105 The Three Stages of Work Tell All About God’s Management of Man
Verse 1
The work of managing mankind
is divided in three stages,
which means the work of saving man
is divided in three stages.
These three stages do not include
the work where the world God creates.
They’re rather three stages of work
of Age of Kingdom, Law and Grace.
Chorus
The three stages of work are the inside story
of God’s management of man,
the advent of the gospel of the entire universe.
It’s the greatest mystery among the whole of mankind.
It’s also the foundation of the gospel being spread.
Verse 2
The work of creating the world
was the work of forming mankind,
not the work of saving mankind.
It’s unrelated to that kind,
for when the world was created,
man wasn’t corrupted by Satan.
There was no need to carry out
the work of mankind’s salvation.
Chorus
The three stages of work are the inside story
of God’s management of man,
the advent of the gospel of the entire universe.
It’s the greatest mystery among the whole of mankind.
It’s also the foundation of the gospel being spread.
Verse 3
God’s management of man began
from the work of saving mankind.
The work of creating the world
isn’t where His management would arise.
It was only when man acquired
a disposition that’s corrupt
that the work of God’s management
of mankind came into being.
Chorus
The three stages of work are the inside story
of God’s management of man,
the advent of the gospel of the entire universe.
It’s the greatest mystery among the whole of mankind.
It’s also the foundation of the gospel being spread.
Verse 4
Managing man involves three parts,
not four stages nor four ages.
Only this is the correct way
to refer to God’s management.
When the final age comes to close,
the work of managing man ends.
It means work of saving man is done,
man reaches his journey’s end.
Chorus
The three stages of work are the inside story
of God’s management of man,
the advent of the gospel of the entire universe.
It’s the greatest mystery among the whole of mankind.
It’s also the foundation of the gospel being spread.
Bridge
As creatures of God you should know
that by God man is created,
and you should also recognize
how man’s corrupted, how he’s saved.
If you’re fixed on simple truths of life,
blind to this greatest mystery,
isn’t your life like a damaged thing,
good for nothing but being seen?
Chorus
The three stages of work are the inside story
of God’s management of man,
the advent of the gospel of the entire universe.
It’s the greatest mystery among the whole of mankind.
It’s also the foundation of the gospel being spread.
Adapted from “Knowing the Three Stages of God’s Work Is the Path to Knowing God” in The Word Appears in the Flesh