小磯國昭
In the tradition of Seventh-day Adventist eschatology, which had been suppressed by Kuniaki Koiso during his wartime rule of Korea, Ahn further believed that he was living in the end times and that the Second Coming was imminent. As Korean Protestants earlier in the 20th century had perceived Japanese occupation by identifying symbolically with the history of Israel, Ahn, through biblical exegesis in his book "The Mystery of God and the Spring of the Water of Life" (1980) Chapter 1: Restoration of Jerusalem and the Prophecy of 40 Years, interprets the and write: