Chapter 14 of The Reality of Revelation introduces a major turning point in Shincheonji’s narrative of fulfillment. It centers on the concept of the “eternal gospel” and a newly established, victorious group known as the firstfruits—those who have been harvested and sealed by Jesus, forming New Spiritual Israel. This chapter emphasizes that the 144,000, standing with the Lamb on Mount Zion, are not symbolic but represent the reality of God’s kingdom on earth through actual people who overcame the deception and destruction outlined in previous chapters.
This moment is depicted as a time when a new song is sung—something that no one else can learn except the 144,000 who have been redeemed. These individuals are portrayed as blameless, pure, and faithful, untainted by lies, and standing as the evidence of victory over Satan.
It also introduces the three angels’ messages (Rev 14:6–13), interpreted by SCJ as proclamations of judgment, the fall of Babylon, and warnings against receiving the mark of the beast. These are fulfilled by actual messengers at the time of the Second Coming, who testify to the physical reality of God’s word being realized.
The chapter culminates with the imagery of two harvests: one from the earth, representing the righteous who are gathered into God’s barn, and another of grapes thrown into the winepress of God’s wrath—symbolizing judgment upon those who are not harvested.
Chapter 14 sets the stage for the seven last plagues of judgment introduced in Chapter 15. It bridges the process from “overcoming the dragon” in Chapter 13 to the establishment of God’s kingdom, priesthood, and judgment over the world, with Chapter 14 declaring the victory of those who kept their faith, even in the midst of a world deceived by Babylon and the beast.
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Revelation Chapter 14: The Harvest of the Earth and Mount Zion
A Vision of Judgment, Restoration, and the Sealing of God’s People through the Promised Pastor—Lee Man-hee (이만희)
The End of the First Heaven
It was not an earthquake, nor a storm, nor a fire that marked the fall of heaven—it was betrayal.
The tabernacle that once bore the name of Jesus, sealed by His blood and consecrated with His covenant, became the very place that betrayed Him. It was a place built with hope, entrusted to the Messengers of the Seven Churches—the Seven Stars in Jesus’ right hand—called and chosen to prepare His way. They had received the blood of the Lamb as a covenant (Revelation 1:5, 2:1), but in their spiritual complacency, they drifted.
Mr. Oh (오씨), referred to as Pastor Nicholas, stepped into the sanctuary through the Stewardship Education Center (SEC/CSTC) and introduced teachings that did not originate from heaven. These teachings were spiritual poison—doctrines of demons (1 Timothy 4:1)—veiled in human wisdom but rooted in Satan’s deception. This marked the introduction of spiritual adultery: the once-pure tabernacle united itself not with Christ, but with unclean spirits.
Despite this grievous rebellion, Jesus did not remain silent. He sent a messenger—New John, a man named Lee Man-hee (이만희)—to plead for repentance. This New John did not come with thunder or judgment but with testimony, pleading with the Tabernacle Temple to return to the Word. He was not a distant prophet; he had been among them, had seen and heard everything firsthand.
But they refused.
Though they had ears, they would not hear. Though they had eyes, they could not see. The tabernacle hardened its heart, like Israel of old, and dismissed the messenger sent to them.
And thus, the prophecy written in Revelation 6—of the sun, moon, and stars turning dark and falling—came to life. Not a cosmic phenomenon, but a spiritual calamity. The sun, representing the head pastor; the moon, symbolizing evangelists; the stars, the general congregation—all fell. It was the passing of the first heaven, not by fire or flood, but by apostasy.
“The sun, moon, and stars were darkened and fell.”
This marked the end of the spiritual Israel that had emerged from the first coming. Just as physical Israel was cast aside for its betrayal 2,000 years ago, now the spiritual tabernacle of Jesus faced the same judgment. The Church Age—its prophecy, its pastors, and its gospel—had come to a close.
The Creation of Heaven and Earth, pp. 225–228; The Physical Fulfillment of Revelation, pp. 209–213
The Dawn of the New Heaven and New Earth
Yet God did not end His story with destruction. When the first heaven passed away, a new heaven—Shincheonji, the New Heaven New Earth—began to rise.
In the deep darkness that engulfed the churches, a new light flickered in the East. It was not in Jerusalem, nor Rome, but in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea—a small city chosen to host the start of a new age. Just as Jesus ended the era of physical Israel and created spiritual Israel at His first coming, now, spiritual Israel itself had come to an end, and a new spiritual Israel was being created.
This new beginning was marked by a battle in heaven, the fulfillment of Revelation 12. The Nicolaitans, the group of the dragon, and the pastors of the beast, were overcome. Satan’s grip over the church was broken—not figuratively, but in actual reality.
New John, having witnessed the betrayal and deception firsthand, was not merely a bystander. He became the harvesting angel, the one entrusted to carry the light and the seal of God. The light was the truth. The seal was the word. And the one chosen to deliver it was New John—the man who had overcome.
The Overcoming and the Harvest Begins
There is a moment in the story of every nation, every generation, where the tide turns—when defeat gives way to triumph. In the story of Revelation, that moment is overcoming. Not with weapons or armies, but with testimony. The blood of the Lamb and the word of testimony were the weapons wielded, and the battleground was the hearts of those deceived.
After the fall of the Tabernacle Temple—after betrayal desecrated the sanctuary—God began His work anew. A war had been fought and won in Revelation 12, where Satan, the dragon, was hurled down. And with that, came the cry of victory:
“Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ.”
These were not abstract proclamations. They were the announcement of a transfer of authority—from the fallen heaven to the one who had overcome. New John was not just a messenger now. He had become a conqueror, standing in the place of the one who received the opened scroll from the mighty angel in Revelation 10. He had overcome the beast-like pastors, judged the fallen tabernacle, and was now entrusted with the work of harvest.
He did not work alone. An angel, carrying God’s seal—the revealed Word—stood with him. The sickle, sharp and prepared, was not a literal blade, but a person—New John himself, the one who reaps the field with the authority given by Christ. The field, once corrupted by weeds, was now ready to be harvested. And so began the global gathering of the sons of God.
Where once the tabernacle had fallen into darkness, now the Word illuminated a new work. The people of the world, like wheat waiting in the field, began to be gathered by the word. And from every corner of the earth, from places broken by false doctrine and betrayal, the sons of God began to come together—sealed with the name of God and the Lamb on their foreheads.
New John, moving in step with heaven’s plan, carried out this work as the sickle in the hand of the Lord.
Mount Zion and the Twelve Tribes
When the reaping began, the gathering place was not a literal location on a map, but a spiritual mountain—Mount Zion.
This Mount Zion was not the hill in Jerusalem, but the dwelling of those whom God had called and sealed. Here stood the 144,000, gathered not randomly, but through the work of God’s angels, led by the Promised Pastor. These were the firstfruits, the ones harvested through the truth, not tradition. Their foreheads bore the name of God and of the Lamb, and they stood with Him on Mount Zion, as John had prophesied:
“Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.” (Revelation 14:1)
In the invisible realm, heaven’s throne had descended upon this spiritual Mount Zion. What had once been far—God’s throne in heaven—was now among them. The tabernacle of God had come to dwell with men (Revelation 21:3), and New John, the one who overcame, stood as the link between heaven and earth.
This place was more than symbolic. It was the headquarters of the 12 tribes of New Spiritual Israel—each tribe named and numbered, not figuratively, but as an actual organization of sealed believers.
The Physical Fulfillment of Revelation, pp. 214–218
The Field, the Wheat, and the Harvest
The harvest is not a myth.
It is the long-awaited climax of both the prophecy and the promise. It is the moment the farmer has long prepared for, sown in tears, watered with patience, and watched with aching hope. Now the field—once overrun by weeds and shadows—begins to respond to the voice of the harvester.
Jesus had spoken of this day in parables long ago, saying:
“The field is the world… the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom… the harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.” (Matthew 13:38–39)
But now, as Revelation 14 unfolds in reality, the veil of metaphor is lifted. The field, Shincheonji teaches, is not the general world, but more precisely, the church—the place where both wheat and weeds have grown together, sown by two opposing fathers: God and Satan.
The wheat are those born of God’s seed, as described in Luke 8:11 and James 1:18. These are sons of the kingdom, those who accepted the Word of truth and kept it. But interspersed among them are weeds—born of Satan’s lies, trained in false doctrine, raised under the voice of worldly pastors.
And in this field, the harvest had now begun—not with force, but with the power of the Word.
The sickle is not metal, but flesh. It is a man—New John, the one used by Jesus to carry out the work of harvesting. Alongside him are angels and the congregation members who have been united with them in purpose and truth.
The harvesters, then, are not invisible spirits, but real people—those who, having overcome, now go forth to find the wheat, calling them out of the bundles in which they’ve been trapped.
“The wheat is separated from the weeds not by force, but by listening to the voice of the harvester.”
This is critical: salvation comes by recognizing the voice. Those who hear and follow the harvester are gathered into the barn, which is Mount Zion, the tabernacle of testimony where the throne of God now dwells. They are given eternal life, sealed with the Word, and welcomed into the new kingdom.
But what of those who do not listen?
They remain in the field. Or worse—they are tied up into bundles. These bundles, according to SCJ, are the doctrines and commands of worldly pastors—false interpretations and traditions that trap the wheat, preventing it from being harvested.
“This is the reality of a bundle—the words that bind a soul to destruction.”
And what becomes of these bundles?
“They are thrown into the fire.” (Matthew 13:30)
The fire is the judgment. The words of one’s pastor—if they are false—become the very cords that drag them into destruction. This is why SCJ emphasizes discernment of doctrine, not simply sincerity of belief.
A Global Movement: Zion Christian Missionary Center
After the harvest, the wheat is not left to wander.
They are not merely rescued—they are retrained, reformed, and reborn into a new spiritual citizenship. The place for this transformation is not a school of theology as the world defines it, but what Shincheonji calls “Heaven’s Education Organization”—the Zion Christian Missionary Center.
This is the first spiritual shelter for those who have been harvested—those who have responded to the voice of the harvester and left behind the bundles of false doctrine. Zion Center is not a church building, but a spiritual training ground, where students are taught the “new song” mentioned in Revelation 14:3.
What is this “new song”? It is not music as the world knows it. There are no instruments, no choirs—only the revealed Word, the fulfillment of the New Testament prophecies that had once been hidden in parables. The song is the testimony of the fulfillment, the song that only the 144,000—those sealed with the name of God—can learn and sing.
“And they sang a new song before the throne… and no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.” (Revelation 14:3)
Within Zion Christian Missionary Center, this song is taught.
The structure of the center reflects a divine order. Students undergo three levels of instruction:
- Elementary: The foundation, where the parables of Jesus and the basic framework of God’s will are unveiled.
- Intermediate: Where the logic of the Bible is carefully constructed through comparisons between Old and New Testaments.
- Advanced: Where Revelation is no longer a sealed book, but an open scroll—the student now hears testimony of the actual physical fulfillment.
This curriculum spans approximately six months. But it is no formality—students must pass an exam to graduate. Only those who correctly understand the testimony, the prophecies, and their fulfillment are recognized as graduates.
For those who pass, their identity changes. They are no longer just students—they are the firstfruits, those who have been sealed and called to testify. They are the ones who have come through tribulation, like the 144,000, to now walk the path of the Lamb.
The Creation of Heaven and Earth, pp. 231–233
The Bride-like Training and Temple Life
Graduation from Zion Christian Missionary Center is not the end of the journey—it is the beginning of a new covenant relationship. Those who have passed the final exam, those who have heard and accepted the testimony of fulfillment, are not treated as mere converts. According to Shincheonji doctrine, they are brides preparing for the Lamb.
Entering the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, they join a holy community that is not a congregation in the traditional sense, but a tabernacle of testimony—the dwelling place of God on earth. This is where the newcomer’s training begins. The purpose? To refine each soul as a bride-like believer, prepared to meet the Bridegroom, Christ.
In Revelation 19:7, it is written:
“For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.”
This preparation is not emotional alone—it is exacting. Students are trained in temple life, learning the spiritual disciplines of prayer, posture, and behavior befitting citizens of the new heaven and new earth. Every action, from the way one sits in worship to the way one addresses the Word, is shaped with reverence.
There is an instruction given to newcomers—simple, but deeply symbolic:
“First, gentlemen, put your hands on the floor.”
This gesture is more than posture. It is a declaration of humility, of surrender to the throne that now dwells among them.
The throne of heaven is not imagined, Shincheonji teaches—it is spiritually present in Mount Zion. And to dwell here, one must be born again, not of flesh, but of the Word and the Spirit (John 3:5). Every graduate of Zion Center, therefore, becomes a citizen of this new kingdom, chosen, sanctified, and freed.
They are no longer orphans wandering in spiritual confusion—they are firstfruits, sealed and acknowledged before the throne, prepared to reign with Christ as a kingdom of priests (Revelation 5:9–10).
“The throne of heaven is with us now.”
“You are the firstfruits—freed and chosen.”
Judgment of the Grapes
But not all are harvested. Not all become brides.
While the wheat rejoices in the barn, there are others in the field who bear no fruit worthy of the kingdom. These are the grapes—and their fate is sealed in Revelation 14, not with rejoicing, but with judgment.
“Another angel came out of the temple… and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, ‘Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.’” (Revelation 14:18)
The angel obeys, but this harvest is unlike the wheat. The grapes are not gathered for preservation—they are thrown into the great winepress of God’s wrath (v.19).
What do these grapes represent?
Shincheonji teaches they are the betrayers, the destroyers, and the beast-like pastors of Babylon—those who corrupted the truth, persecuted the saints, and received the mark of the beast in Revelation 13. These are not people who simply misunderstood Scripture—they are those who, knowing the truth, chose betrayal. Their teachings opposed the testimony, their allegiance belonged to the dragon, and their actions led others into destruction.
The judgment begins not in silence, but in whispers.
A rumor spreads like wildfire through churches, neighborhoods, and entire cities.
“Pastor Park, did you hear the rumor about the Tabernacle Temple in Gwacheon?”
There’s hesitation, a flicker of disbelief.
“Tabernacle Temple? You mean the place where Yoo Jr. preached?”
“Yes. His sermons were unlike anything others taught—even though he never attended seminary.”
“So what’s the rumor?”
“That it’s over. The congregation’s scattered. They say… betrayal happened.”
“Betrayal?”
“Yes. The Tabernacle broke the covenant. Now, it’s judged. The whole country is talking about it.”
It is not just gossip. This is the physical fulfillment of Revelation’s winepress—judgment spreading across the land. The rumor symbolizes the Word of Judgment being poured out, and the distance it travels—1,600 stadia, or roughly 300 kilometers—is interpreted as the global extent of that judgment.
The blood from the grapes—meaning their lives, their spiritual inheritance—is not preserved. It is poured out in the valley, a river of blood stretching across the earth, fulfilling the prophecy of Revelation 14:20.
“They are judged by the sickle of the angel, the revealed word of judgment.”
Their sermons, their doctrines, their institutions—everything they built—becomes the wine of wrath, spilled in the presence of angels and the Lamb.
The Great Multitude in White
From the ashes of betrayal, judgment, and the fall of the former tabernacle, something extraordinary begins to rise—not a new building, but a people, clothed not in fine garments, but in robes washed white in the blood of the Lamb.
“After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people, and language…” (Revelation 7:9)
This is no dream. Shincheonji proclaims it is reality now unfolding in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Where once the tabernacle of betrayal fell, now stands the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony—not merely a symbol, but the actual fulfillment of what was prophesied in Revelation.
The great multitude is not fictional, nor imagined, but is described by SCJ as the growing number of believers who have heard the word of testimony, been harvested, entered Zion Christian Missionary Center, and become part of the new kingdom of priests and great multitude dressed in white (Revelation 7:13–14).
These are not passive recipients of salvation—they are overcomers, those who accepted the invitation of the harvest and fled the bundles of Babylon. They come from every nation—not limited by language, culture, or geography. Their robes are made white not by good deeds, but by understanding and accepting the fulfillment of God’s promise through Jesus and New John’s testimony.
They are seen streaming into the Temple, wave after wave, not by force, but by the Word. This is the fruit of the reaping, the evidence of Revelation 14 coming to pass before the eyes of the world. Shincheonji teaches that the throne of heaven is now among them, and that this great multitude will dwell in the presence of God forever, as promised in Revelation 7:15–17.
“The reality of Mount Zion is being fulfilled in Gwacheon.”
“From the land of the East, a multitude in white is being gathered.”
It is this multitude that stands as proof, Shincheonji claims, that the prophecies once sealed are now being fulfilled in physical reality. It is the final seal on the harvest, the kingdom, and the hope that the entire journey of Revelation has led toward.
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