Of God we are in Christ to be in New Jerusalem

The Triune God is our entrance into New Jerusalem because God Himself is enterable. The New Testament clearly affirms this with many verses about us being “in Christ” (Rom. 6:11, 8:2; Eph. 1:1; Phil. 1:1; 2 Tim. 3:12).

Noah’s ark is a type of our God being enterable. The ark typifies Christ, the embodiment of God, and that ark was enterable. Noah, his wife, his three sons, and three daughters-in-law all entered into the ark. The ark was not only trustworthy but also enterable. Because the ark was enterable, the eight people who entered into it were saved from the flood.*

Everything Noah did, as recorded in Genesis 6–7, was in response to God’s word. Noah built the ark and went into it with his family. Then the Lord shut them in the ark (7:16). This matches 1 Corinthians 1:30 which declares that of God we are in Christ Jesus. This entrance is not of our own doing; we only respond to God’s invitation.

In the same way, it was not our idea to go to New Jerusalem but we were called by God. He is our entrance and He is the energizing for us to enter. If we are in Christ we are assured of being in the fullness of New Jerusalem.

* From chapter 39, Witness Lee, God’s New Testament Economy, published by Living Stream Ministry, © Witness Lee, 1986.

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Posted by Don on July 10, 2023

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