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“The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and the sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss.”
— **Revelation 9:1–2 (NIV)
“The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.”
— Revelation 12:6 (NIV)
“He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander His name and His dwelling place and those who dwell in heaven.”
— Revelation 13:6 (NIV)
“The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.”
— Revelation 6:14 (NIV)
“I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me.”
— **Revelation 22:8 (NIV)
The Physical Fulfillment of Revelation II: Nicolas
As on many other occasions, Yu Hui-yeol was preaching on the street when a Protestant minister happened to hear his message. Deeply moved by the sermon, the minister pledged his loyalty to Yu Hui-yeol.
His name was Nicolas (meaning “conqueror of the people”). He soon joined the Tabernacle Church and became an active evangelist within the church.
One day, however, Nicolas grew envious of Yu Hui-yeol as he preached powerfully from the pulpit. A desire to take that position for himself began to grow in his heart.
At about the same time, the Cheongpodo Training Institute—a training center that educated Protestant ministers throughout the country—received a presidential directive to “eradicate heretical churches.”
Upon hearing this news, Nicolas reported to the director of the Cheongpodo Training Institute that the Tabernacle Church was a heretical organization.
As a result, the Tabernacle Church became the subject of a large-scale investigation by the Cheongpodo Training Institute.
Nicolas then encouraged Yu Hui-yeol to travel overseas. Before departing, Yu Hui-yeol entrusted all of his authority to Nicolas.
After Yu Hui-yeol left the country, Nicolas joined forces with the ministers of the Cheongpodo Training Institute. For 42 months, they taught the members of the Tabernacle Church traditional Protestant doctrines—described as human commandments—instead of the revealed word of Revelation.
Having taken control of the Tabernacle Church during those 42 months, Nicolas removed all seven messengers from their positions. In the end, the Tabernacle Church, together with all of its branch churches, was absorbed into the Calvin Church.
Yet there was one man who witnessed every one of these events unfold…