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  • Pastor Lai!

  • Pastor Lai! Open the door! Quick!

  • Pastor …

  • What happened?

  • It's bad.

  • I've just been to Li Village,

  • and discovered that many believers have accepted Eastern Lightning!

  • What?

  • It gets worse. Your nephew is who preached it to them.

  • Chenguang?

  • That's right.

  • We better think of something quick,

  • or else the whole church

  • will soon be following Eastern Lightning!

  • Why did they convert to Eastern Lightning so quickly?

  • What divine miracles could be manifesting in the Eastern Lightning?

  • It's mostly that they read the book,

  • The Word Appears in the Flesh,

  • which they have determined is God's voice,

  • so they accepted Almighty God.

  • Oh right. I brought a copy.

  • Let me have a look.

  • What's so special about it?

  • How come once people read it, they believe it is God's voice?

  • Here.

  • So many words! When was all this expressed?

  • Exactly.

  • Wouldn't it take years and years to express this many words?

  • Why didn't I know of it?

  • Exactly!

  • You're a pastor.

  • The Lord should've revealed His coming to you.

  • What's that mean?

  • Just what is meant by "word"?

  • Does it refer to God's word?

  • God's word?

  • "God's word appears in the flesh,"

  • might it mean the Lord's returned?

  • The Lord's returned?

  • Who else could express God's word?

  • Only the Lord Jesus could express God's word!

  • That's right! Then we really have to read this.

  • If this really is God's word,

  • then it means the Lord has returned.

  • Hey, not so, that's wrong.

  • All of God's word is in the Bible.

  • The Lord never said He'd return to express new words.

  • That's right.

  • Words not in the Bible, no matter how sound or well-phrased,

  • must not be referred to as the word of God!

  • Right!

  • Let's think this through.

  • People in the church read this book and believe the Lord has returned.

  • That must be why they accept Eastern Lightning.

  • Now I know the root of the problem!

  • This!

  • Right!

  • We must tell the brothers and sisters they are not to read this book!

  • - Right! - Now!

  • Pastor, on the way here today,

  • I saw Chenguang visit your daughter's house.

  • Do you think he could be preaching Eastern Lightning to Xinming?

  • - No! - Oh no!

  • Brother Wu,

  • go tell the congregation

  • that they're forbidden from receiving people from Eastern Lightning.

  • And anyone who does will be expelled!

  • Right, I'll go now.

  • Hello? Xinming? Can you come over?

  • Is Chenguang there?

  • Good, bring him too.

  • Yeah. Quickly!

  • "Christ of the Last Days" … "the Way of Eternal Life" …

  • Dad, we're here!

  • Hi.

  • - I'll take that. - Thanks.

  • Uncle. Hey!

  • You're reading The Word Appears in the Flesh too?

  • Chenguang, what's the deal with this book?

  • Oh, these are the words of the returned Lord in the last days.

  • This book is quite valuable.

  • If you can read and understand it, you'll be able to receive the Lord.

  • What a great blessing!

  • Chenguang,

  • we need to base our belief in the Lord on the Bible.

  • But instead of reading the Bible, you read The Word Appears in the Flesh.

  • Aren't you departing from the Bible and betraying the Lord?

  • Uncle …

  • Listen, you must confess your sins to the Lord and repent!

  • Uncle Lai, but Almighty God is the returned Lord Jesus.

  • He has expressed the truth to do judgment work beginning with God's house.

  • Accepting Almighty God is following the footsteps of the Lamb and receiving the Lord.

  • How could that be a betrayal?

  • - Chenguang, in the Bible it … - Dad, Dad!

  • Chenguang was just fellowshiping with me,

  • and it was very enlightening.

  • Let's read Almighty God's word together

  • and decide if it's God's voice.

  • Then we can determine if Almighty God is the returned Lord Jesus.

  • - That's right, Uncle Lai. - What do you think?

  • - Read Almighty God's word? - Yeah.

  • - That sounds … - Smart?

  • Ludicrous!

  • Dad!

  • You two, honestly …

  • Our belief in the Lord must be based on the Bible.

  • All God's words are in the Bible;

  • none of His words exist outside of it.

  • Even if the Lord Jesus returns, He won't depart from the Bible.

  • Anyone who goes beyond the Bible is not the returned Lord Jesus.

  • Uncle, you shouldn't delimit God like that.

  • Chenguang, I'm doing no such thing.

  • What matters is that as believers in God

  • all our actions and words must be based in the Bible!

  • Uncle, think about it.

  • Could the words the Lord Jesus said

  • when He appeared to work be found in the Old Testament?

  • Then your claim that "God has no words and work outside the Bible"

  • doesn't match the facts.

  • It is said in Revelation:

  • And that the Lord Jesus will return to unfurl the scroll and open the seven seals.

  • Now what the Holy Spirit will speak to the churches,

  • the content of the scroll and mystery of the seven seals,

  • are these recorded in the Bible?

  • No, not at all.

  • They're mysteries the Lord will accomplish in the last days.

  • How could the Bible contain …

  • … any record of them?

  • Tricky.

  • It's all true.

  • Uncle, it's like you just said,

  • these are mysteries the Lord reveals upon His return.

  • How could they be put in the Bible ahead of time?

  • Also, John chapter 16 verses 12–13 say,

  • Don't the Lord's words explain it well?

  • The Spirit of truth will come in the last days and guide us into all of the truth.

  • This proves the Lord will speak new words when He comes in the last days,

  • and these words will certainly be outside the Bible,

  • am I right?

  • Hey! That's new insight!

  • So the notion that "when the Lord returns, He'll produce no words or work outside the Bible"

  • doesn't hold up.

  • It denies the Lord's work and words in the last days and even His return!

  • Chenguang, but how can you say that?

  • I've believed in the Lord for years.

  • Every day I watch for Him to descend on a cloud.

  • How can I possibly deny His return?

  • Right.

  • In our belief in the Lord, everything's based on the Bible.

  • Especially concerning the Lord's coming,

  • we cannot depart from the Bible.

  • Now, tell me.

  • Eastern Lightning testifies that the Lord has returned,

  • and is incarnate.

  • That's right.

  • Is this in the Bible?

  • Which verse is it that prophesies the Lord will come incarnate when He returns?

  • Uncle, now that you mention it,

  • there are clear prophecies within the Bible that tell us the Lord will appear and work

  • in incarnate flesh in the last days.

  • There are?

  • Yeah.

  • Do you recall what's said in Luke chapter 12 verse 40?

  • Chapter 17 verses 24 to 25?

  • That's right.

  • And what is mentioned in both of these verses?

  • - They both mention "the Son of man"? - That's right.

  • They both refer to the Lord's coming with the specific phrase "the Son of man," right?

  • Since you often read the Bible,

  • you must know what "the Son of man" and "the Son of man comes" refer to.

  • "Son of man"?

  • The Son of man is born of man, a human.

  • That's right.

  • I think it's quite obvious.

  • "The Son of man" in these verses clearly refers to the Lord Jesus.

  • The Lord Jesus was God's incarnation and the Son of man.

  • That's right.

  • But,

  • these are all prophecies of the Lord's return in the last days.

  • How could they be about the Lord Jesus?

  • That's right. Therefore …

  • That means the prophecies that He'll return as the Son of man

  • are unquestionably saying that the Lord will return in incarnate flesh!

  • Uncle, think about it.

  • If Lord Jesus came down in a spiritual body after His resurrection,

  • could we call Him the Son of man?

  • No we couldn't.

  • If the Lord came as a spiritual body, people would bow the moment they saw Him.

  • Who would dare reject Him?

  • How'd the Lord Jesus' prophecy,

  • be fulfilled?

  • Hey, when you put it that way I understand.

  • God can only be rejected and suffer many things if He comes as the incarnate Son of man.

  • Correct.

  • - So that's how the Lord's prophecy is fulfilled! - Exactly!

  • You're getting so frenzied.

  • If you ask me, you've both been hoodwinked.

  • How does Hebrews Chapter 13 verse 8 go?

  • Come on Dad.

  • Say it.

  • Fine!

  • "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever."

  • What does this prove?

  • What?

  • It proves there's only one Christ,

  • the Lord Jesus who is our author and perfecter.

  • Only the Lord Jesus is Christ, Son of God.

  • Eastern Lightning claims that Almighty God is Christ,

  • which is impossible!

  • Almighty God is just an ordinary person.

  • But, Dad, I do not agree with that idea.

  • See on the outside,

  • the Lord Jesus seemed like a regular person,

  • but He could express the truth and perform redemption,

  • which means He was God incarnate.

  • That's right.

  • When the Lord Jesus performed work,

  • the Pharisees falsely said He was an ordinary person,

  • the son of a carpenter.

  • - For this they condemned and rejected Him. - Right.

  • Dad, we can't make the mistake the Pharisees did.

  • We must learn to listen for God's voice.

  • That is clearly what's most important.

  • Amen!

  • Now you're preaching to me?

  • Dad.

  • I've served the Lord many years and read this many times.

  • If the Lord returned, wouldn't I know it?

  • How could I possibly walk the path of the Pharisees?

  • Uncle Lai,

  • I have no doubt that you know far more clearly than us

  • how the Pharisees judged and condemned the Lord Jesus.

  • Yes.

  • Eastern Lightning testifies that the Lord has returned,

  • shouldn't we take a lesson from the Pharisees

  • and not judge them and say they believe in an ordinary person?

  • We should proactively seek and investigate,

  • and see whether the words in The Word Appears in the Flesh are the truth,

  • whether they truly are the words of God

  • and then make conclusions.

  • Then we'll avoid the mistake of the Pharisees.

  • He's right.

  • - Dad, we should seek and investigate. - Yes.

  • I am a pastor.

  • How could I carelessly condemn a religious entity?

  • I've seen most religious pastors and elders

  • say what you believe in is an ordinary person.

  • Could they all be wrong?

  • What's more,

  • throughout the country the CCP is suppressing and arresting believers in Almighty God.

  • Do you think this church will survive for long?

  • From just that fact alone,

  • this can't possibly be God's work.

  • God is almighty and has tremendous wisdom,

  • so I don't need to investigate this.

  • I know this can't be the true way.

  • Uncle,

  • the CCP's an atheist party.

  • It despises God and hates the truth.

  • Just think, since the moment it took power, it has called Christianity a cult,

  • the Bible cultish literature and it seized and burned countless copies.

  • Could such a party ever accept Christ?

  • Could it ever permit God to appear and work on earth?

  • It doesn't even acknowledge God in heaven.

  • How could it accept the incarnate God?

  • That's right.

  • The CCP's demonic essence drives it to deny and condemn Christ.

  • Uncle, as believers in the Lord, we can't trust the CCP's lies.

  • I know that. I understand all that you're saying.

  • It is an atheist party, I know.

  • How could I let myself believe in its lies?

  • I'm well aware of that.

  • But we have to be wise.

  • We can't give the CCP leverage over us.

  • Me rejecting Almighty God is a separate thing.

  • What's key is that most religious pastors and elders have condemned Eastern Lightning.

  • That's the trend in the religious world.

  • How could I go against that trend?

  • Beyond that, if Almighty God were the true God,

  • He would have revealed His coming to pastors,

  • so they and elders could accept Him first.

  • That's how the Lord Jesus would return.

  • But nothing's been revealed to me.

  • Uncle—

  • What's more is

  • God simply couldn't come incarnate in the last days.

  • So I think any message that preaches God has come incarnate is false.

  • So there's simply no way I'll ever accept Almighty God.

  • Uncle,

  • The Bridegroom has come and we must go out to meet Him.

  • I read Almighty God's word, heard God's voice,

  • and determined that Almighty God is the returned Lord Jesus.

  • Uncle, read Almighty God's word,

  • and all of your questions will be answered.

  • If you don't read His word but rely purely on human deductions,

  • you'll never admit that Almighty God is the incarnate God.

  • Dad, Chenguang has it right.

  • To find out whether Almighty God is Christ or the incarnate God,

  • we should read Almighty God's word and make the determination.

  • That's right, Uncle Lai.

  • Read Almighty God's word?

  • I don't see any need!

  • Dad! Dad!

  • You've worked and preached for many years and know the Bible.

  • Listen with us so you can help us to discern things!

  • - Please. - Yeah.

  • Go ahead.

  • OK.

  • Chenguang, let me read next.

  • OK. Here.

  • Read this as well.

  • These words are really special.

  • If we don't forbid believers from reading them …

  • Dad,

  • Dad, these words are fantastic.

  • They explain very clearly both what incarnation is and what Christ is.

  • Yes.

  • What do you think?

  • These words are correct,

  • but aren't the words inspired by the Holy Spirit also correct?

  • If someone is inspired by the Holy Spirit,

  • can we call him God?

  • Leaders in the religious world have been inspired by the Holy Spirit,

  • so should we also call them God?

  • Uncle,

  • the words of one inspired by the Holy Spirit and the words of the incarnate God

  • clearly can't be compared.

  • Almighty God's words clearly explain the mysteries of incarnation and what Christ is.

  • These are things only God could reveal.

  • Just think,

  • in the last 2,000 years, the Holy Spirit inspired many to speak,

  • and many in the religious world have expounded theories,

  • but which one of them could clearly explain the mystery of incarnation?

  • That's true.

  • Dad, you've read many spiritual books.

  • Have any so clearly explained the mystery of incarnation?

  • Yeah.

  • I suppose not.

  • It's as the Bible says,

  • Only God knows the mystery of incarnation, right?

  • The incarnation is God's Spirit wearing flesh to become man.

  • He might appear ordinary, but Christ's essence is divine,

  • which is why Christ's able to express the truth

  • and do the work of redeeming and saving mankind.

  • These are things no created being could do or accomplish.

  • - That really is true. - Yes.

  • Christ's divine essence is hidden within His fleshly body,

  • and from His appearance,

  • it is very easy for people to treat Him as an ordinary person.

  • When you put it like that, I can understand.

  • Thank God!

  • If we want to determine if someone is Christ,

  • we can't trust our eyes.

  • The key is whether they can express the truth

  • and do God's work of redeeming and saving mankind.

  • That's completely true.

  • Dad, tell me, don't you agree?

  • You're right.

  • The Lord Jesus was nailed to the cross to save us and to redeem our sins,

  • and He granted us bountiful grace and blessings,

  • so we recognize Jesus as Christ, the Son of God.

  • You say Almighty God is Christ of the last days,

  • but based on what?

  • Can you explain that?

  • Xinming?

  • I base this on the fact

  • that all words of Almighty God are truth and are the voice of God,

  • so I conclude that Almighty God is Christ of the last days.

  • Almighty God expresses the truth to perform judgment beginning with God's house,

  • judges man's nature of resisting God and the truth of their corruption,

  • and reveals and explains mysteries,

  • such as how God judges and cleanses man,

  • how to enter the kingdom of heaven,

  • escape corruption and be purified,

  • and how to believe in God to gain eternal life.

  • - How wonderful! - Yes.

  • Dad!

  • Dad, tell me, who else could express such truth,

  • and judge and purify people?

  • Only God could do that!

  • That's right. Almighty God reveals many mysteries,

  • such as God's management work and incarnation,

  • the secrets of the Bible, God's will for man,

  • and humankind's ending and destination.

  • Uncle, who could reveal the mystery of God's management work?

  • Or define man's ending and destination?

  • - Aside from God no one could do that. - Right.

  • Dad, I believe that Almighty God is the returned Lord Jesus.

  • We really must read Almighty God's word,

  • or we'll miss the chance to receive the Lord and He will abandon us

  • and then it'll be too late!

  • - It's true, Uncle. - Enough!

  • I don't care how much truth Almighty God has expressed

  • or how much work He's done.

  • Anyone who's not the Lord descending on a cloud is a false Christ.

  • Any message preaching the Lord has returned incarnate is false.

  • I'll keep to the Bible

  • and wait for the Lord to descend on clouds and lift me to the kingdom of heaven.

  • But, Almighty God's appearance and work fulfills biblical prophecies.

  • Almighty God is the returned Lord Jesus.

  • So many sincere believers from all over have read Almighty God's word

  • and determined it's the true voice of God and have turned to Almighty God.

  • So why do you keep denying Christ of the last days?

  • You're blaspheming the Holy Spirit and will be condemned by God.

  • So now you are lecturing me?

  • Uncle, in the Bible it says,

  • And 1 John chapter 4 verse 3 says,

  • Uncle Lai, these verses are very clear.

  • Any who denies that God comes in the flesh is an antichrist;

  • any who resists and condemns Christ of the last days is an antichrist.

  • Enough!

  • Many religious pastors and elders deny that the Lord will return incarnate.

  • Are you saying they're antichrists?

  • - Uncle Lai … - That's enough!

  • What I hear is that you are condemning all those pastors and elders!

  • Dad! Listen …

  • Pastor Lai!

  • Pastor Lai!

  • Pastor!

  • What's wrong?

  • Eastern Lightning was at the Wang Village church.

  • I told our people to detain them.

  • Call the police!

  • - Uncle, how could you! - Dad!

  • How could you hand believers in God to the CCP?

  • This is selling out the Lord and your friends!

  • Don't you fear offending the Lord?

  • Exactly!

  • I am protecting the Lord's flock.

  • How could that offend Him?

  • How many of my best flock has Eastern Lightning stolen?

  • Am I not their pastor?

  • - Uncle please— - Chenguang, Xinming.

  • Pastor Lai is doing all this to protect the church,

  • and to protect our brothers and sisters as well.

  • Why can't you understand his intentions in all of this?

  • Uncle, the Lord's returned.

  • You don't just fail to lead our brethren in receiving Him, you try to prevent them.

  • You're seizing the Lord's sheep for your own

  • and ruining their chance to enter the kingdom of heaven!

  • That's no way to speak to your uncle!

  • Uncle, if you make an enemy of God like this,

  • are you not acting just like the Pharisees did?

  • Enough!

  • You, you dare to call me a Pharisee?

  • So long as I keep my flock from Eastern Lightning,

  • you're free to call me a Pharisee or an antichrist,

  • and I will accept all of it.

  • - Dad! - A Pharisee!

  • How could you say something like that?

  • You've believed in the Lord for years because you await His return,

  • but now the Lord has returned, Dad,

  • so how come you do not receive Him?

  • Xinming, if you want me as your father,

  • you can't believe in Eastern Lightning!

  • Dad, at last I understand.

  • You aren't hoping for the Lord's return at all.

  • You would prefer that He never return

  • so that you can retain control of His sheep.

  • Dad, what you serve isn't the Lord.

  • - It's clearly your position as pastor! - You!

  • Okay. It's okay.

  • If you insist on following Eastern Lightning,

  • it's fine!

  • Starting now,

  • you are, you're no longer my daughter!

  • Uncle …

  • And you,

  • you stop coming to my church to steal sheep!

  • Come. To Wang Village!

  • - Uncle Lai! - Dad!

  • Dad, won't you please stop opposing God!

  • Don't …

  • - Xinming … - Dad!

  • Uncle!

  • Dad!

  • Uncle Lai!

Pastor Lai!

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