On Decemeber 25th, 2011 the World Mission Society Church of God (WMSCOG) celebrated Ahn Sahng-Hong‘s birthday. The WMSCOG believes (incorrectly) that Ahn Sahng-Hong was the second coming of Jesus Christ. Ahn being Jesus is clearly debunked elsewhere and on numerous other sites on the net, but what I found fascinating were two things:
- The WMSCOG was out singing and celebrating in the streets on Dec 25, 2011 (see video below).
- The WMSCOG doesn’t celebrate Christmas. In fact, they claim that those who do so are really doing something pagan (fyi, Christians took the day from the pagans and made it Christian in order to stamp out a pagan festival on the same day in an effort to spread Christianity–it seems to be working).
Then I came upon this great little quote by Chief Pastor Joo Cheol Kim:
“The church that celebrates the birth of Christ on December 25 is heretic.”
- Joo Cheol Kim, Chief Pastor World Mission Society Church of God, My Sheep Listen To My Voice p. 115, © 2000 Melchizedek Publishing Co. Ltd.
Yep, that’s right. The World Mission Society Church of God held Ahn Sahng Hong’s birthday celebration (or as they call it “Father’s Coming Day”) on December 25, 2011, but their Chief Pastor says that any church who does so is “heretic”? By the way, it’s spelled “heretical” for your next version when you update the book, if you don’t end up taking it out altogether now that we’ve pointed it out to you.
First, Joo Cheol Kim says “family and love” are “temptations of Satan” and now this? Sorry, WMSCOG. Looks like all that vitriol is finally showing just how much it’s worth. Just another thing that doesn’t add up. You really can’t make this stuff up folks.
The “December 25, 2011″ image above was inspired by the end of the video by Lee Productions, an Alvin Lee Film.
I am absolutely no fan of the WMSCOG, but this item really does no credit to your cause. It would seem that they had every valid reason to celebrate 25th Dec.last year as the birthday of Ahnsahnhong – it has nothing to do with celebrating 25th December in general.
If you or any true Christian were to investigate the history of celebrating Christmas and all the horrific rituals associated with this completely Pagan festival, there is no way that this is a time for celebration. The birth of Jesus would be justification for joy – yet we do not know when that was.
Hello Elizabeth and thank you for commenting. What “valid reason” did the WMSCOG have to celebrate Ahnsahnghong’s birthday on December 25th? You seem to be saying that Christians are celebrating pagan festivals on December 25th despite the fact that they are really celebrating the birth of Jesus. Yet you deny that the WMSCOG is doing the same thing by celebrating Ahnsahnghong’s birthday on December 25th. Christians can then use your same defense by stating that they are not celebrating pagan festivals on December 25th, but the birth of Jesus. The WMSCOG can say that they are not celebrating pagan festivals on December 25th because they are celebrating Ahnsahnghong’s birthday.
And you also say that despite Christians not knowing the exact date of Jesus’ birth, they celebrate it on December 25th. But the WMSCOG does know the date that Ahnsahnghong was born, and yet they choose to celebrate it on a different day. I heard the reason was because of the so called “sacred calendar” that they use to calculate all of their other dates. That means the date would have to be different next year, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they celebrated Ahnsahnghong’s birthday on December 25th from now on.
You are a complete dud.. it’s celebrated using the lunar calendar.. His birthday happened to fall on the same day as Christmas for the first time that is the reason.. wow just take down your site, it’s full of nonsense and u don’t even have any clue as to the bigger picture.. you just hate this organization because it’s flourishing when u think it should fall.. but let me just throw you Act 5:38..
Thank you G for commenting. Yes, Ahnsahnghong’s birthday fell on December 25th this past year. But don’t you think ZhangGilJah should have told your general pastor not to write what he wrote because 21 years later Ahn’s birthday would fall on that date? I guess your “god” wasn’t paying attention. Maybe this book will undergo some revisions too. A little presumptuous of you to think that Acts 5:38 applies to the World Mission Society Church of God. If a Jehovah’s Witness or a Mormon pointed to that verse and told you that they were the true church, would you believe them?
this year, the birth of Christ Ahnsahnghong, was last January. we use the sacred calendar…[this comment has been moved to the forum for further discussion]
December 25 WAS Ahnsanhghong’s birthday by the Chinese calendar (the one also used by Korea) and by the way we have celebrated it EVERY year based on that calendar if you care to know.
Actually you just said the reason I was going to give. I was told that because of the 360 days (least I think that’s the amount of days) a year calendar that it ironically just so happened to fall on December 25th this year. I think he meant every year because if one goes by that calendar it’ll eventually fall on every day of the year after enough time has passed. I think that it should fall on about the 21st this year based on that…or maybe the 20th since this is a leap year. However we’ll see what happens this year.
As I understand it, the Passover is the 14th day of the 1st month [comment moved by admin to the forum for further discussion]
yes the passover is the 14th day of the first month, they used the sacred calendar in the bible, but were using the gregorian calendar so the 14th day of the 1st month usually march/april
WMSCOG is from Devil. Please Read Romans 6:9 and then check your Ahn San Hong.
the people who celebrate Christmas is a bunch of heretics, but those who celebrate Ahnsahnghong supposed birthday at the same date were the right bright ones, now since wms claimed ahnsahnghong as jesus V2…. whats the difference then between the wms and the rest of the heretics?
don’t generalize please. i am from the church of God but i don’t call people who celebrate christmas as heretics. they just don’t know what it stands for and it’s understandable because people don’t tell them.
Hello fromphil, just wondering…the statement about heretics is a direct quote from the general pastor. Are you saying that you disagree with him?
I asked that exact same question KC. They always have a perfectly logical explanation for whatever they do. The pee ons never answer a direct question like that. They always re-direct to the Pastor or second in command. Then when they hear the official excuse from the horses mouth, they fly with it. Like the video justifying the New Jerusalem Book. It took them a while to come up with that one. LOL It was so much fun to watch them scramble and get nervous. Priceless when they get busted the crap they come up with. Now it’s right. LOL.
were u there to see them scramble? are you even a member? dont say something you can’t prove
i guess i’ll be looking at this website from time to time. i learn a lot from here. by reading others opinions/facts [this comment was moved to the forum for further discussion]