I used to be an ordinary believer in the Pentecostal Church, and ever since I started believing in the Lord I never once missed a meeting. In particular, it was now the time of the last days and the prophecies in the Bible about the Lord’s return had basically been fulfilled. The Lord would soon return, and so I attended meetings even more enthusiastically, eagerly looking forward to His return, lest I miss my chance to meet with the Lord.
One day, my younger sister came and she said happily to me, “Sister, I’ve come today to tell you the absolute best news ever—the
Lord Jesus has returned! And what’s more, He has returned in the flesh, He is expressing
the truth and performing His work of the last days to judge and cleanse man, thus fulfilling the prophecy in the Bible that says ‘
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God’ (1 Peter 4:17). You’d best hurry up and follow God’s new work!” When I heard the news that the Lord had returned, I was both shocked and doubtful, and I said, “It says in the Book of Revelation, ‘
Behold, he comes with clouds; and every eye shall see him’ (Revelation 1:7). And the pastor and elder often preach to us that when the Lord returns, He will come to us on a white cloud. You say the Lord has returned and that He has come in the flesh, but how is this possible?” My sister said solemnly, “Sister, you say that the
Lord Jesus will return coming with clouds, but are you sure about this? It also prophesies in the Bible: ‘
Behold, I come as a thief’ (Revelation 16:15), and ‘
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go you out to meet him’ (Matthew 25:6). Are you daring to say that the Lord could not possibly come in secret? There is a mystery to the Lord’s return, so we must seek the truth about it with an open mind! If we cling to our own notions and imaginings, how can we then welcome the Lord’s return?” But no matter how my sister gave fellowship, I remained unconvinced, believing instead that the Lord would return on a white cloud and that He couldn’t possibly come in the flesh. Later on, my sister preached the
gospelto my family, and through her repeated fellowships, my husband, my younger son and his wife (they were all unbelievers) all accepted
Almighty God’s work of the last days. Yet I continued to cling to my own notions, and I refused to accept it.