Those whom I predestined as My people are able to dedicate themselves to Me and live in harmony with Me. They are precious in My sight, and shine with love for Me in My kingdom. Among the people of today, who fulfills such conditions? Who is able to make the grade as per My requirements? Do My requirements really cause difficulties for man? Do I deliberately cause him to make mistakes? I am lenient toward all people, and give them preferential treatment. However, this is only toward My people in China. It is not that I underestimate you, nor that I look upon you favorably, but that I am practical and realistic toward you. People inevitably encounter setbacks in their lives, whether in regard to their families or the wider world. Yet whose hardship has been arranged by their own hand? Man is incapable of knowing Me. He has some understanding of My external appearance, yet is ignorant of My substance; he does not know the “ingredients” of the food he eats. Who is able to carefully perceive My heart? Who is able to truly understand My will before Me? When I come down to earth, it is cloaked in darkness and man is “fast asleep.” I walk among all places, and all that I see is torn and tattered and unbearable to look at. It is as if man is only willing to enjoy, and has no desire to heed “things from the outside world.” Unbeknownst to all people, I survey the entire earth, yet I see nowhere that is filled with life. Straight away, I shine forth the light and heat and look upon the earth from the third heaven. Although the light falls upon the land and the heat spreads over it, only the light and heat seem to be rejoicing; they arouse nothing in man, who is reveling in comfort. Seeing this, I immediately bestow among man the “rod” that I have prepared. As the rod falls, the light and the heat are gradually dispersed and the earth immediately becomes desolate and dark—and because of the darkness, man seizes the “opportunity” to carry on “enjoying.” Man has a slight sense of the arrival of My rod, but he does not react, and carries on enjoying his “blessings on earth.” Next, My mouth proclaims the chastisement of all men, and people throughout the universe are nailed to the cross upside down. When My chastisement comes, man is shaken by the noise of the mountains toppling and the earth tearing apart. Having been startled awake, he is astounded and terrified, and wishes to run away, but it is too late. As My chastisement falls, My kingdom descends upon earth and all countries are smashed to pieces, disappearing without trace and leaving nothing behind.
Each day I look upon the face of the universe, and each day I do My new work among man. Yet people are all “working selflessly,” and no one pays attention to the dynamics of My work or takes notice of the state of things beyond themselves. It is as if people live in “a new heaven and a new earth” of their own making, and don’t want anyone else to “interfere.” They’re all engaged in the work of enjoying themselves, are all admiring themselves as they do their “physical exercises.” Is there really none of My place in man’s heart? Am I really incapable of being the Ruler of man’s heart? Has man’s spirit really left him? Who has ever carefully pondered the words from My mouth? Who has ever perceived the desire of My heart? Has man’s heart really been taken over by some other thing? Many are the times that I have “cried out” to man, yet has anyone ever felt compassion? Has anyone ever lived in humanity? Man may live in the flesh, but he is without humanity. Was he born in the animal kingdom? Or was he born in heaven, and is possessed of divinity? I make My requirements of man, yet it is as if he doesn’t understand My words, as if I am an unapproachable monster that is alien to him. So many times have I been disappointed by man, so many times have I become enraged by his poor performance, and so many times have I been aggrieved by his weakness. Why do I not arouse the spiritual feeling in man’s heart? Why do I not inspire love in man’s heart? Why is man unwilling to treat Me as the apple of his eye? Is man’s heart not his own? Has some other thing taken up residence in his spirit? Why does man wail without cease? Why is he miserable? Why, when he is sorrowful, does he ignore My existence? Do I stab him? Have I deliberately abandoned him?
In My eyes, man is the ruler of all things. I have given him no small amount of authority, allowing him to manage all things on earth—the grass upon the mountains, the animals among the forests, and the fish in the water. Yet instead of being happy because of this, man is beset by anxiety. His entire life is one of anguish, and rushing about, and fun added to emptiness, and in his whole life there are no new inventions and creations. No one is able to extricate themselves from this hollow life, no one has ever discovered a life of meaning, and no one has ever experienced a real life. Although the people of today all live beneath My shining light, they know nothing of life in heaven. If I am not merciful toward man and do not save mankind, then all people have come in vain, their lives on earth are without meaning, and they will depart in vain, with nothing to be proud of. The people of every sect, sphere of society, nation, and denomination all know the emptiness on earth, and they all seek Me and await My return—yet who is capable of knowing Me when I arrive? I made all things, I created mankind, and today I have descended among man. Man, however, hits back at Me, and takes revenge on Me. Is the work I do upon man of no benefit to him? Am I really incapable of satisfying man? Why does man reject Me? Why is man so cold and indifferent toward Me? Why is earth covered with corpses? Is this really the state of the world I made for man? Why is it that I have given man incomparable riches, yet he offers Me two empty hands in return? Why does man not truly love Me? Why does he never come before Me? Have all My words really been for nothing? Have My words vanished like heat from water? Why is man unwilling to cooperate with Me? Is the arrival of My day really the moment of man’s death? Could I really destroy man at the time when My kingdom is formed? Why, during My entire management plan, has no one ever grasped My intentions? Why, instead of cherishing the utterances from My mouth, does man loathe and reject them? I condemn no one, but merely cause all people to calm down and carry out the work of self-reflection.
March 27, 1992
From Utterances of Christ of the Last Days
The source of this article The Twenty-fifth Utterance
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