The apostle John was exiled on the island of Patmos for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus (Rev. 1:2), and there he saw a vision of the glorious Christ. The Christ he saw was different from the Christ he knew while on earth. The Christ John saw was a glorious One, the […]
Seeing Who the Overcomers are, How are they Produced, and What is the New Jerusalem
This week we are coming to the book of Revelation to see a wonderful revelation of the glorious Christ. The book of Revelation doesn’t merely speak of “the end of the world” and of all kinds of signs and wonders that will happen when God will judge the earth but, as Rev. 1:1 says, it […]
Let the Lord Shepherd You in the Father’s House, the Mutual Dwelling Place of God and Man!
The Father’s house is a mysterious yet wonderful matter unveiled by the Lord Jesus in John 14. We need to see what the Father’s house is. It is not merely the house where all God’s children dwell and are a part of. The Lord Jesus had to go to the Father and then come back […]
In Resurrection Christ Rebuilt God’s Temple in a Larger Way as the Body of Christ
When the Lord Jesus was on the cross, Satan thought, “This is it, I’ve got Him – I will now kill Him!” But the Lord of life could not be killed. His human body was put to death and stayed in the grave for three days, and the Lord Jesus took a tour of “the […]
What does the Bible Really Say about the Father’s House and the Many Abodes in John 14?
The Lord Jesus is the good Shepherd, and He takes all-inclusive tender care of all His sheep (John 10) for the Father’s house (John 14). Through His shepherding, all the believers are being redeemed, regenerated, and transformed to be united, mingled, and incorporated with the Triune God in the Father’s house, the church, the Body […]
The Lord Flocks us Together, Shepherds us, and Commissions us to Shepherd Others
The Lord Jesus Christ as the good Shepherd has formed the Jewish believers and the Gentile believers into one flock – the one church, the Body of Christ. God became a man and put on human nature, and He laid down His human life so that His sheep would receive and live by His divine […]
Christ Shepherds us by Being our Life and by Living in us; He Guides us into His Flock
The Lord Jesus is the good Shepherd, and He shepherds us by feeding us with Himself and in Himself as the pasture (see John 10:9-10). There are other shepherds, that’s true, but the Lord is the good Shepherd. He takes an all-inclusive tender care of His believers as His sheep. On the cross He tore […]