The Existence of New Jerusalem Applied to Daily Life
The divine life is the highest life and it is eternal. Because it is the highest life, it requires time to mature in us. God’s creation gives our human lifespan sufficient length for the divine life in us to mature, if we cooperate with its growth.
There is the need of much time for the divine nature within us to develop and for our growth in life, yet we have to realize that the existence of the New Jerusalem should be applied to our daily life. The New Jerusalem has the Father’s nature as its city proper and the pearls as its gates. We must live by Christ, we must live Christ, and we must magnify Christ by His living in us. When He is living in us, He is surely secreting His resurrection life around us, making us pearls, and these pearls are His magnification.* 100
To grow we need to hold to Christ our Head. We grow up into Him in all things (Eph. 4:15) and a rich supply flows out from Him for “the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love” (v. 16). This growth and building up of His Body is our growth unto New Jerusalem.
For this growth, we need to “put off our former manner of life” (v. 22) whether good or bad, and be renewed in our mind by His Spirit flowing through our human spirit into our mind (v. 23). Through these actions we “put on the new man” (v. 24) both for proper Christian living and expression today and for New Jerusalem.
* From chapter 41, Witness Lee, God’s New Testament Economy, published by Living Stream Ministry, © Witness Lee, 1986
Posted by Don on September 18, 2023
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