In the Book of Zechariah in the Bible, it is prophesied: “And his feet shall stand in that day on the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east….” The Lord’s return will most certainly be on the Mount of Olives in Judea, and yet you testify that the Lord Jesus has already returned, appearing and working in China. China is an atheist nation and it is the darkest, most backward nation which defies God most severely, so how can the Lord’s return be in China? We really cannot figure this out, so please answer this for us.

Answer:

It has been nearly two thousand years since the Lord Jesus walked out of Judea. Now the last days have arrived, and all kinds of famines, plagues, earthquakes, floods and droughts are appearing more frequently, more widely and more intensively. Various nations around the world are volatile and unstable, with terrorist activities, ethnic conflicts, and all kinds of wars occurring constantly. In religious circles, all churches have fallen in the dark because they have lost the work of the Holy Spirit. There is jealousy and strife between co-workers, and the faith and love of many brothers and sisters have grown cold. False prophets and antichrists are also appearing one after the other all over the world. Brothers and sisters, this heap of facts is sufficient to explain that the prophecy of the Lord’s return has already been fulfilled. So just where did the Lord Jesus descend? Almost all people who look forward to the Lord’s return think that the Lord Jesus would descend at the Mount of Olives in Judea because of the prophecy in Zechariah 14: “And his feet shall stand in that day on the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east.” However, God’s work of the last days has gone beyond everyone’s imagination and broken through everyone’s notions. God chose a most filthy, most corrupt and dark, atheist country like China as the site of His work of the last days. This indeed does not conform with our notions and has also made everyone quite bewildered. So why did God become flesh in China? Let’s communicate about this aspect of the truth.

The first time God became flesh, all people who were waiting for the Messiah thought Christ would be born in a palace. However, nobody expected that the great, noble and supreme God would be humbly born in a manger. Such an arrival of Jesus Christ was beyond everyone’s imagination and shattered everyone’s notions. In the last days of these times, God became flesh to work in China, once again going beyond everyone’s imaginings and once again smashing everyone’s notions. Some brothers and sisters are unable to accept this reality. They believe God is the God of the Israelites, so God could not possibly become flesh to work in another country, and moreover could not possibly descend in China. Man has such notions because God once performed His work of the Age of Law in Israel, and the Lord Jesus also performed His work of the Age of Grace in Judea. As both of these stages of work were performed in Israel, we think that God must be the God of the Israelites and that He could not possibly descend in a Gentile country, and moreover could not possibly work in China. Please think about this carefully, everyone. Just because the first two stages of God’s work were performed in Israel, does that prove that God is only the God of the Israelites and not the God of the Gentiles? Can we say God loves only the Israelites and hates the Gentiles? The Lord Jesus’ precious blood redeemed the Israelites, but didn’t it also redeem all mankind? We should know that God is not just the God of the Israelites. God is also the God of all mankind. God had the authority to perform the work of the Age of Law in Israel. He also had the authority to perform the work of the Age of Grace in Judea, and even more He has the authority to perform His conquest and judgment work of the last days in China. This is because God is the Ruler of the heavens and earth and all things, the God of all creatures. God became flesh to work in China in order to use this actual fact to break our notions and make us realize that God is not just the God of the Israelites, but is also the God of all mankind. God has the authority to perform the work in His plans in any country and among any people He chooses. Almighty God says: “He led the Israelites and was born in Judea, and He is also born in a Gentile land. Is not all His work for the whole of the mankind that He created? Does He love Israelites a hundred fold and loathe Gentiles a thousand fold? Is that not your notion? … If you still maintain that God is the God of Israelites only, and still maintain that the house of David in Israel is the origin of God’s birth and that no nation other than Israel is qualified to ‘produce’ God, and even less is any Gentile family able to personally receive Jehovah’s work—if you still think this way, then does that not make you an obstinate holdout? … You also have never thought about how God could personally descend in a Gentile land. He ought to descend on Mount Sinai or the Mount of Olives and appear to Israelites. Are not Gentiles (that is, people outside of Israel) all objects of His loathing? How could He personally work among them? All these are the deep-rooted notions that you have developed over many years. The purpose of conquering you today is to smash these notions of yours. You thereby have seen God personally appearing among you—not on Mount Sinai or on the Mount of Olives, but among people whom He has never led in the past” (“The Inside Truth of the Conquering Work (3)”). “I left Judea and do My work among the Gentiles because I am not merely the God of the people of Israel, but the God of all creatures. I appear among the Gentiles during the last days because I am not only Jehovah, the God of the people of Israel, but, moreover, because I am the Creator of all My chosen ones among the Gentiles. I not only created Israel, Egypt, and Lebanon, but also created all the Gentile nations beyond Israel. And because of this, I am the Lord of all creatures” (“The Savior Has Already Returned Upon a ‘White Cloud’”). Through Almighty God’s words we can recognize that God is not just the God of the Israelites but also the God of all mankind. If God had descended again in Judea to do His work in the last days, then we would forever delimit God in our notions and think that He is the God of the Israelites and cannot possibly work in a Gentile country. Therefore, God became flesh to work in China so as to save all mankind from their notions and imaginings and to make all mankind realize that God is not just the God of the people of Israel but also the God of all mankind. God is not the personal property of any nation; God has the authority to perform His planned work in any country and among any people. Regardless of where God works, it is all for the sake of His work and also to better save all mankind. Do we still think that God can only descend in Judea and can’t descend in China? Can we still say God can’t possibly work in China?

We must know that all of God’s work is principled. God chooses the site of His work based on the needs of the work. The site of His work God chooses in each age is always representative and also most meaningful. That is to say, the chosen location and chosen object of each stage of His work are determined in accordance with the needs of the work. For instance, in the Age of Grace, the Lord Jesus chose to work in Judea. On the one hand, it was because among all mankind, only the Israelites worshiped God. Only they were God’s chosen people and only they were people who looked forward to the Messiah’s arrival. On the other hand, the Israelites were the only people Jehovah God had guided with His law. They knew that transgressing the law was to sin, and that if they violated the commandments they would be subject to God’s punishment. Therefore, they were the only ones who had hearts that revered God and feared God. Due to the constraints of the law, they were, among all humans, the least corrupted, and God’s redemptive work was the most meaningful when performed on them. Why is it that the work of redemption is the most meaningful only when performed on the least corrupted people? It’s because if even the least corrupted people need to be redeemed by God, then other more corrupted people would need to be redeemed by God even more. All God has to do is redeem the people of Israel, and it would be equivalent to redeeming all of mankind. Therefore, God’s choice to perform His redemptive work in Judea is representative and also most meaningful. It was determined completely in accordance with the requirements of God’s work and was not randomly decided.

We should now understand that God chooses the most representative site to work based on the requirements of the work so as to achieve the best results. Accordingly, where would performing God’s work of the last days be most representative and most meaningful? To understand this question, we must first understand what work God has to do in the last days. Brothers and sisters, in the last days, God has to do the work of conquering and judging all mankind, to thoroughly defeat Satan and take mankind to a glorious destination. So based on the requirements of the work, the object of God’s work of conquest in the last days must be the archetype of all of corrupt mankind. This is because if God just conquers the most corrupted people among mankind, it would be equivalent to conquering all of mankind. Therefore, God has to choose the most representative site to perform His conquest work in the last days. Only China best conforms with the conditions required by God’s work in the last days. This is because in the whole universe, only Chinese people are the most corrupted, the most backward, and their resistance to God is most serious. Chinese people have believed in God for the shortest period of time, and all they do is kowtow, burn incense, burn paper money and pray to Buddha, and worship idols. Chinese people don’t have human rights and are born lowly; their character is low, and they are evil and debauched, numb and dull-witted, vulgar and decadent. They are full of Satan’s disposition, making them the archetype of corrupt mankind. Chinese people’s thinking is unenlightened, while their living habits and social environment are very backward. China has the most people of any nation who worship idols and engage in sorcery, as well as having the most temples—it is practically a home for filthy spirits. Everybody also knows that China is the darkest, most atheist country, the one most unwilling to admit the existence of God. It is the lair of the great red dragon, full of the spilt blood of saints. Tens of thousands of western missionaries were martyred in China during the late Qing Dynasty. Countless missionaries have also suffered all kinds of humiliation and pain in modern China, being driven out of the country and having their churches sealed up, demolished or burned down. Especially in the decades of rule by the demonic, atheist Communist Party, countless Christians have been detained and killed by the Communist government, causing tens of thousands of families to be torn apart and destroyed. And while the government vigorously promotes atheism it also allows so-called religious freedom on the surface, but cruelly persecutes Christians in secret, planning to drive out and exterminate all believers of God. In the past, countless Christians were martyred in China for spreading the gospel. Today, there are still many brothers and sisters who have fallen in the clutches of the CCP government and are currently suffering from callous and inhumane devastation. This significant amount of facts is sufficient to prove that China is the world’s darkest, most corrupt and most God-resisting nation. Therefore, it is extremely meaningful for God to perform His conquest and judgment work in China. Performing His judgment work in China can best bring out God’s almightiness and wisdom and can best cause Satan to fail and be thoroughly humiliated. The testimonies gained by God working in China are the most resounding, and the glory gained by God working in China is also the greatest. If those corrupted most deeply by Satan are conquered by God, then it goes without saying that people in places across the rest of the universe who are less corrupted will also be conquered. Therefore, God chose China based on the needs of His conquest work. God choosing China as the first stop of His conquest work of the last days is representative and also the most meaningful. If God’s conquest work in China succeeds, it means God’s conquest work in the entire universe has also succeeded.

To be continue… 

Source From: Our Daily Devotionals

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