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In 1590, Joseon's King Seonjo sent Hwang Yun-gil as a telecommunication officer and Kim Seong-il as an adjutant to Japan to meet Toyotomi Hideyoshi. This was two years before the outbreak of the Imjin War. However, after returning to Korea, the reports that the two men sent to King Seonjo were not the same. Hwang Yun-gil reported that ‘Hideyoshi’s eyes have a radiance, courage and resourcefulness, so it’s like we’re going to do something big, so we need to be fully prepared’. On the other hand, Kim Seong-il said, 'Hideyoshi is a brave human being like a rat, so he is not a great person to organize big things, so there is nothing to worry about'. Unfortunately, King Seonjo chose Kim Seong-il's report that "Hideyoshi is like a mouse." In Hideyoshi's personal letter, which the two brought with them on their return home, the invasion of Joseon was publicly mentioned, saying, "I will attack the Ming Dynasty, so please lend me a path." Because he regarded Hideyoshi as a rat.
As a result, when Japan began its invasion of Korea with 150,000 troops, the total number of troops on the Korean peninsula was only 7,000, and most of them were unarmed. For example, at the beginning of the war, when the Japanese attacked Dongnae in Busan with 18,700 troops, there were only 20 defending troops, and it took only 20 days for the Japanese forces that had occupied Busan to travel 1,000 li north to seize Seoul. . Given the circumstances, it was inevitable that the land of Joseon had been thoroughly ravaged for seven years. During the Seven Years' War, Japan's 150,000 troops were trampled four times from north to south. The Ming dynasty, who came to help Joseon, also joined in, and the entire Joseon land was devastated. Aside from the loss of property, the death toll, starvation and sickness combined accounted for tens of thousands of casualties, accounting for 80 percent of the total population.
This was a national catastrophe caused by one incompetent ruler. It was a catastrophe that could have been prevented if the ancestors had made the right choices with even a little bit of competence. It is also a historical lesson that taught us that a country could be destroyed by one incompetent ruler and that the entire nation could suffer.
On the other hand, it doesn't take many people to build a country. Just as one person can destroy a country, so is the lesson of history that one person can straighten a country that has been tilted. If Seonjo was the main cause of the collapse of Joseon, it was Admiral Yi Sun-sin who set up the collapsed land of Joseon. Thanks to that one person, the 7-year Japanese Invasion of Imjin was able to end as a great counter-acting for Joseon. A person's role is so important. One person's incompetence can destroy a country, or one dead saint can set up a fallen country. The same goes for businesses. The chronic deficit of Hankook Heavy Industries was a headache for the government. In the early 1990s, the accumulated deficit reached a whopping 470 billion won. In short, it was just a shell.
However, the following year, 1991, the insolvent company surprised the public with a net profit of 78.6 billion won for one year. No one denies that the reason why such an amazing and miraculous reversal was possible was thanks to the newly appointed President Cheonhak Ahn on February 9, 1990. As soon as he took office, he took the initiative to work 15 hours a day from 6 am to 9 pm, winning the hearts of workers who had been distrusting the management.
Where would the country and company be? It goes without saying that it is because of one person that a family or family stands upright and that one person breaks down. So, each person is important. That one person is important, that the rise or fall of many depend on one person, this is a biblical principle.
Whether it is a country, a business, or a family, anyone can play the role of one person who demolishes a house. A little indulgence, a little depravity, a little irresponsibility, you can easily become a man who can tear down even the greatest house. But the role of one person who builds a house can never be played by anyone. A person who is willing to give up and throw himself, and above all, a person who is willing to take up the cross he needs to carry, only that person can become a person who builds a house.
A wedding feast was held in Cana, a small town in Galilee. Not only the village, but also the people of the neighboring villages gather to enjoy the excitement of the day. But a problem arose. As soon as the excitement was high, the wine stopped running out. There were a lot of people there, but none of them could solve the problem of the banquet house. When Jesus' mother, Mary, knew about this, she told Jesus that the wine had run out. Mary only knew the power of Jesus, so it was an unspoken plea to solve the problem. In the beginning, Jesus refused, announcing that the time had not yet come, but in the end, he accepted his mother's euphemistic request and performed the miracle of making water from water. increase the authority of
This is a symbolic demonstration of the salvation that the Lord will accomplish through His death on the cross. The Lord, who began his public life with the first sign of wine, ended his public life with wine. On the night of his arrest, the Lord had a so-called Last Supper with his disciples. The Lord has identified the blood and wine that you will soon shed on the cross. It was to make the disciples reaffirm their salvation by the Lord whenever they ate and drank wine.
The apostle Paul confessed:
“For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man’s obedience many were made righteous” (Romans 5:19).
The one disobedient is Adam, and the one obedient is Jesus. Because of Adam's sin, all mankind who were born with his blood became sinners, but one Lord obeyed God the Father and took up the cross to participate in the feast of eternal life and salvation. The Lord made wine for the flesh for the first time as a sign at a wedding feast here in Cana, showing a spiritual feast through your precious blood. Even though no one knows the true meaning of it now, knowing in advance that everyone will understand it after completing the salvation of the cross.
If you are only interested in the wine of the Cana banquet itself, you cannot participate in a feast on a completely different level. Because the moment you wake up the next morning in the pods, everything is in vain. However, those who see and believe in the salvation of the cross by Jesus Christ through the wine of Cana can participate in the feast of eternal life. A country, a company, and a family are eventually built up right by such people. It is because the Lord Himself works only through those who know how to carry the cross. Noah built a new house of human history by not rejecting his cross called the ark, Joseph was willing to bear the cross of slavery and imprisonment in Egypt to save all people from famine and built a house called Israel, and Paul also held his cross to the end. They built a house of eternal truth that saves many people.
“But you, man of God, flee from these things, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness, and fight the good fight of the faith, and take hold of the eternal life, to which you were called, and to which you bore witness before many witnesses. .(1 Timothy 6:11-12)”
If we truly believe that we are the people of God who have been called by God, then for the sake of the Lord who bore the cross for us and for our children who will continue to live on this earth for ourselves, we too must bear our own cross anew as a burden. do.
Then, why did the power of the Lord come here?
a. Because there were people who knew the Lord and believed in the power of Jesus.
b. Because he was obedient to Jesus.
Each of us has a cross that no one else in the world knows about, and that only I know of, that we are trying to turn away from. Take up that cross. From then on, we can become one person who saves our homes, our workplaces, and our churches. Please believe that the power and work of the cross is only revealed through the life of those who can bear the cross. I pray...
“I have long deplored the chaos and injustice of our society. But forgive me for the foolishness of not realizing that I was the one who ruined our society and our family. I am now aware that I must have suffered so many people around me because of me alone, who was obsessed with myself, and I repent. Please forgive me. Help me to be a person who properly understands the meaning of salvation by knowing the meaning of the blood of the Lord shed on the cross to save me, and puts the love of the Lord into practice by living the truth. let me be you So, let my life become a spiritual feast with you every day, and let me live as a person who sets up my home and workplace and the church. I pray in Jesus name. Amen!!"