Christ’s First Announcements and Testimonies...
Discourse 65
It is not as though I do not want to give you anything, but rather, it is you who are unwilling to pay the price. So, you are empty-handed and have nothing at all. Can’t you see how quickly the work of the Holy Spirit is moving ahead today? Can’t you see that my heart is burning with impatience? Even when I ask you to cooperate with me a little, you do not all want to do so. One after the other, every kind of disaster is going to come upon you, for disasters will arise in each nation and in each location. You will see pestilences, famines, floods, droughts and earthquakes. These will no longer only occur in one or two places, and they will not be over in one or two days. They will also not only extend over ever-increasing areas, but these calamities will become greater and greater. At this time, every kind of insect plague will break out, one after the other. Everywhere you look, people will be exploiting each other. All these things will be my judgment upon all nations and peoples. My sons! You do not have to suffer these hardships and disasters. I want you to grow up quickly and take the load off my shoulders as soon as possible. Why is it that you do not understand my intention? As the work will get more onerous in the future, are you so hardhearted as to leave me busily laboring away on my own? I will say this more clearly: Whoever grows up will enter into refuge and will not suffer hardships and calamities; whoever does not grow up will indeed suffer hardships and calamities. My words have already been said clearly enough!
My name will spread to all nations and all places. All will know my holy name, and all will know me. All walks of life in each country, America, Japan, Canada, Singapore, the Russia, Mexico, and Hong Kong, will soon crowd into China, looking for the word of truth. Then, my name will be testified to them. They are only waiting for you to grow up as soon as possible so that you can care for them and guide them. So, this is why I am saying that there will be much more work in the future. As the disasters are happening, my name will be propagated, but, if you are not cautious and careful, you could lose the portion that is due to you. Aren’t you afraid of this? My name will be spread to every religious group, all walks of life, all nations and peoples. This is the way my work will unfold, with everything following closely after the other, and with everything being planned in my wisdom. All I want is for all of you to closely follow my footsteps as you advance through every stage.
Discourse 68
My word will be implemented among every nation, every country and every place and people. My word will be fulfilled at all times, and in every corner of the world. There will not be anyone fighting each other, or using weapons against each other in each place that has suffered calamity, for in the future there will not be any wars any more, as everything will be under my control and all will receive my judgment. I will refine people amid these calamities, and will cause all those that have resisted me, and who have not cooperated with my activities, to receive all kinds of calamity and suffering. I will make them weep and gnash their teeth forever; they will be in darkness forever, and will not be allowed to live. I will work in a clear-cut and orderly manner without taking into account how faithful you have been to me in the past. If you resist me, my hand of judgment will immediately rise up against you in anger, without a second’s delay and without any mercy. I have always said that I am a God who means what he says. Everything that I have said will come to pass, one by one, and one by one, all of you will see this. This is the true meaning of everyone entering into reality.
Great disasters and calamities do not have to happen to my sons. My beloved ones, I will continuously look after my sons every single moment, for you do not have to suffer these hardships and calamities. But, in order that my sons may be perfected, my words will be fulfilled in them so that you will clearly recognize my almightiness and that you may grow up even more, and soon carry my burden for me, and offer yourselves up completely for the accomplishment of my management plan. You ought to be happy, glad and joyful because of this. All things have been given to you for you to rule over. All has been delivered into your hands. As a son receives the entire inheritance of his father, won’t this be even all the more the case for you who are my firstborn sons? You have truly been blessed, for you will not suffer great disasters and calamities, but will enjoy blessings for ever and ever. How glorious! How glorious!
Speed up your pace, and follow in my footsteps at all times and in all places. Do not fall down, but let your thinking be in line with my thinking and your ideas in line with my ideas. Cooperate with me with one heart and one mind. Eat together with me, dwell together with me and have enjoyment together with me. Wonderful blessings are waiting for you to enjoy and possess. There is such matchless abundance in me and none of it has been prepared for anyone else. It is all for my sons.
At this time, the things I have wanted to do are being fulfilled, and as soon as I have finished speaking, my word is being fulfilled. The work is being done so quickly, and everything is changing moment by moment. If you neglect to take care, even for the shortest moment, you will be repelled, cast far away and will have to leave this path. If you do not seek earnestly, you will not be living up to my painstaking efforts. In the future, people from all countries will crowd in. In your current state, will you be able to guide them? In this short period, I want to train you to be my crack troops and to accomplish that which I have entrusted to you. I wish you to glorify my name in all respects and give a wonderful testimony for me so that those whom they have despised will stand over them today, lead them and have jurisdiction over them. Do you understand my intention? Do you know how much trouble I have taken over you? Everything I do is for you, to see whether or not you are able to enjoy my blessings.
I – the God who examines man’s heart and his innermost being, am proceeding throughout all the earth. There is no one that dares not to serve me, and, in every nation, the situation is tense with everyone struggling bitterly. However, in the end, they will not be able to escape my control. I will not spare these so-and-so’s lightly and I will judge them one by one, according to their actions and behavior, according to the position they had on earth, and according to what they enjoyed on earth. I will not let a single one off. My wrath has already started to be made known and is fully upon them. Everything will be fulfilled, one by one, and they will reap what they have sown. In the past, they did not know me, and they despised me, but now, they will receive my judgment. Those that persecuted my sons in the past will be punished according to their words and deeds, and even children will not be spared. They are all Satan’s brood. Even if they have not said or done anything, in their hearts they hate my sons, so I will not spare a single one of them. Everything will cause them to see that it is us, this team of people, that will reign and rule as kings, and not they that will do so. For this reason, it is even more necessary that you make an all-out effort to sincerely expend yourselves for me, and come and glorify and testify to my name, and that you do this everywhere, to every nation, every religion and every people as you spread it widely throughout the earth!
Discourse 76
The full cost of all my painstaking care has been expended for you, but if you do not show consideration for my burden, you will be failing to live up to my expectations for you. All nations are waiting for you to govern them; all peoples are waiting for you to rule them, for I have delivered all things into your hands. At this time, those in power have already started abdicating their power. They have already fallen from power and are waiting for me to come and judge them. Be aware of this! The present world is collapsing, but my kingdom is being successfully established. My sons are appearing. My firstborn sons will reign with me and administer all nations and peoples. Do not think of this as some vague matter, for it is a very obvious fact, isn’t it? As soon as you pray and ask me, I will immediately act, and punish those that persecute you, deal with those that trouble you, destroy those that you hate, and take care of those people, matters and circumstances that serve you. I have said many times before that I will not save a single one of all those that are of service to Christ (which includes those that are of service to my sons). Those who serve my sons, serve not because of how good they are, but their service completely originates from my great power and my marvelous deeds. So, do not place too high a value on any person. The Holy Spirit’s work will not take place in people like this, for they do not understand spiritual things at all. After I have used them, they will no longer have any use. Remember this! This is something that I am confirming to you. Do not go about your work in a confused manner, do you understand?
Discourse 78
Do you truly understand what the expression "the time is not far off" refers to? In the past, it was always understood as referring to my day but, let me tell you, my word was all interpreted according to your misconceptions! However, in future, whoever wrongly explains my word will be "a fallacious person." When I say that "the time is not far off," I am referring to the day in which you will enjoy your blessings. This is also the time when every kind of evil spirit will be destroyed and driven out from within my church, and all human ways of doing things will be forsaken. It is also the day in which all great disasters and calamities will occur. Remember! There will be "all great disasters and calamities." Do not misunderstand this again. The great disasters and calamities that I will send will fall upon all the earth at the same time. Blessed are those that will possess my name, for they will not suffer these things. Do you still remember this? Are you clear as to what I am saying? The time when I speak is precisely the start of the time when I start to act. (It is now, that the great disasters and calamities have started to fall.) You do not truly understand my intention. Do you, in any way, fully understand why I impose such strict requirements of you, without allowing you the slightest leeway? During the tense international situation at this time, when those who are in power domestically (the so-called ones who are in power) have made their preparations for everything, a time bomb will soon explode, and those in the seven countries that are seeking the word of truth will recklessly crowd into China at the risk of their lives, as floodgates being opened. Some of them will be my chosen ones, while others will serve me. However, none of my firstborn sons will be among them, and all this will be my doing! It was accomplished at the time of the creation, and it will get rid of man’s misconceptions. Do not think that what I am saying is nonsense! The things I want to do have already been accomplished and my plans have also already been accomplished. Is that clear?
Discourse 82
Who would dare to compare himself to me? Who would dare to oppose me? If so, you would have already been smitten! And, not a trace of you would remain and you would be destroyed along with your flesh; that is certain. When I have spoken, it immediately comes to pass and nothing can be retrieved. Day after day, the world is collapsing. Day after day, people are being destroyed. Day after day, my kingdom is taking shape. Day after day, my firstborn sons are growing up. Day after day, my wrath is growing. Every day, my punishments get more severe than on the previous day. Every day, my words get more severe than on the previous day. You are still waiting for my words to become a little gentler toward you, and for the tone of my comments to be eased. You can forget it! You have seen that it is to those whom I love that my words are gentle, and constantly of comfort. For you my words are severe, with judgment, punishment and wrath added. Gradually, without one being aware of it, the situation with the nations of the world is becoming tenser, with things collapsing and becoming more confused as the days go by, and with the leaders of the nations all fighting for ultimate power and influence. They truly do not realize that my punishment has already come upon them. They want to fight over the power I have, but how vain that is! It is the leaders of the United Nations that will come before me and beg for mercy. As they have done many evil things, the time to punish them has to come, and I will not let them off lightly. Those that are in power will have to leave their positions. I am the only one that is worthy to reign over all, and to control all things, not some foreigners, for I care about all things. And, those that do research on me I will immediately smite, because my work has already advanced to this stage. There are new revelations every day and there is new light every day. Everything is becoming more perfect every day, Satan’s last day is coming closer and closer, and he is becoming ever more exposed.
Discourse 93
All calamities are starting to occur, one after the other, and they are becoming more serious. Every day, the situation is becoming tenser, and this is only the beginning of the disasters. Even more serious things are going to occur in future, things that man cannot even imagine, and these will allow my sons to put themselves in order. This is my administration, and that which have I planned long ago. I will start to do signs and wonders no one has ever seen before and I will appear to all people one after the other (this refers to the people of my kingdom). However, these are the things that are going to happen in the near future, but you should not be worried about them. In the past, everyone talked about entering the kingdom, so, what exactly happens when one enters the kingdom? What is the kingdom? Is it a physical city? You have misunderstood this, for the kingdom is not on earth, nor is it in the physical heavens. Rather, it is an invisible and intangible spiritual realm. It can only be entered after one has accepted my name, been completely perfected, and is enjoying my blessings. The spiritual realm that was previously often spoken about is the appearance of the kingdom, but truly entering the kingdom is not an easy matter, for you have to achieve all that I have promised, and I have to personally predestine and choose you. So the spiritual realm is not something that one can come into and go out of as he wishes. In the past, man has only had a very superficial understanding. It was merely made up of his misconception that it was only those that had already entered the kingdom who could enjoy blessings. So, not only could these blessings not be enjoyed, but they could not even be seen. This is the last item in my administration.
Discourse 108
In the world, earthquakes will be the start of the disasters. They will first cause changes in the world, and also in the earth. Following on, there will be pestilences and famines, for this is my plan, and my next step. I am bringing everything into play for the sake of my servants, and in order to accomplish my management plan. So, I will not destroy the whole world, for it will destroy itself. When I was crucified as the Word that became flesh the first time, the earth was greatly shaken. It will be the same in the end. In that instant when I leave the flesh and enter the spiritual realm, earthquakes will start to occur, and so, my firstborn sons will not have to suffer disasters. Those who are outside this group of firstborn sons will remain behind to be refined amid the disasters. So, from man’s point of view, everyone wants to be one of my firstborn sons. According to man’s premonitions, this would not be to enjoy blessings, but to escape the suffering of disasters, and this is a plot of the great red dragon.
-God Speaks to the Whole Universe
Discourse 20
In the past, people have made calculations as to when my day will come, but they have never known the exact date. So, man has merely been existing in a state of deep sleep, because his hopes have reverberated in a limitless void, and have disappeared. Consequently, he has lost hope, time and time again, and so has fallen into the circumstances in which he finds himself today. The aim of my words is not to make you seek the date, and also not to cause you to lose hope, and so invite destruction. I want all of you to inherit my promises and everyone on earth to partake in them. What I want are beings that are full of life and not lifeless objects reeking of death. As I have taken my seat in the kingdom, I will command everyone on earth to accept my inspection. I will not allow anything unclean to exist in my presence, and I will not permit anyone to interfere in my work. Everyone that does so will be thrown into the dungeon, and after they have been released, they will still suffer burning fire on earth, amid the disasters. I hate those who have ever probed my work with the flesh I dwell in. I have warned everyone many times about this. I have never had any hereditary connections with anyone on earth, and whoever regards me as being in the same social class as they are, and who pulls me toward them in order to chat to me about our "former friendship" will be a target of destruction, for this is what I have decided. I will not allow man the slightest relaxation in respect to these matters. All those that interfere in my work and that mastermind any schemes against me will be punished and will never be forgiven. If I do not speak clearly, you will never come to realize this, and without your being aware of it, you will fall into my punishment. This is because you do not know the me in the flesh!
Discourse 26
When I test your faith there is no one that has a true testimony and no one that is able to completely surrender themselves. Rather, everyone hides away without "opening themselves up." It is as if I wished to plunder their "hearts." Job was also not really able to stand firm amid his trials and was unable to emit a sweet fragrance in the midst of his dire straits. Anyone can send out a green shoot when the springtime blossoms appear, but people do not still remain green when the piercing cold winds arrive. Their spiritual stature becomes emaciated and they are unable to fulfill my intention. There is no one, in all of mankind that can serve as an example, as everyone is the same as everyone else. There is no difference or distinction at all. So, up till now, no one has been able to completely know my deeds. They are merely waiting until my punishment comes upon them all. Then, they will understand my deeds "before they are aware of it." There will be no need for me to do anything, or to force anyone, for everyone will know me, and thereby see my deeds. This is my plan, and the manifestation of my deeds; and, it is what man should know. In the kingdom, everything will be restored and everything will radiate vitality, for the earth’s appearance will have been changed. So, the earth and its boundaries will be moved. I have prophesied that when land is separated from land and when land fits together with land, it will be the time for me to smash the nations. At that time, I will renew and transform everything. I will divide the earth up once again, thus reorganizing it and transforming its old appearance, while replacing it with a new one. This is my plan, and what I will do. Immediately after all nations and peoples have returned before my throne, I will abundantly bestow all things in heaven upon mankind, and man will have abundance as never before. While the old world exists, I will greatly pour out my wrath upon all nations and publicly make known my administration to the whole universe, and whoever violates it will meet up with punishment.
When I face the universe to speak, all will hear my voice. Then, they will see everything I have done throughout the universe. Those that violate my wishes, for man’s deeds are contrary to mine, will fall under my punishment. Once again, I will change all the stars in the heavens. The sun and the moon will be replaced because of me. The heavens of former times will no longer exist, and, once again, I will change all things on earth. This will be accomplished because of my word. Once again, I will divide up all the nations of the earth. I will change my kingdom and make all the nations of earth disappear forever, and become the nation that worships me. All the nations that belong to this earth will be destroyed and will not exist. All those in the whole earth, all those that belong to the devil, will be destroyed. All that worship Satan will undergo my burning. That is, with the exception of those that are now in this flow, all will be turned to ashes. When I punish all peoples, those in religious circles will return to my kingdom in varying degrees, and will be conquered through my deeds, because they will have all seen the arrival of "the Holy One coming on white clouds." Everyone will be arranged into their proper places and because of the differences in their conduct they will be punished in various ways. Whoever has resisted me will be destroyed. However the conduct of the others on earth will not involve me, and because of their behavior they will exist on earth and they will come under the rule of my sons and the people of God. I will appear to all nations and all peoples and will speak to them personally on earth and announce that my work has been successfully accomplished, which all can see with their own eyes.
Along with making pronouncements about deeper matters, I will also observe the appearance of the whole universe. Everything will be renewed because of my word, and the heavens and the earth will also be changed. Man will show his true nature too, and gradually, all will be arranged into their proper places. Before they are aware of it, everyone will return to their "families." Thus for this reason, I will rejoice greatly. For me, there are no disturbances, and my great achievements will be accomplished before anyone has realized it. Before they realize it, everything will be changed. When I created the world, I arranged everything into its proper places and placed all visible things into categories. When my management plan is about to be completed, I will restore the appearance of the creation as well as the original features of all things. All things will be thoroughly transformed and will revert back to my plan. The time has come! The final stage of my plan is about to be accomplished. O sinful old world! By my word you will collapse! Because of my plan you will revert to nothing! O earth! By my word all will live again, and there will be "rulers"! O holy new world without blemish! By my glory you will be restored once more! O Mount Zion! Be silent no longer, for I have returned in triumph! I will inspect everything in all the earth, while those on earth will start to live a new life and have a new hope. O my people! How can you not start living again in my light? How can you not rejoice greatly under my guidance? The earth is cheering; the waters are rejoicing! Live again, O Israel! How can you not be proud that I have predestined you? Who has ever wept? Who has ever wailed? In former days, Israel ceased to exist, but today, Israel is starting to rise above all the world, standing over the hearts of men. Today, Israel has a basis for survival, because they are my people! O hateful Egypt! Could it be that you are still resisting me? How could you take advantage of my compassion to escape my punishment? How can you not reside in my punishments? All whom I love will endure forever, but all those who resist me will be punished forever. As I am a jealous God, all the conduct of all mankind will not be let off lightly. I will examine all the earth, and appear to all people from the East with righteousness, majesty, wrath and punishment!
Discourse 29
On the day that all things are restored, I will come among mankind to be together with man to spend beautiful days and nights with him. Only at that time will man feel a little of my kindness and closeness. He will have frequent dealings with me day by day. He will see some of my totality and essential nature, and will have some knowledge of me. I will raise my head and look at mankind and all will see me, but when the disasters come upon man, his heart will immediately become stressed and my image in his heart will disappear. Because of the arrival of the "disasters," everyone will panic and lose their heads without taking any of my exhortations into account. I have been among mankind for many years, but man has never discovered me, and has never known me. Today, I am personally speaking to him to cause all to come before me to get something from me, but he still avoids me from afar. So accordingly, he does not know me. When I start striding throughout the earth, all will start to examine themselves, and all will come before me and bow down and worship me. This will truly be the day on which I am glorified and on which I will return. It is also the day on which I will leave. At the present time, I have started to do my work among all mankind. I have formally started the final part of the management plan throughout the whole earth. If there is anyone that does not take care anymore, he could fall into my "merciless punishment" at any time. It is not that I am ruthless, but this is a stage in the management plan, and nobody will change this. It must be according to the stages of my plan. When I formally start my work, everyone will do as I do, to the extent that all those in the entire earth will be busy along with me. There will be "jubilation" throughout the earth, as they are spurred along by me. Therefore, the great red dragon will also continually be kept in a state of agitation, and he will be at his wits’ end. He will serve my work, although he does not want to. As he will be unable to keep up with what I want him to do, he will have no choice but to "submit to my control." Throughout the entire management plan, the great red dragon has acted as a contrast to me. Although he became my "enemy," he also became my "servant." So, all along, I have never relaxed my "requirements" of him. Therefore, the final stage of the work of the Word that became flesh will be accomplished in "his home." So, it is even more beneficial for him to make an all-out effort to serve me. Through this, I will conquer him and complete my plan. At the same time as my work is continuing, all the angels will also start to engage in an "all-decisive battle" together with me, so that I may fulfill my intention in the final stage. I will cause those on earth to be like the angels and submit themselves before me without resisting me in their hearts and without deeds that betray me. This is the way in which the work throughout the entire earth is developing.
The aim and significance of my coming to be among mankind is to save man, enable him to return to my family, and to ensure that heaven and earth will never be separated again. It is to enable man to "deliver" a "signal" throughout heaven and earth, for this is man’s original function. When I created mankind, I had already prepared and completed all things for man, so that afterwards, according to my requirements, he could gain the "abundance" I would give him. So, I have said that man has been under my leadership until today, for this was my plan. Among all mankind, there are numerous people that are being kept by my love. There have also been numerous people that have lived under the punishment of my hatred. Although they all make supplication to me, it still cannot change the current situation. After man has lost hope, he has no choice but to let nature take its course, without rebelling anymore, for this is the only thing he can do. As far as the current state of man’s life is concerned, he has still not found true life. He does still not thoroughly understand the lack of peace in the world, the desolation of the world, and the misery of the world. So, if no "disasters" were to come, most people would still be embracing nature. They would still be fully tasting what "life" had to offer. Isn’t this the true situation with mankind? Isn’t this my voice, calling out to man for his salvation? Why has there never been anyone among mankind that has sincerely loved me? Why does man always love me when he is being punished, and when he is under trial, but not when he is experiencing my care? I have "bestowed" punishment upon man numerous times, for everyone merely takes a look without paying any attention, and does not "spend any time thinking or considering matters." So, it is only merciless judgment that will come upon man. This is merely one of my ways of working, but it still transforms man and causes him to love me.
I wield royal power in the kingdom, as I wield royal power throughout the entire universe. As I am the king of the kingdom, I am also the head of the universe. Accordingly, I want to call together all those that are not among the chosen ones, and start the work among the "Gentiles." I will make my administration public throughout the entire universe, so that the next stage of the work can start smoothly. I will extend the work among the nations by means of punishment. This means using "armed force" to deal with all the nations. Of course, this work, as well as my work among the chosen ones, will progress side by side. When my people are reigning on earth, it will also precisely be the day when all those on earth will be conquered. It will be my rest, and only at that time will I appear to all those that have been conquered. I will appear to a holy nation, but will hide myself from a defiled earth. All those that are conquered and that submit before me will see my face with their own eyes, and they will hear my voice with their own ears. This is the blessing that those born in the end times will receive, the blessing I have ordained, and no one can change this. The reason why I am doing this at the present time is for the sake of my work in the future. All my work involves concerted action, and it is all interrelated. No stage of the work was ever suddenly broken off, and no stage of the work was ever done "independently." Isn’t that true? Wasn’t the work of the past the foundation of the work of the present? Wasn’t the word of the past the start of today’s word? Weren’t the stages of the past the origin of today’s stage? When I formally opened the scroll, it was precisely the time for those throughout the whole earth to be punished, and the time for those throughout the world to suffer trial. It is the climax of my work; a time when all mankind will live in a world without light and exist amid threatening circumstances. This will be a life that man has never experienced before, from the creation until today. No one in past generations has "enjoyed" such a life. Therefore, I say that I am doing an unprecedented work, and these things are the actual situation as well as the implications of this work. As my day has already approached all mankind, it is no longer distant, but right at hand. Who could not be afraid because of this? Who could not be happy because of this? At last, the defiled city of Babylon will have its final day. Mankind will meet a brand new world again. Everything will be changed in heaven and on earth, and be renewed.
When I appear to all nations and all peoples, the white clouds will billow and act as a shield for me, while all the birds will call out, and rejoice and dance on account of me. They will do this to act as a contrast to the mood on earth and so that all those on the earth may live again and no longer act as the "dregs," but live again with new vigor. When I am in the clouds, man will only indistinctly see my face and my eyes. At that time, everyone will feel somewhat afraid. In the past they have heard my "historical records" in their legends, and for this reason they will half-believe and half-doubt and will not know where I actually am or how big my face is. Is it as vast as the ocean or as boundless as the grasslands? There is no one that knows these things. When man sees my face in the clouds today, he only feels, from what he has heard about me in his legends, that I am a "material object," and therefore, he favors me somewhat. Then, because of my "achievements," he only adds a small amount of "admiration" to this. However, he still does not know me, for he only sees a part of me in the clouds. Right after this, I will extend my arm for man to see, and because of this, man will hold his hands over his mouth in amazement, deeply afraid that my hand will smite him. So, he will add a little "fear" to his "admiration." Then, he will open his eyes to watch my every action, deeply afraid that I will smite him when he is not looking. However, although he "looks" at me, this will not give him any control over me, and I will still keep on doing the work I have at hand. In everything that I do, man merely favors me somewhat. So, he will only gradually come before me to have any dealings with me. When I fully reveal myself to him, man will see my face and so, I will not hide myself again from him and be concealed from him. I will openly manifest myself to everyone throughout the whole world, and all those who are of flesh and blood will see all my deeds. All those that are spiritual will peacefully live their daily lives in my family and enjoy wonderful blessings with me. All those under my care will escape punishment and will not endure suffering in their spirits, nor will they experience the sorrows of the flesh. I will openly manifest myself to all peoples and rule as king. No more will there be the smell of death throughout the earth, for all the earth will be filled with my fragrance of pure incense. As my day has approached, man is going through a process of being revived and everything on earth is being made ready. Also, there will no longer be the day of earth’s "existence," as I have already arrived!
Discourse 33
I have started my work throughout the earth, and everyone on earth will start to be awakened at once. My work will be the center around which they revolve. When I have a "look around" at what is within man, he will escape from all the bonds of Satan, and will not undergo any of the sufferings of Satan. All people will rejoice with all their hearts because my day has arrived. The distress in their hearts will disappear, for the heavy clouds over them will dissipate and drift away. At this time, I, along with all mankind, will enjoy the blessings of a happy reunion. Because of man’s deeds, I will have something to appreciate and I will never be distressed again. Because of the arrival of my day, all those that live on earth will immediately have a new foundation for their existence and they will all be revived. I will be the basis for their survival because I cause all things to radiate vitality, and I also cause all things to quietly disappear. So, all will await the commands that issue from my mouth so that they can enjoy the things that I have done and the things I have personally said. I am the Most High over all things, yet I am living in the midst of all people. I regard man’s conduct as the manifestation of my creation of heaven and earth. So, when he comes before me to offer up his praises, I am being exalted by all things. Therefore, in the bright sun, all the flowers look more beautiful, the young grass looks greener and the heavens look bluer. Because of my pronouncements, man is running to and fro everywhere, while, at this time, all those in my kingdom show their joy on their faces. Along with this, they have growth in their lives, for I am working with all the chosen ones. I will not let them be contaminated with the ideas of man, because I myself am doing my own work. In my work, heaven and earth will be transformed and renewed. When my work is completed, man will have been completely renewed. He will never again live in anxiety on account of my requirements. As his joyful voice is heard throughout all the earth, I will take this opportunity to bestow my blessings for man upon all mankind. When I am reigning in the kingdom, all will fear me. However, when I, as king, live among mankind, man is not at all happy with me because his misconceptions about me are so great that they are deep-rooted and difficult to get rid of. Because of man’s behavior, I do the work that is fitting for me to do. When I ascend on high, and strongly express my wrath, he will immediately change "all his different opinions" about me into ashes. I will invite him to speak about a few of his ideas, but he will be left speechless as if he had "nothing at all to say," and as if he were "modest." The more I dwell within man’s misconceptions, the more he loves me; the more I dwell outside his misconceptions, the more he draws away from me, and adds to his "opinions." As I have always dwelt in man’s misconceptions, from the creation until now, when I come among mankind today I dispel all his misconceptions. As man does not want to let them go, I will come in the appropriate manner and deal with his misconceptions. No one, out of all mankind, should feel anxious and angry, for I will come and save everyone according to my way of doing things, and cause all to love me and to enjoy my heavenly blessings.
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If man has never sensed anything in the word of God, he only "dearly loves" the surface of God’s word, and does not know the true implications contained in his word. Therefore, although most people love God’s word, God says that they do not treasure his word because in his view, although his word is a treasure, man has never tasted its true sweetness. Therefore, he has no choice but to feed on his fancies so that he can get rid of the greed in his heart. Among mankind, there is not only the moving of the Spirit of God, but, of course, there is also the enlightenment of the word of God. The only thing is, man is extremely coarse, and simply cannot truly sense the substance of the word of God. In man’s mind, the present time is the age for the kingdom to be completely realized. However, the substance is not really like this. Although what God has prophesied is what he will accomplish, the real kingdom will not completely descend to earth. Rather, the kingdom will gradually take shape on earth in the wake of the transformation of man, the progress of the work, the sending out of the lightning from the East, as well as the deepening of the word of God. This means that the kingdom will completely descend to earth step by step. The process by which the kingdom arrives is the same as that of the work of the divine nature on earth. At the same time, God has started doing an unprecedented work on earth, and the earth will be restructured once again. For example, the transformation of Israel, a coup d’etat in the United States of America, the transformation of Egypt and the Soviet Union, the overthrow of China, and so on, will be the significant changes that will take place on earth. When all the earth has been pacified and normality has been restored, this will be the time when God’s work has been accomplished on earth and the time when the kingdom arrives on earth. This will be "the time for all nations in the world to be divided, the time for my kingdom to be built and take shape, and the time for me to be transfigured and to face the whole earth." The true meaning of these words will then be seen. God is not concealed from man, for he continuously communicates to man about his abundance. However, man does not understand what he means and he simply seems like a fool when he "receives" God’s word. It is in this stage of the work that man perceives how unfathomable God is, and feels the difficulty of the greatness of the task of knowing God. So, man feels that it is extremely difficult to believe in God now. It seems to be something that is beyond his capacity and he is simply at his wit’s end. He has the dilemma of being anxious, but unable to do anything about it. Indeed, no matter how great man’s capabilities, how great his skill, or now unlimited the abilities in his heart, as far as God’s word is concerned, it is to no avail. In God’s eyes, man is like a pile of burned ashes, totally valueless and useless. This is enough to prove that "as far as man is concerned, I am not only becoming more and more hidden, but also becoming more and more unfathomable." This sentence is truly significant. From this it can be seen that in God’s work, nature takes its course as it is done according to man’s capacity to accept it. When man has a stable and not indecisive nature, not only is God’s word completely in accordance with man’s ideas, but it is as if man feels that his ideas and God’s are of the same kind without any difference between them. Man also senses a little of "God’s reality." However, this is not God’s main aim. Rather, after man has continued to be stable, God’s aim is to enable him to formally start God’s real work on earth. So, as he starts out from his lack of understanding, man perceives that his former ways of thinking are in error, that there is a great gulf between God and man, and that they are very different from each other. As man cannot measure God’s word in his mind, he then stands before God, a bit shocked, and "regards him with favor." It is as if the real God were an invisible and intangible God, thus preventing man from drawing close, and as if God’s flesh were only on the surface and not his substance, although he is the embodiment of the Spirit, and can change into Spirit whenever he wants to, and drift off to wherever he wishes. Therefore, with respect to God, man has a wary heart. Once God is mentioned, people get some elaborate ideas about him. They say that he can soar over the earth, walk on water, and suddenly appear among people and disappear from them again. Others have even more involved explanations and interpretations. Because of man’s ignorance and lack of insight, God says, "If man thinks it resists me, or offends my administrative laws, I will take no notice of it."
God exposes man’s ugliness and his inner world with unfailing accuracy and without any error at all. It could even be said that it is done without the slightest mistake whatsoever. This is a proof that will bring man into submission and sincerely convince him. Because of the principles behind God’s work, his many words and deeds have given man the "impression," which has been hard to eradicate, that it seems as if he has an extremely deep knowledge of God, and can discover more "precious" things about God. "Man remembers me as a merciful God who does not punish, or as a God who speaks, but who does not stand by what he has said. These are imaginations of man’s mind and are not in accord with the facts." Although man does not pay any attention to God’s original features, he knows the "side of God’s nature" like the palm of his hand, and is continually poking at God’s word and deeds as if he were a "sharp point." As everyone wants to emphasize that which is negative, and not to emphasize that which is positive, all they can do is to look down upon God’s deeds. The more God says he is humbly concealed in his dwelling place, the higher man’s requirements of God. He asks, "Now that the God in the flesh is observing man’s actions and conduct, and moreover, is experiencing man’s life, why doesn’t he know our circumstances most of the time?" Is it really so that God is hidden? Although it is said that he is examining man’s heart and his innermost being, it is still being done in accordance with man’s practical circumstances, and not in some distant and supernatural way. In order that man’s old nature may be thoroughly dealt with once and for all, God speaks his word by every possible means and from all different aspects. He exposes what man is really like inside, and he judges man’s rebelliousness. One moment, he says that everyone will be dealt with, and the next moment, he says that a group will be saved, or he sets requirements of man, or issues him a warning. Occasionally, he dissects man’s inner being, and occasionally, he heals him. He causes all mankind to travel about under what appears to be the guidance of the word of God to every corner of the boundless universe, where man appears to enter a garden in which everything contends in fragrance and fascination. People enter into whatever God’s word says, as if it were God’s magnet, which was rapidly drawing everything made of iron to itself. There are times when they read the words: "If man pays no attention to me, I also do not take him seriously. If he does not take note of me, I also do not need to exert myself for him. Doesn’t this satisfy both sides?" When they read this, it seems as if all the people of God are thrown into the bottomless pit, and as if they were once more wounded in a vital spot. It causes them to be greatly shocked, and as a result, they again enter into the way of God’s work. They find the following sentence in particular to be impossible to understand: "If you are one of the people of God in the kingdom, but you cannot fulfill your duties, I will reject you!" Most people cry sadly for it is only with great difficulty that they can climb out of the bottomless pit. If they fall into it again there is no hope anymore, for they never gained anything from being in the human world, while having experienced the trials and hardships, and the rough and difficult times of human life. In particular, after having believed in God, they experienced rejection by their relatives and persecution by their families as well as the slander of the world. They didn’t enjoy the blessing of living in the human world. If they fall into the bottomless pit won’t their lives have been spent in vain? (The more one thinks, the sadder one feels.) Nowadays, I entrust all hope into God’s hands, for if God casts me aside, it will not be as good for me as an early death would be.... Oh well…. Everything has been predestined by God. All I must do now is to seek to love God, for everything else comes second. Who has caused my life to be like this? The more one thinks, the closer he gets to God’s standards and to the aims of God’s word, to the point where he reaches the objectives of God’s word. After man has read God’s word, there is a conflict of ideas in his mind, and then he has no choice but to obey God’s plans for his destiny. In this way, God’s aims are achieved. The harsher the things that are said in God’s word, the more complicated man’s inner world gets. It is like touching someone’s sore spot. The harder one touches it, the harder it is to bear the pain, to the point that he is within an inch of his life, even losing confidence that he will survive. In this way, it is only when man suffers pain and despair the most that he sincerely surrenders himself to God. It is in line with man’s nature, that if he has the slightest amount of hope, he will not seek the help of God. It is all about self-sufficiency and survival of the fittest. Because man’s nature is basically self-reliant, he looks down on everyone else. So, God says: "No one who is in ease and comfort can love me, and no one who has peace and blessings will seek God, so as to have a good time together with him." When these things are mentioned, it makes me bitterly disappointed. Although God made man, when he came among mankind, man has done all he could to resist him and drive him away. It seems as if God were an orphan drifting around everywhere, or as if he were a stateless person. No one hesitates to draw away from God and no one truly loves him. No one has ever welcomed his arrival, and when they see him coming, a shadow crosses their happy faces as if a violent storm were on the way. They act as if God wanted to snatch away the happiness from their families, and as if he had never brought them any blessings but only calamities. So, man has the impression that God is no benefit to man, and that all God does is to continually curse him. This is why he pays no attention to God, and does not welcome him. He has always had an indifferent attitude toward God, and this has never changed. It is only because man has these things in his heart that God says that he is unreasonable, immoral and unjust. He has not even seen any of that "conscience" that man has within him. Man has no feelings toward God, but adopts a so-called "justice" when dealing with him. Man has been like this for many years, and so, God has said that man’s nature has not changed, and that this goes to show that man’s weight is actually as light as a feather. It could be said that man is utterly worthless. Is it because he is not very fond of himself, that he does not love himself, but ruins himself instead? Doesn’t he do this because he has no value? People are like loose women who toy with themselves, and give themselves over into the hands of others so that they can be trampled over. However, although they are like this, they are unaware of how mean and lowly they are. No matter whether they are working for others or chatting to them for enjoyment, they are thereby yielding themselves to the control of others. Isn’t it because of their sinfulness that they do these things? Although I have never experienced the human world, and have never experienced man’s life, I know man’s every action and his every word and deed like the palm of my hand. I can even dissect man and make him so ashamed, that he would neither dare to play any more of his tricks again, nor yield to his desires anymore. Man is like a snail that withdraws into its shell, not daring to reveal how revolting he is. Because man does not know himself, his greatest flaw is that he is willing to show off both his good looks as well as his repulsive features to others. This is what God hates the most. As man’s relationship with others is not normal, his interpersonal relationships are not normal either, to say nothing of his relationship with God. God has spoken so much, and his main aim in doing this has been to occupy a place in man’s heart so that man will remove all the idols in his heart and thereby enable God to reign and rule over all mankind and achieve the aim of his existence on earth.
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The greatest difference between God and man is that, from beginning to end, what God says hits the nail on the head without anything being hidden. So, in the first sentence of what God is saying today, this aspect of his nature can be seen. One aspect reveals what man is really like inside, while the other aspect makes known and manifests God’s nature. These are some of the things that cause results to be achieved by God’s word. However, man does not understand this, and he always only knows himself through God’s word, but he never "dissects" God. It seems as if he is deeply afraid of offending God, and deeply afraid that God wants to smite him on account of how "earnest" he is. Actually, when most people eat and drink God’s word, they do so in a negative way and not in a positive way. It could be said that all those who are now under the guidance of God’s word start to "act humbly and obediently." This serves to show that man is once more moving toward another extreme. From paying no attention to God’s word, he is moving toward "paying excessive attention" to God’s word. However, no one has ever entered in, in a positive way, and no one has ever understood the purpose as to why God lets his word be emphasized. Man knows from what God says, that it is not necessary for God to personally experience church life in order to accurately and precisely know the true situation of all those in the church, because they have just entered this new way and have not completely gotten rid of their negative content and there is still the smell of death in the church. It is as if one entered a coma after drinking medicine and never fully regained consciousness, or as if they still felt threatened by death, causing them to be so terror-stricken that they could not transcend their natures. "Man is a being that does not know himself." This sentence has reference to the building of the church. Although everyone in the church pays attention to God’s word, their human natures are still deeply ingrained and they cannot free themselves. So, God uses a part of his word to judge man, and to cause man to accept the smiting of his word at the time when his head is turned by success. Although man has experienced refining for five months in the bottomless pit, his actual situation is that he still does not know God. He is still living in debauchery, and all he has done has been to become slightly more defensive toward God. It is only when he is at this stage that he starts entering into the path of the knowledge of God. So, it is not hard to see from the substance of God’s word that the preceding stage of the work was to lay the foundation for today, and that it is only today that everything is being regularized. However, man’s fatal weakness is his "love" for being separate from the Spirit of God so that he may gain his freedom and avoid being restricted continually. So, it is for this reason that God describes man as being a small bird "flitting about." This is everyone’s actual situation, and the one that causes him to stumble and get lost the easiest. From this it can be seen that this is nothing but the working of Satan in man. The more Satan works like this in man, the stricter God’s requirements of man become. God requires man to pay attention to his word, but Satan does his utmost to wreck this. However, from start to finish, God warns man to pay more heed to his word, and it is this that is the climax of the battle in the spiritual realm. It could be put like this: God wants to work in man, the very one that Satan wants to corrupt. Satan wants to corrupt man and to "express himself" through him, and not to be hidden at all. When God works in man, it is clearly demonstrated, for man’s circumstances become better and better. Satan’s corruption in man also has obvious manifestations, as man becomes more and more depraved, and his circumstances sink ever lower, with the most serious thing being that he is taken captive by Satan. This is the actual situation in the church as shown by the word of God, and it is also the truth about the spiritual realm, as well as a reflection of what is happening in this realm. If man does not believe, and cooperate with God, he is in danger of being taken captive by Satan. This is the truth. If man truly and completely offers up his heart for God to occupy, it is as God said: "If one stands before me, it is as if he were reclining in my bosom and experiencing the warmth in it." This goes to show that what God requires of man is not too much, and that he only wants man to rise up and cooperate with him. Isn’t this all so happy and relaxed? Would this make all the heroes fall down? Just this single thing has already caused much difficulty for those "heroes," as if it were to make someone do something he is not familiar with.
It is in that aspect that God requires the most of man. It also means that it is in that aspect that Satan makes his most severe attack on man. Thus it is for this reason that everyone’s situation will be exposed. "Who among you is able to be as white as snow, and as pure as gold before me?" All mankind still deceives God by hiding from him as man attends to his own personal affairs. Man does not fully surrender his heart into God’s hands to please him, but thinks that by his zeal he will gain rewards from God. When man is having a tasty meal, he puts God to one side, and lets God attend to his needs as he waits for man to "deal with" him. When man is beautifully attired and is admiring how good looking he is before the mirror, he will not come and please God out of the depths of his heart. When man has some status, along with his extravagant pleasures, he sits down in his "position" and starts to enjoy it. However he cannot humble himself because God has lifted him up. Moreover, he stands in a high position and sings in a lofty tone while taking no note of God’s presence and while not seeking to know how praiseworthy God is. By the time that man has an "idol" in his heart, or it has been invaded and occupied by others, he has long since denied God’s presence. It is as if God had last place in his heart, and he were deeply afraid that God would snatch these others away from him and that he would feel alone. According to God’s real intentions, there would be nothing on earth that could cause man to ignore him, or to cause man’s love for others to drive out his "love" for God. Everything on earth is empty, even the invisible and intangible feelings that people have for each other. If it were not for God’s existence, all creation would revert to nothing. Everyone has things on earth that they treasure, but there has never been anyone who has made God’s word his personal treasure. It is this that determines the level of man’s knowledge of God. Although God’s word is severe, it has never stabbed anyone. However, as man does not truly pay attention to his word, but treats it as a flower to look at, and not as a fruit to sample, he will not know the substance of God’s word. "If man could truly see how sharp the sword was, he would be like a rat hiding in a hole." As for a normal person, he is dismayed when he sees God’s word. He feels he has no place to hide and he is too ashamed to face anyone. However, man today is exactly the opposite. He regards the word of God as a weapon with which to attack other people. He truly has no idea what it is like to feel shame!
Along with God’s announcements, we have also been brought into this situation: "In the kingdom, I will not only speak with my mouth, but my feet will also cross the length and breadth of the earth." In the fight between God and Satan, God triumphs step by step. He is carrying out his work throughout the universe on a large scale. It could be said that God’s footprints are everywhere, and one can see the signs of God’s victory in every place. In his deceit, Satan thinks that he can use the dividing of the nations to wreck God’s management. However, God is exploiting this division to rearrange all the earth and not to destroy it. God is doing new things every day, but man has never perceived them, for he never pays any attention to developments in the spiritual realm. For this reason, he cannot see God’s new work. "In the entire universe, everything is taking on an entirely new look because of my glory. A positive scenario is taking shape, and it is one which is pleasing to the mind and to the eye, and one which is carefree and happy. It seems as if man exists in the circumstances of the highest heaven in his imagination, where there are neither the harassments of Satan, nor any outsiders to invade and attack it." This delightful scene is a foretaste of Christ’s kingdom on earth, and it also acts as an introduction to the state of the third heaven in which only that which is holy and belongs to God will exist, and where Satan’s power will never intrude. But, most importantly, it enables man to see what the conditions will be like when God personally does his work on earth. The heavens will be new heavens, and the earth will be replaced. As he will be living under God’s personal guidance, man will be happier than he has ever been before. Man believes that Satan is his prisoner and he is not afraid of his existence. Because of the direct instruction and guidance of the divine nature, Satan’s deceit will end up in nothing. They are even enough to prove that Satan already does not exist, and that he has perished because of God’s work. Therefore, it is said that man lives in the highest heaven. When God said that "disorder will never appear and that which is in the entire universe will not be excessively broken up," this refers to the circumstances of the spiritual realm, and is proof of the proclamation that God will triumph over Satan. It is also a sign of God’s final victory. No one can alter God’s will and no one can understand it. Although he has seen God’s word and can earnestly investigate it, no matter what he does, he cannot say what the substance of God’s word is. For example, God has said: "I leap over the stars, and when the sun gives out its heat, its warmth disappears and heavy snow floats down from my hands. But, when I change my will, all the snow melts into a river and at once, under the heavens, the earth blossoms in the warmth. Then, all will be green, from the mountains to the sea." Although man knows this sentence in his mind, and is able to imagine it, God’s real intention is not as simple as this. When everyone had fallen into a coma, God spoke the word of salvation which awakened man’s heart. However, because all kinds of disasters have come upon him, man feels how desolate the world is and he wants to die. So, he finds himself in an icy cave where he cannot survive in the bitter cold, as there is no warmth at all on earth. Because people are corrupt, they fight among themselves mercilessly. Also, most of those in the church have been swallowed whole by the great red dragon. However, after all the trials have ended, Satan’s harassments will be removed, and throughout all the changing world there will be the beginning of spring, and warmth will spread everywhere, while mankind will be full of life. This is what the management plan is all about. The meaning of the "evening" that God speaks about refers to the time when Satan’s madness reaches its peak. Then it will be evening. Isn’t this the exact situation today? Although man now lives under the guidance of the light of God, if he cannot get rid of the bonds of Satan when he undergoes the sufferings of the darkness of the evening, he will live forever in a night of utter darkness. Looking again at the nations of the earth, it is because of the stages of God’s work that the nations of the earth are also "fleeing in all directions" and are all "looking for their own fitting final destiny." Because God’s day has not yet arrived, the earth is still utterly filthy. When God reveals himself to the entire universe, his glory will fill Mount Zion, and all things will be well ordered and will manage very well under God’s personal plans. God’s word says that today is a foretaste of tomorrow, and that today is the foundation of tomorrow. So, none of those who live under the present conditions can totally accept God’s word. They will only fully understand after having waited for God’s word to be completely fulfilled.
Although the entire universe is filled with God’s Spirit, he also works within all people. So, it seems as if God’s form is everywhere, and that God’s Spirit is working in every place. In actual fact, God’s appearance in the flesh is to conquer these people that are examples of Satan, and to possess them in the end. However, at the same time as the work in the flesh, the Spirit and the flesh will cooperate together to transform these people. It could be said that God’s deeds extend over all the earth and that his Spirit fills the universe. But, because God’s work is done in stages, the wicked have not yet been punished, and the righteous have not yet been rewarded. For this reason, God’s deeds have not been admired throughout all the earth. God is above all things and within all things. He is even within all people, and this is sufficient to prove God’s actual existence. However because God has never openly appeared to man, man has come up with the kind of misconception found in the statement: "As far as man is concerned, it is as if I actually existed, but also as if I did not exist." So, at this time, everyone that believes in God says that there is no absolute complete certainty that God exists, and that it is all a lot of uncertainly and a little faith. This is the actual situation with man. This is the situation that man finds himself in today: He believes that there is a God, but he has not seen God. Again, he does not believe that there is a God, yet there are many complications that he cannot solve. So, there always seems to be something wrapping itself around him so that he cannot break through. Although he believes in God, he always seems to feel uncertain. However, if he does not believe, then there is a chance that he will lose out. These are the contradictions that are found in man’s heart.
"Who will offer himself up, with all his strength, for the sake of my name, my Spirit, and my entire management plan?" Moreover, God also says: "Today, when the kingdom is among mankind, I am personally among mankind. And, who is it that is not afraid when I personally arrive on the battlefield?" The reason God speaks is this: If God did not work directly in the flesh to do the work of the divine nature, or if he were not the Word that became flesh, but did his work through his "duties," then God would never be able to conquer the great red dragon, and moreover, he would not be able to reign over mankind. In that case, man would not be able to know God himself in reality, for he would still be under Satan’s dominion. So, this stage of the work must be personally done by God’s Word that became flesh. If this flesh were exchanged, then this stage of the plan would not be accomplished, because the significance and essence between Flesh and flesh are different. Man can only accept this saying in words and principles, because basically, it is something that only God can understand. God has said: "But, no one can understand it. Is it an action of the Spirit after all, or a function of the flesh? There is enough in this saying to be experienced in detail throughout one’s life." For many years now, man has continually been corrupted by Satan. He has long since lost his perception of spiritual things, and so, the word of God is merely something for him to feast his eyes on. Because of the distance between Spirit and spirit, all those that believe in God have a feeling of admiration for him, and want to draw close to him and have heart to heart communication with him. Yet, at the same time, they also do not dare to establish a relationship with him, but only experience terror at the sight of him. This is the attraction of the Spirit. As God is actually a God that enables man to love him, there are inexhaustible qualities within him that cause man to love him. So, everyone loves him. They want to be in his presence and they want to tell him their true feelings of love for him. Actually, everyone has a heart that loves him, and it is only due to the harassments of Satan that man is apathetic, stupid and pitiable, and so is unable to know God. So, God has told us about the true feelings of man toward God: "In the depths of his heart, man has never hated me, and in the depths of his spirit he continues to long for me.... He does not know what to do about my ‘reality,’ as his mind cannot understand it, but all are willing to accept it." So, this is the situation in the depths of the hearts of all those that believe in God. When man truly knows God, there is a natural change in his attitude toward him. Moreover, because of the working of the Spirit, praise issues forth from the depths of his inner being. God is found in the depths of the spirits of all people. However, because he has been corrupted by Satan, man confuses God with Satan. Today, this is the area in which God has started to work, and from start to finish, this is the focus of the battle in the spiritual realm.
The Revelation of Discourses 24 and 25 Combined.
At the present time, all who are on earth are in a state of darkness, and they are apathetic and stupid. Time is moving on, and every second counts, for the speed of the earth, sun and moon is accelerating. Man feels that the day is not too far off, and it seems as if his final day has come. Man has incessantly been preparing everything for the "time of his death," to be put to use when he "dies." If not, he would have lived in vain, and if this were so, wouldn’t he regret it? When God destroys the world, he will first change the internal affairs of each nation. Because this will give rise to coups d’etat, all the people of earth will come to serve. The land where the great red dragon is lying is something of an example. Because the interior is collapsing, and there is unbearable chaos in its internal affairs, everyone has to defend themselves and they are preparing to flee to the "moon." However, how could they escape the hand of God? It as God has said: "They will drink from the cup of suffering that they themselves have prepared." In these times of civil strife, God will depart from the land, for he cannot continue to "stay" in the country of the great red dragon. After this, he will conclude his work on earth. It could be put like this: "Time is moving as a shuttle, and it will not be too long now." From the tone of what God is saying, it can be seen that he is speaking all about the final destiny of everyone on earth, with no comment about anything else. This is what God has made known to man, because it is the purpose for which God made him. So, all God can say is this: "In my thinking, man is the ruler of all. Great is the authority I have given him in order that he may administer all things on earth: the grass on the hills, the beasts of the forest, and the fish in the sea." When God made man, he ordained him as ruler over all. However, man was corrupted by Satan, and so, he lives while being unable to follow his purpose. Accordingly, up to the present time, man could not be distinguished from the beasts, for you cannot tell the one from the other. So, "man’s entire life is spent in sadness, and he is busy his whole life through, while this life is a mixture of emptiness and happiness." It is only because man’s life has no meaning, and because this was not the purpose of God for creating man, that the whole world has been polluted. After God has reorganized the whole earth, everyone will formally experience life for themselves. Only then, will man’s life have meaning. Man will start to fully use his God-given authority and formally appear before all things as their ruler. Furthermore, man will receive the guidance of God while on earth, and will never rebel against God again, but will obey him. This is extremely different from the situation with man today, who is always trying to "derive some profit" from God. So, God asks: "Is it possible that everything I have done for man has not been of any benefit to him?" He asks questions, one after the other. It wouldn’t be a problem if he didn’t ask these questions, but once he has asked them, a portion of mankind will not stand firm, because man’s conscience is indebted, not only to God, but also to himself. Absolutely everything is empty. For this reason, with the inclusion of "all the religions, walks of life, nations and peoples to which these people belong, all know the emptiness of life in earth, and all are seeking and waiting for my return." Everyone is looking forward to God’s return so that the empty old age may end, while at the same time, they fear that they may suffer the disasters. The whole religious world will become a wasteland, and no one will have any interest in it anymore. They have no reality, and they will realize that they had only believed in "God" in vain. All the important people in these circles will be scattered, and all nations and peoples will come into a state of confusion. In a word, all usual routines will be broken, and everything will lose its normality. The true colors of man will be exposed. So, God says: "I have ‘cried out’ to man many times, while at the same time, who has ever displayed a compassionate heart? Who has ever lived out his human nature? Although man lives in the flesh, he has no ‘conscience.’ So, could it be that he was born into the animal kingdom?" Mankind also finds itself amid change. Because of this "change," everything will be arranged into its proper place, as this is God’s work in the end times, and the result that this work will achieve. The more thoroughly God exposes man’s nature, the more it proves God’s work will be finished more quickly. Moreover, the more God hides from man, the more disoriented man becomes. The less man experiences and observes God’s intention, the less attention he pays to what God is doing in the end times, and therefore, he does not cause any trouble. Thus it is that when no one takes precautions against God, God does the work he wants to do. This has been a principle behind God’s work for successive generations. The less consideration is made for man’s weaknesses, the clearer his divine nature is illustrated, and so, the closer God’s day becomes.
The Revelation of Discourse 27
God has always wanted to be gathered together with all his people, and to conclude the old age. When everyone on earth starts to shake, this means that everyone on earth is coming under the guidance of God. For this reason, the people will have the heart to revolt against the king, and before long, the people on earth will be in chaos. The heads of state of all the nations will flee in every direction, and in the end their people will force them to the guillotine. This is how the Prince of the Devils will end up. In the end, none will escape, for all must pass through this hurdle. Nowadays, those that are "wise" have started to abdicate, because they see that circumstances are bad and they want to take advantage of the opportunity to wash their hands of everything so that they can escape the suffering of the disasters. However, I truly say, that as it is mainly to punish man that God is doing his work in the end times, how can these people possibly escape? It is now the initial stage, and a day is coming in which there will be the turmoil and chaos of war in all the earth. The people of earth will be leaderless and there will a complete lack of any cooperation, with no one to govern. Everyone treasures his own life and does not pay any attention to anyone else. It is only because everything is under God’s control that it is said: "According to my wishes everyone has been ‘divided up’ into each nation." The "sounding of the angels’ trumpets," that God has spoken of, is a foretaste of what is to come, and the sounding of the alarm for mankind. The next time the trumpet is sounded will mark the arrival of the last day for the world. At that time, all God’s punishments will fall undiluted on the earth. These punishments will be without mercy, and they will mark the formal start of the age of punishment. God frequently spoke to the people of Israel to guide them in the various circumstances they were going through. Furthermore, the angels also appeared to them. They were perfected within a few months, as they did not live through the stage of getting rid of the poison of the great red dragon, and when they were being led, it was easy for them to enter into the right path. In the way in which Israel developed, one can see the way the whole earth will develop. This serves to show how fast the pace of God’s work is. "The time has come! I will start my work, and I want to reign as king over mankind!" In the past, God only "reigned" in "heaven," but today, he will reign on earth. God will completely take back his authority, and therefore, he has given all mankind a foretaste of abnormal human life. As God wants to duplicate all of heaven and earth, he does not let man interfere. For this reason, God often reminds man that "the time has come." When all of Israel has returned to their country, which is also the day when Israel fully recovers its lost country, God’s great project will be completed. Before they are aware of what they are doing, all the people of earth will revolt, and every nation on earth will appear to fall as the stars of heaven, and they will turn into ruins within a moment. Then, after God has finished dealing with them, he will establish the kingdom that he personally loves.
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Date: 16 August 2004
