I heard you ran into some trouble investigating the true way.

Yes, I did.

People tried to deceive and disturb me,

threaten and tempt me, they harassed me constantly.

Sounds like they tried a lot!

Who were they?

Who were they? (Yeah.)

Modern Pharisees!

Modern Pharisees? (Yeah.)

Wait, what do you mean by that?

To answer that,

we have to start with Pastor Tang at our church.

When Pastor Tang heard I believed in Almighty God,

he came to my house every other day,

like some kind of news reporter!

News reporters?

One day, I was singing a hymn at home,

What's that?

Someone knocking.

Who?

I opened the door and looked,

and saw Pastor Tang and 3 of his co-workers at my doorstep.

"Brother Zhang,

I heard people from Eastern Lightning came to see you.

Have you accepted Eastern Lightning?"

Demanding a public confession!

Pastor Tang,

recently I've read a lot of Almighty God's words,

and I've found that they're the truth.

They have authority and power, (Right.)

and expose and judge the truth of mankind's corruption.

When I read them, I was certain that judgment begins with the house of God, (Right.)

and my heart verified that Almighty God's words are the voice of God. (Indeed.)

Almighty God has begun the work of judgment,

and the Lord Jesus has returned!

Hey, so what did Pastor Tang say?

"Brother Zhang,

how many times have I told you,

no matter how lofty Eastern Lightning's sermons seem,

you shouldn't listen, read, or come into contact with any of them.

Why didn't you listen to me?

I've tried so hard to—" (Hey …)

Did you ask Pastor Tang

whether his "three prohibitions" have a basis in the Lord's words?

Hah, no matter whether it does or not,

whenever anyone preaches the Lord's return,

the pastors and elders always use these "three prohibitions"

to stop believers from studying the true way.

Doesn't that go against the Lord's words? (Right.)

When it comes to welcoming the Lord,

the Lord Jesus clearly said,

Revelation also prophesies:

And,

The Lord Jesus also said,

Exactly.

The most important way to welcome the Lord is listening to His voice. (Yeah.)

If someone testifies that the Lord has returned,

we have to be wise virgins and actively seek the Lord's voice. (Yeah!)

Only then can we receive the Lord. (That's right.)

But the pastors and elders

try to prevent believers from hearing the Lord's voice,

and don't allow them to seek the true way.

Isn't that exactly the opposite of what the Lord said? (It is.)

Hey, so, didn't you fellowship with him about that?

I fellowshiped exactly that to him.

So Pastor Tang …

Only looked impatient.

I said,

"Pastor Tang,

Eastern Lightning testifies the Lord has returned.

Why don't you let us listen for God's voice? (Yep.)

Why do you stop us from investigating the true way? (Exactly.)

If the Lord Jesus really has returned,

doesn't that make you Pharisees? (That's right.)

To know whether Almighty God is God's appearance at work,

we have to see what truths Almighty God expresses, (Right.)

and whether His words are the voice of God,

and then we'll know, won't we?"

You know, if he had any fear of God in his heart,

his attitude would have changed when he heard that.

Is there any need to investigate?

Eastern Lightning testifies that God has returned incarnate.

Is that even possible?

Look at how arrogant he is.

What does it say in Revelation?

The Lord will descend on clouds with glory,

and kindreds of the earth will wail.

That's …

Without those visions appearing,

how could the Lord possibly return?

At any rate,

a Lord Jesus that doesn't descend on clouds is a fake,

and any who claim the Lord has come incarnate can't be trusted.

Don't you dare accept it! (Hey, hold on, hold on.)

The Bible does prophesy that the Lord will descend on clouds,

many prophecies describe the Lord's return as the coming of the Son of man, (Yes.)

but if the pastors and elders say that the Lord can only return on clouds

based on a few verses in the Bible,

isn't that twisting the Lord's words and taking them out of context? (Right.)

You have to ask him.

Yes, I do.

Pastor Tang,

are you certain that "with clouds" is the only way the Lord comes?

That's right.

The Lord Jesus also said about His return,

And "Son of man" refers to God incarnate.

The Lord Jesus is incarnate flesh,

and called the Son of man. (Right.)

Jehovah God is Spirit,

so we can't call Him the Son of man. (Right.)

So, when the prophecies say the Son of man will return,

they refer to the incarnate God coming in secret.

Yes! The prophecies are very clear.

The Lord will return as incarnate flesh. (Yeah.)

So how did Pastor Tang react?

The more I fellowshiped, the angrier Pastor Tang looked.

Hah! He wouldn't accept it!

Pastor Tang,

in the matter of awaiting the Lord's return,

why don't you investigate all the prophecies about His return? (Yeah.)

Why be fixed on the Lord's return being on clouds?

Why spread these fallacies

and say that any Lord Jesus that doesn't return on clouds is a fake

and that any who claim the Lord has come incarnate can't be trusted!

That's denying the Lord's words,

and judging and condemning the appearance and work of the returned Lord!

Yes, that's right.

We've all heard the fallacies and lies from the pastors and elders,

and we look up blindly at the sky and wait for the Lord to descend on clouds.

When we hear others testify that the Lord's returned and is speaking,

we don't seek to hear the Lord's voice.

Doesn't that make us foolish virgins?

We've been forsaken by the Lord and don't even realize it!

Luckily we've read the words of Almighty God

and know that in the last days,

the returned Lord descends in secret as the incarnate Son of man (Yeah.)

to express the truth and do the work of judgment in the last days,

after He makes a group of overcomers,

God will bring the great disaster, reward the good, and punish the evil.

That is when God will descend on clouds and appear openly.

Right!

That fulfills the prophecy in Revelation:

It says very clearly.

If we miss the chance to be made into overcomers by the incarnate God,

when we finally do see the Lord descend on clouds,

we should wail and gnash our teeth. (Yeah.)

The pastors' falsehoods could really ruin people!

"Enough!

Whether or not the returned Lord is incarnate,

I can't say for sure,

but it's certain that He will descend on clouds!

We just have to wait for Him to descend on clouds,

and then we will be lifted up into the kingdom of heaven!

Any Lord Jesus that doesn't come riding white clouds,

I refuse to accept!"

It's like talking to a wall,

nothing gets through.

"I'm the pastor,

and I'm in charge of the Lord's flock,

so I have the authority to stop them from investigating Eastern Lightning.

I'm protecting the flock.

I refuse to believe that when the Lord comes on clouds,

He will forsake me!"

He's a fool to the bitter end. He refuses to accept the truth!

When he finished, Pastor Tang left in a huff.

Maybe now you can get a few days of peace!

The next day, Elder Hu came to see me.

He wanted a public confession too?

Well,

Elder Hu came with a basket of fruit,

a box of health supplements,

and a big smile, neighborly as can be!

Watch.

Here he comes.

"Brother Zhang!

Since I heard you've started believing in Eastern Lightning,

I haven't been able to get a wink of sleep at night!"

What's the matter?

I hate …

I hate myself for not watching the sheep.

I owe the Lord!

The Lord is just about to return,

but Eastern Lightning is taking all the best sheep

from the church's flock! (Look at that.)

Tell me, how will I explain this to the Lord?

These are the people who have been raptured at the Lord's return!

He has no idea!

He is so ignorant!

Brother Zhang, I don't mean to criticize,

but how could you accept Eastern Lightning?

In the Bible it says,

So, any who preach the Lord's return can't be trusted, (No.)

and any who claim the Lord has come incarnate

are spreading heresy and false teachings.

You can't believe these things!

I'm saying this out of concern for your lives!

Hey, wait.

Any who preach the Lord's return can't be trusted? (He said this.)

Does it say those words in the Bible? (No.)

Did the Lord Jesus say that? (No.)

Did the Holy Spirit say that? (Still no.)

The Lord prophesied many times He would return,

and told us to soberly await Him,

but the pastors and elders say

"Any who preach the Lord's return can't be trusted."

Isn't that denying the Lord's words and the fact of the Lord's return?

Yes.

Isn't that also denying and condemning the Lord's appearance and work in the last days?

Yes, it is.

Well, so what did you say to him?

Elder Hu,

it's true that false Christs will deceive people in the last days,

but the Lord will return, and that's also a fact.

Yes.

The Lord Jesus said to guard against false Christs,

but not that we're forbidden from investigating the true way and receiving Him. (Yeah.)

Why is it that when we investigate the true way,

you bring up these verses to stop and limit us?

Does being on guard against false Christs mean we shouldn't receive the Lord?

Absolutely not!

The Lord said those who perform miracles to deceive people are false Christs.

He never said the Son of man who descends to express the truth and do the work of judgment

is a false Christ. (That's right.)

These pastors and elders, to stop us from investigating the true way,

blatantly twist the Lord's words

and spread these evil ideas and fallacies!

So, I said to him,

"Elder Hu,

you say that any who preach the Lord's return can't be trusted,

and any claim that the Lord has come incarnate is false.

This is spreading evil ideas and fallacies to deceive people, (Right.)

and it's judging and resisting God!"

When you said that,

Elder Hu must have been furious with you.

"What you're saying … is …

actually kind of true.

But, false Christs really have appeared in the last days,

and deceived many people into following them.

Eastern Lightning testifies that the Lord has returned.

I stop you from investigating out of concern for your lives!"

This again. ("Why don't you understand my intentions in this?")

Hey, so wait, wait, wait,

if we don't study the true way or receive the Lord