Christ Ahnsahnghong, Whom the Bible Testifies About

The fundamental purpose of the Scriptures is to guide humanity to salvation by revealing the Savior. As recorded in the Gospel of John, Jesus clearly explained the ultimate purpose of the Scriptures.

John 5:39-40 “You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.”

The Savior and the Bible are inherently inseparable. Therefore, recognizing Christ cannot be accomplished through human preconceptions, but only through understanding and believing the prophecies contained in the 66 books of the Bible.

The Misconception of a Recorded Name

The World Mission Society Church of God preaches that Christ Ahnsahnghong is the Second Coming Christ who has fulfilled all the biblical prophecies.

However, many Christians are perplexed and ask, “Is the name Ahnsahnghong in the Bible?” Since His name is not explicitly written in the biblical text, they find it difficult to believe.

To understand why this reasoning is flawed, we must look back 2,000 years to the time when Jesus walked on the earth. Was Jesus’ name already written in the Scriptures—the Bible?

At that time, the New Testament did not yet exist. It was written only after Jesus completed His ministry and the apostles began preaching the gospel.

The early believers had only the Scriptures of the Old Testament, which do not contain the name “Jesus.” Instead, the Old Testament repeatedly declared that salvation belongs solely to God Jehovah while referring to the coming Messiah through titles and signs rather than by His literal name.

Among the many prophecies, let us examine one that was written about 700 years before Jesus came into the world.

Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the LORD himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.

The prophecy above was fulfilled by Jesus at the time of His first coming.

Although the prophecy declared that the Son would be called Immanuel, which means “God with us,” it did not explicitly mention the name “Jesus.”

Let us take a look at another prophecy concerning Jesus in the book of Isaiah.

Isaiah 9:6  For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

This, too, was a prophecy fulfilled by Jesus at His first coming.

According to this prophecy, Jesus was foretold to come into the world in the flesh as a child—that is, as a Son who would be given to us. Furthermore, it was prophesied that He would be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.

As we saw in the previous prophecy, the Scriptures of the Old Testament did not explicitly mention the name “Jesus.”

In the same way, although Jesus has already come a second time with the new name “Ahnsahnghong,” the fact that His name is not explicitly mentioned in either the Old or the New Testament does not disprove that He is the Second Coming Christ—the Savior who was prophesied to come into the world.

How the Savior Is Truly Recognized

If names are not explicitly provided beforehand, how can we identify the Savior? The saints in the apostolic age recognized Jesus because He perfectly fulfilled the prophetic criteria established in the Scriptures.

The New Testament demonstrates that Jesus and His disciples consistently used biblical prophecy as the sole evidence of His identity as the Christ.

Let us examine the case of Jesus.

Luke 24:27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.

After His resurrection, Jesus enlightened two downcast disciples who were on their way to Emmaus.

“Moses and all the Prophets” refers to the writings of the Old Testament Scriptures—that is, the Bible.

The passage above reveals that Jesus testified through the Scriptures that He is the Christ.

Think about it more deeply. Jesus could have testified about Himself in many other ways—by performing miracles or by walking on water. However, He did not do so. Instead, He testified about Himself through the writings of the Bible. Why do you think He did this?

To answer this question, let us also examine the examples of Christ’s apostles, who testified before all nations that Jesus was the Christ.

How did they testify that Jesus was the Savior?

Acts 17:1-4  When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,” he said. Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

It was Apostle Paul’s custom to enter the synagogues on the Sabbath and reason from the Scriptures with the people, explaining and proving that Jesus was the Christ.

Acts 8:30-35  Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked. “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth. In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.” The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.

This is the account of Philip meeting the Ethiopian eunuch as he was reading the book of Isaiah, that is, the Scriptures.

What did Philip use to testify to the eunuch that Jesus was the Christ, the Savior?

To lead the eunuch to faith in Jesus as the Christ, Philip reasoned with him from the book of Isaiah, as recorded in Acts 8:30.

Therefore, based on this consistent teaching of the Bible, it is clear that the standard for recognizing Christ has always been the fulfillment of biblical prophecies, not the prior recording of His name.

Why the Savior Is Rejected by the World

There is a famous saying, “History repeats itself,” which means that humans are creatures of habit and often fail to learn from the mistakes of previous generations.

At Jesus’ first coming, many prominent religious leaders failed to recognize Him and ultimately crucified Him, despite boasting of their extensive knowledge of the Scriptures. Jesus exposed the two primary reasons for their spiritual blindness as follows:

John 5:39-47  You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life. . . . “If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”

What was the underlying reason the Jews at Jesus’ first coming refused to come to Him and receive life? In other words, why did they refuse to believe in Him?

By the words, “If you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me,” Jesus clearly revealed that although they claimed to believe Moses’ writings, they did not truly believe them, since they rejected the One to whom Moses testified—that is, Jesus.

Moses’ writings are known as the Pentateuch—that is, the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

Therefore, what Moses wrote became part of the Scriptures that clearly revealed through prophecy that Jesus is the Christ, the Savior of the world.

Furthermore, the Jews at Jesus’ first coming witnessed Jesus fulfilling the prophecies written about Him one by one, yet they refused to believe in Him—the very One about whom Moses wrote.

Can we say that they truly believed the Scriptures?

Let us now examine the second underlying reason they rejected the Christ to whom the Scriptures testified.

John 15:18-21  “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.”

The words, “they will treat you this way,” mean that people would persecute Jesus’ disciples. Then, why would they persecute them? Was it because the disciples had done something wrong in society?

It was because those who persecuted the disciples who believed in Jesus as the Christ did not know “the One who sent Me (Jesus).” In other words, they did not know God.

From this, we can understand that even if someone claims to know God, he should examine from what perspective he knows Him. Does he know God according to his own thoughts and ideas, or has he made the effort to know God through the prophecies of the Bible that testify about Him?

At Jesus’ first coming, although the religious leaders of that time claimed to know God, they did not know Him according to the testimony of the Scriptures. Instead, they relied on their own perspectives, imaginations, and thoughts.

Had they made the effort to know the God to whom the Scriptures testify, would the outcome not have been different? Instead of persecuting those who believed in Jesus as the Christ, they too would have acknowledged that Jesus is the Christ, the Savior of the world.

Receiving the Second Coming Christ and Live With the Hope for Heaven

Remembering the saying, “History repeats itself,” we should not make the same mistake that the Jews made when Jesus came to the earth at His first coming.

Since the Bible testifies that Christ will come a second time in our age and that salvation will be granted only to those who receive Him, we should make every effort to recognize Him through the testimony of the Scriptures (Heb. 9:28; Hos. 3:5).

Though some might argue that the Bible alone is not a sufficient or “competent guide to heaven,” we should recognize that the 66 books of the biblical canon provide a comprehensive testimony identifying Christ Ahnsahnghong as the Savior of this last age in which we are living.

Just as Jesus fulfilled the prophecies of the Old Testament concerning His first coming, Christ Ahnsahnghong—the Second Coming Christ—has perfectly fulfilled every prophecy concerning the Second Coming of Jesus.

As the definitive sign of the Second Coming Christ who has come to grant us salvation, He restored the lost truths of life that could not be learned in other churches and established the World Mission Society Church of God for our salvation.

Those who are to be saved in this age should have the same faith as the saints of the early Church, who believed in Jesus as the Christ despite suffering severe persecution.

Those who understand the Bible and keep the truth of the new covenant established by Jesus can have the confident conviction that the 66 books of the biblical canon testify about Christ Ahnsahnghong.

Longing for the Kingdom of Heaven, let us become such people. Let us receive Christ Ahnsahnghong, the Savior testified to in the Bible, so that we may receive eternal life, attain salvation, and live with the hope and joy of the beautiful Kingdom of Heaven.