There's also Revelation 3:3,
These prophecies say the Lord will come as a thief.
He will come quietly, without everyone knowing. (Yeah!)
Therefore, when it comes to the return of the Lord,
we mustn't make assumptions but rather seek and investigate fully.
That's the only way we'll have a chance to welcome Him!
We must investigate more! (Yes!)
Brother Fang, there are many prophecies that the Lord will return like a thief.
But the religious world unanimously interprets this
as not knowing when the Lord will return.
Right.
Just as the Lord Jesus said,
In my mind, this is saying that when no one expects it,
the Lord will descend with the clouds to take the saints.
That sounds about right.
Now that you say it,
this reminds me of when I was hiding at my relative's house,
I met some people from the Eastern Lightning. (The Eastern Lightning?)
Yes!
They communed with me on some prophecies like Revelation 16:15,
And also Matthew 25:6,
As well as Revelation 3:20,
According to their interpretation of the Lord's words,
He shall return like a thief,
and it will be "at midnight" when someone witnesses "the bridegroom comes."
This explains that at a time unknown to us all,
God will become flesh as Son of man, and secretly descend to speak and work.
It is not something that all can see or know.
Only those who know the Lord's voice
can recognize that He is the Lord and accept Him.
Indeed, it's so.
They also said only those who seek the Lord's voice
when told someone's witnessed His return
can be brought before the throne to attend the Lord's banquet.
Ah, what they said is right.
The Lord Jesus said clearly in these passages.
Not everyone will be able to see the Lord's return.
Only those who recognize His voice are able to meet Him.
If the Lord's return is the "descend with the clouds" that we imagine,
then wouldn't all be able to see it? (Yes.)
It seems there's a mystery in how the Lord will come.
Sister Xu, from hearing your words,
it seems what was said by those from the Eastern Lightning
conforms with the Lord's prophecies.
The Lord Jesus' prophecies indeed mention listening to the Lord's voice.
Right.
We must listen to His voice in order to be able to welcome His return. (Right.)
All that you have said makes sense.
We held to the Lord descending with the clouds,
but ignored other prophecies of His return. (Right.)
This made it easy to make mistakes!
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but not a stroke of the Lord's words shall.
Right.
Since they're all the Lord's prophecies, they must all be fulfilled. (Yeah.)
His words will not be unfulfilled!
As to how the Lord's prophecies will be fulfilled,
there must be mysteries and truths that we're unable to fathom.
Indeed! That's true.
We mustn't arbitrarily delineate.
Yeah!
Over these years,
the Eastern Lightning has testified that the Lord has returned,
uttered the truth, and begun His judgment work of the last days,
and yet we have never sought and looked into it, (It's true. Right.)
but instead followed pastors and elders in condemning the Eastern Lightning.
Indeed! That's true.
From the look of things, what we were doing may be quite wrong! (Yeah!)
We should now investigate the Eastern Lightning
to see whether what they preach is the true way.
Yes, we should seek and investigate! (Yeah!)
Sister Xu, (Yes?)
can you invite people from the Church of Almighty God
to come communicate with us? (Oh, yes!)
We should seek and investigate!