God has called us through His gospel unto the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ (see 2 Thes. 2:14). Paul didn’t say that through the gospel God wants to save us, deliver us from hell, and bring us to heaven; rather, just as through sin we come short of the glory of […]
Walk in a Manner Worthy of God and Let Your Light Shine so that God may be Glorified
The believers in Christ have been called by God to enter into His kingdom and glory (1 Thes. 2:12). God actualized His choice and predestination by calling His believers in time through His appearing to them as the God of glory. We all can testify that we were living our life in the vanity of […]
A Panoramic View of the Glory of God in the Economy of God: We are Destined to Glory
The New Jerusalem has the glory of God as its content, and it expresses God by shining Him out to the entire universe (Rev. 21:10-11). The glory of God is intrinsically related to the economy of God. In His economy, God wants to make the same as He is in life and nature (but not […]
The New Jerusalem has the Glory of God; Today the Church should Have God’s Glory
The New Jerusalem has the glory of God (Rev. 21:10-11). The whole city is filled with God and expresses God to the uttermost. God Himself is the light, the Lamb is the lamp, and the entire city has the glory of God. This means that the New Jerusalem fully expresses God, being a vessel that […]
The Triune God is the Triune Enjoyment and the Triune Living of the New Jerusalem
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, a building, a […]
The Triune God is the Enjoyment of the New Jerusalem: God the Father is the Light
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 incorporated with man for God’s corporate expression. There are many details concerning the […]
The Triune God is the Triune Existence of the New Jerusalem and our Existence Today
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 and the foundations of the city). The entire […]