Definition fo Heresy [wms cog, Teaching's Christ Ahnsahnghong&Jerusalem Mother]

1) The dictionary’s definition


① adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma
② dissent or deviation from a dominant theory, opinion, or practice
③ an opinion, doctrine, or practice contrary to the truth or to generally accepted beliefs or standards

2) The origin of the word

The word "heresy" comes from the Greek αἵρεσις, hairesis (from αἱρέομαι, haireomai, "choose"), meaning either a choice of beliefs, or a faction of dissident believers.

3) The Bible’s interpretation

Looking in the Bible, let us first locate the verses which mention the word "heresy."

Gal. 5:20, KJV 『Idolatry, witchcraft...wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,』
2 Pet. 2:1 『...They will secretly introduce destructive heresies...』
Tit. 3:10, KJV『 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject...』

4) The Doctrine of Christianity

At the time of the Early Church, heresy was considered to be any opinion or doctrine which deviated from the truth of the Early Church, from those who followed only the teachings of Jesus. In other words, the religious organizations that do not follow the words of God, which have been written in the Bible, are heretical.

♡ Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Mother ♡

World Mission Society Church of God(WMS COG)

Christ Ahnsahnghong came to Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, and restored the new covenant

The truth of the new covenant has been spreading rapidly throughout the country. As a result, over 400 branch Churches have been established nationwide in the past half century.

All the Churches celebrate the feasts of God including the Passover of the new covenant, and speedily carry out the gospel work according to the prophecy of the Bible.

BIblical Knowledge-History fo Israel 1(Church of God&Christ Ahnsahnghong)

▶ Why do we have to learn the history of Israel?

It is because we can know what we, the spiritual Israelites, will experience through the history of the physical Israel.

Let's understand what will happen to us, through the prophetical parts of the physical Israelite history, not through the political parts so that we can have appropriate faith as the sons and daughters of God.

Let's classify the history of Israel briefly.

1) From Adam to Noah
2) From Noah to Abraham
3) From Abraham to Moses
4) From the Exodus to the Period in Canaan That of the Judges
4) From the Exodus to the Period in Canaan and That of the Judges

5) Period of the Kings
6) Period of the Separated Kingdoms
7) Time of the Babylonian Exile and Return from the Exile
8) Jesus' Birth and Jerusalem's Fall and Restoration

▶ 1. From Adam to Noah

The line from Adam, the forefather of mankind, to Noah is written in detail in Genesis chapter 5. As the number of men increased, mEn's wickedness became great. So God judged them by water.

This judgment was written down as a warning for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

Mt 24:37-39 "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man."

2 Pe 3:6 "By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.

By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men."


▶  2. From Noah to Abraham

After the flood in the days of Noah, men tried to build a Babel city so that they wouldn't be scattered, but God confused their language. Their plan to build the Babel city failed, and they were scattered over the face of the whole earth.

Afterward God's blessings were given to Abraham, a righteous man. Abraham lived in Ur of the Chaldeans with his father Terah, and moved to Haran. Then he moved to the land of Canaan as God had commanded him (Ge 11:31-12:5).

▶ 3. From Abraham to Moses

(1) Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of 12 sons. The 11th son, Joseph, was sold to Egypt because his brothers were jealous of him (Ge 37:1-36).

(2) Joseph who was sold to Egypt became a ruler of all Egypt by God's grace (Genesis chapters 39-41).

(3) Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt because of a shortage of food due to the seven years of famine in Canaan. They met Joseph, who had become a ruler of Egypt. Then Jacob and his family moved to Egypt, leaving Canaan to live there (Genesis chapters 39-47).

(4) Joseph and all people in that age died, and a new Pharaoh who didn't know Joseph made Jacob's offspring slaves and mistreated them. The Israelites prayed God earnestly to save them from the slavery. God heard their prayers and had Moses be born.

* Pharaoh : Hebrew- , Greek - φαραώ

It was the title of the kings of Egypt. In the Egyptian language the word pharaoh means "great house." This word was originally used to describe the palace of the king.


▶ 4. From the Exodus to the Period in Canaan and That of the Judges

(1) The Exodus was a great event through which the Israelites who had been slaves in Egypt experienced God's great power (Ex 12:1-51). By keeping the Passover they were saved from a dreadful disaster in which every Egyptian firstborn―both men and animals―were killed.

They crossed the Red Sea by the power of God and began their journey in the desert.

After the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, they received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. They set up the tabernacle on the first day of the first month the next year (Exodus chapters 19, 20, 35, 36 and 40).

(2) When the Israelites arrived near Canaan, 12 spies were sent to explore the land. They spread a bad report about it, and the Israelites had to wander in the desert 40 years because of the spies' bad report (Numbers chapters 13-14).

(3) After 40 years, the Israelites who followed God could conquer the land of Canaan, being led by Joshua (Joshua chapters 1-24).

(4) In the land of Canaan whenever the Israelites worshiped idols, they were conquered and oppressed by the pagans. Whenever such a thing happened, God appointed a leader. The leaders were called judges.

※ Judges → military heroes or deliverers who led the nation of Israel against their enemies during the period between the death of Joshua and the establishment of the kingship. The judges are not transmitted from generation to generation.

♡ Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Mother ♡

World Mission Society Church of God(WMS COG)

Christ Ahnsahnghong came to Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, and restored the new covenant.

The truth of the new covenant has been spreading rapidly throughout the country. As a result, over 400 branch Churches have been established nationwide in the past half century.

All the Churches celebrate the feasts of God including the Passover of the new covenant, and speedily carry out the gospel work according to the prophecy of the Bible.

Biblical knowledge - The time of prayer and calculation of time(wms cog)

There are many customs, handed down from Rome. Calendar, the days of the week, the calculation of time are all from Rome. Now a day begins at midnight, and it is divided into 24 hours. This calculation of time that we use now is the 'Roman calculation of time.'


Before the Roman calculation of time was used generally, every country had a different time calculation. In the days of Jesus, daytime was divided into 12 hours, and nighttime was divided into 4 watches (One watch of the night is about 3 hours).

Mt 20:1-16 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. … sent them into his vineyard. "About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. … So they went. "He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing. About the eleventh hour he went out … "When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.' The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius. So when those came who were hired first … began to grumble against the landowner. 'These men who were hired last worked only one hour,'

Those who were hired at the eleventh hour worked one hour, and when they worked one hour, evening came. It proves that there were 12 hours from sunrise to sunset.

The Jews decided to call the time of sunrise 0 o'clock and the time of sunset 12 o'clock. Science was not developed enough to exactly calculate 60 minutes as one hour and the length of daytime in summer and that in winter were different, so the length of an hour was irregular.

The people at that time used the sundial. They stood up a stick on the ground and graduated around the stick's circumference. It wasn't possible to know the exact time like now. However we can assume that they had a kind of concept about time.
In the days of Jesus, there was about 6-hour-difference between the Jewish time calculation and the Roman time calculation.

※ This is when we assume that the time of sunrise is 6 a.m. according to the Roman calculation of time (because sunrise time differs every day.)

The reason we study the time calculation in the days of Jesus is because the time Jesus was crucified on the cross and the time He died were appointed to be the times of prayer.

Mk 15:25-37 "It was the third hour [9 a.m. in Roman time] when they crucified him. … And at the ninth hour Jesus … breathed his last."

The apostles appointed the 3rd hour, the time Jesus was crucified, and the ninth hour, the time Jesus died, as the times of prayer, and they prayed to God at that times every day.

The apostles were filled with the Holy Spirit at about the third hour [9 a.m.] while praying in the day of the Pentecost (Ac 2:1-15).

* the third hour ― KJV
nine in the morning ― NIV

The Apostles Peter and John went up to the temple at the time of prayer, at the ninth hour [3 p.m.] (Ac 3:1).

* the ninth hour ― KJV
three in the afternoon ― NIV

※ Sunrise time differs according to the season, so the 3rd and 9th hours in the Jewish time are 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. in summer, and 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. in winter. It is because the sun rises late and sets early in winter.

For calculating the nighttime, the Jews used the unit, 'watch.' It is the translation of the Hebrew word, (ashmurah). Night was divided into 3 watches according to the hebrew watchmen's changing time.

In the New Testament times, the Greek word 'Φυλακή (Phulake)' was used for calculating the nighttime, which means 'watch, warning, watchman, prison.' Night was divided into 4 watches according to the Roman watchmen's changing time.

Lk 12:38 "even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night."

Mt 14:25 "During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake."

♡ Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Mother ♡

World Mission Society Church of God(WMS COG)

Christ Ahnsahnghong came to Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, and restored the new covenant.
The truth of the new covenant has been spreading rapidly throughout the country. As a result, over 400 branch Churches have been established nationwide in the past half century.

All the Churches celebrate the feasts of God including the Passover of the new covenant, and speedily carry out the gospel work according to the prophecy of the Bible.

The spirit & the Bride(Father Ahnsahnghong&Jerusalem Mother-WMS COG)

2,000 years ago, Jesus Christ came in the flesh and gave us the water of life.

In this age, God the Mother has come in the flesh and gives us the water of life.
♡ Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Mother ♡
World Mission Society Church of God(WMS COG)
Christ Ahnsahnghong came to Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, and restored the new covenant.
The truth of the new covenant has been spreading rapidly throughout the country. As a result, over 400 branch Churches have been established nationwide in the past half century.
All the Churches celebrate the feasts of God including the Passover of the new covenant, and speedily carry out the gospel work according to the prophecy of the Bible.