The Mystery of God and the Spring of the Water of Life
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The Mystery of God and the Spring of the Water of Life
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About the Book
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| Author | Ahnsahnghong |
| First Edition Issuance Date | December 30, 1980 |
| Classification | Religion |
| Book Information | National Bibliographic Search |
| Publisher | Melchizedek Publishing Co., Ltd. |
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Books Written by Christ Ahnsahnghong
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The Mystery of God and the Spring of the Water of Life | |
The Mystery of God and the Spring of the Water of Life is a compilation of the truths of the new covenant, published in 1980 by Christ Ahnsahnghong. The mystery of God refers to Christ. The only way to unravel this mystery is through the Bible that testifies about Christ.[1] The Mystery of God and the Spring of the Water of Life contains Biblical truths that lead to the mystery of God and the spring of the water of life.
Summary of the Book
The Bible records that God who comes in the flesh is the mystery of God and the spring of the water of life.[2][3][4] The mystery of God in this age and the spring of the water of life are the Holy Spirit and the Bride.[5] Christ, who is the Holy Spirit, comes again in the flesh and restores all the truths of life that disappeared since the Apostolic Age and saves God’s people. And the Bride also appears. This book explains the feasts of the new covenant, the truth of life, and their prophetic meanings, the lessons we need to understand through history, the Trinity, the soul, the old covenant and the new covenant, and the seal of God, as well as the prophecies about the Spirit and the Bride.
Author’s Preface
This book is about the last secrets of God, which have been hidden only for the last remnant, as it is written in Mal 4:5-6—the last chapter of the Old Testament: “See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers,” and in Am 3:7: “Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan (secret, KJV) to his servants the prophets.” Now, the time has come and the everlasting kingdom of God is near. So, all the secrets sealed in the Bible (Isa 8:16; Da 12:4, 9–10; Rev 10:4) must be revealed (Rev 10:7; 22:10): What is the order of Melchizedek and what does the history of King David represent? Will Jesus come with fire to judge at once? Or will He appear in the flesh to testify about the truth and then come as the Judge on the last day? All of these considerations should not be taken lightly. Whoever thirsts for the truth needs to study this book. This book is worthy to be read not only by the general believers but also by pastors and professors of theological schools. As it was at the time of John the Baptist and Jesus’ first coming, so will it be in the last days. The last truth will not come out from a big church, but it will be shouted in the wilderness. Whoever reads this book with a humble mind will understand it. Now is the time of the end to gather the elect from all sides. Whoever thirsts for the truth, please study this book. If you cannot understand it fully, visit us without hesitation. Face-to-face study will lead you to a better understanding. As you see in the contents, these are the secrets of God, which you could have never learned in other churches or theological schools. Whoever studies this book will understand it completely. And whoever wants to do the will of God will acknowledge this book as the last notice from God (Jn 7:17). Please study this book seriously and visit us.
CONTENTS
- Chapter 1 Unsealing the Secret of the Seven Thunders
- Chapter 2 The Seven Feasts in Three Times
- Chapter 3 The Tree of Life and the Ten Commandments
- Chapter 4 Moses and Jesus
- Chapter 5 The Children of Promise and the Remnant
- Chapter 6 About the 144,000
- Chapter 7 The Last Plagues and Judgment
- Chapter 8 The Mystery of the Passover
- Chapter 9 The History of the Past Is a Shadow of the Things to Come
- Chapter 10 The Mystery of God
- Chapter 11 About Jesus
- Chapter 12 About the Trinity
- Chapter 13 About the Holy Spirit
- Chapter 14 Jesus’ First Coming and His Second Coming
- Chapter 15 The Son of Man Will Come in a Cloud
- Chapter 16 The Appearance of False Christs
- Chapter 17 The Order of Melchizedek
- Chapter 18 Meeting God in Zion
- Chapter 19 Christ Who Is to Come in Secret, and King David
- Chapter 20 God Dwells in the City of Zion in the Flesh
- Chapter 21 The Ten Commandments and the Law of the Letter
- Chapter 22 Why Did God Put the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden?
- Chapter 23 The Sabbath Day and the Sabbath of a Thousand Years
- Chapter 24 The Complete and the Incomplete
- Chapter 25 Where Does the Human Soul Come From?
- Chapter 26 The Soul Made of God’s Breath of Life
- Chapter 27 Those Who Insist That There Is No Soul
- Chapter 28 The Man of the Earth and the Man of Heaven
- Chapter 29 Why Did God Allow Us to Sin in the Angelic World?
- Chapter 30 The Old Covenant Has Been Changed to the New Covenant
- Chapter 31 The Regulations of the New Covenant
- Chapter 32 The Passover and the Last Supper
- Chapter 33 God’s Sealing Work
- Chapter 34 The Prophecy About the Holy Spirit of the Latter Rain
- Chapter 35 The Spring of the Water of Life
Chapter 1 Unsealing the Secret of the Seven Thunders
Rev 10:4 And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.”
Then, will what the seven thunders said remain sealed forever or will there be a time when it will be unsealed? There can be no word which is meaningless in the Bible. The words, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said,” imply that there will be a time when it will be opened. The 7th verse of the same chapter tells us that it will be unsealed. As it is written:
Rev 10:7 But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.
The mystery is the gospel of the new covenant which was announced to the apostles and the prophets of the early Church. After the Apostolic Age, this new covenant was trampled by Satan during the Dark Ages and has been sealed up until today. According to the words, “I am the LORD; in its time I will do this swiftly,” the mystery of God is being accomplished without fail in these last days. As it is written:
Rev 22:10 Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, because the time is near.”
Isa 60:22 “The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will do this swiftly.”
“Thunder” is recorded in many places of the Bible. To those who could not hear the voice, it was just heard as thunder. As it is written:
Jn 12:28–30 “Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him. Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit, not mine.”
Especially, the Apostle John was given an ear to hear the voice of God directly. It is the Apostle John who wrote the Book of John. When the people just heard the sound of thunder, John correctly heard the voice of God, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again,” and wrote it down in the Book of John. So, John could hear what the seven thunders said and was about to write, but God told him to seal up the things the seven thunders uttered and he didn’t write it down, but just wrote that it had thundered.
Then, what do the seven thunders represent? No one has been able to understand this mystery till now, because its due time has not yet come. Now is the time of the end when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet. Whoever studies the following interpretation will understand it clearly.
In regard to this matter, first we need to study the number 7 and then thunder. The number 7 means “perfection.” So, if we replace seven with “perfection,” we can say, “The seven thunders are the perfect thunders.” Then, where did the perfect thunders speak? They spoke in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel, not just in front of one or two people. In 1498 B.C., when God declared the Ten Commandments and the words of the covenant on Mount Sinai, out of the fire, He did so with the sound of thunder. As it is written:
Ex 20:18–19 When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance and said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.”
At that time, Moses was able to understand the thunder-like voice of God, but the people couldn’t; they only heard the sound of the seven thunders. Moses, who understood what the seven thunders had said, declared it to the people. As it is written:
Dt 5:5 At that time I stood between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain.
Every verse in the Bible has its mate; we are to interpret the Bible by the Bible.
Isa 34:16 Look in the scroll of the LORD and read: None of these will be missing, not one will lack her mate. For it is his mouth that has given the order, and his Spirit will gather them together.
A mate of the phrase “seal up” is found in the following verse:
Isa 8:16 Bind up the testimony and seal up the law among my disciples.
Since it is written in Rev 10:4, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down,” and in Isa 8:16, “Bind up the testimony and seal up the law among my disciples,” what the seven thunders said must be a certain part of the law. Among the law, it is only the seven feasts in three times that have been sealed until now. Through these seven feasts in three times—the secret of the seven thunders, we come to know the mystery of the heavenly sanctuary and are able to look into the den of the devil. We will also find the treasure hidden for ages for the chosen people and a prophecy about what is to happen to the church.
In ancient times, King Josiah and King Hezekiah worshiped idols when they didn’t know about the feasts, but when they realized the feasts and kept them, they destroyed all the idols completely (2 Ki 23:21-25; 2 Ch 30:1-27; 2 Ch 31:1).
Some ask, “Why has God complicated those things which the seven thunders uttered, by sealing them up?” This can be thought of in various ways. Judging from the words of the Bible, it’s because God wanted to give what is sealed only to the chosen people as a special gift. Jesus said:
Mt 13:10–11 The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?” He replied, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.”
God sealed up what the seven thunders spoke in order to give it to His people so that they could be redeemed in case of emergency in the last days. As it is written:
Da 12:4 But you, Daniel, close up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.
In the King James Version, it is written: But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Da 12:9–10 He replied, “Go your way, Daniel, because the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end. Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.”
The Bible says, “None of the wicked will understand.” Who are the wicked? We can find the answer in the Bible. As it is written:
Ne 13:17 I rebuked the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this wicked thing you are doing—desecrating the Sabbath day?”
The Bible says that desecrating the Sabbath day is a wicked thing. The prophet Isaiah states that the wisdom of the wise will perish and the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish if they keep the rules of men.
Isa 29:13–14 The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men. Therefore once more I will astound these people with wonder upon wonder; the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.” But on the other hand, the Bible also says:
Rev 14:12 This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God’s commandments and remain faithful to Jesus.
The Apostle Paul wrote about those who were given wisdom as follows:
Eph 1:7–9 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. And he made known to us the mystery of his will, . . .
Da 12:10 None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand. As stated above, those who have redemption through the blood of the Passover Lamb of the new covenant are abundant in all wisdom and understanding, that they can know all the mysteries of God.
However, God makes His mysteries known to the chosen prophet first, and then through him He makes them known to you who have received the truth. As it is written:
Am 3:7 Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
Every mystery of God has its own time. The last secret of what the seven thunders said, too, will be unsealed by an appointed man at its appointed time. For if it were not sealed up, the last work of God would be at the risk of disruption.
God sealed up what the seven thunders said for the same reason that He made Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon forget his dream. If the king had not forgotten his dream, all the magicians, sorcerers and astrologers of Babylon would have falsely interpreted it. The king’s dream concerned the important matter that God’s people would possess the everlasting kingdom at the end of the age. If the dream had been misinterpreted, what would have become of it? For this reason, God made the king forget his dream and entrusted Daniel with its correct interpretation.
Da 2:9 If you do not tell me the dream, there is just one penalty for you. You have conspired to tell me misleading and wicked things, hoping the situation will change. So then, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can interpret it for me.
This dream was related to a matter of such a serious concern that not only the magicians, sorcerers and astrologers in Babylon but even Daniel and his three friends—the people of God—should be put to death unless they made it known to the king and correctly interpreted it. So God caused the king to forget his dream and allowed only Daniel to know the dream and let only his interpretation be acknowledged as correct. Likewise, what the seven thunders said is a great truth which decides the fate of the church. Unless it is opened, all the magicians in Babylon—false churches—and even the souls of God’s people will all be destroyed. So God sealed up what the seven thunders said and allowed only an appointed man to open it so that those who would receive the truth might have confidence in the truth. If God had not sealed up what the seven thunders spoke, all the false teachers would have misinterpreted it and thereby ruined the will of God. God sealed up what the seven thunders spoke because it is the solemn truth concerning the destiny of the last Church.
Then, who will break the seals and open up what the seven thunders said? The Apostle John wrote:
Rev 5:1–6 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.” Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders.
As it is written, “a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain,” the Lamb to come secretly in the name of David in the last days is to break the seven seals and open what the seven thunders said. The Bible prophesies that the unsealing of what the seven thunders said will occur within one generation in the last days. So it cannot occur in the churches that were built 100 or 200 years ago. For it is written:
Mt 24:31–34 “And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.”
Even if a member of a church understands the mystery of the seven thunders and testifies to it, his church will not accept him. This is because every church is under the control of its own tradition.
See also
- The Feasts of God
- Zion
- Seal of God
- Melchizedek
- Former Rain and Latter Rain
- Children of Promise
- Passover
- The Water of Life