Welcome to the Eastern Light News Report.

I'm your host Zhiqing.

The Lord Jesus prophesied,

Today, these prophecies of the Lord Jesus have been fulfilled.

Many who long for the appearance of God,

yearning for the arrival of the Lord Jesus upon a cloud,

have heard the voice of God, and have been raised before His throne.

In 1991, in the world's East, China,

a Son of man began to speak,

shattering the dark night's silence before dawn,

and rocking different Christian denominations throughout China.

People were overjoyed and rushed about telling each other,

testifying that the Lord Jesus had returned and God had begun to speak.

In just over a decade, the utterances of this Son of man

spread across Mainland China,

which was the appearance and work of Almighty God in China.

These events not only caused a sensation in Mainland China,

but rocked the rest of the world as well.

The millions of words expressed by Almighty God

have been made publicly available in different countries via the Internet.

Many who long for the appearance and work of God have begun to seek and investigate the words,

which have drawn the attention of experts and academics.

In late October 2018,

a photo exhibition entitled "The Appearance and Work of Almighty God"

was held at The Church of Almighty God in Seoul, South Korea.

It attracted over a dozen internationally-renowned experts and scholars to visit and investigate.

Christians from the Church described to visitors

their feelings and insights after experiencing the words and work of Almighty God.

On October 24, 2018,

eleven experts, scholars and professors in the fields of religion and society from seven countries

including the US, Canada, the UK, France, and Italy

visited the photo exhibition at The Church of Almighty God

in Onsu, Seoul, South Korea,

where they held in-depth discussions and exchanges with Christians.

I was very touched that you would invite us again here

and I find your exhibition extremely useful,

because it's very well explained, very pedagogical,

so you give a good chronology.

I had not realized last year

the link you had with Watchman Nee and Witness Lee,

so here it's very clearly presented,

so that I can see the origins of your church.

Also, it's very important for us to see,

you know, the people how they worshiped in the beginning, how they met,

but also afterwards, you know, the persecution started.

This photo exhibition of the appearance and work of Almighty God

shows the background of the Church

and several stages in the history of its growth.

It includes the background of the appearance and work of Almighty God,

how Almighty God provided to people by speaking in the house churches,

how Almighty God officially started the work of judgment beginning with God's house,

and how the gospel of the kingdom spread.

Using images and text explanations,

it vividly takes us back

to real-life scenes from the emergence and history of the Church.

I believe the exhibition is very useful

and particularly because scholars were allowed to visit the exhibition

with brothers and sisters who were there since 1991,

because some details were already known,

but some other details are new.

So the exhibition is very useful

to gain a better knowledge of the origins of The Church of Almighty God,

particularly of the crucial years, 1991 and 1992,

which are extremely important for understanding

how The Church of Almighty God came into being.

The first several images show us

the background to the appearance and work of Almighty God, the incarnate Son of man.

In the early 1980s,

when reform and opening began in China,

there was a resurgence in religious belief.

House churches, long the victims of brutal oppression and persecution by the CCP,

began to spring up like shoots after the spring rain,

following years of suppression.

By 1983, house churches across the country were growing rapidly.

In Henan alone, the Shouters grew to at least a million people,

causing panic among the Chinese government.

From 1983 to 1987,

the CCP subjected the house churches, particularly the Shouters,

to two campaigns of rabid harassment and arrests.

It was a huge blow for the Shouters,

who had been flourishing across the country.

Though faced with the CCP's fervent arrests and persecution,

the Christians who truly believed in God did not yield to Satan.

In particular, among the Shouters,

some Christians persevered in assembling and reading the Bible.

Tears streaming down their faces,

they prayed for the Lord's return,

asking Him to save them from darkness.

It was in these house churches

that the incarnate Almighty God began to speak,

working among God's chosen ones.

These house churches were the precursors of The Church of Almighty God.

I began believing in the Lord Jesus along with my parents in 1981.

At that time,

the churches had just started reappearing,

and more and more people believed in the Lord.

Back then we all assembled in people's homes.

Inside, it would be chock full of people.

Some would even have to stand outside.

Some people said that with so many people believing in the Lord,

the government was bound to suppress and arrest them.

In 1983,

the CCP began arresting people from the Shouters.

It was a large-scale campaign,

but before very long the churches began appearing again,

and they really did start growing exceptionally fast.

Then in 1987,

the CCP began arresting the Shouters all over again.

After being arrested,

they were thrown into a large truck,

and their hands were tied behind their backs,

and a big sign was hung around their neck.

The sign said: "political criminal" or "counter-revolutionary."

They were paraded out in the streets

and placed on a stage to face public denunciation.

After that,

some of them were given particularly heavy sentences.

Among the heads of the churches,

some were sentenced to over 10 years,

others to more than 20.

Yet in such a hostile environment,

there were brothers and sisters who still didn't give up on assembling,

for in our hearts, we all had the following conviction:

Ours is the time of the last days,

we must welcome the return of the Lord!

In our hearts was eager anticipation:

Lord Jesus, come back soon!

Save us from darkness,

and end our lives of suffering!

It was in this context that Almighty God began to speak.

On February 11, 1991,

the incarnate Son of man expressed the first passage

testifying to the appearance and work of God.

Seeing these words, some people felt them especially fresh and touching.

They felt that they were no ordinary words,

and so they conveyed them to the man used by the Holy Spirit.

After reading the passage,

the man used by the Holy Spirit said that these are the utterances of the Holy Spirit.

Passage after passage of the Holy Spirit's utterances followed soon after.

These words are possessed of authority and power;

they touch people greatly.

So the man used by the Holy Spirit

decided to print the utterances of the Holy Spirit in the order that they appeared

and distribute them to the churches,

providing them to God's chosen ones to read and fellowship as they assembled.

From that moment onward,

The Church of Almighty God shifted from prioritizing reading the Bible in assembly

to reading the words of Almighty God.

As Almighty God expressed more and more words,

the passages came forth without cease,

almost one a day.

From that time on,

The Church of Almighty God officially began

reading and enjoying the current words of Almighty God during assemblies,

and singing hymns in praise of the appearance and work of Almighty God.

God's chosen ones felt light and great enjoyment in their hearts.

They thought that in all the years they had believed in the Lord,

they had never felt such enjoyment, never felt so free,

and everyone sang and danced in praise of God,

each of their faces flushed and filled with joy.

Thus did the Holy Spirit begin His great work in The Church of Almighty God,

which has lasted right up until today.

These images show that in the house churches

in Henan, Shandong, Anhui and Northeast China,

Christians gathered together,

reading hand copies of the first utterance of Almighty God.

In these images,

the Christians are ecstatic, filled with excitement,

as they share the joy of hearing God's voice.

By February 1991,

the words expressed by Almighty God had spread to churches across Henan.

The first time I read the words expressed by Almighty God,

I really felt them to be so fresh,

and they were something I'd never heard before.

I read this in Almighty God's words:

When I read these words,

I felt that they were a true testimony to the appearance of God,

that they testified to the return of God.

It was then I really started to get excited:

God has returned; where is He now?

In which church is God speaking these words?

The "glorious holy name," "Almighty God,"

is this God's new name?

Does it mean God has already appeared and begun to work?

"Almighty God" is the "Head of the universe,"

"Christ of the last days."

He is "the shining Sun,"

who illuminates all there is, like a great light,

lighting up this dark world.

I knew there and then

that Almighty God is the appearance of God.

Is this not the return of the Lord Jesus?

The Lord has returned;

this is monumental news!

We all felt so excited.

Afterward, everyone got together, and eagerly fellowshiped

and discussed what we'd read.

The more we fellowship,

the more we sensed that these words are the utterances of God.

So we all felt right then and there that

we had welcomed the Lord,

and had been raised before the throne of God.

Later, I read more of Almighty God's words:

When I read these words,

they just seemed incredibly profound to me.

After that,

Almighty God started expressing more and more words,

almost a passage a day,

a constant flow of them that was conveyed to the churches.

And the more we read the words of Almighty God,

the more light we felt in our hearts.

For the words of Almighty God not only showed us the path to practicing the truth,

but also revealed many of the mysteries of the Bible:

What it meant to be "raptured," for example,

and what "Mount Zion" is,

what the "first ripe fruits" are,

and the "144,000 victorious male children,"

the "wise virgins," and the "foolish virgins,"

as well as "opens the scroll,"

and "opens the seven seals,"

"the seven bowls," "the seven plagues," "the seven trumpets sound,"

and "the seven thunders peal."

No one had been able to explain these mysteries of the Bible,

but the utterances of Almighty God were able to reveal them all.

What's more,

the words of Almighty God also told us many details of entry into life.

For example,

what it means to give one's heart to God and commune with God,

how to ponder the words of God and grasp God's will,

how to practice the truth and be honest,

how to cooperate in serving God,

how to distinguish Satan's deceitful schemes,

and so on.

Reading the words of Almighty God

gave us a path of practice for entry into life.

And so by practicing according to these words,

we felt our relationship with God grow closer and closer.

At that time, we had noticed that

Almighty God's words are totally unlike

the enlightenment man receives from the Holy Spirit.

The words derived from the Holy Spirit's enlightenment

are but a small part, and very limited.

But the words expressed by Almighty God

are like a spring of living water,

they flow forth without cease.

After reading the words of Almighty God,

we sensed that they really are the utterances of the Holy Spirit,

that they are the words of God to mankind.

So at that time,

we felt that we had already been raised before God's throne,

and each day we enjoyed the sustenance of the living water of life