The God who told us that he would come already has come to this world.

Brandon: Do you believe in God in Jeung San Do?

I: Of course. We believe in Jeung-san Sangjenim, the true God of the universe who came to this world as a human being.

Brandon: God who came to the earth as a human? It sounds a lot like he’s the Korean Jesus.

I: You’re completely wrong this time, Brandon. There’s something really important you should know. Jesus is not God the Father, but he is the Son who was sent by God the Father. The Father God and the Son are clearly different.
Brandon,

Brandon: That’s not how I learned. Besides, you can’t prove that Jesus isn’t God?

I: Did you learn about the Holy Trinity in church?

Brandon: Yeah. The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, or Holy Spirit. What about it?

I: That Holy Trinity wasn’t a part of Jesus’s original teaching.

Brandon: What?

I: See. In 325 AD, ‘the Council of Nicea’, a Christian council’s meeting, decided they would believe in the Holy Trinity. There were two sides, the Athanasian party claiming the equality of the Father and the Son, and the Arians who argued that the Father and the Son were not equal, and the divinity of the Son was lower than the Father’s. Eventually the Athanasians won and Arius’s claim was declared as a heresy, which created this formula of ‘father =(equals) son’.

Brandon: If this is true, why don’t they teach this in church?! All this time I’ve thought that Jesus Christ was the incarnation of God the Father.

I: Saint John said in the Book of Revelation. “I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it.” Just like what St. John described, God the Father is God in the human form. He’s not a being that doesn’t have a shape or form.

Brandon: Wow, I feel so confused. You’re telling me that I've learned the wrong things.

I: Some parts of Christian theology obscured the truth about God. God is the ruling God who presides the universe by the principle of birth, growth, harvest and rest. He’s the highest ruler of the universe, and Korean people called him ‘Sangjenim’ from ancient times.

Brandon: Then what about Jesus?

I: He was a sage indeed, just like Shakyamuni and Confucius, and all of them had been sent to this world by Sangjenim. They came on a mission to edify peoples on earth, but they had to fail to give us a complete salvation. Just look at all the problems of the world today.

Brandon: So someone else will have to come again and deliver us.

I: Not ‘will have to come’, but ‘already came’. What does it say in the Bible? God said to St. John, “I am the Alpha and the Omega... who is, who was, and who is to come.” The God who told us that he would come already has come to this world. He is Jeung-san Sangjenim.

상제님 Sangjenim [상제님]
삼신하느님 Samsin God [삼신 gad]
삼신상제 Samsin Sangje [삼신 상제]
성부 하느님 God the Father [gad ðǝ fάːðər]
통치자 하느님 God the Ruler [gad ðǝ rúːlǝr]
우주의 주재자 the Governor of the Universe [ðǝ gʌ́vǝrnǝr ǝv ði júːnəvə̀ːrs]
우주의 통치자 the Ruler of the Universe [ðǝ rúːlǝr ǝv ði júːnəvə̀ːrs]
호천금궐 Heaven's Golden Palace [hévənz góuldən pǽlis]

Samsin Sangjenim and Spirit Teaching

Being one with Samsin, God governs all the universe
from Heaven’s Golden Palace; and so it is that the people of Joseon,
who have long dwelt in the Eastern land,
have known Him since ancient times
as Samsin Sangjenim, Samsin God, or Sangjenim.
Sangjenim is the Supreme Governor of the Universe
and God the Ruler.
-English Dojeon 1:1:4-5

Which season do you think we are now living in, among the four cosmic seasons?

Brandon: You told me that the purpose of the cosmic year is to cultivate humanity. What does that mean?

I: A cycle of cosmic year is the process through which the universe gives birth to human beings and nurtures them.

Brandon: Can you explain that in details?

I: OK. So you remember that I told you about the principle of birth, growth, harvest and rest, right? That principle applies to the four cosmic seasons in the same way. Cosmic spring is the time when humanity comes forth on earth and cosmic summer is the era when our humanity’s civilization develops.

Brandon: Then what comes next is the cosmic autumn and it’s time for our civilization to bear fruit, right? ’Cause autumn is the time for everything to bear fruits.

I: It sure is, Brandon. And the cosmic winter is the Great Ice Age. For thirty-thousand years, all life on earth goes into hibernation. Now, let me ask you one question. Which season do you think we’re now living in, among the four cosmic seasons?

Brandon: Isn’t it the cosmic autumn?

I: Cosmic autumn? Why do you think so?

Brandon: Because, our civilization is extremely advanced now. Our average life expectancy increased and we’re eradicating diseases. So this has to be the world of cosmic autumn, right?

I: When it comes to material civilization, our humanity made astonishing progress. But seeing the other side, there are still problems

causing pain to people, such as wars, violence, and discrimination.

Brandon: Hmm. You do have a point. The world has made such progress, yet we haven’t matured, right? Then are we still in the time of cosmic summer?

I: Yup! We’re living in the cosmic summer. More precisely, we’re living in the transition between cosmic summer and cosmic autumn.

Brandon: Then it means that the cosmic autumn is arriving soon! I can’t wait to see the entire world living in peace and harmony.

I: Me neither.