2 Almighty God Is the Returned Jesus
Wang Yang
Guichi City, Anhui Province
I was formerly a leader of the Justification by Faith Church in the
city of Guichi. Before I accepted Almighty God’s work of the last days,
I, like all brothers and sisters, had been eagerly expecting the Lord
Jesus’ coming again. But because of the constant “warnings” from the
senior leader above and the biblical verse that there will surely appear
many false Christs in the last days, I became one who resisted and
condemned God’s work of the last days. Thinking of these, I feel very
guilty. Now, I will tell brothers and sisters my personal experience,
hoping that brothers and sisters will learn a lesson from it and come
back to God’s family soon.
One day in September 1999, I was collecting cotton on our own
threshing floor, because it was going to rain. Two sisters who preached
the work of the last days of Almighty God came to me. Seeing them, I
said, “How come you preachers of the false way come again to draw me?
Save your breath! I won’t be deceived by you! You say that God has come,
but no matter what you say, I believe that whatever departs from the
Bible is false, because it says clearly in Matthew 24:36 that no one
knows when the Lord comes. How could you know?” Seeing that they didn’t
leave, I swore, “What a cheek, like the skin of an old sow! I will never
let you enter my house!” I ran back home as I swore, and shut them out.
Soon, it began to rain. The two sisters didn’t have their umbrella
with them and had to stand in the rain. Then I thought to myself, “They
don’t get angry in spite of my abuse and don’t leave even when it rains.
For what do they do so? For money? No! I won’t give them money. For
fame? No! The worldly people all ridicule them as insane. They are not
afraid of being mocked or abused or suffering. I have to ask them for
what they do so.” Just when I was about to open the door, I remembered
the words of the senior leader, “Those who preach that God has been
incarnated and has opened the little scroll are from the ‘Eastern
Lightning.’ No matter who they are and in what weather and at what time
they come, don’t sympathize with them, much less receive them.” So, I
began to struggle in my heart, “If what they believe in is false, why do
they have far greater faith, love, and patience than we believers in
Jesus? Am I a believer in Jesus by treating them this way?” I walked
back and forth in the room and didn’t know what to do. The struggle in
my heart was very fierce. The rain outside became heavier and heavier.
In the end, I couldn’t bear it any longer, and said to myself,
“Regardless of whether it is true or false, I have to ask them first for
what they do so and where their faith, love, and patience come from.”
I opened the door and saw that they got soaked and trembled with
cold. I felt quite sorry and let them in. As there were no clothes at
home for them to change into, I urged them to hurry home. The sisters
said, “If we want to go back, why do we wait until now? Brother, we come
just to talk about the Bible with you.” My heart was moved by their
sincerity. At that point, I no longer considered how people in the
church would think about me, and said to them, “Just say whatever you
want to!” One sister said, “Brother, we’ve come to fellowship with you
about what Christ is.” I said, “Jesus is Christ and Christ is Jesus.”
The sister continued, “Why can Jesus be called Christ?” I said, “Because
the Lord Jesus is God, He is called Christ.” The sister asked again,
“Is Jehovah not God? Why can He not be called Christ?” I said, “Christ
means the anointed King.” The sister went on, “Saul, David, and Solomon
were all anointed and were kings, but why could they not be called
Christ?” Her questions rendered me speechless. Seeing that I was silent,
she said, “Why can Jehovah not be called Christ? Because He only has
full divinity and does not have a normal humanity. Why could Saul,
David, or Solomon not be called Christ? They only had humanity and
didn’t have full divinity, so they couldn’t be called Christ. Then why
can Jesus be called Christ? Because He has both full divinity and a
normal humanity, He is called Christ.” I was suddenly enlightened, “Ah!
That’s how it is then. Thank God very much!” The sister went on, “Christ
refers to the incarnate God. Only the incarnate God can be called
Christ or the Son of man. In the Bible, Jesus is called Christ and the
Son of man many times but Jehovah is never called Christ or the Son of
man. This is because Jehovah is the Spirit and cannot be called Christ.
When Christ or the Son of man is mentioned, it refers to the incarnate
God. In the Bible, the prophets such as Ezekiel and Daniel are also
called the ‘son of man.’ Although they and Christ were both men
outwardly, they were different in substance. Ezekiel and Daniel could
only speak some words and do some work among the people in behalf of
Jehovah, and they were human in substance and were performing the duty
that a created being should do. Christ, however, is different. He is
God’s Spirit in substance, and when He speaks and works, He is
performing His ministry. Although Christ can be called the Son of man,
not all sons of man can be called Christ. Except the incarnate God, no
one else can be called Christ. In the Bible, it mentions the Son of man
many times, such as Matthew 24:27, 30; 25:31, Luke 17:30, and Revelation
14:14. Moreover, the Bible prophesies that the Lord Jesus will appear
with the image of the Son of man when He comes again. Let’s read Luke
17:22-30. The Lord Jesus said to the disciples, ‘The days will
come, when you shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man,
and you shall not see it. And they shall say to you, See here; or, see
there: go not after them, nor follow them. For as the lightning, that
lightens out of the one part under heaven, shines to the other part
under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of
the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were
given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the
flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days
of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted,
they built; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire
and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be
in the day when the Son of man is revealed.’ From these
verses, it’s not difficult for us to see that when God comes again, He
will also appear as the Son of man. When the Son of man is mentioned, it
refers to the incarnate God. We have just mentioned that the incarnate
Son of man has a normal humanity and full divinity and the spiritual
body cannot be called the Son of man. The Lord Jesus said to His
disciples personally, ‘The days will come, when you shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you shall not see it.’ Does the word ‘the days will come’
mean that the days have come or not? Do they refer to the time He was
incarnated or the future time?” I said, “They refer to the time the Lord
Jesus was incarnated.” The sister continued, “If the Lord Jesus meant
Himself, why did He say the word ‘The days will come, when you shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you shall not see it’?
If the Lord Jesus was referring to Himself, hadn’t the disciples seen
Him already? Moreover, they had followed Him and known that He was the
Son of man and the Christ. (Matthew 16:15-16) How could He say that they
shall not see it? Obviously, He wasn’t referring to the time He was
incarnated but was speaking a prophecy concerning His coming again. He
also prophesied that there would be false Christs appearing when He came
back. In Luke 17:23, it says, ‘And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.’
The Lord Jesus was warning people that they should not be deceived by
false Christs when He came the second time, because where there is God’s
work, there is Satan’s work. Man cannot recognize or know the image God
takes when He comes by his physical eyes. Can man really know what
image God will take when He comes again? Acts 1:11 says that the Lord
Jesus will come in the same way as He went. At that time, the Lord Jesus
went up in the clouds with the image of a Jew, dressed in the Jewish
clothes, and with the print of the nails and the wounds of spears. Are
you sure that He will still be like this when He comes again? If it were
the case, whom should the Son of man described in Revelation refer to?
It is written in Revelation 1:13-16, ‘And in the middle of the
seven candlesticks one like to the Son of man, clothed with a garment
down to the foot, and girt about the breasts with a golden girdle. His
head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes
were as a flame of fire; And his feet like to fine brass, as if they
burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he
had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two
edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shines in his strength.’
Then how should man know this appearance? Moreover, in Luke 24:13-16,
it is written, ‘And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village
… Jesus Himself drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were held
that they should not know him.’ John 20:14-15 says, ‘And when she had
thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not
that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, Woman, why weep you? whom seek you? She,
supposing him to be the gardener….’ So, man cannot recognize God
through the outward appearance; rather, he can only know God through
God’s work and word. Isn’t the Pharisees’ resistance against God a
typical case? So, the Lord Jesus warned us many times not to be deceived
by false Christs and also taught us how to distinguish false Christs.
In Matthew 24:23-24, it is written, ‘Then if any man shall say
to you, See, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall
arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and
wonders; so that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.’
Here the Lord Jesus was giving us a hint that when God came again, He
would not perform these signs and wonders but would do a new work, and
if anyone performed signs and wonders, he must be a false Christ, a
deceiver. We should know God from His work, as Christ cannot be
recognized by man through His appearance. Since the Son of man comes, He
will surely bring His new work. But a false Christ cannot bring any new
work, and it only imitates and follows the work God did to achieve its
purpose of deceiving people. While Satan is imitating the work Jesus did
(healing the sick, driving out the demons, and performing signs and
miracles), God has already done a new work again. God’s work is always
done based on Satan’s plots. So, the Lord Jesus repeatedly taught us
that anyone who misuses the name of Jesus and heals the sick, drives out
the demons, and performs signs and wonders and says that he is the
returned Lord Jesus is a false Christ. In Luke 17:24, the Lord Jesus
prophesied the work He would do when He came again, ‘For as the
lightning, that lightens out of the one part under heaven, shines to the
other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.’
He prophesied that the work the Son of man did when He came again would
be like the lightning and would be done from the east to the west in
the universe and be finished within the shortest time. That indicates
that the work God does when He comes again will be done very quickly. As
it is the work of reaping, it can be finished within a short time, and
will not last two thousand years like the work of sowing. If it is a new
work, that is, the work that has never been done, such as reaping,
purifying, winnowing, and judging, which is beyond man’s capacity, it is
undoubtedly God’s work. We should be cautious and not miss it! We
should know God according to the work God does, and this is most after
the Lord’s heart.”
“However, when God opens a new age and does a new stage of work, He
will be confronted with many people’s resistance and great hindrances.
This is because men are ignorant about the direction of the Holy
Spirit’s work and they resist God’s new work according to God’s former
work, measure God’s work by their imaginations and notions, and check
God’s new work according to the old regulations. Every time when God is
incarnated to do the work of saving men, men don’t like to accept or
follow but instead do their utmost to resist, saying that this is a
deceiver coming, and also spread slanders, blasphemies, and
condemnations. God is so great, noble, and holy, yet He is incarnated
into the world and lives with the most corrupt and filthy people, and
He, humble and hidden, is saving men in obscurity. Men not only don’t
repay God but requite evil for good, denying Him as the true God, and
reviling, mocking, ridiculing, and rejecting Him. God endures all these
silently for man’s sake. This is what will happen when Jesus comes
again, as prophesied by Jesus personally, and is the true meaning of the
word ‘But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation,’
(Luke 17:25) which prophesies that He will suffer many things when He
comes the second time. The word ‘and be rejected of this generation’
means that He will not be accepted by this generation again. If He comes
as a spiritual body and not as an incarnate flesh, He need not suffer,
not to mention being rejected by men. Because when He is a spiritual
body, He is not restrained by space or geography, and only the incarnate
Son of man will undergo such sufferings.” I argued at once, “It means
that Jesus suffered many things when He was on earth, and it doesn’t
mean that He will be incarnated when He comes again.” The sister said,
“Well, we will be clear after reading the following scriptures in Luke
17:26-30, ‘And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also
in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married
wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into
the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it
was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they
sold, they planted, they built; But the same day that Lot went out of
Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.’
From these verses, we see that the day when the Son of man is revealed
is like the days of Noah and the days of Sodom when they all were
destroyed. If it referred to the fact that the Lord Jesus Himself
suffered things at that time, firstly, it would not be called a
prophecy. This is because a prophecy prophesies things that have not
happened; only if it prophesies things that will be fulfilled in the
future can it be called a prophecy; otherwise, it is not called a
prophecy. Secondly, if it referred to the fact that Jesus suffered
things at that time, why did Jesus say that the day when the Son of man
comes will be like the days of Noah and the days of Sodom? As we all
know, the days of Noah were the days of destruction of the flood when
the whole world was cursed and destroyed by God and only the eight
people of Noah’s family received God’s blessings and were left. The days
of Lot were the days when Jehovah God destroyed the sins of the city of
Sodom. Because the sins of the people of Sodom reached Jehovah’s ears,
God poured down the brimstone and fire from heaven and burned them all
and only left three people of Lot’s family. If it referred to the first
incarnation of the Lord Jesus, how do we explain it that we have never
seen any work of destruction done by God over the two thousand years
after the Lord came to the world? Doesn’t it refer to the second coming
of the Son of man?”
Through the biblical verses we studied and the sister’s fellowship, I
knew much about God’s coming again through being incarnated as the Son
of man. Thank God very much! I was much enlightened! Then I said to
them, “I can accept that Jesus will be incarnated when He comes again,
but I still don’t understand one thing. You say that God has come, but
the Bible says, ‘But of that day and that hour knows no man … but the Father.’
Then how do you know that?” The sister answered, “It means that man
cannot possibly know the specific time of Jesus’ coming again. But when
God comes and begins to work, won’t people know it? This is like Jesus’
first coming. First, Mary and Joseph knew it. Then after He was born,
the three Magi and the shepherds knew it. When He began to perform His
ministry, His disciples knew it; and the woman of Samaria said that He
was Messiah, the Savior. If no one knew it, how could His work be
carried out? The object of God’s work is man, so His work requires man
to cooperate. If no one knew it, how could God save man? The Bible tells
us clearly that ‘the letter kills, but the spirit gives life.’ Today,
if we hold fast to the Bible and deny God’s work of today, aren’t we too
rash and thoughtless? If it were the case, as we imagine, that He who
does not come with white clouds is not Jesus, why would Jesus have
spoken so many parables and prophesied things about His coming again?
The Lord repeatedly warned us to watch, but we misunderstand Jesus’
words and just ‘close the door tight.’ As such, to guard against false
ones, we shut the real One out. What will we gain in the end through
believing in God then?” What the sister said and the biblical prophecies
made me change my mind: The fulfillment of the biblical prophecies
cannot be within the Bible, and since it is beyond “the Bible,” it means
that God has done a new work. Only God can do new work, and no one else
can make such a start. And the sister said, “All that we have known and
talked about today is in God’s word. God has made all the mysteries and
truths clear to man. As long as you read God’s word more, you will
understand the truths of all aspects and all your notions and
difficulties will be solved by God’s word.”
Unconsciously, we talked like this for several hours. Thank God for
His enlightenment, so that I understood many truths and mysteries I had
been unclear about in believing in God for years. From the fulfillment
of the biblical prophecies and the speech and living out of the people
led by Almighty God, I was sure that the incarnate Almighty God today is
the Jesus who has appeared. I was really remorseful for my deeds,
blindness, and ignorance and regretted that I believed in God for years
but didn’t know God, and blindly believed people’s rumors, rejected the
true way, and drove away the brothers and sisters who preached the
gospel. Yet, God didn’t treat me according to my evil deeds but saved me
time after time and brought me back to His throne. I sincerely hope
that the brothers and sisters who have not come before Almighty God will
not be like me, who believed in God but relied on men. Wake up!
Almighty God is the returned Jesus, only He can bring us the truth, the
way, and the life, and only Almighty God can spare us from the disasters
of the last days. Come back to God’s family quickly! Almighty God is
expecting us!
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