Characteristics and Kinds of Religion
"Though I have been speaking figuratively,
a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language
but will tell you plainly about my Father.
-John 16:25-
24 wise questions posed by Chairman Byoung Chul Lee,
founder of Samsung, Answered with 24 pearls of wisdom
by Chairman Man Hee Lee of Shincheonji
11th Question about Religion)
What kinds of religion are there and what are their characteristics?
11th Answer about Religion)
In the east, there are three main paths–Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. There are many sub-religions that have broken off from these three paths but have similar teachings. The way these three religions–Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism–have expressed themselves in different time periods may differ, but it is, in essence, referring to the same thing and, in this sense, is one religion.
The text for Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism contains a record of what people heard and saw from a divine being, but no one has been able to understand the meaning of it until today. There are other religions such as Islam, Hinduism, and Calvinism, but the founders of these religions were not people God had chosen and appointed. They sought for God out of their own will, and with a religious mindset they received and recorded revelation from heaven, but no one knows its meaning.
※ Dan 12:8 I heard, but I did not understand.
So I asked, "My lord, what will the outcome of all this be?"
For example, Buddha started to walk on the path of religion because he wanted to know why people were born only to grow old, become sick, and die. He received revelation and recorded it, but he could not understand its meaning. What he did know was that a Savior would come. He said that when this Savior comes, he would teach like a lamp without oil, and he predicted through his writings that the Buddhist way would come to an end after five hundred years. Jesus came approximately five hundred years after Buddha. Even though Buddhism continued to exist after Jesus came, it had become nothing but a lamp without oil. What kind of spirit would be reigning amidst this darkness? There is a saying, “Devils move at night.” The Zen Master Seongcheol said he met Buddha in hell, and in 1987 on Buddha’s Birthday, he made the following confession in a Buddhist literary text: “Satan, welcome. I respect and worship you. You were originally Buddha,” [Choseon Ilbo 23 April 1987 p. 7, Gyunghyang News 23 April 1987 p.9, The Librarian’s Office of the Supreme Patriarch of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (Keunbit Chongseo 1) Seoul Sashiyeon,1994, p. 56-59].
The words of the Zen Master Seongcheol are correct. He did not say this because he had become senile. Why do Buddhists continually follow this religion even if they know this fact? The people of Judaism killed the messengers sent by God (Mt 23:34-47; Acts 7:51-53; 1 Th 2:15). God sent his son Jesus, but they killed him as well because he was the heir. The reason why they killed him was so they could keep the church to themselves (Lk 20). How can there be grace and salvation in this kind of situation? This is the characteristic of religion.
The Bible says true salvation lies with the promised pastor and the twelve tribes, which is created once again at the time of the Lord’s Second Coming.
※ Rev 1:1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which ➀ God gave ➁ him(Jesus) to show ➄ his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending ➂ his angel to his servant ➃ John
Rev 7:3 "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."
:4 Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.
:5 From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000,
:6 from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,
:7 from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,
:8 from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
Rev 22:8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them,,,,,,
Rev 22:16 "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches......
