The Fellowship of Life is the Flow of Life with the Supply of Life in the Believers

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 (Rev. 22:1).

In the New Jerusalem, there is a river of water of life flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb, and this river spirals down from the throne and reaches all the four sides of the city, flowing out through the gates of the city (Rev. 22:1-2). … [Continue reading]

Partaking of and Walking According to the Divine Nature to Richly Enter God’s Kingdom

Eph. 5:8 For you were once darkness but are now light din the Lord; walk as children of light.

Through regeneration we have received the divine life and the divine nature, and now day by day we are practicing to live and walk not by our old nature with its habits but by the new divine nature with all its virtues. In Eph. 2 we see that we were … [Continue reading]

Our Unique Way: Walking According to the Divine Nature Being Supplied by God’s Life

Our Unique Way - Walking According to the Divine Nature and Being Supplied by the Divine Life

To the seeking believers in Christ, all the aspects and characteristics of the New Jerusalem is their experience today. The throne of God is set in the center of their being, and from the throne flows a river of water of life. They eat the tree of … [Continue reading]

Remaining in Christ’s Death by the Power and Riches of His Resurrection in our Spirit

My dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the precipice, Let me see your countenance, Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, And your countenance is lovely (Song of Songs 2:14).

A practical application of living in the death of Christ by the power of His resurrection is seen in Song of Songs chapter 2. Here the lover is in introspection, imprisoned in her self, caring for her self-perfection and losing sight of her beloved - … [Continue reading]

Experiencing Christ’s Death and Resurrection by the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit

For I know that for me this will turn out to salvation through your petition and the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ (Phil. 1:19)

The process of becoming a pearl as a gate into the New Jerusalem is very subjective and experiential: as a grain of sand, we wound Christ and are imprisoned in His wound, and He secretes His resurrection life around us and in us to transform us from … [Continue reading]

Being Conformed to Christ’s Death by the Power of His Resurrection for the New Jerusalem

To know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death. Phil. 3:10

Through regeneration, we enter the kingdom of God and have access to enter into the New Jerusalem, and by remaining in the death of Christ (as the grain of sand remains in the wound of the oyster) we have a further entering into the New Jerusalem and … [Continue reading]

Enter and Remain in the Death of Christ to become a Pearl Gate in the New Jerusalem

It had a great and high wall and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel (Rev. 21:12).

As the consummation and pinnacle of God's work throughout the ages, the New Jerusalem is very significant, rich in meaning, and at the same time applicable to our Christian life and church life. On the one hand we need to see what is the spiritual … [Continue reading]