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
July 10, 2014 by 1 Comment
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
July 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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
July 8, 2014 by 1 Comment
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 […]
Being Headed up in Christ by Life and Light in the Church for the New Jerusalem
July 4, 2014 by 3 Comments
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, […]
The Divine Trinity is Working Together to Bring us into the Holy City (the 12 gates)
June 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
At the end of the Bible we see the New Jerusalem, the wife of the Lamb, the city-bride who marries Christ and the place where God dwells, is expressed, and reigns (see Rev. 21-22). If the New Jerusalem is the consummation of God’s work throughout the ages and from eternity to eternity, it is impossible […]
The Fellowship Among the Local Churches is the Fellowship of the Body of Christ
June 22, 2014 by 2 Comments
There is One Lord, One God, one faith, one baptism, one Spirit, and one fellowship in the Body of Christ. The fellowship each individual believer in Christ has with Christ is the one unique fellowship in the Body of Christ, and the fellowship the believers have among themselves is the unique fellowship in the Body. […]
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