Mother's Love [wmscog]

World Mission society Church of God only follows the teachings of the Bible and believes in Christ Ahnsahnghong and God the Mother. 
Only God the Mother can leads us to the kingdom of heaven. 

Mother’s Love 

Ps 90:10 『The length of our days is seventy years―or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.』

Then, how should we live such a short life? We should live right before God. Though we are hindered and troubled by our enemy the devil, though the truth is maligned, we should follow the truth.
We must keep the faith to the end, as did our forefathers of faith and the apostles such as Paul, Peter and John. Like them, we too shall live happily forever, together with God and thousands upon thousands of angels in the glorious kingdom.
In the days of the Early Church, when the apostles were filled with the Holy Spirit and wrote the Bible, they put the word ‘the man' before ‘Jesus' and said, "Every spirit that does not acknowledge that Christ has come in the flesh is the spirit of the antichrist." This shows how much people mocked and hindered them, saying that Jesus is merely a man. Considering how the apostles were in those days, let's trust in the name of God the Holy Spirit―the Savior of this age―and proclaim the name to the whole world, as the heavenly children who will enter the everlasting kingdom.
If we do not realize God's love, we cannot be joyful always or give thanks in all circumstances, nor can we give glory to God. About 2,000 years ago, when the apostles understood the love of Christ Jesus who was sacrificed even to death on the cross, the good news about Him was rapidly spreading to many people of the world. In these last days, too, when we understand our heavenly Mother's love and our heavenly Father's will, we will lead all our lost family to Zion.


Mother's endless love and sacrifice 

Long ago, there was a mother who had a young son suffering from a serious disease. She devoted herself to nursing her son for several days.
One day, a traveler dropped into her house and asked for a glass of water from her. She entered the kitchen to bring some water and food to the traveler. When she came back, she found that the traveler was gone with her loving son.
In deep grief, she began to seek every place for her son, calling his name like mad. The night grew late. The mother was getting anxious about her lost son. With an ardent wish to search for her lost son, she walked on and on. While wandering, suddenly her foot slipped, and she fell into a big lake. Then the god of the lake appeared and said to the mother.

"If you give me your crystal-clear eyes, I'll let you cross the lake."
Only with an earnest desire to seek her missing son, she plucked out her two eyes right away and gave them to the god of the lake, so that she could cross the lake.

Losing her sight, she went where her feet led her. She walked on and on, and unfortunately she stepped over the cliff into a deep valley. There was a riot of thorn bushes. Her whole body was torn on the thorns and covered with blood. She struggled to get out of there, but she couldn't. Then the god of the bramble appeared.

"I am frozen up in this severely cold weather. I've heard that a mother's heart is warm. If you hug me and thaw out my frozen body with your warm heart, I'll let you go out of this thorn bush."

Then the mother thought that she had to get out of there by any means, so that she might seek her son. She granted the bramble god's request. Despite freezing north wind and a fierce snowstorm, the mother embraced the bramble with her warm heart. Her body was pricked by thorns and dripped with blood. The mother, however, clasped the bramble to her breast for a long time; because unless she thawed it out, she couldn't get out of there to seek her son.
After quite a while, the frozen bramble was gradually thawing, and despite wintry weather it began to put forth buds. Then the bramble came loose of itself to clear the way for the mother.
With her body torn and wounded all over, she barely escaped from the thorn bush and began to hurry her way. Not caring that she became blind in two eyes and her body got torn, she was going her way step by step, calling her son's name.
After a while, she reached a tomb. Then the goddess of the tomb called to her to stop. She was so old and ugly-looking, whom people would be disgusted with.

"You can't go on without my permission. I'll let you go if you give me your youth and beauty."

Thinking that her youth and beauty were useless without her son, the mother gave her youth to the goddess and put on her ugly appearance.
She lost strength in her legs, and her body was bent. Thus, after sacrificing herself―after losing everything, the mother could meet her beloved son again whom she had been searching for.

This old story describes a mother's love and sacrifice very well. Mother's love is  nconditional. So it is said that all men are born with love toward their mothers. 

Mother's love fills all things God created 

Such is a mother's love. Just by calling the word, ‘mother,' we feel a lump in our throat; tears well up in our eyes. All men come to learn and understand love from their mothers. That's why they cannot help but love their mothers.
Our spiritual Father and Mother are always with us and love us untiringly. However, what if we do not realize such great love our Father and Mother show us? We will be able to neither preach the love to others nor follow the way of sacrifice to the end.
The new covenant focuses on God's love. Without cost, our heavenly Mother gives us Her great love of sacrifice. If we understand such unconditional love of our heavenly Mother, we can be said to reach the way of the new covenant.

Through physical parents' love for their children, God makes known to us the love of the heavenly Father and Mother.

Ro 1:18-20 『 . . . For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities―his eternal power and divine nature―have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made . . .』

Rev 4:10-11 『 . . . for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.』

When God created all things, He made them by His will. Then, why is a mother full of love? Why does a mother devote herself to her children and sacrifice herself for them in everything? What is God's will in creating mother? 
It is the mother who willingly gives her eyes and youth to seek her lost children. With such self-sacrificing love for us, our heavenly Mother came into this dark world full of sin. Through the devotional love of our earthly mothers, we can see how much our spiritual Mother loves us. 
What if anyone says to you, "Will you exchange your youth with oldness for your mother?" or "Will you pluck your eyes for your mother?" Then, can you answer, "I will do that"? Even if you answer ‘yes,' none of you will be able to do that when such a thing really happens before your very eyes.
We know well what Peter and the other disciples did in such a situation. They declared, "Even if we have to die with you, we will never disown you." However, what did they do in the face of death? They denied Jesus and abandoned Him, didn't they?

Mk 14:27-50 『"You will all fall away," Jesus told them, … Peter declared, "Even if all fall away, I will not." . . . But Peter insisted emphatically, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you." And all the others said the same . . . Then everyone deserted him and fled.』

That's the way the children do, no matter how devoted they may be to their parents. Parents, however, have a devotional love so much as to do everything for their children.
Giving up the glorious throne of heaven, our Mother came to seek Her lost children, taking the form of a sinner. We should deeply understand such great love and sacrifice of our spiritual Mother. Unless we understand our Mother's love and sacrifice, jealousy and strife may arise among us. However, when we understand and feel our Mother's love even in a very little thing, we will have great faith.
As our Mother is with us, we can grow up in Her love and be safe from danger or accident. We should not forget that.

Mother has come to save Her children living meaninglessly 

A few days ago, I heard of someone's death from a man who had been at his funeral. He was a patient in the terminal stage of cancer and passed away at the young age of 40. His body was cremated. I heard the attendants who'd been at his funeral say that there remained just a handful of ashes; they said they felt all was nothing, thinking how hard he labored for food, clothes, wealth and honor in this earth.
They said that they realized all the things of the flesh are really meaningless, and that they gave a lot of thanks for their knowing and believing God. Whether a man lives to be thirty or sixty, he is to pass away, leaving only a handful of ashes. They said they deeply thanked God, thinking that most people work hard for such perishable things of the flesh.
It is just a handful of ashes that people leave in this earth after they labor hard and pass away. To awake His children and let them not follow such foolish way, through the words of the Bible God emphasized that everything in this world is meaningless (Ecc 1:1-10). We've received such precious teaching directly from God. Then, is it proper for us to spend our lives striving for the meaningless things of this life which will perish into ashes?
Seeing Isaiah 53, let's think deeply and realize the highest and absolutely pure love of our Father and Mother who came into this earth in the likeness of men.

Isa 53:1-9 『Who has believed our message . . . He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him . . . But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all . . .』

Our Father and Mother came into this earth in the appearance that people should not desire Them; They gave Their youth and beauty for Their lost children. The appearance of our Mother, who is now with us, is just like that of a mother who gave all her beauty and youth to the goddess of the tomb.
Since our Mother has suffered such great pains, we are now here. However, we don't realize that. By what sacrifice and love has the Church of God grown up as it is today? By our Mother's sacrifice and love, we are now living in real and precious hope with joy, while most people in this world live without hope.

The meaning of being purified by the heifer sacrifice

Though times have changed and morality has lost its hold on the people, a mother's love is unchangeable. Nothing can destroy the mother's unconditional love for her children or take that love away. Through the physical mother's love, we shall understand our spiritual Mother's love.
It is important to know all God's commands; and what is more important is to realize God's great love and put them into practice. If anyone knows God's commands, but does not understand His love, he is only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal (1 Co 13:1-13). Of course, God's commands are really precious and important. Through the commands, the Bible ultimately intends to teach us Mother's love.
All the sacrifices in the Old Testament represent our Father who was sacrificed as an offering for sin about 2,000 years ago―and also our Mother who is sacrificing Herself to seek and save the children with devotional love for them in this age. 
God has given His children the regulations of Third Day worship and the seventh-day Sabbath worship from Old Testament times. Through such regulations, Mother has purified our souls by sacrificing Herself, so that we may not be cut off from the community of God.

Nu 19:1-21 『". . . bring you a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke. Give it to Eleazar the priest; it is to be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence. Then Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting. While he watches, the heifer is to be burned . . . A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and put them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They shall be kept by the Israelite community for use in the water of cleansing; it is for purification from sin . . . Whoever touches the dead body of anyone will be unclean for seven days. He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean. Whoever touches the dead body of anyone and fails to purify himself defiles the LORD's tabernacle. That person must be cut off from Israel. Because the water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on him, he is unclean; his uncleanness remains on him . . . But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he must be cut off from the community, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on him, and he is unclean. This is a lasting ordinance for them. The man who sprinkles the water of cleansing must also wash his clothes . . ."』

In Old Testament times, the Israelites distinguished the male from the female when they sacrificed some animals as guilt or sin or burnt offerings: As for the Passover lambs, the males were used; and for the fulfillment of this prophecy, Jesus, who was male, was sacrificed.
The book of Numbers writes about a heifer with special emphasis. The heifer was to be burned―its hide, flesh, blood and offal―and its ashes were used in preparing the water for cleansing all Israelites' impurities.
Every sacrifice in the Old Testament symbolizes God's sacrifice. Then, whom does the heifer represent? By whose and what sacrifice are we now cleansed on the third and seventh days?
The heifer was a sacrifice representing our Mother who's come into this earth as the Bride of the Spirit. The Israelites were cleansed through the sacrifice of a heifer. This shows that God's children are purified through the sacrifice of Mother on the third and seventh days.
Our Mother burns Herself, being sacrificed as a sin offering; through the ashes of Mother, represented as the heifer, we are cleaned from all our impurities, from all our transgressions and sins―on the third day and seventh-day Sabbath. How can we imagine and describe in words our Mother's pain, sacrifice and love?

Let's fathom Mother's heart 

God is the King of kings and Lord of lords; He is worthy to receive glory and praise from men and all spiritual beings in the whole universe. Leaving such great glory behind, God came to seek the lost children. We must not forget God's sacrifice and love.
We, children, still give pain to Mother, and our Mother endures the pain. Now is the time for us to see our Mother's sacrifice and love with our eyes open. Through the fact that our Mother is continually getting sacrificed on the Third and Sabbath days, we must know how many sins we have committed.
Some may simply think that they are forgiven because they believe God. However, we must know there is God's great sacrifice and love beyond description in the forgiveness of our sins. By God's wounds we are healed; the punishment that has brought us peace is upon God. Through such a sacrifice by God, we are forgiven. We should realize the love of our Father and Mother and give thanks to Them through the Third Day and Sabbath worships.
Without putting on Mother's love, none of us can enter the kingdom of heaven; we are expelled from heaven, and we can never enter by ourselves. By the sacrifice of Mother, we are purified. Mother is pierced for our transgressions. By Her wounds we are healed and at peace. We can do nothing without our Mother's love, can we? We must not forget the love but take it to heart, being joyful and thankful always.
In Revelation 7 and 22, it is written that blessed are those who wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. We are cleansed from our impurities and sins with the lye water made by God's love and sacrifice, so that we may be born again to be holy ones with the right to the tree of life. Remembering that, we should truly give thanks and praise to God. 
Is there anything for which we are not thankful to God? Is there anything we can't do for brothers and sisters? God has lavished everything on us. That is why we should give praise to God and keep the Third Day and Sabbath worships holy. Our Mother unconditionally gives us love without expecting to get anything back. How shall we please our Mother? Shall we grumble





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God will save us [wmscog]

World Mission Society Church of God believes in God the Mother and preach her to the world because the Bible testifies about God the  Mother. Anyone who really wants to be saved has believes in God the Mother the Bible testifies the mystery of God. the all saint of World Mission Society Church of God are elohists that preach God the Father and Mother to the whole world.



God Will Save Us

Now we live in a prophetic age when God's care and protection are needed much more than ever before.

In regard to Influenza A/H1N1, the South Korean Government raised its flu alert status to the highest "red" level in early November, and is struggling to develop countermeasures against the flu. A few months ago, the WHO and many countries in the world already declared the H1N1 flu to be a global "pandemic," raising its alert level to 6, the highest phase. The US even declared a national emergency for the flu pandemic.

At a time when disasters are rampant, God's people need God's saving hand more than anything else. So, now let's take some time to review the teachings about God's salvation through the Bible.


No disaster will come near those whose help is God

God is our Shepherd and our Savior. He is the only One we can trust.

Ps 91:1-11 『He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence. . . . A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. If you make the Most High your dwelling-even the LORD, who is my refuge-then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.』

These are the words of comfort that God has given to those who live in His promise. The Bible tells us that God saves us, His children, even from the deadly pestilence (an infectious disease) and sends His angels to guide and protect us in all our ways, so no disaster will come near us although a thousand or ten thousand may fall at our side.

When disasters become more severe and things beyond human capacity happen unexpectedly, who can we trust? Please think carefully about who can help us escape disasters.

Ps 121:1-2 『I lift up my eyes to the hills-where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.』

Ps 127:1 『Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.』

It is Elohim who created the heavens and the earth. Nothing or no one except God can save us, and no matter how hard humans try to carry out things, unless God is with them, all their efforts are in vain. When Elohim our Creators lead us and we obey Their will, everything can be accomplished flawlessly.

We must not forget our Heavenly Father and Mother who help us and carry out the work of salvation, nor should we betray Their love. Running toward the glory of heaven, let's powerfully preach the good news of salvation to all the wretched souls who are heading towards destruction.

Ps 146:1-5 『Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. . . . I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save. When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God.』

No matter how strong and powerful a man may be, the moment will surely come when he will be as nothing at all. The Bible prophesies that on God's appointed day the warriors will cry out bitterly, the king and the officials will lose heart and men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world (Zep 1:14; Jer 4:9; Lk 21:26). So, blessed is the person who trusts only in God, not relying on men.

God is the only solution in this age of disaster. Since Elohim will save us from all difficulties and disasters, we, children of God, should put our hope in Elohim at Zion where They dwell and give glory and praise to Them.


Salvation given to the people of Zion

God helps the people of Zion and saves them. The Bible teaches that those who dwell in Zion are God's true people. God has promised to dwell in Zion and to become the God of the people of Zion.

Ps 51:16 『"I have put my words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of my hand-I who set the heavens in place, who laid the foundations of the earth, and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.' "』

Isa 33:20-24 『Look upon Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken. There the LORD will be our Mighty One. It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars will ride them, no mighty ship will sail them. For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; it is he who will save us. . . . and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.』

Zion is the place where God's appointed feasts are celebrated. It is only the Church of God that keeps the feasts of the new covenant on this earth. So, this place where we've come to now is the very Zion.

Since God is the King and Savior of Zion, we must entrust God with our salvation. Even though all kinds of disasters are now rampant throughout the world, God will save us because He is our King.

Jer 31:31-34 『"The time is coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. . . . This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."』

God has become the God of the people who have His law, the new covenant, in their hearts and keep it. God, the Maker of heaven and earth, who saves His people from disasters even when a thousand or ten thousand fall at their side, is the God who dwells in Zion-the God of the people who keep the new covenant.

Only the people who engrave God's law in their hearts and keep it and who trust in God and revere Him will be saved from all disasters in these last days. God guards and protects the people of Zion until the end. It is God who protected the Israelites so that not one of them would lose a single hair from their heads when the plagues came upon all the land of Egypt. It is also God who declared His law in Zion and commanded His people not to forget the Passover of the new covenant but to keep it for the generations to come.

Now God shows human beings many signs through which He tells them to return to Zion without hesitation. We, who look at the lamp of prophecy, should always trust in God's deliverance and follow only the teachings of Elohim to the end, giving thanks, glory and praise to God all the time.


God gives eternal salvation

Some people say that there are cases where people are saved from disaster even though they do not believe in God correctly. However, that is not true salvation.

At the time of the 9.11 terrorist attacks in the USA, there was a person who barely survived, but some time later he was killed in another accident. He was lucky to escape one disaster, but soon encountered another disaster. So, we cannot say that it is true salvation.

The TV movie "The Day After" was once telecast in the US and evoked a great sensation from among people. The movie shows that the situation after a nuclear explosion is as serious as the moment of explosion. Even if people survive, there is no place to receive treatment for their injuries and no place to find food because the earth is completely devastated by the radioactive dust. The movie highlights the fact that the suffering of the nuclear survivors is more severe than that of the dead. Although they've barely escaped a temporary crisis, a more severe suffering is waiting for them, so it cannot be said that they are truly saved.

The salvation God has prepared for us is eternal salvation. God not only saves us from temporary crises and disasters on this earth, but even grants us the eternal glory in a new heaven and a new earth.

2 Pe 3:10-15 『But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, . . .』

As God has promised to save us from the deadly pestilence and all other disasters, we are now looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth. God has prepared a new world where there is no more death or mourning or crying or pain, and is leading us there.

Rev 21:1-7 『Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" . . .』

Apostle John also saw in his vision a new heaven and a new earth. In the new world, God says, "I will be their God, and they will be my people," and promises to let His people reign for ever and ever. This is the true salvation.

Rev 22:3-5 『No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.』

Elohim our Creators have granted us, people of Zion, a new heaven and a new earth, and have prepared a glorious future for us, where we will reign for ever and ever. Now the news about many disasters is frightening the world, but even amid the gloomy news, we should foresee a bright future in the kingdom of heaven, keeping in mind God's promise to let no disaster come near us-the people who live in the truth of the new covenant.


Let's proclaim God's salvation

We always need God. Let us live in God's promise and put God in our hearts without forgetting Him. Every day, let's ponder over what God's will and commands are, what God is pleased with, and what God is anxious and worried about.

God expresses His heart by saying, "How distressed I am!" (Lk 12:50). He feels distressed because people do not realize Him even while reading the Bible, feels distressed because they do not interpret this present time even though they see many signs, and also feels distressed because they fail to share in His glory without knowing the prepared blessings and glory of heaven and without doing His will. Thus, there must be so many things that make God distressed.

Let us not keep the good news of salvation to ourselves, but let it be known to all people, so that we can go to heaven together. Recently, scientists have warned against disasters through many convincing proofs. They say that it is a sin against humanity if we know about the impending disaster but do not tell it to people. We must not be criminals by keeping the truth to ourselves, but tell it to all people in the world, as God said, "Give them warning from me." God who dwells in Zion saves us not only from various disasters rampant throughout the world but also from the eternal disaster-punishment in hell where the fire never goes out-and leads us to the kingdom of heaven. So, let's blow the trumpet clearly, telling people to return to Zion and escape disasters (Jer 4:5-6). I earnestly ask you all to have wisdom and insight to foresee the future through all signs small and great, which appear in the world, and to lead all your family, neighbors, friends and relatives to Zion and to the way of salvation.

Please preach the Passover, the good news of salvation, as much as you can. At the time of Moses, when this good news was preached, the Egyptians did not listen to it, while the Israelites listened. What was their fate?

Through the Passover, God distinguishes His people from those who are not. So, God tells us to always have His law, the new covenant, in our hearts. I repeatedly ask all you people of Zion to participate in the salvation of God who leads us to a new heaven and a new earth, and to quickly lead many people around the world, who are living without knowing the way of salvation, to the Church of God where there is the kingdom of heaven, salvation and the truth.

The Passover and the Seal of God [wmscog]

The Passover and the Seal of God

Christ Ahnsahnghong announced us the Passover that kept 2000 years ago.
The Passover is surely the teachings of the early church, but nowadays many churches doesn't keep the Passover. 
Only World Mission society Church of God keep the Passover.



Now, there are so many disasters everywhere in the world: wars between nations, ethnic conflicts, terrors, famines, earthquakes, and deadly cold or heat or flood caused by changes in weather patterns. Whenever such things occur, people tremble with fear, not knowing who or what they should set their hearts on.
The Bible already prophesied about the coming disasters and what people would do in the day of such disasters.

Am 9:2-9 "Though they dig down to the depths of the grave, from there my hand will take them. Though they climb up to the heavens, ... Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, ... Though they hide from me at the bottom of the sea, ... "

As described in the above prophecy, people desperately try to hide themselves anywhere, because they come to face terrible disasters which men cannot endure. The above prophecy is not about what happened in the days of Amos the prophet about 2,800 years ago, but what will occur in the great and dreadful day of the LORD, at the Last Judgment.
Men cannot escape the last plagues by their own methods
Modern people, who live in the age of the high-tech science, feel fear about the coming disasters and the end of mankind, and they try to find various ways to escape from the disasters. They make every effort to find refuge underground or at the bottom of the sea or on a planet outside the earth so that they may escape the threat of nuclear weapons capable of annihilating all life on earth many times over. An atomic submarine for hiding themselves at the bottom of the sea, a spaceship for climbing up to the heavens, ... , such various methods are being discussed. According to a press report, America has constructed a large bunker beneath the White House at Mount Weather; and there is said to be ninety-nine underground cities in various places, as a provision for emergency.
However, the Bible clearly says that even by using the modern scientific methods, no one can escape God's fierce anger. It also says that the last disaster will come upon all the earth, not just upon parts of it.

Lk 21:35 "For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. "

Isa 24:3-13 "The earth will be completely laid waste and totally plundered. ... So will it be on the earth and among the nations, ... "

Now, let's see how the disaster comes upon every nation all over the world.

2 Pe 3:7-10 "By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. ... But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare."

The Bible says that God will use fire for His judgment. So the disaster, which will come upon the whole world, is fire. When the day comes, the heavens will be destroyed by fire and all things will be burnt up and melt in the heat. The day will be a day of distress; even the warriors will tremble with fear and cry out bitterly.
However, God has prepared a way to escape the disaster when such dreadful day comes. He has made the way-the good news of salvation-known to us. We can get it only through the Bible, not through any high-tech equipment developed by scientists.


Passover is the way to escape the disaster

Let's take a careful look at God's word of promise to let us escape any disaster.

Ex 12:11-14 "... it is the LORD's Passover. On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn-both men and animals ... The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt. ... "

At the time of the Exodus, when the plague of destroying every firstborn was brought upon Egypt, no plague befell to the Israeli houses which kept the Passover. In other words, the plague passed over them. Thus, Passover (pascha in Greek, pesach in Hebrew) implies "Plagues pass over."
Such a history was written as a warning for us. Faithless Israel didn't believe in the power of the Passover. However, Judah regarded the Passover as important and celebrated it. Through the history of Israel and of Judah, we come to realize how truly important the Passover is.
Hezekiah king of Judah read all the words of the covenant, which had been found in the temple of the LORD when it was being repaired and restored. He realized the covenant of God and sent couriers to all Judah and Israel so that they might celebrate the Passover which had not been kept for a long time. When the couriers delivered the king's command to "come up to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover," Israel scorned and ridiculed them, and several years later it fell to Assyria (2 Ki 18:9-12). However, Judah celebrated the Passover holy and could repulse the attack of powerful Assyria with God's mighty power (2 Ch 30:1-27; 2 Ki 18:13-19:37).
In these last days, there are two groups of people: one group who will receive terrible plagues, and the other who will escape them with God's help.

Rev 7:1-4 "After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth ... another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. ... "Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God."

The only way to escape the last plagues is to receive the seal of God. Then, what is the seal of God? The Bible prophesies that the blood of the Passover lamb will be a sign for God's people so that they may escape the last plagues. In other words, the blood of the Passover lamb is 'the seal of God' through which God's people can be saved.
At the time of the Exodus, the Israelites could be saved from the terrible plague of destroying every firstborn, by putting the blood of a year-old Passover lamb on their door posts and eating the meat. The Passover lamb of the Old Testament represents Jesus.

1 Co 5:7-8 "... For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival,...

No one can escape the last plagues without 'the blood of Jesus Christ' who is the Passover Lamb.
When the angels, who are given power to harm, let go of their hold on the wind [war], the terrible disasters [the last plagues] will come upon this earth (Rev 7:1-3). To make the last plagues pass over His people, God places His 'seal' on His children's foreheads. The 'seal of God' is the seal of salvation through which God's people can escape the disasters.

Eze 9:4-6 "and said to him, "Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it. ... Slaughter old men, young men and maidens, women and children, but do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple."

Whom did God order the destroying angels to begin with? He told them to begin with the elders [leaders] of the false churches, who do not have the mark-the seal of God, the blood of the Passover Lamb-on their foreheads.
Considering the prophecies of the Bible, we are now living in the days of the last plagues. God is awakening us, His children, to the fact that we can escape the plagues only through the 'seal of God.' He shows us that His sealing work will arise from the east and spread to the west.

Rev 7:2 "Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God."

When Apostle John received the revelation on the island of Patmos, he saw an angel ascending from the rising of the sun. This implies that God's sealing work is to begin in the east.


God seals us as His own children

When we celebrate the Passover, God abides in us, and we in Him (Jn 6:56; 15:4-8). As we dwell in God, we belong to Him.

2 Co 1:21-22 "Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He ... set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come."

God has set His seal on us to be marked as 'His own.' Let's see what blessings God gives us, His own.

Isa 43:1-3 "O Jacob, ... : "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. ... When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. ... "

God has made us His own by putting His seal on us through the Passover. He has firmly promised to protect us from any destructive disasters. God is now calling His children, living in the days of disasters, to celebrate the Passover and escape the last plagues.
Before the angels, who are holding back the four winds, let go of their hold, we should preach the Passover of the new covenant-the seal of God-to the whole world, as the couriers of the good news of salvation.

Brothers and sisters in Zion! Let's give thanks to God for making us His very own, His treasured possession. We must all take part in God's salvation work in this age.