Spiritual Israel
Christianity is “Spiritual Israel”, setup by Jesus and the 12 Disciples, but it soon fell away due to corruption and not having the correct understanding of God’s word, as spiritual darkness overcame the field of Jesus’s church.
Creation of Heaven and Earth page 102 – (a) Spiritual Israel After Jesus brought Physical Israel to an end, he chose twelve disciples and created Spiritual Israel (Jn 1:1-14; Lk 16:16). Before Jesus’ first coming, God’s chosen people were people born of the physical seed of Abraham, that is, through natural descent. After Jesus’ first coming, God’s chosen people were believers born of the spiritual seed of God. Spiritual Israel refers to Christians who have been born of God’s seed.
Shincheonji has a negative view of Christianity, and that the Christians are unknowingly married to Satan, whose Pastors are committing adultery with Satan.
Christianity Betrayed God
Christianity is represented as the “sun, moon, and stars” that darkened and fell away in Revelation 6 and Matthew 24:36, who is now the “kingdom of demons” and the Christian church is the “battlefield” for the spiritual war of doctrines.
The Physical Fulfillment of Revelation page 276 – When Revelation is fulfilled at the time of the second coming, the darkening of the sun, moon, and stars (Rv 6:12-14) represents the judgment and destruction of all Christian pastors and their followers, it is not the end of the physical world. The tabernacle of heaven, which is the location of the sun, moon, and stars (Rv 13:16), is a representative church of the Christian world. Its destruction signals the end of the world of Christianity.
The truth and salvation cannot be found in Christianity
Physical Fulfillment of Revelation page 84 – “Although Christianity is now the largest religion in the world, its theologians, pastors, and lay people do not know the Bible. The reality is that very few are even interested. It is, therefore, not an exaggeration to say Jesus’s words of rebuke from roughly 2,000 ago are just as applicable to the believers of this generation as they were to the Jews of that generation. Regardless of whether they have God or his word with them, Christians proudly claim, “I’ve received the Holy Spirit. I’ve received salvation. Give thanks. Give offerings.” Christianity is full of people shouting these lies; it has become thoroughly corrupt. Jesus said anyone who adds to or takes away from the prophecies recorded in Revelation will not be allowed to enter heaven”
The irony behind this is when recruiting, Shincheonji often presents themselves as Christians and followers of Christ.
View of Christian Pastors
Shincheonji has a negative view of the Christian pastors, making the claim that they are married to Satan, and the commentaries that are referenced are the maddening wine in the cup of the Great Prostitute’s hand in Revelation 17.
The Physical Fulfillment of Revelation, page 408 – The sexual immorality of the kings of the earth The kings of the earth who commit sexual immorality with the prostitute are the pastors of the denominations that belong to Satan, The inhabitants of the earth who are drunk with the wine of the prostitute’s immorality are the congregation members of their churches. Spiritually speaking, sexual immorality is uniting with Satan instead of our true bridegroom, Jesus. The wine of immorality refers to mix- ing the teachings of demons with the words of Jesus, which are the true wine. Jesus is the true vine and the tree of life (Jn 15:1); his word is the true wine of the spirit. The prostitute is the wild vine and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Dt 32:33, Mt 23:33). Her words are the wine of evil spirits and the venom of serpents, which are their commentaries.
To be even more explicit about the Christian pastors being married to Satan:
The Physical Fulfillment of Revelation, page 451 –“What is Babylon’s lamplight and what are the sounds of its bride- groom and bride? What are its magic spells (Rv 18:23)? Babylon’s lamplight is the opposite of God’s lamplight, which is his word (Ps 119:105). Babylon’s lamplight refers to Satan’s ecclesiastical laws, doctrines, and other false teachings. Babylon’s bridegrooms are evil spirits, not holy spirits. Its brides are the churchgoers who have committed adultery with evil spirits.
Despite the negative view of Christianity, when recruiting, Shincheonji will lie about their beliefs, and even claim to be a Christian organization.
View of the Bible
Shincheonji acknowledges that the Bible is the word of God, and that the message is divine; however, it was delivered by humans.
While the message of the Bible is divine, it was written down by human authors, and was hidden away in “parables” or “figurative language”. In order to receive salvation, one must know and understand the figurative language in order to receive salvation.
Since the pastors of Christianity are married to Satan, this presents the need of a “Promised Pastor of the New Testament” to correctly explain the Bible.
The Creation of Heaven and Earth, summary ix –The names of people and places recorded in the Old Testament are mostly meant to be literally understood. Many of those names of people and places in the Old Testament appear again in the New Testament. In the New Testament, however, they are meant to be figuratively understood. If we fail to understand and keep the prophecies of the New Testament that have been sealed by figurative language, we too, will become like the people of Adam’s time, Noah’s time, Moses’ time, and the time of Jesus’ first coming that could not attain salvation because they did not believe.