I

I reign in the kingdom, and, even more so, I reign throughout the entire universe; I am both the King of the kingdom and the Head of the universe. From this time onward, I will assemble all those who are not the chosen people and will begin My work among the Gentiles, and I will announce My administrative decrees to the whole universe, so that I may smoothly embark upon the next step of My work. I will use chastisement to spread My work among the Gentiles, which is to say, I will use "force" against all those who are Gentiles. Naturally, this work will be carried out at the same time as My work among the chosen people. When My people wield power as kings on earth, that will also be the day that all people on earth have been conquered, and, even more so, it will be the time when I rest—and only then will I appear to all those who have been conquered.

II

I appear to the holy kingdom, and hide Myself from the land of filth. All who have been conquered and become submissive before Me can see My face with their own eyes, and can hear My voice with their own ears. This is the blessing of those who are born during the last days, this is the blessing preordained by Me, and this is unalterable by any man. Today, I work in this way for the sake of the future's work. All of My work is interrelated, in all of it, there's a call and response: Never has any step halted suddenly, and never has any step been carried out independently of any other. Is this not so? Is the work of the past not the foundation of the work of today? Are the words of the past not the precursor to the words today? Are the steps of the past not the origin of the steps of today?

III

When I formally open the scroll, that's when people of the universe are chastised, when people all over the world are subjected to trials, and it is the climax of My work; all people live in a land without light, and all people live amid the threats posed by their environment. In other words, it's the life that man has never experienced from the creation until today, and no one throughout the ages has ever "enjoyed" this kind of life, and so I say that I have done work that has never been done before. This is the true state of affairs, and this is the inner meaning. Because My day draws near to all mankind, because it does not appear distant but is right before man's eyes, who could not be fearful as a result? And who could not be delighted in this? The filthy city of Babylon has finally met with its final day; man has been reunited with a brand-new world, and heaven and earth have been changed and renewed.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. God's Words to the Entire Universe, Chapter 29