New Jerusalem, a City Saturated with Christ
In Matthew 16:18 the Lord Jesus promised that He would build His church. In order for this to be realized, the church has to enter into a state where so many saints will have Christ making His home deep down in their heart so that their entire being would be saturated within with Christ as the embodiment of the Triune God, possessing and occupying every corner and every avenue of their entire being. This is the subjective experience of the Triune God and is the very mingling of the Triune God with His chosen and redeemed people.*
Being saturated with Christ is for His building up of the church today and is a characteristic of New Jerusalem. The city radiates the glory of God because every member has been possessed and occupied by the Triune God. This makes New Jerusalem the corporate expression of God mingled with all His people.
The saturation is necessary because we were all born into the old creation but New Jerusalem is the center of the new creation. It is new with the newness of God. That is why we need a new birth (John 3:3, 5-6), the renewing of our soul by the Spirit (Titus 3:5; Eph. 4:23), and the transfiguration of our mortal body “to be conformed to the body of His glory” (Phil. 3:21).
* From chapter 39, 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 August 2, 2023
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