The Wall has God’s Image and Separates Us to Him
Revelation 21:11 tells us that New Jerusalem has “the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, as clear as crystal.” Verse 18 adds, “the building work of its wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.”
The brightness of the city is as jasper [21:11]. The meaning of this is that when we behold the glory of the city we are looking at God’s real image [4:3]. By knowing God’s real image, man can know the God who is sitting upon the throne.
The function of the city wall, as we have seen, is to separate that which is within the city from that which is without. The fact that this wall is made of jasper means that the separation is based upon what is seen in God’s true light….If man is not clear about God’s requirement, he will have no separation.*
Separation is sanctification. We are initially sanctified by our faith in Christ (Acts 26:18). But that separation is only a change in position. Now we need to go onward, to be sanctified inwardly. First Thessalonians 5:23 declares that God will sanctify us wholly, in every part of our being. This parallels the sanctification in Ephesians 5:26.
God will completely sanctify us, with our cooperation, to constitute us into “the holy city” New Jerusalem. Lord, gain our cooperation with Your operation in us.
* From chapter 5 of The Glorious Church by Watchman Nee, published and © by Living Stream Ministry, available at www.ministrybooks.org/ and www.livingstream.com/en/the-church/8012401-glorious-church-the.html.
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Posted by Don on June 15, 2022
