I

When God returns again,

the nations will have already been divided along boundaries

set by His burning flames.

At that time, God will manifest Himself anew

to humanity as the scorching sun,

showing Himself openly to them in the image of the Holy One

whom they have never seen,

walking among the multitudinous nations,

just as Jehovah once walked among the Jewish tribes.

From then on, God will lead humans in their lives upon the earth.

There they will surely behold His glory

and a pillar of cloud in the air to lead them in their lives,

for God will make His appearance in holy places.

Man will see His day of righteousness, and also His glorious manifestation.

That will happen when God reigns on all the earth.

That will happen when God reigns on all the earth.

II

Everywhere on earth, men will bow down,

God's tabernacle will be firmly erected amid humans,

upon the rock of the work He carries out today.

People will serve Him, too, in the temple.

The altar, covered with filthy and loathsome things,

God will smash into pieces and build anew.

Newborn lambs and calves will be piled

upon the holy altar, upon the holy altar.

You will surely see the day on which God receives great glory,

and will also surely see the day

when He tears down the temple and builds a new one.

You will surely see the day of the coming of His tabernacle into the world.

As God smashes the temple,

so will He bring His tabernacle into the world of men,

just as they behold His descent, just as they behold His descent.

III

After God crushes all the nations, He will gather them together anew,

thenceforth building His temple and establishing His altar,

that all may offer sacrifice to Him,

serve Him in His temple,

and faithfully devote themselves to His work in the Gentile nations.

They will be as Israelites of the present day,

decked out in a priestly robe and crown,

with the glory of Jehovah in their midst,

and God's majesty hovering over them and abiding with them.

God's work in the Gentile nations will also be executed in the same way.

As God's work in Israel was, so will His work in the Gentile nations be,

because He will expand His work in Israel

and spread it to the nations of the Gentiles.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. The Work of Spreading the Gospel Is Also the Work of Saving Man