I

From when God first engaged with mankind He began to make public to man

His essence and what He has and is without interruption.

Regardless of whether earlier people or the people of today

can see or understand it,

God speaks to man and works among man,

revealing His disposition and expressing His essence—

this is a fact, and undeniable by anyone.

God’s disposition, God’s essence, and what He has and is

are constantly issued forth and revealed as He works and engages with man.

God’s disposition, God’s essence, and what He has and is

are constantly issued forth and revealed as He works and engages with man.

II

He has never concealed or hidden anything from man,

but instead makes public and releases His own disposition

without holding anything back, without holding anything back.

God hopes that man can know Him and understand His disposition and essence.

He does not wish for man to treat His disposition and essence

as eternal mysteries,

nor does He want mankind to regard God

as a puzzle that can never be solved.

Only when mankind knows God can man know the way forward

and accept God’s guidance,

and only a mankind such as this can truly live under God’s dominion,

and live in the light, amid God’s blessings.

Only when mankind knows God can man know the way forward

and accept God’s guidance,

and only a mankind such as this can truly live under God’s dominion,

and live in the light, amid God’s blessings.

from The Word, Vol. 2. On Knowing God. God’s Work, God’s Disposition, and God Himself II