Jung Myung Seok

Jung Myung Seok (born 1945-02-17) is a controversial Korean religious leader and the founder of an international religious organization called Providence.

• I am more action than words.
• Only the Lord.
• Until the end.

Predawn Proverbs Tuesday, March 22, 2011

1. Whether you currently live in a grass-thatched house or confined in a prison, whether you live in a palace or go through any suffering or tribulation, or whether you dwell in a nice place or in an awful place; you should not lose hope in the present and live, doing your tasks everyday and fulfilling the will of the Lord and the Almighty, in your current environment and position. If you fail to receive what you should receive just because you are going through sufferings in the present, you will not be able to receive it even if a peaceful time comes in the future.
2. If we don’t fulfill the hope and wishes of the future in the present life, even if that day and time of the future come and that hope visits us, we won’t be able to fulfill it properly. Preparing and making ready for the hopeful future life in the present is a life of fulfilling the hope of the future, too. In some cases, the hope is fulfilled little by little in the present, which is the preparation stage for the hope and happiness of the future. In other cases, the hope of the future is [completely] fulfilled in the present.
3. The hope of the future is fulfilled in the present.
4. What was hoped for in the past is also fulfilled in the present.

Predawn Proverbs Monday, March 21, 2011

1. A life of hope that everyone dreamed [to take place] in the future is being lived everyday in the reality now.
2. Unless we fulfill the hope, dreams, and actions of the future in the reality now, they will not be fulfilled even in the future.
3. If you cannot understand, view yesterday as the past, view today as the present, and view tomorrow as the future. Unless you fulfill your hope in your today’s life, you will not be able to fulfill the hope of tomorrow. In a human being’s life, the past, the present, and the future are all connected.
4. If you fail to fully grab the rope of hope of the future, even in the future, you will be unable to stir up hope.

Predawn proverbs. Saturday, March 19, 2011

1. The future that you had hoped for is being fulfilled now in the present. How are you living in the present time? Is your hope fulfilled each day, or not? Your action determines that. You thought in the past that the future would be hopeful, and you prayed and made requests. Now that day—the future of the past—has come, so what you asked for in the past is being given to you in the present. [Heaven] gives it to you according to your situations and positions. If [God] originally planned to give you an apple but the situation does not allow it, He gives you apple juice, instead. In another case, [God] might have planned to speak to you, but then He may write you instead. It is all good as long as the purpose is fulfilled, right?
2. Even if the hope of the future in your mind is fulfilled according to your thoughts, if the eternal problem—the spiritual problem—is not resolved, your hope that has been fulfilled is only physical hope. Therefore, the fundamental problem and agony of life will remain unresolved.
3. Fulfill your hope now, today, and each day. What is hope? Hope is a life in which you make your spirit and body clean, according to the will of the Almighty, and live in the domain of life. This kind of life is a life that is fulfilling hope. The body of such a person leads a life of heaven-on-earth on the globe, as a person that belongs to Heaven. As for their spirit, it leads a life of Heaven in the spiritual world. Then later, when their body dies, their spirit goes to the eternal Heaven.

Predawn proverbs, Monday March 14th

1. A person’s mind is “life” for the body. If you’re going to communicate with the Lord, your mentality must be connected to Him. To be “connected” means you must hook your heart to the Lord’s heart. Once you’re linked, you will get through to Him through conversation.
2. A person’s body cannot take anything with them when they die. Likewise, you can’t take anything with you when you go to Heaven. Your spirits can take to Heaven only the righteous deeds and accomplishments you’ve done in the world. Such things are love, truth, and goodness. Once your spirits are transformed into Heaven’s people through love, truth, and goodness, you take your changed spirit with you to Heaven along with knowledge and wisdom about Heaven you’ve gained while the body was in the world.
3. When constructing a large building the tools used by the workers are different, the types of workers are different, and the work each worker does is different. All of them must work together as one. Then the building will become complete. In the same way, those who are working in the Lord must work together as one and be understanding of each other even though their characters, personalities, and work are different. If they do, goals are achieved and work gets done. If everyone does the exact same work, the building will not be completed even in an entire lifetime. Everyone must help, care for, and love as they build the building while thinking, “This is a house I will live in.”
4. Your mind and actions have to be totally consumed in love with the Lord. Then you will not love anything in the world and you will not fall for those things.

• People only pray for what they want but they do not know about its condition as to what to do and what to be equip with. Hence even though they petition, they fail to acquire it. Even if a person prays earnestly and receives a positive answer from God, they must do their human responsibilities. Therefore, if they do not do their responsibilities, they cannot obtain what has been answered until they do so. Saturday, March 12, 2011

• Even if a person loves the Lord, they must repent of their sins before the Lord can take them and make them his own. Saturday, March 12, 2011

• A person whose purpose is love will think of that love in all situations and live for the sake of love. Thursday, March 10, 2011

• Jesus whose purpose is love, who sets love as his first hope, and for whom love is the most precious life, only talks about love whether in the beginning or in the end. The Lord does all things for us with the purpose of ‘love.’ So if we love truly love him, when he sees us, there is nothing that pleases him more than our love. Thursday, March 10, 2011

• The Lord judges because of love, blesses because of love, saves because of love, works upon us because of love, and comes to us because of love, too. Thursday, March 10, 2011

• Jesus’ love is the only key to salvation. So embrace that love. Monday February 28th 2011

• You must be united with the Lord in love and shine your light. You must not go faster than the Lord and you must not go slower than the Lord. Monday February 28th 2011

• If you don’t know the value, you will lose even a treasure you’re holding in your hand. Monday February 28th 2011

• The fate of one’s spirit is determined according to the person’s heart and thoughts, and the action of their body. Only by listening to Jesus’ perfect Word, deliberately making a determination, and taking action, the body transforms into a person of a heavenly level while the spirit, too, changes to the same level of heaven. Saturday, February 26, 2011

• The spirit is made and perfected according to the body’s deeds, thus it comes to receive love from the Lord. Therefore, if the body listens to the Lord’s words and does righteous deeds, both the body and the spirit will change shiningly and carry out mission at a higher level. Friday, February 25, 2011

• You don’t gain things just because you try to gain more. You will make gains as much as your heart, thoughts, and actions change for the better according to the Lord’s will. February 23, 2011

• When you have the same actions, same heart, and same things repeating over and over again, you will only receive things of that level and stage. You must change in better ways. Then you will receive better and different things. February 23, 2011
• How long will you not change and continue to live in the mud brick home? Do you intend to live only in your domain? February 23, 2011
• Some people are living in mansions of faith by hearing the Lord’s words and taking action with all their might. Yet they are not satisfied and are struggling even more so they will change more. You follow the Lord like they do but how long do you intend to live satisfied with the mud brick home? February 23, 2011

• Understand the 30 principles were words I virtually traded with my own life as I struggled those arduous 30 year. Correctly knowing and understanding the words of God is not that easy. I realized the words only after laying such foundations and conditions. I came running reading the bible 2000 times, evangelizing 10,000 people per year, defeating all the satans and demons, and overcoming all matters of physical adversities. So treacherous and wretched was my life that I cringe even at the thought of it.

• Now that the word of this time period has been proclaimed, it is now spreading. I told you to listen to the words of this time period. "Listen to the words of the Thirty Principles. The words of this time period have begun. God's history has begun."

• Whether the person is suffering as a result of sins, laziness, or not receiving blessings from God, we must help and have mercy on them regardless of reason. When Jesus came to this world with the mission from God to make salvation happen, he helped and comforted the poor, the destitute, the prostitutes, sinners, and everyone else in need. We must do the same in our lives in order for us to enter the kingdom that God prepared and not be judged. Only by living that way can we shine our bright lights. If you love me and obey my words, then you will help those who love and follow me whenever they are in need without pointing fingers and accusing them of failing to fulfill personal responsibilities, of being ignorant, lazy, or having weak faith. You must help them and watch over them as you would watch over your own bodies and eat and rejoice with them.

• Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. When J[esus] proclaimed the truth, then everyone became free. When the words of salvation from God for that new time period were proclaimed, and when everyone who was a prisoner of the former time period followed it, they became free. When the people came to know the truth, then they were freed from the bondage of the OT [Old Testament]. And in the same way, those who are imprisoned by the domain of the NT [New Testament], by hearing the words of this time period, by hearing the words of the 30 principles, are now free and become free people - religious freedom, spiritual freedom, physical freedom, we become free.

• Make peace and resolve among you. Talk and maintain good relationship. If you cannot resolve with visible men, how could you resolve with invisible God? If you don't reconcile, I myself do not resolve with you. In deep prayer, you realize your shortcoming attritube to all problems. You have learned 30 lessons and the tremendous word of heaven so you have become quite polished in terms of speaking. You have received all the necessary sources you need to be a man of heaven. As a mouth to preach the gosple of the time, your mouth should not be tough. Tough here means dirty, or rotten.

About

• I've never met a man who loves God and who loves Jesus as much as Joshua Jung [a.k.a. Jung Myung Seok]
  • member

• R [a.k.a. Jung Myung Seok] is so wise, so spiritual, and so kind. He knew what I was like, knew what I needed to make me change, and let me become who I am. All without making me feel stupid, all without every mentioning my faults. What an amazing man R is.
  • Hyo-myung (John) Lee (PJ), member

• [...] when a person starts studying the 30 lessons, its as if all his/her questions in the world have been answered. Suddenly there is no more reason to worry about anything if God himself has returned to earth. We are the chosen "MS" (Morning Stars) of the times and under a special covenant or protection. We are privy to the greatest secret in the world. So of course we trust Jung with whatever he says and truly believe that he only has our best interest in mind. Eventually a person will start to see little things in Jung that prove otherwise: 1. Constant attendance to his every need, special food, protection from the sun, special slippers, etc. 2. Constant demands on your personal time including morning prayer at 4 a.m. causing deprivation of sleep and a guilt complex if not maintained. 3. Support financially of Jung's Holy Land in Korea and other pastors in Korea and America. 4. Forbidding to challenge Jung on his methods of leading or his theology. 5. Rebuke, sometimes open, of the way a person is treating Jung or how he/she is teaching the 30 lessons.
  • Former member

• I have been studying the bible for most of my life. My mom was reading it to me before I could read. But even if I read the same scriptures over and over again I couldn't understand how it really makes sense. Some parts always seemed contradictory to me. When I first met someone who taught the Providence bible study I had so many questions about Adam and Eve, predestination, and the Lord's second coming. I wanted so badly to resolve all the contradictions about creation. Once I began learning the lessons I was shocked that one man could understand the bible so deeply. For me, I'm not surprised that Pastor Joshua has had to deal with so much persecution. Every time I read the bible, I can see that each and every historical person that God used experienced the same thing. We hold them up as heroes now, but in their time, they were hated by many.
  • Shaun McMillan, member, ProvidenceTrial.com