What are Nun & Priest? Why Single?

[22nd Question]

What are Nun and Priest?

Why are they Single?

What is a priest? Why is he single?
What is a nun? Why is she single?

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 

22nd Question about Religion by Chairman Byoung Chul Lee

What is a priest? 

Why is he single? 

What is a nun? 

Why is she single?

22nd Answer about Religion by Chairman Man Hee Lee

I think priests and nuns are in a similar position as ministers and evangelists. 

There is a saying which says that it is better to live as a single person in one’s later years, but Paul was single because of his religious beliefs. 

The reason he remained single was so he could carry out a true life of faith and do the work of the true Lord (1 Cor 7:8-9). 

However, this does not mean God wants to destroy the basis of creation (male and female).

Amongst all the religions in this world, I praise the way Catholics lead their lives of faith. Even though it is only outward, they have an ascetic mindset. 

They would be like angels if they only had God’s word within them. Unfortunately, they do not have the word. 

There is only one promised pastor in the New Testament; and also only one person who received the revelation, the word of life. (http://bit.ly/bible_04121)

How can the people of this world know this? However, those who pray will be able to find him.

• 1 Corinthians 8-9

8. But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I. 

9. But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. 

Covenant of Peace, Lasting Priesthood in the Bible

 

Covenant of Peace,

A Covenant of

A Lasting Priesthood

in the Bible

 

 

 

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says

to the churches(=you 1Cor 3:16).”

• Num 25:12-13

Therefore tell him I am making my covenant of peace with him.

He and his descendants will have a covenant of a lasting priesthood

• Rev 1:3, 6

 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart(keep) what is written in it, because the time is near.  

 

and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

• Rev 5:10

And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.
 
God will free us from sin through the blood His son Jesus shed 2,000 years ago. God will create the 12 tribes of Shincheonji with the people whose sins have been forgiven. They are God’s kingdom and priests, the kingdom of God and the family of heaven according to the bible(Num 25:12-13 God's covenant of peace, a covenant of a lasting priesthood).
 
Like the meaning of “Shalom” (peace: life and love), God has returned to this earth after 6,000 years by establishing a world of peace. This is the reunion of heaven and earth, the reunion of the Father and son. A grand celebration of peace will be held on earth.

Jesus entered Jerusalem riding on a colt as promised in Isaiah 52:7 and Zechariah 9:9-10, and as written in Luke 19: 36-42, he proclaimed peace and God’s reign. In the same way, I too have come to proclaim peace (Shalom) to the entire world and that the true God will reign.

This is the era when heaven and earth unite, when the Father reunites with the son.  The world will belong to those born with God’s seed, and people will neither grow old nor die—an eternal youth. 

It is a good era when the things of the old era pass away and when we welcome the new era (送舊迎新好時節 不老不死人永春: It is a good era when the things of the old era pass away and when we welcome the new era--the era in which people no longer grow old or die, but will remain young in their youth.)  It is an era when the true God the Creator reigns (Rev 19:6).

The Promised pastor(Rev 22:16 have sent to testify to you these things in the churches) in Shincheonji testifies this to the entire world.
It will be a new day soon.

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says

to the churches(= you 1Cor 3:16).”

Task of a True Religious Leader & Peace in the Bible

 

The Appointed Task of
a True Religious Leader

& Life and Peace in the Bible

 

 

God’s covenant is a covenant of life and peace. A priest should have the law of truth in his mouth, walk with God in peace and uprightness, and turn many people from sin. Also, a priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and people should seek the law from his mouth for a priest is the messenger of the Lord Almighty.

 

Main reference: Mt 7:21-27 (Rv 1:2, Mal 2:5-7, 10)

What is the appointed task of a true religious leader?
It is said in Malachi 2:7, “For the lips of a priest, pastor ought to preserve knowledge, and from his mouth men should seek instruction--because he is the messenger of the LORD Almighty.” In Malachi 2:6 it says, “True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin.” And in Malachi 2:10, it is said, “Have we not all one Father? Did not one God create us? Why do we deal treacherously (make up words by deceiving craftily) every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

This Word, as stated above, is from Malachi chapter 2 in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.
This is the duty of a priest appointed by God.

A priest should walk with God, be the messenger who speaks on behalf of God, and be a “walking Bible” that has the Word inscribed within his heart like God. If a priest is ignorant, then he is dishonoring God, and the congregation members following him will also be ignorant. If a priest is ignorant of the Bible and God is not within him, then how can he act according to the will of God? If one does not know the will of God, then only self-imposed acts and law from one’s own thinking and judgment remain. How can this kind of person be the messenger who speaks on behalf of God?

The qualification to become a priest or a leader of God is that one’s lips should keep the truth, and become the one who is with God like Jesus. Today, would the one who added to or took away from the book of Revelation become a messenger of God? Or would the one who did not add to or take away from it but rather mastered [the book of Revelation] become a messenger of God (refer to Rv 22:18-19)?

Yes, Yes! God’s covenant is a covenant of life and peace. A priest should have the law of truth in his mouth, walk with God in peace and uprightness, and turn many people from sin. Also, a priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and people should seek the law from his mouth for a priest is the messenger of the Lord Almighty.

• Mal 2:5-7

 “My covenant was with him, a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin.   “For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth.

The origin of the Priest, in the Bible

 

The origin of the Priest,

in the Bible

 

 

Let's find out the origin of the priest in the bible~

 

At this day when the revelation will be accomplished, the tree of life means the promised pastor and 144,000 priests who receive the word of revelation from him (Rv7, Rv5:9-10), which is the new kingdom created by God.

 

• Leviticus 3:10-13

10. Appoint Aaron and his sons to serve as priests; anyone else who approaches the sanctuary is to be put to death.”

11. The Lord also said to Moses,  

12. “I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine,

13. for all the firstborn are mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set apart for myself every firstborn in Israel, whether human or animal. They are to be mine. I am the Lord.”