New Jerusalem: the Bride, the Wife of the Lamb
Revelation 21:9-10, “one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, Come here; I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb. And he…showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.”
The New Jerusalem is also the bride, the wife of Christ as the Lamb (Rev. 21:9). The city becomes a woman, a female. The bride is a virgin, and the wife is a married one. The New Jerusalem is both a virgin and also a married wife. The New Jerusalem is Christ’s wife, and Christ is the embodiment of God. Therefore, this New Jerusalem, on the one hand, is God’s dwelling and, on the other hand, is Christ’s counterpart.*
The Lamb is Jesus Christ, as John the Baptist declared when he saw Jesus, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). In New Jerusalem the Lamb is on the throne (Rev. 22:1).
The fact that New Jerusalem is the wife of Jesus Christ is the strongest proof that New Jerusalem is not a physical city. Jesus Christ will marry a living corporate person, the consummation of His bringing forth and perfecting the church to present to Himself (Eph. 5:25-27).
* This is the eighth of a series with quotes from chapter 28 of The Central Line of the Divine Revelation by Witness Lee, copyright by Living Stream Ministry.
Posted by Don on July 30, 2021
