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0:05Today, I would like to speak about the
0:07early and latter rain of the Holy
0:10Spirit. It is from James chapter 5,
0:12verses 7 and 8. Be patient, therefore,
0:16brothers and sisters, until the coming
0:19of the Lord. See how the farmer waits
0:23for the precious fruit of the earth,
0:25being patient about it, until it
0:27receives the early and the latter rains
0:29. You also, be patient. Establish your
0:33hearts. The coming of the Lord is at
0:36hand.
0:39Our country has four distinct seasons,
0:42right? Spring, summer, autumn, and
0:45winter. That is why we often describe
0:48our lives in terms of the four seasons.
0:53The children sitting here in front
0:54would be spring. Then, young and
0:58middle-aged adults are summer. Next are
1:02those in their 60s and 70s. Nowadays, I
1:05am not sure if we can even count those
1:07in their 80s as autumn. And when you
1:10pass 90, it is winter. When we say this
1:14, we nod our heads and think, "Yes,
1:16that is truly how life is." The writers
1:23of the Bible used the climate of
1:26Palestine and farming practices not
1:30only to provide lessons but also to
1:33explain how God's Holy Spirit works. A
1:40unique feature of Palestine is the
1:43early and latter rain. This is
1:45extremely important for farming. Some
1:50Bibles focus on literal translation,
1:54while others focus on paraphrase.
1:59Translations like the Common
2:01Translation, the Easy-to-Read Version,
2:04the Living Bible, and the GNT (Good
2:06News Translation) use various
2:08approaches. Also, versions like the ISV
2:11(International Standard Version) and
2:14the NIV (New International Version)
2:16translate them as "autumn rain" and "
2:18spring rain" to make it easier for
2:20modern readers to understand. The
2:24climate in Judea and Israel is divided
2:27into a dry season and a rainy season.
2:32The dry season, usually from April to
2:35October, has a tropical climate, where
2:38a long, hot, and dry summer passes. And
2:44from November to the following March,
2:47it has a temperate climate, where they
2:50experience a mild and humid winter. Now
2:55, if you look at the rainy season here.
2:58Uh. The early rain falls between
3:02October and November. As you can see
3:05here, the ground is completely dried
3:08out and has become hard. You cannot
3:11even plow the field here. Because it is
3:14too parched and dry. But then the early
3:17rain comes lightly. Then the ground
3:21that was so hard becomes soft, allowing
3:24it to be plowed and seeds to be sown.
3:29After that, the rainy season begins,
3:31which is also called winter rain or
3:33monsoon rain. Rain falls intensively
3:37from December to February. Then, around
3:42March or April, the final "latter rain"
3:46falls. If there is a climate change and
3:49that latter rain ends too early, even
3:53though the crops have grown, there will
3:56be problems with the final ripening and
3:59maturing. Then, the harvest yield would
4:02drop significantly. Therefore, the
4:05early rain is very important for sowing
4:07seeds, and the latter rain is very
4:09important for the harvest. Why do we
4:14call the Holy Spirit the "early rain"
4:17and "latter rain"? Does the Holy Spirit
4:20work in our daily lives, or not? Uh,
4:24the Holy Spirit is working in our daily
4:26lives right now. In my normal routine,
4:31I wake up in the morning, eat, take a
4:34shower, go to my study, and prepare for
4:38my ministry. I lead that kind of life
4:43regularly, but when the weekend comes,
4:45I attend revivals or go to special
4:47seminars. So, while the Holy Spirit
4:52generally works in people's hearts to
4:55teach, guide, inspire, and lead them to
4:58repentance, there are two special
5:00ministries related to the gospel work.
5:06The work of the Spirit at the start of
5:10the church is called the "early rain,"
5:14and the work of the Spirit that
5:17finishes the gospel mission just before
5:21the final Second Coming is described as
5:24the "latter rain" ministry. Even in the
5:31Old Testament, rain was used as a
5:34symbol of the Holy Spirit. In Isaiah
5:3832:15, it says, "Until the Spirit is
5:42poured upon us from on high," referring
5:46to rain pouring down. So, it uses the
5:50imagery of falling rain to describe how
5:54God's Holy Spirit would be given. "Then
5:58the wilderness will become a fruitful
5:59field, and the fruitful field will be
6:01considered a forest." This This
6:05prophecy in Isaiah 32 symbolizes the
6:08great reformation led by King Hezekiah.
6:12The revival that would result from that
6:16reformation was described using the
6:19metaphor of rain. This made it much
6:23easier for the Israelites to understand
6:25. Just as we compare human life to the
6:28four seasons. However, while this
6:32prophecy was partially fulfilled during
6:35Hezekiah's reformation, its more
6:37perfect fulfillment takes place at
6:39Pentecost. So, when the Holy Spirit was
6:46given at Pentecost, and Peter went out
6:49after they received the Spirit and
6:53spoke in tongues—when many people
6:56thought they were drunk—he said, "God
6:59says, in the last days, I will pour out
7:03my Spirit on all flesh." He meant that
7:09this was the work of the early rain,
7:11not that they were drunk. Hmm. Now,
7:16let's take a look at the early rain,
7:18the autumn rain of the Holy Spirit.
7:24Before He was crucified, the
7:26resurrected Jesus promised that He
7:28would meet His disciples in Galilee
7:31after He rose from the dead. And after
7:35meeting them by the Sea of Galilee, He
7:37gave this command to the apostles. "Do
7:41not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the
7:43gift my Father promised, which you have
7:46heard me speak about.""For John
7:50baptized with water, but in a few days
7:53you will be baptized with the Holy
7:55Spirit." We call this baptism of the
7:59Holy Spirit. That is what most
8:01Protestant churches call it. You will
8:03be baptized with the Holy Spirit. Why
8:08did Jesus tell the disciples to wait
8:10for the baptism of the Holy Spirit
8:13instead of just sending them out after
8:15His resurrection? First, it was because
8:20the disciples were too incompetent and
8:23weak. The people who followed Jesus—
8:27well, Jesus started His public ministry
8:30around the age of 30, right? So, the
8:34disciples must have been in their early
8:3630s or late 20s. They were all young
8:40people. They had no social experience,
8:42and they were not from the leadership
8:44class in society. Yes. They had no
8:46money and hadn't been highly educated
8:48either. And because they were going to
8:52face much opposition and obstruction,
8:55they could never have started God's
8:57work in that state. Uh, Jesus sent the
9:04disciples out even before the cross,
9:07and when He sent them, it says here
9:10that He gave them power and authority.
9:15But what is power, and what is
9:16authority? Authority, first of all, is
9:20exousia. It refers to the right or
9:23privilege to exercise power. For
9:25example, in John 1:12, it says to those
9:28who received Him and believed in His
9:30name, He gave them what to become
9:32children of God? He gave them the
9:34authority. This means we have gained
9:37the right to become children of God.
9:40That is what it means. We have the
9:42right. However, having the right alone
9:45is not enough to do the work. Just
9:48because someone becomes a manager or a
9:50president doesn't mean they will
9:52necessarily make the company thrive.
9:55They have the position, but what else
9:57must they have? They must have the
9:59power. That power is dynamis. Dynamis
10:04refers to the strength or ability to
10:07carry out a task. So, when Jesus said,
10:11"Stay in this city until you are
10:13clothed with power from on high," that
10:16power is dynamis. The word dynamite
10:20comes from this Greek word, dynamis.
10:25That is the word that came from it. The
10:31disciples followed Jesus 'instructions
10:33and went to the upper room where they
10:35were staying; our Bible omits it, but
10:38there is a definite article before "
10:40upper room." That upper room, the upper
10:43room where the disciples often gathered
10:46, it is a well-known upper room. You
10:49know which upper room this is, right?
10:51We usually call it the Upper Room of
10:54Mark. Uh, Mark is also known as John
11:00Mark. Uh, in our Bible, among the four
11:03Gospels, there is the Gospel of Mark.
11:06He is the one who wrote this book. His
11:09mother is Mary. Not Jesus' mother Mary,
11:14but another Mary, and that Mary is
11:17Barnabas's cousin. Yes. You know
11:20Barnabas the encourager, right? Yes.
11:24Now, what they did here to receive
11:26dynamis, to receive the early rain of
11:29the Holy Spirit, was to join together
11:32with one heart and devote themselves to
11:35prayer. What must we do to receive the
11:39Holy Spirit? We must pray a lot. Now
11:44then, when they prayed like this, the
11:47day of Pentecost arrived; what kind of
11:50things happened then? When they were
11:54all gathered in one place, suddenly
11:56there came a sound from heaven like a
11:57rushing mighty wind, and it filled the
11:59whole house where they were sitting.
12:04Wait. It doesn’t mean that a wind
12:07actually blew. As you see here, it
12:11wasn’t an actual wind, but a sound
12:14like a wind. Yes. The word for wind
12:18here is "pneuma" in the original text,
12:20which refers to breath or respiration.
12:23So it means that a physical change
12:26occurs in those who receive the Holy
12:28Spirit, and their breathing deepens.
12:32After Jesus rose from the dead, He
12:35appeared to the disciples gathered on
12:37the evening of the first day and sent
12:39them out again. He said, "As the Father
12:42has sent Me, I also send you." Before
12:46we preach the gospel of God, there is
12:49something we must do first, which is
12:52when He breathed on them and said, "
12:55Receive the Holy Spirit." It says "
13:00breathed on them," and in many English
13:05Bibles like the NIV or NASB, it is
13:09translated as "He breathed on them and
13:14said." This is much closer to the
13:16original text. So, He breathed into the
13:19disciples and told them to receive the
13:22Holy Spirit. "Receive" here is "labete,
13:28" which means to welcome or accept. In
13:31other words, when you receive the Holy
13:33Spirit, the person who receives the
13:37Holy Spirit does not become a person
13:40with superpowers. The source of the
13:47apostles 'power did not come from the
13:50apostles themselves, but the power of
13:53the Holy Spirit within them was
13:56manifested when they welcomed the Holy
14:00Spirit.
14:01Amen.
14:01Yes. When we receive the Holy Spirit,
14:05we don't become superhuman. It is the
14:07Holy Spirit within us who works. This
14:12is a preliminary and partial
14:15fulfillment of Jesus' promise to send
14:20the Helper. Even then, they received
14:22the Holy Spirit, but they received Him
14:24partially. Because these disciples
14:27hadn't gone out to do the work yet. Yes
14:29. On the day of Pentecost, they felt
14:34the Holy Spirit working within them,
14:37accompanied by a sound like a rushing,
14:41mighty wind. Then, there appeared to
14:45them tongues as of fire, distributing
14:47themselves, and they rested on each one
14:50of them; you need to look at this
14:51carefully as well. It doesn’t mean
14:54that fire actually ignited here. What
14:57does it say here? It wasn’t actual
15:01fire, but rather things like tongues of
15:05fire, meaning a bright light like a
15:09flame appeared in the house, and it
15:12split like flames and appeared over
15:16people's heads. But this didn't appear
15:22forever; looking at the Greek tense for
15:25"rested on," it is written in the past
15:28tense. So, it didn't stay lit; it
15:33flashed and then disappeared. However,
15:38even though these visible signs
15:41disappeared, the effect of the Holy
15:44Spirit's work continued forever for the
15:47disciples. Yes. And so, these people
15:52were filled with the Holy Spirit. So,
15:55baptism in the Holy Spirit and being
15:56filled with the Holy Spirit, baptism of
15:58the Spirit and fullness of the Spirit
16:00are the same experience. All of them
16:04were filled with the Holy Spirit and
16:07began to speak in other tongues as the
16:09Spirit enabled them. Notice here, it
16:13says "other tongues." Meaning it was
16:16not incoherent mumbling, but they spoke
16:19clear, foreign languages. It does not
16:22mean that if you receive the Spirit,
16:24you speak in tongues. Rather, it means
16:27that by being filled with the Holy
16:30Spirit, they spoke in foreign languages
16:32and began to evangelize to the people.
16:38Speaking in tongues alone in a state of
16:40ecstasy appears later in the Corinthian
16:43church, but in Acts, it was speaking to
16:45people who could not understand Aramaic
16:48. At that time, the people of Israel
16:51used Aramaic. Jesus also used Aramaic.
16:56Hebrew was only used by scholars,
16:59priests, and that class of people. So
17:02they went out directly to the
17:04foreigners gathered there and preached
17:06the gospel in their languages. If you
17:10look at the commentary, It says this—
17:14being filled with the Spirit was not a
17:17simple movement of the Spirit. Our
17:20commentary translates this "moving" as
17:21"movement," but it is much more
17:23accurate to translate it as "impulse"
17:24or "inspiration." It was not a simple
17:28inspiration of the Spirit. It was not
17:30merely the breath of the Spirit either.
17:33It was about filling the disciples. It
17:38was about filling them up. It is the
17:41filling of their hearts and minds with
17:43power. It was the Holy Spirit taking
17:49complete possession of them. From this
17:52moment on, the church became an
17:53instrument of the Holy Spirit. This is
17:57called baptism in the Spirit or being
17:59filled with the Spirit. In other words,
18:02it is the Holy Spirit taking full
18:05possession of a person. So, living not
18:10by one's own will, purpose, or desire,
18:12but by the leading of the Holy Spirit
18:14—that is what it means to be baptized
18:17in the Spirit. To be filled with the
18:20Holy Spirit. That is how it is
18:22expressed. From this moment on, the
18:24church became an instrument of the Holy
18:26Spirit. How did that result manifest?
18:29On that very day, the day of Pentecost,
18:32about three thousand were added to
18:35their number. Three thousand people
18:38were baptized in a single day. Look at
18:41what follows. Acts chapter 2, verse 47.
18:44And the Lord added to their number
18:46daily those who were being saved. Acts
18:48chapter 4, verse 4. Here, the number of
18:51men who believed was about five
18:52thousand. Considering the demographics
18:56even then, there must have been far
18:58more women. So, there were likely over
19:0215,000 disciples in total. Then, Acts
19:04chapter 5, verse 14. Great multitudes
19:07of men and women were added. Acts
19:08chapter 5, verse 28. When they were
19:12told not to teach, they had already
19:14filled Jerusalem with their teaching;
19:16there was nowhere the gospel hadn't
19:18reached. Finally, in Acts chapter 6,
19:22the number of disciples increased
19:23greatly, and a large number of priests
19:25became obedient to the faith. How many
19:30Christians were there at this time?
19:33Actually, there is no exact record.
19:37American sociologist of religion,
19:40Rodney Stark, wrote a book titled "The
19:43Rise of Christianity," where he
19:46estimated that after Jesus established
19:50the church around 31 AD, the number of
19:54Christians grew to about 1,000 by 40 AD
19:57, increasing by 40%every decade. So, by
20:03the end of the first century around 100
20:06AD, there were 7,500; by 150 AD, 40,000
20:09; by 200 AD, 200,000; and by 250 AD, 2
20:12million. That means about 2%of the
20:15Roman Empire's population had become
20:17Christian. Then, by around 300 AD, it
20:19reached 6.29 million, which was 10%.
20:21That’s incredible. 10%is significant.
20:24Finally, Emperor Constantine legalized
20:27Christianity in 313 AD, and by around
20:30350 AD, the number had already
20:32surpassed 33.8 million. This means over
20:3656%, more than half of the entire Roman
20:38Empire's population, had become
20:41Christian. So, how was Christianity
20:45able to grow so rapidly in such a short
20:50period? In the book "The Rise of
20:53Christianity," the factors are
20:55summarized into a few points. There
21:00were two major plagues in the Roman
21:03Empire, in 165 AD and 251 AD. While
21:08people fled the cities, Christians
21:10stayed behind to care for the sick.
21:15Back then, infanticide and abortion
21:18were quite common. Some families would
21:22even kill baby girls when they were
21:24born. Because Christians forbade this,
21:27the number of believers grew quickly.
21:30They had many children. So, we need to
21:33have many children. Also, there was a
21:37high regard for women. There was no
21:39gender discrimination. Within the
21:40church. And women were allowed to
21:42attend worship. Yes. Through this, the
21:45number of female converts increased,
21:48and in a situation where half the
21:50population died due to the two plagues,
21:52Christianity offered more satisfying
21:54explanations for such disasters. Yes.
21:57The disciples at the time interpreted
21:59these events as the end times,
22:00explaining them as signs of the last
22:02days. Furthermore, through strong
22:05cohesion and mutual aid, they coped
22:07better with the disasters, resulting in
22:09fewer casualties than the general
22:11public. And in the non-face-to-face
22:14situations caused by the plagues, it
22:16became easier to form new relationships
22:18. People couldn't meet others, so they
22:19were thrilled when Christians came to
22:21visit. Yes. And by not responding to
22:25persecutors with violence, but instead
22:27praying for them and being willing to
22:29be martyred, they gained social trust.
22:35I believe that if we recover this
22:38spirit of the early church, the gospel
22:42can still spread even faster and
22:45globally today. How many Christians are
22:50there now? According to the report
22:54released this January by the Center for
22:56the Study of Global Christianity at
22:57Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary,
22:59here is the current state of global
23:00Christianity. The world population is
23:02about 8 billion, and the number of
23:04Christians is 2.6 billion. 32.5%have
23:09become Christians. And there are 4.2
23:12million churches worldwide. Isn't it
23:16amazing? Starting with those 100 or so
23:22fragile disciples of Jesus, it has
23:25grown into this incredible religion
23:28with 2.6 billion believers. So, as I
23:32mentioned earlier, the word "dynamis"
23:35is where we get the word "dynamite."
23:39The Holy Spirit truly was dynamite that
23:44shook the earth. Now, the next point is
23:48the Bible. In Matthew chapter 24, Jesus
23:53spoke of the signs of the end, and this
23:57was the very last one. "And this gospel
24:02of the kingdom will be preached in the
24:04whole world as a testimony to all
24:07nations, and then the end will come."
24:11Yes. So, one of the crucial signs of
24:15the Second Coming is the spread of the
24:18Gospel to the whole world. What is
24:24recorded in the New Testament within
24:27the Roman Empire, the parts marked in
24:29pink, are all the regions where
24:31Christianity reached. It reached almost
24:34the entire Roman Empire, didn't it?
24:38Then, the early church spread beyond
24:41the Roman Empire, and Christianity was
24:45transmitted along the trade routes by
24:49traveling merchants. Here, the Silk
24:54Road, marked in blue, stretches from
24:57China to the Mediterranean; the Gospel
24:59spread along this route as far as China
25:02and Mongolia. Next, there is the spice
25:06route. It is currently marked in red
25:10here. The Gospel also spread to
25:14Southeast Asia along this spice route.
25:18Then there is tin and lead, from
25:20Britain to Carthage. It spread from
25:22Britain to Carthage, and tin and lead
25:25are ingredients used to make bronze.
25:28And in those days, bronze was the
25:31material used to make weapons. So,
25:33along these trade routes, not only was
25:35culture spread, but the Gospel was as
25:37well. Next is amber. This part here,
25:42marked in green from the Baltic to the
25:45Mediterranean—amber is essentially a
25:48fossil created when tree resin covers
25:51an insect that has landed on a tree.
25:56Yes. At the time, people used amber as
26:01jewelry, as a talisman for blessings or
26:05healing, and since it was tree resin,
26:09they also used it as perfume. And they
26:14even used it as medicine. So,
26:16Christianity spread along the routes
26:19where these goods were traded. The
26:22reason for this global expansion of
26:25Christianity is largely due to a man
26:27named William Carey. He is called the
26:32father of modern Protestant missions;
26:34in 1793, at the age of 32, he
26:37volunteered as a missionary to India
26:39and worked in Serampore, and as a
26:42result of his activities, numerous
26:44missionary societies and especially
26:47Bible societies were established. Even
26:52in our church commentary, it is
26:54generally considered that the modern
26:57Christian mission era began with the
26:59work of William Carey in 1793. In the
27:03150 years since he began his historic
27:05mission to India, the greatest
27:06conquests of the Christian faith have
27:08taken place. In step with foreign
27:11missions, Bible translation and
27:13distribution have progressed. If you
27:19look at the Korean Bible Society, the
27:22population using the total languages is
27:25estimated to be about 7.4 billion, with
27:2880%having the entire Bible translated
27:32and available, 11%having only the New
27:35Testament translated, about 6%having
27:38fragments or excerpts translated, and
27:41about 200 million people speaking
27:44languages with no Bible at all. 3%. Yes
27:49. So, it means that almost 98%are
27:52prepared to be able to read the Bible
27:55in their own language. But there are
27:597,386 languages, so about half of them
28:02still have almost no translation.
28:06However, these are languages used by
28:08very small ethnic groups. Our Adventist
28:13Church in 1844...At first, we thought
28:18the world was coming to an end. Then,
28:22through continuous theological study,
28:25we realized that the messages of the
28:28first and second angels were spread
28:31through William Miller's Advent
28:33movement, and that there was still time
28:36left to preach the message of the third
28:39angel. This became the driving force
28:43for world mission. Specifically, in
28:46Revelation 10, which explains the Great
28:49Disappointment, he says to me—we need
28:51to understand Revelation 10 accurately
28:54here. The prophecy of the birth of our
28:57Adventist Church is here. John was told
29:01to take and eat the little scroll, and
29:03when he ate it, it was sweet in his
29:06mouth; so when interpreting the 2,300
29:08evenings and mornings and expecting the
29:11second coming of Jesus, it was sweet.
29:14But when it went into his stomach, it
29:16became bitter. This is a prophecy about
29:18tasting disappointment. But it doesn't
29:22end there; what does the angel say? "
29:25You must prophesy again about many
29:27peoples and nations and languages and
29:29kings." This is where the Adventist
29:32Church discovered its mission. However,
29:36at first, we didn't think of this as
29:39the whole world. Because American
29:43society was composed of immigrants from
29:46many nations, we thought that if we
29:49preached the gospel to these immigrant
29:51groups, Jesus would return. But there
29:57were many difficulties when trying to
30:01evangelize. First of all, because the
30:04Advent movement had experienced the
30:05Great Disappointment, public meetings
30:07were not possible. And to hold public
30:10meetings, a lot of money is needed, but
30:12there were no funds. So, what we did
30:16was start creating and distributing
30:18publications. Yes. We began by creating
30:24and handing out tracts in German,
30:27French, and Dutch for immigrant groups
30:31in the U.S., and it spread worldwide.
30:36Because when people read them and were
30:38moved, they would send them to their
30:41relatives and families back in Europe.
30:43That is how Adventist believers began
30:45to emerge in Europe. So, there was a
30:48need to evangelize in Europe. We needed
30:51to officially send missionaries there.
30:54That’s why, in 1874, our church sent
30:59its first official missionary to Europe
31:02. That person was Pastor Andrews. He
31:08was fluent in seven languages and
31:10reportedly had the New Testament
31:13memorized. The entire New Testament. He
31:17had an incredible grasp of the Old
31:19Testament as well; he was a scholar, a
31:23prolific writer, a powerful preacher,
31:26and a capable theologian. In the U.S.,
31:30he served as the third General
31:32Conference president of our church and
31:34was also an editor of the Review and
31:36Herald. When sending him, Ellen White
31:40wrote to the believers in Europe, "We
31:42are sending you the most capable among
31:45us." That is what she wrote in her
31:47letter. At the time, his wife had
31:52already passed away. So, he was a
31:56widower, and he went as a missionary,
32:00taking his sixteen-year-old son and
32:04daughter with him. But when Andrews
32:10collapsed, the doctor examined him and
32:13found it was malnutrition. The doctor
32:17was shocked and asked how he could
32:18possibly live like that. Although
32:22Andrews received a salary, he used it
32:24all for producing tracts and God’s
32:26work, barely surviving on porridge
32:28while he worked. Then, his daughter
32:31contracted tuberculosis at the age of
32:34seventeen. Because of the malnutrition.
32:37He took his daughter back to our
32:39sanitarium in the U.S. for treatment,
32:42but at just seventeen years old, she
32:44could not recover and passed away there
32:46. Yes. Even though she had passed away,
32:51many church members and young people
32:54gathered for the funeral of the first
32:56missionary's daughter. Standing before
33:00his daughter, Andrews preached a sermon
33:03about world mission. Moved by this,
33:06countless young people volunteered for
33:08the world mission work. This became a
33:11grain of wheat that bore fruit. Pastor
33:15Andrews returned to Europe, but on his
33:18way back, he himself contracted
33:20tuberculosis. Eventually, he died at
33:25the young age of fifty-four. It is said
33:29that even a few days before he died, he
33:32was writing articles from his sickbed.
33:36This is how our Adventist Church
33:38expanded its global mission; there are
33:41235 countries or territories, according
33:44to statistics from the end of last year
33:46. The Adventist Church is present in
33:49212 countries. That means the Adventist
33:54Church has reached 90%of the entire
33:57world. Next, there are 97,800 organized
34:01churches. Then, the number of church
34:04members is 22.2 million. Yes, it has
34:08surpassed 20 million. The number of new
34:12converts usually exceeded 1 million,
34:14but due to COVID-19, it dropped to
34:16950,000 in 2021; however, it increased
34:19again to 1.358 million last year. So,
34:22if you calculate it, 3,722 people per
34:26day are coming into the Adventist
34:30Church every day. When they received
34:34the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, they said
34:363,000 were baptized in a day. The
34:39Adventist Church is not like that for
34:41just one day; from January 1st to
34:43December 31st, 3,700 people are being
34:45baptized and coming into the Adventist
34:47Church daily. So, it doubles every 12
34:51years. Yes. Now, we have come this far.
34:57We can categorize all the people in the
35:00world like this. First, those who
35:03haven't heard the gospel yet—they
35:04would be the most numerous. Next, there
35:08are people who have heard the gospel
35:10but haven't heard the truth. You know
35:15what I mean by that, right? There are
35:17many people who believe in Jesus but
35:18believe incorrectly. Then, a smaller
35:23number of people have heard the truth.
35:26But they cannot put it into practice.
35:28They cannot leave their church. Because
35:31so many ties are intertwined, they
35:33cannot leave. Then, who are the people
35:37who have heard the truth and put it
35:40into practice? It is all of you sitting
35:45here. You are here because you put it
35:47into practice. However, this number is
35:50very small. Our Jinrye Church, the
35:54members gathered here today—of course
35:56, there are many in other rooms and
35:58many listening via video, but compared
36:03to other individual churches with
36:05hundreds of thousands of members or
36:07other denominations, we are truly
36:09inevitably weak. That is why Zechariah
36:144: 6 says, "Not by might, nor by power,
36:19but by my spirit, says the Lord of
36:23hosts."
36:25So, the seed has all been sown. We need
36:28to do the final harvest, but no matter
36:31how hard we try, we are too weak to
36:34bring forth the final fruit. So, what
36:38do we need? We need to receive the
36:40Latter Rain of the Holy Spirit.
36:42Amen. When the end times come, the
36:45collapse of ordinary churches means
36:47they have departed from the truth. They
36:50are completely casting away the truth.
36:53And what happens to the church is that
36:54it becomes a dwelling place for demons,
36:56a place where all kinds of foul spirits
36:57gather, and a place where all kinds of
36:59unclean and detestable birds gather.
37:01What this means is that eventually,
37:03spiritualism will take over almost all
37:05ordinary churches. Since we do not
37:10believe in the immortality of the soul,
37:12if someone talks about spirits, we can
37:14cut them off immediately. That is Satan
37:17. That is fake. We know it right away.
37:20But those who believe in the
37:21immortality of the soul cannot help but
37:23be assimilated into this. Therefore,
37:25the church will be entirely dominated
37:27by spiritualism. At that time, Another
37:31voice from heaven said, Come out of her
37:33, my people, that ye be not partakers
37:35of her sins, and that ye receive not of
37:38her plagues. There are people who call
37:41out like this, and it is those who have
37:42received the latter rain of the Holy
37:44Spirit who do this work. So, while it
37:47is important for us to understand the
37:49truth above all else, we must receive
37:53the latter rain of the Holy Spirit to
37:55finish this work, hasten our Lord's
37:58second coming, and go to heaven.
38:01Now, what must we do during the
38:03remaining time to receive the latter
38:06rain of the Holy Spirit? First, look.
38:11You must be born again. Jesus said that
38:15unless one is born again, he cannot see
38:17the kingdom of God. The latter rain,
38:22which ripens the crops of the earth,
38:24represents the spiritual grace that
38:25prepares the church for the coming of
38:27the Son of Man. However, without the
38:30early rain, there can be no life. No
38:34sprouts will appear. If the early rain
38:38does not fall sufficiently to do its
38:40work, the latter rain cannot ripen the
38:42seed. If the seed has not been sown, or
38:46if it has not sprouted and grown, it is
38:49of no use for the latter rain to fall.
38:53So, the historical early rain has
38:56fallen. The question is, have you
39:00received the personal early rain of the
39:02Holy Spirit? What is regeneration? What
39:09does it mean to be born again? The
39:12Review and Herald states that being
39:14born again consists of having new
39:17motives, new tastes, and new tendencies
39:20. This When we say "tendency," it can
39:25be translated as inclination, but we
39:27must have a new disposition, not an
39:29innate one; a new disposition, new
39:31motives, and new tastes. To explain
39:35this easily with a diagram, this is "me
39:37." It is the "me" that was born. Here I
39:39am, right here. This is what I was born
39:42with. Born genetically and formed
39:44through the upbringing process in
39:45childhood, the "me" is shaped like this
39:47. This is sinful. Then, to be born
39:53again means that the Holy Spirit dwells
39:56within this "me." To put it simply, in
40:03practical terms, how does the Holy
40:06Spirit work within us? He enters
40:09through the Word. Therefore, we must
40:13listen to and learn the Word of God.
40:17When that knowledge accumulates within
40:20me, my innate thoughts collide with the
40:22thoughts received through God's Word,
40:25and when I nail my old thoughts to the
40:27cross, this Word of God begins to
40:29govern me. So we must realize the Word
40:34and always keep it in mind as we live.
40:38It doesn't help much if the Word just
40:41goes in and out. You shouldn't think
40:44about the Word while at church and then
40:46immediately become a worldly person the
40:48moment you leave. Always being
40:51captivated by the Word and living
40:53centered on the Word—the beginning of
40:55this kind of life is what it means to
40:57be born again. To be regenerated. That
41:00is what we call it. Second, you must
41:03mature. But speaking the truth in love,
41:08may we grow up in every way into him.
41:11He is the head, even Christ. So, to
41:16receive the Holy Spirit, we must not
41:19only be born again but also grow. In
41:23other words, our character must
41:25resemble that of Jesus. A seed
41:30represents the beginning of the
41:32spiritual life, while the growing grain
41:35is a beautiful symbol of Christian
41:37growth. Just as in the natural world,
41:41there can be no life in the spiritual
41:43world without growth. Sanctification is
41:48a work that must be accomplished
41:49throughout one’s life.
41:55In short, you should be at least a
41:58little different today than you were
42:01yesterday. Compared to last week, you
42:07should be a little less stubborn and a
42:09little less quick to anger this week.
42:14Amen.
42:15So, as you attend church, you should
42:17change little by little, bit by bit.
42:22But there are some who have been
42:24attending church for 30 or 40 years,
42:26and...I was talking to some deaconesses
42:31, and when I asked about a certain
42:33deacon, they said, "Oh, he's a fighter.
42:35" They’ve been attending church for
42:39decades, yet their nickname is "The
42:40Fighter." This should not be the case.
42:45If we illustrate this, as I mentioned
42:46earlier, this is being born again. It
42:49means God's word has entered into you.
42:51And that word begins to govern you.
42:54Growth means that I am becoming smaller
42:59, and the Holy Spirit and God's word
43:03are increasingly governing me. This is
43:08what we call being filled with the Holy
43:10Spirit. It means living not by my own
43:15temper, but judging and deciding
43:17everything according to the Holy Spirit
43:20and the Word. This is exactly what it
43:24means to be growing. That is why
43:27Ephesians 5:18 says, "Do not get drunk
43:29on wine.""Which leads to debauchery.
43:32Instead, be filled with the Spirit." It
43:35contrasts wine with the Holy Spirit
43:37here. You see, when you drink alcohol,
43:41it paralyzes the cerebrum. Likewise,
43:44the Holy Spirit is meant to govern our
43:46cerebrum. If you look at the brain, at
43:49the very bottom is the biological brain
43:51. Next is the limbic system, the
43:53emotional brain. And then, at the very
43:55top, is the cerebrum. The cerebrum is
43:58supposed to govern the emotional brain.
44:02Well-educated people can manage their
44:04emotions well, but our cerebrum is
44:07often "ill." So, who should govern the
44:10cerebrum? The Holy Spirit and the Word
44:13must govern it. Only then can we
44:18resemble Jesus, live a new life, and
44:20achieve spiritual growth. This is what
44:24it means to be filled with the Holy
44:25Spirit. Jesus was also filled with the
44:28Holy Spirit and was led by the Spirit
44:30into the wilderness. Jesus didn't go
44:33there on His own; He was led by the
44:35Spirit. Because Jesus was filled with
44:38the Holy Spirit, He followed the Spirit
44:40. Also, on the day of Pentecost, when
44:42the disciples were filled with the Holy
44:44Spirit, they immediately began to
44:45evangelize. Evangelism also happens
44:47naturally when we are led by the Holy
44:49Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit's
44:51guidance, handing out tracts on the
44:53street—if people ignore you or turn
44:54away—hurts your pride, and you think,
44:55"Do I have nothing better to do at home
44:57?" You get insulted and your pride is
45:00hurt, so you can't evangelize. But if
45:03you are led by the Holy Spirit, it
45:05doesn't bother you at all. Instead, you
45:07feel pity and just want to witness to
45:09at least one person. When the priests
45:13commanded them to stop preaching, they
45:16were filled with the Holy Spirit and
45:19spoke the word of God with boldness.
45:23Even fear disappears. Yes. This is what
45:27it means to be maturing. The state of
45:30being filled with the Spirit is growing
45:32stronger. The Word begins to completely
45:35dominate me. Third, we must also
45:39prepare the word of truth. We need to
45:43have an accurate understanding of
45:45present truth. I mentioned the messages
45:48of the first, second, and third angels
45:50regarding present truth, didn't I?
45:53Listen to those messages again. We must
45:55not only understand them but also be
45:58able to share them with others. Just
46:04hearing and knowing isn't true
46:08knowledge. You possess true knowledge
46:12only when you can explain it to someone
46:15else. Fourth, to receive the Holy
46:20Spirit, you must forsake sin. The Holy
46:25Spirit does not work in an unclean
46:27place. Acts 3: 19-20 says, "Repent and
46:33turn to God." Yes. Repentance is...
46:38forsaking sin. Conversion is completely
46:42changing the direction of your life.
46:46Until now, you lived to succeed in the
46:49world, but now you live to succeed in
46:52heaven. Until now, you sought worldly
46:56recognition, but now you live to be
46:59recognized by God. This is what
47:01conversion is. When this happens, "so
47:03that your sins may be wiped out." We
47:06will study this in our sanctuary
47:08service lessons; it teaches the work of
47:10blotting out sin. "And that times of
47:15refreshing may come from the Lord.""
47:20Times of refreshing" here means to make
47:23cool. To strengthen. To restore
47:27vitality. That is what it means. In
47:30fact, this refers to the work of the
47:31latter rain of the Holy Spirit. And
47:34when the final harvest ends, He will
47:37send the Christ, whom He appointed for
47:39you—even Jesus—and you will welcome
47:42the Second Coming. What happens when we
47:47receive the latter rain and go out to
47:48preach? It is from The Great
47:51Controversy, page 611, paragraph 6. The
47:54prophecies which were fulfilled in the
47:56outpouring of the former rain at the
47:58beginning of the gospel work are to be
48:00fulfilled in the latter rain at its
48:02close. And that is the time of
48:05refreshing that the apostle Peter
48:08anticipated. Now, as I said, the latter
48:10rain of the Holy Spirit. Then, bright
48:12beams of light will penetrate every
48:14corner, and the truth will be clearly
48:16revealed.
48:18Thus, God's honest children will break
48:21the cords that have been binding them.
48:25You have broken those cords and come
48:27out here, but there are still people
48:29remaining in Babylon who have received
48:31the truth but cannot break those ties.
48:33These people will eventually break
48:35those cords and come out. Now, family
48:38and church ties will become so
48:39powerless that they can no longer hold
48:41them back. Truth is more precious than
48:44anything else. Even if various
48:47institutions unite to oppose the truth,
48:49many will stand on the Lord's side.
48:53Amen. Amen.
48:54In this way, when the cry goes out in
48:56Revelation 18 to "come out of her, my
48:59people," a history will unfold where
49:01countless people answer that call and
49:04join in this truth. This is the final
49:07harvest. It is calling out the last of
49:09God's people. Therefore, the fifth
49:13thing we must do is to ask for the
49:15latter rain. Jesus said, "If you, then,
49:19though you are evil, know how to give
49:21good gifts to your children, how much
49:23more will your Father in heaven give
49:25the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
49:28Amen.
49:30Ask for the latter rain of the Holy
49:32Spirit. Pray. In Christ's Object
49:35Lessons, page 121, it states that the
49:37Holy Spirit poured out at Pentecost was
49:38the former rain. However, the latter
49:40rain will be even more abundant. The
49:43Holy Spirit is waiting for us to ask
49:46for Him and receive Him. It is not that
49:51He is not giving it, but that because
49:53we do not ask, and because we feel less
49:56of a need, the latter rain of the Holy
49:58Spirit is not working. Lastly, I will
50:02conclude by reading from Testimonies to
50:04Ministers and Gospel Workers. We must
50:07pray for God to open the fountains of
50:09the water of life. We must also
50:12personally receive the living water.
50:15With a contrite heart, let us pray very
50:18fervently that the showers of grace
50:21will fall upon us now, in this time of
50:24the latter rain. In every meeting we
50:29attend, we must offer up prayers
50:32beseeching God to impart warmth and
50:35moisture to our souls at this very time
50:39.
50:40Amen.
50:41Let us ask for the latter rain.
50:43Amen.
50:44I will conclude my message with the
50:45hope that we may soon end our time in
50:47this difficult world and that you and I
50:49will sing the song of victory together
50:51on the sea of glass in heaven.
50:53Amen.

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