I

God’s creation of the world goes back thousands of years.

He has come to earth to do an immeasurable amount of work,

an immeasurable amount of work,

and He has experienced to the full the human world’s rejection and slander.

No one welcomes God’s arrival; He is greeted coldly.

In the course of these several thousand years,

these several thousand years of rough going,

man’s conduct has long since wounded God to the quick.

He no longer pays attention to people’s rebellion,

and has instead made another plan to transform and purify man.

II

The derision, slander, persecution,

tribulation, the suffering of crucifixion, the ostracism by man and so on,

which God has encountered since coming into the flesh:

God has tasted enough of these things,

and as for the hardships of the human world,

God who has come into the flesh has suffered all of these,

has suffered all of these to the full.

The Spirit of God the Father in heaven

has long since found such sights to be unbearable

and, throwing back His head and shutting His eyes,

waits for His beloved Son to return.

III

All He wishes is that humanity will listen and submit,

will feel the utmost shame before His flesh, and cease to rebel against Him.

All He wishes is that humanity will be able to believe in God’s existence.

All He wishes is that humanity will be able to believe in God’s existence.

He has long since stopped making greater demands of man,

because God has paid too high a price,

yet man is resting easy, and does not take God’s work to heart in the least,

yet man is resting easy, and does not take God’s work to heart in the least.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Work and Entry (4)