Letting Christ Live in us (our Wedding Garment) and Shining out Christ (our Beauty)

Rev. 19:7-8 Let us rejoice and exult, and let us give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready. And it was given to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints.

The many characteristics and aspects of the New Jerusalem need to be our enjoyment and experience today, and in the church life we need to have a foretaste of the New Jerusalem. Every genuine believer in Christ is a miniature of the New Jerusalem, … [Continue reading]

Being Built up with the Saints in the Body to be Prepared as the Bride of Christ

Being built up with the fellow partakers of the divine life is the highest virtue of the one who pursues after Christ in God’s eternal economy. Building is the highest requirement, and being built up is the highest virtue. (The Secret of God’s Organic Salvation — "the Spirit Himself with Our Spirit," p. 51)

Since every genuine believer in Christ is a "little New Jerusalem", we need to experience all the features and aspects of the New Jerusalem today in the church life. We need to have a foretaste of the New Jerusalem today. The New Jerusalem is a … [Continue reading]

Growing unto Maturity and Caring for the Body to be Prepared as the Bride of Christ

To me, less than the least of all saints, was this grace given to announce to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ as the gospel (Eph. 3:8).

The Apostle John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband (Rev. 21:2). In God's eyes and for eternity, the New Jerusalem is already prepared and ready to marry Christ; in time … [Continue reading]

Living by the Spirit in the Church Life to be in Reality the Kingdom of God Today

The genuine church is the kingdom of God in this age; today the believers live the kingdom life in the church

The kingdom is the reality of the church and the genuine church is the kingdom of God in this age. God wants to bring in His kingdom into humanity and bring man into His kingdom, and in this age, God's kingdom is manifested as the church. When we … [Continue reading]

The Kingdom is the Reality of the Church: Live the Kingdom Life in the Church Life

Upon this rock I will build My church ... I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of the heavens (Matt. 16:18-19)

The New Jerusalem as the holy city of God with man, the consummation of God's work throughout the ages and the fulfilment of His purpose for eternity, should be our experience as a foretaste today in the church life. The New Jerusalem is a city - … [Continue reading]

Experiencing the New Jerusalem as a City Representing the Kingdom of God Today

Experiencing the New Jerusalem as a City Representing the Kingdom of God Today. Rev. 21:2a, And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem...

In the book of Revelation we see Christ as the center of God's administration according to God's economy carrying out God's administration for the fulfillment of God's purpose. Particularly, Christ is carrying out God's administration to care for the … [Continue reading]

Seeing that our Real Need is to Eat Jesus and not Asking Him to “Do Things for us”

Jesus is the Bread of Life for us to Eat and be Supplied

In the Gospels we see how the Lord Jesus had a wonderful God-man human living, constantly taking the opportunity to reveal Himself as being the reality of every positive thing in the universe. If we read the Gospels carefully we will see more than … [Continue reading]