New Jerusalem is the Wonderful Consummation

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in Revelation 21–22 New Jerusalem is the consummate revelation of the Bible. It sums up and displays all the positive work that the Triune God has done through all the ages.

The New Jerusalem is the consummation of every positive thing. It has nothing to do with the negative things such as Satan, the fallen angels, the demons, death, sin, darkness, the grave, Hades, or the lake of fire….On the positive side, however, the New Jerusalem is the ultimate consummation of God, of God’s salvation, of Christ’s redemption, of the Spirit’s transformation, and of every positive thing in the Bible.

God, the Trinity, the Lamb, the lamp, the tree of life, the living water, the throne, and the Spirit are among the many positive items composed together to make one universal, eternal, divine, spiritual, and heavenly unit.*

New JerusalemThe Triune God is now growing and working in all His people to develop and build up a corporate entity of three aspects: the dwelling place of God, the Body of Christ, and the bride of Christ.

These three all result from the Triune God as life spreading Himself in His people. New Jerusalem is the consummation of all three aspects of God’s work today. The city is God’s eternal dwelling place, the final realization of the Body of Christ, and the bride the wife of Christ (Rev. 21:9).

* From chapter 26 of Witness LeeGod’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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