Enjoy the Life-Secreting Resurrection of Christ
New Jerusalem is a city fully in resurrection. At the time it comes down out of heaven (Rev. 21:1-2) there is a new heaven and a new earth, for the old creation has been totally terminated (Rev. 20). This is the completion of God’s eternal plan!
What a mercy! We wounded Him, and He will not let us go. Because of His great love with which He loved us, His wound caused by us became our prison. His desire is to imprison us in His death so that we might enjoy His life-secreting resurrection….After you believed that the Lord died for you and that He is in resurrection, you enjoyed staying with Him. When you aspired to be in the Lord, you were abiding in His death, and within you there was a life secretion. Even though you had not heard this fellowship, you did have this kind of experience.*
This death and resurrection is portrayed by the oyster and the pearl it produces. This also presents our entrance into New Jerusalem—through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Second Corinthians 4:7-18 speaks much about the experience of the death of Christ in difficult outward circumstances and at the same time the inner working of resurrection. This is “this treasure [Christ] in earthen vessels [us].” The death of Christ nullifies our natural effort so that the resurrection power of the treasure is released.
Lord, grant us to cooperate with you for more experience of Your death and resurrection.
* From chapter 33, Witness Lee, God’s New Testament Economy, published by Living Stream Ministry, © Witness Lee, 1986.
Bible verses quoted in these posts are from The Holy Bible, Recovery Version, published and © by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim CA, 2003. The text of this Bible is at text.recoveryversion.bible; this too is © by LSM.
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Posted by Don on February 1, 2023
