we believe in the Lord,

hoping that we will be brought into the kingdom of heaven

to enjoy the eternal blessing when the Lord comes.

Amen!

Now with the Lord coming soon,

we did not expect the sudden emergence of Eastern Lightning,

announcing that the Lord Jesus has returned,

that is Almighty God who is doing the judgment work in the last days.

Isn't it odd and peculiar?

It is impossible!

These years, Eastern Lightning has been developing particularly fast.

Many good sheep of various denominations were stolen, stolen by them.

The incredible part is

those stolen people all claim that they have been raptured,

that they are supping with the Lord.

Now tell me, how is that possible?

No, it isn't possible.

"Raptured before the apocalypse," "supping with the Lord,"

are these for real?

If this was real though, wouldn't it mean that they've welcomed the Lord?

Brothers and sisters,

we haven't seen the Lord descending on a cloud,

yet Eastern Lightning has witnessed the Lord's return.

It's impossible!

Yeah, impossible! Yes, impossible! (Indeed it is.)

If the Lord had really returned, why weren't we raptured too?

Yeah, why weren't we? Exactly, why weren't we raptured?

I dare say,

everyone who has witnessed the Lord's return must be a liar.

We absolutely cannot believe them!

Right, don't believe them!

Brothers and sisters,

our belief means keeping the Lord's name and upholding the Lord's way,

watching for the Lord's descension on a cloud to bring us to God's kingdom!

Amen!

Don't you all agree?

Yes!

Brothers and sisters,

in order to prevent the followers from being taken by Eastern Lightning,

we must step up our efforts to defend against them.

Amen!

So now, the church has printed some booklets about resisting them.

Co-worker Wang, could you please pass them out?

Okay.

For more than a decade,

we have been guarding against Eastern Lightning in every way, (Yes.)

even the CCP government and religious leaders have been resisting Eastern Lightning. (Yeah.)

Why then, is the number of people believing in Eastern Lightning increasing?

Do you think that Eastern Lightning could actually be coming from God?

Well, the way I see it,

what is of God always prospers. (Yeah.)

We should read that carefully.

I want everyone to read this information about boycotting Eastern Lightning.

Improve our defensive efforts! (Amen!)

The people from the United Front are here. (What are they doing here?)

What else but to monitor us.

Moreover,

the government has implemented strict orders to ban Eastern Lightning.

We must fully coordinate with the government in opposing them.

Amen!

Does everyone understand? (Understood! Yes. I do!)

Thank the Lord!

Here I will talk about the preventive measures against Eastern Lightning …

Lord, is Eastern Lightning Your appearance and work?

In the past few years,

the CCP government and religious circles have condemned Eastern Lightning.

I have looked at some propaganda materials against Eastern Lightning

and found that their words ring hollow, full of slander, (Yes, that's true.)

full of slander and blasphemy.

Moreover, no factual basis has been given,

making it very hard to believe that these incriminating words are true.

That is true.

In addition,

we, who believe in the Lord, have all been persecuted by the CCP.

We all know that they are an atheist revolutionary party resistant to God.

That's right. Indeed.

Based on the devilish nature of the CCP,

if there were any factual basis,

they would set the media loose to hype it up,

besides, even using the law for prosecution and conviction.

The CCP would definitely do so. (Exactly.)

It is their habitual practice! (Yeah.)

What is strange is,

this is an atheist regime that doesn't believe in God or the Bible,

how would they know which religion is truly right or wrong?

Yes, indeed. How would they know who is right or wrong?

They regard Christianity as if it were a cult.

They have labeled the Bible a book of cults.

It is commonly acknowledged that they are devils that resist God.

Yes. Exactly. Absolutely! That's correct!

Therefore, it has been so normal for the CCP to make such remarks,

to criticize and condemn our religious beliefs,

even making up rumors, lies, twisting facts, and turning black and white on its head. (Right.)

These are just so normal. (That's true!)

So I dare to conclude

the CCP's incrimination of Eastern Lightning

are certainly false rumors and total lies, (Right.)

and the religious community's condemnation against it

is entirely propaganda of the CCP's nonsense.

Have they studied Almighty God's work in the last days? (No.)

Have they read the word of Almighty God?

I guess not.

From the perspective of the religious propaganda materials,

they don't seem to have studied it.

It is not difficult to find it questionable if we sit and analyze it.

Yes, that's true. Yeah, with some analysis, we can see the problem.

If we want to see through the facts, we need to study Eastern Lightning.

Oh? Study Eastern Lightning?

Study Eastern Lightning?

This is my opinion.

Brother Zhong is right.

Who among us believers of the Lord have not experienced persecutions by the CCP?

No one.

They call our faith a cult

and claim that the Lord Jesus was merely a man.

They even label the Bible as a book of cult,

declare our home churches unlawful,

and also say that our Christian congregation disturbs order.

Isn't that a distortion of black and white, facts against our belief?

That's correct. The CCP is lying.

We can't believe their fallacies!

I think we need to do some more research. (Yeah.)

The CCP's words are never trustworthy.

The Chinese Communist Party is against God,

so we don't have to believe them.

But the religious pastors and elders are servants of the Lord and know the Bible,

so if they condemn Eastern Lightning,

then it cannot be the true way of God.

I don't agree with studying Eastern Lightning.

Right. The pastors are set up by the Lord.

We have to listen and believe what they tell us.

The pastors and elders always say,

as long as it is not the Lord Jesus that descends on a cloud,

it has to be false.

Whoever testifies that the Lord is back is lying.

God can only be the Spirit, not incarnate!

Amen!

We only recognize the Lord Jesus' name.

What Eastern Lightning believes in is a man,

and it cannot be the true way!

We can't look into Eastern Lightning;

otherwise, we will be deceived.

We should wait for the Lord to come on a cloud and bring us into God's kingdom.

This cannot be wrong. (Amen!)

We can't be afraid to study just because we are frightened of being deceived!

Should we study it or not?

Co-worker Wu, Co-worker Hu,

you both believe in the point of view of most religious leaders,

and follow them in condemning Eastern Lightning.

Have you actually studied Eastern Lightning? (Yeah! Yes.)

That's true!

If you haven't studied it, isn't it wrong for you to say so?

Yes, it is.

Whether Eastern Lightning is the true way or not, I don't know.

But the words "Eastern Lightning" align with the Lord Jesus' prophecy,

They seem to be related.

Yeah, that's true. There is a link!

In addition, the religious community as a whole

recognizes that the Lord is about to come.

Some people even feel that the Lord should have already arrived.

Only that they don't know where the Lord has appeared to do His work. (Yeah. Yes.)

At present,

only Eastern Lightning is witnessing that the Lord has returned

and is doing the work of judgment beginning with the house of God.

No matter how we look at it, we need to study Eastern Lightning.

Don't you all agree with that?

We should study it. (Yes. Yeah!)

I think we should study it.

Despite the repression and the persecution of the Chinese Communist government,

Eastern Lightning continues witnessing God.

Yes.

I hear that so many good sheep of various denominations

have accepted Eastern Lightning.

This is not an ordinary feat. (It's nothing ordinary.)

I am just thinking,

since those are good sheep and faithful,

they must know more about the Bible.

If they could accept Eastern Lightning,

this just proves that the real truth could be found in there. (Yes, of course.)

None of them are that foolish. (Yes, indeed.)

Those who accepted Eastern Lightning are all faithful believers in the Lord.

Then we should wake up.

We can't just listen to one-sided opinions.

In the case that the pastors and elders are resisting God,

aren't we being jeopardized by them? (That's right. Yes, it's too dangerous.)

There's nothing wrong with studying Eastern Lightning.

But we should consider

how strongly the CCP is repressing Eastern Lightning.

If we study Eastern Lightning and find out that it really is the true way,

should we then follow it or not?

We would have to.

If we do, we'll end up being arrested for sure.

Yeah. That's not worth it at all!

If we don't follow it, we'd be cowards afraid of accepting it.

I think, studying it or not, we want safety and peace.

That's right.

The persecution against Eastern Lightning is too dangerous.

That's correct.

Believing in Eastern Lightning will end up in us being arrested sooner or later.

There will be danger.

Even if Eastern Lightning is the true way,

I … I just can't accept it.

Why would you think like that? (Yeah?)

If … if I were arrested, who could support my family?

There's no one else.

This is understandable.

Now that we believe in the Lord but in a low profile,

maybe we could still go to the heavenly kingdom when the Lord arrives.

There's no need to take that risk right now.

Indeed, no need at all. (I don't agree with that.)

How could you say that?

I don't get it, why would she say that?

Trials and tribulations reveal a person the most.

If a person lacks even the courage to study the true way,

haven't they believed in God all this time in vain?

That's right. Exactly.

When we believe in the Lord,

isn't it our greatest wish to meet the Lord's return?

Yes.

Now that Eastern Lightning is the only church in the world that witnesses His return

and posts all the truths expressed by Almighty God on the Internet

for everyone in every country to pursue and study.

It is God knocking on our doors. (Amen.)

God is great. That is amazing.

If we don't study Eastern Lightning,

then are we really waiting for the Lord to appear? (No, we're not.)

We've been persecuted for years by the Chinese Communist Party.

But we got through it by relying on the Lord.

That's true. Yes.

Amen.

Everything is in the hands of the Lord.

Without the Lord's permission, the CCP can't do anything to us.

Amen.

We should have faith in the Lord.

We can't not study the true way because we're afraid of persecution.

If Eastern Lightning is the Lord's appearance and work

but we don't pursue it,

aren't we missing the chance to greet the Lord and be raptured?

Definitely. Exactly. We have to chase after this. True, can't miss that!

Why do we believe in the Lord?

Isn't it for eternal life in the kingdom of heaven?

Yes.

No matter how perilous the road to the heavenly kingdom is, we must follow it.

Amen!

The Lord is with us, what do we have to fear?

If worst comes to worst, we die martyrs and glorify Him.

Then we will not have lived in vain. (Yes. Amen! So true!)

Don't you all agree? (Yes!)

Despite the arrests and persecution by the CCP,

Eastern Lightning is increasingly prosperous.

I think Eastern Lightning is possibly the Lord's appearance and work,