In the beginning, God was resting. There were no humans or anything else upon the earth at that time, and God had not done any work whatsoever. God only began His management work once humanity existed and once humanity had been corrupted. From this point on, God no longer rested but instead began to busy Himself among humanity. It was because of humanity’s corruption that God was taken from His rest, and it was also because of the archangel’s rebellion that God was taken from His rest. If God does not defeat Satan and save humanity, which has been corrupted, God will never again be able to enter into rest. As man lacks rest, so does God. When God once again enters into rest, man will also enter into rest. The life in rest is one without war, without filth, without persisting unrighteousness.
Christian Short Film "Rise Up in the Dark Oppression" Eastern Lightning
He is an ordinary Christian. During the years of his following Jesus Christ, he was persecuted and restricted by the CCP government. Later, he fortunately accepted the end-time salvation of the returned Lord Jesus—Almighty God, but was persecuted more cruelly by the Chinese government. In order to force him to betray God and sell out the brothers and sisters, the lackeys of the CCP hung him to a tree for three days and nights, and put many ants on his body. Being gnawed by the ants, he felt worse than death. Just when he was dying and couldn’t bear any more, he prayed to God to take his soul, and made a resolution that he would rather die than betray God. … An unexpected miracle happened. His soul went out of his body. He was taken to travel in a most beautiful world. Seeing that the heavens and the earth and all things were praising Almighty God, his heart was incomparably joyful, and the pain in his flesh disappeared. Under the cruel tortures of satan, it was God’s word that gave him strength, strengthened his faith, and made him rise from the dead, and stand a strong and resounding testimony under the oppression of the power of darkness!
She is Zhao Xin, an ordinary woman born in a remote mountain area. She had a happy family. However, she became the “sinner” in the eyes of her family, relatives, and friends after her arrest by the CCP government for her belief in the Lord Jesus. In 2003, she fortunately accepted Almighty God’s end-time salvation. Unexpectedly, she suffered more frenzied persecution from the government and deeper misunderstanding from her family because of that. As a result, she couldn’t go home and was separated with her sons….
On December 16th, 2012, she was arrested by the CCP when preaching the gospel and suffered the evil cops’ slander, humiliation, and cruel torture…. In those hard and intolerable days, God always accompanied her by her side, giving her unfailing faith and strength, guiding her through one difficulty after another, and enabling her to bear a strong and resounding testimony before the evil cops, her family, and neighbors. Due to many years of persecution and tribulation, she saw clearly that the CCP government is the “bane” that destroys happy families and the root of all evil!
I once pursued fortune and fame.
My principles were cast away;
I lied for a living.
My conscience was gone,
with no thought for morals.
Integrity, dignity,
all of these things meant nothing to me.
I lived to quench my ever-growing
worldly passions: greed and desire,
wallowing there in a mire of sin
with a heavy and uneasy heart.
I couldn’t escape this endless darkness.
Earthly riches, short-lived pleasures
could not hide the void inside.
Tell me why it’s so hard
to have integrity in life?
What kind of world is this
where man is so cunning?
Tell me who can save me?
I beg You to do judgment work in me,
purify and change me,
allowing me to understand and obey Your will in all things.
In Your salvation of me, there is Your supreme love, and Your will.
In Your salvation of me, there is Your supreme love, and Your will.
Although I’m rebellious and have corrupt disposition,
and my nature is betrayal,
I have understood Your will in saving man.
I would that You give me more trials and suffering,
allowing me to behold Your hand amid such suffering, and see Your deeds.
Although You test and refine me,
I know this is Your love.
I beg You to provide to me according to my stature,
so that no matter what the trials and sufferings,
I will understand Your will, not betray You or complain,
and will completely obey and satisfy You,
satisfy You.
The Word of God in the Last Days | "You Ought to Consider Your Deeds" | God's Words of Counsel to Us
Almighty God says, "In your daily lives, you live in an atmosphere and environment without truth or good sense. You lack the capital for existence and do not have the foundation to know Me or the truth. Your faith is merely built upon a vague confidence or upon religious rituals and knowledge based wholly on doctrine. Every day I watch your movements and examine your intentions and evil fruits. I have never found one who truly placed his heart and spirit upon My altar, which has never been moved. Therefore, I do not wish to pour out in vain all the words I wish to express upon such mankind. In My heart, I am planning only to complete My unfinished work and to bring salvation to the mankind that I have yet to save. Nevertheless, I wish for all who follow Me to receive My salvation and the truth My word bestows upon man. I hope that one day when you close your eyes, you will see a realm where fragrance fills the air and streams of living waters flow, not a bleak, cold world where darkness clouds the skies and howls never cease."
She is Zhao Xin, an ordinary woman born in a remote mountain area. She had a happy family. However, she became the “sinner” in the eyes of her family, relatives, and friends after her arrest by the CCP government for her belief in the Lord Jesus. In 2003, she fortunately accepted Almighty God’s end-time salvation. Unexpectedly, she suffered more frenzied persecution from the government and deeper misunderstanding from her family because of that. As a result, she couldn’t go home and was separated with her sons….
On December 16th, 2012, she was arrested by the CCP when preaching the gospel and suffered the evil cops’ slander, humiliation, and cruel torture…. In those hard and intolerable days, God always accompanied her by her side, giving her unfailing faith and strength, guiding her through one difficulty after another, and enabling her to bear a strong and resounding testimony before the evil cops, her family, and neighbors. Due to many years of persecution and tribulation, she saw clearly that the CCP government is the “bane” that destroys happy families and the root of all evil!
What is salvation? Every believer in the Lord believes that as long as they pray to the Lord with a true heart, confess and repent to Him, their sins will be forgiven, and they will be saved by grace. When the Lord comes back, they will be directly taken into the kingdom of heaven. Is salvation really so simple?
Xu Zhiqian, the hero of this film, has believed in God for many years. He enthusiastically worked for God and abandoned everything to perform his duties. Because of this, the Chinese Communist Party arrested him and cruelly tortured him, and even sentenced him to six years' imprisonment. After being released, he continued performing duties and had some practical experiences. He was able to solve the practical problems of his brothers and sisters. He didn't make complaints or become negative and weak when his wife was arrested and imprisoned…. The brothers and sisters all praised and commended him. Xu Zhiqian believed that he already had the reality of truth, and he would surely be granted entrance into the kingdom of heaven. Soon after, however, a trial came upon him suddenly. His wife was tortured to death by the Chinese
I hear a voice familiar calling me now and then.
Awakened and look to see, who is there speaking.
His voice is soft but stern, His image beautiful!
Suffer smite and endure great pain, caressed by His loving hand.
Then I realize it’s the Almighty with whom I fought.
Hate myself, with great regret, think of what I did.
Deeply corrupted, no humanity, now I see the truth.
With a new start, pursue a real life, fulfill my duty.
For status, compete with God, I am ignoble.
God is still God, man is just man—I am so ignorant.
Too foolish and too proud to know my true self.
I was shameless and embarrassed; my heart fills with regret.
I hate myself, unaware of for what I should live.
Devil trampled me so many years, contemptible I became.
Poisoned by the evil one, humanity is lost.
If not changed and not reborn, I have no true life.
Chen Mowen was born into an ordinary peasant family. Because she was born a girl, her father's feudal preference for boys caused her to be excluded and ignored at home, and because there were no sons in her household, the other villagers looked down on her family. She decided to work hard on her studies, get into a good university, and become successful to win back some dignity for herself. However, her father's sudden illness shattered her academic dreams. At her most miserable and hopeless, Almighty God's salvation in the last days came upon her. After reading much of Almighty God's word, she learned that mankind was created by God, that God controls man's fate, everything in a person's life is managed and arranged by God, all the setbacks and failures a person suffers are authorized by God, and within these are God's good intentions….
Oh God, oh God, dear God!
With You, so sweet is our every day.
You walk in the churches,
and we hear Your voice
and the word You say.
It is bliss, because You water,
sustain us and guide us,
so that we could see the truth
and grow in our lives, we grow,
so that we
could live out a human likeness.
Oh God, oh God,
we cannot forget Your love,
Your deep love for us.
Breaking Through Satan’s Tight Encirclement (Part 2)
Zhao Gang, China
Breaking Through Satan’s Tight Encirclement (Part 2)
My wife told the sisters what Brother Guan had said to us when he came to our house, and Sister Zhang asked me how I felt about this whole thing. So I told the sisters about the weakness that I was feeling and about the knowledge that I had just come across. Sister Zhang smiled, saying: “Thanks be to God! This is such a pure understanding, this is God’s guidance!” My wife asked, confused, “Since we haven’t made any missteps, why is Brother Guan saying those things? He is a major leader who has believed in the Lord for many years!” I looked at my wife and said: “Hey, he just wants us to come back to our former church!”
The Fire That Shocked the Nation in Ji County, Tianjin City
Chen Yao, Tianjin
The Laide building was one of Ji County’s biggest shopping centers. June 30, 2012 was a Saturday, and Laide was holding a promotion, so there were huge numbers of customers. Some time after 3:00 that afternoon, the building suddenly caught fire. The boss, afraid that in the chaos customers would take things or not pay, closed and shuttered the main entrance on level one, and drove customers to the second and third floors. What hadn’t been anticipated was that the fire grew fiercer and fiercer, eventually becoming completely uncontrollable.
When I was a child, whenever my mother took me to the hospital to see a doctor and I saw all the doctors and nurses in their white gowns scurrying around, I always thought that they looked like angels in white. I was full of admiration for them, and I used to think: If I could be an angel in white too when I grow up, that would be so great! As a young adult, my school grades were exceptionally good and I was able to pass the entrance exam for medical college, and eventually my heartfelt wish came true when I was sent to a certain city hospital to begin my career as a doctor. You can’t imagine how happy I was on the first day that I put on a white gown!
I was born in the countryside. I came from a line of humble farmers and on top of that our family was few in number, so we were often bullied. When I was 13 years old, there was a child beaten by someone from outside of our village. The villagers falsely accused my father of instigating it and they said they were going to search our house and confiscate our property, take away our pigs and even beat my father. There was also a time when another villager took our fishing net and kept it as his own. When my father went to get it back, the villager actually hit my father, relying on his own power and influence.
The Judgement Day Is Come | Christian Song | "God Descends With Judgment"
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While coming down to the nation of the great red dragon, God turns to face the universe and it starts shaking. Is there any place that doesn't face His judgment? Or live in the scourge that He unleashes? Everywhere He goes He scatters seeds of disaster, but through it gives salvation and shows His love. God wishes to make more people know Him, see Him and then revere Him. They've not seen Him for so long, but now He's so real.
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While coming down to the nation of the great red dragon, God turns to face the universe and it starts shaking. Is there any place that doesn't face His judgment? Or live in the scourge that He unleashes? Everywhere He goes He scatters seeds of disaster, but through it gives salvation and shows His love. God wishes to make more people know Him, see Him and then revere Him. They've not seen Him for so long, but now He's so real.
from "The Tenth Utterance" of God's Utterances to the Entire Universe in The Word Appears in the Flesh
Some of the material is from:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, [2013], [Locust crisis in Madagascar], [https://youtu.be/Oasvgmh_OCY]. Reproduced with permission
Eastern Lightning, The Church of Almighty God was created because of the appearance and work of Almighty God, the second coming of the Lord Jesus, Christ of the last days. It is made up of all those who accept Almighty God's work in the last days and are conquered and saved by His words. It was entirely founded by Almighty God personally and is led by Him as the Shepherd. It was definitely not created by a person. Christ is the truth, the way, and the life. God's sheep hear God's voice. As long as you read the words of Almighty God, you will see God has appeared.
36 I Nearly Became the False Christ’s Funeral Gift
The Church of Almighty God pictures
Zou Honglan
Yantai City, Shandong Province
I was formerly a leader of the “Hua Xuehe sect.” I had held such a belief: The Trinity (that is, the holy father Hua Xuehe, the holy son Guo XX, and the holy spirit Bi XX) are the true God, our belief is different from others’, only the “triune” God we believe in is to fulfill the whole Bible, and all the other denominations and sects will stream to our church in the future. Those who believe in our way all have the “moving” (the twitching of the flesh), which is the foreseeing that money can’t buy. When you need help and pray for this moving, it will answer you. How marvelous!
Experiencing the Suffering of Persecution, I Know More Clearly What to Love or Hate
Experiencing the Suffering of Persecution, I Know More Clearly What to Love or Hate
Gao Jun Hebei Province
My name is Gao Jun. I’m 52 years old. I’ve followed Almighty God for fourteen years. Before I believed in God, I did business in the world and was often busy giving dinners or sending gifts and socializing. Every day I went in and out of places of entertainment such as the KTVs and the gambling houses…. My wife quarreled with me constantly because of that, and finally she was so angry that she would divorce me and left home. However, I had sunk in the mire and was unable to extricate myself at that time. I tried hard to maintain my family but couldn’t make it, feeling it very miserable and tiring to live. In June, 1999, Almighty God’s salvation came upon us. Through the fellowship of the brothers and sisters and the revelation of God’s word, my wife got to know the root of the world’s darkness and mankind’s corruption, and then she showed understanding for my situation and fellowshipped with me with an open heart. Led by God’s word, I saw that I indulged in the sinful dye vat and was loathed and hated by God, and even more saw that I completely had no human likeness in my doings. I felt regretful and guilty, so I made a resolution to start a new life before God. From then on, my wife and I prayed and read God’s word every day, and we often had meetings and fellowshipped with the brothers and sisters together. The conflict between us and our distress disappeared unconsciously. Our life was full of peace and joy. I deeply knew that it was Almighty God who saved our family from the verge of breaking and brought us a new life. In gratitude, I made a resolution inwardly: I’ll consecrate my whole being to repay God’s grace. From then on, I began to perform duty and preach thegospel actively, so that more people could receive the salvation brought by God in the end time. However, the CCP government didn’t allow people to worship God and walk the right way….
