Jun 24, 2018
How is God’s work of the last days related to the prophecies in Revelation? — (2)
“Man believes that, following the crucifixion and resurrection,
Jesus went back to heaven upon a white cloud, and took His place at the Most High’s right hand. Similarly, man conceives that Jesus shall descend, again upon a white cloud (this cloud refers to the cloud that Jesus rode upon when He returned to heaven), among those who have desperately yearned for Him for thousands of years, and that He shall bear the image and clothes of the Jews. After appearing to man, He shall bestow food upon them, and cause living water to gush forth for them, and shall live among man, full of grace and love, living and real.
And so on. Yet Jesus the Savior did not do this; He did the opposite of what man conceived. He did not arrive among those who had yearned for His return, and did not appear to all men while riding upon the white cloud. He has already arrived, but man does not know Him, and remains ignorant of His arrival. Man is only aimlessly awaiting Him, unaware that He has already descended upon a white cloud (the cloud which is His Spirit, His words, and His entire disposition and all that He is), and is now among a group of overcomers that He will make during the last days.”
from The Savior Has Already Returned Upon a “White Cloud”
“The current conquering work is work intended to make it obvious what man’s end will be. Why do I say that today’s chastisement and judgment are the judgment in front of the great white throne of the last days? Do you not see this? Why is the conquering work the last stage? Is it not precisely to make manifest how each class of man will end up? Is it not to allow everyone, in the course of the conquering work of chastisement and judgment, to show his true colors and then to be classified according to kind afterward? Rather than saying this is conquering mankind, it might be better to say that this is showing how each class of man will end up. That is, this is judging their sins and then showing the various classes of man, thereby deciding whether they are evil or righteous. After the conquering work comes the work of rewarding good and punishing evil: People who obey completely, meaning the thoroughly conquered, will be placed in the next step of spreading the work to the entire universe; the unconquered will be placed in darkness and will meet with calamity. Thus, man will be classified according to kind, the evil doers grouped with evil, never again to see the sunlight, and the righteous grouped with good, to receive light and live forever in the light. The end is near for all things, man’s end has been clearly shown to his eyes, and all things will be classified according to kind. How then can people escape suffering this classifying? The revealing of the end for each class of man is done when the end is near for all things, and it is done during the work of conquering the entire universe (including all the conquering work starting with the current work). This revealing of the end of all mankind is done before the seat of judgment, in the course of the chastisement, and in the course of the conquering work of the last days.”
from The Inside Truth of the Conquering Work (1)
“God created humanity, placed them upon earth and led them to the present day. He then saved humanity and served as a sin offering for humanity. At the end He still must conquer humanity, save humanity entirely and restore them to their original likeness. This is the work that He has been engaged in from the beginning to the end — restoring man to his original image and to his original likeness. He will establish His kingdom and restore man’s original likeness, meaning that He will restore His authority upon earth and restore His authority among all creation. Man lost his God-fearing heart after being corrupted by Satan and lost the function that one of God’s creatures should have, becoming an enemy disobedient to God. Man lived under Satan’s domain and followed Satan’s orders; thus, God had no way to work among His creatures, and was all the more unable to win fear from His creatures. Man was created by God, and ought to worship God, but man actually turned his back to God and worshiped Satan. Satan became the idol in man’s heart. Thus God lost His standing in man’s heart, which is to say that He lost the meaning of His creation of man, and so to restore the meaning of His creation of man He must restore man’s original likeness and rid man of his corrupt disposition. To reclaim man from Satan, He must save man from sin. Only in this way can He gradually restore man’s original likeness and restore man’s original function, and in the end restore His kingdom. The ultimate destruction of those sons of disobedience will also be carried out in order to allow man to better worship God and better live upon the earth. Since God created man, He shall make man worship Him; since He wishes to restore man’s original function, He shall restore it completely, and without any adulteration. Restoring His authority means making man worship Him and making man obey Him; it means that He shall make man live because of Him and make His enemies perish because of His authority; it means that He will make every last part of Him persist among humanity and without any resistance by man. The kingdom He wishes to establish is His own kingdom. The humanity He wishes for is one that worships Him, one that completely obeys Him and has His glory. If He does not save corrupt humanity, the meaning of His creation of man will come to nothing; He will have no more authority among man, and His kingdom will no longer be able to exist upon the earth. If He does not destroy those enemies who are disobedient to Him, He will be unable to obtain His complete glory, nor will He be able to establish His kingdom upon the earth. These are the symbols of the completion of His work and the symbols of the completion of His great accomplishment: to utterly destroy those among humanity who are disobedient to Him, and to bring those who have been made complete into rest. When humanity has been restored to their original likeness, when humanity can fulfill their respective duties, keep their own place and obey all of God’s arrangements, God will have obtained a group of people upon the earth who worship Him, and He will also have established a kingdom upon the earth that worships Him. He will have eternal victory upon the earth, and those who are opposed to Him will perish for all eternity. This will restore His original intention in creating man; it will restore His intention in creating all things, and it will also restore His authority upon earth, His authority among all things and His authority among His enemies. These are the symbols of His total victory. Henceforth humanity will enter into rest and enter into a life that follows the right track. God will also enter into eternal rest with man and enter into an eternal life shared by God and man. The filth and disobedience upon the earth shall disappear, as shall the wailing upon the earth. All upon the earth that opposes God will not exist. Only God and those people that He has saved shall remain; only His creation shall remain.”
from God and Man Will Enter Into Rest Together
“God’s word will spread amongst the nations and everyone will know it. This way God’s work in the universe will expand. That is to say, to expand the work in the universe, God’s word will need to be spread. When the day comes when God is glorified, that is when the authority and power of God’s word is shown. Everything God said from the beginning of time till today will be accomplished and fulfilled one after the other. In this way God will be glorified on earth, that is, God’s word will reign on earth. All evil persons will be chastised due to God’s word, and all righteous people will be blessed. Everything will be established and completed according to God’s word. God does not perform any miracles, and His word will accomplish everything and bring about reality. Every person on earth will proclaim God’s word; whether adult or child, man or woman, young or old, everyone will submit to God’s word. God’s word will appear in the flesh, people will see it vivid and real on earth. This is the Word becoming flesh. God came to earth mainly to accomplish the fact of ‘the Word becoming flesh.’ That is, God’s words emanate from the flesh (unlike in the Old Testament, in Moses’ day, God spoke directly from heaven). Then, in the Age of Millennial Kingdom they will all be fulfilled to become facts that people can see, so that everyone can see the exact fulfillment with their own eyes. This is the profound meaning of God becoming flesh. That is, the work of the Spirit is accomplished through the flesh and the word. This is the true meaning of ‘the Word becoming flesh, the Word appearing in the flesh.’ Only God can speak the mind of the Spirit, and only God in the flesh can speak on behalf of the Spirit. God’s word appears in the incarnate God. Everyone else will be guided by this, nobody can step outside this and everyone lives within this boundary. From this utterance people will gain understanding; except through this utterance nobody can even dream of receiving the utterance from heaven. This is the authority shown by God becoming flesh, and every person will be convinced. Even the highest experts or religious pastors cannot speak in this voice, even they submit to this voice. Nobody can make another start. God will use His word to conquer the universe, not through the incarnate flesh, but through the utterance of the incarnate God will every person in the universe be conquered. This is the Word becoming flesh, the Word appearing in the flesh. Perhaps from man’s viewpoint, God hasn’t done any great work, but once God’s word is spoken, man will be entirely convinced and become speechless. People will make a big fuss because they see no facts, but they will cover their mouths because of God’s word. God will no doubt make this happen, because making it a fact that the Word comes to earth has long been His plan. In fact, there is no need for Me to spell it out — the Millennial Kingdom being on earth means that God’s word has come to earth. The New Jerusalem coming from heaven is God’s word coming amongst men and living with men, accompanying men in every move and every thought. This is also a fact that God will accomplish, a beautiful sight of the Millennial Kingdom. This is God’s plan: the Word appearing on earth for the millennium, manifesting all of God’s deeds and completing all of God’s work on earth. Then this stage of man’s existence will become complete.”
from The Millennial Kingdom Has Come
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