The Trinity Prepares us for New Jerusalem
In the New Jerusalem there are three materials for its existence: gold signifies God the Father in His divine nature, pearls signify the produce of Christ through His death and in His resurrection, and precious stones signify the produce of the Spirit’s transforming work. According to Ephesians 4:4-6, we see the Spirit, the Lord, and God the Father for the existence of the Body of Christ today.…In Ephesians 4 the existence of the New Jerusalem has been applied to us already and is still being applied to us. Day by day we who are in the church, in the Body, are enjoying this application of the existence of the New Jerusalem.*
Colossians 2:9-10 and 18-19a warn us not to be distracted from Christ Himself who is the embodiment of the fullness of the Godhead and is the One who fills us (and who is realized by us as the Spirit – 2 Cor. 3:17). A rich supply flows out from Christ the Head of the Body.
As we hold Him as our Head, by the rich supply coming to us the whole Body “grows with the growth of God” (Col. 2:19). The human body is a picture of Christ’s Body. A baby needs a rich supply of milk and gradually of other foods and over many years grows to be an adult.
The growth of the Body of Christ is the bringing forth of New Jerusalem. The rich supply will go on forever in the eternal city and we, without the hindrances of the old creation, will enjoy it much more than we do today.
* From chapter 41, Witness Lee, God’s New Testament Economy, published by Living Stream Ministry, © Witness Lee, 1986
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Posted by Don on September 8, 2023
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