Humanity’s Only Path to Enter Into Rest

English


I
Those who are able to stand firm
during God’s work
of judgment and chastisement in the last days—
that is, during the final work of purification—
will be the ones who will enter
into the final rest alongside God;
as such, all those who enter into rest
will have broken free of Satan’s influence
and been gained by God
only after having undergone
His final work of purification.
These humans,
who will have been finally gained by God,
will enter into the final rest.
II
The purpose of God’s work
of chastisement and judgment
is in essence meant to purify humanity,
for the ultimate day of rest;
otherwise all of humanity
couldn’t be sorted according to their kind,
or enter into rest.
This work is humanity’s only path
to enter into rest.
Only God’s work of purification
will cleanse humans’ unrighteousness,
and only His work
of chastisement and judgment
will expose those rebellious elements of humanity,
thereby distinguishing those
who can be saved from those who cannot,
and those who will remain from those who will not.
III
When this work ends,
those people who are allowed to remain
will all be cleansed
and enter a higher realm of humanity
in which they’ll enjoy
a more wonderful second human life upon the earth;
in other words,
they will enter their human day of rest,
and coexist with God.
After those who are not allowed to remain
have been chastised and judged,
their true colors will be entirely exposed,
after which they will all be destroyed and, like Satan,
will no longer be permitted to survive upon the earth.
IV
The sole purpose
behind God’s ultimate work of punishing evil
and rewarding good
is to thoroughly purify all humans
so that He may bring
a purely sanctified humanity into eternal rest.
This stage of His work is the most crucial;
it is the final stage
of the whole of His work of management.
If God did not destroy the evil,
but instead allowed them to remain,
then all of humanity would still
be unable to enter into rest,
and God would not be able
to bring them into a better realm.
Such work would not be completely finished.
When His work is finished,
the whole of humanity
will be entirely sanctified;
only in this way will God be able
to live in rest peacefully,
only in this way will God be able
to live in rest peacefully,
to live in rest peacefully.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. God and Man Will Enter Into Rest Together