The ultimate consummation of the Bible, the conclusion and highest peak of all of God’s work throughout the ages, is the New Jerusalem. This holy city is not something physical but something spiritual, and if we look at the description of the New Jerusalem we will see that the city involves God and man being […]
God’s Economy is that God became Man to make Man God for His Corporate Expression
When God created man in His image and according to His likeness He had a specific purpose in mind: He wanted this man to become the same as God in life and nature but not in the Godhead so that God would corporately be expressed through man. Man was created with a spirit and was […]
We’re Human Seeds in the Process of being Sonized, Deified, Designated Sons of God
In 2 Sam. 7 God promised David that his seed will be the Son of God and He will build God a house, in Rom. 1:3-4 that Christ as the seed of David according to the flesh was designated the Son of God in power in His resurrection, and in Rom. 8:28-29 the many believers […]
The Church is the Pillar and Base of the Truth, God Manifested in the Flesh
God is a mystery, Christ is the mystery of God, and the church is the mystery of Christ – this means that if we want to know the church, we will be mind-blown since we will get to know a little about the mystery of the universe. In Paul’s Epistles there are many indicators and […]
Our Unique and Ultimate Goal is the New Jerusalem, the Mingling of God and Man
The degradation of the church today is mainly due to the fact that many Christian workers – many saints burdened by God and with a certain capacity to serve God – have taken another goal than the New Jerusalem for their Christian work. But God today does only one thing: He is building up the […]
becoming the same as Christ to be qualified to work with Him for His Body
Who can work with the Lord for the Body? In Song of Songs we see that if we would work with the Lord for the Body we need to become the Shulammite, one who is qualified to work with the Beloved (see Song of Songs 6:13; 7:1-13). In other words, for us to work with […]
keeping the oneness of the Body and being made Christ to be the Body of Christ
All the genuine believers of Christ who have received Christ in their spirit are members of the Body of Christ, joined together with Christ in an organic union. The Body of Christ is not an organization nor is it a society; it is the organism of the Triune God produced by the mingling of God […]