I

The purpose and significance of God’s arrival among man

is to save all mankind,

to bring all mankind back to His household, to reunite heaven with earth,

and to make man convey the “signals” between heaven and earth,

for such is the inherent function of man.

At the time when God created mankind,

He had made all things ready for mankind,

and later, He allowed mankind to receive the riches

He gave them according to His requirements.

Thus, God says that it’s under His guidance

that all mankind has reached today.

And this is all God’s plan.

II

Among all mankind,

countless numbers of people exist under the protection of God’s love,

and countless numbers live under the chastisement of His hate,

under the chastisement of His hate.

People all pray to God,

but still they cannot change their present circumstances;

once they’ve lost hope,

they can only let nature take its course and cease to rebel against Him,

for this is all that can be accomplished by man.

When it comes to the state of man’s life, man has yet to find the real life,

he still has not seen through to the injustice, desolation,

and miserable conditions of the world—

and so, were it not for the advent of disaster,

most people would still embrace Mother Nature,

and would still engross themselves in the flavors of “life.”

Is this not the reality of the world? Is this not the reality of the world?

Is this not the voice of salvation that God speaks forth to man?

III

Why, among mankind, has no one ever truly loved God?

Why does man love God only when amidst chastisement and trials,

yet no one loves Him while being under His protection?

God has bestowed His chastisement many times upon mankind.

They take a look at it, but then they ignore it,

and they do not study and contemplate it at this time,

they do not study and contemplate it at this time,

and so all that comes upon man is merciless judgment.

This is only one of God’s methods of working,

but it is still in order to change man and make him love God,

to change man and make him love God.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. God’s Words to the Entire Universe, Chapter 29