Throughout the universe God is doing His work,

and in the East, thunderous crashes issue forth endlessly,

shaking all nations and denominations.

It is God’s voice that has led all men into the present.

God shall cause all men to be conquered by His voice,

to fall into this stream, and submit before Him,

for He has long since reclaimed His glory from all the earth

and issued it forth anew in the East.

Who does not long to see God’s glory?

Who does not anxiously await His return?

Who does not thirst for His reappearance?

Who does not pine for His loveliness?

Who would not come to the light?

Who would not look upon the richness of Canaan?

Who does not long for the return of the Redeemer?

Who does not adore Him who is great in power?

God’s voice shall spread throughout the earth;

He will face His chosen people and speak more words to them.

Like the mighty thunders that shake the mountains and rivers,

God speaks His words to the whole universe and to mankind.

Hence the words in God’s mouth have become man’s treasure,

and all men cherish His words.

The lightning flashes from the East all the way to the West.

God’s words are such that man is loath to give them up

and at the same time finds them unfathomable,

but rejoices in them all the more.

All men are glad and joyful, celebrating God’s coming,

as if an infant had just been born.

By means of His voice, God shall bring all men before Him.

Thenceforth, God shall formally enter into the race of men

so that they will come to worship Him.

With the glory that He radiates and the words in His mouth,

God shall make it such that all men come before Him

and see that the lightning flashes from the East.

They will see that God has also descended unto the “Mount of Olives” of the East,

and that He has already long been on earth,

no longer as the Son of the Jews but as the Lightning of the East.

God has departed from mankind’s midst,

and then reappeared with glory among men.

God is He who was worshiped countless ages before now,

and He is also the infant forsaken by the Israelites countless ages before now.

Moreover, He is the all-glorious Almighty God of the present age!

Let all come before God’s throne

and see His glorious countenance, hear His voice, and look upon His deeds.

This is the entirety of God’s will; it is the end and the climax of His plan,

as well as the purpose of His management:

to have every nation worship God, every tongue acknowledge Him,

every man repose his faith in Him, and every people be subject unto Him,

every man repose his faith in Him, and every people be subject unto Him,

every man repose his faith in Him, and every people be subject unto Him!

from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs