After reading the Lord’s epistles to the seven churches in Rev. 2-3 we need to realize that today, in His ministry in the stage of intensification, Christ as the sevenfold intensified Spirit produces the overcomers, those who return to the orthodoxy of the church, overcome the degradation of the church, build up the Body of […]
The New Jerusalem is the Real and Consummate Shulammite, a Corporate Shulammite
January 5, 2017 by 10 Comments
From the angle of the divine romance, the New Jerusalem is the real and consummate Shulammite – a corporate Shulammite, including all of God’s chosen and redeemed people; the New Jerusalem is the consummation of the divine-human romance in the Bible. God’s purpose, as seen in His creation of man, is to “get married” – […]
High Peak of the Divine Revelation: God became Man to make Man God to build His Body
January 3, 2017 by 13 Comments
We are so grateful that the Lord has shown us the high peak of the divine revelation, which is that God became man so that man may become God in life and nature but not in the Godhead to produce and build up the organic Body of Christ for the fulfillment of God’s economy to […]
Seeing a Vision of the Central Matter in the Lord’s Recovery: Christ and the Church
January 2, 2017 by 9 Comments
After seeing some of the main things that the Lord spoke to the seven local churches in Rev. 2-3, this week we have a conclusion on all this, focusing on the New Jerusalem, which is the consummation of the central vision of God’s economy and of the high peak of the divine revelation through the […]
Paying the Price to Buy Gold Refined by Fire: the Living Faith, Christ living in us
December 29, 2016 by 12 Comments
Because the Lord sees Laodicea as wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked, He counsels her to buy from Him gold refined by fire; there’s the need for paying the price to gain more Christ and have the living, practical faith, which is to partake of the divine element of Christ – and not just to […]
Not being Proud but being Hot for the Lord so He Won’t Spew us out of His Mouth
December 28, 2016 by 5 Comments
The Lord’s word to Laodicea is a warning to us today – if we are proud in following the Lord, considering ourselves as rich and in need of nothing, the Lord will spew us out of His mouth, for we are lukewarm in His eyes. The Lord knows our works: He knows whether we are […]
Being Saved from Lukewarmness and Spiritual Pride, the Characteristics of Laodicea
December 27, 2016 by 14 Comments
In the Lord’s eyes, the characteristics of the church in Laodicea were lukewarmness and spiritual pride; she considered that she is wealthy and rich and needing nothing, but in His eyes she was wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked (Rev. 3:15-17). The Lord’s word to the church in Laodicea is very enlightening and exposing, and […]
