19 Experiencing the Cruel Persecution, I Believe in God More Firmly
Zhao Rui Shanxi Province
Experiencing the Cruel Persecution, I Believe in God More Firmly
My name is Zhao Rui. By God’s grace, our whole family followed the Lord Jesus in 1993. In 1996, I, sixteen years old, was attracted by the Lord Jesus’ love and began to work and preach. However, before long, I saw the bitterly disappointing scenes: The co-workers fought overtly and covertly, pushed others aside, and contended for power and interest. The Lord’s teaching of “loving one another” seemed to have long been forgotten. The church life brought no enjoyment at all.
I suffered many hardships in the world. My husband died a few years after we married, and since then, the family burden completely fell on me. I lived a hard life with my young child and was always cold-shouldered and bullied by others. Weak and helpless, I was in tears every day, feeling it so hard to live in the world…. Just when I was in depression and despair, a sister preached Almighty God’s end-time work to me. Almighty God says, “When you feel tired and when you slightly feel a sense of desolation of this world, do not feel perplexed and do not weep. Almighty God, the Watcher, is ready to embrace your coming at any time.” (from “The Sighs of the Almighty” in The Word Appears in the Flesh) When I read it, I felt very warm in my heart.
28 Experiencing the Suffering of Persecution, I Know More Clearly What to Love or Hate
Gao Jun Hebei Province
Experiencing the Suffering of Persecution, I Know More Clearly What to Love or Hate
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.
Almighty God says, "Do you wish to see Jesus? Do you wish to live with Jesus? Do you wish to hear the words spoken by Jesus? If so, then how will you welcome the return of Jesus? ...In what manner will Jesus return? You believe that Jesus will return upon a white cloud, but I ask you: To what does this white cloud refer? With so many followers of Jesus awaiting His return, among which people shall He descend?...when you see Jesus descend from the heaven upon a white cloud with your own eyes, this will be the public appearance of the Sun of righteousness. ...It will herald the end of God’s management plan, and will be when God rewards the good and punishes the wicked. For the judgment of God will have ended before man sees signs, when there is only the expression of truth" (The Word Appears in the Flesh).
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27 The Ordeal in the Devil’s Den Made Me Taste God’s Love More Deeply
Fenyong Shanxi Province
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From my childhood, I lived under my parents’ best care, but in my heart I often felt lonely without reliance, and there was always an unexplainable distress binding me, which I couldn’t get free from. I often asked myself, “Why does man live? How on earth should man live?” But I never got the answer. In 1999, I fortunately accepted Almighty God’s end-time work. From then on, under the feeding and supplying of God’s word, my lonely heart received comfort and I always had a feeling of returning home, feeling very peaceful and secure. Only then did I know what happiness is. Later, I read God’s words, “The world in mankind’s heart where there is no God’s position is dark, hopeless, and empty. … God’s place and God’s life cannot be replaced by any man. What mankind needs is not only a just society where they have enough to fill their stomach and everyone is equal and free. What they need is God’s salvation and God’s life supply for them.” (from “God Is Sovereign over the Destiny of All Mankind” in The Word Appears in the Flesh) Then, I knew that what a living man needs is not eating well, dressing well, or enjoying well, but is God’s salvation and God’s supply to man’s life.
1. A river of water of life, clear as crystal, flows out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. On either side of the river is there the tree of life, which bears twelve manner of fruits, and yields her fruit every month. The leaves of the tree are for healing of the nations. There shall be no more curse, no more curse. The throne of God and the Lamb shall be in the city. His servants shall serve Him, and they shall see His face, shall see His face. His name shall be in their foreheads. And there shall be no night; no need of candle, no candle, nor the light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light. They shall reign for ever and ever. They shall reign for ever and ever.
2. The holy city, new Jerusalem, comes down from God out of the heaven, out of heaven. Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, He will dwell with them. They shall be His people. God Himself shall be with them, and be their God. God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow or crying, no pain anymore, for the former things are passed away. He will give to him who is thirsty of the fountain of water of life freely, freely give. He that overcomes shall inherit all things; God will be his God, and he shall be His son. God will be his God, and he shall be His son.
3. For the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of the city. The city has no need of the sun, nor the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God and the Lamb lighten it. The nations shall walk in the light, walk in the light: the kings of earth do bring their glory into it. The gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there, no night there. They shall bring glory and honor of the nations into it. There shall in no wise enter any thing that defiles, nor works abomination, or makes a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life, they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
4. The lightning comes from the east and shines to the west. Christ of the last days, Almighty God, has come among men. He expresses the truth: the Word appearing in the flesh. Before God’s throne, all people accept exercise and perfection of kingdom. Christ of the last days has brought the eternal way of life. God’s people are face to face with God every day and enjoy God’s word, sweet beyond compare. The word, a two-edged sword, judges to purify and save men. Judgment has begun with the house of God. The curtain has risen on judgment of the last days. All people of God hallow the name of Almighty God. Into His kingdom, Almighty God has come. God’s work has been accomplished. He has gained full glory. He has gained full glory.
