Go on.
Mom!
Si'en!
Mom!
Si'en! (Mom!)
My child!
Mom!
Here, let me have a look at you!
You've finally made it through the tough times.
Let's go home.
Mom, let's go home!
Okay! Let's go home.
Mom!
Mom. (Jingxin.)
Mom.
I finally brought you back with all my hoping.
Mom, are you okay?
These few years with you in prison,
I was constantly hoping you'd come back soon.
Mom.
I never imagined it would be seven years. (Mom.)
It's great you are back.
Have a seat, Mom.
Sister Dong.
Chenguang, you're here. (Good to see you.)
Thank God you're back.
Chenguang, good to see you. (Hi.)
How are you?
Hello.
Come inside.
I'll go pick some vegetables for you. (Okay.)
Come on, let's go inside. (All right.)
Have a seat. (Thank you.)
Please sit.
Sister Dong, I'm so glad you're back!
Our brothers and sisters have been praying for you
since you were arrested for spreading the gospel.
They've been praying for your early release.
Thank the Lord!
It was the care and protection of the Lord that kept me alive in there. (Thank God!)
I know you've also had some tough times here.
How is the church doing?
Are our brothers and sisters doing well there?
The church has become more and more desolate.
Everyone has been very negative,
almost nobody comes to the meetings.
The church has become bleak and lifeless.
When the pastors and elders preach,
they still talk about the same things from the Bible and theology.
There is no new enlightenment,
and everyone's sick of hearing it.
True.
There's no life supply in these gatherings anymore, and no enjoyment either.
Some people don't even come anymore.
Yes, there isn't any work of the Holy Spirit.
Since the church is so desolate
we should go find a church that has the work of the Holy Spirit,
and follow God's footsteps.
We can't just do nothing.
You're absolutely right.
I've actually been looking around, and I found a book.
I've learned a lot from it—it really opened my eyes.
I think what's in it is the truth, a message from the Holy Spirit.
I really gained from it.
I'd like you to read it as well.
We'd love to.
Wow, this is wonderful.
This explains what believing in God is.
It has new light, doesn't it?
It does. We've never heard anything like this.
Should we continue reading?
Sister Dong, your turn.
Okay.
Here.
Wow,
it sounds to me like God is speaking directly to us.
The tone is just like God Himself is talking to us.
It seems to be God's voice.
No man could come up with these words.
Does this mean that we are actually hearing the voice of God?
It's great that you feel this way.
What did the Lord Jesus say?
Don't you hear God's voice in this book?
Thank the Lord!
God has truly blessed us, allowing us to listen to His voice.
Yeah. (It's true.)
There is truth in these words right here,
and it's all about how we should know the Lord Jesus.
These words are very precious.
They enlighten and guide us in knowing God.
That's great!
You also think these words are precious— that's wonderful!
I've been reading this book for over a year,
and it reveals many mysteries that the Bible never did.
It brings truth for those who believe in God.
It puts to rest a lot of uncertainties and confusion.
The more I read it, the brighter my heart gets.
After reading this you can understand many truths clearly.
Reading this book is God's blessing to us!
Thank the Lord!
Wow, this book is so precious!
Hey, Chenguang. (Yes?)
Who wrote this book?
Where did it come from? (Yeah.)
Can you tell us about it?
A friend who preaches the gospel gave it to me.
Could you leave the book here for us so we can give it a good read?
Of course,
since you're so interested I'll leave it here for you guys.
If you read it enough,
you'll gradually understand where these words came from.
Thanks be to the Lord!
I've also brought some videos. Do you wanna watch them?
Okay.
Oh, isn't this book great?
Let's read some more.
This is really profound.
An average person couldn't write this.
These words are wonderful.
Let's read some more.
Dad, Mom, why don't we watch a video?
Okay.
Wow, that is so well put.
How to seek God's appearance is described so clearly.
These words are the revelation of the Holy Spirit.
They couldn't be human words!
We were waiting for the Lord before,
but only looked up to pastors and religious leaders,
and we overlooked the true word of the Holy Spirit.
We were so foolish and ignorant!
Absolutely right.
I can see this is the word of the Holy Spirit.
It reveals many mysteries that people can't imagine.
Yes, it does.
This is such a valuable book! (It is.)
Hey, Si'en, you read now.
This is so powerful and authoritative.
Hey, Jingxin, isn't this the voice of God?
I think so. The words are so powerful.
They bear witness to Almighty God.
These last few years, Eastern Lightning said the Lord has returned,
that He is Almighty God in the flesh,
He is speaking the truth and doing the judgment.
Hey, do you think
that The Word Appears in the Flesh happens to be an Eastern Lightning book?
Are these the words of Almighty God?
They are.
This passage clearly bears witness that Almighty God is the return of the Lord Jesus.
Oh, the pastors and elders have condemned Eastern Lightning.
Isn't it because they have been preaching the return of the Lord Jesus,
that He is Almighty God?
Probably.
If that's really the case,
then we must give it some investigation.
Is Almighty God actually the return of the Lord Jesus?
Is He the appearance of the Lord Jesus?
Yes, you are right.
The leaders of the religious world
are condemning Eastern Lightning because of this for sure.
We have to look into this matter. (Right.)
Let's see if the words in this book really are the words of the Lord,
if they really are His voice.
The passages we've read so far are wonderful!
I think they are the truth!
Yes!
However,
the Bible prophesied the Lord would descend on a cloud in His return.
But Eastern Lightning bears witness that God incarnate has come and is working.
This is something we're not too clear on.
Maybe we should wait for Chenguang to come here so we can ask her. (Okay!)
God bless!
Sister Dong, have you been reading this book for the past few days? (Yes.)
Chenguang,
isn't The Word Appears in the Flesh, a book that came from Eastern Lightning?
Yes, it is.
Have you already accepted Eastern Lightning then?
You're correct.
I accepted Almighty God over a year ago.
I only stayed in our old church
because there are still some people who truly believe in God,
who I'd like to share the gospel with.
I planned to share the gospel with them and then leave our church.
A few days ago,
I read some words from this book for Sister Zhang, Sister Yang, and Brother Zhou.
They concluded that the words of Almighty God are really the voice of God.
That's right!
Well, I'm so moved now that you're back home;
this is my gift to you.
I want you to be able to read the words of Almighty God and hear the voice of God.
How do you feel after reading a bit of this book?
Wonderful. We are so blessed!
The words in this book are wonderful.
It's something we can't read or hear in religion. (Yeah! You're right.)
Thank the Lord.
We really feel that these words are the truth,
and they seem to come from the Holy Spirit. (Thank God!)
However, there's something we're not very clear on.
Oh, what is it?
It's prophesied in the Bible that the Lord would descend on a cloud in His return,
but Eastern Lightning tells that God incarnate has appeared and is in fact working.
Well, we can't really figure this out.
Please share with us what you know. (Yeah.)
Okay.
Sister Dong,
most people believe that when the Lord returns He will descend on a cloud,
which seems to be in line with the prophecy in the Bible.
But the Lord Jesus said many things when prophesying His return.
What we know is just one of those things,
but it's not in line with His will.
Just like you, I used to believe
that when the Lord Jesus returned He would descend on a cloud,
but then I finally understood with help from followers of The Church of Almighty God.
There's not only one prophecy of His return this way,
but one about Him becoming flesh and coming secretly.
Just as the Lord Jesus said,
And also:
Saying "come as a thief"
means that the Lord will quietly come to steal treasures,
and not everyone will know or be able to see it.
Only those wise virgins who hear the voice of the Lord and open the door
will be able to welcome Him,
be risen up before God's throne, and attend the feast of the Lamb.
There's also this prophecy from Lord Jesus about His return:
When "the Son of man" is mentioned,
it is referring to God incarnate.
Just like Lord Jesus, this is God in the flesh.
From the outside, He looked just like a regular person,
so it wasn't until the Lord Jesus spoke and performed work
that some people realized that He was Christ.
Oh, yes!
So if the Lord came in His resurrected spiritual body,
coming on a cloud like that,
then everyone would be able to see Him,
and they would fall to the ground scared and shaking.
Then who would dare to reject the Lord?
Nobody.
Yes.
So, the Lord Jesus said:
How then could this be fulfilled?
It's true.
It is only God incarnate as the Son of man
who will through work endure hardship and be rejected by this generation.
Just like when the Lord Jesus appeared and worked,
the scribes, chief priests, and Pharisees
would not acknowledge that He was God in the flesh.
They resisted and condemned Him,
and they even nailed Him to the cross as you know.
Are we all clear on this?
Yes.
Wow, this prophecy of the Lord is very clear.
He will descend as the Son of man,
suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation.
This refers to God incarnate, don't you guys think?
Yes. It certainly does! Definitely.
We've read this prophecy from the Lord Jesus many times.
But we hadn't seen this new side of it. (That's true! Yes.)
Yes, God's prophecies are mysteries,
and humans cannot understand them.
If not for the appearance of Almighty God,
we would never be able to understand the prophecies of Lord Jesus.
Yes.
I've read these Bible passages in the past, quite a few times actually,
but it was like this was the first time.
After this meeting today,
I feel like my heart has finally awakened.
That's amazing, isn't it?
Don't you think these prophecies have been fulfilled? (Yes. Right.)
The return of the Lord is becoming flesh and appearing to mankind!
It is. Yes. It's true.
Sister, you are so right!
The Lord Jesus has returned,
and He is Almighty God in the flesh.
True.
This book you've been reading, The Word Appears in the Flesh,
is the word of Almighty God.
This is the creed of Eastern Lightning
and the Bible of the Age of Kingdom.
Wow, that's amazing.
Once you've read the words in this book,
you'll know it's the truth and the voice of God.
This is true.
Many people of different denominations
have heard that Almighty God's words are the truth, that it's the voice of God,
and accepted Almighty God, attending the Lamb's feast.
That's wonderful! (It is.)
Almighty God speaks the truth and does the work of judgment
to cleanse and save mankind in the last days,
and then He'll lead us into a beautiful destination,
that is, lead us into the kingdom of Christ.
God be praised!
Those who accept the work of Almighty God in the last days are called wise virgins,
raised up before disaster.
These people will be perfected by God and become overcomers before disaster,
becoming the people of God's kingdom.
Thanks be to God!
Once God has made a group of overcomers,
He will send down the catastrophe and begin rewarding good and punishing evil.
After the catastrophe,
He will descend on a cloud and openly appear to everyone.
Then, the prophecy from the Book of Revelation,
these words will have been fulfilled.
Wow, so that's what those words mean!
If those who are only waiting for the Lord to descend on a cloud
do not accept the work of Almighty God,
and still resist the work of Christ in the last days,
they can only fall into disaster, crying and regretting it.
Just as Almighty God says,
I think I get it now.
So the prophecy of the Lord's return will be fulfilled that way.
Before we just blindly believed what the pastors said,
that the Lord would descend on a cloud when He returned. (Yeah.)
We simply just looked to the sky, stupidly waiting for the Lord,
thinking that we could enter the kingdom of heaven that way.
We ignored the prophecies of His secret coming.
Thinking back, we used to read the prophecies all the time,
so how did we not understand it?
Yes, indeed. That's right. Yeah.
Our pastors and elders never clearly explained the Bible to us,
they just had us memorize the words in it.
And this has seriously misled us.
No one taught us right. It really has.
If you hadn't given us this book to read,
we would have missed the opportunity of welcoming the Lord.
Thanks be to God!
We nearly became the foolish virgins that the Lord will eliminate.
Yes.
Oh, that'd be terrible.
Wow, the Lord has not abandoned us, He has graced us. (Yeah!)
Hey, we turned out to be pretty lucky!
We are certainly fortunate! (Yeah, I know.)
Chenguang, how come you've just given this book to us?
Thanks to the Lord! (Yes. Yeah.)
This is all the will and planning of the Lord! (It is! It's true.)
We've read this book, heard the voice of the Lord, and welcomed Him. (Yes!)
Such great love for us. (Yes! It's true.)
Thank the Lord! (Amen. Thank the Lord.)
Thank God! Everyone who hears His voice is truly blessed! (Amen.)
Let's have some tea. (Okay. This is really great.)
My heart feels much lighter.
We should really have more meetings. (Yeah!)
This was wonderful, isn't it great? (That's true. Yeah.)
Chenguang,
you accepted Almighty God over a year ago,
so you understand more of the truth than we do. (Oh yes.)
Can you tell us how you determined that Almighty God is the return of the Lord Jesus?
That's right. Yeah. Tell us.
Yeah, tell us!
Okay!
After our church started to get empty, I didn't like the gatherings.
I kept praying to the Lord
about understanding what happened
and why we were lacking the work of the Holy Spirit.
Just when I was at the end of my rope, I went to a friend's house,
she told me Almighty God's work in the last days,
and gave me a copy of The Word Appears in the Flesh,
which are the words of Almighty God.
When I read these words,
I found that they were all the truth and that it was the voice of God.
Aside from God, who else can express the truth?
Nobody can express that truth. (It's true. Yeah, it's true.)
Almighty God speaks the truths that can purify and save mankind,
revealing the mysteries of His management plan to save man
and explaining the purpose of God's three stages of work,
the mysteries of His incarnation,
the inside story and the essence of the Bible,
how Satan corrupts mankind, how God saves mankind,
the final destination of every type of person,
how people should seek in order to gain salvation and enter God's kingdom.
These truths are clearly stated!
Reading the words of Almighty God,
I understood a lot of things that I couldn't get from the Bible.
This settled my misconceptions about God,
and also showed me the path I should take in my faith.
I received life supply, no more darkness in my life,
and I regained the work of the Holy Spirit.
I finally feel so happy! I found the spring of living water!
Thanks be to God!
Which reminds me of the words of the Lord Jesus:
The words expressed by Almighty God fulfilled the prophecies of the Lord,
which is why I'm certain that He has returned, He is Almighty God in the flesh,
and why I accepted Almighty God.
Thank the Lord. Thanks be to God!
Sister Dong, Brother Liu,
once you've read more of Almighty God's words,
you will also know in your hearts
that the Lord Jesus we longed for all these years has returned.
Thanks be to the Lord!
Then we must read more of Almighty God's words. (Yes. Indeed.)
So, how about we watch a video of the recitation of God's words? (Great! Yeah.)
Amen!
Thank God. This is wonderful! Thanks be to God!
Do you see? Isn't this the appearance of the Lord? (Yes.)
Only the Spirit of God could bear witness to His appearance. (Thanks be to God!)
Only the Holy Spirit could testify God's work.
Only this is genuine, (Yeah.)
because it was prophesied in the Bible:
So, with this testimony from the Holy Spirit, and hearing the Spirit's words,
haven't we seen the Lord's appearance?
Yes! We have.
You are absolutely right!
Almighty God utters all the truths to save men,
and His words are the true light, lighting up men in darkness.
People of many denominations in China have joined.
They all saw that Almighty God's words are the truth and the voice of God,
and decided to follow Him.
The words of Almighty God in The Word Appears in the Flesh
have been online for some time,
and they are openly spread to all of mankind!
They're online. (Yes.)
While expanding the gospel,
even though The Church of Almighty God has suffered oppression by the CCP's government,
as well as the resistance of antichrist forces in the religious world,
none of the forces of Satan can stop the expansion of the kingdom gospel of God. (Amen!)
This is the authority and the might of God's words!
Amen! Thanks be to God! Thank the Lord.
Almighty God's words and work fulfilled the prophecy of the Lord Jesus:
"Lightning" is a great light, and that refers to God's words.
"Comes out of the east" means that it comes from China,
and "shines even to the west" refers to reaching the West.
"The coming of the Son of man"
refers to God becoming flesh and working in the East—China.
And finally, the work expanded into the West,
so this was finally fulfilled!
Thanks be to God!
That's amazing. I've never imagined!
Oh wow, after this I've only now understood
that these words from the Lord are being fulfilled this way!
Yes. That's true.
I've honestly never even dreamed
that the return of the Lord Jesus would be like this.
No wonder He said,
We hear God's voice and seek the truth,
as a result, we get to see His appearance and His work.
Yes, thanks to God!
The Lord appearing and working this way is very wise and revealing! (Yeah!)
It really is wise!
You mentioning this makes me think of this passage:
The Lord's words are so real!
We prayed to the Lord,
asking Him, "Where will You appear?"
And now the Lord sent people to share the gospel with us.
Thanks be to the Lord! (Yeah.)
He truly has graced us. (Yeah.)
God has not abandoned us. (That's true. That's a blessing.)
Thank God!
This is God's sheep hearing His voice!
From Almighty God's words
we can be sure that the Lord Jesus has already returned,
that He is Almighty God!
We have welcomed the return of the Lord Jesus!
Thanks be to God! Amen!
Hey, do you wanna listen to a song of God's words? (Yes. Let's. That's wonderful.)
Si'en. (Yeah.)
Go get the door.
Okay.
Come on, let's put the book away.
Who is it? (It's Liu Changying.)
Si'en. (Oh, Director Liu.)
Is your mother home? (Yeah, she's home.)
Chief Chen, Officer Li.
Mom, Director Liu is here.
Get down.
Director Liu.
Ah, there you are.
Jingxin, this is Chief Chen and Officer Li.
Oh.
Chief Chen, Officer Li, let's have a seat.
Dong Jingxin,
you've been home for a few days now.
Have you had any meetings?
Has anyone been here to preach?
Now that you're out of prison, do you still believe in God?
You should learn something from this.
You can't just go to prison without gaining anything.
If you could just spend your days at home as you should,
why would you want to go back to prison?
Don't think that just because you're out, you can't go back.
From now on, you have to report to the police station once a month,
and give an account of what you've been doing,
maybe if you have attended any gatherings,
if you've gone out to preach the gospel,
and who you've been in contact with.
And if you know of anyone preaching the gospel, especially from Eastern Lightning,
you absolutely must give us an honest report.
I'm warning you,
if you attend another gathering, we will catch you,
and if that happens, it won't be only a few years this time.
The next time we will have to put you away for life.
Are we clear on this?
Well, I just wanted to let you know about the official ruling.
This is for your own good. You should understand.
Exactly, this is what's best for you.
You should really cooperate.
Sir, what laws are we actually breaking by believing in Jesus Christ?
You imprisoned my mother for seven years without any legal basis,
and now that she's out, you're still coming to our home to harass us,
depriving my mom of her freedom.
Can't you just let people live? You—(Si'en.)
Grandma.
Chief Chen,
one, believing in God isn't breaking the law.
And two, we're not involved in politics.
So why are we being persecuted this way?
Why aren't we given freedom of belief?
It doesn't make any sense.
By believing in God, we are taking the right path.
So why don't you leave us alone?
I've come out of prison, so why won't you let me be?
We don't have any ill will toward you,
so why do you hate those of us who believe in God?
You …
Listen, listen, Chief Chen wants the best for you. Let it go.
Chief Chen has something else to say.
Let me tell you,
we don't want to arrest or monitor you people either.
It's the government and the regulations of our supervisors.
We simply don't have a choice.
You believers haven't done anything illegal or committed crimes,
but you have gone against government policy,
and the government hates those who believe in God.
When they order us to arrest you, what other choice do we have?
Don't blame us, blame's useless!
There's the saying "A wise man bows to fate."
If it were up to me,
you would just have to submissively follow all the rules and not believe in this anymore.
You would just lead a normal life, and the government would leave you alone.
We just wouldn't have any further interest in you.
Do you guys get it?
Everything that I'm saying is for your own good.
So, my advice is: take good care of yourselves. Okay?
The Chinese Communist government is backing us into a corner!
Even after prison they're still monitoring you
and don't let you go out or attend gatherings.
You'll have to report to them every month.
It's as if you're under arrest even if you're home.
How can we have any freedom?
Well, looks like their persecution of home churches is only getting worse,
particularly The Church of Almighty God.
That's even more brutal, more unfair.
If the government knew that we believe in Almighty God,
they would certainly arrest us and put us away with a long sentence.
These last few days, I can't stop thinking
that we've already accepted Eastern Lightning,
and the government will find out sooner or later.
If they were to arrest me again, my life would be …
I probably wouldn't come back.
But I also think,
we've believed in the Lord for so long,
and we've been waiting for His return to enter the kingdom of heaven.
And now that He's returned,
if we don't accept Him because we're cowards,
then wouldn't all that suffering have been in vain,
all those years for nothing?
Jingxin.
Mom.
Sit down.
Jingxin,
even if Eastern Lightning is right, we can't accept it.
If you're arrested again, how could I go on living?
These seven years you were in prison, you know how I got through it?
I worried about you every day,
I was afraid that something would happen while you were there
and you wouldn't make it out alive.
I nearly cried myself dry, Jingxin. (Mom.)
Not to mention that,
because of your arrest,
Si'en was kicked out of school,
and the government had people watching our house.
We weren't free even in our own home.
Other people in the village still laugh at us.
No one will even look at us.
You've come back, and it hasn't been easy,
but you believe in Eastern Lightning.
That means you will definitely be thrown into prison again,
and who knows if you'll make it out alive this time?
You're my only daughter, Jingxin.
Who will take care of me in my old age?
Mom.
Jingxin, please listen to your mom's advice.
Do not believe in Eastern Lightning, okay?
Mom,
in these last seven years, you've also suffered very much.
The Lord approves of our suffering, Mother.
And while I was in prison, He has always protected me.
I come out safe and sound, didn't I, Mom?
These past days, we have sought truth and investigated
and determined that Eastern Lightning is the Lord Jesus appearing and working.
Our lifelong belief in the Lord has been to welcome His return, Mom.
Now that He's back,
if we don't accept Him because of our fear of the CCP government's oppression,
wouldn't we lose our opportunity to enter the kingdom of heaven?
She's right, ma'am.
Mom,
Eastern Lightning is the true way,
it's the work of the Lord Jesus.
If we accept God in the last days,
if we have Him with us, with His care and protection,
there's nothing we can't overcome.
Goodbye Pastor Xia, Elder Shen!
Bye! Take care! (Bye!)
Hello, Brother Sun.
Pastor Xia,
I heard that Dong Jingxin is looking into Eastern Lightning.
Go check it out as soon as you can.
I've got it.
Dong Jingxin just got out of prison,
and she's looking into Eastern Lightning!
What?
Apparently she hasn't had enough of prison!
Eastern Lightning?
Who told her about that?
I'm not sure yet.
She was so well respected in the church.
Everybody loved to hear her preach.
If she's accepted Eastern Lightning
she will take many others with her!
Won't our church just fall apart?
No matter what it takes, we have to stop her.
Eastern Lightning is stealing our sheep, and they haven't stopped.
With Dong Jingxin accepting it as well,
there are only a few good ones left in the church.
True!
We pastors are becoming generals without an army.
Let's go! Let's hurry up and go see. (Okay!)
Sister Dong, I'm not scolding you.
You went to prison for the Lord.
For seven years!
You endured a lot for the Lord. Never turned away.
It's a great testimony!
But I never could've imagined this.
You just got out of prison.
Why didn't you discuss your belief in Eastern Lightning with us?
You know this is a critical time for the return of the Lord,
there are many false Christs around deceiving people.
Yeah.
You cannot choose the wrong path! (That's true, sister.)
Otherwise, when the Lord comes and rejects you,
all of your years of suffering will have been in vain, sister.
That's right.
Sister Dong,
Pastor Xia and I really think it's a pity
that you have decided to follow this Eastern Lightning!
Church has been so empty, lacking the Holy Spirit's work.
We wouldn't be against it if you went to a church with the Holy Spirit's work,
but you can't believe in Eastern Lightning!
Most of the pastors and elders of the religious world
are against Eastern Lightning.
How could it be the true way?
Think about it.
If Eastern Lightning were the true way, wouldn't we accept it too?
Exactly.
All of them know the Bible very well and serve the Lord.
They understand a lot more than we do.
Anything that they oppose can't be the true way.
We have to believe what they say,
and we must uphold the name of the Lord at all times and stick to His way.
We can't believe in Eastern Lightning!
Pastor Xia, Elder Shen,
you say that anything that the leaders of the religious world oppose cannot be true,
but does this really make sense?
Are there words of the Lord to back this up?
Based on your perspective that anything they oppose can't be the true way,
I'd like to ask you two,
when the Lord Jesus appeared and began to work,
who was it that resisted and condemned Him?
Who joined the Roman government to persecute and nail Him to the cross?
Wasn't it the chief priests, scribes, and Pharisees of the Jewish religion?
They had all served God for many years and knew the Scripture well.
Yet, they resisted and condemned the Lord Jesus.
Would you say that the Lord Jesus wasn't the true God
and that His work wasn't the true way then?
You say that Eastern Lightning isn't the true way,
but have you even examined Eastern Lightning?
Have you read the words of Almighty God?
You have neither read the words from the book
nor thoroughly looked into Eastern Lightning,
but you resist it nonetheless.
Aren't you afraid of making the same mistake the Pharisees made back then?
Sister Dong, how could you say that?
Your judgment of this isn't based on whether it has the work of the Holy Spirit
and whether it has the truth.
It's based on whether religious leaders happen to oppose it or not.
Is judging it this way in sync with God's will or with the truth?
Recently, we've read many of Almighty God's words,
and we've discovered that they are all the truth, authoritative and powerful.
It is the voice of God.
Other than God, who would express that?
Who would express His voice?
So we have determined that Almighty God is God in the flesh,
and that Eastern Lightning is the true way.
Yes,
Pastor Xia, Elder Shen,
you have served the Lord for many years.
You should hear the Lord's voice based on His own words.
Don't just blindly condemn Eastern Lightning.
You are actually resisting God! (That's right.)
Please read the words of Almighty God.
The Lord Jesus said that God's sheep listen to His voice,
and if you read the words of Almighty God
you would certainly be able to hear that it is His voice.
You want me to read Almighty God's words and hear God's voice.
No way. Why would I do that?
Where is God's voice, really?
The words of the Bible are all His voice,
and aside from the Bible, nothing else is.
How could it be you don't know that?
Jesus prophesied His return and that was the voice of God.
He had us listen to the Lord's voice from the Bible.
If you're not seeking to hear His voice from the Bible,
it doesn't count.
Amen!
Tell me. How could you not see this?
Pastor Xia is right.
God's words are all in the Bible,
so how could there be any of His words out of the Bible?
Amen!
You're searching for God's voice out of the Bible,
isn't that departing from the Lord's way?
Exactly.
To believe in the Lord, we must follow the Bible at all times,
and departing from it is just heresy.
Sister, you should be clear on this!
Pastor Xia, Elder Shen,
you say that the Lord's words are all in the Bible
and that's the only place to find them.
Are those really the facts?
Has the Lord said that all of His words are in the Bible?
Has the Lord said that anything out of it is heresy?
Has He ever said that everything in the Bible is His voice?
As a pastor and an elder, you should both know
that Jesus had worked and preached for three and a half years,
so He must have said many things.
Could He really only have said those things that were recorded in the Bible?
I remember what the apostle John said:
Pastor Xia,
how could you say that there are no words of God outside the Bible?
That doesn't make any sense.
Right.
The Lord Jesus clearly prophesied:
And in the Book of Revelation, this was prophesied many times:
According to what you're saying, there are no words of God out of the Bible,
so how could those prophecies and the words of the Lord be fulfilled?
Yes, the Lord's prophecies were very clear,
that after His return He would say many things and express many truths.
Pastor Xia,
you're limiting God's work and words to the Bible,
but not seeking the words of the Lord in the last days.
How will you be able to hear God's voice and welcome the Lord?
And tell me, how will you go to supper with the Lord?
Pastor Xia, Elder Shen,
you'll see if God's words can be out of the Bible
once you've listened to some of the words of this book.
Then go ahead and read it.
We actually do want to hear what is said in Almighty God's words.
God is the Lord of creation and the source of life for mankind.
God's words are an endless stream.
They are boundless.
The Bible is just the record of His work in the Age of Law and the Age of Grace.
His words documented in it are limited.
How could you limit God's work and words to just the Bible?
If we say that God could've only said those words in the Bible,
then aren't we limiting Him?
Isn't that blasphemy?
You are confining God's work and words to what exists in the Bible
and doing everything to resist God in the last days.
Aren't you taking the path of the Pharisees resisting God?
How can you be so incredibly unaware?
Sister Dong— (You say I'm taking the path of the Pharisees?)
What I'm doing is protecting the true way!
Dong Jingxin, you've been preaching for many years.
You should know well
that we have already been redeemed from our sins by believing in the Lord Jesus Christ.
We've already been saved by His grace. (Amen!)
In the last days He'll take us to His kingdom.
He can't do the work of salvation again.
Eastern Lightning says that the Lord has come to purify and save mankind,
but that's absolutely impossible!
If you want to keep believing in Eastern Lightning, okay.
We'll just go our separate ways.
However, I'll say the difficult words first.
You want to believe in Eastern Lightning, I won't interfere,
but you will not come to the church to convert.
If I discover that you've done that, I'll stop playing nice.
If then you're arrested and do more time,
don't say I didn't warn you!
Pastor Xia, you've finally said what's in your heart,
and now I can clearly see
that you don't allow us to look into Eastern Lightning
because you're afraid that everyone will accept Almighty God
and then you won't have any status.
You are madly resisting and condemning God's work to preserve your own status and income.
You're doing everything to stop us from studying the true way,
and you would even help the government to arrest believers.
What is the difference between that and the Pharisees condemning the Lord Jesus Christ?
You're evil servants who are stopping people from accepting the true way.
Dong Jingxin …
Let's go now!
Unbelievable!
Hey,
I've been thinking about what Pastor Xia said:
Once we believe in the Lord, we've repented of our sins,
and so we have been saved by His grace
that when He comes He will take us to His kingdom,
and that He wouldn't have to save us again.
I think that doesn't sound right,
but I don't understand why.
So, what do you think about this?
Yeah, I'm not really sure why either.
Look, there she is.
Sister Jingxin!
Hi!
Almighty God has already revealed all the mysteries of His management plan.
Almighty God has already revealed the answer to your question.
Really?
Hey, Chenguang, have a seat. (Okay.)
Shall we read a passage so you'll understand?
Okay.
Sister Yang, have a seat. (Thank you.)
Amen!
Praise God!
Doesn't your heart feel brighter after hearing His words?
Yes, Almighty God clearly explains God's work.
What the Lord Jesus did was just the work of redemption,
but that's not God's work in the last days of judging and purifying mankind.
We were redeemed from our sins because of our faith in the Lord,
and that way we escaped the punishment of the law,
but we all still lie and sin.
This shows that although we were forgiven of sin through our faith,
our original sinful nature is still there and hasn't been removed.
We still live with a satanic disposition because of the shackles of our sinful nature.
We have corruption of the flesh,
we show off, we're arrogant, we're brash.
True.
Especially when faced with hardships,
we blame the Lord,
we complain, judge Him, and even betray Him.
We don't put His words into practice so we're not living by His word.
Even if we frequently pray and confess to the Lord,
and work hard in the name of the Lord,
we can't escape the bonds and restraints of sin.
We always live in a state of sinning and confessing.
This is an issue that everyone who believes in God has.
Yeah, this is true.
These are all facts.
The Lord is holy:
We often sin, we sin only to confess afterward,
we lie and we cheat,
we don't obey the Lord, we don't practice His teachings.
If we believed but didn't get to go to heaven,
we would rebel,
we would blame God, condemn God, refuse Him, and walk away from Him.
That's really true.
How many people would still follow the Lord?
Even us, we still can't shake off our satanic disposition,
and we can't even practice His words.
How could we become people who carry out His will?
Is that kind of person worthy of entering the kingdom of heaven?
If even those people could enter it,
how would it be any different from this world?
It wouldn't be any different.
Yes.
Why do you think that the religious world was left by God?
Isn't it because they live within satanic dispositions,
frequently lie and sin, resist and judge God?
Not only do they not accept the Lord's return,
but they condemn the work of Almighty God.
They became enemies with Christ of the last days.
How could they not suffer God's curse?
That's right. Yeah, how?
How could God's righteous disposition tolerate the existence of those forces that resist Him?
We've seen that God's work and words of the last days
can only occur within The Church of Almighty God.
It can't be in other religious circles,
and it cannot be in the world.
So what does this tell us?
It's very evident that these are places of resistance to God,
and that God's will can absolutely not be carried out in places such as these.
That makes a lot of sense.
You said it so well!
Almighty God of the last days is here,
doing judgment work beginning at the house of God
based on the redemption of the Lord Jesus.
Through expressing the truth to purify people's satanic dispositions,
He is thoroughly saving mankind from the influence of Satan.
So then,
only by experiencing the judgment of Almighty God
can we escape our satanic disposition
and become obedient worshipers of God, be saved and enter His kingdom.
Thanks be to God!
If we only accept the Lord Jesus' redemption
but not God's work of judgment in the last days,
we can't possibly carry out the will of the heavenly Father,
and we won't really be obeying God.
That way, how could we be good enough to enter the kingdom of heaven?
That's true.
Now I'm clear on this.
It turns out that the Lord Jesus only did the work of redemption,
we've been redeemed from our sins, yet we often still lie and sin.
When things happen to us that don't go the way we want to,
we blame God.
If it weren't for entering the heavenly kingdom,
we wouldn't want to give up everything or tolerate suffering. (Yes.)
Finally I can see this clearly.
In the past the way we saw this was incredibly naive,
thinking that by believing in the Lord and being redeemed
we could enter His kingdom once and for all.
I never knew that God's work of saving man wasn't just to redeem mankind from sin,
but that He would also do the work of judgment and purification in the last days.
Only this way we'll be purified and truly saved.
And now Almighty God opened up about the mysteries of saving mankind.
My heart feels much brighter.
Thanks be to Almighty God! (Thanks be to God!)
Almighty God's words have revealed
the truth that we didn't understand after years of believing.
It has really opened up our eyes.
Reading Almighty God's words, we know the truth,
and we know how to obey God's work, how to believe and follow Him.
We don't need to be misled by the lies of our pastors and elders.
The words expressed by Almighty God
saved us from the constraints of the religious world.
Now that is all behind us, we feel much more at ease, don't we? (Yes.)
The more we read Almighty God's words, the brighter we feel, isn't it?
Hey, don't you think we are attending the Lord's feast?
Yes.
We've accepted Almighty God and welcomed the Lord,
and we read His words every day.
Isn't this attending the feast with the Lord? (It is for sure!)
We are so blessed! Thanks be to Almighty God! (Yes. Thanks be to God!)
We've just accepted Almighty God
and still don't understand many things in His words.
When I read at home on my own, my understanding is limited.
Chenguang,
we still have lots of puzzles.
You should come and teach us more.
Here's the thing, I still don't know that much yet,
so we could invite witnesses from The Church of Almighty God.
They share the truth with clarity,
and we can have them come and tell us.
What do you guys think? (Wonderful! That's great!)
You know, you've really spoken into my heart.
Our understanding is limited when we read God's words without fellowship on it.
It's wonderful to find others to talk to! (It really is!)
Thanks be to God!
Let's get the brothers and sisters to come together.
Great.
The more we talk about it, the clearer we'll be on it! (Yes.)
Brother Gao, Brother Li. (Yes.)
We've been reading Almighty God's words for a little while now,
and we've seen that the words He's expressed are really the truth,
that they truly are uttered by God, and they are His voice.
Thank God!
The words of Almighty God are wonderful!
They reveal so many mysteries,
allowing us to open our eyes and understand it.
Yes. Thanks be to God!
These truths are things we need in our lives,
and things we could never get while being in religion for many years.
Yeah. It's true. Right! Exactly.
But we've just accepted Almighty God,
so we have some questions we're not clear on.
We wanted to ask your help for resolution.
Then please go ahead. (Okay.)
We've read Almighty God's words and saw that some things are very harsh.
They are judgment of mankind and condemnation.
If God judges and curses people,
won't they just be condemned and punished then?
How can it be said that this judgment is to purify and save mankind?
We still don't entirely understand this, so I hope you can shed some light.
Yes.
Okay.
Oh, that's it!
God condemns mankind, so isn't that man being punished?
How is that saving us?
Yeah. Please explain why that is to us.
In the last days, God does the work of judgment
to make a group of overcomers,
those who are of one mind with God.
This was determined when He created the world.
Some people see that some of God's words condemn and curse people,
so they misinterpret it.
'Cause they don't know the work of God.
God's judgment in the last days
is the great white throne of judgment from the Book of Revelation.
God reveals His righteousness, majesty, and His wrath
to expose mankind and distinguish each person.
Beyond that, it's to end the old era and eliminate people of Satan.
Amen!
That is really true.
So for those of Satan who resist God,
should God not condemn and curse them?
Although there are words of judgment
and exposing the corruption revealed by God's chosen people,
and these may seem harsh,
this is to allow God's chosen ones to see the essence of their corruption,
and to bear the fruit of understanding the truth. (Yes! Right.)
If God wasn't so harsh, if His words didn't hit the nail on the head,
we wouldn't be able to see our own corruption and satanic natures,
and it wouldn't be possible for God's work in the last days
to achieve the outcome of purifying and perfecting mankind.
Everyone who loves the truth and respects facts
should be able to see that God's words are sharp,
whether they are chastising or condemning, they entirely tally with facts.
God speaks in a way that is practical and very genuine.
Yes. Amen. Very interesting points.
From the outcomes achieved by the harsh words of God,
we can all observe that within them is God's genuine love for mankind
and His good intentions of saving us.
Only those who detest the truth could think otherwise,
and only those who hate the truth could judge and condemn God's work.
Yes. All right.
By doing the work of judgment, God reveals every type of person.
God's work is so full of wisdom.
God has been working in China for more than 20 years,
and He has already made a group of overcomers.
They have undergone brutal suppression and persecution by the government,
and they stand witness.
This is the fruit achieved by God's words.
God's words have such authority!
Yes, thanks be to God! (Yes.)
They've all seen God's love within His words,
and they've seen how He's suffered to save mankind.
Even if some of His words are harsh they still obey them,
and from that they have a genuine knowledge of God's disposition.
They developed reverence and love for God.
They fulfill their duties faithfully and follow God until the end.
This is what most shames Satan,
and this is the proof of God defeating Satan.
Amen!
Being able to be this way after God's judgment is so wonderful!
I really admire them! (Me too.)
As for how God judges and purifies people in the last days,
let's look at some passages of His words, and we'll be clear.
Great! Wonderful!
Amen!
Brother Gao, may I read a passage? (Of course.)
Amen!
Almighty God's words are expressed so clearly, so plainly.
How could people misinterpret them! (Yeah, of course. Absolutely.)
People shouldn't do that to God's word. (It's so right!)
People like that are absurd!
Everyone who loves the truth should be able to accept it, (Yes.)
it's only people who hate the truth who condemn God's work. (Yes!)
Wasn't that exactly how the Pharisees were?
That's right.
Religious leaders and elders condemn Almighty God's work in the last days. (Yeah.)
They really are the modern-day Pharisees.
That's the truth. Yes.
After hearing this,
everyone should now be clear about why God does judgment work;
am I right, everyone?
Yes, it's much clearer now.
Mankind lives under the domain of Satan,
lives in sin, and relishes that sin.
No one in the religious community noticed God's arrival,
and none of them want to accept the truth.
Regardless of how people testify to God or spread His word,
how many people actually sought out God's appearance and work? (That's true.)
And how many are there who would accept and submit to God's judgment?
Don't you think mankind is corrupted to its very core? (It's true.)
Yes, it really is.
If not for God's judgment work of the last days,
would mankind who is so corrupted and who denies and resists God
receive God's salvation and be cleansed?
No way. No, of course not.
If not for God's judgment work of the last days,
who would make a group of overcomers?
How would the prophecies of Lord Jesus be fulfilled?
How would the kingdom of Christ be realized?
That's true.
Many people with faith in the Lord believe that He's loving and merciful,
and that no matter what sins we commit, God will absolve us.
They believe no matter how corrupt we are, no one will be cast aside
and that the Lord will rapture us no matter what.
Is this a reasonable viewpoint?
Is there something in His word to back this up?
No, there isn't. Not at all.
God is holy and righteous;
would He then allow people who are tainted by filth and corruption,
deniers of truth, and enemies of God
to enter into His kingdom?
No.
Absolutely not!
That's why the Lord prophesied He would return
and express the truth to do His judgment work
and thoroughly cleanse and save humanity.
As for mankind who has been corrupted deeply,
God will utter truth and do His judgment and chastisement.
This is the only way to awaken the hearts of man,
to conquer and free people from their satanic disposition.
Even though God's word of judgment against mankind for its filth,
corruption, disobedience, and resistance against God is harsh,
it nonetheless shows God's holy and righteous disposition,
and it also allows us to understand our satanic nature and the fact we are corrupt.
Through experiencing God's judgment,
we have all been conquered by God's word,
we have willingly submitted to His judgment, and understood the truth.
When we understand our own satanic nature,
then we achieve a true understanding of God's righteous disposition.
We have unconsciously changed our way of seeing things,
our life disposition has thoroughly changed,
and we are able to fear God and shun evil. (Amen!)
God's judgment has accomplished the creation of a group of overcomers.
This is the result of God's judgment in these final days,
and is the true significance of God's judgment beginning with His house.
Thank the Lord!
What can we see from this?
God judges and exposes men with His word not to punish and destroy man,
but to completely cleanse and change and save man.
Amen!
But for those people who refuse to accept the judgment of Almighty God,
when disaster comes, they will descend into it and be punished. (Oh, yes.)
Oh, what I understand from this
is that God judges man in order to save man, (Yes.)
but not to condemn or punish us.
Yes! Of course!
Just like when a child does something wrong and the parents speak harshly,
it's for the good of the child, so they can live up to expectations!
Yes, thanks be to God!
We've undergone a few years of God's judgment and understood some truths.
We have truly seen mankind's corruption by Satan,
that every person is full of things like arrogance, deceitfulness,
being egocentric, selfish, and despicable.
And often they can't help but lie, cheat, and resist God.
They are nearly devoid of any human likeness.
In front of God, we all feel shame and remorse, with nowhere to hide.
This is one thing we gain from undergoing the judgment of God's words.
The greatest thing we get
is a bit of true understanding of God's righteous disposition and holy essence,
so we can fear God and shun evil,
and live out the likeness of a real person.
Yeah.
All of us feel that we were purified by God,
and that we have been saved by Him.
Yes. Thanks be to God.
Back in the day when I was a leader in a church,
I was focused on my own status,
and I didn't take on the burden of my brothers and sisters.
I wanted people to surround me,
I was all high and mighty,
and nobody could change my mind.
When someone had a different opinion on something,
I wouldn't seek the truth.
I would just keep pushing my opinion so that the other person would obey.
Since I didn't focus on pursuing the truth and didn't have the truth,
when I preached I spoke of words and doctrines to show off and exalt myself.
That way,
I didn't really know that my own actions offended God's disposition.
Then there was one day that I read this in Almighty God's words:
Every bit of Almighty God's words contain authority and might,
and they stabbed my heart like a sword.
I had nowhere to hide, I was afraid,
and I felt that God was angry at me.
I could not help but fall in front of God and repent from my sins.
I believed in God but did not pursue the truth,
I didn't bear witness to Him,
but in performing my duty I often showed off
so that people would admire and look up to me.
Wasn't I deceiving others?
Wasn't I competing over status with God?
What's the difference between me and the archangel?
I was too arrogant, and I had no shame.
My actions offended God long before that even happened,
and someone like me who fought over status with God
would certainly be marked for elimination and should be cursed.
I was in great pain and became negative.
I prayed to God and sought the truth,
and then I read more of Almighty God's words:
From Almighty God's words, I suddenly saw the light,
and understood God's good intentions for me.
God's chastisement and judgment wasn't to eliminate me,
but to have me understand my own satanic nature,
to understand the nature and consequences of my actions,
and to see how God deals with people like me.
It was for me to genuinely repent, hate myself, forsake myself,
to pursue the truth, pursue a real change, live out a normal humanity.
His words corrected my misunderstandings.
I stopped being negative and weak, and began to pursue the truth.
When I turned to God I saw that He had not abandoned me,
nor was He treating me based on my transgressions.
He had illuminated and enlightened me,
and I understood the significance of God judging and chastising people.
I genuinely felt His mercy and salvation.
Thanks be to God!
Their experiences of God's work are so practical! (They are! True.)
After undergoing that judgment through God's words,
I came to know God's righteous disposition and holiness.
He hates our sins and satanic dispositions,
which is why He condemns and curses mankind.
I felt God's righteous disposition of not tolerating man's offenses,
and I started to revere Him.
Praise the Lord. Thanks be to God.
After undergoing that kind of judgment many times,
I had a genuine understanding of my own arrogant nature.
I was disgusted with myself, and I hated myself.
I became honest in fulfilling my duty, and I was no longer brash.
I stopped acting like that.
I was able to hold God up high and bear witness to Him,
and fulfill my duty according to His will.
With my brothers and sisters,
I dissected myself with consciousness and exposed my satanic ugliness.
I didn't focus so much on other people's judgment of me anymore.
And even when someone said something bad about me,
I could turn to God, seek the truth, and know myself.
That's amazing! (Thanks be to God!)
The fact that I had changed a little bit
was the outcome achieved by Almighty God's judgment and chastisement of me.
Thanks be to God!
If we don't go through that process,
would we be able to achieve the changes we really need?
No! Absolutely not!
Then are God's words of judgment the truth,
and are they really His voice?
They are. Yes. Of course. Absolutely.
Isn't God's judgment of mankind really salvation and love for mankind?
Yes! Of course. So right!
Almighty God's judgment of mankind is very practical—
it makes perfect sense. (It does. Yes.)
The more we fellowship His words,
the more I'm sure that His words express God's disposition and are God's voice.
Yes.
After reading Almighty God's words,
we can match it up to our own states.
Judgment like this is so beneficial for people! (Yeah. That's really true.)
When people who love the truth hear these words of judging and exposing mankind,
they are all convinced.
No wonder they had such quick progress!
Thanks be to God! That's true.
The experiences they're talking about are so practical.
Almighty God's words really can change and purify people!
Thanks be to God!
Your testimonies are so genuine!
They've made me see
that Almighty God's work of judgment is very practical,
and that He speaks very practically to judge and expose, and to guide, and to lead mankind.
It's all to purify and save mankind.
Almighty God's words are so powerful!
Not only can they purify and change our satanic dispositions,
but they can also give us a genuine understanding of God.
Amen! Yes! Yeah.
We can see that the words expressed by Almighty God
are all an expression of God's righteous disposition.
Every bit of it has might and power. (Amen!)
Our eyes have really been opened, haven't they? (Yes!)
Thanks be to God! It's true.
Every sentence in Almighty God's words can open up our eyes,
and they can meet our needs in our hearts.
What a wonderful, beautiful voice! (Amen. Yes, it is.)
Thanks be to God!
Today we've been able to hear the voice of God and accept His judgment.
I feel so happy.
Yes. Me too.
Believing in God for years,
we've always hoped that one day we could be like the disciples of the Lord Jesus
and live alongside the Lord every day,
listen to Him preach and teach us,
that would be wonderful.
Now that wish has finally been realized.
We have accepted Almighty God,
and every day we can enjoy being enlightened and watered by His words.
We are attending the wedding and the feast of the Lamb in the kingdom of heaven. (Yes. Amen!)
We are so blessed! (Yes. Praise be to God.)
Thanks be to Almighty God!