Have the Golden Nature, Walk on the Golden Street

Gold is mentioned twice in John’s description of New Jerusalem: “the city was pure gold” (Rev. 21:18) and “the street of the city was pure gold” (21:21). This gold portrays the divine nature which God has given us to partake of.

Since we as the children of God have the divine nature, this divine nature should spontaneously be our street and our walkway. The reason we do not go dancing is because this is against the divine nature. The divine nature regulates us, not by a written regulation but by being a street in our inner being. Our driving a car is not only regulated by a street but also by the lines painted on the street. Our Christian life should not be regulated by a church code or by a written regulation but by the divine nature as our unique street.*

This unique street is also “the law of the Spirit of life” in Romans 8:2. It regulates us to stop by the inward sense of death or to go ahead with the inward sense of life and peace (8:6). This is in contrast to the struggles and failures in Romans 7 from trying to live by the outward law.

May we all learn in this time to live Christ (John 6:57, Phil. 1:21) by walking according to the Spirit (Gal. 5:16, 18). Walking in this way we experience the golden street of New Jerusalem before we actually see the city.

* From chapter 40, Witness Lee, God’s New Testament Economy, published by Living Stream Ministry, © Witness Lee, 1986.

Posted by Don on August 11, 2023

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