I

For several millennia, man has longed to be able to witness

the arrival of the Savior.

Man has longed to behold Jesus the Savior riding a white cloud

as He descends, in person,

among those who have pined and yearned for Him

for thousands of years.

Man has also longed for the Savior to return and be reunited with them,

to return and be reunited with them,

and to once again carry out the work of redemption that He did among the Jews,

to be merciful and loving toward man, to forgive man’s sins,

to forgive man’s sins and bear man’s sins,

and even bear all of man’s transgressions

and save man from sin, save man from sin.

II

Yet Jesus the Savior did not do this;

He did the opposite of what man conceived.

He did not arrive among those who had yearned for His return,

and He did not appear to all people while riding upon the white cloud.

He has already arrived, but man does not know,

but man does not know, and remains ignorant.

Man is merely awaiting Him aimlessly,

unaware that He has already descended upon a “white cloud”

(the cloud which is His Spirit, His words, His entire disposition,

His entire disposition and all that He is),

and He is now among a group of overcomers

that He will make during the last days.

III

Man does not know this: Despite all the affection and love

the holy Savior Jesus has for man,

how can He work in those “temples”

inhabited by filth and impure spirits?

Though man has been awaiting His arrival,

how could He appear to those who eat the flesh of the unrighteous,

drink the blood of the unrighteous, and wear the clothes of the unrighteous,

who believe in Him but do not know Him, and who constantly extort Him,

who believe in Him but do not know Him, and who constantly extort Him?

IV

Man knows only that Jesus the Savior

is full of love and overflowing with mercy,

and that He is the sin offering, filled with redemption,

He is the sin offering, filled with redemption.

However, man has no idea that He’s God Himself,

who’s brimming with righteousness, majesty, wrath, and judgment,

possessed of authority, and full of dignity,

possessed of authority, and full of dignity.

Even though man eagerly yearns for and craves the return of the Redeemer,

and even their prayers move “Heaven,”

Jesus the Savior does not appear to those

who believe in Him but do not know Him.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. The Savior Has Already Returned Upon a “White Cloud”