Editing Yehowists (section)

==Theology==
Ilyin's teaching focuses on aspects such as the 1,000-year kingdom, the physical immortality of man, and the upcoming battle between Yehowah and [[Satan]] at [[Armageddon]]. Although Ilyin was a proponent of polytheism, he focused on two Gods: Yehowah and Satan. According to Ilyin, these two Gods, called "ManGods," are of equal strength in the [[Solar System]]. There are other Gods outside the Earth and the Solar System, but they are not empowered to deal with earthly people and should not be worshiped.<ref>The religion started after getting the Book from Heaven.</ref> Of Yehowah, Ilyin stated that "...[he is] THE ONLY GOD over people, and HE is the only ONE, who has keys to death and graves... and HE is the only ONE, whom we should worship and pray about everything..." Gods, like people, exist in human form. Yehowism denies the existence of a [[soul]], [[paradise]], and [[hell]] in their modern interpretation. For this reason, Yehowah is often called a mangod in Ilyin's works. According to Ilyin, "Yehowah is a man and even a Hebrew but the EVERLASTING ONE..."<ref>[https://svetoch.org/ru/otkrytie-7-tajn.html Revealing 7 mysteries] (Russian only)</ref> Yehowah is God of the immortals while Satan is God of the mortals or satanists, meaning the followers of traditional [[Christian]] denominations and [[Talmudic]] [[Judaism]]. Ilyin wrote, "my GOD walks on Earth, and visits HIS friends, and has supper with them, like HE visited Abraham and had supper with him under the oak tree, …visited [[Melchizedek]], [[Job (biblical figure)|Job]], [[Adam and Eve]], [[Cain and Abel]], [[Balaam]] and [[Mohammad]]."<ref>Nikolai Ilyin, "[https://svetoch.org/en/inviting-all-people-to-become-immortal.html Inviting all people to become immortal]" (Privately printed, n.d.), page 7.</ref> Some famous religious people of the past, according to Ilyin, were representatives of Yehowism in their time, for example, [[John Huss]], [[Quaker]] [[George Fox]], German mystic [[Jakob Böhme]], [[Socrates]], [[Pythagoras]], Medichi, Elisabeth Kridner, Muhammad, [[Confucius]], and many others. Yehowah, according to Ilyin, is [[Jesus]]. Jesus Christ was a temporary [[incarnation]] of Yehowah on Earth. So it was the Hebrew God Yehowah himself who was crucified and died on the cross. Yehowists deny the [[Trinity]], believing it to be Satan's fiction.

Yehowah and Satan lead an ongoing fight with each other. Yehowists fight for Yehowah by distributing Ilyin's works and following the moral and ritual norms of Yehowism. In reward, they will get eternal life in physical form. A decisive battle will soon take place between the two Gods, which Ilyin calls Armageddon. Yehowah will win and build a 1,000-year Jerusalem Republic. This will be a period of abundance for people. After 1,000 years, Satan will break free and the last battle with Yehowah will take place, in which Satan and his followers will be exterminated utterly. Then Yehowah will renew the Earth drastically and will keep on improving it periodically.

Ilyin never set any particular dates for Armageddon, foretelling forthcoming apocalyptic events rather than their dates: "[Satan] will force all people to bow to its vicious power and for cannon fodder causing a lot of suffering and bloodshed; especially it will kill brutally lot of people in the Turkish empire, Balkan Peninsula, Jerusalem and in the Caucasus."<ref>Nikolai Ilyin, "[https://svetoch.org/en/second-address-by-messenger-of-yehowah.html Second Address by YEHOWAH’s Messenger]"</ref> In another booklet he says: "first, [i.e. before the tribulation] YEHOWAH will bring down cannon fire on Germany."<ref>Nikolai Ilyin, "A Question to the World Enlightener Elijah" (Privately printed, no publication data, written in 1888), 2.</ref>

The goal of every person on this planet, according to Ilyin, is to achieve physical immortality through self-perfection, observing Yehowah's Law and his last-days commands given through Ilyin.