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ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time” (Rev. 20:2-3). We do not know what’s the meaning even we read it one hundred times. Why not? Do you know what is the dragon, the ancient serpent or the Abyss? These are very difficult to understand. So nobody in Christianity has known these so far.

Then, why were the letters sent to seven churches if the contents should be kept secret from us forever? The day when we know the contents is supposed to come. When is it? The time the contents will be open is when the words ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ come true as shown in the letters to seven churches (Rev. 2:7, 11, 17, 26, and 3:6, 14, 22). The words ‘to him who overcomes’ were appeared always when every seven churches were mentioned. Whoever the Overcomer is, if Jesus emphasized the Overcomer seven times, we can guess that the Overcomer is a very important person.

You should know this: God commanded to Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. But a being said that’s fine to eat it. How could Adam

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and Eve follow it if the being was very weak compared to God? They would have not followed it if a low level creature said to violate God’s commandment.

Dear people, you may understand that with an example, if President say to me, “You absolutely must do this,” I may not follow President’s order if someone having authority similar to President say, “You do not have to do this.” But if a employee from local office come to say, “You do not have to do this,” may I listen to his saying? Nobody would follow his words.

Adam and Eve would not listen to its word, if the one who said “You can eat.” were a minor creature. They even could not eat it because they would be fear of God. But the being said “You should be fine, even you eat it. When you eat of it your eyes will be opened. do not worry. I’m here.” It said something like that.

Now, let’s see. When God let Adam live in the Garden of Eden, he gave him warning, “You can do anything on your own, but never do this.” But if the being who said “You can do this as well.” were not comparable to God, God would not worry about Adam. God was worried from beginning

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