Combined Doctrinal Issues of SCJ

Below is a document that goes over the doctrinal issues of Shincheonji.

Shincheonji believes that the truth was lost shortly after Jesus’s ascension, and that Jesus returned in Spirit in 1966 to restore the truth to a group of 7 men in Gwacheon, South Korea. A year later, these 7 men betrayed God and Jesus, so God and Jesus had to choose Lee Manhee, the current leader of Shincheonji, to restore the truth and reveal the “secrets of the kingdom of heaven”.

SCJ denies the deity of Christ, denies the Trinity, and believes that Jesus at first physically resurrected, but then became a Spirit when he returned to the Father when he ascended to heaven and was covered by a cloud in Acts 1:9-11.

SCJ also believes that lying is okay, and that the ends justify the means. Often, they are not fully honest or transparent on how they view Christianity, who they view as “Babylon” and whose pastors are “drunk with maddening wine”, nor are they honest when they approach Christians when offering their “free, non-denominational Bible Studies”. They justify lying by referring to it as the “Wisdom of Hiding”.

Currently, this document has 7 different sections:

1. Overview of Shincheonji
2. Is there a “Promised Pastor of the New Testament”?
3. Wheat and Tares: Examining Shincheonji’s Interpretation of Light, Darkness, and Second Chances
4. Doctrinal Issues with the Sealed Book
5. Wisdom of Hiding
6. Issues with the Mark of the Beast
7. Did John the Baptist Betray Jesus?

As for a chapter by chapter analysis of the “fulfillment” of SCJ, visit:
https://realscj.notion.site/It-would-sound-confusing-but-this-is-the-true-story-of-Shincheonji-9a6e11fd160b42ffa9544064e1b9d89e

For the overview of Shincheonji, topics include:

What does the name mean? How does Shincheonji view Christianity? How does Shincheonji recruit? What is the contents of their Bible Studies?

For the “Is there a Promised Pastor of the New Testament”, topics include:
Is there a New John, and the doctrinal issues of a “Hidden Promise”? The Faithful and Wise Servant? The One who Overcomes? The Advocate?

For the “Wheat and Tares”, topics include: is SCJ’s interpretation of the wheat and the tares accurate and biblical? For those who died before hearing the revealed word, do they have a “second chance” after death?

For the sealed book doctrine: Each verse that is used by SCJ to justify the sealed scroll is analyzed in detail.

For the wisdom of hiding: I go over the main verses and redefinition of how SCJ defines what a “lie” is, and show the biblical error.

For the mark of the beast: Is SCJ’s interpretation of the mark of the beast biblical?

And the last part, did John the Baptist “betray” Jesus?

I’ve updated the pinned post of this subreddit to include the cleaned up post.