I

Although the Bible brings together some of the books of the words of life,

and although people can be provided for and assisted by these books,

these books are still out of date, they still belong to the old age,

and no matter how good they are,

they are only suitable for one period, and are not everlasting.

For God’s work is always developing, always developing,

and it cannot always remain in the Age of Grace in which Jesus was crucified.

And so, these books are only suitable for the Age of Grace,

not for the Age of Kingdom of the last days.

They can only provide for the believers of the Age of Grace,

not for the saints of the Age of Kingdom,

and no matter how good they are, they are still obsolete.

II

It’s the same with Jehovah’s work of creation or His work in Israel:

No matter how great this work was, it would still become outdated,

and the time would still come when it passed.

God’s work is also the same: It’s great,

but there will come a time when it ends;

it cannot always remain amidst the work of the creation,

nor among that of the crucifixion.

No matter how convincing the work of the crucifixion,

no matter how effective it was in defeating Satan,

work is, after all, still work, and the ages are, after all, still ages;

work cannot always stay on the same foundation,

nor can times never change,

because there was the creation and there must be the last days.

This is inevitable, inevitable!

III

Today the words of life in the New Testament have become historical books,

they have become old almanacs,

and how could the old almanacs take people into the new age?

No matter how capable these almanacs are of providing people with life,

no matter how able they are to lead people to the cross,

are they not outdated? Are they not bereft of value?

Thus, you should not blindly believe in these almanacs.

They are too old, they are too old,

they cannot bring you into the new work, and they can only burden you.

Not only can they not bring you into the new work, and into new entry,

but they take you into old religious churches—

and then would you not be regressing in your belief in God?

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