Second Coming of Jesus | I Enjoyed a Rich Banquet

Second Coming of Jesus | I Enjoyed a Rich Banquet

Eastern Lightning | I Enjoyed a Rich Banquet

Xinwei    Zhejiang Province

June 25 and 26 were unforgettable days. Our Zhejiang region experienced a huge event, with most region leaders and workers seized by the great red dragon. Only a few of us escaped unscathed and, our hearts full of gratitude, we made a secret oath to God: to cooperate well with the work to follow.

The Youth With No Regrets

The Youth With No Regrets

The Youth With No Regrets

Xiaowen    Chongqing City

“Love is a pure emotion, pure without a blemish. Use your heart, use your heart to love and feel and care. Love doesn’t set conditions or barriers or distance. … In love there’s no suspicion,no cunning, no deceit. Use your heart, use your heart to love and feel and care. In love there is no distance and nothing that’s not pure” (“Pure Love Without Blemish” in Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs).

Tasting the Love of God in the Midst of Adversity

 Tasting the Love of God in the Midst of Adversity

 Tasting the Love of God in the Midst of Adversity

Chen Lu    Tonglu County, Zhejiang Province

I was born in the 1980s in a village—we had been a family of farmers for generations. I threw myself into my studies so that I could test into college and escape the village life of poverty and backwardness. When I started high school, I encountered The History of Western Art, and when I saw so many beautiful paintings such as “Genesis,” “The Garden of Eden,” and “The Last Supper,” only then did I realize that there was a God in the universe who had created all things.

Eastern Lightning | The Spirit of Truth Has Come!

          Eastern Lightning |  The Spirit of Truth Has Come!

   “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” (Jhn 16:12-13). “This insignificant flesh is the embodiment of all the words of truth from God, that which undertakes God’s work in the last days, and an expression of the whole of God’s disposition for man to come to know” (The Word Appears in the Flesh).

Eastern Lightning | Enter the New Age!

     “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God” (Revelation 21:3). “This time, God comes to do work not in a spiritual body but in a very ordinary one. Not only is it the body of God’s second incarnation, but also the body in which God returns. … He is your gate into the kingdom, and your guide into the new age” (The Word Appears in the Flesh). Please stay tuned for the musical drama of the Church of Almighty God—Every Nation Worships the Practical God!

Eastern Lightning | Enter the New Age!

Eastern Lightning | Kingdom Praise Musical Drama—Every Nation Worships the Practical God

        Eastern Lightning | Kingdom Praise Musical Drama—Every Nation Worships the Practical God 

    Under a starry, quiet and peaceful night sky, a group of Christians earnestly awaiting the return of the Savior sing and dance to cheerful music. When they hear the joyful news “God has returned” and “God has uttered new words”, they are surprised and excited. They think: “God has returned? He has already appeared?!” With curiosity and uncertainty, one after another, they step into the journey of seeking God’s new words. 

Eastern Lightning | Kingdom Praise Musical Drama—Every Nation Worships the Practical God

Eastern Lightning| Kingdom Praise Musical Drama—Every Nation Worships the Practical God 

Eastern Lightning | Kingdom Praise
Musical Drama—Every Nation Worships
the Practical God 

Under a starry, quiet and peaceful night sky, a group of Christians earnestly awaiting the return of the Savior sing and dance to cheerful music. When they hear the joyful news “God has returned” and “God has uttered new words”, they are surprised and excited. They think: “God has returned? He has already appeared?!” With curiosity and uncertainty, one after another, they step into the journey of seeking God’s new words. In their arduous seeking, some people are questioning while others simply accept it. Some people look on without comment, while others make suggestions and search for answers in the Bible—they look but in the end it is fruitless…. Just when they become discouraged, a witness brings them a copy of the Bible of the Age of Kingdom, and they are deeply attracted to the words in the book. What kind of book is this really? Have they actually found the new words that God has uttered in that book? Have they welcomed the appearance of God?

      

Almighty God says, “Did you not desire greatly to see the God in heaven? Did you not desire greatly to understand the God in heaven? Did you not desire greatly to see the destination of mankind? He will tell you all these secrets that no man has been able to tell you, and He will even tell you of the truths that you do not understand. He is your gate into the kingdom, and your guide into the new age” (The Word Appears in the Flesh).

    

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Eastern Llghtning | Being Reborn Through the Word of God

Being Reborn Through the Word of God

Eastern Lightning | Being Reborn Through the Word of God

Wang Gang    Shandong Province

I am a farmer and because my family is poor, I always had to travel all over to find temporary jobs to earn money; I thought that I could make a good life for myself through my physical labor. However, in reality, I saw that there were no guarantees for the legal rights of migrant workers like me; my salary was frequently withheld for no reason at all. Time and time again I was cheated and taken advantage of by others.

Eastern Lightning | An Understanding of Being Saved

Eastern Lightning | An Understanding of Being Saved

Lin Qing    Qingzhou City, Shandong Province

Eastern Lightning | An Understanding of Being Saved

Over these several years of following God, I have given up the enjoyments of my family and the flesh, and I have been busy all day fulfilling my duty in the church. So I believed: As long as I don’t abandon the work in the church entrusted to me, don’t betray God, don’t leave the church, and follow God to the end, I’ll be spared and saved by God. I also believed that I was walking the path of salvation by God, and all I had to do was follow Him to the very end.

Eastern Lightning | Rising Up Through Dark Oppression

Rising Up Through Dark Oppression

Eastern Lightning | Rising Up Through Dark Oppression

Mo Zhijian    Guangdong Province

I was born in a poor, remote mountain area where we have burned incense and worshiped Buddha for many generations. There are Buddhist temples all over the land where all the families would go to burn incense; no one had ever believed in God.

Eastern Lightning | There Is Great Happiness in Honesty

Eastern Lightning | There Is Great Happiness in Honesty

Eastern Lightning | There Is Great Happiness in Honesty

Gan’en    Hefei City, Anhui Province

In my life, I’ve always gone by the phrase, “One shouldn’t have the heart to harm others, but must be vigilant so as not to be harmed” in social interaction. I never grant my trust to others lightly. I’ve always felt that in situations where you don’t know someone’s true intentions, you shouldn’t show your hand too soon. Thus, it’s enough to keep a peaceful attitude—in this way you protect yourself and will be thought of by your peers as a “good person.”

Eastern Lightning | God’s Words Have Awakened Me

Eastern Lightning | God’s Words Have Awakened Me

Eastern Lightning | God’s Words Have Awakened Me

Miao Xiao    Jinan City, Shandong Province

In the past, I used to always think that when God said “a puppet and traitor who flees from the great white throne” He was referring to those who accept this stage of work but end up retreating because they are unwilling to bear the suffering of His chastisement and judgment.

Eastern Lightning | Persecution and Adversity Helped Me to Grow Up

Persecution and Adversity Helped Me to Grow Up

Eastern Lightning |  Persecution and Adversity Helped Me to Grow Up

Baituo    Dezhou City, Shandong Province

Before, I only knew that God’s wisdom was exercised based on Satan’s plots, that God is a wise God and that Satan will ever be God’s defeated foe in theory, but I had no understanding or knowledge of it based on actual experience. Later, only within an environment arranged by God did I gain some real experience of this aspect of the truth.

Eastern Lightning | Finally I Live Out a Little Like a Human

Eastern Lightning | Finally I Live Out a Little Like a Human

Xiangwang    Sichuan Province

I feel deeply chastised in my heart every time I see that God’s words say: “Cruel, brutal mankind! The conniving and intrigue, the jostling with each other, the scramble for reputation and fortune, the mutual slaughter—when will it ever end? God has spoken hundreds of thousands of words, yet no one has come to their senses. They act for the sake of their families, and sons and daughters, for their careers, prospects, status, vanity, and money, for the sake of clothes, for food and the flesh—whose actions are truly for the sake of God? Even among those whose actions are for the sake of God, there are but few who know God. How many do not act for the sake of their own interests? How many do not oppress and discriminate against others for the sake of maintaining their own status? Thus, God has been forcibly condemned to death innumerable times, countless barbaric judges have condemned God and once more nailed Him to the cross”

Christian Testimonies - What Lies Behind Lies

Christian Testimonies - What Lies Behind Lies

By Xiaojing, Shandong Province

Each time I saw God’s words calling on us to be honest people and to speak accurately, I thought, “It’s easy to speak accurately. Isn’t it just calling a spade a spade and telling things objectively as they are? Isn’t that easy? What had always most annoyed me in this world were people who embellished when they spoke.” Because of this, I felt super confident, and I believed that I could easily practice the truth.

Eastern Lightning | The Importance of Coordination in Service

Eastern Lightning | The Importance of Coordination in Service

Eastern Lightning | The Importance of Coordination in Service

Mei Jie    Jinan City, Shandong Province

After changing the church administration back to its original form, partnership was established for every level of leader in the household of God. At the time I thought this was a good arrangement. I was of a low caliber and I had a great deal of work; I really did need a partner to help me complete all types of work in my region.

Eastern Lightning | Who Knows the Motherly Heart of God?

 Who Knows the Motherly Heart of God?

Eastern Lightning | Who Knows the Motherly Heart of God?

Qingxin    Zhengzhou City, Henan Province

Regarding the “God is righteous” aspect of the truth, I used to always have a somewhat absurd understanding. I thought that as long as someone reveals corruption in their work or commits transgressions that damage the church’s work, that person shall face retribution, or lose their duty or be subjected to punishment.

Eastern Lightning | Experiencing God’s Special Love

Eastern Lightning | Experiencing God’s Special Love

Jiayi    Fuyang City, Anhui Province

Eastern Lightning | Experiencing God’s Special Love

My nature is especially arrogant; no matter what I’m doing, I always use ingenuity and originality to show my brilliance and therefore frequently violate work arrangements to do things my own way. I am especially arrogant with regard to choosing people for a certain position. I believe that I have unique talent and insight that help me always select the right person. Because of this, when I chose someone, I wouldn’t earnestly probe to understand all the circumstances of the person I wanted to select. I also wouldn’t carefully weigh out the people I want to choose according to the relative principles.

Eastern Lightning | The Finest Gift God Has Given Me

The Finest Gift God Has Given Me

Eastern Lightning | The Finest Gift God Has Given Me

Yixin    Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province

Before, I would frequently hear my brothers and sisters say, “Everything that God does is for the best; it is all what people need.” I admitted this and agreed with it, but I didn’t have any understanding through my own experience. Later on I gained some understanding of it through an environment that God created for me.

Eastern Lightning | This Is Putting Truth Into Practice

This Is Putting Truth Into Practice

Eastern Lightning | This Is Putting Truth Into Practice

Fan Xing    Zhumadian City, Henan Province

In the past, I was paired up with a sister to work on some duties. Because I was arrogant and conceited and did not seek after truth, I had some preconceived ideas toward this sister which I always kept in my heart and didn’t openly communicated with her. When we separated, I had not entered the truth of a harmonious working relationship. Later, the church arranged for me to work with another sister and I established a resolution before God: From now on, I will not walk in the paths of failure. I’ve learned my lesson and so this time I will certainly have more open communication with this sister and reach a harmonious working relationship.

Eastern Lightning | Whatever God Says Is the Very Judgment of Man

 Eastern Lightning |Whatever God Says Is the Very Judgment of Man

Eastern Lightning | Whatever God Says Is the Very Judgment of Man

Xunqiu    Nanyang City, Henan Province

I used to think that God judged and chastised man only when He revealed man’s inherent corruption or conveyed harsh words that judged the end of man. It was only much later that an incidence led me to realize that even God’s gentle words were also His judgment and chastisement. I realized that every word God said was His judgment of man.

Eastern Lightning | It’s Not Easy to Truly Know Yourself

Eastern Lightning | It’s Not Easy to Truly Know Yourself

Eastern Lightning | It’s Not Easy to Truly Know Yourself

Zhang Rui    Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

I was a deceitful person. In God’s word we can see that deceitful people will not be saved by God; only honest people will receive His praise. So, I sought to be an honest person, to consciously practice speaking accurately, to be objective and practical, and to seek the truth from facts when reporting on issues.

Eastern Lightning | Be Strict With Oneself to Discipline Others

Eastern Lightning | Be Strict With Oneself to Discipline Others

Xiaoyan    Xinyang City, Henan Province

I had a close work partnership with an elderly sister in general affairs. After working with her for some time, I found her to be careless in her work and that she did not accept the truth.

Eastern Lightning | The Real Face of a So-called Good Person

Eastern Lightning | The Real Face of a So-called Good Person

Kemu    Zhumadian City, Henan Province

In my own mind, I’ve always thought of myself as having good humanity. I’ve thought this because, my neighbors often complimented me in front of my parents for being sensible and showing concern for our family; saying I was the apple of my parents’ eyes. 

Eastern Lightning | Is the Bible the Lord or God the Lord? "Who Is My Lord"

Liu Zhizhong is a pastor at a local house church in China. He's been a believer for over 30 years, and has constantly maintained that "The Holy Bible is inspired by God," "The Holy Bible represents God, believing in God is believing in the Bible, believing in the Bible is believing in God." In his heart, the Bible is paramount. Due to his adoration for and blind faith in the Bible, he has never studied or looked to Almighty God's work of the last days. Until one day, when he blocked believers from reading the words of Almighty God online, he had a chance encounter with the preachers from the Church of Almighty God. After undergoing intense debates about the truth, was he finally able to see the relationship between the Holy Bible and God clearly? Was he able to move away from the Bible to understand that Christ is the truth, the way, and the life? Will he be raptured before God?

Eastern Lightning | We Should Truly Accept the Chastisement and Judgment of God’s word

Eastern Lightning | We Should Truly Accept the Chastisement and Judgment of God’s word

    We all know that what God does in the end time is the work of chastising and judging by the word, and that only if one truly accepts the chastisement and judgment of God’s word can he gain the transformation of his disposition and be saved by God. Then, what does it mean to truly accept the chastisement and judgment of God’s word? Some people think: Now I have no notions about God’s word.

Eastern Lightning | God Exposes Man in Order to Perfect Man

Eastern Lightning | God Exposes Man in Order to Perfect Man

Eastern Lightning | God Exposes Man in Order to Perfect Man

Liu Jie  Liu’an City, Anhui Province

In the course of performing our duty, we are often exposed by God because of not knowing ourselves.

Eastern Lightning | Why We Should Pay Attention to Knowing Ourselves

Eastern Lightning | Why We Should Pay Attention to Knowing Ourselves

Gan’en  Luoyang City, Henan Province

     In the course of our believing in God, many of us brothers and sisters pay attention only to working and performing duties, and very few of us pay attention to knowing ourselves. Many times when we fellowship in a meeting about the topic concerning knowing ourselves, some brothers and sisters have questions and resistance in their heart: Since we believe in God, we just believe in God. 

Eastern Lightning | How to Pursue to Be an Honest Person

The Church of Almighty God | How to Pursue to Be an Honest Person

Eastern Lightning | How to Pursue to Be an Honest Person

Miaoxiao Anyang City, Henan Province

In the past, when reading in God’s word that we were required to be an honest person, many brothers and sisters thought that it was not hard to be an honest person and that as long as one told the truth without cheating others in everything, he was an honest person.

Eastern Lightning | IX Questions and Answers About God’s Work of Judgment in the Last Days

The Church of Almighty God | The Bible and God

Eastern Lightning | IX Questions and Answers About God’s Work of Judgment in the Last Days

Question 1: You say that God becomes flesh in the last days to do the work of judgment. Does this have basis in the Bible, or fulfill biblical prophecies? Without a biblical basis, we shouldn’t be so quick to believe it.

Answer: Any major incidents of God’s work are prophesied in the Bible, and there are quite a few relating to the second coming of the Lord Jesus and God’s work of judgment.

Eastern Lightning | VIII Questions and Answers About the Inside Story of the Bible

Eastern Lightning | Questions and Answers About the Inside Story of the Bible

Eastern Lightning | VIII Questions and Answers About the Inside Story of the Bible

Question 3: The Lord Jesus personally said that the Bible testified of Him. So, we must believe in the Lord according to the Bible. The Bible is the only path for us to know the Lord.

Answer: Let’s see whether we can really know the Lord according to the Bible. This question is answered in Almighty God’s word.