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==Existence of the Soul== | ==Existence of the Soul== | ||
The Bible explains that humans have a soul as well as a body. | The Bible explains that humans have a soul as well as a body. | ||
{{quote5 |내용=[T]he LORD God formed the man from the '''dust of the ground''' and breathed into his nostrils the '''breath of life''', and the man became a '''living being'''. |출처=[https://www. | {{quote5 |내용=[T]he LORD God formed the man from the '''dust of the ground''' and breathed into his nostrils the '''breath of life''', and the man became a '''living being'''. |출처=[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2%3A7&version=NIV Genesis 2:7]}} | ||
God created man from the dust of the ground and the breath of life. The dust refers to the body and the breath of life refers to the soul. When the two elements came together, the man became a living being (i.e., a living person); therefore, a living person is formed when the body and the soul are joined together. On the contrary, when a person dies, the two are separated and return to their original locations. | God created man from the dust of the ground and the breath of life. The dust refers to the body and the breath of life refers to the soul. When the two elements came together, the man became a living being (i.e., a living person); therefore, a living person is formed when the body and the soul are joined together. On the contrary, when a person dies, the two are separated and return to their original locations. | ||
{{quote5 |내용=[A]nd the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. |출처=[https://www. | {{quote5 |내용=[A]nd the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. |출처=[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+12%3A7&version=NIV Ecclesiastes 12:7]}} | ||
To ''return'' means to go back to a place you once were. It is written that the body returns to the ground because that is where it came from and that the spirit returns to [[God]]. God is in heaven. It means that our spirits were in heaven with God before we came to this earth. In the Bible, the spiritual beings who are with God in heaven are called angels. | To ''return'' means to go back to a place you once were. It is written that the body returns to the ground because that is where it came from and that the spirit returns to [[God]]. God is in heaven. It means that our spirits were in heaven with God before we came to this earth. In the Bible, the spiritual beings who are with God in heaven are called angels. | ||
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*'''Solomon and Job''' | *'''Solomon and Job''' | ||
:Solomon, the writer of the book of Proverbs<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www. | :Solomon, the writer of the book of Proverbs<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+1%3A1&version=NIV |title=Proverbs 1:1 |publisher= }}</ref>, said that he existed before God made the earth.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+8%3A22-26&version=NIV |title=Proverbs 8:22–26 |publisher= }}</ref> Since it was before the earth was created, he could not have existed with a physical body; therefore, Solomon was an angel with God in heaven. In Job 38, God asked Job, “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job+38%3A1-4&version=NIV |title=Job 38:1–4 |publisher= }}</ref> Because Job could not answer the question, God Himself gave him the answer. God said that Job had already been born and that he had lived so many years<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job+38%3A21&version=NIV |title=Job 38:21 |publisher= }}</ref>. This means that Job, just like Solomon, also existed as an angel in heaven before the earth was created. | ||
*'''The King of Tyre and the King of Babylon''' | *'''The King of Tyre and the King of Babylon''' | ||
:God referred to the king of Tyre as a ''[https://www.britannica.com/topic/cherub cherub], who walked among the fiery stones''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www. | :God referred to the king of Tyre as a ''[https://www.britannica.com/topic/cherub cherub], who walked among the fiery stones''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+28%3A11-14&version=NIV |title=Ezekiel 28:11–14 |publisher= }}</ref> We can see that the king of Tyre was an angel who was with God in heaven before he was born as a man on this earth. The book of Isaiah talks about the king of Babylon, and it is written that he rebelled against God by trying to make himself like God in heaven and was cast down to the earth.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+14%3A4%2C+12-15&version=NIV |title=Isaiah 14:4, 12-15 |publisher= }}</ref> The king of Babylon was also an angel who lived in heaven before he was born on this earth.<br> | ||
The previous lives of Solomon and Job, and of the king of Tyre and of Babylon are testimonies to the previous lives of all people who live on this earth. Humans were originally angels who lived in the glorious kingdom of heaven, but due to their sin, they were cast down to the earth and were born as humans. This world is like a [[City of Refuge|spiritual city of refuge]] where sinful angels dwell in the flesh for a while and then pass away. Their home is the heavenly country, which is also referred to as the kingdom of heaven. The forefathers of faith such as Jacob, Noah, and Abraham longed for heaven, the home of their souls, calling their earthly lives a pilgrimage.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www. | The previous lives of Solomon and Job, and of the king of Tyre and of Babylon are testimonies to the previous lives of all people who live on this earth. Humans were originally angels who lived in the glorious kingdom of heaven, but due to their sin, they were cast down to the earth and were born as humans. This world is like a [[City of Refuge|spiritual city of refuge]] where sinful angels dwell in the flesh for a while and then pass away. Their home is the heavenly country, which is also referred to as the kingdom of heaven. The forefathers of faith such as Jacob, Noah, and Abraham longed for heaven, the home of their souls, calling their earthly lives a pilgrimage.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+47%3A8-9&version=NIV |title=Genesis 47:8–9 |publisher= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+11%3A4-14&version=NIV |title=Hebrews 11:4–14 |publisher= }}</ref> | ||
===Heaven Described in the Bible=== | ===Heaven Described in the Bible=== | ||
Just as animals have a [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homing%20instinct homing instinct], humans have the heart to long for their hometown where they were born and raised. The reason men long for the eternal world is because the home of the soul is heaven.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www. | Just as animals have a [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homing%20instinct homing instinct], humans have the heart to long for their hometown where they were born and raised. The reason men long for the eternal world is because the home of the soul is heaven.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+3%3A11&version=NIV |title=Ecclesiastes 3:11 |publisher= }}</ref> There are many descriptions of heaven recorded in the Bible by those who longed for it. Solomon said that before he was born on this earth, he was with God in heaven and wrote that every day he lived a life full of joy and delight.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+8%3A27-30&version=NIV |title=Proverbs 8:27–30 |publisher= }}</ref> Apostle John, who saw the kingdom of heaven in a revelation, also expressed that it was a place full of joy where there would be no more death, pain, or sorrow.<ref name="천국">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+21%3A4-5&version=NIV |title=Revelation 21:4–5 |publisher= }}</ref> The prophet Daniel said that happiness and glory in heaven will last forever,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel+7%3A17-18&version=NIV |title=Daniel 7:17–18 |publisher= }}</ref> and Apostle Paul said that everything God has prepared for His children goes beyond the limit of human language and thought.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+2%3A6-9&version=NIV |title=1 Corinthians 2:6–9 |publisher= }}</ref> This means that the kingdom of heaven, which God has prepared for us, is a beautiful and glorious place that is beyond human imagination. | ||
==Eternal Home, the Spiritual Mother== | ==Eternal Home, the Spiritual Mother== | ||
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Home is a place where someone was born and raised. Since everyone is born in a mother’s womb, a mother is naturally identified with a home.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0004040 |title=Hometown |website=Encyclopedia of Korean Culture |publisher= |date= |year= |author= |series= |isbn= }}</ref> At times, when someone is happy or sad, they start to think of their mother. This is proof that a mother is like a home. After people grow up and move out, regardless of how far they are, they still go to their hometown on national holidays.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20190913001000320 |title=Third of Koreans to travel long distances to visit hometowns during Chuseok |website=Yonhap News Agency |publisher= |date=September 13, 2019}}</ref> The writer of the book of Hebrews also wrote that we have the Father of our spirits who gives us eternal life just as we have human fathers who give us our earthly lives. | Home is a place where someone was born and raised. Since everyone is born in a mother’s womb, a mother is naturally identified with a home.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0004040 |title=Hometown |website=Encyclopedia of Korean Culture |publisher= |date= |year= |author= |series= |isbn= }}</ref> At times, when someone is happy or sad, they start to think of their mother. This is proof that a mother is like a home. After people grow up and move out, regardless of how far they are, they still go to their hometown on national holidays.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20190913001000320 |title=Third of Koreans to travel long distances to visit hometowns during Chuseok |website=Yonhap News Agency |publisher= |date=September 13, 2019}}</ref> The writer of the book of Hebrews also wrote that we have the Father of our spirits who gives us eternal life just as we have human fathers who give us our earthly lives. | ||
{{quote5 |내용=Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the '''Father of our spirits''' and live! |출처=[https://www. | {{quote5 |내용=Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the '''Father of our spirits''' and live! |출처=[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+12%3A9&version=NIV Hebrews 12:9] }} | ||
When we look in the Bible, we see that there is not only God the Father who is the spiritual Father in heaven, but it also tells us about the existence of the Mother of our spirits ([[God the Mother]]). | When we look in the Bible, we see that there is not only God the Father who is the spiritual Father in heaven, but it also tells us about the existence of the Mother of our spirits ([[God the Mother]]). | ||
{{quote5 |내용=But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is '''our mother'''. |출처=[https://www. | {{quote5 |내용=But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is '''our mother'''. |출처=[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+4%3A26&version=NIV Galatians 4:26]}} | ||
Apostle Paul, who wrote the book of Galatians, refers to the heavenly Jerusalem as the “Mother” of the saints who will be saved. He also wrote that the children of promise, who received the promise of eternal life from God<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www. | Apostle Paul, who wrote the book of Galatians, refers to the heavenly Jerusalem as the “Mother” of the saints who will be saved. He also wrote that the children of promise, who received the promise of eternal life from God<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+2%3A25&version=NIV |title=1 John 2:25 |publisher= }}</ref>, are “children of the free woman.”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+4%3A27-31&version=NIV |title=Galatians 4:27–31 |publisher= }}</ref> The term ''mother'' is used by a child to call the woman who gave birth to him or her. It means that the saints who are to be saved not only have the spiritual Father but also have the spiritual Mother. Apostle John revealed that the heavenly Jerusalem is [[The Wife (Bride) of the Lamb|the Bride, the Wife of the Lamb]]. He also said that Heavenly Mother is the Savior who will appear with God the Father and give mankind the [[The Water of Life|water of life]] (i.e., eternal life) (Rev 22:17)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+21%3A9-10&version=NIV |title=Revelation 21:9–10 |publisher= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+22%3A17&version=NIV |title=Revelation 22:17 |publisher= }}</ref>. | ||
The prophet Isaiah wrote about the blessings that those who longed for Jerusalem would receive.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www. | The prophet Isaiah wrote about the blessings that those who longed for Jerusalem would receive.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+66%3A10-13&version=NIV |title=Isaiah 66:10–13 |publisher= }}</ref> This is a prophecy that those who have received the water of life from Heavenly Jerusalem Mother will enjoy true comfort and joy for their souls. God the Mother gives eternal life<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+22%3A17&version=NIV |title=Revelation 22:17 |publisher= }}</ref> to Her children and leads them to heaven. The kingdom of heaven, where there is no more death or pain but only eternal joy and glory,<ref name="천국" /> is our spiritual home where our Heavenly Father and Mother are with us and the place where we can feel the greatest love and happiness. Those who long for eternal life and follow Heavenly Mother can return to the kingdom of heaven. | ||
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