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0:02Now, let's move on to the second part,
0:04following our first video on creation.
0:07We explained that earlier. Now, judgment
0:09.
0:10Human obedience appears later with
0:13Abraham, who receives blessings when he
0:15obeys. When humans fall, as with Adam
0:18being cast out—Adam was the first human
0:21who received God's love and managed the
0:24Garden of Eden, but he ate the forbidden
0:26fruit of the knowledge of good and evil
0:29.
0:33That is the transgression.
0:39He was cast out for eating from the tree
0:40of knowledge. This means that human
0:43beings do not actually uphold absolute
0:46values when it comes to value judgment.
0:50Depending on the situation and my
0:51personal stance, I might make excuses or
0:53even criticize others. And there are
0:55cases where lawyers cover up crimes even
0:57while knowing the facts of the crime.
0:58But the justice and righteousness that
1:02God spoke of must be strictly upheld.
1:06It is not something humans can change at
1:08will.
1:08But humans change things based on their
1:11positions; the moment this human
1:13subjectivity challenges God's
1:15absoluteness, it becomes a concept of
1:17being cast out, the opposite of what God
1:19intended.
1:22Now, after this fall, Adam was cast out
1:24, and even after witnessing Adam's fall
1:27, the expulsion of his wife, and the
1:29expulsion of the serpent, Adam's
1:32descendants—despite having been educated
1:34about the world of justice and having
1:37received God's precious grace—still
1:40committed evil and murder, eventually
1:42facing the unprecedented disaster of the
1:45Flood.
1:49So, the Noahic Flood, then...
1:56The fact that humans fail to use nature
1:59properly, that people kill and rob
2:02others, and that an unjust world not
2:05living by the commandments...
2:10...is a world upon which wrath will
2:11surely descend. But God did not express
2:13wrath from the very beginning. Looking
2:14at the Book of Genesis, He warns them
2:15continuously. Do not live that way.
2:18This is how humans believe in God.
2:20"Whatever I do, since I am the supreme
2:23being created, what can He do?"
2:25Because humans commit sins in this way,
2:28animals also suffer. Nature is also
2:30damaged. Because the created world
2:33itself became chaotic, it is said that
2:35God regretted creating humans. But if He
2:38wiped everything out completely, there
2:41would be no one left to rebuild it.
2:43To make things anew, He overturns
2:46everything once. That is exactly what
2:48the water judgment is.
2:51Who is chosen? There are no other
2:52conditions, only that he was called a
2:53righteous man of his generation. Noah is
2:55chosen as the one to be saved.
2:58So He tells Noah, "I will send rain,
3:01because sin has become too widespread—
3:04widespread means to spread—upon this
3:07Earth."
3:11"Because it is rampant, I cannot watch
3:13the world I made become a mess with
3:15animals and everything else due to human
3:18sin, so you must prepare by building an
3:20ark out of wood."
3:22So, it's quite unique that the Bible
3:24includes the specific length, width, and
3:26height dimensions for the Ark in the
3:29story of Noah's Flood.
3:31Now, build it. But this man built a
3:33vessel on top of a mountain. Everyone
3:35else just laughed at him. What good will
3:38that do? In such a comfortable world,
3:39what could possibly happen on a mountain
3:41? Why? Amen.
3:43>> Noah believed that since God said He
3:45would submerge everything with rain, he
3:47would survive if he built a boat on the
3:49highest point. He trusted that one word
3:52and built the Ark. He also prepared
3:55pairs of every animal and plant. Then,
3:59he prepared for survival.
4:02And so, this preparation for survival
4:06became the Ark, Noah's Ark.
4:10Thus, Noah who prepared survived, while
4:14all other humanity perished, and with
4:17the preserved food, seeds, and animals,
4:20Noah emerged to start a new humanity.
4:24So, it is said that Noah and his family
4:27of seven became the ancestors of all
4:30mankind. Now, if you ask for evidence or
4:33if this is just a myth or theology,
4:35there are two reasons why you cannot
4:38deny it; the size of Noah's Ark is
4:40uniquely recorded in Genesis.
4:43Since this is a record from thousands of
4:46years ago, Norway, being descendants of
4:49Vikings, is good at building ships.
4:53They tried building it using those exact
4:54dimensions of length, width, and height
4:56.
4:57In a world where people only used animal
4:59bones for frames covered with hides to
5:02make canoes or kayaks for short
5:04distances, it seemed impossible, but
5:06they built it and found it was a
5:09perfectly stable square-like shape that
5:11wouldn't capsize in any waves, which was
5:14beyond the engineering or mathematical
5:16capabilities of that time.
5:19Then whose wisdom built this ship?
5:21Some say it was aliens, but from the
5:24perspective of a Christian, it was built
5:26to the dimensions God provided.
5:28And,
5:31if you look at the Chinese character for
5:33"boat"(船), it has a specific structure.
5:35It consists of the character for eight (
5:38八), the mouth (口), and a boat (舟).
5:40So it implies eight people coming out of
5:42a boat, a story that also exists in
5:44Chinese tradition. That legend exists in
5:46the Chinese characters. Eight people
5:47coming out.
5:48Noah and his seven family members,
5:50totaling eight, came out and began to
5:52become the ancestors of humanity again.
5:55There are many such cases in Chinese
5:56characters. Many of them imply such
5:58meanings. So, when this happened,
6:02their lives began anew, with the
6:04instruction for humanity to never sin
6:06again. To never face such a disaster
6:07again. And so, God saw the boat come to
6:10rest on Mount Ararat, the highest
6:13mountain in Turkey.
6:15But as I mentioned earlier, the size of
6:17the Ark alone proves this was not a
6:20human creation. Secondly, though Everest
6:23is considered the tallest today, before
6:25the geological uplift, Mount Ararat in
6:28Turkey was the highest. I went there,
6:31and though it has become a secular
6:33Islamic state now, it was a land mostly
6:36ruled by the British before Kemal Pasha
6:38in the 1930s. I traveled around the area
6:41quite a bit. Back then,
6:45they used satellites to survey and scout
6:48the terrain, and British explorers went
6:50and discovered traces of a ship on the
6:52peak of this mountain.
6:54When they brought back pieces of the
6:55wood and verified them, it was similar
6:57to the timeline of Noah's Flood. So,
6:59they proved that the existence of a ship
7:01on Mount Ararat was a reality.
7:05Now, even if it is archaeologically true
7:07that there is a ship on Mount Ararat,
7:08what does it have to do with us?
7:11It means that God's wrath descends when
7:13there is sin. The point is to learn a
7:15lesson from that.
7:16Also, in the Sumerian Gilgamesh Epic,
7:19which records a flood, it says they
7:22built a ship just the same, and when the
7:26heavy rain stopped, the sun came out,
7:29the waters receded, and the ship landed
7:32.
7:33And finally, in the Bible, God makes a
7:35promise to humanity by showing a rainbow
7:38, the promise that He would never judge
7:40with water again; that appears right
7:43here. Now, Sumer is actually modern-day
7:45Syria. It is an Islamic country. People
7:47who were considered Gentiles at the time
7:49. It exists in their history as well. If
7:51it were just Israel, one could say it
7:53was fabricated.
7:54To justify their own national faith.
7:59The fact that even Gentiles record it
8:01means it was a universal history that
8:03occurred on Earth, and this even appears
8:05in the Chinese myths of Fuxi, their
8:07creator.
8:09Then, about the breach of the covenant—
8:11since humans didn't keep the promise,
8:14God wanted to bless them, but there was
8:16judgment, not just simple destruction,
8:18but to rectify the order of creation and
8:21the covenant; this was a fresh start for
8:23humanity, showing that if we sin, the
8:26beautiful Garden of Eden is washed away
8:28, and to receive blessings, we must live
8:31justly again.
8:32This is the very meaning of the final
8:37judgment.
8:39Now, in the case of judgment, people say
8:42these days are the end of the century.
8:46That there is a judgment. Then, in what
8:48kind of era does this emerge?
8:50Human crime and war.
8:56And human nature.
8:59Regarding evil.
9:02In an era faithful to such instincts,
9:05these warnings and concerns arise
9:07frequently.
9:11So, you can think of the Noahic judgment
9:13as something universal to humanity.
9:17And now, among the descendants of Noah,
9:19those who were spared,
9:23those who receive blessings—since God
9:25disciplined them, He had to create a
9:28sample or model for what those who
9:30receive blessings are like, so people
9:32would follow that and live diligently,
9:34right?
9:35The chosen people, currently in Ur of
9:37the Chaldeans.
9:40It is called the Ur region, and God
9:43appears to a man named Abraham in that
9:45area.
9:47He says, "Listen to my word, leave me,
9:49leave your hometown, and come to me."
9:52And leave your father and your home,
9:55meaning abandon your instinctual
9:57birthplace and where you have been, to
10:00go to a new world.
10:02So God spoke,
10:06and with the single determination that
10:09if I follow justice and righteousness,
10:11my life will not be in vain and will
10:14have meaning, he follows. I obeyed, and
10:17now the pain is gone. Will my future be
10:20okay if I live righteously? Is it enough
10:22for me alone to be upright? However,
10:24every Christian concept rests on the
10:27absoluteness of the one God speaking to
10:29me. Since He spoke, I trusted Him and
10:32took a step, and the result was—
10:37He became the father of faith, and his
10:40life became abundant.
10:42What does it mean to be abundant? It
10:44means becoming wealthy enough to share
10:45with one's neighbors.
10:48This was the model; the second instance
10:50follows when the Israelites, who
10:52migrated to Egypt, lived in slavery for
10:55430 years and cried out to God in their
10:57misery.
10:59The miracle that brought them out is not
11:01, as some instinctive view of God
11:03suggests, merely about seeking miracles
11:06themselves.
11:07The life of a slave.
11:09It is about being rescued from what we
11:12call a miserable life, through the world
11:15of God and His help, so that I can live
11:18again as a self-reliant, independent,
11:20and upright being.
11:23While ordinary people may not see help
11:26or groundbreaking events, the moment a
11:28miracle like a healing or the parting of
11:30the sea occurs, they feel the realm of
11:33God.
11:35Since I felt the spirit of God and
11:37received help, if I work hard at my life
11:40, He will surely help me again. And I
11:43must live uprightly, with justice and
11:45righteousness. This is exactly what the
11:48form of salvation looks like.
11:49When studying the New Testament, the
11:51form of my salvation is already revealed
11:53here.
11:54If I cry out to God because life is hard
11:57and I want to live rightly, or because
12:00slavery is unbearable, salvation and
12:03miracles are not just supernatural
12:05phenomena that fix difficulties; they
12:08are events that serve as motives to
12:11change human life.
12:13Oppressed people.
12:15Then, during the Japanese colonial
12:17period in Korea, when even speaking of
12:18independence led to arrest, what was
12:20taught?
12:21The Exodus. If it took 400 years to gain
12:24independence, would this regime—which
12:27took us by force in 1910, forbade us
12:29from believing in God, and massacred
12:31innocent civilians—last long?
12:34Hopes for independence were actually
12:36quite suppressed by the 1940s. It was
12:39then that teaching the Book of Exodus
12:41brought about a change.
12:42This is what a miracle is. Then,
12:47How far does an event that occurred
12:504,500 years ago reach?
12:54Seeing how it influenced us in 1940s
12:56Joseon, this history of salvation—
12:58liberating the enslaved—was also seen
13:01when the U.S. emancipated Black slaves,
13:04calling it God's Exodus. Bringing them
13:06out through the Civil War.
13:08Even though the Black people lacked the
13:09power, it was done through the strength
13:10of others.
13:11These are the achievements of those who
13:14truly embraced Christianity.
13:20They were called. He appeared first.
13:22They were chosen. However, the unknown
13:26land is a desert. One must go.
13:30Even though the reality is difficult,
13:32because it was the right thing to do,
13:34and because doing so makes me a better
13:36human being.
13:40It is precisely this faith of Abraham
13:42that is credited as righteousness.
13:45So, in the New Testament, because no
13:48human's actions are perfect, they fall
13:50short of God's standards; however, if
13:53one follows His guidance like Abraham
13:55did, He makes them perfect, and this is
13:58the prefiguration of Abraham leaving
14:01with his family.
14:04Thus, it had a good ending.
14:13So, this is precisely the prefiguration
14:14of Abraham.
14:17Do you think it would have been easy?
14:19Now, let's talk about the miracles we
14:20mentioned earlier. Why do they exist? If
14:23only miracles existed, people would lack
14:25effort
14:29and sincerity. The foundation of faith
14:32must be backed by effort and sincerity.
14:33They must go together. Sincerity. Then
14:36why do they exist?
14:38Miracles must exist so that humans can
14:40clearly feel the judgment of divine help
14:43.
14:44Why?
14:45Because when miracles exist, even if I
14:48don't compromise with injustice, even if
14:52I get sick alone, or even if I face
14:54difficult obstacles, the moment I have
14:58the conviction that God helps me, a
15:00person
15:05strengthens their will for a righteous
15:06life. This is the reason for miracles.
15:09Suppose a miracle occurs and I was
15:11deeply troubled by money, but suddenly
15:13met someone who gave me millions in aid
15:16. Now, one must utilize this well.
15:18Accept that miracle as a signal to live
15:21a new life and make a fresh start;
15:23having received help, one should think,
15:25"I must live properly now so I won't
15:28have these worries again."
15:31And another thing, if I think, "I
15:33suffered because of money too, so I
15:35should help people like this," then that
15:37is a person who received the miracle
15:39well, but if they receive it wrongly and
15:41stop working, thinking, "Who will bring
15:43me money if I pray earnestly today?"
15:46then they become someone who doesn't
15:48understand the true meaning of a miracle
15:50. Education is necessary to understand
15:53this.
15:57The Exodus, the liberation of slaves.
16:00Now, leading two million people through
16:03this miracle, well,
16:07Egypt is in Africa.
16:10Passing through this desert—I have been
16:12to the wilderness of Israel and to Egypt
16:14—at night the temperature drops
16:16drastically, and during the day the sun
16:18is so hot that no plants can grow; they
16:20traveled through places that were
16:22nothing but rocks.
16:24So,
16:28they camped, crossed this narrow strait
16:30, and through the Red Sea, they came to
16:33settle in Israel.
16:35Then, did this really happen?
16:40Well, looking at other things, Egypt, a
16:42country that built pyramids, would not
16:44easily let go of its labor force.
16:48And usually referred to as Ramses II,
16:50and looking at that genealogy,
16:53at that time, Egypt had the strongest
16:55chariot corps and iron legions. Would
16:57they let them go easily? Through the ten
17:00plagues, the God of Israel forced Egypt
17:03to open a way for these unarmed people
17:09so that they could cross over. Now, can
17:12the sea actually part? It can open. This
17:14is the spirit of God. What I am saying
17:17is
17:19If you follow His commands and guidance
17:22to the point and time where Israel can
17:25cross most safely, He opens the way.
17:28If the sea opened every time, people
17:30wouldn't use boats, but since they had
17:32no boats, He opened it once so they
17:34could cross and realize they could trust
17:36the God of Israel for a lifetime.
17:38This is the significance behind such
17:40events.
17:41Now, to return to my point, there may be
17:43people who doubt or argue about this.
17:46When arguing, I say just one thing.
17:49Didn't they move there?
17:51Didn't the nation of Israel exist from
17:53the time of King David to Solomon? Or
17:56would they have just let them go? They
17:57wouldn't have let them go. It means they
17:59came because of such miracles and the
18:00parting of the sea. Then, every
18:02phenomenon of faith is believed as
18:05evidence by the mere existence of the
18:07nation of Israel today, which precedes
18:10archaeological findings. Otherwise, it
18:13couldn't exist, and the history of
18:14Israel wouldn't exist.
18:21This is the panorama of Israel. This
18:23desert is a bit different from the oases
18:27of Egypt, Jordan, or Iran.
18:29Those countries are rich in water
18:31resources and everything else, but how
18:33could 2 million people cross land like
18:35this?
18:37They moved there. Because a nation was
18:39formed. But what did they do during this
18:41time?
18:42The Bible says manna, food falling from
18:44the sky, was brought to them by the wind
18:46.
18:46So they ate. There was nothing there to
18:49farm.
18:50They couldn't endure the heat of the day
18:52and the cold of the night. So they
18:53walked, setting up tents with the sheep
18:55and supplies they had. 2 million people
18:59started, but most fell along the way due
19:02to their transgressions, and only Joshua
19:05and Caleb,
19:09and those who hadn't breathed their last
19:11survived to achieve that day; if we
19:12remember this, Israel...
19:24Everything about Israel will be seen as
19:26possible because they received blessings
19:28by living according to the grace of God
19:30.
19:34This is the journey of Israel.
19:38Now, let's look at the next part.
19:43From now on, the path they took through
19:45this wilderness to the Arabian Peninsula
19:48, the Red Sea, is the Red Sea. Looking
19:51at the book of Exodus regarding the
19:54narrowest waterway here.
19:58There are ten plagues of Egypt.
20:00They constantly receive commands to go
20:03along that designated path.
20:07Back then, no one knew the depth of the
20:09seabed, but by waiting there before the
20:11Sinai Peninsula, lifting a hand, and
20:14passing through the point where the sea
20:16opens—that is exactly
20:20Who would know the water level where the
20:22sea becomes shallowest?
20:24It is God.
20:26That is the foresight of the God of
20:28Israel.
20:30Even if humans don't know the water
20:32levels, the One who created the sea and
20:34controls the weather opened it for them
20:36to enter. That is the foundation of the
20:38Israel of today.
20:41The interesting part is that we should
20:43distinguish this using modern satellite
20:44images and thermal imaging, and these
20:46have sandbars.
20:48Two million people came out, and since
20:50there was still a large population, this
20:52was a place where they could wait.
20:56And when the moon's gravitational pull
20:58is at its weakest, this is where humans
21:00cross over.
21:02The prerequisite for miracles, everyone
21:04, is the faith in the justice He leads,
21:07and the resolve to leave my own ways and
21:09live a righteous life following God's
21:11guidance; miracles happen to those who
21:13are there, and no one knew of this place
21:15.
21:16The history of splitting and crossing
21:18happens here. Then, the interpretation
21:20of the phenomenon is in the present.
21:21What happened is in the past. It is the
21:24interpretation of what already occurred
21:25; a miracle that can happen is not
21:27something humans can control.
21:28Interpretation becomes possible only
21:30because it has already happened.
21:35Third, while living as a slave in Egypt
21:38, we look back to the life model of a
21:41man named Joseph, who was Abraham's
21:44grandson, or rather, his great-grandson
21:47.
21:48Now, this person's obedience to Israel's
21:51first command began with Abraham, so
21:53what kind of person was his grandson,
21:55Joseph?
21:57He is falsely accused and sold as a
21:59slave to Egypt.
22:00So, there
22:05by working hard in the house where he
22:07was sold as a slave, he gained his
22:09master's trust and became a young man
22:11entrusted with everything in the house.
22:13Yes.
22:15The wife of Potiphar, the official who
22:17trusted him, proposes an affair.
22:21Since he is a young man. But he refuses
22:24. I said Israel is justice, right?
22:28I can never have an inappropriate
22:30relationship with another man's wife. So
22:34he is framed and sent to prison. He
22:36enters the jail. If it were us, we would
22:38have lamented why our righteous life
22:40ended in such misery, but Joseph did not
22:42.
22:43He continuously trained himself,
22:46thinking, "Although I am in prison
22:48because I did not commit an unjust act,
22:51it is my duty to work well and follow
22:53God's will here without complaining."
22:56He trains himself well. After all, there
22:59aren't many people in prison who work
23:00hard without complaining. So the prison
23:03guard entrusts him with the entire life
23:06of the prison.
23:08While doing that work, two officials who
23:10had fallen out of favor with the king—
23:12the cupbearer and the baker, or what we
23:14would now call chefs—were brought in,
23:16and he interprets the dreams that
23:18troubled the Egyptian king the most.
23:20That is called an oracle. Depending on
23:22God, he interprets the dream.
23:24He prophesies that after they are
23:26released, one of the two will die and
23:27the other will live, and it turns out
23:29exactly that way.
23:30The cupbearer, who survived, is the chef
23:32.
23:35When Pharaoh was deeply troubled and
23:36struggling with a problem, he says, "
23:38There is someone who interprets dreams
23:40who saved me from death two years ago."
23:42So he goes as an interpreter who
23:44completely solves the king's troubled
23:47dreams. Thus, because Joseph, the young
23:50man of Israel, kept his duties
23:52faithfully as a man who feared God,
23:55Pharaoh realizes he is a man who carries
23:58divine prophecy and understands dreams.
24:01So, an Israelite was made prime minister
24:04, even though he was a foreign youth.
24:07He endured in prison.
24:09Even though he was unjustly sold, the
24:11Israelite thought, "I must adapt to
24:13reality and live diligently." He does
24:16this. His own brothers sell him. Why?
24:19They had the misguided thought that if
24:21they got rid of this outstanding brother
24:23who received their father's love, they
24:25might be loved instead.
24:27However, a great famine later occurred,
24:30and his brothers came to Egypt to seek
24:32the grain stored from the Nile harvest.
24:36That is when he forgave them and played
24:38the role of helping them live again.
24:41He became a tool of providence to save
24:43the nation from such a famine; it didn't
24:45just happen by chance.
24:47He suffered but sought justice and
24:49prepared his character through patience
24:51, so he became prime minister around age
24:5330. Even at that young age, he was never
24:56arrogant; as an Israelite working for
24:58Egypt's interests, he managed all the
25:00food and administration so thoroughly
25:02that Pharaoh had no choice but to trust
25:04him.
25:05This is exactly what the nomad era is.
25:07In today's terms, the age of nomads.
25:09In an era of uncertainty where nothing
25:11is certain and no one can be trusted,
25:18becoming a person who can be trusted is
25:20what sets you apart.
25:24This shows how we should live in the
25:26current nomad era, where there are no
25:28standards.
25:30In the age of AI and postmodernism,
25:32Joseph shows you a model of how you
25:34should live.
25:36This
25:38Although he was sold, he remained honest
25:40; then, was Joseph a real person? He is
25:42a real person; there is evidence
25:45everywhere.
25:47A characteristic of Egypt is that they
25:49made statues of nobles or high-ranking
25:52people. Looking at this carving, the
25:55colorful garment was something only
25:57Israelites wore.
25:59Egyptians did not wear this, they wore
26:01plain garments. That statue exists. It
26:03proves he was a prime minister. There
26:05are also many historical foundations
26:09that support faith. Of course, there are
26:12many who would deny it. But let's think
26:15about it.
26:17If Joseph is a real person, there is
26:20evidence for it. Living a life that
26:23resembles his is a blessed life.
26:25If you complain that things are
26:27difficult and get exposed to crime and
26:29injustice because others tell you to,
26:30you become a person who cannot be
26:32trusted. This person is better than
26:34someone like that. A wise person finds a
26:36role model in this. The Bible provides
26:39such wisdom.
26:41Why did Israel develop? Then let's look
26:43at this too. There are no resources
26:45either.
26:47It is just a small place, with Iraq,
26:50Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt
26:52surrounding it; if you go a little
26:54further, on this corner...
26:59It is a country where if you make a
27:00mistake, you fall in and perish.
27:03This tiny land is enduring.
27:07During the First Arab–Israeli War, even
27:08when all these countries attacked, it
27:10held on; they fought for their lives
27:12because if they lost this land, there
27:13was nowhere to go but to drown in the
27:15Red Sea.
27:17Now, why do these people still frighten
27:18the world powers, and why is the U.S. so
27:20deeply involved?
27:21It’s because of their name.
27:23A country with no resources or
27:25population, having lost its nation for
27:272,000 years and losing 8 million to the
27:29Holocaust, yet they founded a country.
27:34Even under terrible conditions, they
27:36believe in, follow, and protect their
27:37values—the teachings and values of the
27:39Bible.
27:40It doesn’t mean the Jews are always
27:42right. It doesn’t mean Israel is 100%
27:43good either. But after they founded
27:45their nation and became strong, this
27:47power existed.
27:48Second, they have a sense of being the
27:50chosen people; they are open to the
27:51outside but never give up their own
27:53merits.
27:54They mingle with others, but they keep
27:55their own identity. It’s what Confucius
27:57called "harmony without uniformity."
27:59They value others, but they aren't
28:00influenced by them.
28:02They never compromise on the Bible or
28:04morality. Wherever they go, they form a
28:07community first. They understand God by
28:09prioritizing the community over
28:10individual profit and by holding worship
28:11services. They think. Thinking about
28:14what His law is and how the community
28:17can stand upright before God—when a
28:19fight breaks out, have you seen the
28:22Saudi Arabian army chased away by the
28:24Houthis in the Middle East? They run
28:27away even with the best and latest
28:28weapons. It is because their mental
28:30strength is lacking. That is precisely
28:32the element of Israel’s development. I
28:33think this is very important for you all
28:35. The Dead Sea, in our language, is the
28:38sea of death, right?
28:40No fish can live there, no seaweed grows
28:42, yet these people extract salt from it
28:43. Since the salinity is high, they sell
28:46it as mineral salt.
28:48Where there is no sand, there is mud, so
28:50they make cosmetics out of this mud and
28:52sell them.
28:53It’s a shift in perspective. Doing this
28:55was the true nature of Israel.
29:00A moment of wisdom. Now, even if you
29:02don't believe in Christianity, if you
29:05use the lessons from Israeli history and
29:07the Old Testament well, your life will
29:10become richer. Life is not eternal.
29:14I am nearing my late 50s, but I was once
29:16at your age, and you too will reach mine
29:18someday.
29:20But since the end is inevitably hollow,
29:23and our time will eventually come to an
29:25end, let's do our best and do meaningful
29:28work while we are here.
29:30It cannot be undone. You can’t live off
29:33your past glory.
29:34There are excuses like current anxiety
29:36or hatred, but if you don't do anything
29:38, it just turns into complaining.
29:41And I didn't put in the effort, wasting
29:43my time hating others instead.
29:45If you live in emotions rather than
29:47preparing for an anxious future, a good
29:49future will never come. The Bible tells
29:52me to rely on God, be grateful, let go
29:54of hatred, and be faithful to reality.
29:57Then, humans develop.
30:02That's how it happens. Don't just think
30:04about waiting for the future. So, always
30:06prepare thoroughly.
30:08Why do we save money? Of course, it’s
30:11nice to spend it daily, and traveling or
30:13going to famous restaurants is good, but
30:15as you age, your income will eventually
30:17drop due to the wage peak. You probably
30:18have children, too. Some may live alone
30:21, but even if you do, you must save the
30:23funds needed for your old age while you
30:25are young. Preparing for this is what a
30:28wise heart is all about.
30:32Beware of fetishism.
30:34Money is a means to happiness; like the
30:36spirit of creation mentioned earlier, if
30:38used well, money becomes a truly
30:40precious entity.
30:43With money, you can save a dying life.
30:46You can pay for the treatment of someone
30:49suffering from an illness. You can
30:51provide an education to someone who
30:52cannot afford it.
30:54But human fetishism, this mammonism...
31:02Beware of the spirit of Mammon; it is a
31:03dangerous ideology where the god of
31:05materialism is placed above human reason
31:07and thought. Be very careful of this.
31:09Money is a good tool. The moment it
31:12becomes the goal, however...People start
31:13looking different. When you meet a
31:14friend, you wonder, "Will this person be
31:16of help to me or not?"
31:18If you're struggling financially due to
31:21wastefulness and credit card debt, and
31:24you hear an ad for fire or life
31:26insurance—whereas before you thought of
31:29it as a safety net, the moment you think
31:32, "If someone at home dies in a fire or
31:35accident, I’ll get the payout," and you
31:37harbor thoughts of harming or
31:40eliminating them—that is when fetishism
31:42dominates your mind.
31:45The moment money becomes the root of all
31:47judgment, it makes you abandon true
31:49humanity. You must be careful of this.
31:52>> Money...I felt it through my own
31:54business experience.
31:56If a person has competence and
31:58credibility, money follows. It is the
32:00same for everyone. Things may get
32:01difficult, of course. But then, people
32:03will help you make a comeback. However,
32:05when money becomes everything to a
32:07person...They try to earn more by using
32:09fewer materials. They cut material costs
32:11to about 10%.
32:13Usually, you need to spend about 30%on
32:15ingredients to get a 100%return on food
32:16, but they think it’s a waste. They
32:18think, "I'll use cheap stuff but still
32:19sell high-quality food." Then that
32:20business has to shut its doors.
32:23Yes.
32:24The moment you try to give more value to
32:26the customer, they will come back if the
32:27taste is good. This person isn't
32:29possessed by fetishism, so money comes
32:30in naturally, but they don't become a
32:31slave to it.
32:32If you become a slave to money, the
32:34money stops coming in. Fetishism is the
32:36value system of modern capitalism, and
32:39these days they call it populism. France
32:42is falling apart right now.
32:44They thought people would be happy if
32:46they handed out money, but if it’s money
32:49for the people, there must be fiscal
32:51restraint and benevolence; because their
32:53political base was weak, they turned to
32:56populism to win over the masses, and now
32:58they can't handle the consequences.
33:01The people know it, too.
33:03They think, "You wasted so much money
33:05and bankrupted the country, but now you
33:07won't give me the money I was promised.
33:08" So, they set fires. That is fetishism
33:11. Even if they know that, they don't
33:13have the mindset to endure a bit and
33:16serve the nation, so it becomes a riot.
33:19Of course, high inflation also has an
33:20impact. We must resolve the large wealth
33:23gap, but because materialism comes first
33:26, the rich don't look at the poor, and
33:29the poor only want to take from the rich
33:32—this is the greatest harm of
33:34materialism.
33:38The practical way is to coexist with our
33:40neighbors.
33:41Someone asked Jesus what the most
33:43precious teaching in the Bible was. What
33:45is the most precious teaching?
33:47To love God with all your heart and soul
33:49is first, and second is to love your
33:52neighbor as yourself; no matter how many
33:54religious services you attend,
33:56everything is fulfilled within the
33:59commandment to love your neighbor. If
34:01you love your neighbor, you help the
34:04poor.
34:05If you love your neighbor, how could you
34:07commit murder when you are supposed to
34:08love them?
34:09If you love, you do not feel envy.
34:12If you love, you don't ruin your life
34:14with lies, but rather you become a
34:15source of help.
34:17You gain friends who will be there to
34:19help you.
34:21When it comes to methodology, when
34:22helping the weak and the poor, don't
34:24treat it as an act of charity, but
34:26provide effort, opportunities, and
34:28resources so they can maintain their
34:30dignity.
34:31If you just help them out, people become
34:33dependent, so it is much better to give
34:35them work and pay them for it. That's
34:37why there are so many successful people
34:39who graduated from Keimyung University.
34:41They give scholarships, but require
34:43students to work. That is a truly good
34:44spirit.
34:45It is better to earn it proudly through
34:48work than to receive it for free; that
34:50is a good spirit, and in Korea, we leave
34:52the fruits at the very top of persimmon
34:54or pear trees for others.
34:57For the birds to eat. Seems like they
34:59are left behind, right?
35:01But if I leave something for the birds,
35:03a hungry bird will come, eat it, and
35:05survive the winter.
35:07Then the bird catches the insects on
35:09that tree. If you help others in your
35:12life, even if that person doesn't pay
35:15you back directly when you are in
35:17trouble, God makes others help you. Why
35:20?
35:21As stated in Genesis, this world is a
35:24world created by God.
35:26So, dictators are punished, and empires
35:28are acting up right now.
35:29They talk about the hegemony of the US
35:31and China.
35:32Someday, they will face a great collapse
35:34. Why?
35:35No empire has lasted more than a
35:37thousand years. Eventually, they crumble
35:40.
35:42Let's look at one example from our
35:43country. The Year of Jubilee in
35:46Deuteronomy.
35:49If you lent money or land and it wasn't
35:52repaid even after the 50-year Jubilee,
35:55you were to let them keep it as their
35:58own.
35:59Wouldn't everyone just cheat then? If
36:00they couldn't repay it for 50 years, how
36:02hard must they have had it? These kinds
36:04of laws exist in Israel. When I asked if
36:06it is still practiced today, they said
36:07the spirit remains, but...
36:12While we don't do things exactly like
36:14they did in the past, this concept is
36:16about why, if a person is too poor to
36:18pay back their debt after 50 years, they
36:20should be allowed to farm the land.
36:24It is about showing them mercy.
36:25Just as you were once slaves in Egypt,
36:27you should one day release those who
36:29have become your slaves.
36:30There was a time when this was actually
36:32applied as a political principle. What
36:34kind of tremendous ripple effect did it
36:36have?
36:37The discretionary power of the
36:38landowners at that time was fearsome.
36:41During the Joseon Dynasty, the nobility
36:43occupied most of the commercial rights
36:45and farmlands. Most farmers were not
36:48independent landowners.
36:51They didn't own their own land; they
36:53rented fields from others to farm,
36:56paying exorbitant tenant fees, sometimes
36:59losing up to 70%of their harvest.
37:02That is why they resented the royal
37:04court, leading to rebellions and
37:05widespread public unrest.
37:07President Syngman Rhee, who was a
37:09Christian. Now, the nobility and the
37:10commoners.
37:11The nobles had money and received more
37:13education to maintain their status,
37:15while the commoners, though unable to
37:17take the civil service exams because
37:19they were too busy trying to survive,
37:20were full of brilliant minds who ended
37:22up just herding cattle and farming.
37:25This rigid hierarchy was extreme.
37:27If the heart to love one's neighbor as
37:30oneself had been alive, they would have
37:32educated the smart children of the
37:34commoners.
37:35They wouldn't have taken 70%of their
37:37harvest as rent. But who was it that
37:39broke this oppressive world?
37:44There was election rigging and
37:46corruption by Lee Ki-poong and his party
37:48toward the end of the Liberal Party
37:50government.
37:51Although the dictatorship was ousted
37:53because of that, his merits must be
37:55acknowledged; one of the best things he
37:57did was to carry out land reform, which
37:59helped South Korea survive and not fall
38:01to the North Korean army during the
38:02Korean War.
38:04Why?
38:05He wanted to make the country liveable,
38:07and while liberation from Japan offered
38:09a chance for a better life, the
38:10illiteracy rate was over 80%, so people
38:12couldn't get an education. Although the
38:14illiteracy rate was about 95%at the time
38:17of the annexation, and Japan built many
38:19schools to create imperial subjects, it
38:22was still 80%—people didn't know
38:24anything because they didn't study.
38:28To educate them, they needed a way to
38:30earn money, but at the time, landlords
38:31in the Honam region would typically take
38:3350%of the harvest, and it wasn't even
38:35based on relative profit.
38:37Even in hard times, they had to pay a
38:39fixed amount, so a bad harvest meant
38:41ruin.
38:42What was the solution?
38:44He had learned about the capitalist
38:46economy, so he thought they should be
38:47given land so they could reap what they
38:48sowed. He went to the U.S. and put this
38:51into practice. It was the Year of
38:53Jubilee—if they had been serving long
38:54enough, let them go free. So, the
38:56landlords of that time, especially in
38:58the Honam region, were vehemently
38:59opposed to it. But he went ahead with it
39:01anyway.
39:02The Liberal Party's support base at the
39:04time was the landlords of Honam. Why?
39:06To support President Syngman Rhee, the
39:08pro-Japanese landlords of Honam at the
39:10time had cooperated extensively with
39:11Japan to keep their land. They thought
39:13they had a deal, but when he turned
39:15against them, he cut them off. Even when
39:18other assembly members tried to stop him
39:20, he remained completely unmoved. To
39:22gain the people's support, he chose Mr.
39:24Cho Bong-am, a socialist who graduated
39:26from the Moscow Communist University;
39:28although he later converted, his mind
39:31had a clear grasp of the concept of land
39:33distribution. He essentially said, "You
39:36know more about land than I do, so you
39:38take charge," and even though he held
39:41views contrary to his own, he put the
39:43right person in the right place because
39:46he was the most capable.
39:48North Korea at the time called it "
39:50confiscation without compensation,
39:52distribution without compensation." This
39:53meant land was seized without receiving
39:55a penny and then just handed out. The
39:57bad thing about communism in North Korea
40:00was that it utilized the malicious side
40:02of Marxism, seizing farmland and
40:04viciously oppressing landlords without
40:07ever granting true ownership later on.
40:10By 1958, this became evident.
40:13They recognized only the right to
40:15cultivate, taking away the rights of
40:17ownership and property for the state and
40:19the party to control.
40:21It meant it wasn't really your land.
40:23You could farm a portion, but you
40:25couldn't even sell the rest.
40:27However, Syngman Rhee limited land
40:30ownership to 3 jeongbo, allowed farmers
40:34to keep that, and the state purchased
40:37the rest, promising to pay them over two
40:41or three years.
40:43Why is this important? If you seize land
40:45for free and give it away for free,
40:47people don't realize the value of the
40:49land they receive. Landlords get angry
40:51when their property is forcibly taken
40:52away. So what did he do? He issued a
40:54land reform order.
40:56At first, the government proposed giving
40:58300%of the annual yield, but when it was
41:00argued that this was too difficult for
41:02President Rhee, the plan was adjusted.
41:05It was set so that if they paid 50%of
41:08the annual production for about three
41:11years, it would become their own land,
41:14even if some landlords opposed it.
41:17He essentially asked, "North Korea just
41:18takes it away, wouldn't you rather
41:19accept this?" He enforced strong
41:20administrative power, mandating that if
41:22they resisted even after receiving 150%
41:24of the value, the land would be
41:26confiscated.
41:28By providing farmers with land, they
41:31became self-sufficient landowners, and
41:35this reform was finalized in April 1950
41:39.
41:41So when the North Korean forces invaded
41:44in June 1950 and spread false propaganda
41:47, claiming they would kick out landlords
41:49and give land to the people, it didn't
41:52work.
41:53Because the farmers had already received
41:54their own land. They had bought it with
41:56their own money, so it was their own
41:57land. They stood up and asked why the
41:59invaders were trying to take the land
42:01they had worked for, leading them to
42:02volunteer for the military and bolster
42:04our defense. This broke the 2,000-
42:06year-old class system. This was a case
42:09where biblical principles were applied
42:11as political principles and put to good
42:13use.
42:16Once people realized they had their own
42:17land, they committed themselves to
42:19defending what was theirs. And after the
42:21war, farming was difficult. So I decided
42:24that since I’d give 100%of my income,
42:27I’d make sure my children went to
42:30college to study and do good work.
42:33Something easier.
42:35The engineers and senior officials of
42:37that time were those who went to college
42:39in the 50s and 60s, and they were the
42:40ones who built the nation.
42:42In other words, they met President Park
42:44Chung-hee’s Saemaul Undong, but no
42:46matter how much the president wanted to
42:48do it, it required support from
42:50engineers and a brain trust of
42:51college-educated officials. That’s how
42:53this was made possible. The Republic of
42:55Korea grew this large by living off its
42:57intellectual property.
42:59Looking at this, if you have received
43:01heavenly wisdom, learned justice, and
43:03learned about people, then putting this
43:06into practice means what I do helps
43:08others. This is the same for today’s
43:10infographic. It creates a barrier
43:12against materialism, and through
43:14national land reform, this is truly a
43:16miracle. If we hadn't liberated our
43:18struggling neighbors in equality, we
43:20couldn't have mobilized soldiers during
43:22the Korean War, and there wouldn't have
43:24been so many university students and
43:26educated youth in our country. This is
43:29why the Old Testament is not just a
43:31classic; when individuals put it into
43:33practice, it turns into a life force
43:35that can even change the destiny of a
43:38nation.
43:40Well, let’s wrap up here for today, and
43:41I hope you have thought deeply about the
43:42teachings of the Old Testament.
43:44I think it would be wonderful if this
43:46were established not just as a grade or
43:48a subject, but as a value system for
43:50your lives.

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