The Triune God is the Temple of New Jerusalem

“The Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are [New Jerusalem’s] temple” (Rev. 21:22b). The Lord God the Almighty emphasizes His sovereignty over the entire universe. The Lamb points to His redeeming death and His resurrection to apply this redemption to us.

New JerusalemOur God today is the very Redeemer as well as the Triune God, so the redeeming Triune God is our temple. Since our redeeming Triune God is our temple, how could He be a literal cube? Again, we cannot understand this city in a physical way. If we try to understand the city in a physical way, we cannot get through in any direction. The fact that the New Jerusalem is a cube of twelve thousand stadia in three dimensions shows the absolute perfection and eternal completeness of our redeeming Triune God who is the temple and who is the Holy of Holies.*

The Triune God is the living temple of New Jerusalem. The work in the outer court and the holy place have been completed and they are no longer needed. Every aspect of the relationship of God and His people will be in the holy of holies, so the eternal temple is solely the holy of holies.

There, in New Jerusalem, we “will serve Him,” “will see His face,” and “the Lord God will shine” on us (Rev. 22:3-5).

* From chapter 37, Witness LeeGod’s New Testament Economy, published by Living Stream Ministry, © Witness Lee, 1986.

Posted by Don on April 24, 2023

The Triune God is the Temple of New Jerusalem

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