(from the words of Almighty God)

All people need to understand the aims of My work on earth, that is, what I ultimately wish to gain, and what level I must achieve in this work before it can be complete. If, after walking with Me to this day, people do not understand what My work is all about, then have they not walked with Me in vain? If people follow Me, they should know My intentions. I have been working on earth for thousands of years, and to this day, I continue to carry out My work thus. Although My work contains many projects, its purpose remains unchanged; though I am filled with judgment and chastisement toward man, for example, what I do is still for the sake of saving him, and for the sake of better spreading My gospel and further expanding My work among all the Gentile nations once man has been made complete. So today, at a time when many people have long since sunk deep into dismay, I still continue with My work, I continue the work I must do to judge and chastise man. Despite the fact that man is fed up with what I say, and he has no desire to concern himself with My work, I am still carrying out My duty, for the purpose of My work remains unchanged, and My original plan will not be broken. The purpose of My judgment is to enable man to better submit to Me, and the purpose of My chastisement is to enable man to better achieve change. Though everything I do is for the sake of My management, I have never done any work that was without benefit to man, for I wish to make all the nations beyond Israel as submissive as the Israelites, to make them into real human beings, that I might have a foothold in the lands outside Israel. This is My management; it is My work among the Gentile nations. Even now, many people still do not understand My management, because they don’t care about such things, and instead care about their own futures and destinations. No matter what I say, people remain indifferent to the work that I do, instead wholeheartedly focusing on their future destinations. If things go on in this way, how can My work spread? How can My gospel be preached throughout the world? You should know that when My work spreads, I will scatter you, and smite you just as Jehovah smote each of the tribes of Israel. All this will be done so that My gospel may spread all over the earth, so that My work may spread to the Gentile nations, thus enabling My name to be honored as great among adults and children alike, and My holy name to be extolled in the mouths of the people from all ethnicities and nations. In this final age, let My name be exalted as great among the Gentile nations, let My deeds be seen by the people of the Gentile nations, let them call Me the Almighty on account of My deeds, and let My words soon come to pass. I will make all people know that I am not only the God of the Israelites, but also the God of the people of all the Gentile nations, even those nations that I have cursed. I will make all people see that I am the God of all created beings. This is My greatest work, the purpose of My work plan for the last days, and the only work that I wish to accomplish in the last days.

—The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. The Work of Spreading the Gospel Is Also the Work of Saving Man

Are you able to communicate the disposition expressed by God in each age in a concrete way, with language that is appropriate and carries the significance of that age? Are you, who experience God’s work of the last days, able to describe God’s righteous disposition in detail? Can you testify to God’s disposition clearly and accurately? How will you tell of what you have seen and experienced to those pitiable, poor, and devout religious believers who hunger and thirst for righteousness and are waiting for you to shepherd them? What kind of people are waiting for you to shepherd them? Can you imagine? Are you aware of the burden on your shoulders, your commission, and your responsibility? Where is your sense of historic mission? How will you serve properly as a master of the next age? Do you have a strong sense of being a master? How should the master of all things be explained? Is it really the master of all living creatures and of all physical things in the world? What plans do you have for the progress of the next phase of the work? How many people are waiting for you to shepherd them? Is your task a heavy one? They are poor, pitiable, blind, and at a loss, wailing in the darkness—where is the way? How they yearn for the light, like a shooting star, to suddenly descend and dispel the forces of darkness that have oppressed man for so many years. They anxiously hope, and pine, day and night, for it—who can know this completely? Even on the day when the light flashes past, these deeply suffering people remain imprisoned in a dark dungeon without hope of release; when will they weep no longer? Terrible is the misfortune of these fragile spirits who have never been granted rest, and long have they been kept bound in this state by merciless bonds and frozen history. And who has heard the sound of their wailing? Who has seen their miserable state? Has it ever occurred to you how grieved and anxious God’s heart is? How can He bear to see innocent mankind, whom He created with His own hands, suffering such torment? Human beings, after all, are the victims who have been poisoned. And although man has survived to this day, who would have known that mankind has long been poisoned by the evil one? Have you forgotten that you are one of the victims? Are you not willing to strive, out of your love for God, to save all these survivors? Are you not willing to devote all of your strength to repaying God, who loves mankind like His own flesh and blood? How exactly would you comprehend being used by God to live your extraordinary life? Do you really have the resolve and faith to live the meaningful life of a pious, God-serving person?

—The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. How Should You Attend to Your Future Mission?

What you have experienced and seen surpasses that of the saints and prophets from all ages, but are you able to provide testimony to Me greater than the words of these saints and prophets of times past? What I now bestow upon you surpasses Moses and eclipses David, so likewise I ask that your testimony surpass Moses and that your words be greater than David. I give you a hundredfold—so I likewise ask you to repay Me in kind. You must know I am the One who bestows life unto mankind, and it is you who receive life from Me and must bear witness for Me. This is your duty which I send down upon you and which you ought to do for Me. I have bestowed all My glory unto you, I have bestowed unto you the life that the chosen people of Israel never received. You ought to bear witness to Me and devote to Me your youth and lay down your life. Whomsoever I bestow My glory unto shall bear witness to Me and give their life for Me—this has long been preordained by Me. It is your good fortune that I bestow My glory upon you, and your duty is to bear testimony to My glory. If you were to believe in Me only for the sake of blessings, then My work would bear little significance, and you would not be performing your duty. The Israelites saw only My mercy, love, and greatness, and the Jews witnessed only My patience and redemption. They saw very, very little of the work of My Spirit, to the point that they understood but one-ten-thousandth of what you have heard and seen. What you have seen exceeds even the chief priests among them. The truths you understand today surpass theirs; what you have seen today exceeds what was seen in the Age of Law, as well as the Age of Grace, and what you have experienced surpasses even Moses and Elijah. For what the Israelites understood was only the law of Jehovah, and what they saw was only the sight of Jehovah’s back; what the Jews understood was only the redemption of Jesus, what they received was only the grace bestowed by Jesus, and what they saw was only the image of Jesus within the house of the Jews. What you see this day is the glory of Jehovah, the redemption of Jesus, and all My deeds of this day. So, too, have you heard the words of My Spirit, appreciated My wisdom, come to know My wonder, and learned of My disposition. I have also told you all of My management plan. What you have seen is not merely a loving and merciful God, but a God filled with righteousness. You have seen My wondrous work and known that I brim with majesty and wrath. Furthermore, you know that I once brought down My raging fury upon the house of Israel, and that today, it has come upon you. You understand more of My mysteries in heaven than Isaiah and John; you know more of My loveliness and venerableness than all the saints of ages past. What you have received is not merely My truth, My way, and My life, but a vision and revelation greater than that of John. You understand many more mysteries, and have also looked upon My true countenance; you have accepted more of My judgment and know more of My righteous disposition. And so, though you were born in the last days, your understanding is that of the former and the past, and you have also experienced the things of today, and this was all personally done by Me. What I ask of you is not excessive, for I have given you so much, and you have seen much in Me. Thus, I ask you to bear witness for Me to the saints of ages past, and this is My heart’s only desire.

—The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. What Do You Know of Faith?

What I desire is your loyalty and submission now, your love and testimony now. Even if you do not know at this moment what testimony is or what love is, you should bring to Me your all, and turn over to Me the only treasures you have: your loyalty and submission. You should know that the testimony to My defeat of Satan lies within the loyalty and submission of man, as does the testimony to My complete conquest of man. The duty of your faith in Me is to bear witness to Me, to be loyal to Me and none other, and to be submissive to the end. Before I begin the next step of My work, how will you bear witness to Me? How will you be loyal and submissive to Me? Will you show devotion to your function, or will you simply give up? Would you rather submit to My every arrangement (even if it be death or destruction), or flee midway to avoid My chastisement? I chastise you so that you will bear witness to Me, and be loyal and submissive to Me. What’s more, the chastisement at present is to unfold the next step of My work and to allow the work to progress unimpeded. Hence, I exhort you to be wise and treat neither your life nor the significance of your existence as worthless sand. Can you know exactly what My work to come will be? Do you know how I will work in the days to come, and how My work will unfold? You should know the significance of your experience of My work, and furthermore, the significance of your faith in Me. I have done so much; how could I give up halfway, as you imagine? I have done such extensive work; how could I destroy it? Indeed, I have come to bring this age to an end. This is true, but moreover you must know that I am to begin a new age, to begin new work, and, most of all, to spread the gospel of the kingdom. So you should know that the present work is only to begin an age and to lay the foundation for spreading the gospel in the time to come and bringing the age to an end in the future. My work is not so simple as you think, nor is it as worthless or meaningless as you may believe. Therefore, I still must say to you: You ought to give your life to My work, and moreover, you ought to devote yourself to My glory. Long have I yearned for you to bear witness to Me, and even longer have I yearned for you to spread My gospel. You ought to understand what is in My heart.

—The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. What Do You Know of Faith?

Throughout the universe I am doing My work, and in the East, thunderous booming issues forth endlessly, shaking all nations and denominations. It is My utterances that have led all men to the present day. I cause all men to be conquered by My utterances, to fall into this stream, and to surrender before Me, for I have long since withdrawn My glory from all the earth and issued it forth anew in the East. Who does not long to see My glory? Who does not anxiously look forward to My return? Who does not thirst for My reappearance? Who does not long for My loveliness? Who would not come to the light? Who would not behold the richness of Canaan? Who does not long for the return of the Redeemer? Who does not admire Him who possesses great power? My utterances shall be propagated throughout the earth; I will utter and speak words more to My chosen people, like mighty thunder shaking the mountains and rivers. I speak My words to the whole universe and to mankind. Hence the words from My mouth have become man’s treasure, and all men cherish My words. The lightning flashes from the East all the way to the West. My words are such that man is loath to part with them, and they are also unfathomable to man, and even more so they cause man to feel joy. Like newborn infants, all men feel glad and joyful, and celebrate My coming. By means of My utterances, I shall bring all men before Me. Thenceforth, I shall formally enter into the midst of men, and make it so that they will come to pay homage to Me. With the glory that I issue forth and the words from My mouth, all men come before Me, and see that the lightning flashes from the East, that I have also descended unto the “Mount of Olives” in the East, and have long since come to earth, and that I am no longer the Son of Jews, but the Lightning of the East. For I have long since been resurrected, and have departed from mankind’s midst, and then reappeared with glory among men. I am He who was worshiped countless ages before now, and I am also the infant that was forsaken by the Israelites countless ages before now. Even more so, I am the all-glorious Almighty God of the present age! Let all come before My throne and see My glorious countenance, hear My utterances, and behold My deeds. This is the entirety of My intention; it is the end and the climax of My plan, as well as the purpose of My management: to have the myriad nations pay homage to Me, the myriad mouths acknowledge Me, the myriad people put their trust in Me, and the myriad of My chosen people surrender to Me!

—The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. The Seven Thunders Peal—Prophesying That the Gospel of the Kingdom Shall Spread Throughout the Universe