God has no malice toward the creatures and wishes only to defeat Satan. All of His work—whether it be chastisement or judgment—is directed at Satan; it is carried out for the sake of mankind’s salvation, is all in order to defeat Satan, and it has one objective: doing battle with Satan to the very end! And God will never rest before He has been victorious over Satan! He will rest only once He has defeated Satan. Because all of the work done by God is directed at Satan, and because those who have been corrupted by Satan are all under the control of Satan’s domain and all live under Satan’s domain, if God did not battle against Satan or cause them to break with it, Satan would not relax its hold on these people, and they could not be gained. If they were not gained, it would prove that Satan has not been defeated, that it has not been vanquished. And so, in God’s 6,000-year management plan, during the first stage He did the work of the law, during the second stage He did the work of the Age of Grace, that is, the work of crucifixion, and during the third stage He did the work of conquering mankind. All this work is directed at the extent to which Satan has corrupted mankind, it is all in order to defeat Satan, and not one of the stages is not for the sake of defeating Satan. The substance of the 6,000-year work of God’s management is the battle against the great red dragon, and the work of managing mankind is also the work of defeating Satan, and the work of doing battle with Satan. God has battled for 6,000 years, and thus worked for 6,000 years, to ultimately bring man into the new realm. When Satan is defeated, man will be completely liberated. Is this not the direction of God’s work today? This is precisely the direction of the work of today: the complete liberation and freeing of man, so that he is not subject to any rules, nor limited by any binds or restrictions. All this work is done in accordance with your stature and in accordance with your needs, meaning that you are provided with whatever you can accomplish. It is not a case of “driving a duck onto a perch,” of forcing you to do things beyond your ability; instead, all this work is carried out in accordance with your actual needs. Each stage of work is in accordance with the actual needs and requirements of man, and is for the sake of defeating Satan. In fact, at the beginning there were no barriers between the Creator and His creatures. They are all caused by Satan. Man has become unable to see or touch anything because of Satan’s disturbance and its corruption. Man is the victim, the one who has been deceived. Once Satan has been defeated, the creatures will behold the Creator, and the Creator will look upon the creatures and be able to personally lead them. Only this is the life that man should have on earth. And so, God’s work is primarily in order to defeat Satan, and once Satan has been defeated, everything will be solved.
Excerpted from The Word Appears in the Flesh
The Work to Manage Man Is the Work to Defeat Satan
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All of God’s work, whether judgment or chastisement, is directed at Satan; it is to save humans, to beat Satan. God’s work has one objective: to fight Satan till the end. God won’t rest till victory. Because God’s work is directed at Satan, and because those corrupted are under Satan’s domain, if God did not start a fight against Satan, or cause man to break with it, they could never be gained. If man were held by Satan, and if they weren’t gained, it’d prove Satan unbeaten, it has not been defeated. The substance of God’s 6,000-year work is the battle against the great red dragon, and the work of managing mankind is also the work of beating Satan.
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God has battled for 6,000 years and worked to bring man to a new realm, one where Satan is conquered, man will be free. Each stage is aligned with real needs and requirements of man, so Satan God can defeat. If man were held by Satan, and if they weren’t gained, it’d prove Satan unbeaten, it has not been defeated. The substance of God’s 6,000-year work is the battle against the great red dragon, and the work of managing mankind is also the work of beating Satan.
III
In God’s 6,000-year management plan, in the first stage He did the work of the law. In stage two was the work of Age of Grace. Then He conquers mankind in the third stage. This work is directed at the extent to which Satan has corrupted mankind. Defeating Satan is what this work aims, and all these three stages are for this sake. The substance of God’s 6,000-year work is the battle against the great red dragon, and the work of managing mankind is also the work of beating Satan.
from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs