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Truth or Not? “Christ” Ahnsahnghong – 1. The Prophecy of “Fig Tree” [World Mission Society Church Of God/WMSCOG]

believes in Ahnsahnghong-nim the second coming of Christ because He is clearly testified in many prophecies of the bible.Our mission  is to give people of the world the wisdom about the salvation through the prophecy about “Christ” who comes again in the flesh, so all people of the world can receive “Christ” with confidence. Firstly Let us start with the “ Prophecy of the Fig Tree“.

The Parable of Fig Tree
( Israel = fig tree) 

The Bible testifies about Christ (Jn 5:39). In the Old Testament, it was prophesied about when Jesus would come a first time, and Jesus came according to the prophecy. In the same way, the Bible also testifies about the time of His second coming.

2,000 years ago, the disciples asked Jesus about the sign of His second coming (Mt 24:3). Explaining about His second coming, Jesus told them to learn the lesson from the fig tree.

< Lesson From The “Fig Tree”>

Mt 24:32-33 [“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it [He, NASB] is near, right at the door.”]

The verse “Even so, when you see all these things, you know that He is near, right at the door,” implies that we can know the time of Jesus’ second coming when we see the sign that Jesus taught us through the parable of the fig tree.

Then, what does the fig tree represent in the Bible? It represents Israel [Jer.24:5].  Jesus also likened “Israel” to the “fig tree” in His teaching.

Lk 13:6-9 [Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’ ”]

In this parable, who looked for fruit on the fig tree for three years? He was Jesus. Jesus was baptized at the age of 30 and preached the gospel in Israel for three years until He died on the cross. He told the fact by using a parable, “He looked for fruit on the fig tree for three years.

Since Jesus could not  find any fruit, He cursed the fig tree saying “Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?” . In this way,  Jesus warned that Israel, which is represented as the fig tree, would be judged by God and destroyed because it rejected Him and did not receive the gospel.

As a result, as Jesus prophesied, Israel was destroyed in A.D. 70 by the Roman army led by Titus and the Israelites had to wander for approximately 1900 years  without their own country.

<The Independence of Israel and the appearance of the Second Coming Jesus>

Lk 21:24[“. . . Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.”]

Jerusalem fell in A.D. 70 and the Gentiles, not the Israelites, had taken possession of it and lived there. However, Jesus said, “Until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled,” and it means that the period that Jerusalem is trampled on by the Gentiles was set; no matter how long it would be, the time for the Gentiles would come to an end, and then Jerusalem would be restored by the Jews.

As it is prophesied,  after World War II ended, Israel miraculosly gained independence in 1948.

What does the parable of the fig tree explain about this? It is said there is a time that its twigs get tender and its leaves come out.

Mt 24:32-33 [ “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it(He) is near, right at the door.”]

Why did God revive the fig tree (Israel) which had been dead for 1,900 years? God revived Israel as the sign of His second coming. In other words, it is to proclaim His Second Coming through the independence of Israel.

In human history, no other country except Israel restored its country after it had lost its sovereignty for 1,900 years. Historians also say that the independence of Israel was a miracle that would never happen again. Do you think that it just happened by chance? No!

God made all these things possible because He had a certain purpose. What was His purpose? It was to reveal that Jesus, who had been prophesied to come a second time, was right at the door in the year 1948 when the fig tree revived.

Then, what does it mean that the Son of Man is right at the door?

Rev 3:20 [“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.”]

 This is a prophecy in Revelation about the coming of Jesus a second time. Then, why does Jesus stand at the door? Does it not mean that we should open the door and receive Jesus since He has come again?

Therefore, when Jesus comes a second time, He is to start to preach the gospel from 1948 the year when the Israel gains independence. The one who came according to this prophecy is Christ Ahnsahnghong.   

Christ Ahnsahnghong was baptized at his age of 30 in 1948 and started to preach the gospel of New Covenant again from that year, as he did at his first coming .

Therefore, Christ Ahnsahnghong is the Second Coming Christ who is testified in the Bible. Let us believe in Christ Ahnsahnghong who came according to the prophecy of the Bible, receive Him and be saved.

—> To be continued ; Next : The salvation work of Second Coming Christ which starts from the East.