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God has sovereignty over all mankind’s fate and over the universe and all things. No matter how big the world or how vast the universe, from the macroscopic to the microscopic, God reigns sovereign over all and orchestrates all things. No matter man’s wishes, aspirations, demands, or the direction in which he is inclined to develop, from where God stands, His sovereignty and orchestrations are not affected by these things in the slightest. What is the principle by which God reigns sovereign over, and orchestrates, all things? On what is it based? What is God’s goal in doing all of this? What does it revolve around? Everything God does revolves around the management plan of God. These words sound somewhat inconceivable, but they have a deeper connotation.

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None of the work God does is swayed by man’s wishes. God’s sovereignty and orchestrations; the way He orchestrates countries, peoples, or ethnic groups; or the things He arranges to happen in any given era are not swayed by the wishes of man. God is not limited by time, space, geography, or people. Everything He does is carried out exactly according to His plan, and no man can thwart or disturb it. No matter whether you’re willing or not, and no matter what the subjective wishes are of mankind or a particular ethnic group, no man or thing is capable of disturbing, destroying, or swaying what God has decided to do. This is the authority of God.

from The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. Only by Understanding the Truth Can One Know God’s Deeds