Title: When You Restore Your Spiritual Faith
Content When you restore your spiritual faith"
It is very important to see the Bible spiritually.
If we simply interpret the Bible literally and historically, or
If you do not know the symbolic meaning and translate it only into the language of the country, you will not understand the important meaning of the Bible.
You will miss it.
For example, the standard of the ark, which is the word of Genesis 6:15, is in the Korean Bible and King James translation.
[15] These are the dimensions of the ark that you will build, and it will be three hundred cubits long and three hundred cubits wide
fifty cubits, and thirty cubits high.”
It is written in Israeli units.
However, in the English Bible NIV, [The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high.] cubits are converted to feet.
We are missing out on the important meaning contained in the numbers.
The number ‘300’ is Gideon’s three hundred warriors, and the number of foxes Samson caught is 300.
The alabaster of Mary is 300 denarii and has a symbolic meaning.
It is a number that has the meaning of God's choice, blessing, and victory.
But they converted the number into feet or meters so that they could understand it.
If you destroy the number ‘300’, there is a big problem in conveying its meaning.
In the Gospel of Matthew, we can see that the genealogy is divided into three parts of 14 generations each.
There is also an important meaning in the history of redemption.
In the Gospel of Matthew and the beginning of the genealogy (Matthew 1:1)
world], how much of David's position along with Abraham in the history of redemption?
It means that it is important.
Also, there must have been many kings among the ancestors of Jesus whose genealogy in Matthew is
Only David was given the title of ‘king’ in verse 6 and recorded.
This is to emphasize the fact that the Messiah must come as a descendant of David.
In this way, we can understand the meaning of writing the genealogy by dividing it into three parts of 14 generations each.
Here 3 is related to the three letters of the Hebrew word for David. 14 is the Gematria of David, meaning the number contained in the letters.
So, the author, Matthew, wrote the Gospel of Matthew and wrote it for the Jews.
Applying all the knowledge the Jews knew, Jesus was the descendant of David.
He was trying to prove that the coming Messiah was.
But these days, some people do not know these secrets of the Bible and say that the Bible is wrong.
There are people who claim it.
It is truly a pity.
I am lacking in teaching these spiritual or symbolic meanings of the Bible.
We also hold seminars.
Now, we must do the pilgrimage to the Holy Land spiritually and study the Bible spiritually.
I think the time has come.
Taking an overly rational and scientific approach will destroy the important meaning of the Bible or
that's going to be missed.
John 1 (John 1:1) “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God
“The Word was, and the Word was God” is also translated as “Logos.”
If you think of it as ‘Logos’, which means ‘reason’ in the Greek, it is a big deal.
Whether the author of the Gospel of John is John or not, in the Gospel of John, what was written by the Jews
It's clear.
Then the word 'logos' was used to translate it into Greek.
It is not an application of Greek philosophical concepts.
In Genesis 1, creation is done through the word of God.
For the Jews, the Word is recognized as being like God.
Words come from a person's mouth, but from the heart.
So the word is the inside of the person.
They also express themselves by talking to others through speech.
So, words are a channel and a tool to lead or connect with others.
That is exactly what Jesus did.
So Jesus was in the Father, took on human flesh and came to man.
will be
It does not simply refer to cosmic reason.
It refers to the Creator God Himself.
So (John 1:1) “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God.
The Word was God.” wrote John.
Besides that, the Gospel of John is all connected with the Old Testament.
If you do not know the Old Testament, you cannot understand the Gospel of John.
But how can some dare argue that the Old Testament should be abolished?
All saints, we must return spiritually.
If I preach spiritually when I lead a revival meeting, the saints like it that much.
I see a lot of grace.
Today, it is time for the church to return to the Bible and restore the spirituality of Christianity.