The Appearance of God Has Brought a New Age | The Church of Almighty God

上帝六千年的管理计划即将结束，天国的门向所有寻求上帝面貌的人敞开。亲爱的兄弟姐妹，你还在等什么？你在寻找什么？你等待神的面貌吗？你在寻找上帝的脚印吗？上帝的外表如何向往！要找到神的脚印是多么的困难！在这样的时代，在这样的世界里，我们必须做什么才能见证神显现的日子呢？我们必须做什么来跟随上帝的脚印？所有等待神显现的人都要面对这样的问题。
You have all considered them on more than one occasion—but with what outcome? Where does God appear? Where are the footprints of God? Have you gained the answers? Many people’s reply would be this: God appears among those who follow Him and His footprints are among us; it’s that simple! Anyone can provide a formulaic answer, but do you understand what the appearance of God is, and what the footprints of God are? The appearance of God refers to His personal arrival on earth to do His work. With His own identity and disposition, and in His inherent method, He descends among man to conduct the work of initiating an age and ending an age. This kind of appearance is not a form of ceremony. It is not a sign, a picture, a miracle, or a grand vision, and even less is it a kind of religious process. It is a real and actual fact that can be touched and beheld. This kind of appearance is not for the sake of following a process, or for the sake of a short-term undertaking; it is, rather, for the sake of a stage of work in His management plan. The appearance of God is always meaningful, and is always connected to His management plan. This appearance is completely different from the appearance of God’s guidance, leadership, and enlightenment of man. God carries out a stage of great work each time He reveals Himself. This work is different from that of any other age. It is unimaginable to man, and has never been experienced by man. It is work that starts a new age and concludes the old age, and it is a new and improved form of work for the salvation of mankind; moreover, it is work of bringing mankind into the new age. That is the significance of the appearance of God.

At the same time as understanding the appearance of God, how should you seek the footprints of God? This question is not hard to explain: Where there is the appearance of God, you will find the footsteps of God. Such an explanation sounds very straightforward, but is not so easy to do, for many people do not know where God reveals Himself, much less where He is willing to, or should, reveal Himself. Some impulsively believe that where there is the work of the Holy Spirit, there is the appearance of God. Or else they believe that where there are spiritual figures, there is the appearance of God. Or else they believe that where people are well-known, there is the appearance of God. For the moment, let us not deliberate whether such beliefs are right or wrong. To explain such question, we must first be clear about an objective: We are searching for the footprints of God. We are not seeking spiritual figures, much less are we following famous figures; we are following the footprints of God. As such, since we are searching for the footprints of God, we must search for God’s will, for the words of God, for the utterances of God—for where there are the new words of God, there is the voice of God, and where there are the footsteps of God, there are the deeds of God. Where there is the expression of God, there is the appearance of God, and where there is the appearance of God, there exists the truth, the way, and the life. While seeking the footprints of God, you ignored the words that “God is the truth, the way, and the life.” So when many people receive the truth, they do not believe that they have found the footprints of God and much less acknowledge the appearance of God. What a serious error that is! The appearance of God cannot be reconciled with the conceptions of man, much less can God appear at the behest of man. God makes His own choices and has His own plans when He does His work; moreover, He has His own objectives, and His own methods. It is not necessary for Him to discuss the work He does with man or to seek the advice of man, much less notify each and every person of His work. This is the disposition of God and, moreover, should be recognized by everyone. If you desire to witness the appearance of God, if you wish to follow the footprints of God, then you must first transcend your own conceptions. You must not demand that God do this or that, much less should you place Him within your own confines and limit Him to your own conceptions. Instead, you should ask how you should seek the footprints of God, how you should accept the appearance of God, and how you should submit to the new work of God; that is what should be done by man. Since man is not the truth, and is not possessed of the truth, man should seek, accept, and obey.

Regardless of whether you are American, British, or any other nationality, you should step beyond your own confines, should surpass yourself, and should view the work of God as a creature of God. In this way, you shall not place constraints on the footprints of God. Because, today, many people conceive it to be impossible that God will appear in a certain country or nation. How profound is the significance of God’s work, and how important is the appearance of God! How can they be measured by the conception and thinking of man? And so I say, you should break through the conceptions of your nationality or ethnicity when you seek the appearance of God. In this way, you shall not be constrained by your own conceptions; in this way, you will be qualified to welcome the appearance of God. Otherwise, you shall always be in the darkness, and shall never gain the approval of God.

上帝是全人类的上帝。他不把自己当作任何国家或国家的私人财产，而且他的计划的工作不受任何形式，国家或国家的约束。也许你从来没有想到这种形式，或者你也许否认它的存在，或者上帝出现的国家或民族在地球上是受到歧视和最不发达的。然而上帝有他的智慧。他凭着自己的能力，通过他的真理和性情，真正获得了一群与他同心同德的人。他已经得到了一群他想要成为的人：被他征服的一群人，他忍受痛苦的考验和各种迫害，并且可以跟随他到最后。上帝摆脱任何形式或国家约束的目的，就是祂能完成祂计划的工作。例如，当上帝在犹大成为肉身的时候，他的目标就是完成钉十字架的工作，拯救全人类。然而犹太人相信上帝是不可能这样做的，他们认为上帝不可能成为肉体，主耶稣。他们的“不可能”成为他们谴责和反对上帝的基础，并最终导致以色列的毁灭。今天，很多人犯了类似的错误。他们大肆宣扬上帝迫近的外表，同时也谴责他的外貌。他们的“不可能”再一次将神的面貌限制在想象的范围之内。所以我看到很多人在听到上帝的话之后就笑了起来。这笑声跟犹太人的谴责和亵渎不是没有什么不同吗？你不是在虔诚地面对真相，更不是你渴望真相。你只是盲目地学习，不加思索地等待。你能从这样的学习和等待中获得什么？你能接受神的个人指引吗？如果你无法辨别神的话语，你有资格见证神的面貌吗？上帝出现的地方有真理的表达，上帝的声音。只有那些能接受真理的人才能听到上帝的声音，只有这样的人才有资格见证上帝的显现。把你的观念放在一边！停下来仔细阅读这些文字。如果你渴望真相，上帝会启发你去理解他的意志和他的话语。放下你对“不可能”的看法！人们越相信一件事情是不可能的，就越有可能发生，因为上帝的智慧高于天堂，上帝的思想比人的思想高，上帝的工作超越了人的思想和观念的界限。越是不可能的东西，就越有真理被寻求; 人越是超越了人的观念和想象，就越含有上帝的旨意。因为不管神在何处展示自己，上帝仍然是上帝，而他的实质永远不会因为他的外表的位置或方式而改变。无论他的足迹在哪里，上帝的性情都保持不变。不管上帝的脚印在哪里，他是全人类的上帝。例如，主耶稣不仅是以色列人的上帝，也是亚洲，欧洲和美洲所有人的上帝，甚至是整个宇宙中唯一的上帝。所以，让我们寻求上帝的旨意，从他的话语中发现他的外表，跟随祂的脚印！上帝是真理，道路和生命。他的话和他的外表同时存在，他的性格和足迹应该永远为人类所接受。

From: Utterances of Christ of the Last Days

建议： 全能神东方闪电教会