Eastern Lightning | The Mystery of the Incarnation (2)

The Mystery of the Incarnation (2)

Eastern Lightning | The Mystery of the Incarnation (2)

Almighty God says: At that time when Jesus worked in Judea, He did so openly, but now, I work and speak among you in secret. The unbelievers are completely unaware of it. My work among you is isolated from others. These words, these chastisements and judgments, are known only to all of you and no other. All of this work is carried out among you and opened up only to you; none of those unbelievers knows this, for the time has not yet come. These men are near to being made complete after enduring chastisements, but those on the outside know nothing of this. This work is much too hidden! To them, God become flesh is secretive, but to those in this stream, He can be considered to be open. Although in God all is open, all is revealed and all is released, this is only true with those who believe in Him, and nothing is made known to those unbelievers.

Eastern Lightning | The Mystery of the Incarnation (1)

Eastern Lightning | The Mystery of the Incarnation (1)

Eastern Lightning | The Mystery of the Incarnation (1)

Almighty God says: In the Age of Grace, John paved the way for Jesus. He could not do the work of God Himself and merely fulfilled the duty of man. Though John was the forerunner of the Lord, he could not represent God; he was only a man used by the Holy Spirit. Following the baptism of Jesus, “the Holy Spirit descended upon Him like a dove.” He then began His work, that is, He began to perform the ministry of Christ. That is why He assumed the identity of God, for He came from God. No matter the manner of His faith before this—perhaps sometimes it was weak, or sometimes it was strong—that was all His normal human life before He performed His ministry.

Eastern Lightning | God Himself, the Unique X | God Is the Source of Life for All Things (IV)

God Himself, the Unique X  God Is the Source of Life for All Things (IV)

Eastern Lightning | God Himself, the Unique X

God Is the Source of Life for All Things (IV)

Almighty God says: Today, we are communing a special topic. For each and every one of you, there are only two main things that you need to know, experience and understand—and what are these two things? The first is people’s personal entry into life, and the second relates to knowing God. Today I give you a choice: Choose one. Would you like to hear about a topic that relates to people’s personal life experience, or would you like to hear one about knowing God Himself? And why do I give you such a choice? Because, today, I have in mind to commune some new things to you about knowing God. But, irrespective, I’ll first let you choose between the two things that I just spoke of. (I choose the one about knowing God.) (We think that communing the knowledge of God is better, too.) Do you think what we’ve been communing recently about knowing God is attainable?

Eastern Lightning | God Himself, the Unique IX | God Is the Source of Life for All Things (III)

Eastern Lightning | God Himself, the Unique IX | God Is the Source of Life for All Things (III)

Eastern Lightning | God Himself, the Unique IX

God Is the Source of Life for All Things (III)

Almighty God says： Over this period of time, we’ve spoken about many things related to knowing God and recently we talked about something very important on this topic: God Is the Source of Life for All Things. Last time we talked about a few aspects of the environment for survival that God created for mankind, as well as God preparing all sorts of sustenance necessary for people in their lives. In fact, what God does is not only to prepare an environment for people’s survival nor is it only to prepare their daily sustenance, but it is to complete various aspects of a great deal of mysterious and necessary work for people’s survival and for mankind’s lives. These are all God’s actions. These actions by God are not only limited to His preparation of an environment for people’s survival and their daily sustenance—they have a much broader scope than that.

Eastern Lightning | God Himself, the Unique VIII God Is the Source of Life for All Things (II)

Eastern Lightning | God Himself, the Unique VIII God Is the Source of Life for All Things (II)

Eastern Lightning | God Himself, the Unique VIIIGod Is the Source of Life for All Things (II)

Almighty God says: Let’s continue the communication topic from last time. Can you recall what topic we communicated last time? (God Is the Source of Life for All Things.) Is “God Is the Source of Life for All Things” a topic that feels very far away to you? Can someone tell Me the main point of this topic we communicated last time? (Through God’s creation of all things, I see that God nurtures all things and nurtures mankind. In the past, I always thought that when God supplies man, He only supplies His word to His chosen people, but I never saw, through the laws of all things, that God is nurturing mankind. It is only through God’s communication of this aspect of the truth that I now see that the life of all things is supplied by God, that God manipulates these laws, and that He nurtures all things. From His creation of all things I see God’s love and feel that God is the source of all things.)

Eastern Lightning | God Himself, the Unique VII | (I) An Overview of God’s Authority, God’s Righteous Disposition, and God’s Holiness

Eastern Lightning  God Himself, the Unique VII

Eastern Lightning | God Himself, the Unique VII | (I) An Overview of God’s Authority, God’s Righteous Disposition, and God’s Holiness

Almighty God says: When you have finished your prayers, do your hearts feel calm in the presence of God? (Yes.) If a person’s heart can be calmed, they will be able to hear and understand the word of God and they will be able to hear and understand the truth. If your heart is unable to be calmed, if your heart is always adrift, or always thinking of other things, it will affect your coming together to hear the word of God. So, what is at the heart of what we are discussing at this time? Let us all think back a little on the main point. Regarding knowing God Himself, the unique, what is the first part that we discussed? (God’s authority.) What was the second? (God’s righteous disposition.) And the third?

Eastern Lightning | God Himself, the Unique VI God’s Holiness (III)

God Himself, the Unique VI  God’s Holiness (III)

Eastern Lightning | God Himself, the Unique VI

God’s Holiness (III)

Almighty God says: How do you feel after saying your prayers? (Very excited and moved.) Let us begin our fellowship. What topic did we fellowship last time? (The holiness of God.) And which aspect of God Himself does the holiness of God concern? Does it concern the essence of God? (Yes.) So what exactly is the subject that concerns God’s essence? Is it the holiness of God? (Yes.) The holiness of God: this is the unique essence of God. What was the main theme we fellowshiped last time? (Discerning the evil of Satan.) And what did we fellowship last time regarding the evil of Satan? Can you remember? (How Satan corrupts mankind. It uses knowledge, science, traditional culture, superstition, and social trends to corrupt us.) Correct, this was the main topic that we discussed last time. Satan uses knowledge, science, superstition, traditional culture, and social trends to corrupt man; these are the ways in which Satan corrupts man. How many ways are these altogether? (Five.) Which five ways? (Science, knowledge, traditional culture, superstition, and social trends.) Which do you think Satan uses most to corrupt man, the thing that corrupts them most deeply? (Traditional culture.) Some brothers and sisters think it is traditional culture. Anyone else? (Knowledge.)