First published in 1997, it touched the hearts of 160,000 readers.
Representative Korean Christian classics
Revised edition after 20 years

A vivid testimony of the reality of faith that transformed the execution ground into the gates of heaven.
The debate over the existence of God has ended!

Yes, that's right.
We are all on death row.
It cannot be denied that even those who wield unlimited power and control the world's wealth are ignorant death row inmates who live without realizing that when they open their eyes in the morning, a rope dangles before their faces.
We never know when an execution order might arrive… .
God is not a fictitious god created by human minds.
Nor is it an abstract being trapped in theology and doctrine.
Meet the real God who is passionately proven in the execution grounds!

“Hey, who just passed by outside?”
Luckily, one of the employees heard my voice, turned around, and answered with a pout.
“Chief, I am the culprit in the murder and secret burial of five members of the Jangwi-dong family.”
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“Hosung, tell me what’s going on.
Don't be afraid.
Even if everyone in this world doesn't believe you, I will believe you."
He, who had been sitting there sobbing, finally opened his mouth and told an astonishing story I had never heard before.

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However, God brought down the first act of the amazing salvation drama set in Cheongsong and, in His good will, moved the stage to the Seoul Detention Center and opened a new chapter.
With a fluttering heart, I moved according to the signs God gave me.
Because He has always been the source of amazing miracles and faithful answers!
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Namely, death row inmate!
These are people who are difficult for ordinary inmates or staff to call 'death row inmates' face-to-face, so they are called 'highest level inmates'.
It literally means a prisoner sentenced to the maximum penalty, and just brushing against them gives off a pungent smell of blood.
It is not a smell that can be smelled through the nose, but rather a spirit that can be felt spiritually.

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One day in December, as that year was coming to an end.
During the night shift, the atmosphere suddenly seemed to become chaotic.
Late at night, the director, the security chief, and several other people, including an electrician, were called in for an emergency meeting.
I found out that the execution will take place tomorrow morning.

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An execution ground built in the shape of a fan.
The feeling of taking your first step into a place you've only heard about is indescribable.
Although it was built as a modern building, it was still just an execution ground.

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I felt suffocated.
How long will this situation continue?
How should we conclude this prayer?
We are already exhausted.
It was then that a miracle happened.

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That day, I was born again in the execution ground.
My foolish soul, who had lived believing that the world visible to the eye and tangible to the hand was everything, met the living God, and in this execution ground that had been turned into the gates of heaven, I experienced with my whole body the deep and rich world of faith and was reborn once again.

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