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 kinds of precious materials: the Father in His divine nature is […]
Partaking of and Living According to the Divine Nature, the base of Gold in the New Jerusalem
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 the so-called “heavenly mansions” of […]
Being Headed up in Christ by Life and Light in the Church for the New Jerusalem
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 – first in the church and then, through the church, […]
God in Christ as Light Rules and Generates Life by His Shining; God’s Light Rules!
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 rebellion and disorderliness is removed, and […]
The Shining God is our Unique Light; We have no Need for Natural or Man-Made Light
Because we have the Redeeming and Shining God as the unique light in the New Jerusalem, there is no need for natural or artificial light (see Rev. 22:5). This is true both for eternity and in the church life today. As genuine believers in Christ we have the Triune God as the unique light in […]
Living and Walking in the Light Today – a Foretaste of the Light in New Jerusalem
God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all, and in the New Jerusalem God Himself in Christ as the Lamb is the light of the holy city, illumining everyone in the city. Such a great city in a cubic form, greater than any other metropolis in the world, needs a great […]
God as Light Shines through the Redeeming Christ as the Lamp to Dispense God into us
The light of the New Jerusalem is God Himself in the Lamb as the lamp. There’s no need for sun or moon or any other natural or man-made luminaries in the New Jerusalem, because God Himself in Christ is the light of the city. If we were to come to God Himself, He dwells in […]