Lord, I have always looked forward to the time of Your return,

and now have You truly come back?

Can it actually be? Is Your return Almighty God?

Pastor Lee, Preacher Ju, your church must get the news.

The Church of Almighty God has published many pieces of Almighty God's word

in several large newspapers here in South Korea.

They testify the Lord Jesus has returned to flesh,

and what's more, has expressed millions of words.

It's astonishing.

What do you think of it?

I've read these words of Almighty God in Korea Joongang Daily.

The words are indeed profound. They seem to come from God.

They are words no man can have spoken.

The word of Almighty God is very deep, it's true.

But how is it proved that Almighty God is the returned Jesus?

It says in the Bible the Lord will come

"with clouds; and every eye shall see him."

But we've not witnessed this.

It's a question, and I've thought on that.

But the Bible does talk of another way in which the Lord will return.

For example, Revelation 16:15 says,

"Come as a thief" means coming in secret.

But if when Jesus returns, He comes on a cloud and before the eyes of everyone,

how will that fulfill "coming as a thief"?

There isn't contradiction in the Lord's words.

All of them shall come true, just as written, His prophecies.

The Bible prophesies

two different ways, two possible ways that the Lord shall return.

One is to come in secret, the other publicly appear.

In that case, these two prophecies don't contradict at all.

One is coming in secret and the other is to appear in public?

It's likely, though,

many prophecies from the Bible say the Lord will arrive as the Son of man.

As in the book of Luke chapter 17:24-25,

And because it mentions the words "the Son of man" and "suffer many things,"

then it must be referring to the incarnate flesh of God.

Like when the Lord Jesus came, people treated Him like an ordinary person,

completely failing to comprehend that He was the Messiah, Christ. (Mm.)

And it is truly because

God is incarnated as the Son of man to be unrecognized by the people as such.

Thus, it can be that His incarnation becomes a secret thing.

Then it is in accordance with the prophecy of His coming "as a thief."

And I think the prophecy of the Son of man's coming

probably refers to the coming of God in secret through incarnation.

Ah. Makes sense. Yeah!

Now I'm thinking

that it's very possible Jesus will come in secret as the Son of man,

then openly appear to the public.

This has been acknowledged by many expositors.

Then, it's your understanding the Lord's return will be secret at first,

and will only become public later.

What work will the Lord do

between the time of His return and His public appearance?

Several prophecies say that upon His return, He shall do the work of judgment.

Like these ones,

Also, "he that overcomes" is mentioned often in Revelation.

For example, Revelation 2:7 says,

And Revelation 2:17 says,

and so on.

In my opinion,

these verses are telling me during God's time of His secret incarnation,

He will make a group of overcomers by the judgment work.

Is there other biblical basis for that?

The Lord Jesus once prophesied,

Here, it says the Spirit of truth will guide us into all truth.

I wonder if this means

God will become flesh in the last days

to express the truth to do the work of judgment.

Right. And the Bible also says,

Here it is written, God will pour out His Spirit on the handmaids and servants,

which must refer to the work of "judgment beginning with the house of God."

By this, God will make a group of overcomers first.

And I assume the verse's handmaids and servants

refer to the firstfruits made by God.

They're those who serve God in the kingdom in the future.

It's far more likely.

So it seems for us to accept God's work when He comes in secret

is quite meaningful.

I remember it also says in Revelation,

When it refers to "the Lamb shall feed them,"

this shows us God will be incarnated as the Son of man to feed man.

In other words,

God will Himself become flesh, the Son of man into the human world,

giving man His living water of life, making a group of overcomers.

Oh, yes, I think so.

Which means in the time God incarnate is remaining hidden.

God will make a group of overcomers by expressing the truth.

We must grab this chance to accept God's salvation.

Or else, when God finally does appear in public, it'll be too late for regrets.

Mm.

Suppose the Lord does come secretly through incarnation.

If it's true, then how are we to recognize Him?

Then, is Almighty God truly the Lord Jesus returned?

I just remembered this,

when the disciples asked about how to welcome His return,

Jesus said with vital importance: Be as wise virgins are.

For wise virgins are careful in listening to the voice of God.

And when they heard the news God has come,

they recognized the voice of God, and they went out and welcomed Him.

Today, we also have to pay attention to God's voice.

As to whether Almighty God is Lord Jesus returned,

we should seek it with great care,

and become more familiar with the word expressed by Almighty God.

Since the Church of Almighty God testifies

the Lord Jesus has come back and expressed words,

we should pray, seek, and discern it seriously.

We shouldn't deny or condemn it blindly.

We must read Almighty God's word more.

After we finish studying it,

we will be able to tell whether it's God's voice naturally.

Jiyeong, you've accepted Almighty God's work in the last days in China, right?

Yes, brother, I will just like to talk about it with you.

Jiyeong, you've just come back from China. Have a good rest first.

All right, then.

Then, tomorrow we'll meet with some friends.

They're very interested in Almighty God's work of the last days.

We'll fellowship then.

That's great!

Well, go ahead!

As we're all aware, we're in the final age of the last days.

Most of the biblical prophecies of the Lord's return have come to pass.

We know the Lord Jesus is supposed to come now.

There are those who believe the Lord has come.

They are probably right.

So, our investigating into Almighty God's work in the last days means a lot

in terms of welcoming the return of the Lord.

Since there will be many false Christs in the last days,

people give much attention to the prevention of them.

But they're forgetting the last days is the time,

the very time for the appearance of God, the time for Lord Jesus to come back.

If guarding against false Christs is all we focus on,

without taking the initiative to seek God's appearance

or to investigate God's work,

then, truly it is pathetic for us.

For us to welcome the Lord Jesus' return,

we must know how to tell the true Christ from the false ones.

This relates directly to our rapture before the throne of God.

But still, we don't quite understand the truth of this discernment.

But we must learn how to discern.

So we want Sister Cho to fellowship with us

about how to recognize the true Christ.

This is the truth we need most right now.

As we know, now deception from false Christs occurs in every country.

Even here, many are fooled into believing false Christs.

This has just fulfilled the Lord Jesus' prophecy,

I think all news preaching the Lord has returned is false, personally.

We can't believe it!

Otherwise, we'll be fooled!

Now am I right or wrong in this opinion?

Help me, please, with your fellowship.

Well, from the time Almighty God starts expressing the truth

and begins doing the work of judgment in the last days,

then mankind has entered into the Age of Kingdom, that Age has begun.

But if people still remain in the Age of Grace, then they are falling behind,

then they are left behind by God's work.

When the Lord Jesus has come again in secret

to start the work of "judgment beginning with the house of God,"

many false Christs and deceivers will appear at the same time

to imitate and disturb God's work.

And so, when the false Christs begin appearing,

it means that God has already returned and He has arrived in secret.

But the people just don't know about it yet.

This is an opportunity for us

to seek and to investigate God's work in the last days.

However, regarding the return of the Lord,

many people take guarding against false Christs as their priority.

They pay no attention to how to hear God's voice like wise virgins

or how to welcome the return of the Lord.

Instead, they cling to their notions and imaginations,

thinking anyone who witnesses the Lord Jesus' return is false.

Aren't they the foolish virgins mentioned by the Lord Jesus?

Haven't they also condemned the returned Lord Jesus?

The question I would like to ask is: Do these kinds of people

really genuinely believe in the return of the Lord Jesus?

Aren't they in behaving like this just denying His return?

That's right. Pastor Lee, we shouldn't deny the testimonies of the Lord's coming

just because of the appearance of the false Christs of the last days.

If so, don't we give up eating for fear of choking?

Discernment between the true Christ and false ones

is the best means of revealing whether a person has truth or not.

And it also reveals if a person is a wise virgin or a foolish one.

Some people just take this verse as evidence enough

to judge and condemn the incarnate Christ and deny Christ's arrival.

They appear foolish by that.

But for us to distinguish the true Christ from all the false ones,

we all should know the substance of Christ as a beginning.

As we all know, the Lord Jesus is the incarnate Christ.

Christ is the incarnate God.

That is, the God in heaven takes on a flesh

and becomes the Son of man to work in the world.

Christ is the embodiment of the Spirit of God. He has the divine substance.

The almightiness, wisdom, disposition of the Spirit of God,

and all that God has and is have been realized in Christ.

Christ is the truth and He is the way and the life.

Hence, we can say for sure

that Christ is not a vague God, not fictional or illusory.

He is real and practical, worthy for man to rely on and trust.

He is the practical God that can be followed and be known by man,

just like the Lord Jesus who lived in the human world completely real and vivid,

accomplishing His work of leading men and of shepherding them.

After we know the substance of Christ,

it's easier for us to distinguish the true Christ from the false ones.

Let's read a passage of Almighty God's word.

Please turn to page 3.

Pastor Kim, will you please read for us? (Yes.)

Let's stop it here.

In the Age of Grace,

He expressed a great deal of truth,

mainly manifested His disposition of love and compassion,

and accomplished God's work of redeeming all mankind.

Lord Jesus' work and His word, and His disposition,

they prove completely that Christ is the truth, and the life and also the way.

In the last days, Almighty God comes and says,

He expresses millions of words and opens the scroll,

displays His main disposition that is righteous

and does the judgment work in the last days.

Almighty God's work of judgment and chastisement to save corrupt mankind

has once again proved Christ is the truth and the life, and also the way.

The Lord Jesus prophesied a long time ago