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The '''children of promise''' are those to whom [[God]] foretold blessings through prophecy even before their birth. In the Old Testament, [[Isaac]] and [[Jacob]] serve as representative examples of such children.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+9%3A7-13&version=NIV |title=Romans 9:7–13 |quote= }}</ref> Likewise, the saints who will receive salvation are consistently prophesied in both the Old and New Testaments as the children of promise. Not all [[Church|churches]] that profess faith in God are recognized as His people; only those who become the children of promise make up the true church that will receive salvation.<ref>Chapter 5 The Children of Promise and the Remnant, ''THE MYSTERY OF GOD AND THE SPRING OF THE WATER OF LIFE Melchizedek Pub. Co., Ltd'', Ahnsahnghong</ref> | <!-- interlanguage:start -->[[ko:약속의 자녀]]<!-- interlanguage:end -->The '''children of promise''' are those to whom [[God]] foretold blessings through prophecy even before their birth. In the Old Testament, [[Isaac]] and [[Jacob]] serve as representative examples of such children.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+9%3A7-13&version=NIV |title=Romans 9:7–13 |quote= }}</ref> Likewise, the saints who will receive salvation are consistently prophesied in both the Old and New Testaments as the children of promise. Not all [[Church|churches]] that profess faith in God are recognized as His people; only those who become the children of promise make up the true church that will receive salvation.<ref>Chapter 5 The Children of Promise and the Remnant, ''THE MYSTERY OF GOD AND THE SPRING OF THE WATER OF LIFE Melchizedek Pub. Co., Ltd'', Ahnsahnghong</ref> | ||
==Children of Promise and Children of the Flesh== | ==Children of Promise and Children of the Flesh== | ||
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{{quote5 |내용= Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: “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.” |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+7%3A2-3&version=NIV Revelation 7:2–3]}} | {{quote5 |내용= Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: “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.” |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+7%3A2-3&version=NIV Revelation 7:2–3]}} | ||
The children of promise, who are to receive salvation in this age, are the church that has fulfilled the prophecies of both the Old and New Testaments. According to the words of the prophets [[ | The children of promise, who are to receive salvation in this age, are the church that has fulfilled the prophecies of both the Old and New Testaments. According to the words of the prophets [[Malachi|Malachi]] and [[Isaiah]], as well as the [[revelation]] given to John, the church where the angel from the East appears—bearing the [[Seal of God|seal of the living God]] and carrying out the [[The Mission of Elijah|mission of Elijah]]—is the gathering of the children of promise. This church is the Church of God, destined to inherit eternal life. | ||
==Children of Promise and the Remnant== | ==Children of Promise and the Remnant== | ||
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{{quote5 |내용= And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel. |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+3%3A15&version=NIV Genesis 3:15]}} | {{quote5 |내용= And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel. |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+3%3A15&version=NIV Genesis 3:15]}} | ||
God declared that He would put enmity between the serpent and the woman, and between their offspring as well. This prophecy was first fulfilled at the First Coming of Jesus and will be fulfilled again in the last days through the rest of the woman’s offspring. Revelation 12 foretells that, after the religious Dark Ages, the rest of the woman’s offspring will stand against the dragon—the ancient serpent.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+12%3A14-17&version=NIV |title=Revelation 12:14–17 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> In Genesis 3, the woman refers to Eve, the wife of [[Adam]]. Eve, who was created just before the rest on the seventh day, foreshadows the [[The Wife (Bride) of the Lamb|Wife of the Lamb]] who appears at the time of eternal rest. Therefore, the rest of the woman’s offspring who confront the dragon in the last days are the saints who believe in [[God the Mother]], the Wife of the [[Second Coming Jesus (Second Coming Christ)|Second Coming Christ]]. Apostle John prophesied about the Bride who gives the [[The Water of Life|water of life]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+22%3A17&version=NIV |title=Revelation 22:17 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+21%3A9-10&version=NIV |title=Revelation 21:9–10 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> and Apostle Paul, in the [[book of Galatians]], testified that the children of promise like Isaac have a Mother represented by the Heavenly Jerusalem. | God declared that He would put enmity between the serpent and the woman, and between their offspring as well. This prophecy was first fulfilled at the First Coming of Jesus and will be fulfilled again in the last days through the rest of the woman’s offspring. Revelation 12 foretells that, after the religious Dark Ages, the rest of the woman’s offspring will stand against the dragon—the ancient serpent.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+12%3A14-17&version=NIV |title=Revelation 12:14–17 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> In Genesis 3, the woman refers to Eve, the wife of [[Adam]]. Eve, who was created just before the rest on the seventh day, foreshadows the [[The Wife (Bride) of the Lamb|Wife of the Lamb]] who appears at the time of eternal rest. Therefore, the rest of the woman’s offspring who confront the dragon in the last days are the saints who believe in [[God the Mother]], the Wife of the [[Second Coming Jesus (Second Coming Christ)|Second Coming Christ]]. Apostle John prophesied about the Bride who gives the [[The Water of Life|water of life]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+22%3A17&version=NIV |title=Revelation 22:17 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+21%3A9-10&version=NIV |title=Revelation 21:9–10 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> and Apostle Paul, in the [[book of Galatians]], testified that the children of promise, like Isaac, have a Mother represented by the Heavenly Jerusalem. | ||
{{quote5 |내용= But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is '''our mother'''. . . . Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are '''children of promise'''. At that time the son born in the ordinary way persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now. . . . Therefore, brothers, we are not '''children''' of the slave woman, but '''of the free woman'''. |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+4%3A26-31&version=NIV Galatians 4:26–31]}} | {{quote5 |내용= But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is '''our mother'''. . . . Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are '''children of promise'''. At that time the son born in the ordinary way persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now. . . . Therefore, brothers, we are not '''children''' of the slave woman, but '''of the free woman'''. |출처= [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+4%3A26-31&version=NIV Galatians 4:26–31]}} | ||