Christ will come as the General with His Bride to Fight against Antichrist at Armageddon

The wedding garment — Christ lived out of us as our subjective righteousness — qualifies us not only to attend the wedding but also to join in the army to fight with Christ against Antichrist in the ultimate war — the war at Armageddon (Rev. 19:8, 14). 2016 Thanksgiving Conference, outline 3

According to Rev. 19:11-21, Christ will come as the fighting General with His bride (who is composed of the overcoming believers, who are His army) to fight against Antichrist, the kings under him, and their armies at Armageddon. In this age the … [Continue reading]

The Beauty of the Bride is the Shining out of the Christ wrought into us Daily

The beauty of the bride comes from the Christ who is wrought into the church and who is then expressed through the church (Eph. 5:27; 3:17). Our only beauty is the shining out of Christ from within us (Psa. 50:2; 90:16). What Christ appreciates in us is the expression of Himself (S.S. 4:7). 2016 Thanksgiving Conference, outline 3

What the Lord is after today is obtaining a beautiful bride, without spots or wrinkles or any such thing, which can be presented to Himself as the Bridegroom; the beauty of the bride is the expression of Christ in us, the shining our of Christ from … [Continue reading]

Being Built up with Fellow Believers is the Lord’s Supreme Requirement of His Seekers

"Your eyes will see the King in His beauty” (Isa. 33:17a); “the King will desire your beauty” (Psa. 45:11a).

Being built up with fellow believers is the Lord's supreme and highest requirement of His faithful seekers according to His top divine attribute - the divine oneness (see John 17). The bride of Christ is not an individual spiritual Christian but a … [Continue reading]

Pursuing Growth and Maturity in Life, and Having God Built into us and us into God

The apostle’s ministry, whether in announcing Christ or in admonishing and teaching men in all wisdom, was altogether to minister Christ to men that they might become perfect and complete by maturing with Christ as the element of the divine life unto full growth. (Col. 1:28, footnote 1, RcV Bible)

As those who love the Lord and desire to be part of His overcoming bride, we need to pursue the growth and maturity in life, we need to know the Body, and we need to be built together with the saints in the Triune God as the Body of Christ. The … [Continue reading]

The Readiness of the Bride Depends on the Maturity in Life of the Overcomers

In the New Testament the word mature is used to refer to the believers’ being full-grown and perfected in the life of God, indicating that we need to grow and mature unto perfection in the divine life (Matt. 5:48). We need to continue to grow until we are matured in the divine life to become a full-grown man, arriving at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ (Eph. 4:13). Witness Lee

The direction of the Lord's move today is to prepare the bride of Christ, and the readiness of the bride depends on the maturity in life of the overcomers. From the beginning to the end of the Bible we can see that God desires to gain a bride - He … [Continue reading]

The Direction of the Lord’s Move is to Prepare the Bride for Christ, the Bridegroom

The marriage of the Lamb is the issue of the completion of God’s New Testament economy, which is to obtain for Christ a bride, the church, through His judicial redemption and by His organic salvation in His divine life (Gen. 2:22; Rev. 19:7-9; 21:2; Rom. 5:10). 2016 Thanksgiving Conference, outline 3

The direction of the Lord's move today is to build up the Body of Christ, to prepare the bride as the counterpart for Christ the bridegroom, and to bring in the kingdom of God. This week we are starting a two-week deeper study on the matter of the … [Continue reading]

Being Universal Christians with a Universal View of the Universal Body of Christ

In our spirit we need to have a view of the universal Body, which is infinitely greater than anything that has ever entered into our mind concerning the Body of Christ. Witness Lee

As believers in Christ, we need to be universal Christians having a universal view of the universal Body of Christ. We are not only believers in Christ who meet with the church in our locality - we are members of the universal Body of Christ, and we … [Continue reading]