. When we see our grown up child acting foolishly, we, as parents, scold and caution our immature son (daughter), "Please behave like a proper young man (woman)." In the same way, this chapter, [Be a God], is telling us to act as dignified Gods, and it will be a greater blessing if we begin with this understanding. 

The offspring of a cow must be a cow, the offspring of a human being must be a human being, and the offspring of God must be a God. Therefore, the children of God who will live with Him eternally in the new world must also be Gods. You cannot be a child of God, live with Him, or enter His country, the immortal new world, unless you become a God. The ultimate objective of the truths found in the Holy Bible is to restore corrupt humans to their original state as God's real children, that is, to restore them to their original divinity as God's sons and daughters. There is one great truth in the universe, and its ultimate objective is to perfect human beings into Gods.

Our heavenly Father personally says to each one of us, [You are my son (daughter), today I have begotten you.]  (Psa. 2:7) Cows only breed cows, dogs only breed dogs, humans beings only give birth to human beings, and God only gives birth to Gods. Since He said, [I have begotten you,] we are undoubtedly Gods.

Look at our features (ears, eyes, nose, and mouth). Our face is different from the faces of all the countless animals. We are the only ones who resemble God. In the beginning, our Daddy said, [Let us make (give birth to) man (children) in Our image, according to Our likeness.] (Gen. 1:26) He came to us again and reconfirmed our identity, saying, [You are (Gods), and all of you are sons of the Most High (Emperor of the universe).] (Psa. 82:6)

Those who insist otherwise, who say, "My ancestor is a monkey. I am the offspring of a mouse," will surely die on this earth, as a monkey will. The "son Gods" and "daughter Gods" who dance joyfully, saying, "Now, I have finally found my Real Father," will be taken up to the throne of their real Father, the King of the universe, as heavenly "prince Gods" and "princess Gods." Let me congratulate the crowned princes and crowned princesses who were separated from their Real Daddy on their dramatic reunion with Him.

The Young "Jesus God" of Nazareth

Jesus was a human being who was born from the body of a woman. His flesh and bones were just like ours. Though we do not know whether His blood type was O, A, or AB, His blood was just like ours. He was an ordinary human being with flesh and blood, born from the body of a woman.

He ate in order to be strengthened, worked during the day, rested when He was tired, slept when He felt drowsy, felt hungry when He starves, felt pain when he was beaten, agonized when He was afflicted, shed tears when He was sad, collapsed when He was exhausted, and died when He was killed. Jesus was an ordinary man who had a body like ours. However, at a certain point in time, that ordinary Jesus was restored as God and acted like God from then on. He departed this earth after living the life of the almighty God who healed the sick, raised the dead, walked on water, and calmed the raging wind at sea.

How was this young man, Jesus, restored as God? Let us see how He was restored, in detail.

[In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.] [And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten (Jesus) of the Father, full of grace and truth.] (John 1:1, 14)

The "Word God," the Spirit who created the heavens and the earth with God in the beginning, was present (became one with) the body of that young man, Jesus of Nazareth. From that hour, He was restored as the Incarnation of God.

In other words, "The 'Word God' that was in the beginning abided in the body of Jesus. [The Word became flesh] in that young man, Jesus; He [dwelt among us], and [we beheld His glory as of the only begotten Son of the Father], Jesus God, [full of grace and truth.] From that hour, the young man, Jesus, became the Son of God who powerfully spoke words full of truth."

Jesus' body was the just like ours. However, when the Word that created the heavens and the earth in the beginning abided in His flesh, divinity united with humanity, and He became the Incarnation of God. The formula is very simple. If the Word God that was in the beginning dwells in our body, we become a third God after the young man Jesus. The next person becomes the fourth God...the tenth, the hundredth, and the thousandth God. We can all become Gods by following Jesus' example and having the "Word God of truth" that existed in the beginning abides in our body. Jesus also speaks about this formula--"[Those to whom the word of God came], like Me, are [called (Gods).]" (John 10:35, NRSV)

Some may still say, "But Jesus was born of the Holy Spirit, (Mat. 1:20) without (the sperm of) a man."

However, Jesus said that we would also be born of the Spirit in the same manner, and that, only those who are born again of the Spirit as He was and become a God as He did can enter God's country, the new world. [Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit] as I was, [cannot enter the kingdom of God.] (John 3:5) Unless a man of flesh [is born again] of the Spirit, [he cannot see the kingdom of God.] (John 3:3) The only difference between Jesus and us is that of time; Jesus was born of the Spirit before we were.

People say that Jesus was born in an odd way, without a man, in other words, without the sperm of a man. However, many others besides Jesus were also born without a man.

Was Eve born by a man's seed? Though Jesus was born from the womb of a woman, Mary, Eve was born from Adam's rib as the most beautiful woman on earth. Does that not make her greater than Jesus? Not only that, there is someone even greater than Eve. Adam was born from dirt; he did not need a man's seed, the womb of a woman, or even a rib.

Life is not only man's seed. Life is born from the harmony between a rib or dirt, and God's [Spirit of life.] (Rom. 8:2) This is the law of life. [The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.] (John 6:63) When the Spirit of God's Word comes to sperm, a rib, dirt, or anything else, there is life. We are born solely by God's Word. Life is born in a mysterious and inexpressible way through the working of the [Spirit of life] (Rom. 8:2), the Spirit of God, the source of all life.

Many people consider Jesus completely different from us, as if He is some strange alien from outer space. At the same time consider, they consider Adam and Eve to be human just like us. In reality, Adam and Eve are much greater than Jesus is. Jesus was born from a woman's body, Mary's womb, just as we were. Jesus was a human being who had a body just like us. Let me introduce someone greater than Jesus.

Jesus was born of a young, healthy virgin. However, someone was born from an elderly mother who had been menopausal for quite a long time and was so old that she was [as good as dead (a corpse).] (Heb. 11:12) He was Isaac, a great man who was born from the body of a ninety year-old elderly mother.

[God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her." Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?" And Abraham said to God, "Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!"] (Gen. 17:15-18)

[He faced the fact that his body was as good as dead--since he was about a hundred years old--and that Sarah's womb was also dead] (Rom. 4:19, NIV) and [fell on his face and laughed.]

Abraham was almost one-hundred-years-old and his body was as good as dead. He was so old that he looked like a corpse when he closed his eyes. It had been a long time since the body of this frail, elderly man had stopped producing sperm, and his ninety-year-old wife Sarah had begun menopause long ago. Picture a toothless Sarah with her back bent like a bow; her uterus was barren a long time ago. Now, imagine the elderly couple sitting close to the fireplace, warming their cold hands and feet. One day, God paid them a visit.

"Abraham?"

"Yes?"

"Congratulations! At about this time next year, Sarah will have an adorable baby boy."

When God said that, did Abraham reply, "Thank you, God"? He was dumbstruck, [fell on his face and laughed.] "Ha, ha! God, please look at us. How can we give birth to an adorable baby boy? I am almost a hundred-years-old, my body is as frail as a dried stick, and my body stopped producing sperm a long time ago. Sarah is already menopausal and her uterus dried up completely a long time ago. How do You expect us to have a son at about this time next year? Ishmael was born through a female slave of mine. Please let him be the son who carries my lineage." However, God said, "No, your wife Sarah will have an adorable baby boy about this time next year."

God's Word is spirit and life. As soon as the Word of life fell from His lips, there was life, and Sarah delivered a strong, healthy baby boy they named Isaac, the following year. How can we not say that the birth of Isaac was a greater event than the birth of Jesus by young Mary?

People also say, "Jesus was full of the Holy Spirit from His mother's womb." However, someone other than Jesus was full of the Holy Spirit from his mother's womb. John the Baptist was born of the wife of elderly Zacharias the High Priest. Like Isaac, he was born from the body of an elderly woman who was menopausal. Like Jesus, John was the son of God who was [filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.] (Luke 1:15) However, they were born with different missions. John was a son of God who was full of the Holy Spirit from conception. Having been inside his mother's womb for six months, John recognized and welcomed Jesus' mother, Mary, when she walked in and welcomed her by dancing, [(leaping) in her womb.] (Luke 1:41)

We can see that other predecessors in the Bible were born in greater ways than Jesus was. They were all sons of God who were born without a man's seed. However, people consider the bodies of those who were greater than Jesus was--Adam, Eve, Isaac, and John the Baptist--to be the same as ours, while they regard Jesus' body to be completely different, as if it were the body of an alien. This is the work of the devil Satan, the god of this world, trying to prevent us from following Jesus, the Way, alienate us from Him, make us fall, and destroy us eternally. As His real younger sibling, we must follow our eldest Brother Jesus, our Way, very closely and arrive safely at our Daddy's home. Let us make sure that estranger, Satan the devil, never gets between us again.

Because people would not accept Jesus as an identical person, an identical friend, or an identical brother, He was very lonely on this earth. He lamented, "[Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.]" (Mat. 8:20) Strangely enough, instead of mentioning His own name when speaking of Himself, He would always say "the Son of Man." He said, "The Son of Man...lay His head," "the Son of Man came to," "eat the flesh of the Son of Man," and "the day of the Son of Man...." The expression, "son of man," refers to a son born of a man. Who was not a son of a man in our generation or in the past? He was not the only son of a man. Then why did He only use the expression "Son of Man," instead of using His name, "Jesus," and say, "I, Jesus...lay My head," "Jesus came to," "eat the flesh of Jesus," or "the day of Jesus"?

The people in our age and that age thought strangely of Jesus. Although He was also human, they excluded and alienated Him. He was so sorrowful and lonely that He sincerely said, "Please, do not look at Me strangely or leave Me out. I am the Son of Man. I was born of a woman, a son of a man, just like you. I am a Son of Man and so are you; I am a Son of God and so are you; I am a human being and so are you; I am a God and so are you. I am a human being who has a body just as you do, and we are all one family. On the contrary, I was born inferior to Adam, Eve, John the Baptist, and Isaac. I have the same body as you do; we are all one family. Therefore, just as I became a restored God by receiving the Word God, you will also become a restored God like Me if you accept the Word God in your heart."

That is why God repeatedly says, "I [called them (Gods), to whom (anyone) the word of God came.] (John 10:35)

The Formula for a Human Being to Become a God

<The Word in the beginning + Jesus' body = a divine being = Son of Man God> ... The mission of the Savior

<The Word in the beginning + John the Baptist's body = a divine being = Son of Man God> ... The mission of Elijah

<The Word in the beginning + my body = a divine being = Son of Man God> ... The mission of an heir to the new world

If [the word] [in the beginning] (John 1:1) had not abided in the body of the young man, Jesus, He could not have become the Savior of the world. He would have just lived and died as a common, rural carpenter. He became the great Savior of the world because the "Word God' that created the heavens and the earth abided in His body, and He became the Son of God Whom [the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,] [full of grace and truth.] (John 1:14)

"Moses God" the Shepherd

In order to live according to heaven's will, Moses threw away the throne of Egypt as worthless, went into the wilderness of Median, and became a shepherd, a servant at someone else's ranch. He later found favor with the owner of the ranch who adopted him into the family as a son-in-law. He became a God one morning without his wife even knowing it.

One day, God said to Moses, "[See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.] (Exo. 7:1) You will act with God's authority." From then on, every command from the mouth of "Moses God" was readily fulfilled.

When "Moses God" commanded, "Swarms of flies, appear!" thick swarms of flies were created immediately, and they covered the entire country. When "Moses God" said, "Frogs, appear!" scores of frogs were created, and they covered the entire land. The river turned into blood at the command of "Moses God," and the sea parted as soon as he walked into it.

Even if Moses had stood up all day long shouting, "Flies, appear!" and made all kinds of gestures with his hands and feet, would even a common housefly have obeyed his command and appeared if he had not become a God and was just a human being? According to God's word, Moses undoubtedly became a real son of God by using the same formula Jesus of Nazareth used to become God. Everyone will be [called...(Gods), to whom the word of God came.] (John 10:35)

"Joshua God" the Son of Nun

[Joshua...said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand still over Gibeon; and Moon in the valley of Aijalon." So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped.] (Jos. 10:12, 13)

The enormous sun, which is 1.3 million times larger than the earth and 18 times faster than the speed of a bullet, stood helplessly still in obedience to the single command of Joshua, an ephemeral human. What need is there for further explanation? Joshua became a God by using the same method and formula Moses and Jesus used. He became one with the Word that was in the beginning; [the Word became flesh,] and he became "Joshua God."

Even if Joshua had screamed at the sun until he coughed up blood and died, would a passing meteorite, let alone the sun, have stopped and stood still if he had not become a God?

[I said, "You are (Gods), and all of you are children (Gods) of the Most High.] (Psa. 82:6)

"Ezekiel God" the Priest

[The word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Chebar.] (Eze. 1:3)

The moment the word of the Lord came to the priest Ezekiel, in the same manner it came to Jesus, he was no longer a human being but "Ezekiel God." God led this son, "Ezekiel God," to a valley scattered with dry bones of men who had died long ago and commanded him to resurrect them.

That day, "Ezekiel God" called out to the bones. [So I prophesied as I was commanded; and...there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones (obeyed and) came together, bone to bone.... The sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over.... He said to me..."Come from the four winds, O breath (life), and breathe on these slain, that they may live."...And they lived, and stood upon their feet.] (Eze. 37:7-10)

Like Jesus, [the Word became flesh] (John 1:14) and Ezekiel became a son of God. Just as Jesus resurrected Lazarus and the son of a widow in Nain, Ezekiel also resurrected the bones of soldiers who had died long ago.

"Elijah God" the Farmer

Elijah was merely a farmer in the countryside who did not know what a school or theological seminary was. One day, he became a "farmer God" by receiving the Word God that was in the beginning. He then went to the dissolute King Ahab who had been instigated by false religions and scolded him, "[There shall not be dew nor rain] in the country [these years, except at my word.]" (1 Ki. 17:1)

Afterwards, the words of Elijah God were dreadfully fulfilled and not a single drop of rain or dew fell. When the whole country became severely parched, the king and all the false religious groups arose to pray day and night. However, for three and a half years, the whole country was completely ruined, and the offering baskets of the swindlers in the false religions became completely empty. As a result, the brute king and those who were ruining the world with false religions, so-called priests and servants of the Lord, were completely annihilated at the River Gishon by the judgment of the real son of God, "Elijah God." A welcome rain, heaven's great blessing, fell upon the innocent people and the entire country once again. History will soon repeat itself on this earth.

"Elisha God" the Farmer

Elisha was the son of a rich farmer who farmed with twelve oxen and tried to live faithfully according to the will of Heaven. He became Elijah's disciple and devotedly served his teacher. After Elijah ascended to heaven, Elisha also followed the exemplary life of his teacher; he was restored as a God when [the word became flesh] in him. While traveling on a road, a group of scoundrels swarmed around the elderly, bald "Elisha God" and mocked him, saying, "Hey, baldhead! Try to go up to heaven! We heard that you go around saying that your teacher went up to heaven. Let's see you go up right in front of us. Go up." (2 Ki. 2:23) Unable to bear it any longer, "Elisha God" [turned around and looked at them, and pronounced a curse on them.] Immediately, [two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two] (2 Ki. 2:24) of those ruffians who had dared to blaspheme their God.

Likewise, those who do not recognize the Gods who will go to heaven and dare to ridicule and insult them in these last days will surely be visited with Heaven's punishment. However, our heavenly Father will greatly reward and bless those who serve well the saints who have become Gods.

Afterwards, "Elisha God" lived for fifty years performing many benevolent miracles like the other Gods before him. He made an iron ax float on top of water, filled all the jugs in the room with oil from one little bottle, and resurrected the son of a family that loved Him. No one ridiculed him, and he was treated honorably as a son of God and passed away after living a holy life on this earth fulfilling the will and providence of our heavenly Father and doing what was pleasing to Him.

"Peter God" the Fisherman

Due to a lack of space, I will omit the other Gods in the Old Testament. From here on, let me introduce a few Gods from the New Testament.

Peter was a quick-tempered, volatile fisherman. After following the example of his Teacher, he became a God in whom [the Word became flesh,] whose mouth was [full of grace and truth,] who taught the world, healed many sick people, drove out demons, and resurrected the dead. This "fisherman God" performed many benevolent miracles just like his Teacher.

"Paul God" the Persecutor

Paul was an agent of the corrupt, orthodox sect of Judaism who pursued the people who had gathered with Jesus in the upper room to brutally kill those so-called heretics. On a certain road, He repented before the powerful light of the resurrected "Jesus God" for being completely deceived by the false religion into trying to kill the true children of God. After converting to the church of the upper room, he became the noble "Paul God" who was much more faithful than the other disciples. In fact, "Paul God" was outstanding among Jesus' disciples for his striking loyalty. Writing fourteen books of the Holy Bible was one of his greatest achievements. His merits will shine for eternity. He boldly proclaimed, "[Imitate me] and be a God, [just as I also (imitated) Christ] (1 Cor. 11:1) and became a God." Although there are other Gods in the New Testament, I will only mention their names due to a lack of space.

"John God" the Fisherman

"Matthew God" the Tax Collector

"Mark God" the Affluent

"Philip God"

Other Undisclosed "Gods" of the Upper Room

All the above people followed the example of their Teacher, received the [Word (God)...in the beginning,] and became Gods in whom [the Word became flesh.] For thousands of years, everyone in the Old and New Testaments and throughout the ages became holy "son Gods" and "daughter Gods" who obtained the right to enter the new world.

You Also Be a God

If everyone else can easily enter the new world, why can we not? There is a saying in Korea, "Since everyone else is going to the market (marketplace), I will too (follow suit)." If for thousands of years, so many people in the Old and New Testaments went to heaven after being restored as Gods, why can we not? Since everyone else is becoming a God and going to the new world, we should follow them, too. We can very easily and sufficiently become Gods and enter the joyful, immortal, new world, for the Owner of the new world, our heavenly Father and Real Daddy who begot us, raised us, met us, and meticulously taught us, is calling us right now.

Our Daddy's promise is, [He called them (Gods) to whom (whomever) the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken).] (John 10:35) Our Daddy, the Owner of the new world, [said, "You are (all Gods), and all of you are children of the Most High (Me).] (Psa. 82:6) [I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them (you) out of My hand.] (John 10:28)

From now on, let us joyfully become noble Gods and go to the new world where our Real Daddy, my Daddy, awaits. Let us take our genealogy (chapter 4), practice a diet worthy of a God (chapter 3), live a beautiful life becoming to God (be a foot, water, dirt, and salt), and mature into more perfect holy Gods as we study the Nature Bible (chapter 5), the Textbook of truth personally written by our Daddy, every day. Thank you very much for following suit to the end. Well then, let us joyfully meet in the new world. May you do your best as noble Gods. I love you.

<Prayer>

My Real Daddy who has begotten me!

You pitied me, an orphan who was roaming around all alone in the world, and found me. Now, I have returned to You. I have come to live with You, Daddy, in Your country.

I am eternally grateful to You for redeeming this son (daughter) who sadly wandered alone and endured hardships until now. I will never be an orphan again, so please embrace me in Your arms and never let go of me until I enter Your country, the new world. For the longest time, I wandered here and there in bitter tears, deceived by the world, by religion, by other people, and by demons.

Real Daddy, I will never leave Your bosom again. Please hold my hand tightly and guide me until the very day I reach the new world, the land of immortality. As I wholeheartedly offer this prayer of thanksgiving to You on this day, From now on, I earnestly desire to be a noble, mature God who consecrates my loyalty in the truest sense, my filial piety in the truest sense, and renders glory to You in the truest sense. Please give me the wisdom, power, and strength of Heaven to be Your most filial son (daughter). I offer eternal gratitude and praise to You for answering my prayer overwhelmingly.
The Love of Gods

Only Gods can possess,

Only Gods can practice,

Only Gods can enjoy,

The love of Gods.

Gods

Exist and live only for

The happiness for others,

The delight of others,

The joy of others,

And the blessing of others.

The love of Gods is

A holy love,

A selfless love,

And a noble love

Devoted only for

The happiness of others,

The delight of others,

And the joy of others.

Within this love,

There is no covetousness,

Selfishness,

Or avarice.

It is a holy love devoted

Just for the happiness of others.

Within this love,

There is no stinginess or regret.

There is only the joy of devoting everything

Just for the happiness of others.

Only those who have become Gods

Know this love of Gods.

Only those who have become Gods

Can practice this holy love.

If these Gods left for heaven,

Traces of this divine love would also disappear.

However, the Gods who ascend to heaven

Will continue to practice this love with God and the angels,

Together for eternity.

It is this love of Gods

That pleases God so much,

That delights Him so much,

And that He loves so much

And blesses so much.

This love is

The eternal life of God and man,

That is, immortal life.

Though this world, carnal pleasures, and all things pass away,

Only this holy love of Gods

Will grow even deeper and remain forever.