Recall the scene in the Bible when God wrought destruction upon Sodom and think also of how Lot’s wife became a pillar of salt. Think back to how the people of Nineveh repented and confessed their sins in sackcloth and ashes. Recall what end the Jews came to after they nailed Jesus to the cross 2,000 years ago—they were expelled from Israel and fled to countries around the world, many were killed, and the entire Jewish nation was subjected to the unprecedented pain of their country’s annihilation. They had nailed God to the cross—committed a heinous sin—and provoked the disposition of God. They had to pay for what they did and had to bear all the consequences of their actions. They condemned God, rejected God, and so they had but one fate: to be punished by God. This was the bitter consequence and disaster that their rulers brought upon their country and nation.

Today, God has returned among people to do His work, and His first stop in His work is the epitome of dictatorships: China, the staunch bastion of atheism. God has gained a group of people by His wisdom and power. During this period, He has been hunted by China’s ruling party by every means and subjected to every kind of suffering, with no place to rest His head, and nowhere to take shelter. Despite this, God still continues the work He intends to do: He speaks and utters words, and He spreads the gospel. No person can fathom the almightiness of God. In China, a country that regards God as an enemy, God has never ceased His work. Instead, more people have accepted His work and word, for God saves each and every member of mankind to the greatest extent possible. We all believe that no country or force can hinder what God intends to accomplish, and that those who try to obstruct God’s work, who resist the word of God, and who disturb and try to impair the plan of God shall ultimately be punished by God. Any person who resists the work of God shall be banished to hell by God; any country that resists the work of God shall be destroyed by God; any nation that rises up to oppose the work of God shall be wiped from this earth by God and shall cease to exist. I urge the people of all nations and of all countries, and even of all industries to come listen to the voice of God, to come behold the work of God, and to pay attention to the fate of mankind, thus making God the most holy, most honored, highest, and only object of worship among mankind, and enabling the whole of mankind to live amid the blessings of God, just as the descendants of Abraham lived under the promise of Jehovah, and just as Adam and Eve, whom God created in the beginning, lived in the Garden of Eden.

The work of God surges onward like a mighty wave. No one can hold Him back, and no one can halt His march. Only those who listen carefully to His words, and who seek and thirst for Him, can follow His footsteps and receive His promise. Those who do not shall be subjected to overwhelming disaster and well-deserved punishment.

—The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Appendix 2: God Holds Sovereignty Over the Fate of All Mankind