God created humanity, placed them upon earth and led them to the present day.
He then saved humanity and served as a sin offering for humanity.
At the end He still must conquer humanity,
save humanity entirely and restore them to their original likeness.
This is the work that He has been engaged in from the beginning to the end—
restoring man to his original image and to his original likeness.
He will establish His kingdom and restore man’s original likeness,
restore man’s original likeness,
Man lost his God-fearing heart after being corrupted by Satan
and lost the function that one of God’s creatures should have, becoming an enemy disobedient to God.
Man lived under Satan’s domain and followed Satan’s orders;
thus, God had no way to work among His creatures,
and was all the more unable to win fear from His creatures.
Man was created by God, and ought to worship God,
but man actually turned his back to God and worshiped Satan. Satan became the idol in man’s heart.
Thus God lost His standing in man’s heart, which is to say that He lost the meaning of His creation of man,
and so to restore the meaning of His creation of man He must restore man’s original likeness
and rid man of his corrupt disposition.
To reclaim man from Satan, He must save man from sin.
Only in this way can He gradually restore man’s original likeness and restore man’s original function,
and in the end restore His kingdom.
The ultimate destruction of those sons of disobedience will also be carried out in order to allow man to better worship God,
allow man to better worship God and better live upon the earth.
The ultimate destruction of those sons of disobedience will also be carried out in order to allow man to better worship God,
allow man to better worship God and better live upon the earth,
better live upon the earth.
from The Word Appears in the Flesh
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