The New Jerusalem has the glory of God (Rev. 21:10-11). The whole city is filled with God and expresses God to the uttermost. God Himself is the light, the Lamb is the lamp, and the entire city has the glory of God. This means that the New Jerusalem fully expresses God, being a vessel that […]
The Triune God is the Triune Enjoyment and the Triune Living of the New Jerusalem
God is mysterious, but He has been revealed in and through His word, the Bible. In the Word of God we see what God’s plan and purpose is, and we see that from the beginning of the Bible to the end He desires to gain only one thing – a dwelling place, a building, a […]
The Triune God is the Enjoyment of the New Jerusalem: God the Father is the Light
The New Jerusalem as the consummation of God’s work throughout the ages and the accomplishing of God’s purpose is a living composition of God and man: God has been fully processed and consummated, being wrought into man to be united, mingled, and incorporated with man for God’s corporate expression. There are many details concerning the […]
The Triune God is the Triune Existence of the New Jerusalem and our Existence Today
The Triune God is the triune constitution of the New Jerusalem: the Father is typified by gold (the base and street of the city), the Son is typified by the pearls (the gates into the city), and the Spirit is typified by the precious stones (the wall and the foundations of the city). The entire […]
Being Produced as Pearls and Precious Stones by the Triune God for the New Jerusalem
The New Jerusalem is constituted and built up with gold (the base and the street), pearls (the gates) and all kinds of precious stones (the wall, the foundations, etc). All throughout the Bible we see that the Triune God is likened to this three kinds of precious materials: the Father in His divine nature is […]
Partaking of and Living According to the Divine Nature, the base of Gold in the New Jerusalem
The greatest sign in the Bible and the ultimate consummation of all of God’s work throughout the ages is the New Jerusalem. We need to see a vision of the holy city, New Jerusalem, and we need to realize that it is not a physical city – it is not the so-called “heavenly mansions” of […]
Being Headed up in Christ by Life and Light in the Church for the New Jerusalem
The New Jerusalem in the new heaven and new heart is the consummation of God heading up all things in Christ, the complete fulfillment of Eph. 1:10. Throughout the ages God has been doing the work of recovery by heading up all things in Christ – first in the church and then, through the church, […]