I

The 6,000 years of God’s management work are divided into three stages:

the Age of Law, the Age of Grace, and the Age of Kingdom.

These three stages of work are all for the sake of mankind’s salvation,

that is, they’re for the salvation of mankind

that has been deeply corrupted by Satan.

However, at the same time,

they’re also so that God may do battle with Satan.

Thus, just as the work of salvation is divided into three stages,

so the battle with Satan is also divided into three stages,

and these two aspects of God’s work are conducted simultaneously.

The battle with Satan is actually for the sake of mankind’s salvation,

is actually for the sake of mankind’s salvation,

and because the work of mankind’s salvation

is not something that can be successfully completed in a single stage,

the battle with Satan is also divided into phases and periods,

is also divided into phases and periods,

and war is waged upon Satan in accordance with the needs of man

and the extent of Satan’s corruption of him.

II

There are three stages to the work of man’s salvation,

which is to say that the battle with Satan has been split into three stages,

in order to defeat Satan once and for all,

in order to defeat Satan once and for all.

Yet the inner truth of the entire work of the battle with Satan

is that its effects are achieved through several steps of work:

bestowing grace upon man, becoming man’s sin offering,

forgiving the sins of man,

conquering man, and making man perfect.

The battle with Satan is not the taking up of arms against Satan,

rather it’s the bearing of testimony to God through saving man,

working the life of man, and changing man’s disposition,

and thereby defeating Satan.

When Satan has been defeated,

that is, when man has been completely saved,

then the humiliated Satan will be completely bound,

and in this way, man will have been completely saved.

In this way, man will have been completely saved.

III

The essence of man’s salvation is the war against Satan,

and this war is primarily reflected in the salvation of man.

The stage of the last days, in which man is to be conquered,

is the last stage in the battle with Satan,

and it is also the work of man’s complete salvation

from the power of Satan.

If man is freed from the influence and bondage of Satan,

then Satan will be shamed,

man will ultimately be taken back, and Satan will be defeated.

And because man has been freed from the dark influence of Satan,

man will become the spoils of this entire battle,

and Satan will become the object to be punished

once the battle has finished,

after which the entire work of mankind’s salvation

will have been completed.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Restoring the Normal Life of Man and Taking Him to a Wonderful Destination