Relevant Words of God:
In
each age, God does new work and is called by a new name; how could He do
the same work in different ages? How could He cling to the old? The
name of Jesus was taken for the work of redemption, so would He still be
called by the same name when He returns in the last days? Would He
still do the work of redemption? Why is it that Jehovah and Jesus are
one, yet They are called by different names in different ages? Is it not
because the ages of Their work are different? Could a single name
represent God in His entirety? In this way, God must be called by a
different name in a different age, must use the name to change the age
and represent the age, for no one name can fully represent God Himself.
And each name can only represent God’s disposition during a certain age
and needs only to represent His work. Therefore, God can choose whatever
name befits His disposition to represent the entire age.
from “The Vision of God’s Work (3)” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
“Jehovah”
is the name that I took during My work in Israel, and it means the God
of the Israelites (God’s chosen people) who can take pity on man, curse
man, and guide the life of man. It means the God who possesses great
power and is full of wisdom. … That is to say, only Jehovah is the God
of the chosen people of Israel, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
the God of Jacob, the God of Moses, and the God of all the people of
Israel. And so in the current age, all the Israelites apart from the
tribe of Judah worship Jehovah. They make sacrifices to Him on the
altar, and serve Him wearing priests’ robes in the temple. What they
hope for is the reappearance of Jehovah. … The name Jehovah is a
particular name for the people of Israel who lived under the law. In
each age and each stage of work, My name is not baseless, but holds
representative significance: Each name represents one age. “Jehovah”
represents the Age of Law, and is the honorific for the God worshiped by
the people of Israel.
from “The Savior Has Already Returned Upon a ‘White Cloud’” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
During
the Age of Law, the work of guiding mankind was done under the name of
Jehovah, and the first stage of work was carried out on earth. The work
of this stage was to build the temple and the altar, and to use the law
to guide the people of Israel and work among them. By guiding the people
of Israel, He established a base for His work on earth. From this base,
He expanded His work beyond Israel, which is to say that, starting from
Israel, He extended His work outward, so that later generations
gradually came to know that Jehovah was God, and that Jehovah had
created the heavens and earth and all things, had made all creatures. He
spread His work through the people of Israel. The land of Israel was
the first holy place of Jehovah’s work on earth, and God’s earliest work
on earth was throughout the land of Israel. That was the work of the
Age of Law.
from “The Vision of God’s Work (3)” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
Jesus’
name marked the start of the Age of Grace. When Jesus began to perform
His ministry, the Holy Spirit began to testify to the name of Jesus, and
the name of Jehovah was no longer spoken of, and instead the Holy
Spirit began the new work principally under the name of Jesus. The
testimony of those who believed in Him was borne for Jesus Christ, and
the work they did was also for Jesus Christ. The conclusion of the Old
Testament Age of Law meant that the work principally conducted under the
name of Jehovah had come to an end. After this, the name of God was no
longer Jehovah; instead He was called Jesus, and from here on the Holy
Spirit began the work principally under the name of Jesus.
from “The Vision of God’s Work (3)” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
“Jesus”
is Emmanuel, and it means the sin offering that is full of love, full
of compassion, and redeems man. He did the work of the Age of Grace, and
represents the Age of Grace, and can only represent one part of the
management plan. … Only Jesus is the Redeemer of mankind. He is the sin
offering that redeemed mankind from sin. Which is to say, the name of
Jesus came from the Age of Grace, and existed because of the work of
redemption in the Age of Grace. The name of Jesus existed to allow the
people of the Age of Grace to be reborn and saved, and is a particular
name for the redemption of the whole of mankind. And so the name Jesus
represents the work of redemption, and denotes the Age of Grace. …
“Jesus” represents the Age of Grace, and is the name of the God of all
those who were redeemed during the Age of Grace.
from “The Savior Has Already Returned Upon a ‘White Cloud’” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
During
the Age of Grace, the name of God was Jesus, which means that God was a
God who saved man, and that He was a compassionate and loving God. God
was with man. His love, His compassion, and His salvation accompanied
each and every person. Man could only gain peace and joy, receive His
blessing, receive His vast and numerous graces, and receive His
salvation if man accepted the name of Jesus and accepted His presence.
Through the crucifixion of Jesus, all those who followed Him received
salvation and were forgiven their sins.
from “The Vision of God’s Work (3)” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
When
the final age—the age of the last days—arrives, My name shall change
again. I shall not be called Jehovah, or Jesus, much less the Messiah,
but shall be called the powerful Almighty God Himself, and under this
name I shall bring the entire age to an end. I was once known as
Jehovah. I was also called the Messiah, and people once called Me Jesus
the Savior because they loved and respected Me. But today I am not the
Jehovah or Jesus that people knew in times past—I am the God who has
returned in the last days, the God who shall bring the age to an end. I
am the God Himself that rises up at the ends of the earth, replete with
My entire disposition, and full of authority, honor and glory. People
have never engaged with Me, have never known Me, and have always been
ignorant of My disposition. From the creation of the world until today,
not one person has seen Me. This is the God who appears to man during
the last days but is hidden among man. He resides among man, true and
real, like the burning sun and the flaming fire, filled with power and
brimming with authority. There is not a single person or thing that
shall not be judged by My words, and not a single person or thing that
shall not be purified through the burning of fire. Eventually, all
nations shall be blessed because of My words, and also smashed to pieces
because of My words. In this way, all people during the last days shall
see that I am the Savior returned, I am the Almighty God that conquers
all of mankind, and I was once the sin offering for man, but in the last
days I also become the flames of the sun that burn all things, as well
as the Sun of righteousness that reveals all things. Such is My work of
the last days. I took this name and am possessed of this disposition so
that all people may see that I am a righteous God, and am the burning
sun, and the flaming fire. It is so that all may worship Me, the only
true God, and so that they may see My true face: I am not only the God
of the Israelites, and am not just the Redeemer—I am the God of all
creatures throughout heavens and earth and seas.
from “The Savior Has Already Returned Upon a ‘White Cloud’” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
Some
say that the name of God does not change, so why then did the name of
Jehovah become Jesus? It was prophesied of the coming of the Messiah, so
why then did a man by the name of Jesus come? Why did the name of God
change? Was not such work carried out long ago? Cannot God this day do a
new work? The work of yesterday can be altered, and the work of Jesus
can follow on from that of Jehovah. Cannot then the work of Jesus be
succeeded by another work? If the name of Jehovah can be changed to
Jesus, then cannot the name of Jesus also be changed? This is not
unusual, and people think so[a]
only due to their simple-mindedness. God will always be God. Regardless
of the changes to His work and His name, His disposition and wisdom
remain forever unchanged. If you believe that God can only be called by
the name of Jesus, then you know too little. Do you dare assert that
Jesus is forever the name of God, that God will forever and always go by
the name of Jesus, and that this will never change? Dare you assert
with certainty it is the name of Jesus that concluded the Age of Law and
also concludes the final age? Who can say that the grace of Jesus can
conclude the age?
from “How Can Man Who Has Defined God in His Conceptions Receive the Revelations of God?” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
If
the work of God in each age is always the same, and He is always called
by the same name, then how would man know Him? God must be called
Jehovah, and apart from a God called Jehovah, one called by any other
name is not God. Or else God can only be called Jesus, and God may not
be called by any other name except Jesus; apart from Jesus, Jehovah is
not God, and Almighty God is not God either. Man believes it is true
that God is almighty, but God is a God with man; He must be called
Jesus, for God is with man. To do this is to follow doctrine, and to
constrain God to a scope. So, the work that God does in each age, the
name by which He is called, and the image that He assumes, and each
stage of His work until today, do not follow a single regulation, and
are not subject to any constraints. He is Jehovah, but He is also Jesus,
as well as the Messiah, and Almighty God. His work can gradually
change, and there are corresponding changes in His name. No single name
can fully represent Him, but all names by which He is called are able to
represent Him, and the work that He does in each age represents His
disposition.
from “The Vision of God’s Work (3)” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
Each
time God arrives on earth, He shall change His name, His gender, His
image, and His work; He does not repeat His work, and He is always new
and never old. When He came before, He was called Jesus; could He still
be called Jesus when He comes again this time? … There are those who say
that God is immutable. That is correct, but it refers to the
immutability of God’s disposition and substance. Changes in His name and
work do not prove that His substance has altered; in other words, God
will always be God, and this will never change. If you say that the work
of God always stays the same, then would He be able to finish His
six-thousand-year management plan? You merely know that God is forever
unchanging, but do you know that God is always new and never old?
from “The Vision of God’s Work (3)” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
And
so, each time God comes, He is called by one name, He represents one
age, and He opens up a new path; and on each new path, He assumes a new
name, which shows that God is always new and never old, and that His
work is always progressing forward. History is always moving forward,
and the work of God is always moving forward. For His six-thousand-year
management plan to reach its end, it must keep progressing onward. Each
day He must do new work, each year He must do new work; He must open up
new paths, must begin new eras, begin new and greater work, and bring
new names and new work.
from “The Vision of God’s Work (3)” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
The
day will arrive when God is not called Jehovah, Jesus, or the
Messiah—He will simply be called the Creator. At that time, all the
names that He took on earth shall come to an end, for His work on earth
will have come to an end, after which He shall have no name. When all
things come under the dominion of the Creator, why call Him by a highly
appropriate yet incomplete name? Do you still seek God’s name now? Do
you still dare to say that God is only called Jehovah? Do you still dare
to say that God can only be called Jesus? Can you bear the sin of
blasphemy against God?
from “The Vision of God’s Work (3)” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
Footnotes:
a. The original text reads “which is.”
Recommendation:
Hymns of the Church of Almighty God
If Eastern Lightning is the true way, then what is the basis of your confirmation? We believe in the Lord Jesus because He redeemed us, but what do you use to verify that Eastern Lightning is the true way?
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