The Central Line in the Bible – the New Jerusalem, the mingling of God and man!

The final item on the central line of the divine revelation in the Bible is the New Jerusalem! Many people think that, according to what Revelation 21 and 22 say, the New Jerusalem is a physical city.

But why would God desire to work Himself into man and mingle Himself with man, and the consummation of this work would be a physical city?

Even the Lord Jesus when He was on earth, He rejected the physical things and pointed everyone’s attention to the Spirit of reality who will come and lead us into all things!

The New Jerusalem is the consummation of all that God has willed, has desired, has planned, and has accomplished – in eternity past, in time, and in eternity future!

It is the masterpiece that He desires to have for eternity – a miraculous structure of treasure composed of God and man who have been fully united, mingled, blended, built up together, and have been made fully one!

Since it is the consummation of all that God is, has, and has done, there is SO MUCH to say about this city! The Bible simply points out things like: the great and high wall, the jasper, the golden street, the tree of life, the river of water of life in the middle of the street, the foundations, the four sides, the twelve gates, the throne, the transparent gold (the base of the city), the glory of the city, the people of God, saints in both the old and the new testament, etc.

There are so many riches of God’s wisdom, His plan, His understanding, and His glory in this city!

Below I have compiled only SOME of these items – praise the Lord for the ministry of the age which is expounding the New Testament AND going through many of the types, figures, pictures, etc – through the whole Bible – to show us this wonderful consummation of God, man, and every positive thing in the universe!

• The New Jerusalem is a HOLY city (Rev. 21:2) – sanctified unto God, separated unto Him, and saturated with the divine nature which is holy(see the gold base of the city).
• The New Jerusalem is NEW – as the consummation of the new creation, the New Jerusalem is constituted with God who is new and fresh, and with man which is being renewed within day by day (2 Cor. 5:17).
• The New Jerusalem is the ultimate consummation of the work for God’s new creation out of God’s old creation through all the four ages of man’s history(the age before the law, the age of the law, the age of grace, and the age of the kingdom).
• The New Jerusalem is the unique constitution of the processed and consummated Triune God with His redeemed, regenerated, transformed, and glorified people chosen by Him in eternity past. The New Jerusalem is a constitution of God and man – the consummated God and the deified man!
• The New Jerusalem is the aggregate of all the visions and revelations in the Holy Scriptures – the fulfillment of all the types, figures, and shadows, and the total fulfillment of all the prophecies in the Bible! All the positive types, figures, shadows, and prophecies were about and will be consummated in the New Jerusalem!
• The New Jerusalem is the conclusion of the entire Bible – not only because it is the last great matter in the Bible, but because it is the conclusion of God’s work on and in man throughout all the ages! Without the New Jerusalem, the Bible would not have a conclusion!
• The New Jerusalem is an organic constitution – not something physical – constituted of God(the Redeeming God who was processed and consummated) and man (who was redeemed, transformed, and glorified). The New Jerusalem is the eternal enlargement of the organism of the Triune God, which now is the Body of Christ!
• The New Jerusalem is full of significant numbers, especially number TWELVE(Rev. 21:12, 14, 16) – 12 gates, 12 foundations, etc. Twelve is three times four – three signifies the Triune God, four signifies man(creature). Three times four signifies the mingling of the Triune God with man! The entire New Jerusalem is the mingling of God with man!
• The New Jerusalem is the union, mingling, and incorporation of God with man – God’s desire is to dispense Himself into man and be joined with man in an organic way. He unites Himself with man, mingles Himself with man, and eventually incorporates man into God – so that there’s no more distinction between God and man: they are fully one!
• In the New Jerusalem there’s the reign of God – God reigns through man and in man over all the earth (Rev. 22:1, 5) – all the redeemed, regenerated, transformed, and built-up ones who bear the appearance of God with the glory of God shall reign as kings! Today we are being prepared to reign as kings with God by daily reigning in life!
• The New Jerusalem is the ultimate consummation of the kernel of the Bible, Christ and the church! Everything is consummated here – God, life, light, regeneration, the holy walk, transformation, building, the appearance of God, the manifestation of God, the divine reign, man, etc.
• The New Jerusalem is the eternal dwelling place of God and man, and the mutual abode of divinity with humanity!
• The New Jerusalem is the temple of God(for God to dwell in, Rev. 21:22) and the tabernacle of God(for man to dwell in, Rev. 21:3) – God dwells in man and man dwells in God!

…. there is so much more to speak about if you get into the furnishings of the New Jerusalem, the elements that constitute the New Jerusalem, the glory of the New Jerusalem, the foundations, the entrance, the throne of God, the city, the walls, etc!

Wow, this is our destiny – this is what we are going towards, what we are becoming, and what we will be: the mutual dwelling place of God and man where God is fully mingled with man and man is fully one with God! Amen! [sharing inspired from, The Central Line of the Bible HWMR, and quotes from, the Ten Great Critical “Ones” for the Building up of the Body of Christ, and, The Kernel of the Bible, and, The God-Men (by bro. Witness Lee)]

Lord, may our church life today be a miniature of the New Jerusalem! Make us more one with You today! Mingle Yourself more with us! Grant us all the saints the grace to cooperate with Your work of union, mingling, and incorporation with man today! O, Lord, bring in the New Jerusalem! We want to live out the New Jerusalem and work out the New Jerusalem until we become the New Jerusalem! Gain Your heart’s desire, Lord – the New Jerusalem!