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Holy Dew Spirit falling down through the Olive Tree

Former minister, Oh Sung-min
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After graduating from theological college, I attended God’s meeting while working
as a missionary of the Presbyterian Church.

Former minister,
Oh Sung-min

Dreaming of becoming a pastor since I went to a Presbyterian church young.
As I went to the Presbyterian Church since I was a teenager, I focused on studying the Bible for my education and went to the Korean Theological College to become a pastor. And after graduation, I worked as a missionary at Yeongsanpo Presbyterian Church in Jeollanam-do. It was in 1955.

Around that time, there was an advertisement on the poster that read, “The emissary of Fire, Elder Park Tae-sun’s Revival meeting.” As I looked closely, the place would be a park in Gwangju City. At that time, I was quite concerned with Elder Park’s Revival meeting which was growing so fast. So, when I got the information about their meeting, I reported it to Pastor Kang Hee-seok, the chairman of our church, and decided to go there with him to monitor our church members.

I experienced grace at God’s meeting where I went to monitor.
On that day, I found that a large tent had been set up and straw sheets had been spread on the floor. Countless people were already sitting on them and singing a preparation hymn, clapping their hands. I didn’t like the way it looked, but I sat patiently to check our church members. Soon after the preparation hymn was over, a tall and bright-faced person came to the stage. He prayed first. Then, after slamming the wooden hymn stand on the rostrum, He began to lead a hymn. What was unique was the way he led the hymn and expressed the lyrics with his hands to the tune.

Stopping the hymn, he drank a cup of water and said, “I just drank a cup of water. If you know the taste of this water, raise your hands. Just as the taste of this water can be known only to those who have drunk it, the grace of the Holy Spirit is also known only to those who have received it. Faith is not in words, but in experience. Therefore, open wide the door of your heart and look at me.” Then, He lifted the hymn stand and struck it down on the rostrum with all his might and said, “Now the Holy Spirit of Fire is going out. Whoever has seen and received it raise your hands. Since the Holy Spirit of Fire is a fire that burns sins in the body, it smells like sins burning, and the grace of the Holy Dew Spirit smells like a fragrance. Can you smell it now?”

Suddenly, a disgusting smell from somewhere stung my nose and disappeared, and after a while, a very good scent smelled taking turns as He said. Then, there were many sick people in the tent who received the Holy Spirit of Fire directly and were healed. It’s unforgettable to see them weeping with emotion and talking about the grace they received. This scene was a touching experience that I first saw and felt.

Then, He spoke loudly again. “Those hands of mine are the hands of power, which forgive anyone any sins, and cleanse anyone any sins. Salvation is not in words, but in power.” The audience burst into thunderous applause.

Every word was like a flaming sword, persuading everyone to understand easily. As He performed wonders and miracles, the audience could not help being influenced. Even I, who went to catch the fault, smelled the scent and spontaneously sang hymns clapping my hands. As time went by, the heat of grace increased, and the audience tasted the joy of heaven that they had never imagined.

Returning from the meeting, I started to think. No matter how much I thought about it, the grace I received was certain and the Word was accurate. Therefore, I decided to give up becoming a pastor and continued to attend the meeting. I sometimes stayed all night for the meeting and found out later that my nosebleed, which was a chronic disease, had been completely cured.

As the words I heard at God’s meeting were accurate and the grace I received was certain,
I gave up my dream of becoming a pastor.

God pointed out the whereabouts of my sins through the laying on of hands.
After wards, as I heard there would be a meeting in Gunsan, I visited there. There, a large number of those who spoke in tongues came from Christian churches. They fell down and flounder, foaming at the mouth and talking in incomprehensible words like barbarians. As He saw the scene from the stage, before going back to accommodation, He left words with a metaphor, “The true God is like a butterfly, going only to a fragrant flower, and a filthy lustful demon is like a bluebottle fly, going into the tongue speakers making them behave like that. So do not get deceived.”

I also went straight into the waiting room of His accommodation,
identified myself, and begged to have His hands laid on me. He told me to lie down and I lay down. And, He explained about the laying on of hands before touching me. “This hand of mine is the hand that distinguishes between the true god and false god, so you feel severe pain due to the friction between gods, and the pain will stop and you will feel cool from the moment the force of evil against me dissipates.” He put His two thumbs on my eyes and started to bless.

Then a stabbing pain came. As I couldn’t stand it anymore, I screamed, and it became all dark after seeing countless stars. He took His hands off when I felt the pain lessen. Next was my belly. The moment He put His hands on my belly, He didn’t even apply any strength, but something suddenly surged up from inside my stomach and my back became like a bow. I screamed out in pain as I felt as if I were being cut with a knife. However, He continued laying hands on my belly for a long time and pointed out the whereabouts of my sins, saying “This is stubbornness, this is lust, and this is greed, arrogance…….” When He said, “they are gone now,” the pain lessened and I gradually felt cool. Then God said, “Done! If you receive it three more times, it will be completely extinguished,”and took off His hands.

I had no choice but to crawl out. Sitting at the corner, I cleared my mind and wiped off my sweat. Then, when I lifted my clothes and looked down at my belly, there were red hand marks. On the way home in the car, joy soared for some reason and I was moved, even cried and sobbed, by the sense of freedom of sin. And the amazing thing was, after the laying on of His hands, grace was strongly connected and I experienced a feeling of sweetness and joy whenever I sang hymns.

After that, I couldn’t sit still because of His word that if I receive it three more times, the sins would be completely extinguished. It made me decide to put everything aside and attend all the meetings. Finally I went up to Seoul. After attending the Seoul Stadium meeting, I attended the tent meeting at the Wonhyo-ro. There, I saw the Holy Dew Sprit falling like a waterfall. He also gave witness to the One from the East and the Olive Tree. He said clearly that the Holy Dew Spirit would come down through the Olive Tree, and that those who saw it were those who saw God.

Shinangchon scenery

Holy Dew Spirit would come down through the Olive Tree,
and the beautiful blooming of the hardened corpse is a testament to God’s power.

When I realize the true truth and testified God, joy soared.
As the number of church members in downtown Seoul increased, God rode a jeep through the alleys of downtown Seoul to visit the church member door to door, and people gathered in droves wherever he went. It was called ‘Group Visit’ and, also, ‘Spiritual Flushing Campaign.’ At that time, I also received a lot of blessings while following around.

I remember when He visited the Seongdong-gu district, the house was a poor and shabby hut and there were many family members. For that reason, I was a little bit reluctant to go inside. However, God went into the room of that house and said, “I prefer the poor family because I have suffered a lot since I was young.” And He added, “I would like to have the breakfast here.” Hearing this, the owner of the house was so delighted and said that he prepared it with all his heart because he wanted to be blessed but was hesitating to say it. As the table was set, He finished His meal. I followed Him around a lot, but it was the first time I saw Him finish the meal. After the meal, He even gave blessings to all the family members, and left them a gift of money before leaving. Seeing that, I was able to feel what the true love is.

When God spoke on the stage, He was infinitely strict and fearful, but when He ate and rested with us like this, He was so gentle and generous. When He returned home after visiting door to door late at night, He always called me to the jeep and often placed His hands on me and blessed me. As I saw, heard and experienced a lot at that time, I could easily understand what the true truth was.

Since then, the power of our religion spread like wildfire all over the country. Gwangju Chunbukyo Church was also newly built and an opening meeting was held. On the first night of the meeting, God said to me, “Tonight, lead the all-night service.” After coming out of Christian church in Yeongsanpo, I stood on the stage for the first time and testified the true God. I can never forget the joy I had at that time.

The fact that a stiff corpse blooms beautifully is evidence that God’s power is present.
Later, in Yeongsanpo, a new building was constructed for Chunbukyo Church and I was appointed as the first pastor of the church at the opening ceremony. And on the following day, we had a service for our church member’s child who died after 100 days. I thought ‘An innocent child, not an adult, would blossom easily if our blessed church members have a service, singing hymns wholeheartedly.’ So, about 50 members gathered at the church and had a service. However, the body of the child remained stiff and did not change even if quite a time passed.
I was so concerned that I hurriedly brought a bottle of the Water of Life, poured it into the child’s mouth with a spoon, and washed the face. Only then did it bloom smoothly and beautifully like a living child. Returning from the cemetery, I testified, “Seeing that the dead body hardened by sin has blossomed into a beautiful figure by the Water of Life, the only way to be freed from sin is through the Water of Life blessed by God.”

Such a change in the dead body is an unprecedented event that can only happen through our God, and this grace of God has been continuously handed down up to now.
This is definite evidence that God is alive and working with us. I sincerely offer thanks and praise to my Lord.

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