Both in the gospel of John and in Ephesians we see that God is glorified in the church, and for eternity the New Jerusalem has the glory of God, His expression. In the gospel of John we see the Lord Jesus coming as God incarnated, and those around Him saw the glory of God in […]
Seeing and Experiencing the Glory of God in the Building of God (the Gospel of John)
November 10, 2017 by 5 Comments
In the gospel of John we see the glory of God in the building of God – first, the glory of God was manifested in Christ, the tabernacle of God with man, and then we were included in the divine-human incorporation in Christ’s resurrection! The governing vision in this book is life and building; life […]
Learning from History to Forsake Idols and be Built Together to have the Glory of God
November 8, 2017 by 8 Comments
The glory of the Lord is with His people, in His dwelling place, but when there are idols in the house of God, the glory of God withdraws step by step, leaving first the temple, then the city, and finally the people. Ezekiel witnessed this. The history of the glory of God being with His […]
Praise the Lord, we are Becoming the Reality of “God is There”, the New Jerusalem!
November 4, 2017 by 7 Comments
The very last verse of Ezekiel says that the name of the city from that day shall be, Jehovah is there; when God gains the holy temple and the holy city in the holy land, the name of that city is, God is there – God’s presence is with man, and man is in God’s […]
God desires to gain a God-man, a Man Mingled with God, to Express and Represent Him
September 26, 2017 by 10 Comments
The whole Bible and the book of Ezekiel in particular reveals that God’s central thought and arrangement are related to man, for God needs man – He wants to gain a God-man – for His corporate expression and representation. From the very beginning in the book of Genesis God created man according to His image […]
We’re Resurrected and Ascended with Christ, having Him as Life within and Power without
June 20, 2017 by 10 Comments
After spending 33.5 years in His earthly ministry, the Lord Jesus today is the God-man on the throne in the heavens in His heavenly ministry, having many statuses and doing many things; we as His people are resurrected and ascended with Christ, having Him within us as life and upon us as our power, and […]
God Exalted Christ in His Ascension and made Him Lord of All, the Christ, and the Leader
June 19, 2017 by 7 Comments
In the book of Acts we see a resurrected and ascended Christ who is in the heavens, who is now being propagated by the disciples to produce the church as the kingdom of God; in His ascension Christ was exalted by God and made Lord of all, the Christ, the Leader, and the Savior. Acts […]
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