The two dreams Joseph had when he was young are very important and practical in our Christian life and church life, since they reveal the nature, position, condition, and function of the people of God. The main point of these dreams is not that his brothers bowed down to him, but that in God’s eyes both Joseph […]
Being Conformed to Christ’s Death by the Power of His Resurrection for the New Jerusalem
Through regeneration, we enter the kingdom of God and have access to enter into the New Jerusalem, and by remaining in the death of Christ (as the grain of sand remains in the wound of the oyster) we have a further entering into the New Jerusalem and a further becoming of the New Jerusalem. The […]
God is a Fountain of Living Waters Flowing Into Us and With Us Into the New Jerusalem
God’s intention in His economy is to be the fountain of living waters to His people so that He may gain an increase, a counterpart – the church! In both the Old and the New Testament we see how God wants His people to drink of Him and be immersed into Him so that He […]
The Desperate Need to Grow in Life Unto Maturity for the Building up of the Body
This week in our enjoyment with the Lord in the morning we come to, Growing unto Maturity to Become the New Jerusalem as the Ultimate Consummation of the Church. We have to see that our desperate need today is to grow in life unto maturity for the Body of Christ to be built up. The […]
Having a Meek, Quiet, and Lowly Spirit for God to be Pleased to Dwell with us
We have seen that we need to cooperate with the Lord to deal with our spirit, that is, to deal with the passages of our spirit. Also, we have seen that, according to the Bible, we need to be poor in spirit and pure in heart, and we need to have a steadfast spirit, a […]
The New Jerusalem is the Consummation of the Building up of the Body in the Local Churches
![The New Jerusalem is the Consummation of the Building up of the Body in the Local Churches [in the picture, The sun rises over Nilgiri Range, Himalayas, Nepal]](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/The-sun-rises-over-Nilgiri-Range-Himalayas-Nepal.jpg?fit=199%2C300&ssl=1)
The New Jerusalem as the consummation of all that God is doing is rich in meaning and profound in all its aspects. One aspect of the New Jerusalem is that it is the consummation of the organic building up of the Body of Christ in all the local churches. Today the Lord has put us […]
being those living out and working out the New Jerusalem to become and build the New Jerusalem!
As those whom the Lord has shined on to show us what the New Jerusalem is, we need to have the realization that we are living out the New Jerusalem to become the New Jerusalem and we are working out the New Jerusalem to build the New Jerusalem(1 Cor. 3:9, 12-17). The New Jerusalem as […]