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Esther Lee
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The number of victims who suffer from ¡°Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony¡± (hereinafter referred to as ¡°Shincheonji¡± or ¡°Shincheonji Church¡±) which is represented and established by Mr. Man Hee Lee, has been rapidly increasing in the last decade. This cult organization has tempted general Christians into wrongful religious beliefs with many diverse methods and such temptation has destroyed churches and Christian families.

½ÅõÁö¿¹¼ö±³Áõ°ÅÀ帷¼ºÀü(´ëÇ¥ À̸¸Èñ, ½ÅõÁö)À¸·Î ÀÎÇÑ ÇÇÇØ»ç·Ê°¡ ±ÞÁõÇÏ°í ÀÖ´Ù. °¥¼ö·Ï ÁøÈ­ÇÏ´Â ½ÅõÁö Æ÷±³Àü·«Àº ´Ù¾çÇÑ ¹æ¹ýÀ¸·Î ±â¼º±³È¸ ±³ÀÎÀ» Æ÷±³ÇÏ°í, ±³È¸¸¦ ºÐ¿­½ÃÅ°¸ç °¡Á¤À» Æı«ÇÏ´Â µî Å« ÇÇÇظ¦ ¾È°ÜÁÖ°í ÀÖ´Ù.

Even in this moment, many mothers whose sons and daughters never come back home after joining this cult, are protesting against this organization, in front of its head office located at Gwacheon, Korea. Many men gave up their jobs to find their wives who fell in this Shincheonji. Then, what is the Shincheonji which causes this much troubles in the society?

°úõ ½ÅõÁö º»ºÎ ¾Õ¿¡¼­´Â ½ÅõÁö¿¡ ¹ÌȤµÈ ÈÄ °¡ÃâÇÑ ¾Æµé, µþÀ» ã´Â ¾î¸Ó´ÏµéÀÇ 1ÀÎ ½ÃÀ§°¡ ÁøÇà Áß¿¡ ÀÖ°í, °¡ÃâÇÑ ¾Æ³»¸¦ ã¾Æ »ý¾÷±îÁö Æ÷±âÇÑ ³²ÆíµéÀÇ ÇѼûÀÌ Àæ¾ÆÁö°í ÀÖ´Ù. ÀÌó·³ »çȸÀû ¹°ÀǸ¦ ÀÏÀ¸Å°´Â ½ÅõÁö´Â °ú¿¬ ¾î¶² ´ÜüÀΰ¡?

Who is ¡°Man Hee Lee¡±?
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Mr. Man Hee Lee was born at Hyun-ri, Punggak-myeon, Cheongdo-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea, on 15th September, 1931. He moved to Geumho-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul when he was 17 and worked as a temporary worker in many construction sites. At that time, a missionary recommended him to go to church and he attended at the church where he was baptized. A fewyears after his baptism, he came back to his hometown. He joined Punggak Presbyterian Church and started his church life in earnest.

À̸¸Èñ´Â 1931³â 9¿ù 15ÀÏ °æºÏ ûµµ±º dz°¢¸é Çö¸®¿¡¼­ ž´Ù. 17¼¼ ¶§ ¼­¿ï ¼ºµ¿±¸ ±ÝÈ£µ¿¿¡ ±â°ÅÇÏ¸ç °ÇÃà¾÷À» ÇÏ´ø Áß, Àüµµ»ç¿¡°Ô À̲ø·Á °æº¹±Ã ¾Õ õ¸·±³È¸¿¡¼­ ¼¼·Ê¸¦ ¹Þ¾Ò´Ù. °íÇâ¿¡ ³»·Á°¡ dz°¢Àå·Î±³È¸¿¡ Ãâ¼®ÇÏ¸ç º»°ÝÀûÀ¸·Î ½Å¾Ó»ýÈ°À» ½ÃÀÛÇß´Ù.

He did not stay in this Presbyterian church long, but he moved to Seoul again and joined Shinangchon established by Tae Seon Park.1) Mr. Lee did not stay in this cult long. In 1967, he left Shinangchon and joined another cult called as ¡°Temple of Tabernacle¡±established by Mr. Jae Yeol Yu.2) Nevertherless, Mr. Man Hee Lee and Mr. Jae Yeol Yu became alienated from each other. Mr. Lee left this organization by claiming that Mr. Jae Yeol Yu took his property. In September 1971, Mr. Man Hee Lee accused Mr. Jae Yeol Yu and Mr. Chang Do Kim, a follower of Mr. Yu, for fraud.

¼­¿ï·Î µ¹¾Æ¿Â ±×´Â Àüµµ°ü ¹Úż±ÀÇ ½Å¾ÓÃÌ¿¡ ÀÖ´Ù°¡ ÀÌÅ»ÇÏ¿© 1967³â À帷¼ºÀüÀ» À̲ø´ø À¯Àç¿­ÀÇ Áýȸ¿¡ Âü¼®ÇÑ ÈÄ ±×¸¦ µû¸£°Ô µÈ´Ù. ÀÌÈÄ Àç»êÀ» »©¾Ñ±â°í »ç±â¸¦ ´çÇß´Ù¸ç ÀÌÅ»ÇÑ´Ù. 1971³â 9¿ù, À¯Àç¿­°ú ½Åµµ ±èâµµ¸¦ °í¼ÒÇØ ¹ýÁ¤¿¡ ¼¼¿ì±âµµ Çß´Ù.

In 1978, Mr. Lee joined Solomon Creation (Changjo) Church established by Mr. Man Bong Baek who had been designated as Solomon by Mr. Yu, as one of twelve disciples in the Temple of Tabernacle. This Solomon Creation Church is also a cult organization. Afterwards, Mr. Lee gained supports from some of believers in this
Solomon Creation Church and established Shincheonji Centeral Church, as known as Shincheonji Church in 1984.

1978³â¿¡´Â À帷¼ºÀü¿¡¼­ ¡®¼Ö·Î¸ó¡¯(¿µ¸í)À¸·Î ÅëÇÏ´ø ¹é¸¸ºÀÀ» ÃßÁ¾ÇÏ¸ç ¡®¼Ö·Î¸ó âÁ¶±³È¸¡¯12»çµµ Áß ÇÑ ¸íÀ¸·Î ÀÖ¾ú´Ù. ÀÌÈÄ 1984³â ÀÚ½ÅÀ» µû¸£´Â ¼¼·ÂÀ» ±ÔÇÕÇØ °æ±âµµ ¾È¾ç¿¡ ½ÅõÁö Áß¾Ó±³È¸¸¦ ¼³¸³Çß´Ù.

In early days of this Shincheonji Church, Mr. Lee and Mr. Jong Hyo Hong, another founder of Shincheonji Church called themselves as ¡°Two Witnesses¡± and ¡°Moses and Aron¡±. Lee was in charge of sermon and preach, Hong was in charge of service management and prayer. They split in 1987 for trivial and minor trouble. Mr. Hong insisted that he is only true ¡°Jesus Christ¡± and established an organization in Hong jae-dong, Seoul, but he died in about 2012 (the exact date of Mr. Hong¡¯s death is not known).

Ãʱ⿡´Â À̸¸Èñ¿Í È«Á¾È¿ µÎ »ç¶÷À» °¢°¢ ¡®µÎ ÁõÀΡ¯, ¡®¸ð¼¼¿Í ¾Æ·Ð¡¯À¸·Î ÁöĪÇϸç À̸¸Èñ°¡ ¼³±³¸¦, È«Á¾È¿°¡ ¿¹¹èÀÇ »çȸ¿Í ±âµµ¸¦ ¸Ã¾Æ ±³È¸¸¦ À̲ø¾ú´Ù. µÎ »ç¶÷Àº 1987³â »ç¼ÒÇÑ ¹®Á¦·Î °áº°Çß´Ù. È«Á¾È¿´Â ÀڽŸ¸ÀÌ ¡®ÁøÂ¥ ¿¹¼ö¡¯¶ó°í ÁÖÀåÇÏ¸ç ¼­¿ï È«Á¦µ¿¿¡ Áõ°ÅÀ帷¼ºÀüÀ» ¼¼¿ö È°µ¿ÇÏ´Ù°¡ 2012³â °æ »ç¸ÁÇß´Ù.

Lee has imitated Yu¡¯s Temple of Tabernacle. Mr. Lee insists ¡°New Promise made by Blood¡± which means that a new promise shall be delivered only by his blood.3) Also, he asserts that a new and spiritual Israel will be established with his blood and only his followers can become chosen people of God. To this end, Mr. Lee gives written appointment to his followers. He calls himself as ¡°paraclete¡± and ¡°winner¡±. Followers of Mr. Lee believe that he is immortal and the Savior of this generation.

À̸¸Èñ´Â °ú°Å À¯Àç¿­ÀÇ À帷¼ºÀüÀ» ´ä½ÀÇß´Ù. ¡®ÇÇ·Î ¼¼¿î »õ¾ð¾à¡¯À̶ó°í ÇÏ¿© ÀÚ½ÅÀÇ ÇǸ¦ »Ì¾Æ »õ ¾ð¾à(»õ ¾ð¾à¼­ µÞ¸é¿¡ ´Â ÇÇ·Î ±×Àº ½ÊÀÚ°¡°¡ ÀÖ´Ù)À» ¸Î°í, À̸¦ ÅëÇØ ¿µÀû »õ À̽º¶ó¿¤ ³ª¶óÀÇ ¼±¹ÎÀÌ µÈ´Ù¸ç ÃßÁ¾Àڵ鿡°Ô¡® »ç·ÉÀ塯À» ³ª´²ÁÖ¾ú´Ù. À̸¸Èñ´Â ½º½º·Î¸¦ ¡®º¸Çý»ç¡¯, ¡®À̱ä ÀÚ¡¯¶ó ĪÇÑ´Ù. ½ÅõÁö ½ÅµµµéÀº À̸¸Èñ¸¦ À°Ã¼·Î ¿µ»ýºÒ»çÇÏ´Â ÀÌ ½Ã´ëÀÇ ±¸¿øÀÚ·Î ¹Ï°í ÀÖ´Ù.

What does Shincheonji insist?
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In Shincheonji, the bible is a book of secrets. Also, Shincheonji insists that ¡°the Book of Revelations of St. John¡± describes the future events and secrets of such future events and it is a book of code. Shincheonji claims that the salvation could only be brought by a person sent by the Holy Spirit with a great mission. In other words, the followers may achieve the salvation via a person sent by Holy Spirit, i.e. a good shepherd, by listening the shepherd¡¯s preach, seeing the shepherd, believing this shepherd as a Redeemer, and protecting this shepherd. And in Shincheonji,the person sent by the Holy Spirit and a good shepherd refer to Mr. Man Hee Lee.

½ÅõÁö°¡ ¸»ÇÏ´Â ¼º°æÀº ºñÀ¯¿Í ºñ»ç·Î ±â·ÏµÈ »ó¡ÀÇ ¸»¾¸ÀÌ´Ù. ƯÈ÷ ¿äÇÑ°è½Ã·ÏÀº ¾ÕÀ¸·Î ÀϾ ÀÏ¿¡ ´ëÇØ ºñÀ¯¿Í ºñ»ç·Î ±â·ÏµÆ´Ù. ƯÈ÷ ¿äÇÑ°è½Ã·ÏÀº ¾ÕÀ¸·Î ÀϾ ÀÏ¿¡ ´ëÇØ ºñÀ¯, ºñ»ç·Î ±â·ÏµÆ°í, ¼º°æÀº ¾ÏÈ£·Î ±â·ÏµÈ ¸»¾¸À̶ó°í °¡¸£Ä£´Ù. À̵éÀº ±¸¿ø¿¡ ´ëÇØ ¡°¿À´Ã³¯ ¼º·ÉÀ¸·Î ¿Â Áö»ó »ç¸íÀÚ Áï ¾à¼ÓÇÑ ¸ñÀڷκÎÅÍ µè°í, º¸°í, ¹Ï°í, ÁöÅ°´Â ÀÚ°¡ ±¸¿øÀ» ¹Þ´Â´Ù¡±°í ÁÖÀåÇÑ´Ù. ¿©±â¼­ ¡®¼º·ÉÀ¸·Î ¿Â Áö»ó »ç¸íÀÚ¡¯´Â À̸¸Èñ¾¾¸¦ ÁöĪÇÑ´Ù.

Additionally, Shincheonji asserts that Jesus Christ does not come on the cloud (as mentioned in Revelations 1:6), but he comes as a spirit at a night without a single light and the spirit resides in a human being. At the and of these assertions of Shincheonji and Mr. Man Hee Lee, Shincheonji claims that Mr. Man Hee Lee is a Paraclete in flesh and blood who directly receives divine messages from God and Mr. Man Hee Lee is a person in whom the Holy Spirit resides.

¶Ç ¿¹¼ö´ÔÀº ½ÇÁ¦ ±¸¸§À» Ÿ°í ¿À½Ã´Â °ÍÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï¸ç ºûÀÌ ¾ø´Â ¹ã¿¡ ÀÎÀÚÀÎ ÇÑ À°Ã¼ÀÇ »ç¸íÀÚ¿¡°Ô ¿µÀ¸·Î ÀÓÇÑ´Ù°í ÁÖÀåÇÑ´Ù. °á±¹ À̸¸Èñ¾¾´Â ÀÚ½ÅÀÌ º¸Çý»ç ¼º·ÉÀ¸·ÎºÎÅÍ Á÷Á¢ °è½Ã¸¦ ¹ÞÀº ¡®º¸Çý»ç À°¡¯À̶ó´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù.

Furthermore, Mr. Man Hee Lee claims that the new Jerusalem will be started from the head office of Shincheonji located at the Gwacheon and this insistence is prescribed in the [Complete Explanation: The Book of Revelations of St. John] written by Mr. Man Hee Lee. The followings are quotes from his book ¡° I (Man Hee Lee) do not make unreasonable claims. Korea is the sun-rising place having the seal of the living God (Revelation 7:2), as prescribed in the bible. This is because the end of the East (Asian continent) where the sun rises shall be Korean peninsular. Then where is the exact location of the sun-rising place having God¡¯s seal? According to Chapter 25 of Exodus, God built the tabernacle where he will stay and seven lamps in it. Therefore, the place where seven lamps exist is the tabernacle where God stays.¡±

³ª¾Æ°¡ À̾¾´Â ±×ÀÇ Àú¼­ ¡º°è½Ã·Ï ¿ÏÀüÇؼ³¡»¿¡¼­ ½ÅõÁö º»ºÎ(°úõ)¿¡¼­ »õÇÏ´Ã »õ¿¹·ç»ì·½ÀÌ ½ÃÀ۵ȴٰí ÁÖÀåÇÑ´Ù. ¡°ÇÊÀÚ(À̸¸Èñ¾¾)´Â ÇØ µ¸´Â µ¿¹æ»ç¶÷À̶ó Çؼ­ ¾ïÁö·Î µ¿¹æÀ̶ó°í ²ø¾î´Ù ºÙÀÌ´Â °ÍÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó ¼º°æ¿¡ ¸»¾¸ÇϽŠ±×´ë·Î¿ä, º»´ë·ÎÀÌ´Ù. µ¿¹æ ÇØ µ¸´Â ±Øµ¿ÀÌ ¿ì¸®³ª¶ó¶ó´Â °ÍÀº Ʋ¸²¾ø´Âµ¥ ¿ì¸®³ª¶ó Áß ±×°÷Àº ¾îµðÀϱî? Ãâ¾Ö±Á±â 25Àå¿¡¼­ º»¹Ù Çϳª´Ô²²¼­ ÀڱⰡ °ÅÇÏ½Ç À帷À» ÁöÀ¸½Ã°í ±× ¾È¿¡ ÀÏ°ö µîÀÜÀ» ¸¸µé¾ú´Ù. ±×·¯¹Ç·Î ¿ì¸®³ª¶ó ÀÏ°ö ±ÝÃд밡 ÀÖ´Â °÷ÀÌ Çϳª´ÔÀÌ °è½Å À帷ÀÌ µÈ´Ù.¡±

As mentioned above, Shincheonji asserts that, at the time of the second advent of Chirst, Jesus does not come on the cloud. Shincheonji insists that Jesus Christ comes as the Holy Spirit in very dark night without a single light and such holy spirit stays witha human being in flesh and blood. It is obvious that Shincheonji conclusively claims that Mr. Man Hee Lee is the Paraclete and a person in whom the Holy Spirit resides. Also they claim that the salvation will only exist under this doctrine. At the beginning of the establishment, Shincheonji asserted that new sky and land will be started at Gwacheon when the number of followers becomes 144,000 and only these followers will be redeemed. However, Shincheonji changed its doctrine when the number of followers exceeded 144,000. Shincheonji now insists that 144,000 believers who have been sealed by God and others in white clothes shall be redeemed.

À縲 ¿¹¼ö´ÔÀº ½ÇÁ¦ ±¸¸§À» Ÿ°í ¿À½Ã´Â °ÍÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï´Ù. À縲Àº ºûÀÌ ¾ø´Â ¹ã¿¡ ÀÎÀÚÀÎ ÇÑ À°Ã¼ÀÇ »ç¸íÀÚ(À̸¸Èñ ÁöĪ)¿¡°Ô ¼º·ÉÀÌ ÀÓÇϽô °ÍÀ» ¸»ÇÑ´Ù. ¡®À̸¸Èñ°¡ º¸Çý»ç ¼º·ÉÀÌ¸ç ½ÅõÁö¿¡¸¸ ±¸¿øÀÌ ÀÖ°í ½ÅõÁö ½Åµµ 14¸¸ 4000¸íÀÌ ¸ðÀÌ¸é »õÇÏ´Ã »õ ¶¥ÀÌ °úõ¿¡¼­ ½ÃÀÛµÇ¸ç ½ÅõÁöÀθ¸ ±¸¿øÀ» ¹Þ´Â´Ù¡¯´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ ½Åµµ 14¸¸ 4000¸íÀÌ Ã¤¿öÁöÀÚ, ±¸¿øÀÇ Á¶°ÇÀ» ¡®ÀÎ ¸ÂÀº¡¯ 14¸¸ 4000¸í°ú ¡®Èò¹«¸®¡¯·Î ±³¸®¸¦ º¯°³Çß´Ù.

The Presbyterian Church of Korea (80th General Meeting in 1995) pointed out problems of the Shincheonji¡¯s doctrines, as follows: ¿¹ÀåÅëÇÕ(1995³â Á¦80ȸ ÃÑȸ)Àº ½ÅõÁöÀÇ ±³¸®¿¡ ´ëÇØ ´ÙÀ½°ú °°ÀÌ ±× ¹®Á¦Á¡À» ÁöÀûÇÏ°í ÀÖ´Ù.

 

1. Outline
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Mr. Man Hee Lee left the Temple of the Tabernacle(of which religious secret leader was Jae Yeol Yu)and firstly established Shincheonji Church at Anyang. Mr. Lee published books named as [Complete Explanation of Revelation, Eternal Gospel and New Song], [Truth of Revelation, the Secret of Heaven], [Truth of Revelation 2, Secret of Heaven¡¯s Book], and etc., via a publishing company named as ¡°Shincheonji Publishing Company¡±. These books are anti-Christ books, since they describe the events occurred during the time of the Temple of Tabernacles as events of the end of the world and these books misinterpret the bible in accordance with these events.

À̸¸Èñ´Â À帷¼ºÀü(´ç½Ã ±³ÁÖ À¯Àç¿­)¿¡¼­ ÀÌÅ»ÇÏ¿© ¾È¾ç¿¡ ½ÅõÁö±³È¸(½ÅõÁö¿¹¼ö±³Áõ°ÅÀ帷¼ºÀü)¶ó´Â °ÍÀ» ¼¼¿ü´Ù. À̾¾´Â ¡®µµ¼­ÃâÆÇ ½ÅõÁö¡¯¸¦ ÅëÇؼ­ ¡º¿µ¿øÇÑ º¹À½ »õ³ë·¡ °è½Ã·Ï¿ÏÀüÇؼ³¡», ¡ºÃµ±¹ºñ¹Ð °è½Ã·ÏÀÇ Áø»ó¡», ¡ºÇϴÿ¡¼­ ¿Â Ã¥ÀÇ ºñ¹Ð°è½Ã·ÏÀÇ Áø»ó 2¡» µîÀÇ Ã¥À» Æì³Â´Âµ¥, ÀÌ Ã¥µéÀº À帷¼ºÀü¿¡ ¼­ ÀϾ ÀÏÀ» ¸»¼¼ÀÇ »ç°ÇÀ¸·Î º¸°í °Å±â¿¡ ¸ÂÃß¾î ¼º°æÀ» ¾ïÁö·Î Çؼ®ÇÑ ¹Ý ±âµ¶±³ÀûÀΠåµéÀÌ´Ù.

Shincheonji operates a free Bible Institute (Christian Institute of Theology). This institue tempts normal Christians into wrongful religious beliefs by providing free lectures and this institute uses the books written by Mr. Man Hee Lee as textbooks.

¹«·á¼º°æ½ÅÇпø(¶Ç´Â ±âµ¶±³½ÅÇпø)À̶õ °÷¿¡¼­´Â ¹«·á·Î ¼º°æÀ» °¡¸£ÃÄ ÁØ´Ù°í ¼±ÀüÇÔÀ¸·Î ¼ºµµµéÀ» ¹ÌȤÇÏ°í Àִµ¥ ¿©±â¿¡¼­ »ç¿ëµÇ´Â ±³ÀçµéÀº À̸¸Èñ°¡ Àú¼úÇÑ Ã¥µé°ú ±×ÀÇ »ç»óÀ» Åä´ë·Î ¸¸µé¾îÁø °ÍµéÀÌ´Ù.

2. Doctrine of Revelation
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Mr. Lee claims that Chapter 24 of the Gospel of Matthew and the Revelations are only new promises of God (refers to p. 522 of [Truth of Revelation 2, Secret of Heaven¡¯s Book]) and the New Testament and Old Testament are invalid (refers to p.27 of [Complete Explanation of Revelation, Eternal Gospel and New Song]).À̾¾´Â ¸¶Åº¹À½ 24Àå°ú ¿äÇÑ°è½Ã·Ï¸¸ »õ ¾ð¾àÀ̸ç(¡ºÇϴÿ¡¼­ ¿Â Ã¥ÀÇ ºñ¹Ð °è½Ã·ÏÀÇ Áø»ó2¡» p.522), ½Å¾à°ú ±¸¾àÀº ¹«È¿¶ó°í ÇÑ´Ù(¡º¿µ¿øÇÑ º¹À½ »õ³ë·¡ °è½Ã·Ï ¿ÏÀüÇؼ³¡» p.27).

3. Doctrine of Jesus Christ
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Under Shincheonji¡¯s doctrines, not only the Incarnation, but also the sanctity of Jesus Christ is denied. According to one of Mr. Lee¡¯s books, it says that ¡°Jesus Christ is not God in blood and flesh, but a person in whom the Holy Spirit resides.¡± (refers to p.40 of [Truth of Revelation 2, Secret of Heaven¡¯s Book])

À̸¸Èñ¿¡ ÀÇÇÏ¸é ¿¹¼ö´ÔÀÇ ¼ºÀ°½Å»Ó¸¸ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó ¿¹¼ö´ÔÀÇ ½Å¼º±îÁö ºÎÀεȴÙ. ±×ÀÇ Ã¥¿¡ µû¸£¸é ¡°¿¹¼ö´ÔÀº À°½ÅÀ» ÀÔ°í ¿À½Å Çϳª´ÔÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó ¼º·ÉÀÌ Àΰ£ ¿¹¼öÀÇ À°Ã¼¿¡ ÀÓÇϽÉÀ¸·Î Çϳª´ÔÀÇ ¾ÆµéÀÌ µÇ¾ú´Ù¡±°í ÇÑ´Ù(¡ºÇϴÿ¡¼­ ¿Â Ã¥ÀÇ ºñ¹Ð °è½Ã·ÏÀÇ Áø»ó 2¡» p.40).

4. Soteriology
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(1)Mr. Lee insists that the salvation shall not be achieved by faith and belief, but it shall be achieved by meeting a Johannine missioner (refers to p.52 of [Truth of Revelation 2, Secret of Heaven¡¯s Book]). He also insists that the eternity may be achieved by listening and keeping the texts given by such Johannine missioner (Paraclete) (refers to p.537 of [Truth of Revelation 2, Secret of Heaven¡¯s Book]) and beilivers may access to Jesus Christ only through such Johannine missioner (refers to pp.179~180 of [Truth of Revelation 2, Secret of Heaven¡¯s Book]).

¿äÇÑÀûÀÎ »ç¸íÀÚ¸¦ ¸¸³ª¾ß ÇÑ´Ù°í Çϸç(¡ºÇϴÿ¡¼­ ¿Â Ã¥ÀÇ ºñ¹Ð °è½Ã·ÏÀÇ Áø»ó 2¡» p.52), »çµµ ¿äÇÑÀûÀÎ »ç¸íÀÚ(º¸Çý»ç)ÀÇ ¸»¾¸À» µè°í ÁöÄѾ߸¸ ¿µ»ý¿¡ À̸£¸ç(¡ºÇϴÿ¡¼­ ¿Â Ã¥ÀÇ ºñ¹Ð °è½Ã·ÏÀÇ Áø»ó 2¡» p.537), ¿äÇÑÀ» ¸»¹Ì¾ÏÁö ¾Ê°í´Â ¿¹¼ö´Ô¿¡°Ô ¿Ã ÀÚ°¡ ¾ø´Ù(¡ºÇϴÿ¡¼­ ¿Â Ã¥ÀÇ ºñ¹Ð °è½Ã·ÏÀÇ Áø»ó 2¡»pp.179~180)°í ÇÑ´Ù.

(2) Mr. Lee also asserts that ¡°a truthful messenger who conveys the messages shown and informed by Jesus Christ (i.e the Holy Spirit) comes and he is now spreading the gospel of the eternity.¡± (refer to p. 46 of [Complete Explanation of Revelation, Eternal Gospel and New Song]). Mr. Lee implies himself as a representative of God and/or Johannine Paraclete, identical to Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and even Jesus Christ, based on his insistence prescribed in his books. He asserts that his books are (a) God¡¯s words for churches written by himself in whom the Holy Spirit resides and (b) publicly revealed Revelations which contains the secrets of Revelations sealed by seven seals (refers to p.7 and p.46 of [Complete Explanation of Revelation, Eternal Gospel and New Song]).

(2) À̾¾´Â ¡°¼º·ÉÀ̽Š¿¹¼ö²²¼­ Á÷Á¢ º¸¿©ÁÖ°í µé·ÁÁֽŠ°ÍÀ» ÀüÇÏ´Â Áø¸®ÀÇ ÇÑ »çÀÚ°¡ ÃâÇöÇÏ¿© ¿µ»ýÀÇ ¸»¾¸À» ÀüÆÄÇÏ°í ÀÖ´Ù¡±(¡º¿µ¿øÇÑ º¹À½ »õ³ë·¡ °è½Ã·Ï ¿ÏÀüÇؼ³¡» p.46)¸é¼­, ÀÚ½ÅÀÇ Ã¥À» ¡°¼º·ÉÀÌ ³ª¸¦ ÅëÇؼ­ ±³È¸µé¿¡°Ô ÇϽô ¸»¾¸¡±ÀÌ¸ç ¡°ÀÏ°ö ÀÎÀ¸·Î ºÀÇÑ Çϳª´ÔÀÇ Ã¥ °è½Ã·ÏÀÇ ºñ¹ÐÀÌ ÀÌÁ¦ °³ºÀµÇ¾î ¸¸ÃµÇÏ¿¡ °ø°³µÇ´Â °è½Ã¡±(¡º¿µ¿øÇÑ º¹À½ »õ³ë·¡ °è½Ã·Ï ¿ÏÀüÇؼ³¡» p.7)¶ó°í ÇÔÀ¸·Î ÀÚ½ÅÀ» ¾Æ´ã, ³ë¾Æ, ¾Æºê¶óÇÔ, ¸ð¼¼, ¿¹¼ö¿Í µ¿µîÇÑ ´ë¾ðÀÚ ¶Ç´Â »çµµ ¿äÇÑÀûÀÎ º¸Çý»ç·Î ¾Ï½ÃÇÏ°í ÀÖ´Ù(¡º¿µ¿øÇÑ º¹À½ »õ³ë·¡ °è½Ã·Ï ¿ÏÀüÇؼ³¡» p.46).

5.The doctrine of God
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(1)The trinity explained by Mr. Man Hee Lee is totally different from the Holy Trinity of traditional Christianchurch. Mr. Lee compares the Holy Trinity to people in the Old Testament; Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. In his book, he explains the Trinity as follow: ¡°the father (Abraham), also known as holy spirit gave a birth of son (Isaac) and the son who also has holy spirit, gave birth of his son (Jacob), the paraclete, and this shall be called as the Trinity (refers to p.37 of [Truth of Revelation 2, Secret of Heaven¡¯s Book]), and this indicates that the Trinity means the Holy Spirit which becomes Jesus Christ and the Johannine missioner in whom the Holy Spirit resides (refers to p.306 of [Truth of Revelations, the Secret of Heaven]).¡±

(1) À̾¾°¡ ¸»ÇÏ´Â »ïÀ§ÀÏü´Â Á¤Å뱳ȸÀÇ »ïÀ§ÀÏü¿Í ÀüÇô ´Ù¸¥ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. À̾¾´Â ±¸¾àÀÇ ¾Æºê¶óÇÔ°ú ÀÌ»è°ú ¾ß°öÀ» »ïÀ§ ÀÏü¿¡ ºñÀ¯ÇÏ¿© ¡°¼º·ÉÀ̽Š¼ººÎ(¾Æºê¶óÇÔ)´Â ¼ºÀÚ ¿¹¼ö(ÀÌ»è)¸¦ ³º¾Ò°í ¼º·ÉÀ̽Š¿¹¼ö(ÀÌ»è)´Â ¼ºÀÚ º¸Çý»ç(¾ß°ö)¸¦ ³ºÀ¸¼ÌÀ¸´Ï ÀÌ°ÍÀÌ »ïÀ§ÀÌ´Ù¡± (¡ºÇϴÿ¡¼­ ¿Â Ã¥ÀÇ ºñ¹Ð °è½Ã·ÏÀÇ Áø»ó 2¡» p.37)¶ó°í Çϴµ¥, ÀÌ´Â ¼º·ÉÀÌ ¿¹¼ö¿Í Çϳª µÇ½Å ÈÄ¿¡ ´Ù½Ã ±× ¼º·É°ú Çϳª µÈ ¿¹¼öÀÇ ¿µÀÌ Áö»óÀÇ »ç¸íÀÚ À°Ã¼¿¡ ÀÓÇÔÀ¸·Î »ïÀ§ÀÏü°¡ ÀÌ·ç¾îÁö´Â °ÍÀÌ µÈ´Ù´Â ¸»ÀÌ´Ù(¡ºÃµ±¹ºñ¹Ð°è½Ã·ÏÀÇ Áø»ó¡» p.306).

(2)Mr. Man Hee Lee¡¯s view toward God shall be described as pantheism. He teaches his followers that the events in the Revelations are a war between the Holy Spirit and evil spirits and the Holy Spirit is an opposite to the evil spirit, not the one of three pillars of the Holy Trinity. Furthermore, he explains that souls of the martyrs decapitated are holy spirits (refers to pp.210~211 of [Complete Explanation of Revelation, Eternal Gospel and New Song]), and he asserts that the Paraclete is not the Holy Spirit (God),but a human being as a representative of God. Based on these assertions of Mr. Lee, his doctrine of God shall be described as pantheism.

(2) À̾¾ÀÇ ½Å°üÀº °á±¹ ¹ü½Å·ÐÀÌ´Ù. À̾¾´Â °è½Ã·ÏÀÇ »ç°ÇÀ» ¼º·É°ú ¾Ç·ÉÀÇ ½Î¿òÀ¸·Î Çؼ®Çϸ鼭, ¡®¼º·É¡¯À» »ïÀ§ÀÏü Çϳª´ÔÀÇ ÇÑ À§°¡ ¾Æ´Ñ ¾Ç·ÉÀÇ ¹Ý´ë °³³äÀ¸·Î °¡¸£Ä¡°í ÀÖ´Ù. ´õ±¸³ª ¸ñ º£ÀÎ ¼ø±³ÀÚµéÀÇ ¿µÈ¥µµ ¼º·ÉÀ̶ó°í ÇÏ°í(¡º¿µ¿øÇÑ º¹À½»õ³ë·¡ °è½Ã·Ï ¿ÏÀüÇؼ³¡» pp.210~211) ¡®º¸Çý»ç¡¯¸¦ ¼º·É(Çϳª´Ô)ÀÌ ¾Æ´Ñ ¡®´ë¾ðÀڷμ­ÀÇ Àΰ£¡¯À̶ó°í ÇÔÀ¸·Î ±×ÀÇ ½Å°üÀº ¹ü½Å·ÐÀ̶ó ÇÒ ¼ö¹Û¿¡ ¾ø´Ù.

6.Eschatology
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Mr. Lee insists that Cheonggye Mountain located at Gwacheon where the Temple of Tabernacle was firstly established is the the place where the End described in Revelations is fulfilled (refers to pp.49~50 of [Truth of Revelation 2, Secret of Heaven¡¯s Book]and p.227 of [Complete Explanation of Revelation, Eternal Gospel and New Song]). According to his insistences, all events which will be occurred at the time of end of the world will be completed in the Shincheonji Church (refers to pp.300~301, p.306 of [Truth of Revelation 2, Secret of Heaven¡¯s Book]).

À̾¾´Â ¿äÇÑ°è½Ã·ÏÀÇ ¿¹¾ð ¼ºÃë(Á¾¸»)ÀÇ Àå¼Ò¸¦ À帷¼ºÀüÀÌ ½ÃÀ۵Ǿú´ø Çѱ¹ÀÇ °úõ ¼ÒÀç û°è»êÀ̶ó°í Çϸ鼭 (¡ºÇϴÿ¡¼­ ¿Â Ã¥ÀÇ ºñ¹Ð °è½Ã·ÏÀÇ Áø»ó2¡» pp.49~50, p.469, ¡º¿µ¿øÇÑ º¹À½ »õ³ë·¡ °è½Ã·Ï ¿ÏÀüÇؼ³¡»p.227), ¡®½ÅõÁö¿¹¼ö±³Áõ°ÅÀ帷 ¼ºÀü¡¯¿¡¼­ Á¾¸»ÀÇ »ç°ÇÀÌ ¿Ï¼ºµÈ´Ù°í ¾Ï½ÃÇÏ°í ÀÖ´Ù(¡ºÇϴÿ¡¼­ ¿Â Ã¥ÀÇ ºñ¹Ð °è½Ã·ÏÀÇ Áø»ó2¡» pp.300~301, p.306).

7.Conclusion of Study
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Man Hee Lee actually has copied the doctrines of the Temple of Tabernacle (of which leader was Jae Yeol Yu) and Mr. Lee¡¯s doctrines regarding Revelation, Jesus Christ, God, and his Soteriology and Eschatology shall not be seen as reasonable Christian doctrines, but a cult. Therefore, Christians shall not attend at the Shincheonji Church and other Shincheonji institutes which teach Mr. Lee¡¯s doctrines and insistences. These shall be prohibited.

À̸¸Èñ´Â À帷¼ºÀü(´ç½Ã ±³ÁÖ À¯Àç¿­) °è¿­·Î¼­, ±×°¡ °¡¸£Ä¡°í ÀÖ´Â °è½Ã·Ð, ½Å·Ð, ±âµ¶·Ð,±¸¿ø·Ð, Á¾¸»·Ð µî ´ëºÎºÐÀÇ ±³¸®´Â µµÀúÈ÷ ±âµ¶±³ÀûÀ̶ó°í º¼ ¼ö ¾ø´Â ÀÌ´ÜÀÌ´Ù. µû¶ó¼­ ÀÌ·± À̾¾ÀÇ ±³¸®³ª ÁÖÀåÀ» °¡¸£Ä¡°í µû¸£°í ÀÖ´Â ½ÅõÁö ±³È¸(½ÅõÁö¿¹¼ö±³Áõ°ÅÀ帷¼ºÀü)³ª ¹«·á¼º°æ½ÅÇпø(±âµ¶±³½ÅÇпø)¿¡ ¿ì¸® ÃÑȸ »êÇÏ ±³ÀεéÀÌ °¡´Â °ÍÀ» ±ÝÇØ¾ß ÇÑ´Ù.

Current Status of the Shincheonji Church 2018
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Shincheonji Church insists that the number of its followers has been increasing around eight (8) % in every year since 2016, as follows:¡ã2016,172,775followers ¡ã2017,186,175 followers ¡ã2018, 202,899 followers.According to ¡°Current Status of Shincheonji Church 2018¡±, the financial current status for general meeting of Shincheonji is KRW 82,118,000,000 and the financial current status for twelve branches4) of Shincheonji Is KRW 211,976,420,000. The real estates owned by Shincheonji Church are as follows: 71 temples, 266 missionary centers, 100 offices, and 921 real estates other than the main church and center(gospel rooms, fake churches, fake culture centers, and etc.).

The estimated overall value of real estatesis about KRW 237,379,000,000. In this current status document, not only the Korean followers, but also foreign followers arerecorded. In 2016, Shincheonji operated 79 missionary centers worldwide, and in 2017,the number of missionary centers increased by 48 and became 127 missionary centers. In 2018, the totalnumber of missionary centers becomes 167. The number of foreign followers of Shincheonji was 645 in 2000, but in 2018 it became 22,478. According to the internal documents published by Shincheonji,Shincheonji has been steadily grown. However,such growth may be manipulated by each branch which were forced to attract more people by Mr.Lee.

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