Session 7

Part 1. Knowing God through His words

Through these past few days of study, we have already understood that the Lord Jesus has returned in the flesh in His second coming, and He is Almighty God. This news both surprises and excites us. People from all religions, denominations, all countries, and all lands who love the truth and yearn for God's appearance have read Almighty God's words and recognized them as God's voice. They have unhesitatingly accepted Almighty God's work of the last days and welcomed the Lord's return. This precisely fulfills the Lord Jesus' words:

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me” (John 10:27).

【Notion: We must see Him to believe in Him】

Some may ask, "You say the Lord Jesus has returned, but I haven't seen Him. I will only believe if I see Him with my own eyes. If I haven't seen Him, I cannot believe." Does everyone agree with this view?

Let's think about it. 2,000 years ago, the disciples who followed God saw the Lord Jesus. But did other people in various countries and lands believe in the Lord Jesus because they saw Him? Do you believe in the Lord Jesus based on seeing His face? No, we have not seen the Lord Jesus' face with our own eyes, but through preachers spreading the gospel of the Lord Jesus, we accepted Him. Furthermore, when the Lord Jesus came, He personally spoke and worked. Did the Jewish Pharisees see Him? (They all saw Him.) Since they saw Him, why didn't they believe Jesus was the returned Messiah?

Everyone, can belief in the Lord be based solely on sight? Belief in the Lord cannot be based solely on sight, but on God's voice. God's voice is the truth. Only when you hear the voice of truth can you feel it is God speaking. If you cannot recognize that it is the truth, then you also cannot recognize that it is God speaking. Therefore, relying on sight is wrong. If a person tries to recognize the Lord by sight, then they are the most foolish; they will never know the Lord.

Just as the Bible says:

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me” (John 10:27).

“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ” (Romans 10:17).

Almighty God says: “Since we are searching for the footsteps of God, it behooves us to search for God’s intentions, for the words of God, for His utterances. This is because wherever there are new words spoken by God, the voice of God is there, and wherever there are the footsteps of God, God’s deeds are there; wherever there is the expression of God, there God appears, and wherever God appears, there the truth, the way, and the life exist. In searching for God’s footsteps, you have ignored the words ‘God is the truth, the way, and the life.’ And so, many people, even when they receive the truth, do not believe that they have found God’s footsteps, and still less do they acknowledge the appearance of God. What a grave mistake!”

Almighty God says: “He who is God incarnate shall possess the essence of God, and He who is God incarnate shall possess the expression of God. Since God becomes flesh, He shall bring forth the work He intends to do, and since God becomes flesh, He shall express what He is, and shall be able to bring the truth to man, bestow life upon him, and point the way for him. Flesh that does not have the essence of God is decidedly not the incarnate God; of this there is no doubt. If man intends to inquire into whether it is God’s incarnate flesh, then he must corroborate this from the disposition He expresses and the words He speaks. Which is to say, to corroborate whether or not it is God’s incarnate flesh, and whether or not it is the true way, one must discriminate on the basis of His essence. And so, in determining whether it is the flesh of God incarnate, the key lies in His essence (His work, His utterances, His disposition, and many other aspects), rather than external appearance.”

Through the words of the Lord Jesus and Almighty God, we understand that the way to confirm the Lord's coming and follow the incarnate God is by hearing God's voice and reading God's words, not by His outward appearance. When God becomes incarnate and works among men, what He truly reveals to people is not His flesh, but the words He expresses.

By reading God's words, we can know God's work, God's disposition, God's love for humankind, and so on. God's sheep recognize God's appearance by hearing His voice and accept the truths expressed by God. This is like seeing God's face. Today, millions of people have accepted Almighty God's work of the last days. Among the brothers and sisters from all countries and all lands who have accepted Almighty God's work of the last days, not a single one believed because they saw Almighty God's face; they were all conquered by Almighty God's words and turned to Him.

Part 2. The Background of the Appearance and Work of the Christ of Last Days

Background of Christ's Appearance in the Last Days

Almighty God has expressed nearly 10 million words of truth in just a few decades. Some people may be very curious: When did Almighty God begin to speak? Let's watch a 2-minute video together, and I hope you can find the answer.

🍎the Golden Year 1991

🎦🎦 https://youtu.be/pEfjuzqwvgI?feature=shared

Brothers n sisters after watching the video, do you know what is the golden year Almighty God began to speak ?

1991 was a year to remember: It was the year in which Christ of the last days began to speak. It was the year that paved the way for the work of judgment beginning with the house of God, and the year in which the Age of Grace crossed into the Age of Kingdom.

Yes, it was 1991, it has already been 30 plus years. It doesn't mean Almighty God was born in 1991, it means He started His judgment work in 1991. Like 2,000 years ago, Lord Jesus did not start to speak and work until He was 29 years old, but He was born on earth long before that. Similarly, Almighty God was born in the flesh before 1991, but He did not begin the work of judgment until 1991.

Then some may ask: When Almighty God began to speak, did people immediately recognize Him as the returned Lord Jesus?

No, they did not. Then do you wanna know how people recognize Almighty God is the Lord’s return in the flesh? Let us see it together!

【For this part below, you can read it to your seekers like telling a story to them so as to help understand how people recognized Almighty God in the beginning. When you read, please read it slowly, and the last part, please emphasize God’s humbleness and hiddenness. You also can play this video instead of reading this part, video is more suggested! 】

🎦🎦https://youtu.be/ewnui_fHzz4?feature=shared&t=276 From 5-26min

In 1991, Christ began to speak, sometimes one utterance a day, sometimes one every two days. The utterances became more and more frequent. As Christ expressed more and more, everyone was captivated by God's words and felt that these words were full of authority. At that time, people still did not know He was God incarnate; they only knew that these words are God's words and regarded Christ's expressions merely as revelations from the Holy Spirit received by an ordinary person. People did not understand what the incarnation was, so they still treated Christ as an ordinary person.

It was not until 1993, when Christ's speaking reached its peak, that God began to bear witness to God's incarnation. Almighty God expressed several passages of words titled "The Mystery of the Incarnation," revealing the mystery of the incarnation and clarifying the essential difference between the incarnate God and those people used by God. Only then did people know that this ordinary person living among them, who expresses words to shepherd and supply the church, is God incarnate, Christ, the appearance of God.

It was not until that time that God's chosen people suddenly realized and recognized that this Son of man, who had expressed so many truths and worked among men for so long, is precisely the incarnate God, the Lord Jesus returned! God's chosen people were filled with remorse, weeping and shedding tears, hating themselves for being so blind and not knowing God, for treating the incarnate Christ as an ordinary person. Christ is God Himself, but Christ never testifies that He is God, never proclaims His identity and status, and certainly does not assume the identity of God. He just silently lives among men, expressing the truth to supply and lead them, doing the work of saving humankind. Just as God's words say:

“He lets His work affirm His identity, and lets that which He reveals attest to His essence. His essence is not baseless; His identity was not seized by His hand; it is determined by His work and His essence.”

We see that when God first began to appear and work, and even when He began to speak, people did not recognize Him. It was not until two years after He began to speak that people recognized He is not an ordinary person, but the returned Lord Jesus. This fulfills the biblical prophecy:

“Of that day and that hour knows no man, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father” (Mark 13:32).

This is the true meaning of "of that day and that hour knows no man."

Part 3. Seven Volumes

If someone says they are a farmer, how can they prove it? What evidence can show that they are indeed a farmer?

By the fruits, right? And if someone asks, how do you confirm the Almighty God has already returned to the earth, how do you prove it to them? We need to look at the fruits of God's work. Almighty God has been working for many years, so what are the fruits of God's work?

His words, the sealed book!

Today, many people from all nations, all lands, all religions and all denominations who love the truth have read Almighty God's words and have accepted that Almighty God is the returned Lord Jesus. Then, would everyone like to know exactly how many truths and which truths Almighty God has expressed, conquering people from all nations and all lands?

Almighty God began to appear and work in 1991, and it has been over 30 years now. He has successively expressed over 10 million words, all of which are included in the Bible of the Age of Kingdom—The Word Appears in the Flesh. This is also God's primary expression in the last days. Over 10 million words of truth cannot be contained in a single book at all, so this book has now been compiled into 7 volumes.

The names of these 7 volumes are:

🔶The Appearance and Work of God,
🔶On Knowing God,
🔶The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days,
🔶Exposing Antichrists,
🔶The Responsibilities of Leaders and Workers,
🔶On the Pursuit of the Truth- I,
🔶On the Pursuit of the Truth- II

Let us now discuss the specific content of these 7 volumes in detail. Everyone must listen carefully. After I finish, I will ask you a question: Which volume do you most want to read, and which volume are you most interested in?

The first volume of The Word Appears in the Flesh is The Appearance and Work of God

Volume One is a book that allows us to know God's appearance and work. It mainly testifies to God becoming flesh, appearing and working to save man in the last days, as well as Almighty God expressing words to do the work of judging and cleansing humankind. These are truths that people in the Age of Grace did not understand.

In this volume, God has expressed words with authority and power.

🔑🔑Unveiled many mysteries in the Bible: The meaning of "being caught up," "Mount Zion," "the first fruits," "the 144,000 victorious male children," "wise virgins," "foolish virgins," "opening the scroll," "breaking the seven seals," "the seven bowls and seven plagues," "the sounding of the seven trumpets," "the pealing of the seven thunders"

No one could unveil these mysteries in the Bible, but Almighty God's utterances have disclosed them all.

🔑🔑Pointed out the path of practice for man’s life entry what views people should hold in believing in God; how to establish a normal relationship with God; how to experience and submit to God's work; that people should submit to God in their belief; how to serve in a way that accords with God's intentions, and so on.

🔑🔑 Unveiled many mysteries mystery of God's six-thousand-year management plan; the inside story and purpose of God's work in the Age of Law, the Age of Grace, and the Age of Kingdom; the mystery of the incarnation; the difference between being redeemed and attaining salvation; the outcome and destination for each kind of person; the mystery of the Millennial Kingdom, and so on.

He also judged and exposed the adulterated intentions in people's belief in God, as well as humankind’s nature essence deeply corrupted by Satan, various satanic dispositions, and much more. Almighty God has expressed and bestowed upon humankind all the truths needed for corrupt humankind to achieve salvation and be perfected. They are truly abundant and eye-opening! After reading these words, many of God's sheep recognized that they are God's voice, that the Lord Jesus has truly returned and has returned in the flesh to speak, and that Almighty God is the returned Lord Jesus in His second coming!

Volume One alone has over 2,000 pages, and the table of contents itself is dozens of pages long. I want to ask everyone a question: Since you started attending this gathering, do you feel you have understood many mysteries? But do you know? You have only attended a few days of gatherings, you have only read a few passages from the first volume, and yet you have understood so much. What if you were to read the entire volume? Wouldn't your spiritual eyes be greatly opened?

Second volume, On Knowing God

Volume Two is all about truths concerning the vision of knowing God. It testifies to God's righteous disposition and all that God has and is, as revealed during His work. In particular, it speaks more about all that God has and is, God's righteous disposition, and God's holiness. This is the highest vision.

We have all believed in God for many years, but do you know the highest realm of believing in God? Do you know what the highest glory of a created being is? It is knowing God. From ancient times until now, many people have believed in God, but how many know God?

Previously, when we read the Bible, we only knew that God created the heavens and earth and all things, and humankind, and that the Lord Jesus was crucified to redeem humankind, and other such facts of God's past work. Pastors only explained biblical knowledge, history, and people, events, and things to us. But did they know God's thoughts and ideas that were revealed when He was doing His work at that time? Did they know the disposition God revealed? No one could explain these things clearly. In this book, God has opened up to humanity the work He has done since the creation of the world, His intentions behind it, His expectations for mankind, and what God has and is that is revealed in His work—God's righteousness, God's authority, God's holiness, God being the source of all life, and many other truths. For example, the book contains God's thoughts when He first created man, God's intentions behind destroying the world with a flood, why God made a covenant with man using a rainbow, why the Lord Jesus still appeared to man for 40 days after His resurrection, and so on.

At the same time, this book also reveals: how God holds sovereignty over the macroscopic world, how He holds sovereignty over the microscopic world, how He holds sovereignty over the material world, how He holds sovereignty over the spiritual realm, and how He holds sovereignty over the six junctures of the fates of people’s lives. After reading these words of God, I finally understood that God has silently done so many detailed things for humankind behind the scenes and that God's thoughts and intentions have always been centered on the survival and life of humankind. My understanding of God is no longer as vague and intangible as before; rather, I feel that God is so practical, beautiful and good.

Do you wanna listen to one passage from volume 2? 【Optional】

⏺Recording: https://youtu.be/EuPUmU2MTIM?feature=shared&t=168 【2:48—-5:34】

Almighty God says, “Originally, God created a humanity that in His eyes was very good and close to Him, but they were destroyed by flood after rebelling against Him. Did it hurt God that such a humanity just instantly vanished like that? Of course it hurt! So what was His expression of this pain? How was it recorded in the Bible? It was recorded in the Bible in these words: “And I will establish My covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.” This simple sentence reveals God’s thoughts. This destruction of the world pained Him very much. In man’s words, He was very sad. We can imagine: How did the earth that was once full of life look like after being destroyed by the flood? What did the earth, that was once full of human beings, look like at that time? No human habitation, no living creatures, water everywhere and utter devastation on the surface of the water. Was such a scene God’s original intention when He created the world? Of course not! God’s original intention was to see life all across the land, to see the human beings He created worshiping Him, not just for Noah to be the only one worshiping Him or the only one who could answer His call to complete what was entrusted to him. When humanity disappeared, God saw not what He had originally intended but the complete opposite. How could His heart not be in pain? So when He was revealing His disposition and expressing His emotions, God made a decision. What kind of a decision did He make? To make a bow in the cloud (that is, the rainbows that we see) as a covenant with man, a promise that God would not destroy mankind with a flood again. At the same time, it was also to tell people that God had destroyed the world with a flood, so that mankind would forever remember why God would do such a thing.”

What do you feel after listen to this passage of Almighty God’s words? 😊

Those who have read this volume and are God's sheep all affirm that the One who can do this work and reveal these dispositions is the One who holds sovereignty over all things. They can also have a true knowledge of God's identity, God's status, and God's essence, and even more firmly affirm that Christ of the last days, Almighty God, is the unique God Himself.

Third volume of words expressed by God is The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days

Volume Three is a book that allows us to know ourselves, and at the same time, it points out the goals of pursuit we should have in believing in God.

The Lord Jesus at that time told us to love others as ourselves and to be tolerant of others. But why can we often not do this? Because the Lord Jesus at that time only gave us some teachings and did not tell us more paths of practice, as we humans could not bear them. In the last days, God tells us more paths of practice. For example:

What is the root of our sinning and resisting God?
What is the root of our inability to love others as ourselves?
After reading this book, we will find the answers, and we will acknowledge our satanic nature.
By reading this book, you can also find some paths of practice, for example:
How can one become an honest person?
How can one achieve loving God and submitting to God?

Therefore, this book is a book that points out to us the path to breaking free from sin and enables us to achieve salvation. After reading this volume, we see that Christ is the truth, the way, and the life. Therefore, Christ can fellowship the truth according to people's needs at any time and in any place, and can expose people's corruption and point out the path of practice at any time and in any place. We all confirm from our hearts: Although Christ is ordinary and normal in outward appearance, He is the incarnate God. We also see that God becoming incarnate in the last days to work is so beneficial for our salvation; He can fellowship the truth and supply us according to our states at any time. In this way, people have seen that God has indeed become man, and has indeed done great things among men—things of thoroughly saving humankind.

I want to ask everyone a question: Who can express the truth and supply people at any time and in any place? (Interaction)

Yes, only Almighty God. Through these things, we can confirm from our hearts: Although Christ is ordinary and normal in outward appearance, He is the incarnate God, because He can express the truth at any time and in any place.

The fourth volume of words expressed by God is Exposing Antichrists

Volume Four is a book that enables us to gain discernment.

We often talk about antichrists, but do you know what an antichrist is? What dispositions do antichrists have? How do antichrists do things? After reading Volume Four, you will know the answers.

Volume Four, Exposing Antichrists, resolves the problem of people believing in God yet following men. God's words have thoroughly exposed all aspects of the corrupt manifestations and revelations of antichrists, including their nature and essence. If you finish reading the book Exposing Antichrists, you will completely enter onto the right track of believing in God. No false leader, antichrist, disbeliever, or evil person will be able to constrain or mislead you. Your life will have grown and matured, and you will have completely entered onto the right track of believing in God. After you have experienced these words of God, the effect achieved is that you will be able to discern any antichrist. At this time, your belief in God will be based only on God's words, you will only follow God, and you will not be manipulated, fooled, or misled by anyone. This book also has another function. We have all been deeply corrupted by Satan and also have the disposition of antichrists. When God expressed this volume, God's judgment work reached its peak. God exposed our satanic dispositions, enabling us to have knowledge of our own corrupt essence, pursue dispositional change, and finally have our corrupt dispositions cleansed, thus breaking free from Satan's influence.

The fifth volume of words expressed by God is The Responsibilities of Leaders and Workers

Brothers and sisters, do you have a goal of pursuit in believing in God? Do you want to be able to serve God one day? Do you want to be fit for God's use one day? Do you want to become a pillar in God's house? It is not enough for us to merely have the resolve to be used by God; we also need to know what God's requirements are for those who serve Him. What are the principles for doing the work of God's house? This book can help you find the path to serving God. This book is one that perfects leaders and workers. If you understand all the truths in this volume, you will be able to do church work, you will be able to enter onto the right track of serving God, achieve service that accords with God's intentions, and ultimately become someone who exalts and bears witness to God. Therefore, the truths in the fifth volume are the most crucial truths for perfecting leaders and workers. This book speaks in the most specific, systematic, comprehensive, accurate, and thorough way.

The sixth and seventh volumes are On the Pursuit of the Truth

When we believe in God, we often talk about pursuing the truth. But do you know why we should pursue the truth? What is pursuing the truth? How do we pursue the truth? Has your pastor ever told you? Do you know why people live in such pain now? It is because people do not have the truth, nor do they understand the truth, so they cannot see through Satan's means of corrupting man and cannot break free from the bondage of satanic dispositions. After reading this book, you will understand many truths, you will have discernment of positive and negative things, you will know what the truth principles are and what satanic philosophies are, and you will no longer live by satanic philosophies but gradually live by God's words. God's words will become our life, and we will live out the likeness of true human beings. Now, we still have many difficulties in our lives that we don't know how to solve:

For example:
When problems arise in marriage, how should we resolve them?
How should we face the death of loved ones?
How should we face illness?

After you read these two books, you will find all the answers.

You will also truly feel: The truth can set us free, it can enable us to break free from the bondage of various satanic dispositions, and God's words are indeed our way.

Therefore, these two books perfect all who love the truth, enabling them to gain the truth and achieve salvation.

Question: Brothers and sisters, now that I have introduced the seven volumes, which volume do you most want to read, and which volume are you most interested in?

These seven volumes of The Word Appears in the Flesh represent the steps of God's work; they mark the process that people must go through as God leads them step by step, and not a single step can be omitted. In fact, these 7 volumes precisely fulfill the prophecies in Revelation:

“He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the middle of the paradise of God” (Revelation 2:7).

“And He said to me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give to him that is thirsty of the fountain of the water of life freely” (Revelation 21:6).

“And He said to me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give to him that is thirsty of the fountain of the water of life freely” (Revelation 21:6).

Now, Almighty God in the last days has expressed all the truths for saving humankind, which are contained in the seven volumes of The Word Appears in the Flesh. These words far exceed the total of the words spoken by God in the Age of Law and the Age of Grace. The Old and New Testaments of the Bible together contain about 800,000 words, while the words expressed by Almighty God in the last days already amount to over ten million words. Many who have accepted God's work of the last days exclaim, “Reading Almighty God's words for three months has allowed us to understand more than reading the Bible in religion for thirty years!”

What is my purpose in introducing these 7 volumes to you today? It is to let you understand a fact:

This Son of man who can express so many truths is the returned Lord Jesus, Almighty God, Christ of the last days. This ordinary flesh is the appearance of God, the embodiment of the truth! Besides God, who can speak so thoroughly of these great mysteries of God's work? Who can see through God's work? Besides God, who can express the truth and supply man with life? Who can express God's heart's voice and God's disposition? Who can scrutinize the depths of the human heart and expose all the corruption and thoughts hidden deep within the human soul? Who can save man, cleanse man, and point out to man the path to attaining salvation and casting off sin? No one can express the truth, much less point out the path to casting off sin.

For thousands of years, so many people have believed in God, and there have been so many theologians, church leaders, and spiritual celebrities, yet not one of them has been able to express the truth! Man's essence is of Satan; humans are not innately possessed of the truth, so they cannot express the truth, much less can they express all that God has and is. They can only understand a limited amount of truth by experiencing God's words, and speak a little about their experience of God's words and their appreciation of experiencing God's work. Only Christ incarnate has divine essence and is the embodiment of God's Spirit. Only Christ is the truth, the way, and the life. Only Christ can express the truth. Brothers and sisters, let us read two more passages of Almighty God's words.

Almighty God says: “The way of life is not something that any person can possess, nor is it something that every person can easily attain. This is because life can only come from God, which is to say, only God Himself possesses the essence of life, and only God Himself has the way of life. And so only God is the source of life, and the ever-flowing wellspring of the living water of life” (The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Only Christ of the Last Days Can Give Man the Way of Eternal Life).

Almighty God says: “You understand more of My mysteries in heaven than Isaiah and John; you know more of My loveliness and venerableness than all the saints of ages past. What you have received is not merely My truth, My way, and My life, but a vision and revelation greater than that of John. You understand many more mysteries, and have also looked upon My true countenance; you have accepted more of My judgment and know more of My righteous disposition. And so, though you were born in the last days, your understanding is that of the former and the past, and you have also experienced the things of today, and this was all personally done by Me” (The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. What Do You Know of Faith?).

The truths Almighty God bestows upon us today surpass what was gained by the saints of all past ages. Let's think about the Age of Law in the beginning. They only experienced Jehovah's work of issuing laws, and at that time Jehovah God spoke very little. Humankind in the Age of Grace only experienced the Lord Jesus' work of crucifixion and gained some knowledge of God's mercy and love, but man's experiential knowledge was still very limited. But for humankind in the last days, today we have read Almighty God's words and not only understood the work God did in the previous two ages, but we are also personally experiencing the judgment work of the Age of Kingdom. Almighty God has also unveiled many mysteries of God's future work. Therefore, what we understand surpasses what the saints of all past ages understood. This is our blessing; it is God's blessing and grace upon us!

The expression of the seven volumes further allows us to understand a fact—the true meaning of "the Word appearing in the flesh"! Let us read two passages of Almighty God's words.

Almighty God says: “God has come to earth primarily to accomplish the fact of ‘the Word become flesh,’ which is to say, He has come so that His words may be issued from the flesh (not like the time of Moses in the Old Testament, when God’s voice issued directly from the sky). After that, all of His words will be fulfilled during the Age of Millennial Kingdom, they will become facts visible before man’s eyes, and people will behold them using their own eyes without the slightest disparity. This is the supreme meaning of God’s incarnation. Which is to say, the work of the Spirit is accomplished through the flesh, and through words. This is the true meaning of ‘the Word become flesh’ and ‘the Word’s appearance in the flesh.’ Only God can speak the intentions of the Spirit, and only God in the flesh can speak on behalf of the Spirit; the words of God are made plain in God incarnate, and everyone else is guided by them. No one is exempt, they all exist within this scope. Only from these utterances can people become aware; those who do not gain in this way are daydreaming if they think they can gain the utterances from heaven. Such is the authority demonstrated in God’s incarnate flesh, causing all to believe in it with total conviction. Even the most venerable experts and religious pastors cannot speak these words. They must all surrender beneath them, and none will be able to make another start. God will use words to conquer the universe. He will do this not by His incarnate flesh, but through using the utterances from the mouth of God become flesh to conquer all people in the entire universe; only this is the Word become flesh, and only this is the appearance of the Word in the flesh” (The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. The Millennial Kingdom Has Arrived).

Almighty God says: “During the Age of Kingdom, God incarnate speaks words to conquer all those who believe in Him. This is ‘the Word appearing in the flesh’; God has come during the last days to do this work, which is to say, He has come to accomplish the actual significance of the Word appearing in the flesh. He only speaks words, and rarely is there the advent of facts. This is the very essence of the Word appearing in the flesh, and when God incarnate speaks His words, this is the appearance of the Word in the flesh, and is the Word coming into the flesh. ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, and the Word became flesh.’ This (the work of the appearance of the Word in the flesh) is the work that God will accomplish in the last days, and is the final chapter of His entire management plan, and so God has to come to earth and manifest His words in the flesh. That which is done today, that which will be done in the future, that which will be accomplished by God, man’s final destination, those who will be saved, those who will be destroyed, and so on—all of this work that should be achieved in the end has all been clearly stated, and is all in order to accomplish the actual significance of the Word appearing in the flesh” (The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. All Is Achieved by the Word of God).

The Word appearing in the flesh does not mean God's flesh appearing to everyone, but that God materializes His words and His disposition in this flesh, and through this flesh, expresses God's truth and God's words, allowing us to gain His truth through this flesh, and enabling us to see God's appearance in these words. Many people have accepted that the Lord Jesus has returned simply by reading God's words. They have not seen the practical God living among men, nor have they seen God's face, but because they have read God's words, they believe the Lord Jesus has returned. Why do they believe? Isn't it because they have seen the fact of the Word appearing in the flesh? Now God has expressed tens of millions of words of truth, and truths in all aspects have been spoken. All who have the comprehension ability, upon seeing so many truths expressed by God, have already seen God's appearance and God's work. At this time, they are face to face with God.

Part 4. Facts of Expansion of the Kingdom Gospel

God has expressed so many truths in the last days; it is truly eye-opening. Now, these words expressed by Almighty God have been translated into more than forty languages and are publicly available online for free for all of humankind to seek, investigate, and accept. God's words are constantly being propagated. People from all nations and all lands who yearn for the truth have heard Almighty God's words, confirmed that this is God's voice, and determined that Almighty God is the return of the Lord Jesus! They have successively turned to Almighty God!

The gospel of Almighty God is being spread 24 hours a day. Every day, a large number of people from all countries and all lands investigate Almighty God's work of the last days and accept Almighty God’s gospel. They are beginning to propagate Almighty God’s words and bear witness to Almighty God's work! This precisely fulfills the words of Almighty God:

Almighty God says: “God’s words will spread among countless homes, they will become known to all, and only then will His work spread throughout the universe. Which is to say, if God’s work is to spread throughout the entire universe, then His words must be spread. On the day of God’s glory, God’s words will show their power and authority. Every one of His words from time immemorial until today will be accomplished and will come to pass. In this way, glory will be to God on earth—which is to say, His words will reign on earth. All evil people will be chastised by the words spoken from the mouth of God, all who are righteous will be blessed by the words spoken from His mouth, and all will be established and made complete by the words spoken from His mouth. Nor will He manifest any signs or wonders; all will be accomplished by His words, and His words will produce facts. Everyone on earth will celebrate God’s words, whether they be adults or children, male, female, old or young, all people will surrender beneath the words of God. God’s words appear in the flesh, allowing people to see them on earth, vivid and lifelike. This is what it means for the Word to become flesh” (The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. The Millennial Kingdom Has Arrived).

In the Age of Grace, it took two thousand years for the Lord Jesus' redemptive work to spread throughout the universe to the ends of the earth. But the kingdom gospel of Almighty God has spread with the speed of lightning; in just thirty short years, it has spread throughout the world. This is much faster than the spread of the gospel in the Age of Grace. This fulfills the Lord Jesus’ prophecy:

“For as the lightning comes out of the east, and shines even to the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be” (Matthew 24:27).

Tell me, is this not God's work? Which man has such deeds? This is irrefutable proof of the Holy Spirit’s work, completely confirming that Almighty God is the return of the Lord Jesus. This is something no one can deny!

Seeing the grand scene of the spread of Almighty God’s kingdom gospel, your heart must be very excited. You truly feel that Almighty God’s words have great authority and power, able to attract God's sheep from all nations, all lands, all religions, and all denominations to come before God.

However, Almighty God’s kingdom gospel did not grow strong in favorable circumstances, but has always been frantically condemned and cruelly persecuted by the CCP satanic regime and the antichrist forces of the religious world. However, they never expected that after experiencing one bloody suppression after another, The Church of Almighty God was not defeated, but instead became increasingly prosperous. God’s work of the last days was not banned; rather, through the CCP’s persecution and arrests, Christians from The Church of Almighty God even fled overseas, spreading the kingdom gospel to various countries around the world. Now God’s words have spread throughout the world, and the truths expressed by God are facing all of humankind. This is God’s great power. Today, the kingdom gospel of Almighty God has appeared in all countries of the world; there are Churches of Almighty God in all countries and all lands. This precisely fulfills what the Bible says:

“Your kingdom come, Your will be done in earth, as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10).

Therefore, God’s appearance and work are mighty and vast. No country or force can resist it. The CCP regime and the antichrist forces of the religious world have already been thoroughly shamed and defeated. Their actions have long since offended God’s wrath, committing the heinous sins of blaspheming the Holy Spirit and crucifying God anew. They have incurred God’s curse, leading to continuous disasters in China, with the people plunged into dire straits, suffering unbearably.

Look at the world situation and the external environment: Disasters have already arrived. The great red dragon is like an ant on a hot pan, in a constant state of panic, beginning to collapse and fall into chaos. People are terrified and uneasy, and the religious world is even more chaotic. Various satanic forces are suffering various punishments for resisting God. God will repay each person according to their deeds. This is the time when people’s outcomes are determined, and each is sorted according to its kind. Those who believe in Almighty God and gain the truth are people saved by God. Those who believe in God but do not accept the truth, along with nonbelievers, will be destroyed in the disasters. And all the evil people and antichrist forces who frantically hinder and condemn Almighty God’s work will fall in the punishment of the disasters. This is ordained by God.

Just as God’s words say:

Almighty God says: “As I turn My face to the universe to speak, all mankind hears My voice, and thereupon sees all the works I have wrought throughout the universe. Those who go contrary to My will, that is to say, who oppose Me with the deeds of man, will fall down under My chastisement. I will take the multitudinous stars in the heavens and make them anew, and thanks to Me the sun and the moon will be renewed—the skies will no longer be as they were; the myriad things on the earth will be renewed. All will become complete through My words. The many nations within the universe will be partitioned afresh and replaced by My nation, so that the nations upon the earth will disappear forever and become a nation that worships Me; all the nations of the earth will be destroyed, and will cease to exist. Of the human beings within the universe, all those belonging to the devil will be exterminated; all who worship Satan will be laid low by My burning fire—that is, except for those now within the stream, the rest will be turned to ashes. When I chastise the many peoples, those in the religious world will, in differing degrees, return to My kingdom, conquered by My works, because they will have seen the advent of the Holy One riding on a white cloud. All of humanity will follow their own kind, and will receive chastisements varying with what they have done. Those who have stood against Me will all perish; as for those whose deeds on the earth have not involved Me, they will, because of how they have acquitted themselves, continue to exist on the earth under the governance of My sons and My people. I will reveal Myself to the myriad peoples and the myriad nations, sounding forth with My own voice upon the earth to proclaim the completion of My great work for all mankind to see with their own eyes.” (The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. God’s Words to the Entire Universe, Chapter 26).

Part 5. Notion for the Bible

Brothers and sisters, some people say that all of God's words are in the Bible, that God will not express new words, and therefore, words that are not in the Bible are not God’s words, they are false. Do you think this viewpoint is correct or incorrect?

You think that Almighty God’s words are not God’s words just because they are not recorded in the Bible, and you say Almighty God is false. Then, when the Lord Jesus first appeared and worked, expressing truths, those words He spoke were also not in the Old Testament. Can you then condemn the Lord Jesus’ work as false?

Even though the New Testament records some of the Lord Jesus’ words, they are very limited, because the Lord Jesus spoke so many words during His three and a half years of preaching. What is recorded in the New Testament is just the tip of the iceberg. Furthermore, the New Testament was compiled by church leaders at that time more than three hundred years after the Lord Jesus completed His work; the New Testament did not exist before the Lord Jesus appeared and worked, nor at the time He appeared and worked.

Therefore, whether it is God's appearance and work absolutely cannot be determined based on whether it is recorded in the Bible, but rather based on whether the words expressed by God in His work are the truth and whether they can save people. You believe that “what is not recorded in the Bible is not God’s words, not the truth.” But there are many of the Lord Jesus’ words that are not recorded in the Bible. Do you dare to say that these words of the Lord Jesus are not the truth? Do you dare to say that the Lord Jesus is not the true God? Now, many believers in the Lord do not know how to investigate God’s work. They always rely on human notions and imaginings, determining whether it is God’s appearance and work solely based on whether it is recorded in the Bible. This is a grave mistake.

Since God began His work through the ages, He has expressed so many words. In fact, most of God’s words are not recorded in the Bible, whether it be the Old Testament or the New Testament. The words of God recorded in the Bible are very limited. Seen in this light, the religious world’s belief that “only what is recorded in the Bible is God’s words, and what is not recorded in the Bible is not God’s words” is too absurd and does not conform to the facts at all!

When God created the heavens and earth and all things, there was no Bible. When Jehovah God worked, there was also no Bible. It was only after God completed His work in the Age of Law that people recorded how God appeared and worked in the Age of Law and how He used Moses to issue the laws. When the Lord Jesus worked, there was only the Old Testament, no New Testament. The New Testament was compiled into a book more than three hundred years after the Lord. The Bible was always compiled by later generations after God had completed a stage of work. First comes God's work, then comes the Bible. This is the pattern. Therefore, God’s words and work in each stage cannot possibly be recorded in the Bible in advance.

Then, because the words expressed by God in the last days are not recorded in the Bible, you say this is not God’s words and work, and that Almighty God is not the true God. This is wrong and completely contradicts the Bible. Although the Bible does not record God’s words and work in the last days, it does prophesy what work God will do in the last days. Just as the Lord Jesus prophesied:

“I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will show you things to come” (John 16:12–13).

And Revelation prophesies: “He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches” (Revelation chapters 2 and 3).

This statement is repeated seven times. From this, we see that God will speak to the churches in the last days, guiding people into all truth. These words are what God will express and accomplish when He returns in the last days. How could they be compiled into the Bible in advance? The Bible itself is a book, compiled by God's apostles and servants after God completed a stage of work. Since it was compiled by men, can men know what work God will do in the next stage? Can men include the content of God's next stage of work in the Bible in advance? This is fundamentally impossible!

The Bible contains so many prophecies about God's words and work in the last days, and Almighty God has already expressed all the truths for saving humankind, which are included in volumes one to seven of The Word Appears in the Flesh. This has completely fulfilled the prophecies in the Bible. Why can you not see such an obvious fact? Why can you still judge and condemn, saying, "Almighty God's words are not in the Bible, so they are not God's words"? That you can say this proves you do not know God's work, nor do you know the truth in the slightest. What are the consequences of you judging and resisting God's appearance and work? You will be condemned and eliminated by God, just like the Pharisees. This precisely fulfills the words of the Bible:

“Fools die for want of wisdom” (Proverbs 10:21).
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6).

Almighty God says: “If you wish to see the work of the Age of Law, and to see how the Israelites followed the way of Jehovah, then you must read the Old Testament; if you wish to understand the work of the Age of Grace, then you must read the New Testament. But how do you see the work of the last days? You must accept God’s leadership today, and enter into the work of today, for this is the new work, and no one has previously recorded it in the Bible. Today, God has become flesh and selected other chosen ones in China. God works in these people, He continues on from His work on earth, and continues on from the work of the Age of Grace. The work of today is a path that man has never walked, and a way that no one has ever seen. It is work that has never been done before—it is God’s latest work on earth. Thus, work that has never been done before is not history, because now is now, and has yet to become the past. People do not know that God has done greater, newer work on earth, and outside of Israel, that it has already gone beyond the scope of Israel, and beyond the foretelling of the prophets, that it is new and marvelous work outside of the prophecies, and newer work beyond Israel, and work that people can neither perceive nor imagine. How could the Bible contain explicit records of such work? Who could have recorded every single bit of today’s work, without omission, in advance?” (The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Concerning the Bible (1)).

From these God’s words we can see that God’s essence is the truth, is the Word, so in every age, He speaks the words to lead mankind.

🍉Old Testament--God's words and work in the Age of Law

🍉New Testament--God's words and work in the Age of Grace

🍉The Word Appears in the Flesh (Kingdom Bible, sealed book)---God‘s work and words in the Age of Kingdom

So for the Bible (Old Testament and New Testament) and the sealed book both are God’s words, and we believers should accept all of God’s words, but not just part of it. If we just believe in the Bible and reject God’s new words in the last days, this is also rejecting God’s words. In other words, reading God’s new words is not betray the Bible nor Jesus, but following the footsteps of God and His new words!

Therefore, everyone must understand the relationship between God's work and words and the Bible. The Lord Jesus clearly said:

“Search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me. And you will not come to Me, that you might have life” (John 5:39–40).

The Bible is a testimony to God’s work, but people cannot use the Bible to limit God from expressing new words or doing new work. God is the Creator, the source of human life. For thousands of years, God has been speaking and working, continuously supplying humankind’s needs and leading humankind ever forward. God’s words are like an ever-flowing wellspring of living water. God’s speaking and working have never been constrained by any person, event, or thing, much less limited by the Bible. God has always spoken more words and done more new work according to His management plan and the needs of saving humankind.

Almighty God says: “The fact I wish to explain here is this: What God is and has is eternally inexhaustible and infinite. God is the source of life and all things; He cannot be fathomed by any created being. Lastly, I must still remind everybody: Do not delimit God in books, in words, or in His past utterances ever again. There is only one word to describe the sole characteristic of God’s work: new. He does not like to take old paths or repeat His work; moreover, He does not want people to worship Him by delimiting Him within a certain scope. This is God’s disposition” (The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Afterword).

Notion: No Adding to the Bible

Then some may say, “I really want to read these new words, but some people have concerns because there is a scripture that says the Bible cannot be added to or taken away from. Isn’t the little scroll you speak of an addition to the Bible?”

Revelation 22:18–19, ‘For I testify to every man that hears the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add to these things, God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.’

Brothers and sisters, at that time, John said if anyone added something to “this prophecy,” and he did not say if anyone added something to “the Bible.” Furthermore, when John said this, the New Testament did not yet exist. The New Testament was formed more than three hundred years after the Lord. Revelation was recorded by John on the island of Patmos around 90 AD after he saw visions. Clearly, “this book” that John referred to is the prophetic book of Revelation, not the entire Bible. Therefore, the words “shall not add” do not mean that God will have no new work or words in the future.

What John saw back then were only visions, not the facts of God's work in the last days. Almighty God’s work and words in the last days are not an addition to the prophecies of Revelation, but the fulfillment of the prophecies of Revelation! Let us look again at

Revelation 2:17: “He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna…”

What the Spirit says to the churches” and “the hidden manna” actually refer to the words expressed by God when He returns in the last days.

Revelation 5:1-5 says: “And I saw in the right hand of Him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. And one of the elders said to me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.”

We used to think that the scroll referred to the Bible, but the scripture says that no one had looked at this scroll, so it is clear that this scroll does not refer to the Bible. The scripture mentions:

“I saw in the right hand of Him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.”

It is clear that the content of this scroll is not recorded in Revelation. This verse tells us that only Christ of the last days is worthy to open the scroll and loose its seven seals.

Furthermore, "shall not add" is spoken to man, not to God. God is the Creator, and God's words and utterances are not constrained by any person, event, or thing. Therefore, people should not use this verse to limit God!

Part 6. Blocking the way

If one only reads the Bible and does not accept the new words expressed by Almighty God in the last days, what will be the consequences?

Almighty God says: “Christ of the last days brings life, and brings the enduring and everlasting way of truth. This truth is the path by which man gains life, and it is the only path by which man shall know God and be approved by God. If you do not seek the way of life provided by Christ of the last days, then you shall never gain the approval of Jesus, and shall never be qualified to enter the gate of the kingdom of heaven, for you are both a puppet and prisoner of history. Those who are controlled by regulations, by words, and by the shackles of history will never be able to gain life nor gain the perpetual way of life. This is because all they have is turbid water which has been clung to for thousands of years instead of the water of life that flows from the throne. Those who are not supplied with the water of life will forever remain corpses, playthings of Satan, and sons of hell. How, then, can they behold God? You only try to hold on to the past, only try to stand still and keep things as they are, and do not try to change the status quo and discard history, so will you not always be antagonistic toward God? The steps of God’s work are vast and mighty, like surging waves and rolling thunders—yet you sit passively awaiting destruction, clinging to your folly and doing nothing. In this way, how can you be considered someone who follows the footsteps of the Lamb? How can you justify the God that you hold on to as a God who is always new and never old? And how can the words of your yellowed books carry you across into a new age? How can they lead you to seek the steps of God’s work? And how can they take you up to heaven? What you hold in your hands are words that can provide but temporary solace, not truths that are capable of giving you life. The words of scriptures you read can only enrich your tongue and are not words of philosophy that can help you know human life, much less the path that can lead you to perfection. Does this discrepancy not give you cause for reflection? Does it not make you realize the mysteries contained within? Are you capable of delivering yourself to heaven to meet God on your own? Without the coming of God, can you take yourself into heaven to enjoy family happiness with God? Are you still dreaming now? I suggest, then, that you stop dreaming and look at who is working now—look to see who is now carrying out the work of saving man during the last days. If you do not, you shall never gain the truth, and shall never gain life” (The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Only Christ of the Last Days Can Give Man the Way of Eternal Life).

Now, the truths expressed by Almighty God in The Word Appears in the Flesh amount to seven volumes, all publicly available online for people to see and access. If one does not acknowledge that this is the work of the Holy Spirit and God’s expression, they are blind, and this is evidence of their condemnation. This is because God has expressed too many truths, and too many people follow Almighty God. There are countless experiential testimonies of believing in Almighty God, numerous movies testifying to God, and so many hymns praising God. In addition, the kingdom gospel has already spread throughout the world. In more than a hundred countries in Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Oceania, God’s chosen people have accepted Almighty God. These achievements of Almighty God's appearance and work are sufficient for people to acknowledge that this is the effect achieved by God’s work.

If you do not accept the many truths expressed by Almighty God, and if you see the facts accomplished by God’s work yet still do not accept God’s work, then you are bringing about your own destruction and seeking your own ruin. Such people will all be condemned by God, eliminated by God, and are deserving of curse. Their sins deserve ten thousand deaths, and their death would not be too great a punishment! This fulfills the words of the Bible:

“For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries” (Hebrews 10:26–27).

Q Where can we find the new words that God speaks today?

Sealed Book

Invitation for next topic 8:

Brothers and sisters, seeing that each one of you has been able to attend the evening sermons consistently and has come this far, I am truly moved. I see that everyone has a heart that seeks and yearns for the truth, and I believe God will bless us even more. Tomorrow is the last of the eight topics, and I have even more mysteries to share with you. Do you know what the true church is? Do you want to know what great things God has already done among humanity? Do you want to see the grand scene of the gospel of the Kingdom expanding? Do you want to know how Christ’s Kingdom descends upon the earth? Do you want to know what kind of people can be part of Christ’s Kingdom? 🤔Will you join me in our last fellowship together?