I

Now the age has changed, and God’s work has progressed further;

it’s through chastisement and judgment

that the rebelliousness of man

and the unclean things within man will be purged away.

During the work of redemption,

God must show enough grace for man to enjoy,

so that man might be redeemed from sin

and, by means of grace, be forgiven his sins.

This stage is to reveal the unrighteousness

within man through chastisement, judgment, the smiting of words,

as well as the discipline and exposure of words,

so that man may be saved afterward.

This work goes deeper than redemption.

II

The grace in the Age of Grace was sufficient for man’s enjoyment;

now that man has experienced this grace,

he is no longer to enjoy it.

This work is now past its time and is no longer to be done.

Now man is to be saved through the judgment of the word.

After man is judged, chastised, and refined,

his disposition is thereby changed.

Is this not all because of the words God has spoken?

Each stage of work is done in line

with the progress of the whole human race and with the age.

The work is all significant, it’s all done for the final salvation.

It’s so man may have a good destination

and be classed according to kind in the end.

Each stage of work is done in line

with the progress of the whole human race and with the age.

The work is all significant, it’s all done for the final salvation.

It’s so man may have a good destination

and be classed according to kind in the end.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. The Mystery of the Incarnation (4)