text: The central argument to the claim that Ahn Sahng-hong should be the Second Coming of Jesus is the proposition that he fulfilled a Davidic prophecy by preaching 37 years from his baptism on 16 December 1948 to his death on 25 February 1985. It is said that Ahn Sahng-hong once wrote that he was baptized in 1948, however, the source for the baptismal date of 16 December 1948 performed by a Pastor Lee Myeong-deok in Incheon is obscure, and no written record exists. In 2011, a protocol from the Seventh-day Adventist Church was discovered, stating Ahn was baptised when he was 36 years old on 9 October 1954 by Pastor Gim Seo-gyeong. The investigation by International Korean Christian Coalition Against Heresy showed, that while Pastor Gim could be confirmed, no Pastor Lee Myeong-deok was with the church in 1948, thus reducing the length of the ministry of Ahn from 36 years to 30 years and 4 months.
  The counterargument to the claim of baptism in 1954
  Ahn Sahng-hong noted in several writings and his Bible that he was baptized in Nakseom, Incheon, in 1948. He had already received a revelation in 1953 and began to make arguments against the doctrine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Thus, the claim that he was baptized in 1954 does not align with his life and actions.
  Furthermore, the record in controversy was not the original baptism registry but a membership list created by a newly established church starting from 1958. Therefore, the reliability of this record cannot be verified without comparison to the original baptism registry or records from the church before his transfer. However, no original records have been provided.
  Moreover, proponents of the 1948 baptism argue that the absence of records can be attributed to the Korean War, which began in 1950. They suggest that the widespread destruction of facilities likely led to the loss of such records.