Three Crucial Points Concerning the Consummated Spirit and How to Enjoy His Supply

Nothing in the Bible is there by accident, and no term that God uses – especially when the Triune God is mentioned – is at random or accidental.

The Bible is precise in using terms such as the Spirit of God brooding over the waters in Gen. 1:2, the Spirit of holiness in the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit in the conceiving of the Lord Jesus in Mary’s womb, “the Spirit” who was not yet before Christ was glorified, the life-giving Spirit, the Holy Spirit coming upon the disciples in Jerusalem, the Spirit of Jesus in interdicting Paul to go somewhere, the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the Spirit of grace, the eternal Spirit, and the seven Spirits.

All these are mentioned in a precise and exact way, and they refer to something very important: the fact that God in His economy has been processed, going through incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension, and now He is the all-inclusive, life-giving, compound Spirit as the bountiful supply to all the believers in Christ.

In the Lord’s recovery one of the crucial points of the major items is the consummated Spirit, what John calls, “the Spirit” which was not yet (John 7:39).

Andrew Murray also has a whole chapter in his book, “The Spirit of Christ” on the matter of, The Glorified Jesus, in which he explores the rich meaning and application of what happened in Christ’s resurrection, how He was transfigured to become the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the Spirit, to come and indwell us and bountiful supply us. Hallelujah for such a wonderful Spirit in us!

Today we want to see three major items concerning the consummated Spirit in the Bible: the compound Spirit (the type of the compound ointment in Exo. 30 being applied to the compounding of God, man, divinity, humanity, death, resurrection, ascension, and their effectiveness), the Spirit who was not yet before Christ’s glorification (see John 7:39, this is rich in meaning), and the seven Spirits (see Rev. 1:4, the sevenfold intensified Spirit to counteract the degradation of the church).

The Spirit of God has been Compounded to become the Compound Spirit

In Exodus 30:23-25 we have the type of the compound ointment, a special ointment ordained by God to be made so that the priests and everything related to the tabernacle would be anointed with. This ointment was compounded with a hin of olive oil and four kinds of spices: myrrh, cinnamon, calamus, and cassia, each in different quantities: 500, 250, 250, and 500 (as if the two in the middle compose a whole unit like the rest).

The compound ointment in Exodus 30:23-25 is a type of the Spirit, showing us that the Spirit of God has been compounded to become the compound ointment. The Spirit of God has been compounded with Christ’s divinity (signified by the hin of oil), Christ’s humanity (signified by the four kinds of spices), Christ’s death with its effectiveness (signified by myrrh and cinnamon), Christ’s resurrection with its power (signified by calamus and cassia), and the Divine Trinity (signified by the three units of 500 shekels, with the middle unit being split into 2 x 250 shekels, the quantities of the spices).

Everything has now been compounded and is in the Spirit, who is now with our spirit. For example, if we feel jealous of others or we are upset with them, having hard feelings toward others, we can simply ask the Lord to apply the effectiveness of His death in the Spirit to our being.

Whatever we need is in the consummated compound Spirit, whether it is Christ’s death, His resurrection power, or His ascension. Hallelujah for the compound Spirit who is now the Spirit of Jesus Christ (Phil. 1:19) to be the bountiful supply for our Christian life!

Lord Jesus, thank You for becoming the all-inclusive, life-giving, compound Spirit who is now with our spirit. Thank You, Lord, in this Spirit we have Your death with its effectiveness, Your resurrection with its power, Your divinity, Your humanity, and all that the Triune God is. Hallelujah, the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ is now with our spirit! Lord, we want to apply You and enjoy the effectiveness of all that You are as the Spirit to our being day by day!

The Spirit was “not yet” before Jesus’ Glorification in Resurrection

A second most crucial point concerning the Spirit is that, as the Apostle John says in John 7:39, the Spirit was “not yet”, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. The Spirit of God was there from the beginning (see Gen. 1:2), but the Spirit as the Spirit of Christ (Rom. 8:9), the Spirit of Jesus Christ (Phil. 1:19) was “not yet” at the time of John 7:39, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Many translations add “was not yet given”, but this is not accurate; according to the divine revelation in the Bible, the Spirit as the consummated Spirit (the Spirit who went through a process to become the Spirit of Jesus Christ) was not yet before Jesus resurrected.

The Lord Jesus was glorified when He was resurrected, and through this glorification the Spirit of God became the Spirit of the incarnated, crucified, and resurrected Jesus Christ (see Luke 24:26; Phil. 1:19).

Economically, in His economy, God was processed and consummated to become the Spirit (which was not yet before Jesus was glorified). Nothing surpasses this stupendous vision of the Spirit of God becoming the consummated Spirit, and we treasure this vision and its application in the church life today.

The last Adam – who was Christ in the flesh – became the life-giving Spirit in resurrection; now the Spirit of Jesus Christ has both divine and human elements, including the reality of Christ’s incarnation, His crucifixion, and His resurrection – everything is now in “the Spirit” (1 Cor. 15:45; Acts 16:7; Rom. 8:9).

The Spirit who was not yet – now is the consummated Spirit, and we can drink Him as the all-inclusive dose for our enjoyment and supply!

Hallelujah, now Christ is the life-giving Spirit! The Spirit who “was not yet” before Jesus was glorified now is the consummated Spirit! Lord, we want to experience and enjoy You as the pneumatic Christ, the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of Jesus Christ, and the Spirit of life with our spirit. Keep us open to You throughout the day, applying You by drinking You as the Spirit so that we may be filled with life and fulfill Your purpose! Hallelujah for the Spirit who now is with our spirit!

The Spirit was Intensified Sevenfold to the Seven Spirits of God

In Rev. 1:4, 4:5, and 5:6 we see the seven Spirits of God; the Spirit is considered to be the seven Spirits of God to function as the seven lamps before the throne of God and the seven eyes of the Lamb.

The seven Spirits are undoubtedly the Spirit of God because They are ranked among the Triune God in vv. 4 and 5. As seven is the number for completion in God’s operation, so the seven Spirits must be for God’s move on the earth. In essence and existence, God’s Spirit is one; in the intensified function and work of God’s operation, God’s Spirit is sevenfold. This is similar to the lampstand in Zech. 4:2. In its existence it is one lampstand, but in its function it is seven lamps. At the time this book was written, the church had become degraded; the age was dark. Therefore, the sevenfold intensified Spirit of God was needed for God’s move and work on the earth. (Rev. 1:4, note 5, Recovery Version)

Being in the Spirit to Enjoy the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit

In His Godhead God cannot change, but in His economy He changed in the sense of being processed; He became a man, lived a perfect human life, died, and was resurrected, and He became the consummated Spirit for us to receive. This consummated Spirit is all-inclusive: it includes the Spirit of the Father, the Spirit of the Son, the Lord Spirit, the Spirit of life, the Spirit of the living God, the Spirit of reality, and everything that God is and has passed through.

All the genuine experiences of Christ and of the Triune God are not in our soul (in our mind, emotion, or will) but in our spirit; any so-called “experiences of God” in our feelings or in our mind are not real. God is Spirit, and He became the consummated Spirit; this Spirit cannot be poured out on the flesh or the soul – we need to exercise our spirit to enjoy the application of the Spirit.

If we are in the spirit, we receive the application of the consummated Spirit and draw upon the all-inclusiveness of the consummated Spirit, enjoying the Father with His loving and forgiving heart, the Son with His divinity and humanity, all of Christ’s attributes and virtues, the effectiveness of His death, the power of His resurrection, His ascension, and His reigning.

But when we are not in the spirit, we have nothing, as if there’s no God, no Spirit, no cross, no resurrection, and no ascension. The reality of the Spirit is in our spirit, and whenever we turn to our spirit we are anointed with the Spirit to have all the elements of the processed Triune God applied to our being in an experiential way.

It is as the Spirit that Christ is making His home in our heart, He leads us in life, He enables us to reign in life, He saves us to the uttermost, and He is our all-sufficient grace. We simply need to be in the spirit by exercising our spirit, walking according to the spirit, and living in the spirit, and the bountiful supply of the Spirit will be ours!

Lord Jesus, we want to genuinely experience You as the consummated Spirit by turning to our spirit, exercising our spirit, and living in our spirit. Lord, keep us in our mingled spirit to enjoy and experience the bountiful supply of the Spirit with all its riches. Save us from remaining in the flesh or living in our soul; keep us turning to our spirit to enjoy the Triune God, the attributes and virtues of Jesus Christ, the effectiveness of His death, the power of His resurrection, and all the riches in the consummated Spirit!

References and Hymns on this Topic

• Inspiration: the Word of God, my Christian experience, brother Ron Kangas’ sharing in the message for this week, and The Crucial Points of the Major Items of the Lord’s Recovery Today, pp. 16-18 (by Witness Lee), as quoted in the Holy Word for Morning Revival on, The Crucial Points of the Major Items of the Lord’s Recovery Today (ITERO 2015 fall), week 4 / msg 4, The Consummated Spirit.
• All Bible verses are taken from, Holy Bible Recovery Version.
• Further reading: recommending the booklet, The Spirit of the Glorified Jesus (see online via lsm.org)
• Hymns on this topic to strengthen this burden:
  # Now the Spirit of reality is here / As the wonderful Spirit within. / Now the things of Christ are all so real and clear / By the life-giving Spirit within. (Hymns #1113)
  # Pure myrrh and cinnamon, / Calamus and cassia— / These are Thy elements, / Jesus my Lord! / In olive oil they’re blent / In wondrous measurement— / O what an ointment this, / Anointing us! / Four-in-one mingled, / Compounded Spirit, / Sweet with Christ’s suffering death, / Full of the fragrance / Of resurrection— / O what an ointment flows / In spirit, Lord! (Hymns #1116)
  # He’s the Spirit of reality, / Pneumatic Christ, the Firstborn Son in me, / The consummation of the Triune God, / Life-giving Spirit, all-inclusive Christ / Intensified sevenfold. / He’s the Spirit of Reality. / He’s the secret. He is one with me; / He’s in my spirit. God dispensed in me / From my spirit, soul and then, body, / Producing reality. (Song on the Lord being the Spirit)