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The End Times

Church of Almighty God

First, Christ has already returned in his “second incarnation” secretly.

Then, Christ will later return in the clouds openly.

In the last days, Christ will return as predicted in the Bible, Matt. 24:27.
- “For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.” (Matt. 24:27, ESV).
Christ’s return is a two-step process, first secretly, and then openly.
Christ has already returned and incarnated as a female. The second step is yet to come.
The first step took place in China in 1991 as a fulfillment of Luke 17:24-25.
- ²⁴For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. ²⁵But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. (Luke 17:24-25, ESV)
The second step of Christ return will happen in the future as Christ comes back on the clouds in His spiritual body.

Christianity

Christ will physically return.

He will be coming on the Clouds, descending from heaven; and the dead in Christ will rise first.

Christ will descend from heaven with a shout (1 Thess. 4:16-17).
- “16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.” (1 Thess. 4:16-17, ESV)
Christ will come as just the He ascended to heaven (Acts 1:9-11).
- “9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” (Acts 1:9-11, ESV)

CAG's Additional Arguments and Explanations

CAG makes the second incarnated Christ as the only way to get the approval of Jesus, i.e., the first incarnated Christ. In “The Word Appears in the Flesh,” there is a section called “Only Christ of the Last Days Can Give Man the Way of Eternal Life.” It says:

“Christ of the last days brings life, and brings the enduring and everlasting way of truth. This truth is the path by which man gains life, and it is the only path by which man shall know God and be approved by God. If you do not seek the way of life provided by Christ of the last days, then you shall never gain the approval of Jesus, and shall never be qualified to enter the gate of the kingdom of heaven, for you are both a puppet and prisoner of history.”[1]

[1] The Church of Almighty God, The Word Appears in the Flesh, accessed August 22, 2021; Google e-book, 2804.

Clear Thinking Exercises

CAG makes the second incarnated Christ as the only way to get the approval of Jesus, i.e., the first incarnated Christ. Since the Age of Grace has passed away like history and the Age of Kingdom has begun in 1991, the Bible and the way of salvation through faith alone in Jesus Christ are outdated and obsolete. If believing in the Almighty God, the second incarnated God in the flesh, of the Age of Kingdom is the only way of salvation, why do I need the approval of the outdated and obsolete Jesus?
Jesus says, He is the only way, i.e., the Way, the Truth, and the Life, no one comes the the Father except through Him. (John 14:6) If the Trinity does not exist (see the Doctrine of the Trinity), there should be no God, the Father. Who is the “Father” that Jesus was referring to? There are only three possible explanation to Jesus’ John 14:6 statement. (1) Jesus was referring to Himself as the Father. The Father and Jesus are identical which is absurd. Jesus was mentally ill. (2) There is no God, the Father. Jesus was lying. Then, Jesus is a liar. (3) There is God, the Father, the first Person of the Triune God. Jesus was telling the truth.
The CAG statement: “”Christ of the last days brings life, and brings the enduring and everlasting way of truth. This truth is the path by which man gains life, and it is the only path by which man shall know God and be approved by God. If you do not seek the way of life provided by Christ of the last days, then you shall never gain the approval of Jesus, and shall never be qualified to enter the gate of the kingdom of heaven, for you are both a puppet and prisoner of history.” (referenced above) is trying to lure or deceive unsuspected and less analytical minded believers to take the bait that the Christ of the last days, i.e., the second incarnated Christ of the CAG, and the first incarnated Christ Jesus in the Bible agree with one another on the way of eternal life. Clear Thinking Enhances Discernment!