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According to the WMSCOG, the children of promise mentioned in Gal. 4:28 are the children of heavenly mother. Children of promise – children of mother – children of eternal life. This is the wmscog teaching regarding the children of promise. They explain, that Isaac became the child of promise becuase of who it was that gave birth to him. In other words, to be a child of Sarah(the free woman) is to be a child of promise. The wmscog emphyzise the "mother" aspect of it. The mother is a key part of the promise. Those who are not children of jerusalem mother, are not the children of promise pretty much. This is there insistance. In the studies like "Jerusalem Mother" "Abraham's Family and Mother" as well as the "Children of Promise" all pretty much lead to explain that "mother" is the only source of life and only those who are born through her, recieve the promise. So accoriding to the wmscog, if you are not born of heavenly mother, then you do not have the promise, which means no eternal life for you.

I've only explained some of this, if you know more concerning this study, please explain down below!

Now lets see what Ahn said concerning the children of promise.

This is from Ch. 8 "The Children of Promise" of Ahnsahnghong's book titled "The Law of Moses and the Law of Christ"

"In the bible there are the children of flesh and the children of promise. As it is written:

Romans 9:7-13

7 Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.” 8 In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring. 9 For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”

10 Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac. 11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand: not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”13 Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

In other words, the children of promise are those to whom the promise was given through the prophecies before their birth, like Isaac or Jacob. If we study the subject of promise, it is as follows: When Abraham was 85 years old and had no son, he began to worry. So, Sarah, Abraham's legal wife, gave her maidservant Hagar to Abraham to be his second wife, and Hagar bore Ishmael without God's promise (Ge 16:1-16). However, it was not God's will to make Ishmael born without His promise, Abraham's heir. Fourteen years later, God promise Abraham:

Genesis 17:21

21 But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.”

As God promised, Sarah bore a son, Isaac (Ge 21:1-11)

The Apostle Paul interpreted this history as prophecy to the churches in Galatia (Gal 4:21, 31); he described those whom the promise was given through the prophecies before thier birth, as the children of promise (Gal 4:28-31; Ro 9:7-13). "

He later went on to explain if a church was prophesied by the Old testament prophets, it is a child of promise. If a church is not prophesied by the Old Testament prophets, it is a child of flesh. In other words the church who fulfills all the prophecies of both Old and New Testament prophets about the last church, is a child of promise.

Aside from this, there are many more things he said. Like the last remant being the last church. Ahn uses this chapter to also explain about the restoration of the truth in the last days. To quote him "Therefore, the church, which was foreodained by prophecy, is the child of promise and the one born of the spirit" pg 56 of  Ch. 8 The Children of Promise from the book titled "The Law of Moses and the Law of Christ"

We can see that the wmscog do not teach the "children of promise" the same way that Ahn does. Ahn never mentions anything about being born through god the mother or anything regarding the new jerusalem.

I've started this post to start digging in on Ahn's interpretation of the children of promise being the last church as well as the children of promise being the children of mother according to the wmscog. Your thoughts?