Does the heavenly Mother really exist? Is the Church of God truth church?

Question

Yesterday, on the way home, I met some people from Church of God(COG).

I heard the existance of the heavenly Mother from them.

I think their insistance is related with the extension of the right of women.

Does the heavenly Mother really exist?

Answer 1

I cant speak to a particular religion I'll let them speak for them selves.

P.79 - §4 Concerning identity, nature, and other attributes of personality, the Eternal Son is the full equal, the perfect complement, and the eternal counterpart of the Universal Father. In the same sense that God is the Universal Father, the Son is the Universal Mother. And all of us, high and low, constitute their universal family. http://www.urantia.org/papers/paper6.htm...

P.368 - §4 The Son functions as a father in his local universe. The Spirit, as mortal creatures would understand, enacts the role of a mother, always assisting the Son and being everlastingly indispensable to the administration of the universe. http://www.urantia.org/papers/paper33.ht...

The use of s*x differentiation is a concision so we may understand Deity better, Children who suffered an early death here appear in the next world as on the nativity world except for the absence of s*x differentiation.

Answer 2

Can you live without water?

Water is the most essential to all living creatures. It is not exaggeration to say that water is life.

Just as our physical body never live without water, We need the spiritual water to live for our spirits.

And then, Who will give us the water of life?

Rev 22:17 The Spirit and the bride tell us to come to receive the water of life.

The Spirit represents our Father God, and the bride is our heavenly Mother.

Rev 21:9 The wife of the Lamb is Jerusalem.

The bride, Heavenly Jerusalem is whom to us?

Gal 4:26 The Jerusalem that is above is our Mother.

Here, above means heaven, not this earth.

We can find out the prophecies that Mother God can give us water of life.

Zec 14:8 “On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem

It was prophesied living water will flow from Jerusalem.

Eze 47:1 “I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple.”

This temple is Jerusalem. The water evidently is flowing from Jerusalem.

This Jerusalem is a copy and shadow of Heavenly Jerusalem.

Our Heavenly Mother says to us now,

Come, Whoever wants to receive water of life.

http://www.mygodahnsahnghong.com/

Answer 3

The History of Civilization reveals that for thousands of years God was worshiped as a woman (Goddess). When men took on the task of interpreting the early religious texts, they changed God into a man. Religion has given itself a free-hand in creating all sorts of mystical figures. The Ancient Jews never heard of a Holy Spirit until Christianity created one. A Heavenly Mother must be similar to a Mrs. God, but you know that religion will say no to that.

Answer 4

I can say the earthly family is a copy  and shadow  of the heavenly family.

Heb 8:5 They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven.

So. We can understand  the heavenly family  through the earthly family.

Be cause  the earthly system is a copy  and shadow of the heavenly system.

Which family members?

first of all,  There is a father  in the earthly family.

And. There must be also  the father  in the heavenly family

Mt 12:50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.

We can understand  we have  our heavenly brothers and sisthers.

Finally.  We have  our mother  who can give a birth  in earthly family.

So. There is  also the mother /in the heavenly family.

Gal 4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.

The Jerusalem  that is above is our mother.  Above means?! in heaven!!  Heavenly mother!

We can understand the bible testifies  that  our heavenly mother exists.

http://usa.watv.org/

Answer 5

Mother is my strength.

Heavenly Mother Jerusalem, thank you for showing us what true love really is!

The character Abraham is used to represent God in the Bible. Through the history of Abraham's family, God has revealed to us how we can inherit the kingdom of heaven.

Isaac was the one who received Abraham's inheritance. Even though Abraham had another son named Ishmael, born through Hagar, God did not allow Ishmael to receive the inheritance of Abraham. Rather, God bestowed the inheritance upon Isaac, who was born through Sarah. The reason why Isaac was chosen as Abraham's heir was that Isaac was the son of Sarah, who was free. This history shows us that the heavenly inheritance will be given to those who are born of the heavenly Mother, who is free.

Christ Ahnsahnghong taught us that our heavenly Mother does in fact exist and that She is truly the biggest mystery hidden within the Bible.

Let us study "The History of Abraham's Family and Mother," taught to us by Christ Ahnsahnghong.

Abraham represents God

First of all, we need to recognize who the character Abraham represents in the Bible.

Luke 16:19-31 『"...The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried. In h**l, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. So he called

to him, 'Father Abraham...' "』

As you know, this parable is about a beggar, named Lazarus, and a rich man. The parable tells of Lazarus, who died and was carried to heaven, and a rich man, who was sent to h**l to be tormented. Lazarus was obviously carried to God's side after he had died; however, the Bible states that Lazarus traveled to Abraham's side. In the parable, the rich man, who went to h**l, called up to God in the distance; however, the Bible states that the man saw Abraham, and called up to him, saying, "Father Abraham." Who is the only one who is worthy to be called "Father" in the spiritual world? God is the only one who can be called upon in this way. Then, whom does Abraham represent? Logically, the character Abraham was chosen to represent God. Therefore, the inheritance of Abraham can be likened to the inheritance of God, the kingdom of heaven.

Isaac, the heir of Abraham

Then, let us find out who was appointed as Abraham’s heir.

There were three candidates who could have been chosen as the heir of Abraham: Eliezer, Ishmael, and Isaac. Among them, who became Abraham’s heir? It was Isaac who was appointed. We need to understand the reason why Isaac was chosen to be Abraham’s heir.

Gen. 15:1-4 『...But Abram said, "O Sovereign LORD, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?" And Abram said, "You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir." Then the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir."』

When Abraham was an old man and had not yet borne a son, he asked God to allow his servant Eliezer to be his heir. However, God did not allow Eliezer to become Abraham’s heir, revealing that a son would be born from Abraham’s own body and that he would become his heir. Some time later, Hagar, Sarah’s maidservant, bore Abraham a son: Ishmael.

Gen. 16:1-15 『Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar; so she said to Abram, "The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her." Abram agreed to what Sarai said...So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.』

Ishmael was born to Abraham through a maidservant named Hagar, and Abraham asked God to allow Ishmael to become his heir.

Gen. 17:18-19 『And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!" Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.』

When Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under your blessing," God did not allow Ishmael to become his heir. Instead, God promised Abraham that he would have a son through his wife, Sarah. Isaac was born as God had promised, and of the three?Eliezer, Ishmael, and Isaac?Isaac was chosen to be Abraham’s heir.

Thekey factor in deciding an heir Is "Mother"

Let’s study the reason why God chose Isaac to be Abraham’s heir.

Both Eliezer’s father and his mother were slaves, neither of them was free. This is the reason why God did not allow him to be Abraham’s heir. Ishmael’s father, Abraham, was free, but his mother, Hagar, was a slave and not a free woman. This is why God could not allow Ishmael to become Abraham’s heir. Isaac’s father, Abraham, was a free man, and his mother, Sarah, was a free woman. The fact that Isaac had been born of a free woman was the big difference between Ishmael and Isaac, and this discrepancy became the key factor in choosing Abraham’s heir.

In those days, the eldest son inherited all of his family’s property. Since Ishmael was older than Isaac, he should have become the heir?that is, if God had made His decision according to the paternal line. Ishmael was not chosen to become Abraham’s heir, even though he was Abraham’s eldest son, because his mother was not a free woman, but a slave. Thus, it is clear that the decisive factor in choosing Abraham’s heir was his mother.

What we need to focus on while studying the history of Abraham’s family is not merely the story of a man and his family. As you know, the Bible is not a storybook to tell us of men and their families. Nevertheless, God repeatedly mentioned the story of this particular family. Actually, the history of Abraham was a shadow of what was to happen in the future. In order for us to know who could become God’s heir, the story of Abraham’s family was written, as a prophecy.

Therefore, through the history of Abraham’s family, we can clearly understand that the decisive factor in choosing an heir is the mother. As Isaac became Abraham’s heir through Sarah, his free mother, we can become God’s heirs through our heavenly Mother, who is a free woman. Only those who believe in the heavenly Mother?only the children who are born through the new covenant?can inherit the heavenly Father’s kingdom. Let us read one more verse testifying about the heavenly Mother.

Gal. 4:22-31 『...But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother...Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. At that time the son born in the ordinary way persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now. But what does the Scripture say? "Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman's son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman's son." Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.』

The Bible declares that we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman. Ishmael could not inherit his father’s estate because his mother, Hagar, was only a slave, not a free woman. On the other hand, Isaac was chosen to become Abraham’s heir because his mother, Sarah, was a free woman. The Bible also testifies that we, like Isaac, are the children of promise, the children of the heavenly Mother, who is free.

In today’s world, there are three types of people: those who are like Eliezer, those like Ishmael, and those who are like Isaac. The first type of people, who are like Eliezer, are atheists, who do not believe in Father God or in Mother God. The second type of people, who are like Ishmael, are those who believe in Father God, but do not believe in Mother God. The third type of people, who are like Isaac, are those who believe in Mother God as well as Father God. According to the history of Abraham’s family, which one of these three types can become an heir of the kingdom of heaven? Only the third type of people, who are like Isaac, can be recognized as God’s heirs. There is no doubt about it.

Which group of people do you want to be classified with? If you want to be like Isaac, you must first become a child of the free woman. Thus, you must accept the heavenly Mother, who is free. The Bible testifies to this fact.

God said, "My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge" (Hos. 4:6). What kind of knowledge is God referring to in this verse? We must recognize that we have a God the Mother, as well as a God the Father. We must accept Elohim God. Also, we must firmly believe that God is our Mother, who gives us salvation alongside our Father. Only after we come to realize this can we say that we have the knowledge of God, and that we will not be those who are destroyed from a "lack of knowledge."

The Bible testifies that the Holy Spirit is God Ahnsahnghong, and that the Bride is Jerusalem Mother. Let us accept God Ahnsahnghong, the Holy Spirit, and Jerusalem Mother, the Bride, who give us the water of life in these last days, so that we can enter the kingdom of heaven.

Answer 6

ALL the churches claim to be the True Church.

I'd recommend a dose of Joseph Campbell as another point of view.  He sees God as a metaphor.  The question to ask is, "a metaphor for what?"

Buddha saw religion as a raft, a vehicle, much as we say "whatever floats your boat."  A set of beliefs that get you by from day to day, that give you a sense of direction and meaning in life.

But some people learn to swim, don't need boats.

That's another metaphor.

Answer 7

Mother Nature has and will out last all mothers.

It's not for me to say, but I'll say it none the less. You should stop looking for things you can't see, touch, taste, smell, hear or feel. It's all right in front of you, you just have to notice it.

Answer 8

No one can say for 100% that anything relating to God exists. But I think it's what you believe in in your heart that makes God real and that includes the Heavenly Mother.  

Answer 9

Honestly, I don't believe in any god (or goddess in this case!). But I do believe it is a smart idea of them to make a heavenly mother exist standing for the rights of women!

Answer 10

u do not need a church to tell u that women are strong. we go through much more than men. we are the vessels of life, and we take care of ourselves and anybody related to our lives. (family, friends, and the men too) so, with all fairness, we are maintaining some sanity for all.

have u ever seen how guys live in a group without the presence of women? my goodness! they dont excactly know much.(now-o-these days they are getting better, have to add that)

so if we were so inferior why do they want us?? women's rights were addressed in a much later time when we revolted against the bad treatment (in victorian times, i believe). we are human, flesh and blood, not only an object to keep men company(as "god" might have it in genesis). we have our natural offense and defense systems in place.

love us for it or hate us for it.  

no she does not exist. but we do.

Answer 11

What you think is the best.if there is God .is there. if god is not thereno as you think dear.

Answer 12

Early Christian did not believe that she was the mothers of God but by the third century there was a popular cult which the Church authority blessed and persecuted those who did not believe. If you would take the time to read up on early christian factual history...you would see how much is purely invented stories.