The Triune God is the Triune Enjoyment and the Triune Living of the New Jerusalem

Rev. 22:1-2 And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street. And on this side and on that side of the river was the tree of life...

God is mysterious, but He has been revealed in and through His word, the Bible. In the Word of God we see what God's plan and purpose is, and we see that from the beginning of the Bible to the end He desires to gain only one thing - a dwelling place, … [Continue reading]

The Triune God is the Enjoyment of the New Jerusalem: God the Father is the Light

They are saturated with the fatness of Your house, And You cause them to drink of the river of Your pleasures. For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light. (Psa. 36:8-9)

The New Jerusalem as the consummation of God's work throughout the ages and the accomplishing of God's purpose is a living composition of God and man: God has been fully processed and consummated, being wrought into man to be united, mingled, and … [Continue reading]

The Triune God is the Triune Existence of the New Jerusalem and our Existence Today

Eph. 4:4-6 One Body and one Spirit, even as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

The Triune God is the triune constitution of the New Jerusalem: the Father is typified by gold (the base and street of the city), the Son is typified by the pearls (the gates into the city), and the Spirit is typified by the precious stones (the wall … [Continue reading]

Being Produced as Pearls and Precious Stones by the Triune God for the New Jerusalem

We are being produced as pearls and precious stones by the Triune God for God's building, the New Jerusalem

The New Jerusalem is constituted and built up with gold (the base and the street), pearls (the gates) and all kinds of precious stones (the wall, the foundations, etc). All throughout the Bible we see that the Triune God is likened to this three … [Continue reading]

Partaking of and Living According to the Divine Nature, the base of Gold in the New Jerusalem

2 Pet. 1:4 Through which He has granted to us precious and exceedingly great promises that through these you might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption which is in the world by lust.

The greatest sign in the Bible and the ultimate consummation of all of God's work throughout the ages is the New Jerusalem. We need to see a vision of the holy city, New Jerusalem, and we need to realize that it is not a physical city - it is not … [Continue reading]

Being Headed up in Christ by Life and Light in the Church for the New Jerusalem

Eph. 1:10 Unto the economy of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him.

The New Jerusalem in the new heaven and new heart is the consummation of God heading up all things in Christ, the complete fulfillment of Eph. 1:10. Throughout the ages God has been doing the work of recovery by heading up all things in Christ - … [Continue reading]

God in Christ as Light Rules and Generates Life by His Shining; God’s Light Rules!

John 8:12 Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he who follows Me shall by no means walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

The Lord Jesus is the light of the world, and when He shines in us and on us, we will no longer walk in darkness but will have the light of life (see John 8:12). When God in Christ shines as the divine light, all darkness is eliminated, all … [Continue reading]