1. TRANSMISSION OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND MARTYRDOM
During the Japanese invasion of Korea from 1592 to 1598, about 40,000 Koreans were forcedly taken to Japan. From 40,000 people, 7,000 people among them converted into Catholic, and those 7,000 believers all martyred during 1611 to 1720 due to hard oppression in Japan.
Catholic religion mainly spread when Lee, Seung-Hoon received baptism in Beijing, China in 1784, and from 1785 to 1886, around ten-thousand Catholic believers martyred during these oppressions periods. The reason for the oppressions in Lee dynasty were due to ancestor worship ceremony.
In 1885, Protestant's missionary Underwood and Appenzeller came to this country. After 1905's "Treaty for Protection" to Korean independence of 1945; and during 1950-1953's Korean War, approximately seven-thousand Christians martyred. Japan's religious persecution was to oppress independent movement and North Korean to deny religion itself.
Just like Jesus said that people who bear fruits will receive God's kingdom, in Korea, two olive trees appeared to carry out the works of Jesus Christ. Under the rule of Japanese imperialism, pastor Kang, Tae-On received revelation and made prophesy that two olive trees will rise from Korea. He told one of them was Mr. Park, and another was Mr. Lee.
