Daily Worship

The daily event of washing away the stains of sin

From the perspective of the Savior who seeks to save sinners, worship is like doing laundry.

Because the “salvation work of HaNaNim the Savior” is to strip away the mask of a sinner to create a righteous one—that is, HaNaNim who overcomes sin—all people of the world are candidates to become righteous, shedding the mask of the sinner through worship and prayer.

The candidates to become righteous (Victorious HaNaNim = Savior) come to the Victory Altar to attend worship. Since living in a sinful world inevitably leads to contamination by sin, coming every day to wash away the contaminated stains of sin is extremely important.

If the sins of that moment and that day are not washed away quickly, they become stubborn stains, placing a heavy burden on the Savior who washes away the sins and taking a considerable amount of time. Therefore, HaNaNim’s children walking this path must attend daily worship no matter what happens.

In the spiritual war, missing daily worship means the devil is defeating the Savior, meaning that person cannot be saved. Just having a person belonging to the devil who has defeated the Savior sitting at the altar radiates spiritual pollutants to the people around them. Thus, those who skip daily worship are strictly denied entry to the altar.

Not only those who used to come and stopped, but even those who bring them are denied entry. Because this is like throwing a dung-filled rag at someone who already has a mountain of spiritual laundry to wash, and asking them to wash it clean.

Why is the person bringing them also banned? Because even before bringing that person, they were already communicating with someone belonging to the devil who defeated the spirit of the Savior, becoming contaminated like a black crow, sitting at the altar like a fence-sitter. In short, they did not follow the JuNim’s command to “never contact those who came to the altar and stopped,” and there was an order to “ban even the person who brings them.”

This ignorant behavior by someone who does not know at all the difficult situation of the Savior’s work must not be allowed to place an immense burden on the Savior.

Nevertheless, in reality, the Savior warmly welcomes them even if they bring someone who stopped coming. He rejoices without revealing His inner struggles, but in truth, a heavy and difficult burden is being placed upon Him.

Furthermore, if such a burdensome person is given a chance to have an audience and say what they want, the JuNim will not refuse and will grant all their requests. However, one must not invalidate the prohibitions or make exceptions by saying, “The JuNim likes this and approved it.” At times like this, considering the JuNim’s character and situation, someone must step forward and say:

“This is a strictly forbidden matter ordered by the JuNim. You strongly instructed to expel even those who knowingly bring in people who stopped coming. If so, You would have to expel all the other congregants who know that person, including me. JuNim, this absolutely cannot be allowed.”

Just because the Savior rejoices and seems pleased, if this situation continues without understanding His inner situation, it becomes a burden on the Savior, causing great harm to the work of human salvation and to those who are to be saved.

Therefore, skipping worship must never happen. To prevent the sacred altar from being contaminated, entry is fundamentally blocked at the security office, general affairs department, and secretariat for those who stopped coming, those who bring such people, those who know this but remain silent, and those who come for business or purposes other than worship.

Prayer and worship at the Victory Altar are spiritual communion between the JuNim and me. Thus, there is no one else moderating, singing hymns on His behalf, or preaching in His place. The JuNim Himself leads the worship 100%.

If worship starts at 10 o’clock, you enter the altar at least 10 minutes beforehand to pray and sing preparatory hymns. You cannot enter once the worship has begun.

Upon entering, you scan your attendance card, put your shoes in a shoe bag, and bring them inside with you. Most congregants sit on cushions on the floor, sitting in tight rows starting from the front without any gaps. Based on the red carpet in the center, women sit on the left and men on the right. Chairs for newcomers are also prepared on both sides right in front of the podium.

The JuNim has already arrived, welcomed visitors, led the followers’ meeting, and stands at the podium on time.

While praying and singing preparatory hymns, when the JuNim stands at the podium, everyone stands up to welcome Him with applause, and most perform one and a half deep bows before taking their seats.

The JuNim announces the hymn title, and usually, 2 to 3 hymns are sung together with the JuNim to the accompaniment. The JuNim’s singing voice is not a conventionally beautiful voice of this world. Rather, it is closer to a desperate cry to draw in grace and pour it out upon the congregants. Even if it lacks pretty musical techniques, it is a hymn of grace full of sorrow and utmost devotion.

Grace connects when singing hymns, so you must clap hard and sing loudly. Each song is usually repeated about twice.

Lyrics appear on the screen, but occasionally, due to a failure to keep pace in real-time, the JuNim might sing the wrong lyrics or the flow might not be smooth, so please understand.

Following the hymns, He delivers the sermon. Without a script, the theme, depth, and expression of the word change depending on the spiritual state of the congregants gathered there at that time on that day. Worship typically takes about an hour, but sometimes it takes 3 or 4 hours.

When He finishes the worship with the “ManGaJi EunHae Hymns” and exits, the congregants offer thanks with loud applause. Offerings are given only during Sunday worship.

The Savior leads large and small worship services at least three times a day. Each congregant may attend worship only once, but the Savior leads worship every day without Sundays or holidays off, visiting local altars nationwide and leading up to 5 or 6 times a day.

The worship video provided online is identical to the worship at the Yeokgok Main Altar. For local altars, the time and operation of the worship video may be conducted differently on their own.

As the JuNim preached, now that He exists as the Body of Light of HaNaNim, we are attending daily worship through recorded worship videos since we cannot face the JuNim as before. However, in truth, the JuNim, in His Body of Light, is pouring out grace every moment we pray and worship every day.

There may be situations where you cannot attend worship due to important worldly matters, but that is the circumstance of a sinner destined to die. Attending daily worship is the circumstance from the perspective of the Savior who seeks to wash away sins and grant you salvation.