The words of Almighty God and the fellowship given by the brother convinced me totally, and I nodded and said, “So God chooses where to perform His work according to the needs of His work! All I knew before now was that God’s previous two stages of work were performed in Israel, and I had no idea that there was such profound meaning behind His work. In the last days, God will perform the work of judging and purifying man, and Chinese people are the ones amongst all of mankind who are the most corrupt and the most resistant to God. When God makes these people, who are the most rebellious and resistant to Him, into people who truly obey Him and worship Him, then it will be easier for Him to do this with people of other nations. This really is a mystery!”
Just then, one of the sisters said cheerfully, “Thanks be to God! That we can come to have this understanding is all down to His guidance! Actually, there is another meaning to God incarnating in the last days and working in China. Let’s read another passage of God’s words, and then we’ll understand. Almighty God says, ‘If His current work were carried out among the Israelites, by the time His six-thousand-year management plan comes to a close, everyone would believe that God is only the God of the Israelites, that only the Israelites are God’s chosen people, that only the Israelites deserve to inherit God’s blessing and promise. God’s incarnation during the last days in the Gentile nation of the country of the great red dragon accomplishes the work of God as the God of all creation; He completes the whole of His management work, and He ends the central part of His work in the nation of the great red dragon. The core of these three stages of work is the salvation of man—namely, making all of creation worship the Creator. Thus, there is great meaning to each stage of work; God does nothing that is without meaning or value. … The previous two stages of God’s work were carried out in Israel. If this stage of His work during the last days were also carried out among the Israelites, not only would all of creation believe that only the Israelites were God’s chosen people, but God’s entire management plan would fail to attain its desired effect. During the period in which the two stages of His work were carried out in Israel, no new work—nor any work of launching a new era—was carried out among the Gentile nations. Today’s stage of work—the work of launching a new era—is first carried out among the Gentile nations, and is, furthermore, initially carried out among the descendants of Moab, thus launching the entire era. God has shattered any knowledge contained within human notions, permitting none of it to remain. In His work of conquest, He has shattered human notions, those old, earlier human ways of knowledge. He lets people see that with God there are no rules, that there is nothing old about God, that the work He does is entirely liberated, entirely free, and that He is right in all He does. You must fully submit to any work that He does among creation. All of the work He does has meaning, and is carried out according to His own will and wisdom, and not according to human choices and notions. If something is beneficial to His work, He does it; and if something is not beneficial to His work, He does not, no matter how good it is! He works and selects the recipients and location of His work in accordance with the meaning and purpose of His work. He does not adhere to past rules when He works, nor does He follow old formulas. Instead, He plans His work according to the work’s significance. Ultimately, He will attain a genuine effect and the anticipated goal. If you do not understand these things today, this work will have no effect in you’” (“God Is the Lord of All Creation” in The Word Appears in the Flesh).”
After she’d read God’s words, she then gave fellowship. “The two previous stages of God’s work were performed in Israel, and so our conceptions dictate to us that when God returns in the last days, He will surely come into Israel, that God is the God of the Israelites, that only the Israelites are God’s chosen people, and that they are the ones whom God loves and saves. By incarnating and performing His work in China in the last days, God has destroyed our notions and imaginings and has made us see that His work follows no rule whatsoever; God is not the God of any one nation or people, but is the God of all mankind and the God of all created beings! According to the needs of His work, God may choose a suitable location to work and targets to work on and He may work in any nation. But no matter in what nation God performs His work or on whom He works, His identity, position and essence are unchanging. Whether Israelite or Gentile, western or eastern, all people were created by God, and all should believe in and worship God. By working in China, God perfectly embodies the fairness and righteousness of the Creator, and He treats all of mankind whom He created equally. God’s work brims with wisdom, it is wondrous and unfathomable, and no matter what God does, it is always done out of love for us and to save us, and we all ought to accept and submit to His work.”
After listening to God’s words and the sister’s fellowship, I nodded and said, “I now understand that God has incarnated to perform His work in China in order to counter our conceptions and imaginings, to enable us to know that God is the God of all mankind, and so that we never again delimit the appearance and work of God. I never knew God’s work, and when I saw that God’s previous two stages of work had both been performed in Israel, I believed that the return of God in the last days should also happen in Israel, and so I ended up delimiting the appearance and work of God. What a fool I was! By going by my conceptions and believing that God was only the God of the Israelites and not of all mankind, I was surely denying that God rules the fate of all mankind! God is the God of all mankind, not just the God of any one nation or people. By appearing and performing His work in China, He embodies His love for all mankind!” Hearing me say this, the brother and the two sisters all said joyfully, “Thanks be to God!”
I Recognize God’s Omnipotence and Wisdom and Joyfully Welcome the Lord’s Return
They then played for me a music video called “God Has Brought His Glory to the East,” and a documentary, The One Who Holds Sovereignty Over Everything, both of which were produced by The Church of Almighty God. I was deeply drawn in by the magnificent imagery and the harmonious music in the documentary, and the imposing scenery and the narrator’s commentary enabled me to see that God rules all things, that He manages the vast star-filled universe and that He also rules the fates of mankind—it was so deeply stirring. The brother and the two sisters then played for me a recital video of God’s words, and I saw God’s words that say: “This is because, no matter where He reveals Himself, God is still God, and His substance will never change on account of the location or manner of His appearance. The disposition of God remains the same regardless of where His footprints are, and no matter where the footprints of God are, He is the God of all mankind, just as the Lord Jesus is not only the God of the Israelites, but is also the God of all the people of Asia, Europe, and America, and even more than that, He is the one and only God in the entire universe. So let us seek God’s will and discover His appearance in His utterances, and keep pace with His footsteps! God is the truth, the way, and the life. His words and His appearance exist concurrently, and His disposition and footprints are open to mankind at all times” (“The Appearance of God Has Ushered in a New Age” in The Word Appears in the Flesh). I couldn’t help but feel all kinds of emotions surge through me as I thought, “Yes! God is the Creator, and whether He works in Israel or in China, He is always the unique God Himself. His essence, His disposition and what He has and is can never change, and God will always be the truth, the way and the life. I must read Almighty God’s words in earnest and investigate it diligently; I must not lose my chance to witness the appearance of God.”
Over the next two days, the brother and the two sisters once again fellowshiped with me about many truths concerning God’s work in the last days. The more I heard, the more light filled my heart, and I became much clearer about how God judges, purifies and perfects man. From the bottom of my heart, I became sure that the words of Almighty God are the utterances of God’s own mouth, and I began to yearn to hear even more of Almighty God’s words. The only thing was that it was time for me to return to the US, so I left my address and telephone number with the brother and sisters, and I asked them to help me get in touch with The Church of Almighty God in the US.
Once I was back in the US, I followed the advice given to me by one of the sisters and searched for “kingdom gospel” online. Wow! The page that appeared showed a heart-moving image that said, “Christ of the Last Days Has Appeared in China,” and the page’s content was so rich and varied. There were books of God’s words, hymns, all manner of videos, experiences and testimonies of brothers and sisters, and so on. I clicked on the link for “Gospel Videos” and saw movies, music videos, sketches, stage plays, and so on. Afterward, I cried as I watched a documentary called A Youth of Bloody Tears about the CCP’s persecution of Christians. That brothers and sisters could live in such an abominable environment in China and yet still unshakably believe in God and follow God was the result achieved by God’s work and it was a testimony to God’s glory—God truly has gained a group of overcomers in China! I hadn’t been back for 10 days before brothers and sisters from the US branch of The Church of Almighty God got in touch with me.
I now live the church life, and the more I read of Almighty God’s words, the more I come to appreciate God’s love and His painstaking efforts to save people. God fervently hopes that all who yearn for His appearance can come before Him, accept His provision of the living water of life, rid ourselves of the harm of Satan and live in the light as soon as may be. I am so fortunate to have been able to come before God and to accept the salvation of His words. I cherish even more the chance God has given me to attain true salvation and I actively engage with the ranks of people who preach the gospel so that, together with my brothers and sisters, I can preach God’s work of the last days to even more people. Thanks be to God!
Source From: The Church of Almighty God