Editing Shincheonji Church of Jesus (section)

==Seasons and festivals==
Shincheonji has four official seasons throughout the year. Excluding the Founding Anniversary, these seasons are related to religious observances in the Old Testament, and are typically observed on the dates recorded.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Hee Sung|title=신천지 구약 해석의 실상과 허상|trans-title=The Reality and Illusions of Shincheonji's Old Testament Interpretations|url=http://m.amennews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=13116|access-date=13 August 2024|newspaper=Amen News|date=15 April 2014}}</ref>

===Founding Anniversary (March 14)===
This day commemorates the date when Lee Man-hee, titled chairman, founded Shincheonji.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jang|first=Han Byeol|title=코로나19 여파…'3월 14일' 창립기념일에도 문 닫은 신천지|trans-title=Shincheonji Closes Its Doors on March 14th Founding Anniversary Due to COVID-19 Impact|url=https://www.kpinews.kr/newsView/179546031288739|access-date=13 August 2024|newspaper=KPI News|date=14 March 2020}}</ref>

===Passover (January 14)===
[[Passover]] is observed on January 14. The origin of Passover for Christians and Jews generally lies in events (often considered legendary) reported in Exodus 12:1-14, Leviticus 23:5, when God judged Egypt with Ten Plagues through Moses and delivered the Israelites, from slavery in Egypt. The Passover observed by Shincheonji is more focused on the promise made by Jesus reported in Luke 22:14-20 and Matthew 26:17-29. It is a festival of thanksgiving to God for guiding them through the revealed Word (the blood and flesh of Jesus) and for leading them out of spiritual Babylon (death) to spiritual Zion (God's Kingdom and Shincheonji), which is the path to life (Revelation 16:12, 17:14, 18:4).<ref>{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Gye Jung|title=신천지예수교회에서 말하는 '진짜' 유월절은?|trans-title=The 'True' Passover According to Shincheonji Church of Jesus|url=http://www.ecobs.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=28720|access-date=13 August 2024|newspaper=ECOBS|date=10 December 2021}}</ref>

===Feast of Tabernacles (July 15)===
The origin of the [[Feast of Tabernacles]] is found in what Leviticus 23:33-44 reports as God's command to Moses that Israelites should dwell in booths to remember their journey out of Egypt. Rather than physical booths made of grass, in modern celebrations people are metaphorically referred to as grass (1 Peter 1:24). The Feast of Tabernacles is observed as a journey by the members of Shincheonji from a world without the group's teachings into a world with them. These members are said to become spiritual booths (i.e., homes) where the [[Holy Spirit]] dwells, and they offer thanksgiving to God (Isaiah 40:6-7, 1 Corinthians 3:16).<ref>{{cite news|last=Ahn|first=Sang Su|title=신천지예수교회 초막절 기념예배, '자신이 초막된 오늘날 의미 깨달아야'|trans-title=Shincheonji Church of Jesus Feast of Tabernacles Service: 'Understanding the Meaning of Being a Booth Today'|url=https://www.dkilbo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=185835|access-date=13 August 2024|newspaper=DaeKyung Ilbo|date=15 July 2019}}</ref>

===Feast of Ingathering (September 24)===
The origin of the [[Feast of Ingathering]] is the practice reported in Exodus 23:14-17 where Israelites would offer thanks to God as they harvested their crops and stored them in barns. Today, the Feast of Ingathering is observed as a spiritual harvest, a festival of thanksgiving for being harvested and gathered into God's kingdom, the barn ([[Mount Zion]], Shincheonji). The date was chosen as the anniversary of when the foundation of the [[Temple in Jerusalem|Holy Temple]] in [[Jerusalem]] was laid, as extrapolated from [[Book of Haggai|Haggai 2]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Park|first=Jun Sung|title=신천지, 수장절 기념 감사예배… "영적 수장절, 거듭난 성도 추수"|trans-title=Shincheonji Holds Feast of Ingathering Thanksgiving Service: 'Spiritual Ingathering, Harvesting of Reborn Believers'|url=https://www.newscj.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=204102|access-date=13 August 2024|newspaper=Cheonji Ilbo|date=16 September 2013}}</ref>