- When the Time Comes
- 1 One day in 1908, Sahng-jeh-nim went to Gyeh-ryohng Mountain with Hyung-yul and Ho-yun to perform a work of renewal.
- 2 A beautiful little boy came down from heaven, bowed deeply to Sahng-jeh-nim, and asked, “When will You grace us with Your return?”
- 3 Ho-yun misunderstood. “Does he want us to come and eat something?”
- 4 Stroking her hair, Sahng-jeh-nim said, “I will be going to a place where you will not be able to see Me.”
- 5 “Where?” “I am going up to heaven.”
- 6 “Can I come with You?”
- 7 “It will be a long time before you go there. You must stay here. You will soon say that meeting Me was your greatest grief.”
- 8 Turning to the child from heaven, Sahng-jeh-nim rebuked him. “Will African millet become German millet? Before I came down to this world, I said that after completing the work of heaven and earth, I would return to heaven at a particular date. I have been carrying out the work of renewal exactly as I had planned.
- 9 There is not one nation in the world, but several thousand. Only when I have them hold hands in harmony will they live well together. I have been traveling all over the world, making creative change to bring life to each nation.
- 10 But you in heaven have different thoughts, wishing Me to hurry.”
- 11 Sahng-jeh-nim’s voice became louder. “If My work on earth were finished, I would not be here now. I would have already ascended.
- 12 Soon, I will work with you in heaven. Go back and await My orders.
- 13 I will return when the time comes. How could I say that I will go on a different day?” The sound of heaven and earth trembling could be heard as Sahng-jeh-nim spoke.
- (JSD Dojeon 10,2)