God gave His glory to Israel then moved it away from there,bringing the Israelites and bringing all men to the East.God has led them all to the light,so that they may be reunited and associate with light,no longer have to search, search for the light.
Liu Zhizhong is a pastor at a local house church in China. He's been a believer for over 30 years, and has constantly maintained that "The Holy Bible is inspired by God," "The Holy Bible represents God, believing in God is believing in the Bible, believing in the Bible is believing in God."
Yu Congguang is a gospel preacher from the Church of Almighty God. Because he was pursued by the CCP government while preaching the gospel, he fled to the mountain and got help from Zheng Xun, a co-worker of the local house church.
Xiao Zhen used to be a pure, kind-hearted Christian, who always treated her friends sincerely. However, when it was to their benefit, her former friends became her enemies.
Lin Bo’en had believed in the Lord for decades and was a senior preacher. Ever since his acceptance of Almighty God, Christ of the last days, he had been confronted with the condemnation and rejection of the pastors, elders, and antichrist forces in the religious world and was eventually expelled from the religion.
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Christian Movie, Chinese Christian, CCP’s persecution, Almighty God, house church, Christian video, Religious Persecution, gospel movie, keep in faith
RUNTIME: 1:41
RElEASE DATE: August, 12, 2017
INTRODUCTION
Since it came to power in Mainland China in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party has been unceasing in its persecution of religious faith. It has frantically arrested and murdered Christians, expelled and abused missionaries operating in China, confiscated and burned countless copies of the Bible, sealed up and demolished church buildings, and tried to eradicate all house churches. A great number of Christians in house churches have been arrested and persecuted.
This documentary describes the real experience of a Chinese Christian, Zhou Haijiang who was arrested by the CCP government, tortured, and died from his mistreatment because of his belief in God and performance of duty. After Zhou Haijiang's death, his family was also monitored, threatened, and terrified by the CCP. They were not only unable to get justice for the deceased, but were thrown into disarray by the CCP's persecution. This exquisitely-shot documentary attempts to recreate what really happened at the time, and provides a profound reflection of the flagrant encroachment of the religious beliefs and human rights of Chinese Christians. It is a window to understanding the true lives of Chinese Christians and Christian families, as well as a reflection—rarely seen in recent years—of the experiences and emotions of Chinese Christians who have been persecuted as a result of their faith.
A happy, contented Christian family
A happy, contented Christian family
An illegal arrest by the Chinese Communist Party
An illegal arrest by the Chinese Communist Party
A piece of terrible news that the family could not accept
A piece of terrible news that the family could not accept
A time of utter grief in the morgue
The beginning of a nightmare that had no end
A true story that happened to a Chinese Christian family
Special statement: This video production was produced as a not-for-profit piece by the Church of Almighty God. The actors that appear in this production are performing on a not-for-profit basis, and have not been paid in any way. This video may not be distributed for profit to any third party, and we hope that everyone will share it and distribute it openly. When you distribute it, please note the source. Without the consent of the Church of Almighty God, no organization, social group, or individual may tamper with or misrepresent the contents of this video.
Discover the Mysteries of the Bible | Gospel Movie "Break the Spell"
Fu
Jinhua was an elder of a house church in China. Like many other
Christians, she enthusiastically dedicated herself to the Lord, and
toiled hard in her labor for Him. She was particularly
self-confident, and thought herself to be someone who truly loved the
Lord. Having followed the Lord for many years, she wholeheartedly
believed that the Bible was inspired by God, and that the words in
the Bible were all God's words. Therefore, in her mind, she equated
believing in the Lord with believing in the Bible. She thought that
those who departed from the Bible could not be called followers of
the Lord. She also believed that she needed only to adhere to the
Bible to be raptured into the kingdom of heaven when the Lord
descends with the clouds. So when a bunch of people began to testify
to Almighty God's work of the last days, Fu Jinhua believed in the
misconceptions of the religious pastors and elders, and never sought
to investigate things any further. One day, Fu Jinhua visited Sister
He, a fellow member of the church. Sister He spoke about her own
confusion: "The prophecies about the Lord's return have
basically all come true, and the Lord is supposed to have come back
already. So why haven't we beheld the Lord descending with the clouds
yet?" Her co-worker Fang Jianjie also mentioned: The four blood
moons have appeared, which means that great disasters will soon
befall us. According to the prophecies from the books of the prophets
and the Book of Revelation, the Church of Philadelphia will be
raptured before the great disasters, and God will nourish His
servants and handmaids with His Spirit to make complete a group of
overcomers before the disasters. If we are not raptured before the
disasters, we will most likely perish among these great disasters.
But now, "the Eastern Lightning" has testified that the
Lord Jesus has already returned, expressed the truth, and made
complete a group of overcomers. Does this fulfill the prophecies from
the Bible? Is the Eastern Lightning the manifestation of the Lord and
His work? After listening to her co-workers, Fu Jinhua fell into deep
reflection and began to reassess these matters …
Malicious and Improper Media Conduct Is Undoubtedly Defamation
Malicious and Improper Media Conduct Is Undoubtedly Defamation —Religious Criticism Reports Based on Low-Credibility Testimony Deserve Public Attention
By Lee Yoona sks@newsprime.co.kr July 21, 2017
Criticism without subject limitation and bold measures against social pathology are the purposes of the media. Nowadays, it is not as difficult as it once was to collect material about regimes and certain groups and report on them, but no media outlets strive for it. Instead, they are constrained by certain guidelines, and professional ethics become more prominent.
Coverage on sensational issues, such as religion, is a good example. As far as human rights are concerned, the possibility increases that news reports may infringe the right to reputation as a result of abuse of the “public figure theory.” (Translator’s note: By law, public figures, confronted with defamation actions or invasion of privacy, cannot file a lawsuit for wrong harmful statements unless it can be proved that they were made with actual malice.)
Recently, it has been pointed out that the reports of some media outlets on the Church of Almighty God have gone so far as to literally break the law.
The media openly apply to their reports a convenient but false logic that “religious people and groups are public figures and groups.”
The Church of Almighty God (hereafter referred to as the Church), which comes from China, is treated in many ways as Gentiles. Some media outlets claim that the Church comes from another country and always discusses human rights issues in China, so they are concerned that this may create diplomatic friction.
In addition, Christian groups in South Korea reject the Church because it is a newborn foreign religion and has many things at odds with them.
Under such circumstances, it is very difficult for the Church to voice their opinions when negative media reports are made using offensive material that is difficult to confirm. Cases that are used to suppress the Church by the Chinese government, like “McDonald’s Murder,” “Leaving Home Event,” are widely publicized, causing increasing secondary damage to the Church.
Information and Testimony From China Have No Credibility
Degrading remarks on Chinese products can often be heard, like “made in China (untrustworthy).” In terms of writing a report, however, such an attitude is not discrimination, but a reasonable suspicion. It is really hard to confirm the reliability of the information and material from China.
In this context, using Chinese testimony and citing social news stories in China for the coverage of an issue about a particular religion, which is considered as a “foreign case,” can lead to one-sided reports that are inconsistent with the facts.
That is to say, it is possible that the Chinese Communist government unethically schemes against certain groups on purpose, or provides material making them out to be anti-social.
There is a need for in-depth discussion of the serious human rights issues in China. Ⓒ The Church of Almighty God
Look at a recent case. Last year, a television program, Informers, presented “A Story of a Wife Who Is Anxiously Looking for Her Husband,” which actually showed the process of a woman searching for her husband, A, who came to South Korea to avoid the religious persecution in China.
The main focus of the show was the statement of A’s wife, B, “There is no suppression of religion in any form in China. I came to find my husband because he has been deceived by the sweet words of the church and abandoned our family.”
The church here refers to the Church of Almighty God. The Church emphasizes that the coverage at that time is inconsistent with the facts, and that China’s religious oppression is still ongoing.
For example, Chinese religion-related news is basically composed of negative and partial reports, such as beating events among believers in various religious groups, and abandonment of the family due to immersion in the church.
The problem is that the media outlets rely solely on limited data, as seen in “according to the foreign media” or “according to the family members,” and thus are quite likely to make partial reports.
It is similar to certain fake news which currently prevails in the world. In particular, more attention needs to be paid to data verification when it comes to the Chinese Communist Party’s suppression of the Church, but the fact that the process is omitted is pointed out as a serious problem.
Until today, South Korean media have failed to make a completely objective examination of various controversies in the domestic religious world. So, with regard to China and its religions, it is even more necessary to be cautious. It is a well-known fact that the Chinese Communist Party has been persecuting religion since it came into power.
Although the Chinese Communist Party was expected to change its attitude with the arrival of the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, it failed to do so. Until recently, the party has still created many negative issues, such as missionary expulsion. Sixty people, including South Korean missionaries, were known to have been deported from the autonomous prefecture of Yanbian in late January this year.
This is the reason why it is criticized to indiscriminately use the Chinese reports of religion-related incidents or to cite them without considering the hidden context (criticism about specific religions).
Universal Human Rights and the Efforts of Change Need to Be Evaluated
It is faulty to determine religious people or groups as public figures—the objects of social interest and criticism—just because they are related to religion.
Under the American precedents, religious people or groups will not be designated as public figures merely because they have published books or released their sermon videos to the public. In other words, community-based church groups that engage in religious exchanges will not be measured against the standard of public figures.
There are growing calls for universal human rights and efforts of change. Ⓒ The Church of Almighty God
Then, what about the position of South Korean courts? A Supreme Court ruling in 1996 (Law No. 96, 19246) stipulated that in cases of press and publication for religious purposes, higher judgments should be made than in cases of general press and publication.
This illustrates that in forming a judgment, the benefits and value of criticism, and the harmony between human rights and protection of religious freedom, should be taken into consideration. That is, there will not be unlimited power or freedom for criticism of religion and of other religions.
In addition, the Supreme Court ruled in 2006 that “improper news with malice and offensive attacks will be regarded as defamation, even if it is made with the intention of criticism, warning, etc.” (Law No. 35199, 2004). This has caused a stir.
According to this precedent of the Supreme Court, it is more necessary for the press to strike a balance through careful and in-depth coverage when it comes to religious matters.
Therefore, rough verification, unfair coverage, and sensationalism can all be a serious problem in news reporting, either by South Korean law or by United States law.
The Church’s universal concept of human rights and the efforts of change it has made should not be undervalued or treated with contempt on the basis of the fact that it comes from China and is concerned with the improvement of human rights in China.
The efforts of the Church for everyone’s human rights and religious freedom should be acknowledged. Be prepared to support it.
Link to the original article: http://www.newsprime.co.kr/news/article.html?no=382335
What is the difference between the work of God incarnate and the work of the Spirit?
Bible Verse(s) for Reference:
“And he said, I beseech you, show me your glory. And he said, … You can not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live” (Exodus 33:18-20).
“And the LORD came down on mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. And the LORD said to Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish” (Exo 19:20-21).
“And all the people saw the thunder, and the lightning, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. And they said to Moses, Speak you with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die” (Exo 20:18-19).
Relevant Words of God:
God’s saving of man is not done directly through the means of the Spirit or as the Spirit, for His Spirit can neither be touched nor seen by man, and cannot be approached by man. If He tried to save man directly in the manner of the Spirit, man would be unable to receive His salvation.
And if not for God putting on the outward form of a created man, they would be unable to receive this salvation. For man can in no way approach Him, much like how none could go near the cloud of Jehovah. Only by becoming a man of creation, that is, putting His word into the flesh He will become, can He personally work the word into all who follow Him. Only then can man hear for himself His word, see His word, and receive His word, then through this be fully saved. If God did not become flesh, no fleshly man would receive such great salvation, nor would a single man be saved. If the Spirit of God worked directly among man, man would be smitten or completely carried away captive by Satan because man is unable to associate with God.
If God does not become flesh, He remains the Spirit both invisible and intangible to man. Man is a creature of flesh, and man and God belong to two different worlds and are different in nature. The Spirit of God is incompatible with man of flesh, and no relations can be established between them; moreover, man cannot become a spirit. As such, the Spirit of God must become one of the creatures and do His original work. God can both ascend to the highest place and humble Himself by becoming a man of creation, doing work and living among man, but man cannot ascend to the highest place and become a spirit and much less can he descend to the lowest place. Therefore, God must become flesh to carry out His work. Much as with the first incarnation, only the flesh of God incarnate could redeem man through His crucifixion, whereas it was not possible for the Spirit of God to be crucified as a sin offering for man.
God could directly become flesh to serve as a sin offering for man, but man could not directly ascend to heaven to take the sin offering that God had prepared for them. As such, God must journey to and fro between heaven and earth, rather than letting man ascend to heaven to take this salvation, for man had fallen and could not ascend to heaven, much less obtain the sin offering. Therefore, it was necessary for Jesus to come among men and personally do the work that simply could not be accomplished by man. Every time that God became flesh, it was absolutely necessary to do so. If any of the stages could have been carried out directly by the Spirit of God, He would not have endured the indignities of being incarnated.
So if this work is done by the Spirit—if God does not become flesh, and instead the Spirit speaks directly through thunder, so that man has no contact with Him, would man know His disposition? If only the Spirit does the work, then man would have no way of knowing His disposition. People can only behold God’s disposition with their own eyes when He becomes flesh, and reveals His words in the flesh, and expresses His entire disposition through the flesh. God truly lives among man. He is tangible; man can truly engage with His disposition and what He has and is; only in this way can man truly know Him.
from “The Vision of God’s Work (3)” in The Word Appears in the FleshThough God’s work in the flesh involves many unimaginable difficulties, the effects that it ultimately achieves far exceed those of the work done directly by the Spirit. The work of the flesh entails much hardship, and the flesh cannot possess the same great identity as the Spirit, cannot carry out the same supernatural deeds as the Spirit, much less can He possess the same authority as the Spirit. Yet the substance of the work done by this unremarkable flesh is far superior to that of the work done directly by the Spirit, and this flesh Himself is the answer to all of man’s needs. For those to be saved, the use value of the Spirit is far inferior to that of the flesh: The work of the Spirit is able to cover the entire universe, across all mountains, rivers, lakes, and oceans, yet the work of the flesh more effectively relates to every person with whom He has contact. What’s more, God’s flesh with tangible form can better be understood and trusted by man, and can further deepen man’s knowledge of God, and can leave upon man a more profound impression of the actual deeds of God. The work of the Spirit is shrouded in mystery, it is difficult for mortal beings to fathom, and even harder for them to see, and so they can only rely on hollow imaginings. The work of the flesh, however, is normal, and based on reality, and possessed of rich wisdom, and is a fact that can be beheld by the physical eye of man; man can personally experience the wisdom of the work of God, and has no need to employ his bountiful imagination. This is the accuracy and real value of the work of God in the flesh. The Spirit can only do things that are invisible to man and difficult for him to imagine, for example the enlightenment of the Spirit, the moving of the Spirit, and the guidance of the Spirit, but for man who has a mind, these do not provide any clear meaning. They only provide a moving, or a broad meaning, and cannot give an instruction with words. The work of God in the flesh, however, is greatly different: It has accurate guidance of words, has clear will, and has clear required goals. And so man does not need to grope around, or employ his imagination, much less make guesses. This is the clarity of the work in the flesh, and its great difference from the work of the Spirit. The work of the Spirit is only suitable for a limited scope, and cannot replace the work of the flesh. The work of the flesh gives man far more exact and necessary goals and far more real, valuable knowledge than the work of the Spirit. The work that is of greatest value to corrupt man is that which provides accurate words, clear goals to pursue, and which can be seen and touched. Only realistic work and timely guidance are suited to man’s tastes, and only real work can save man from his corrupt and depraved disposition. This can only be achieved by the incarnate God; only the incarnate God can save man from his formerly corrupt and depraved disposition. Although the Spirit is the inherent substance of God, work such as this can only be done by His flesh. If the Spirit worked single-handedly, then it would not be possible for His work to be effective—this is a plain truth.
For everyone who seeks the truth and longs for the appearance of God, the Spirit’s work can only provide moving or revelation, and a sense of wondrousness that it is inexplicable and unimaginable, and a sense that it is great, transcendent, and admirable, yet also unattainable and unobtainable to all. Man and the Spirit of God can only look upon each other from afar, as if there is a great distance between them, and they can never be alike, as if separated by an invisible divide. In fact, this is an illusion given to man by the Spirit, which is because the Spirit and man are not of the same kind, and the Spirit and man shall never coexist in the same world, and because the Spirit possesses nothing of man. So man does not have need of the Spirit, for the Spirit cannot directly do the work most needed by man. The work of the flesh offers man real objectives to pursue, clear words, and a sense that He is real and normal, that He is humble and ordinary. Although man may fear Him, for most people He is easy to relate to: Man can behold His face, and hear His voice, and does not need to look at Him from afar. This flesh feels approachable to man, not distant, or unfathomable, but visible and touchable, for this flesh is in the same world as man.
When God had not become flesh, people did not understand much of what He said because it came out of complete divinity. The perspective and context of what He said was invisible and unreachable to mankind; it was expressed from a spiritual realm that people could not see. For people who lived in the flesh, they could not pass through the spiritual realm. But after God became flesh, He spoke to mankind from the perspective of humanity, and this dialogue came out of and surpassed the scope of the spiritual realm. He could express His divine disposition, will, and attitude, through things humans could imagine and things they saw and encountered in their lives, and using methods that humans could accept, in a language they could understand, and knowledge they could grasp, to allow mankind to understand and to know God, to comprehend His meaning and His required standards within the scope of their capacity, to the degree that they were able. This was the method and principle of God’s work in humanity. Even though God’s ways and His principles of working in the flesh were mostly achieved by or through humanity, it truly did achieve results that could not be achieved by working directly in divinity.
from “God’s Work, God’s Disposition, and God Himself III” in Continuation of The Word Appears in the Flesh
This was the advantage of God becoming flesh: He could take advantage of mankind’s knowledge and use human language to speak to people, to express His will. He explained or “translated” to man His profound, divine language that people struggled to understand in human language, in a human way. This helped people understand His will and know what He wanted to do. He could also have conversations with people from the human perspective, using human language, and communicate with people in a way they understood. He could even speak and work using human language and knowledge so that people could feel God’s kindness and closeness, so that they could see His heart.
The work done by the Spirit is implied and unfathomable, and it is fearful and unapproachable to man; the Spirit is not suited to directly doing the work of salvation, and is not suited to directly providing life to man. Most suitable for man is to transform the work of the Spirit into an approach that is close to man, which is to say, what is most suitable for man is for God to become an ordinary, normal person to do His work. This requires God to be incarnated to replace the work of the Spirit, and for man, there is no more suitable way for God to work.
from “Corrupt Mankind Is More in Need of the Salvation of God Become Flesh” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
If the Spirit of God directly spoke to man, they would all submit to the voice, falling down without words of revelation, much like how Paul fell to the ground amid the light as he journeyed to Damascus. If God continued to work in this way, man would never be able to recognize his own corruption through judgment by the word and attain salvation. Only through becoming flesh can He personally deliver His words to the ears of all so that all who have ears can hear His words and receive His work of judgment by the word. Only such is the result achieved by His word, rather than the emergence of the Spirit frightening man into submission. Only through such practical and extraordinary work can the old disposition of man, hidden deep within for many years, be fully revealed so that man may recognize it and have it changed. This is the practical work of God incarnate; He speaks and executes judgment in a practical manner to achieve the results of judgment upon man by the word. This is the authority of God incarnate and the significance of God’s incarnation. … He becomes flesh because the flesh can also possess authority, and He is capable of carrying out work among man in a practical manner, which is visible and tangible to man. Such work is much more realistic than any work directly done by the Spirit of God who possesses all authority, and its results are apparent as well. This is because His incarnate flesh can speak and do work in a practical way; the outward form of His flesh holds no authority and can be approached by man. His substance carries authority, but His authority is visible to none. When He speaks and works, man is unable to detect the existence of His authority; this is even more favorable to His actual work. And all of such work can achieve results. Even though no man realizes that He holds authority or sees that He cannot be offended or sees His wrath, through His veiled authority and wrath and public speech, He achieves the intended results of His words. In other words, through His tone of voice, sternness of speech, and all the wisdom of His words, man is utterly convinced. In this way, man submits to the word of God incarnate, who seemingly has no authority, thereby attaining His aim of salvation for man. This is another significance of His incarnation: to speak more realistically and allow the reality of His words to have an effect upon man so that they witness the power of the word of God. So this work, if not done through incarnation, would not achieve the slightest results and would not be able to fully save sinners.
from “The Mystery of the Incarnation (4)” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
Because the one who is judged is man, man who is of the flesh and has been corrupted, and it is not the spirit of Satan that is judged directly, the work of judgment is not carried out in the spiritual world, but among man. No one is more suitable, and qualified, than God in the flesh for the work of judging the corruption of man’s flesh. If judgment were carried out directly by the Spirit of God, then it would not be all-embracing. Furthermore, such work would be difficult for man to accept, for the Spirit is unable to come face-to-face with man, and because of this, the effects would not be immediate, much less would man be able to behold the unoffendable disposition of God more clearly. Satan can only be fully defeated if God in the flesh judges the corruption of mankind. … If this work were done by the Spirit of God, then it would not be victory over Satan. The Spirit is inherently more exalted than mortal beings, and the Spirit of God is inherently holy, and triumphant over the flesh. If the Spirit did this work directly, He would not be able to judge all of man’s disobedience, and could not reveal all of man’s unrighteousness. For the work of judgment is also carried out through man’s conceptions of God, and man has never had any conceptions of the Spirit, and so the Spirit is incapable of better revealing the unrighteousness of man, much less of completely disclosing such unrighteousness. The incarnate God is the enemy of all those who do not know Him. Through judging man’s conceptions and opposition to Him, He discloses all the disobedience of mankind. The effects of His work in the flesh are more apparent than those of the work of the Spirit. And so, the judgment of all mankind is not carried out directly by the Spirit, but is the work of the incarnate God. God in the flesh can be seen and touched by man, and God in the flesh can completely conquer man. In his relationship with God in the flesh, man progresses from opposition to obedience, from persecution to acceptance, from conception to knowledge, and from rejection to love. These are the effects of the work of the incarnate God. Man is only saved through the acceptance of His judgment, only gradually comes to know Him through the words of His mouth, is conquered by Him during his opposition to Him, and receives the life supply from Him during the acceptance of His chastisement. All of this work is the work of God in the flesh, and not the work of God in His identity as the Spirit.
from “Corrupt Mankind Is More in Need of the Salvation of God Become Flesh” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
Yet there is one truth that you do not know: The corrupt disposition and rebellion and resistance of man are exposed when he sees Christ, and the rebellion and resistance exposed on such occasion are more absolute and complete than on any other. It is because Christ is the Son of man and possesses normal humanity that man neither honors nor respects Him. It is because God lives in the flesh that the rebellion of man is brought to light thoroughly and vividly. So I say that the coming of Christ has unearthed all the rebellion of mankind and has thrown the nature of mankind into sharp relief. This is called “luring a tiger down the mountain” and “luring a wolf out of the cave.”
The conceptions of man are laid bare when the incarnate God officially does His work, because the normality and reality of the incarnate God is the antithesis of the vague and supernatural God in man’s imagination. The original conceptions of man can only be revealed through their contrast to the incarnate God. Without the comparison to the incarnate God, the conceptions of man could not be revealed; in other words, without the contrast of reality the vague things could not be revealed. No one is capable of using words to do this work, and no one is capable of articulating this work using words. Only God Himself can do His own work, and no one else can do this work on His behalf. No matter how rich the language of man is, he is incapable of articulating the reality and normality of God. Man can only know God more practically, and can only see Him more clearly, if God personally works among man and completely shows forth His image and His being. This effect cannot be achieved by any fleshly man. Of course, God’s Spirit is also incapable of achieving this effect. God can save corrupt man from the influence of Satan, but this work cannot be directly accomplished by the Spirit of God; rather, it can only be done by the flesh God’s Spirit wears, by God’s incarnate flesh.
from “Corrupt Mankind Is More in Need of the Salvation of God Become Flesh” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
The best thing about His work in the flesh is that He can leave accurate words and exhortations, and His accurate will for mankind to those who follow Him, so that afterward His followers can more accurately and more concretely pass on all of His work in the flesh and His will for the whole of mankind to those who accept this way. Only the work of God in the flesh among man truly accomplishes the fact of God’s being and living together with man. Only this work fulfills man’s desire to behold the face of God, witness the work of God, and hear the personal word of God. The incarnate God brings to an end the age when only the back of Jehovah appeared to mankind, and also concludes the age of mankind’s belief in the vague God. In particular, the work of the last incarnate God brings all mankind into an age that is more realistic, more practical, and more pleasant. He not only concludes the age of law and doctrine; more importantly, He reveals to mankind a God who is real and normal, who is righteous and holy, who unlocks the work of the management plan and demonstrates the mysteries and destination of mankind, who created mankind and brings to an end the management work, and who has remained hidden for thousands of years. He brings the age of vagueness to a complete end, He concludes the age in which the whole of mankind wished to seek God’s face but was unable to, He ends the age in which the whole of mankind served Satan, and leads the whole of mankind all the way into a completely new era. All this is the outcome of the work of God in the flesh instead of God’s Spirit. When God works in His flesh, those who follow Him no longer seek and grope after those vague and ambiguous things, and cease to guess at the will of the vague God. When God spreads His work in the flesh, those who follow Him shall pass on the work that He has done in the flesh to all denominations and sects, and they shall communicate all of His words to the ears of the whole of mankind. All that is heard by those who receive His gospel shall be the facts of His work, shall be things personally seen and heard by man, and shall be facts and not hearsay. These facts are the evidence with which He spreads the work, and are also the tools that He uses in spreading the work. Without the existence of facts, His gospel would not spread across all countries and to all places; without facts but only with man’s imaginations, He would never be able to do the work of conquering the entire universe. The Spirit is impalpable to man, and invisible to man, and the work of the Spirit is incapable of leaving any further evidence or facts of God’s work for man. Man shall never behold the real face of God, and shall always believe in a vague God that does not exist. Man shall never behold the face of God, nor will man ever hear words personally spoken by God. Man’s imaginings are, after all, empty, and cannot replace the true face of God; the inherent disposition of God, and the work of God Himself cannot be impersonated by man. The invisible God in heaven and His work can only be brought to earth by God incarnate who personally does His work among man. This is the most ideal way in which God appears to man, in which man sees God and comes to know the true face of God, and it cannot be achieved by a non-incarnate God.
The Recitation of Almighty God's Word "The Sighing of the Almighty" (Excerpt, Stage Version)
Almighty God says, "As dawn arrives, a morning star arises from the east.
It is a star never there before. It lights up the still starry skies
and ignites the extinguished light in the hearts of people. People
are no longer lonely, because of this light, the light that shines
upon you and upon others. But only you remain soundly asleep in the
dark night. You are unable to hear the sound, nor see the light,
unable to notice the advent of a new heaven and a new earth, a new
age. Because your father tells you, ‘My child, do not get up, it is
still early. The outdoors are cold, stay inside, lest the sword and
spear pierce your eyes.’ You believe only in your father’s
exhortation, because you believe that father is correct as father is
older than you, and that father truly loves you. Such exhortation and
such love cause you to no longer believe the legend that there is
light in the world, and no longer care whether the world has truth.
You no longer dare to hope for rescue from the Almighty. You are
content with the status quo, no longer hope for the advent of light,
and no longer keep an eye out for the coming of the legendary
Almighty. In your eyes, all that is beautiful can no longer be
resurrected, nor continue to exist. In your eyes, the tomorrow and
the future of mankind disappears and dooms. You clench tightly to
your father’s clothes, willing to suffer together, fearing the loss
of your travel partner and the direction of your distant journey. The
vast and hazy world has made many of you, unflinching and dauntless
in filling the different roles of this world. It has formed many
‘warriors’ that do not fear death at all. More than that, it has
created batches of desensitized and paralyzed humans who do not
understand the purpose of their creation. The eyes of the Almighty look around the severely afflicted mankind, hearing the wailing of
those suffering, seeing the shamelessness of those afflicted, and
feeling the helplessness and dread of the mankind who has lost
salvation. Mankind rejects His care, walks their own path, and avoids
the searching of His eyes. They would rather taste all the bitterness
of the deep sea, along with the enemy. The sighing of the Almighty
can no longer be heard. The hands of the Almighty are no longer
willing to touch the tragic mankind. He repeats His work, regaining
and losing, time and again. From that moment, He grows tired, and
feels weary, so He stops the work in His hand, and no longer wanders
among the people. … People are not at all aware of these changes,
not aware of the coming and going, the sorrow and disappointment of
the Almighty."
"The Substance of Christ Is Obedience to the Will of the Heavenly Father" (Selected Passage)
Almighty
God says, "The incarnate God is called Christ, and Christ is the
flesh donned by the Spirit of God. This flesh is unlike any man that
is of the flesh. This difference is because Christ is not of flesh
and blood but is the incarnation of the Spirit. He has both a normal
humanity and a complete divinity. His divinity is not possessed by
any man. His normal humanity sustains all His normal activities in
the flesh, while His divinity carries out the work of God Himself. Be
it His humanity or divinity, both submit to the will of the heavenly
Father. The substance of Christ is the Spirit, that is, the divinity.
Therefore, His substance is that of God Himself; this substance will
not interrupt His own work, and He could not possibly do anything
that destroys His own work, nor would He ever utter any words that go
against His own will. Therefore, the incarnate God would absolutely
never do any work that interrupts His own management. This is what
all man should understand. The essence of the work of the Holy Spirit
is to save man and is for the sake of God’s own management.
Similarly, the work of Christ is to save man and is for the sake of
God’s will. Given that God becomes flesh, He realizes His substance
within His flesh, such that His flesh is sufficient to undertake His
work. Therefore, all the work of God’s Spirit is replaced by the
work of Christ during the time of incarnation, and at the core of all
work throughout the time of incarnation is the work of Christ. It
cannot be commingled with work from any other age. And since God
becomes flesh, He works in the identity of His flesh; since He comes
in the flesh, He then finishes in the flesh the work that He ought to
do. Be it the Spirit of God or be it Christ, both are God Himself,
and He does the work that He ought to do and performs the ministry
that He ought to perform."
The Recital of Almighty God's Word "The Sighing of the Almighty" (Selected Passage)
Almighty
God says, "Mankind, who left the supply of life from the
Almighty, does not know why they exist, and yet fears death. There is
no support, no help, but mankind is still reluctant to close their
eyes, braving it all, drags out an ignoble existence in this world in
bodies without the consciousness of souls. You live like such, with
no hope; he exists like such, with no aim. There is only the Holy One
in the legend who will come to save those who moan in suffering and
long desperately for His arrival. This belief cannot be realized so
far in the people who are unconscious. However, the people still
yearn for it so. The Almighty has mercy on these people who suffer
deeply. At the same time, He is fed up with these people who have no
consciousness, because He has to wait too long for the answer from
humans. He desires to seek, seek your heart and your spirit. He wants
to bring you food and water and to awaken you, so you are no longer
thirsty, no longer hungry. When you are weary and when you begin to
feel the desolation of this world, do not be perplexed, do not cry.
Almighty God, the Watcher, will embrace your arrival any time. He is
watching by your side, waiting for you to turn back. He is waiting
for the day your memory suddenly recovers: becoming conscious of the
fact that you came from God, somehow and somewhere once lost, falling
unconscious on the roadside, and then, unknowingly having a 'father.'
You further realize that the Almighty has been watching there,
awaiting your return all along. He longs bitterly, waiting for a
response without an answer. His watching is priceless and is for the
heart and the spirit of humans. Perhaps this watching is indefinite,
and perhaps this watching is at its end. But you should know exactly
where your heart and spirit are now."
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