New Jerusalem is our Eternal Holy of Holies
New Jerusalem: “the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal” (Rev. 21:16) and “the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple” (21:22).
The dimensions of the New Jerusalem indicate that it is the Holy of Holies, and this Holy of Holies is not a physical thing but the divine person. How could the divine person be measured? Is not God immeasurable and unlimited? God is the Holy of Holies, and it has been measured to be twelve thousand stadia in three dimensions. God is immeasurable, but He has some measurements. These measurements show the perfection and completion of our wonderful God. Even today we are in our perfect and complete God as our Holy of Holies, our temple.*
New Jerusalem is not a physical city; it is a spiritual entity composed with God and all His people built together. The twelve thousand stadia are not a physical distance but a spiritual indication of the perfection and completeness of God.
We have been reborn in our human spirit with God’s divine life (John 1:12-13; 3:5-6). Now this life is growing in us and washing away all our fallen oldness. We are growing to maturity unto the perfection and completion of New Jerusalem. This is the Lord’s word in Matthew 5:48: “You therefore shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
* From chapter 37, Witness Lee, God’s New Testament Economy, published by Living Stream Ministry, © Witness Lee, 1986.
Posted by Don on May 8, 2023
