The sufferings of Job prefigure thehistory of the Eleventh Hour reform movement
Author:Yao Lianghong
According to some bible experts, Jobwas probably the first book of the Bible and Revelation was the last book ofthe Bible.The Book of Job records the early history of the world. In the landof Uz there was a man named Job who remained faithful to God through greattribulation and pain.The Book of Revelation shows that at the end of worldhistory, a group of people (144,000) who are faithful to God through "thegreatest hardship that has ever been experienced in the history of theworld" share a similar fate with Job. Job's painful experiences are, so tospeak, a foretaste of the tribulations of the church of the last 144,000 (the Last Revival).Job's miserable life of "destruction of family and family, estrangementfrom friends and family, and besieged by enemies" is a symbol of thedifficult birth process of the church of the last 144,000 people (the LastRevival)after many twists and turns of the Eleventh Hour reform movement. After undergoing thefiery trial, the church (the LastRevival) reached the point where "After my trial I shall be aspure gold" (Job 23:10), and was fullyprepared for the kingdom of heaven.
The Book of Job shows us the processand scene of God's judgment on the righteous.Job's name means "persecuted and hated". Thecause of persecution and hatred for Job was nothing but the attack of Satan.For everyone who will live godly in ChristJesus will be persecuted (2 Tim. 3:12).But God is the fire of the refiner, and the alkali of thefuller (Mal3:2), to purify the dross of those whom he values,so that theymay become more precious, more perfect, and more worthy of the Use of the Lord,the last witnesses of the Lord (144,000 men).
The book begins with "Satan's attackon Job (1); The argument of Job in his affliction (2); Superficial opinion of the three friends of Job (3); The wise words of young Elihu(4); God's answer and Job's Remorse (5); The power and wisdom of God awakenedJob (6); Job's turning back from adversity andgaining greater blessings (7) The seven aspects presentthe depth of the event(prophetic connotation) in a systematic andpersuasive way andexpress vividly the history of the EleventhHour reformmovement from the brewing, developing, deepening and birth of the Church ofTruth.
The history of the Eleventh Hour Churchwould certainly have been more accurately expressed if it had been explainedchapter by chapter and section by section. Now that we have the experience ofthe exegesis of the prophets, I am not going to explain them word by word, butyou can follow the outline that I have given you, and you can certainlyunderstand all the information in the book.The greater good will come of usingGod's spiritual gifts to interpret the bible's prophecies.Let us now illustrate how Job'scareer extends to the history of the EleventhHourChurch in the seven points given above.
1.Satan's Attack onJob The book begins byshowing us God's just assessment of the righteous man's character: "In the land of Uz there was a man named Job.He was a man of perfect uprightness, who fearedGod, and eschewed evil "(Job 1:1).You haveto understandwhat scripture means by "perfect". This does not meanabsolute innocence, but relative completeness, integrity, and honesty. The"perfect" person in the eyes of God is the person who, in the contextof the time and in the light of the present, reaches the level that Goddesires, the "perfect" person.
God'sjudgment of Job is the conclusion of God's judgment of Job. God wants tocertify Job as a righteous man. This is apredication of God's judgment against the Adventist Church, the last church tocall itself the remnant of God. The judgment is to show the character of everyrighteous man to all the creatures of the universe!
Then Satan threw down a challenge andanswered the Lord, "DoesJob fear God for nothing?Have younot put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has? You have blessedthe work of his hands. His possessions also are increased in the land, but putforth your hand now and destroy all that he has, and he will curse you to yourface (Job 1:9-11)."By such an answer Satanis saying that those who fear God and call him by his name worship Him forutilitarian purposes.Therelationship between God and them is one of using and being used, andeven a righteous man like Job will turn away from God if he takes away theworldly good (fame and wealth).In theface of such abuse, God knows that the certification ofthe righteous cannot be done without cruel trial to silence Satan'saccusation, or to convince all the creatures of the universe.In the same way, the last 144,000 men whowill live to ascend to heaven must go through many trials and tribulationsbefore they can convince Satan and his evil angels of their unrefutable faith!
So Satan,with God's permission, lashed outagainst Job like a tempest, except that he promised not to harm his life. Andin a moment his cattle, and his sheep, and his menservants, and hismaidservants, and his children, were swept away.
Theruin of Job is a true reflection of the spiritual possessions of the AdventistChurch in the face of the Eleventh Reformation, the Judgment ofthe living, swept away by the enemy (Babylon). When the Lightof Lifewas reformed, the Adventist church rejected the truth outright, showing thatthe riches (the light of truth, the spiritual gifts) of the Adventist Churchhad been swept away by the forces of Satan (Babylon) and had nothing, and theshame of nakedness was revealed. Job reeked ofsores and pus all over his body. It was the sad reality of the spiritual realmof the Adventist church. Job was mowed down to a spiritually depraved wife, andthe Adventist church was mowed down to a misnamed church body (nominallyremnant church). What did Job do under the circumstances?
2. The arguments of Job in the Hour of HisTribulation Thisvigorous argument of Job is to imply the needs and demands of the Eleventh Hour reform. Why did Jobargue? For in his outward appearance and manner,before he was tried, Job was "perfect and upright, fearing God, and shuningevil"; but his faith was untested, and could not be persuaded by reason.But he was a proud and conceited man, and very righteous in his own eyes.Thiscan be seen in the history of Job's deeds in Chapters 29-31. He only sees hisgood points, but not his bad points. What a pity! So it is only by passing asevere test that Job can be cleansed and be silenced by Satan'saccusation!
In the same way the Adventist church is blind and arrogant,righteous in its own eyes, and rich in its own eyes. It that hasgained riches needs nothing: but he is blind , poor,miserable and naked. So she needs to be swabbed with eye medicine (truth), and she needs to undergo anordeal to prove her true character, so reform is needed!
3. A BriefView of Job's Three Friends When Jobwas trying to argue his case, three of his friends gave him inappropriateadvice. Similarly, the three apostasy churches (The Light of Life, the Committee of Culture andWork, and the small group of people) were not completely reformed during theReform movement of the EleventhHoue Period.Friends seem to admonish, but actually hurt and blow. The three apostasy churches, though outwardly reformed, were in fact theprincipal culprits inthe Church of the Truth: "There are thieves in the house who steal,and there are bands of banditsoutside" (Ho 7:1). Theirpromotion of truth is counter-productive. Their human dung cakes mislead manybelievers and do great harm to the true church!
In the threelong talks between Job and his three friends (Chaps. 4-22), it is found thatthe more the three friends talk about, the more empty Job’s hearts becomeand eventually they become nonsense. Because his three friends rebuked him severelyand condemned him, Job vigorously defended his innocence. The more he argued,the more he suffered, and the darker his soul became. The jury is still out onwhat lies ahead. This shows that the reformation of the Eleventh Hour of three apostateChurches is becoming more and more absurd, and they becomemore ridiculous.Such absurditiesas the "Primitive point" and the "Lunar Sabbath" have beenmade out of human dung cakes, and they are filthy and foul. Itis like Job with sores andsuppurations.Peopleare afraid to come near him. So many people accuse thereforms of the Eleventh Hour areunnecessary and redundant, which put the reforms that began in 2007 in a dilemma.Reform washeld back!
At that time, Job was therepresentative of God in the world. Although the Holy Spirit also gave himlight, and Job knew that he was sincere in fearing God, the true light couldnot give him great strength and comfort. He was always in a state of hesitationand helplessness. In view of he had a longing to know the truth, God would also make wayfor him.
The Eleventh Hour Church, on itsway to the third generation of the church, a small group of people, alsoencountered obstacles. Satan's poison, the "primitive point" , the"Lunar Sabbath" madethe modern Job (reformed church)a more seriousblowand almost to the point of despair and death. Eventhe wife of the modern Job ( church-believers) blames the Eleventh Hour reform for its errors, saying that it wasunnecessary, and thus led to one twist after another and to fewer and fewerpeople. In the middle of the dilemma, the dawn of hope appeared, the saviorcame. Job was in despair when a fourth friend, Elihu, came to him.
4. The young Elihu’s words ofwisdom and insights
When Job's threefriends were unable to explain what had happened to him, the young man Elihucame out and spoke.It never rains but it pours. He was a youngprophet of special inspiration, a steady talker and a humble man. He gave along lecture in six consecutive chapters (chapter 32-37). There are many rules, clear thinking,great wisdom. His words were the light Job needed to clear his mind and showhim a bright way. Elihu's words were persuasive and impressive, revealingspiritual wisdom and revelation. This fourth figure, Elihu, is none other thanthe appearance of the Last revival of the church led by Sister YaoLianghong, the fourth generation of theEleventh Hour Reformation.The young Elihu's insight is clearlythe wisdom of the SisterYao' ability to comprehend the last core truth, the Books of theProphets. Sister Yao give a clear explanation of the causesof a series of events in the Eleventh Hour movement. Just as the young man unlocks theknot in Job's heart, all the events in the Eleventh Hour movement arefound in the SisterYao’sexplanation, which makes the questions in thehearts of God's people suddenly clear.
The wisdom ofElihu the young man is similarly described in Ecclesiastes:
[Ecc9:14-15] There was a little city, and few men were in it:and a great king came against it, and besieged it, and built siegeworks againstit. There was a poor wise man in the city, and he saved the city by hiswisdom…. This youngman saved a small city by his wisdom, just as the young Elihu saved Job in thebook of Job by his spiritual insight. It all pointsto SisterYaowho lead the LastRevival of thechurch to stand out and be accepted by God!
From32:3Elihu's anger against Job's threefriends showed that Elihu was in the midst of all the disputing goingon between Job and his three friends. He heard that Job's threefriends had confounded and condemnedJob, and that themore he spoke, the more he became mad, and his sense of direction had goneastray. It shows that although the church has undergone three reforms, it hasbecome increasingly problematic and intolerant, contrary to the purpose forwhich God chose them in the first place. Especially in the third generation-a small group of people, even the infamous "Lunar Sabbath" and "primalpoint" were accepted. The church is almost beside itself with madness!
Therefore,Elihu deliberately sought the answer to the truth. It was because he had seenand heard the whole story of Job that he had a qualified voice. He was full ofpride and excitement, but he listened patiently until the elders had finished,and then he began to speak, showing his wisdom. This is also the case ofSisterYaoparticipating in the Eleventh Hour movement.SisterYao participated in the whole history ofthe Eleventh Hour movement and experienced the rise, the apostasy and the decline of thethree churches. As ordinary believers,SisterYao has the clear mind of a "bystander", butalso found the crux of many problems. Only after the problems of all threechurches had been brought to the fore did she begin to speak — that is, toaccept the work of the fourth generation church and to speak words of wisdom –that the prophets' message of the judgment of the living was God's key to theend times, and that the church's idolatry had prevented them from receiving thenew light. Because the modern Elihu_Sister Yao has found the answer to the truth.It is the storyin Ecclesiastes that a poor young man uses his wisdom to save a small town.
Elihu was a manwho loved the truth and was very humble. He felt it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity tojoin his spiritual elders (Job and his three friends) indiscussing the suffering of the righteous. He respected the elders and said, "Age should speak, and the advanced years shouldteach wisdom" (Job 32:7). But afterlistening to them, he said, "Thehonored do not all have wisdom, and the aged do not understand what isjust.Therefore I said, Hear me, and I will shew mine opinion (Job 9-10).This is herpersonal experienceafterSisterYao experienced theEleventh reform movement. She foundthat the church had left the truth repeatedly, and that the preacher's theories were not allwise counsel. They did not understand the purpose of the reform, and the ideathat church leaders put their personalinterests first made theidolatry forbidden for many times, but could notbe prevented.Believers, led by amistaken belief, blamed thechurch's apostasies on reform. And Sister Yaosaw with her unique eyes that this was God's inevitable way of purifying the church. The sufferingof Job — the travail of the Eleventh Hour reform is inevitable and necessary. So she took up theburden!
When Elihushowed his view that suffering is notnecessarily the punishment of God, but is often for the good of others, Jobbegan to repent and truly repent. Similarly, only after the fourth generationof the church understood the purpose of God's reform did they begin to fully repent. The original repentance wassuperficial and could not withstand the challenge of Satan. In the end, no onecan pass the mark of idolatrywithout going through thepurification of the Prophets. For the creation of the beast was not, as theAdventist church used to think, first the United States and then the worldfollowed. God USES the secret Manna — the Prophets tell us that the beast isconnected to the last Egypt (China), because the last remnant of the truepeople lived in the last Egypt, and this is where the battle of the beast wasfiercest. The beast makes little sense in an overly liberal, democratic countrylike the United States, so the focus of the struggle between good and evilfalls on the last Egypt (China). The appearance of Elihu immediately freed Job from his dilemma, and the appearance of SisterYao greatly highlighted thesignificance of the Eleventh Hour movement.
5. God's Replyand Job's Repentance Job's lack ofself-knowledge was revealed in a lengthy argument with three friends (Job29-31).In a word, he was in astate of righteousness and perfection. In fact, he was far from perfect, but hedidn't know it, and neither did anyone. Therefore God will bring out the blindspots of the complacent by reason, and then shine upon him and show himself tohim — so that by the correct guidance of the young Elihu Job at last finds hisfault, and regrets himself in dust and ashes (Job 42:6), and he is at last confirmed by God. Similarly, theEleventh Hour church has experienced three apostasies, through the guidance of modern Elihu –SisterYao, andfinally found the crux ofthe problem.ForGod willblot out the sins of the repentant people with the cleanser of trut-the lightprophets, and purify their drossand make them pure gold (holy),so that they might receive the coming of Christsecurely through the tribulationof the beast image.
God says, "In the furnace of affliction I have chosen you" (Isa48:10).God has always chosenpeople through suffering to fulfill his will and manifest his special glory. Inthe same way, in the EleventhHour,by thrashing thechurch three or four times, God purged the church of its dross, so as to reachthe standard required by the true Church. This was the beauty of God's trial ofJob!
"Thenthe Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind" (Job 38:1). "Then" it was after Elihu's wisewords that Job began to understand and to have a true understanding of God'swill.
6. The power andwisdom of God sober Job
When the tumult of men is over, the voice of Godis heard only when his spirit is quiet, and the word of God sober Job. From chapters 38-41 God asks job questionsin a rhetorical tone: "You know what? Know that? What do you think ofme?" The questions he asked himself and answered gave Job a glimpse of thevisible and invisible universe, the universe,and everything that is properlyadministered and provided for by God. When Job came to his senses, God taughthim about the hippopotamus and began to enlighten him with the parable of thecrocodile. God said that, like the crocodile, the king of the preeminent aquaticrace (Job 41:12-34), among all the proud creatures, the crocodile is the mostterrifying and difficult king to subdue, and willeventually be tamed by God."His(crocodile’s) breath set coals ablaze, and flames cameout of his mouth… His heart is as hard as a stone, as hard as the lowermillstone. When he rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before his thrash. It is useless for a man to pierce it with a sword, or with a spear, or ajavelin, or with a pointed spear… An arrow cannot intimidate him intofleeing. Slingstones are regarded as stubble in it. His undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in themud like a threshing sledge. He makesthe depths churn like a boilingcaldron and stirs up the sea like apot of ointment… On earth there is no one like him who is made withoutfear… (Job 41:21-33) ".
After Elihu hadinstructed Job, Job had an epiphany and finally surrendered. When the SisterYaoenlightened the Eleventh Hour Church (the Last Revival),it was also enlightened. Why, when Job came to his senses, did God give a longaccount of the ferocity of the hippopotamus and the crocodile? In Ezekiel 32,God compares crocodiles to the king of Egypt. This implies that the Remnantchurch is facing an unprecedented duel between the spiritual crocodile (atheistChina) and God, who is using the wrong theism (America) to fight it.This iswhere the modern Job (the Last Revival) should betaken seriously. We knowfrom Ezekiel 29-32 that the crocodile was finally subdued. Only after Elihu (Sister Yao)gave the word to Job (the church) could he understand what was going on.
When thetruth is settled and the crocodile is subdued, Job will have the final victory.
7. Jobturned back from his tribulation and received a greater blessing. After the trials Job knew Both God andhimself, and sat in the dust, deeply remorseful.Fromthen on, one can be loved in the sight of God, be a precious child of God, andhave real value. Through many trials and tribulations the church of the Last Revivalfinally understood its own value and direction in the end times, even if thefierce crocodile in front of them, there is no fear, because they rely on God's faith is too firm, the crocodile will not be anobstacle to our progress. When they live fearlessly for God, their spiritualwealth grows double. So the newly born Job later became twice as rich and livedtwice as long. This means that after the church of the truth has gone throughthe pain of its lost children, God will make up for the lost children and fillthe Numbers.Spiritual wealth, the light of truth, is growing richer and richerwith each passing day, and this light is always going to light us intoheaven.The double life of Job is the symbol of our attaining eternal life inheaven!
Job after the trial said,"When he has tried me, I will be as pure gold" (Job 23:10).That'strue. Job testifies to his character and the character of God he represents byhis patience. Today, we must also be patient in the face of trials, for onlythose who endure to the end will be saved.
In the time of Job, the suffering ofthe Savior's cross was only a vague prediction; Now Christ on the cross hasbecome a perfect example for us to follow in his footsteps (1 Pet. 2:21) andtoday is the time for the Lamb (truth) to follow wherever he goes. Sufferingand trial are processes, not ends. For Satan, the ultimate goal he seeks toachieve is to "renounce God" under the weight of such pain;For God,suffering is the medicine that purifies the dross of his people and bears witnessto his glory. The battle between good and evil is a battle for the hearts ofthe people.
Today, the battle between good and evil is drawing to aclose.Theexperience of Job is what the last witness of God needs. Let us not expect goodtreatment in the hands of Satan, but as long as there is a breath of life inthis evil one, he will not cease to hunt down and harm God's faithful children.In particular, the last witnesses of God (144,000), who keep The commandmentsof God and the word of Jesus,(who are witnesses). They are trying to end the history of this sinful world and they are witnesses to God's final judgment against Satan. So they arethe objects of his special hatred. The example of Job's endurance isespecially given to the last Witnesses of God (James 5:11). The difference isthis: in the time of Job, the light of the Gospel was not yet fully revealed;Now we are in a time of full revelation ofthe light of the Gospel. Our advantages are obvious, so we have more confidenceand conditions to overcome the evil one!
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