New Jerusalem, the City of the Holy God

“The holy city, New Jerusalem” (Rev. 21:2, 10).

As the holy city of God, the New Jerusalem is holy, sanctified, fully separated unto God, and thoroughly saturated with God’s holy nature to be His habitation. This holy city is thoroughly permeated and mingled with God….The New Jerusalem is both sanctified and separated unto God positionally and sanctified and sat-urated with God dispositionally….It is an entity, entirely and thoroughly holy, that fits in with God’s holy nature for His expression to fulfill the desire of His heart.*

Positional sanctification is exemplified by the Lord’s word about gold and offerings in Matthew 23:16-19. This is only a change in location. Dispositional sanctification is an inward change worked by the indwelling Spirit, “sanctification of the Spirit” (2 Thes. 2:13).

Only God is holy. He is “the Holy One” (1 Peter 1:15). We cannot make ourselves holy by a change in behavior. We need Him to saturate us with His holiness. “Present your members as slaves to righteousness unto sanctification” (Rom. 6:19). When we give ourselves in this way to the Lord Jesus, we open to His work within us to make us holy.

This sanctifying is our preparation for the holy city, New Jerusalem.

* Life-Study of the New Testament, Conclusion Messages: The Church, the Kingdom, and the New Jerusalem, message 259, p. 2705, by Witness Lee. Published 1998 and © by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, California.

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Posted by Don on November 22, 2024

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