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THE NEW JERUSALEM

THE APPLICATION OF THE INTERPRETATION OF THENEW JERUSALEM TO THE SEEKING BELIEVERS

MESSAGE ONE

ITS SIGNIFICANCE AND ITS BASE

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OUTLINE

1. Its significance:

1. The New Jerusalem is the greatest and the ultimate sign in the Scriptures

—Rev. 21:2, !1".2. It signifies an #rganic c#nstituti#n #f the pr#cessed Triune $#d mingled

with %is regenerated, transf#rmed, and gl#rified tripartite elect:

1. &cc#rding t# its humanit', it is the ta(ernacle #f $#d am#ng men —the dwelling place #f $#d in %is humanit' am#ng men #n the

earth— 21:).

2. &cc#rding t# its divinit', it is the temple #f $#d as the dwelling

place #f %is redeemed elect— 21:22.). &cc#rding t# its humanit', it is the human wife *with the divine

life and nature+ #f the am(— the redeeming $#d—21:2, .-. &cc#rding t# its divinit', it is the divine %us(and *the redeeming

$#d in %is c#nsummated em(#diment, hrist, with the human life

and nature+ #f $#d/s redeemed elect.

2. Its (ase:1. It is pure g#ld, signif'ing the divine nature #f $#d as the (ase f#r its

(uilding—21:10(.

2. It is the s#lid f#undati#n #f its thr#ne f#r the divine administrati#n— 22:1(:

1. r#ceeding fr#m this administrati#n the river #f the water #f life,

signif'ing the Spirit, in the middle #f its street as the suppl' t# the

entire cit'—22:1a.2. In the river gr#wing the tree #f life, signif'ing hrist, as the main

suppl' t# the entire cit' thr#ugh the river—22:2.

). r#ceeding fr#m this gl#ri#us center the divine and humanc#mmunicati#n, signified (' the street, t# reach all twelve gates #f

the cit', in #rder t# (ring the entire cit' int# the su(missi#n t# the

#ne divine administrati#n and t# (lend the entire cit' int# the



#neness #f the #ne divinit'!mingled!with!humanit'

c#mmunicati#n *fell#wship+—21:21(.

Prayer: Lord, we thank You that we could have this conference withthousands of seekers coming here to seek after You according to Your

revelation and vision. Lord, open up this mysterious book to all of us.Grant us, Lord, the understanding. Grant us also the inner seeing. Lord,we trust in You. Sustain us and maintain us to the end. men.

!he sub"ect of these messages is the application of the interpretationof the #ew $erusalem to the seeking believers. !he burden for themessages in this book can be e%pressed in the following fourstatements:

&.!he #ew $erusalem is the greatest and the ultimate sign in theScriptures, signifying an organic constitution of the processed !riune

God mingled with 'is regenerated, transformed, and glori(ed tripartiteelect.

).*ts base is pure gold, signifying the divine nature of God+ it is thesolid foundation of its throne for the divine administration, which is theglorious center from which proceeds the divine and humancommunication, signi(ed by its street, to reach all its twelve gates.

.*ts gates are pearls, signifying the issue of the secretion of -hristsredeeming and life/releasing death and 'is life/dispensing resurrection.

0.*ts wall and its foundations are precious stones, consummated by theSpirit through 'is transforming and building work.

*n the past we released many messages to interpret this section of the1ord on the mystery of the #ew $erusalem. !hus, there is no need forus to repeat any past interpretation. 1e want to go on to apply toourselves what has already been interpreted. *n this (rst message, wewant to see and enter into the application of the signi(cance and thebase of the #ew $erusalem.

I% ITS SIGNIFICANCE

A% T0e Ne1 Jeru2a3e4 Bei!" t0e Greate2ta! t0e U3ti4ate Si"! i! t0e Scripture2

2evelation &:& says that the Lord $esus sent 'is angel to $ohn to make'is revelation known by signs, so the #ew $erusalem is the greatest



and the ultimate sign in the Scriptures 3)&:), 4/&56. sign is a symbolwith spiritual signi(cance.

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t0e Pr7ce22e Triu!e G7 Mi!"3e 1it0Hi2 Re"e!erate* Tra!257r4e* a!G37ri8e Tripartite E3ect

!he #ew $erusalem is a city, but this city is not literally physical. *t is asign, a (gure, signifying an organic constitution. *t is not somethingorgani7ed, but something constituted organically. !he holy city is aconstitution in life of the processed !riune God mingled with 'isregenerated, transformed, and glori(ed tripartite elect. *t is an organicconstitution of two parties: God and man. !he (rst party is divine. !he

second party is human.

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!he #ew $erusalem has two natures, humanity and divinity. ccordingto its humanity, the #ew $erusalem is the tabernacle of God amongmen8the dwelling place of God in 'is humanity among men on theearth 32ev. )&:6. *n the 9ible, the tabernacle is a human dwellingplace. !he #ew $erusalem is a human dwelling place because it isconstituted with humanity. *t is Gods human dwelling place on earth. $ohn &:&0 says that God was incarnated in the esh to tabernacleamong men. 'e is God, but 'e has become a man. 'e partook ofhumanity as 'is nature, so 'e dwells in humanity.

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ccording to its divinity, the #ew $erusalem is the temple of God as thedwelling place of 'is redeemed elect 32ev. )&:))6. !he holy city is thetemple of God because it is divine. *t is the temple of God, yet it is thedwelling place of 'is redeemed. 'ow could this be; 9ecause this isGods temple, the dweller must be divine, but what about us; re we

divine or human; ccording to its humanity, the #ew $erusalem is thetabernacle, but God dwells in the tabernacle. God can dwell in a humandwelling place because 'e has become a man. ccording to thedivinity of the #ew $erusalem, it is a temple for God to dwell in. *f youare only human and not divine, you cannot dwell in the temple. 1ehuman beings can dwell in a divine temple because we have beenmade God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead. !he #ew $erusalem is a mutual abode. ccording to its humanity, it is a human



tabernacle. ccording to its divinity, it is a divine temple. *t is a humandwelling place, but the <weller is God. 'ow can God dwell in a humanplace; 9ecause 'e became a man. *n the same way, how can wehumans dwell in Gods temple; 9ecause we have been made God. !hisis the mutual abiding of God and man.

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ccording to its humanity, the #ew $erusalem is the human wife 3withthe divine life and nature6 of the Lamb8 the redeeming God 3)&:), 46. !his human wife can marry a divine Person because she has the divinelife and nature. !his =uali(es her to match the redeeming God. >n theone hand, she is human. >n the other hand, she is divine. 9ecause sheis human, she can be the redeeming Gods human wife. 9ecause she isdivine, she can marry 'im, a divine Person.

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ccording to its divinity, it is the divine 'usband 3the redeeming God in'is consummated embodiment, -hrist, with the human life and nature6of Gods redeemed elect. !he wife is human, and the 'usband isdivine. 'ow can a human wife marry a divine Person; 9ecause she hasthe divine Persons divine nature and life. 'ow can the same entity alsobe a husband; 9ecause the #ew $erusalem is divine. !he divine God isa part of its constituent. !herefore, on the one hand, it is a wife. >n theother hand, it is a husband. !he #ew $erusalem is the wife according toits humanity and the husband according to its divinity. 9ut as thedivine 'usband, the #ew $erusalem has the human life and nature. *nits humanity and in its divinity it is both a mutual abode and a couple,a wife and a husband.

II% ITS BASE

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!he base of the #ew $erusalem is pure gold, signifying the divinenature of God as the base for its building 3)&:&?b6. !he #ew $erusalemis a golden mountain. 9ecause we are the constituents of this #ew $erusalem, we must be gold. 1e were made of dust, but when wereceived -hrist as our life, we were regenerated into gold. *nregeneration we received the divine life, the golden life. *n the old



creation, represented by dam, we were dusty men, but when we wereregenerated, we became golden men.

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t0e Di$i!e A4i!i2trati7! !he base of the #ew $erusalem is the solid foundation of the divinethrone for the divine administration 3)):&b6. !he river of water of life,signifying the Spirit, proceeds from this administration in the middle ofthe #ew $erusalems street as the supply to the entire city 3v. &a6. *nthe river grows the tree of life, signifying -hrist, as the main supply tothe entire city through the river 3v. )6. !he divine and humancommunication, signi(ed by the street, proceeds from this gloriouscenter to reach all twelve gates of the city, in order to bring the entirecity into the submission to the one divine administration and to blend

the entire city into the oneness of the one divinity/mingled/with/humanity communication, fellowship 3)&:)&b6. !he throne on which God reigns is the center of the glory of the #ew $erusalem. *t signi(es Gods ruling, Gods reigning. street comes outfrom the throne. !his street connected to the throne is forcommunication and mainly for the thrones administration. !he divineruling has the divine administration.>n the street there is the tra@c, the going and coming. Airst, the streetis for Gods going and coming, which are for Gods administration.Bventually, this street becomes a Cfellowship street.D !his fellowship isbetween the redeeming God and 'is redeemed people. !he redeeming

God and 'is redeemed people must have going and coming fellowship.#ot only so, Gods redeemed people must have going and comingfellowship among themselves.

Arom the throne proceeds the river of water of life, signifying the Spirit,and this Spirit is Gods owing out. >n the throne, God is the 2uler. 'eis the >ne who reigns. 9ut when 'e comes out, 'e is the Spirit. *n themiddle of the street is the river, which is God proceeding out to be lifeas water to =uench the thirst of the entire city. Airst, the city has athrone and second, a street for administration and fellowship. !hird, in

the fellowship is the river of water of life. Aourth, there is the tree oflife, signifying the second Person of the Godhead.

God ows out in the third Person of the !rinity. !hen the second Personof the !rinity is -hrist, the Son of God, as the tree of life that grows inthe river and along its two sides to supply life to nourish the entire city. !his picture shows us that with the fellowship street we en"oy the Spiritas the river and -hrist as the tree of life. !hese three things8the



street, the river, and the tree of life8reach all the twelve gates, whichsignify Gods redeemed elect. !he divine fellowship brings God to all'is redeemed people, to all the twelve gates, to bring all 'is redeemedpeople back to 'imself. Airst, the street goes from the throne to thetwelve gates. !hen it comes from the twelve gates to the throne.

#ow let us consider the application of this fellowship. *n applying this *would like to ask, C9efore you were saved, who was your ruler; 1hatwas your administration;D You yourself tried to be your own ruler andyou were a mess. ctually, you had no ruler or administration. >ne dayyou heard the gospel, which said, C2epent, for the kingdom of theheavens has drawn nearD 3Eatt. :)6. You needed to repent to comeunder the ruling of Gods kingdom. 9efore that time you were a personwith no ruler and no administration. 9ut you repented to the divine2uler and came under 'is administration. !hrough the gospel Godcame to be your kingdom. 'e is the Fing on the throne. -onnected to

'is throne is a street on which you should walk, and that street is 'isadministration. Arom the day you repented, you have felt that there isa throne and a golden street, a golden administration, within you. !henyou began to do things according to the gold, according to the natureof God. !his is because both the throne and the street are built on thegold as the nature of God.

1hen the brothers are buying a tie, they should buy it according to thedivine nature within them. !oday the shallow gospel never touches thismatter. 9ut in the high peak of the gospel we have to see this. !hegospel brings us back to God as our throne, to God as our

administration. 1e have to live a life in which we do everythingaccording to Gods nature. Bphesians 0 says that we should let nocorrupt word proceed out of our mouth 3v. )46. !his is because we arechildren of God. 1hen we speak anything, we need to remember thatwe are Gods children+ we are golden. !o speak corrupt things does notmatch our golden nature. >ur nature today is no longer "ust dusty butgolden. *f we take this word, it will change our life. 1e will be ad"ustedand regulated by the golden nature of God in all that we do. !he sisterswould not spend so much time to style their hair. !hat is not accordingto the golden throne, the golden administration.

ll of our fellowship should be according to Gods golden nature. !heriver is in the middle of the street, and the street is the golden nature.*n this fellowship is the river, the 'oly Spirit, as our beverage and oursupply to =uench our thirst. !hen we also have -hrist as the tree of lifefor our life supply to nourish us. *n order to e%perience all of this, wemust be on the golden street, the base of gold. 1e may feel that it isenough to say that our fellowship with God is our contacting God, andour fellowship with the saints is our contacting the saints. 9ut this is



not the deciding factor concerning whether or not our fellowship is thefellowship of God. !he fellowship of God must be based upon Godsdivine nature. * may go to visit a certain brother every day, but is thatthe real fellowship; 1hether that is the real fellowship or not isdetermined by whether or not it is based upon the golden nature within

me. *f my contact with a brother is not based upon the golden nature,then * am making a natural friendship with him. * am not practicing thespiritual fellowship of life based upon Gods divine nature.

s we enter into the e%perience and application of the divine nature ofGod, we make ourselves genuine parts of the #ew $erusalem.Bventually, we become golden in everything. Bvery department store isa place of temptation where we can depart from the golden nature tobuy things. Bven in the church life, we can make natural friendshipswith certain saints, but that is not the genuine fellowship. Aellowshipshould be based upon the golden nature within us. *f we practice this

fellowship, we are living as a part of the #ew $erusalem. 1e becomethe constituents of the #ew $erusalem. !his is not according to ouroutward doing but according to our inward being. !he inward being ofour -hristian life must be Gods golden nature. 1e should live, walk,and do everything based upon the golden nature within us.

!his is the application of the interpretation of the golden base of the#ew $erusalem to the seeking believers. 9ecause God has released thehigh peak of the divine revelation to us, we all have to learn the highand new language to speak forth the revelation of the #ew $erusalemas the greatest and ultimate sign in the Scriptures.

THE APPLICATION OF THEINTERPRETATION OF THE NEW

JERUSALEM TO THE SEEKINGBELIEVERS

MESSAGE TWOITS GATES



Scripture Reai!"# Re$% &'#'&.(')* &'a

OUTLINE1. Its gates are pearls—Rev. 21:21a:

1. Signif'ing the issue #f the secreti#n #f hrist/s redeeming and life!

releasing death and %is life!dispensing resurrecti#n.2. #th 3inds #f secreti#n *dispensing+ re4uire the see3ing (elievers/ dail'

e5perience #f the death #f hrist su(6ectivel' (' the p#wer #f hrist/s

resurrecti#n that the' ma' (e c#nf#rmed t# the death #f hrist *hil. ):1"+,and their dail' e5perience #f the resurrecti#n #f hrist su(6ectivel' (' the

(#untiful suppl' #f the Spirit *the realit' #f resurrecti#n+ #f Jesus hrist

that the' ma' (e c#nf#rmed t# the image #f the first(#rn S#n #f $#d *hil.

1:17 R#m. 0:2+.2. Its entr'—Rev. 21:12(!1):

1. Such an entr' int# the New Jerusalem t# parta3e #f the tree #f life has

(een esta(lished (' hrist thr#ugh %is death and resurrecti#n, fulfillingthe righte#us re4uirements #f $#d acc#rding t# the law #f Israel in the 8ld

Testament s# that the cl#sed wa' t# the tree #f life is re#pened t# the

see3ing (elievers.2. This re#pened wa' t# parta3e #f the tree #f life (' entering int# the New

Jerusalem is universall' availa(le t# the f#ur directi#ns #f the earth with

three gates #n each #f the f#ur sides #f the h#l' cit', signif'ing that the pr#cessed and c#nsummated Triune $#d is willingl' #pen t# receive the

repentant sinners int# the ultimate c#nsummati#n #f %is eternal ec#n#m'.

Prayer: Lord, we thank You for this meeting. 1e ask You to do aparticular thing8to show us the second application of the #ew $erusalem. !hank You for the last message. You have shown us the (rstapplication. men.*n the previous message, the Lord has shown us the (rst application ofthe #ew $erusalem. !o apply the base of the #ew $erusalem, we musthave our being and do everything in our walk and work for the Lord toparticipate in 'is move based upon the golden nature of God. !hebuilding up of the #ew $erusalem, which is a golden mount, is to make

us divine, golden. !he sisters fellowship must be based upon thegolden nature of God. 1e co/workers who are participating in theLords move bear a heavy burden. 1e have to reali7e that our move inthe Lords move should be based upon 'is golden nature. !he (rstapplication of the #ew $erusalem is to have everything that belongs tous based upon Gods golden nature to make us golden, divine, day byday. 1hen this is completed, that will be the consummation of thebuilding up of the golden mount, the golden city.



I% ITS GATES BEING PEARLS

#ow we come to the second application of the #ew $erusalem, which isaltogether related to the gates. *ts gates are pearls 32ev. )&:)&a6. swe have seen, the entire #ew $erusalem is a great sign. *ts twelvegates are twelve big pearls. *t is impossible for natural pearls to be sobig that they can be the gates of the city. !he pearl in the city is not anatural pearl but is used by God as a sign.

A% T0e I22ue 75 a T17573 Secreti7!

1hen an oyster is wounded by a grain of sand, it secretes its life/"uice

around the grain of sand and makes it into a precious pearl. Pearlssignify the issue of -hrists secretion in two aspects: 'is redeemingand life/releasing death and 'is life/dispensing resurrection. 1ithoutGods revelation we can never reali7e that the death of -hrist secretes,dispenses, to produce the gates of the city. !he twelve gates are theissue of -hrists secretion also in 'is life/dispensing resurrection. 'eresurrected to be the life/giving Spirit to dispense the divine life intothe believers 3& -or. &:0b6. !his is a kind of secretion issuing in a bigpearl to be the gates of the city. 9oth -hrists death and resurrectionhave an issue, a secretion.

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9oth kinds of secretion 3dispensing6 re=uire the seeking believers dailye%perience of the death of -hrist sub"ectively by the power of -hristsresurrection that they may be conformed to the death of -hrist 3Phil.:&56. 1e have to put not "ust -hrists death itself but the secretion of'is death into our daily e%perience sub"ectively. 1e may know that wehave been cruci(ed with -hrist, but we need to e%perience this. 1hena couple is =uarreling, is that the talk of ones who are being cruci(ed;1hen a brother talks to his wife, he has to consider that he is acruci(ed person.Stan7a ) of hymn H4? 3'ymns6, a short song for baptism, says, C#olonger *I #o longer *I J -hrist in me *ll testifyID *n our baptism wedeclared that we were (nished. *t is no more *, but -hrist who lives inme 3Gal. ):)56. *n our sub"ective e%perience, we should be on the



cross. 1e may know this teaching, but in our daily e%perience we areshort. *n our daily life, we do not practice being cruci(ed with -hrist. number of times when * was irritated at my wife, * tried to argue withher. 9ut when the word of my argument came to the tip of my tongue, *was reminded8C*s this being cruci(ed on the cross;D 2ight away *

stopped. * went to my study room and prayed, CLord, forgive me. *know * have been cruci(ed, but * dont practice it. 1hat a shame, LordI* have been following You for over si%ty years, yet * would still try toargue with my dear wife. Still * live and not -hrist. * have been teachingothers about this for more than si%ty years, but * did not apply what *taught.D<ear saints, the second application of the #ew $erusalem is for us toe%perience sub"ectively the death of -hrist in our daily life. 1e cannotdo this in and by ourselves. #one of us can practice such a thing.Bverybody likes to argue. rgument comes from our natural life, fromC*D not -hrist. 9ut we should have this C*D all the time cruci(ed on the

cross. 1e have to put this application of the sub"ective death of -hristinto our daily e%perience. 1e can e%perience 'is death only by thepower of the resurrection of -hrist. !he chorus of hymn HK& says, C*f no death, no life.D !his life comes tous not by our natural life but by the power of -hrists resurrection. Yes,we have been cruci(ed, but how can we keep ourselves on the cross allthe time; #o human being can do it e%cept those who know the powerof the resurrection of -hrist+ they have the capacity, the ability, topractice this. 9y the power of the resurrection of -hrist, we have theability and the power to keep our pitiful self on the cross. 'ow can asister be a good wife; good wife is a cruci(ed wife, a wife on the

cross.1e are re=uired to remain on the cross under the cruci(%ion all thetime. Sometimes * went to the Lord and said, CLord, * cannot carry outthis kind of -hristian life. * thought that after * believed in You, Youwould do good things for me.D !he Lord answered, CYes, * will doeverything good for you, but you have to remain on the cross. s longas you live by yourself, * can do nothing for you. * can do something foryou only if you remain on the cross.D * said, CLord, how can * do it; *have no power to do it.D !he Lord said, C* am in you, * am theresurrection, and * have the power to enable you to remain on thecross.D Stan7a & of hymn HK& says, C*f *d know -hrists risen power, J

* must ever love the -ross.D Life is -hrist. *f * am going to live -hristout, * have to remain on the cross to die there. !his is the secondapplication of the #ew $erusalem. !he #ew $erusalem has twelve gates,and they should be applied to our daily life by our keeping ourselvescruci(ed all the time in our daily e%perience that we could beconformed to -hrists death. !he believers also should seek the daily e%perience of the resurrectionof -hrist sub"ectively by the bountiful supply of the Spirit 3the reality of



resurrection6 of $esus -hrist that they may be conformed to the imageof the (rstborn Son of God 3Phil. &:&4+ 2om. ?:)46. 1e are re=uired todo two things: to e%perience -hrists death sub"ectively in our dailywalk and also to e%perience the power of resurrection in our daily walk.'ow can we e%perience -hrists death in our daily walk; 9y the power

of resurrection. 'ow can we e%perience -hrists resurrection in ourdaily walk; 9y the bountiful supply of the Spirit of $esus -hrist. !heSpirit of $esus -hrist is the reality of 'is resurrection. 9y 'isresurrection we can e%perience 'is death. !hen how can 'isresurrection be applied to us; 'is resurrection can be applied to usonly by the bountiful supply of the Spirit of $esus -hrist. #ow the Spiritis here. !he Spirit of $esus -hrist is -hrist 'imself as the life/givingSpirit, who is the reality of the resurrection of -hrist.-hrists death can be e%perienced by us only through -hristsresurrection, and -hrists resurrection can be real to us only by thebountiful supply of the Spirit of $esus -hrist. $esus -hrist has become

the life/giving Spirit, and 'e is within us. 1hen we turn to our spirit, wemeet -hrist as the life/giving Spirit, who is the very reality of -hristsresurrection. *t is by this Spirit that we e%perience -hrists resurrection. !o e%perience -hrists resurrection is to contact the life/giving Spirit.*n order to apply this we have to remain in our spirit all the time tomeet -hrist as the Spirit, who is the reality of 'is resurrection. !hen wehave the power to remain on the cross. !he application of the gates ofthe city is (rst to remain on the cross by the power of -hristsresurrection. Second, we have to apply -hrist as the life/giving Spiritliving in our spirit. 1e have to touch 'im all the time. !his is why the9ible tells us to pray unceasingly 3& !hes. :&6. *t is only through

prayer that we can touch -hrist in our spirit as the life/giving Spirit, theSpirit who is the reality of 'is resurrection.1hen we practice the death of -hrist, we will be conformed to 'isdeath, having the image of a dead person on the cross. 1hen we touchthe Spirit, we touch -hrist in 'is resurrection, and this will conform usto the image of the glory of the (rstborn Son of God. 'is death appliedto us will conform us to the mold of 'is death, and 'is Spirit in us willconform us into the glory of 'is image, the image of the (rstborn Sonof God. !he (rst application of the #ew $erusalem is for us to doeverything based upon the divine nature. !hat is simple. 9ut now wehave an application in two aspects: the application of -hrists death

and the application of -hrists resurrection as the life/giving Spirit.

II% ITS ENTR>

#ow we want to consider the pearl gates as the entry into the #ew $erusalem 32ev. )&:&)b/&6. !his is the entry of being cruci(ed on the



cross to be conformed to the mold of -hrists death and the entry of'is resurrection, which will conform us by the Spirit into the image ofthe glory of the (rstborn Son of God.

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Such an entry into the #ew $erusalem to partake of the tree of life hasbeen established by -hrist through 'is death and resurrection, ful(llingthe righteous re=uirements of God according to the law of *srael in the>ld !estament so that the closed way to the tree of life is reopened tothe seeking believers. Genesis shows that after the fall of dam, theway to the tree of life was closed by the righteous re=uirements of Godaccording to 'is righteous law. #ow there is an entry of -hrists deathand resurrection which satis(es the re=uirements of Gods righteous

law.2evelation )&:&) says that the names of the twelve tribes of the sonsof *srael are inscribed on the twelve gates. *srael here represents thelaw of the >ld !estament, indicating that the law is represented at thegates of the #ew $erusalem. !he law watches and observes as agatekeeper to insure that the entrance into the holy city meets thelaws re=uirements. *f we have been cruci(ed and resurrected with-hrist, we are =uali(ed to satisfy the righteousness of the >ld !estament law. Such an entry is "usti(ed by the righteous law of God.1e can ful(ll the righteous re=uirements of Gods law by being personswho have died and resurrected with -hrist through 'is twofold

secretion, making us a pearl before the eyes of God, which is fullysatisfactory to God according to 'is righteousness of the law. !o ful(llthe righteousness of the law is not an easy thing. 1e need an entry oftwo kinds of secretion, two kinds of dispensing, that is, the secretion of-hrists death and the secretion of -hrists resurrection. 9y these twokinds of secretions, we have been made pearls, which are satisfactorybefore the law of God.

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!his entry reopens the way for the seekers to contact -hrist as the treeof life. !his reopened way to partake of the tree of life by entering intothe #ew $erusalem is universally available to the four directions of theearth with three gates on each of the four sides of the holy city,signifying that the processed and consummated !riune God is willingly



open to receive the repentant sinners into the ultimate consummationof 'is eternal economy. 1e all have to learn to speak this kind of divinelanguage. Such an entry today is available to all the people on thisearth in four directions: east, north, south, and west. !his is signi(edby the twelve gates. !hree gates are on each of the four sides. !he

three gates signify the processed !riune God, the Aather, the Son, andthe Spirit.*n Luke & we see the operation of the !riune God to receive therepentant sinners to enter into the #ew $erusalem. *n this chapter theSon is the seeking >ne to seek the sinners, the Spirit is the sanctifying>ne to sanctify them unto God, and the Aather is the receiving >ne.2ight after receiving the repentant son in Luke &, the father gave himthe best robe, which signi(es the ob"ective -hrist to cover us as ourGod/satisfying righteousness. 'e also gave his returning son a ring andsandals. !he ring signi(es the sealing Spirit to show that the acceptedbeliever now belongs to the !riune God in 'is ultimate consummation

of 'is eternal economy. !he sandals signify the power of Godssalvation to separate the believer from the dirty earth. Ainally, thefather killed the fattened calf for his son. !his calf signi(es thesub"ective -hrist for our en"oyment of 'im. !his is why we have to go out with God to the four directions of theearth to be the gates, bringing God with us to present to people. !his iswhy we have to go to 2ussia to the north, to frica to the south, toEalaysia to the east, and to South merica to the west. !he Lord isdoing this among us to spread 'is economy. !his !riune God today iswilling to receive any repentant sinner to come and enter into the #ew $erusalem through such an entry which was established by -hrist

through 'is death and resurrection.



MESSAGE THREE

ITS WALL AND ITSFOUNDATIONS



Scripture Reai!"# Re$% &'#'&a*'9a* '-a* '+(&,/ 9#)a

OUTLINE1. Its wall and its f#undati#ns are preci#us st#nes—Rev. 21:10a, 1!2":

1. 9e, the (elievers in hrist, were created (' $#d with dust *$en. 2:+.

2. Thr#ugh #ur regenerati#n (' the Spirit we (ecame st#nes *J#hn 1:-2+.). ' #ur gr#wth in the divine life in hrist as the living st#ne *1 et. 2:-+,

we are transf#rmed int# preci#us st#nes *1 #r. ):12a+:

1. ' the transf#rmati#n #f the Spirit—2 #r. ):10.2. Thr#ugh the renewing #f #ur mind, the main part #f #ur s#ul—

R#m. 12:2.

). Int# the image #f the gl#r' #f the first(#rn S#n #f $#d—2 #r.

):107 R#m. 0:2.-. &ll the st#nes #f its wall and the first la'er #f its f#undati#ns are

6asper *Rev. 21:10a, 1a+, and the 6asper st#ne signifies the

appearance #f $#d *-:)a+, indicating that the entire cit' is in theappearance #f $#d in %is gl#r' *21:11+.

-. 9hile the transf#rmati#n w#r3 #f the Spirit is g#ing #n in the divine life,

we, the transf#rmed preci#us st#nes, are (eing (uilt up t#gether t# (e #nec#mplete wall with its f#undati#ns.

;. The functi#ns #f its wall and its f#undati#ns— 21:12a, 1-:

1. T# separate, t# sanctif', the cit' unt# $#d fr#m all things #therthan $#d, thus ma3ing the cit' the h#l' cit'—21:2a, 1"(.

2. T# pr#tect the interest #f the riches #f $#d/s divinit' #n the earthand the attainments #f %is c#nsummati#n.

2. The c#l#rs #f the twelve la'ers #f its f#undati#ns— 21:1!2":1. The c#l#rs #f its f#undati#ns are li3e the c#l#rs #f the rain(#w:

1. The rain(#w is $#d/s guarantee in %is unfailing faithfulness that

the earth will never (e destr#'ed (' the fl##d #f water *$en. :0!1+.

2. ut the fire as a destructive element *$en. 1:2-!2;+ will (e used

(' $#d t# punish all %is enemies f#r eternit' *Rev. 1-:1"!11721:0+.

2. This indicates that #f the tw# destructive elements, water and fire, used ('

$#d t# destr#' all %is #pp#sers, #ne #f them, that is, fire, will (e used ('$#d f#r this purp#se f#r eternit', and the #ther, that is, water, will (e

pr#hi(ited fr#m its destructive functi#n (' the guarantee #f $#d/s

unfailing faithfulness signified (' the c#l#rs #f its f#undati#ns. 9ater in

eternit' will (e used (' $#d #nl' as an element #f life suppl' *22:1!2+.

Prayer: Lord, what a blessing that so many of us could be gathered by You and around You to study Your 1ord, so that we may see the



revelation and have the way to apply what we have been seeing. Lord,be with us, even making us one spirit with You. Lord, we hate to doanything by ourselves, without You. Lord, make our speaking Yours,making our speaking Your speaking. Mindicate Your recovery by thehigh truths, by Your speaking, by Your Spirit being one with us as one

spirit. Lord, have mercy and give us grace that we can (nish thismessage. !hank You for the past. men.

*n the previous message, we saw the sub"ective application of theLords death and resurrection to us in our daily e%perience. !his is notan easy thing to grasp. *n Philippians :&5 we are charged by theapostle Paul to be conformed to the death of -hrist. Paul also told us in2omans ?:& that by the Spirit we put all the practices of our esh todeath that we may live. 'e spoke further in Galatians :)0/)concerning the application of the death of -hrist. *n verse )0 he saidthat those who are of -hrist have cruci(ed the esh with its passions

and lusts. !hen verse ) says, C*f we live by the Spirit, let us also walkby the Spirit.D !o walk by the Spirit is to be conformed to the death of-hrist by the power of the Spirit. !o apply the death and resurrection of -hrist to our daily walk sub"ectively to make us divine, to make usgolden, is by the Spirit. -hrist, the >ne who accomplished cruci(%ionand who has consummated the resurrection, became the life/givingSpirit in 'is resurrection. 'e 'imself is the life/giving Spirit 3& -or.&:0b+ ) -or. :&6.

*n the previous message concerning the pearl gates of the holy city, weused the word secretion with the picture of an oyster secreting its life/

"uice around a grain of sand to make it a pearl. -hrist today is secreting'is life/"uice around us, and this secreting is carried out by 'im as theSpirit. 1hen we apply 'is death in our daily walk, no doubt, that is bythe Spirits dispensing. !he Spirit dispenses the life/"uice of -hrist as akind of secretion, which issues in precious pearl. lso, to apply -hristsresurrection in our daily e%perience, in our daily walk, is by thebountiful supply of the Spirit of $esus -hrist. 9y this bountiful supply,Paul could live and magnify the resurrected >ne, -hrist 3Phil. &:&4/)&6.

9y all these verses, we can see that to apply both the death of -hristand the resurrection of -hrist, we have to touch the Spirit and be

touched by the Spirit. *t is only by the Spirit that we can apply -hristsdeath and resurrection sub"ectively to our daily life in our dailye%perience. #ow we want to go on to see the wall of the city and itsfoundations.

I% ITS WALL AND ITS FOUNDATIONS BEINGPRECIOUS STONES



2evelation )& shows that the wall of the city and its foundations areprecious stones 3vv. &?a, &4/)56.

A% Create .6 G7 1it0 Du2t

1e, the believers in -hrist, were created by God with dust 3Gen. ):6.

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!hrough our regeneration by the Spirit we became stones 3$ohn &:0)6.1hen Peter came to the Lord, the Lord told him he was a stone. 'e wasno longer dust.

C% Tra!257r4e i!t7 Preci7u2 St7!e29y our growth in the divine life in -hrist as the living stone 3& Pet. ):06,we are transformed into precious stones 3& -or. :&)a6.

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!his transformation takes place by the Spirit 3) -or. :&?6. 1ith -hristthere is 'is death and resurrection. 1ith the Spirit there istransformation. God is triune and 'is intention is to work 'imself intous as the gold to be the base. *n other words, 'e works 'imself into usto make us divine, golden. 9ut how can God work 'imself into us; 'edoes this by -hrists redemption and resurrection and also by theSpirits transformation. !he Aathers golden nature is the base. !heSons redemption and resurrection are the steps to work the !riune Godinto us. -hrist died on the cross with the intention of working theAather into 'is believers as the golden base. !hen in resurrection 'ebecame the life/giving Spirit to carry out the work of transformation.1e may have the base, redemption, and resurrection, but if we do nothave transformation we are still not golden. 1e are dusty, because wewere made by God in the old creation. 9ut God works 'imself into usas the gold through -hrists redemption and resurrection by thetransformation of the Spirit. !his is the working of the !riune God tobring 'imself into our being and transform us altogether into 'isimage. 'is image, ultimately, is the gold.

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2omans &):) says that we are to be transformed by the renewing ofour mind. !he mind is the main part of our soul. !he second part is theemotion, and the third is the will. !o transform us is to metabolicallychange our soul. Merse ) and the chorus of hymn H5 3'ymns6 say:God hath us regenerated *n our spirit with 'is life+ 9ut 'e must

transform us further8 *n our soul by 'is own life. Lord, transform us to !hine image *n emotion, mind, and will+ Saturate us with !hy Spirit, llour being wholly (ll.Airst, God regenerated us and now 'e is transforming us by therenewing of our mind, emotion, and will.

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Bventually, we will be fully transformed into the image of the glory of

the (rstborn Son of God 3) -or. :&?+ 2om. ?:)46. !his re=uires muche%planation, but the e%planation has already been released in the Life/study Eessages. Aor this reason * would encourage all of us to obtain aset of these messages and get into them.

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ll the stones of the holy citys wall and the (rst layer of itsfoundations are "asper 32ev. )&:&?a, &4a6, and the "asper stone

signi(es the appearance of God 30:a6, indicating that the entire city isin the appearance of God in 'is glory 3)&:&&6. !he entire city e%pressesGod.

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1hile the transformation work of the Spirit is going on in the divine life,we, the transformed precious stones, are being built up together to beone complete wall with its foundations. 1e are built up together

through the work of transformation. !ransformation is the proper wayto build up the 9ody of -hrist. *f we do not see this, how can we buildup the 9ody of -hrist; Eany speak of the 9ody of -hrist, but where isthe practicality of the 9ody; 'ow can the 9ody of -hrist be built up; *tcan be built up only by our being transformed into precious stones.1hile the transformation work is going on, we, the precious stones, arebeing built up together.



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#ow we want to see the functions of the holy citys wall and its

foundations 3)&:&)a, &06.

'% Separati7!

!he (rst function is to separate, to sanctify, the city unto God from allthings other than God, thus making the city the holy city 3)&:)a, &5b6.

&% Pr7tecti7!

!he second function of the wall of the holy city with its foundations isto protect the interest of the riches of Gods divinity on the earth andthe attainments of 'is consummation. 1hat are the riches of Godsdivinity, which need to be protected; !oday Gods divinity has beenmocked. Some say that it is a heresy to believe that we are born ofGod to be 'is children and that we are Gods family and have becomeGod in life and in nature but not in the Godhead. !o oppose this greattruth is to mock the interest of the riches of Gods divinity on the earth. !hose who do not see the riches of the Aathers divinity do not knowhow to protect them. 1hen we came to this country, we put outmessages to de(ne the divine Aather and to thus protect the riches of

the divinity of the Aather. *saiah 4:K says clearly concerning -hrist thatas the child born 'e is called the mighty God and as the son given 'eis called the eternal Aather. Some said that the Aather in this versedoes not refer to the Aather in the Godhead, but to the Aather ofeternity. !his twisting of *saiah 4:K implies that these ones believe intwo divine Aathers8the Aather in the Godhead and the Aather ofeternity. !his is really heretical. ctually, the Aather of eternity is theAather in the Godhead. part from the Aather in the Godhead there isnot another divine Aather called Cthe Aather of eternity.D 1e must putout the pure truth from the 1ord to protect the interest of the riches ofGods divinity.

nother e%ample of the need to protect the interest of the riches ofGods divinity is the opposition to the truth that -hrist today is the life/giving Spirit. Airst -orinthians &:0b emphatically says that the lastdam, -hrist in the esh, became a life/giving Spirit in resurrection.Some twist this verse, saying that it speaks of Ca life/giving Spirit,D notCthe life/giving Spirit.D 9ut besides the 'oly Spirit who gives life, isthere another Spirit who gives life; !o say that there are two Spiritsgiving life is to teach a great heresy. fter and through 'is resurrection,



-hrist became a life/giving Spirit. Nndoubtedly, the Spirit who gives lifeis the 'oly Spirit. !he wall of the city also functions to protect the attainments of -hristsconsummation. God in -hrist consummated so many things. 'econsummated incarnation, death, and resurrection. !oday some

theology mocks the reality of -hrists incarnation, death, andresurrection. !here is the need of the wall of the #ew $erusalem toprotect the attainments of 'is consummation. 'is attainments which'e consummated in 'is ascension are for the accomplishment of Godseternal economy through 'is heavenly ministry. *n 'is ascension 'ebecame the 'ead of the 9ody, the church 3-ol. &:&?6, the Lord and-hrist 3cts ):K6, and the Leader and Savior 3:&6. 'e became our'igh Priest 3'eb. 0:&06, the Eediator of the new covenant 34:&6, thesurety of the better covenant 3:))6, and the Einister in the heavenly'oly of 'olies 3?:)6. !oday in ascension 'e is also the Paraclete3dvocate6 of the #ew !estament believers 3& $ohn ):&+ $ohn &:)K6,

and our *ntercessor at the right hand of God 32om. ?:0, )K6.

II% THE COLORS OF THE TWELVE LA>ERSOF ITS FOUNDATIONS

#ow we want to see the application of the colors of the twelve layers of the foundation of the #ew $erusalem 32ev. )&:&4/)56.

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!he colors of its foundations are like the colors of the rainbow. !herainbow is Gods guarantee in 'is unfailing faithfulness that the earthwill never be destroyed by the ood of water 3Gen. 4:?/&6. 9ut the (reas a destructive element 3Gen. &4:)0/)6 will be used by God to punishall 'is enemies for eternity 32ev. &0:&5/&&+ )&:?6. *n Genesis God usedtwo kinds of elements to destroy the human/occupied earth. Airst, Godused water to make a ood to destroy the corrupted generation during#oahs age. Later, the people in Sodom and Gomorrah became evenmore evil, so God destroyed them by another element, (re. Nltimately,the lake of (re will be used for Gods destruction of all 'is opposers.Bventually, in the new heaven and new earth, there will be a new citywith the colors of a rainbow. !he rainbow is a sign of Gods guaranteethat 'e will never destroy the city. 9ut outside of the city there will bea lake of (re, where Satan and all of Gods opposers will suOer thesecond kind of destructive element forever. Aire as a destructiveelement will be used by God to punish all 'is enemies for eternity.



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!his indicates that of the two destructive elements, water and (re,used by God to destroy all 'is opposers, one of them, that is, (re, willbe used by God for this purpose for eternity, and the other, that is,

water, will be prohibited from its destructive function by the guaranteeof Gods unfailing faithfulness signi(ed by the colors of the citysfoundations. 1ater in eternity will be used by God only as an elementof life supply 3)):&/)6. 1ater will never again be used by God as adestructive element for 'is "udgment. *nstead, in the #ew $erusalemthe living water will be mans divine beverage.fter this fellowship we can see that the #ew $erusalems transformedand built up wall functions in four main ways. Airst, it sancti(es all thethings belonging to God. God would not let any of 'is things be mi%edup with the things which are not of 'im, so there is the need ofseparation. !he #ew $erusalems wall functions to separate the #ew

$erusalem unto God as something holy. !his is why it is called the holycity.Second, the wall protects. *n ancient times the cities had walls aroundthem for protection. !he wall of the holy city protects the interest ofthe riches of Gods divinity and the attainments of -hristsconsummation. !he third function of the wall is to e%press God. Gods appearance islike "asper and the light of the #ew $erusalem is like "asper, so thewhole city will e%press God. God the Aather is the gold as the base+God the Son is the gates to bring people in+ and God the Spirittransforms people to e%press God. !he base of gold is somethingwithin, but the wall can be seen. !his wall is in the color of the stonethat signi(es God, that is, "asper. 2evelation )&:&& reveals that thecitys glory is like the glory of "asper. !hat is Gods appearance. !oday,the function of the 9ody of -hrist which consummates in the #ew $erusalem is to e%press -hrist. !he fourth function of the wall with its foundations is to guaranteeGods unfailing faithfulness for eternal security. !he #ew $erusalemstanding upon the twelve layers of its foundations in the colors of therainbow guarantees Gods faithfulness.#ow we need to consider how to apply this fellowship. *n our createdstate we were dust, but God wants to transform us into somethingwhich is wonderful in 'is eyes. 9y 'is Spirit 'e transforms us throughthe renewing of our mind, emotion, and will, the components of oursoul. 1e are souls. B%odus &: says that seventy souls of $acobs familywent down to Bgypt. cts ):0& says, C!here were added on that dayabout three thousand souls.D !he soul is the natural man, the naturalman is the fallen man, and the fallen man is the man abandoned by



God. *f we want to change our status, we need transformation. *n orderto be transformed, our mind, emotion, and will must be renewed.>nce a sister told me that our church needs a hospital. * responded bytelling her that this was a natural thought from her natural mind. !hemind has to be renewed. 1e need to cut oO our unrenewed thoughts.

!he 9ody of -hrist is not here for a school or a hospital. fter we aresaved, we still have many peculiar thoughts because of our unrenewedmind. >ur mind should be broken and transformed by being renewed.*n order to e%perience the transformation of God by the Spirit, we haveto apply all the 9ible teachings to our mind. 1e have to let our mind berenewed so that it can eventually be occupied by the Spirit. Bphesians0:) says that we need to be renewed in the spirit of our mind. !hrough the spirit spreading into our mind, we are renewed for ourtransformation.lso, our mind should continually be set upon the Spirit 32om. ?:K6, andthe Spirit today is $esus -hrist. >ur mind should be set on 'im. !hen

our mind will be life and peace. *f our mind remains in its oldness,always set upon the esh, that is death. >ur natural person, composedof the mind, emotion, and will, needs to be renewed. <ay by day, weshould live a life not according to our natural concept, but according toour renewed mind. >ur mind is renewed by the word of God. >nly theword of God can renew our mind. !ransformation is a lifelong matter. *t cannot be consummated within ashort time. * have been under this renewing work for over si%ty/threeyears. 1hile * was teaching others, my mind, emotion, and will wererenewed. #ow * have a subdued will. *n the past my will was like a wildhorse without a bridle. * did whatever * liked or decided to do. 9ut

through the 9ible teachings, my mind, emotion, and will have beenrenewed. >ur stubborn will must be subdued to be a renewed will,which is so willing to submit itself to the will of God. !o daily submit ourselves to Gods will according to our renewed will isto practice a daily transformation. wife may say to her husband,C<ont you know, * have decided this three years ago; 1ho are you tochange my will;D 9ut this sister should be asked, C1ho are you tomake such a will; re you God; re you the >ne on the throne; reyou the >ne who carries out 'is administration through the goldenstreet;D 1e are not the >ne on the throne. 1e are all 'is sub"ects. 1ehave to submit ourselves to 'im. 1e must have a e%ible and subdued

will through the transformation of the Spirit. !his is the fourthapplication of this #ew $erusalem. !he fourth application is to have our entire old being renewed. !hen weaccept the suOerings which are assigned to us as our outer man isdaily consumed. 1e need to be consumed more. !he outer man isconsumed but the inner man is renewed every day 3) -or. 0:&K6. !his isthe application of the #ew $erusalem in dealing with our old man, the



outer man, our soul with our body. 1e need our outer man to beconsumed that our inner man may be renewed day by day.

THE APPLICATION OF THEINTERPRETATION OF THE NEW JERUSALEM TO THE SEEKINGBELIEVERS

MESSAGE FOUR

ITS FURNISHINGS

Scripture Reai!"# Re$% &&#'/&'#'?* &&(&9a* &@/ &&#).* @

OUTLINE

1. Its thr#ne—22:1:1. The thr#ne #f $#d and #f the am(—the redeeming $#d:

1. <#unded #n its (ase t# (e #ne with its (ase acc#rding t# $#d/s

divine nature.

2. The s#urce and g#al #f its divine administrati#n.). &ls# the s#urce #f its divine fell#wship, signified (' the street with

its c#mmunicati#n, fl#wing with its suppl'.

2. &s the center #f its divine gl#r'.2. Its temple—21:22:

1. The temple is the #rd $#d the &lmight' and the am(—the redeeming

$#d:1. The %#l' #f %#lies, as evidenced (' its dimensi#ns—21:1=.

2. <#r $#d/s redeemed elect t# w#rship and serve %im—22:)(.). T# (e the dwelling place #f $#d/s serving elect.

2. &s the h#use *palace+ #f $#d the <ather, wh# is the >ing #f 3ings, and %ish#useh#ld, %is man' s#ns, %is r#'al famil', wh# are the c#!3ings with the

<ather t# (e its reign *22:;(+ and wh# are the priests wh# serve $#d *v.

)(+7 hence, the' are the r#'al priesth##d, the 3ingl' priesth##d *1 et.2:+.

). Its light—21:2)!2-a:



1. Its light is $#d as the gl#r' and the am( as the lamp—the redeeming and

shining $#d:

1. The illuminating gl#r' #f $#d is the light within hrist.2. The redeeming hrist is the lamp c#ntaining the light.

). The entire cit' #f the New Jerusalem is the diffuser, diffusing the

divine light #ver the nati#ns #utside the cit'.2. &s the uni4ue eternal divine light in which the redeemed elect live and

m#ve within the cit', needing n#t the natural light, the sun and the m##n,

created (' $#d, n#r the artificial light made (' man—21:2), 2;7 22:;a.

Prayer: Lord, we are touching the highest and greatest matter in thewhole universe. 1e humbly say that we are not worthy to touch it.Lord, we take You as our refuge. 1e take the Lambs blood as ourvictory. 1e do not trust in what we do. 1e trust in Your mercy. 1e trustin Your blessing. 1e trust in Your presence, under Your anointing. 1etrust in Your 1ord, the living 1ord. 1e trust in Your Spirit, the all/

inclusive Spirit. 9e with us in this meeting. 1e thank You for the pastthree messages. 1e hand over this meeting into Your hand for Yourblessing. men.

* hope that we all can see that the #ew $erusalem is nothing else butGod 'imself wrought into us to be this structure. !his structure ismainly of three parts: its base, its gates, and its wall with all thefoundations. !hese are the three Persons of the <ivine !rinity. !he goldas the base of the city is God the Aather+ the pearls as the gates of thecity are God the Son+ and the wall of the city is God the Spirit. !heAather as the base, the Son as the gates, and the Spirit as the wall are

the !riune God wrought into 'is chosen people to have such a structurestanding in the universe marvelously and uni=uely. !he #ew $erusalemis the !riune God, the <ivine !rinity, as three basic factors, wrought intoand structured together with 'is redeemed as the conclusion of thewhole 9ible. * hope that many of us in the Lords recovery would goaround the globe telling people everywhere nothing else but the #ew $erusalem. ll of -hristianity needs to hear this. !hank the Lord that wehave seen the #ew $erusalem as the uni=ue conclusion of the entireholy 1ord.

*n this message we want to see the furnishings of the #ew $erusalem. *f

a building is completed, yet it is without furnishings, it still cannot beused. !he divine building is structured with three basic parts plusfurnished with three furnishings. !he three furnishings of the #ew $erusalem are the throne, the temple, and the lamp.

I% ITS THRONE



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!he (rst furnishing is the throne of the redeeming God 32ev. )):&6.

!oday there are kings and =ueens on many thrones, but the day willcome when in the entire universe there will be a central city, and thecenter of that central city will be the throne of God. !he Possessor ofthat throne will be the redeeming God, God and the Lamb. Aor eternitywe cannot forget that 'e is not only our God but also our 2edeemer.'e has redeemed us back to 'imself, and now we are centered around'is throne.

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!he throne of God is founded on a golden base, which is God 'imself. !his throne is also one with the base. !he throne and the base are one,one piece of gold 3cf. & Fings &5:&?6.

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!he throne has a source, and the throne is the source+ and the thronehas a goal, and the throne is the goal. *t is the source owing out and

the goal coming back. !his is the divine tra@c, and this tra@c is theadministration. !his tra@c, this administration, is signi(ed by a goldenstreet, which is the base itself. *f * were to ask, C<o you have a throne;Dyou should say, C*n the past * didnt have a throne, but today * do. * amnot a person without a throne in the universe. * have the throne of Godand * am in 'is administration.D

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!he throne is not only the source of Gods administration but also thesource of the divine fellowship. !he street signi(es not only the tra@cof Gods administration but also the fellowship of Gods redeemed. !hisdivine fellowship, signi(ed by the street with its communication, owswith the divine supply. !his supply is the river of the water of life and



the tree of life. !he river is for beverage, and the tree is for food, forlife supply. >ne is for =uenching, and the other is for nourishing.

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Such a throne with its administration and its fellowship is the center ofthe #ew $erusalems divine glory.

II% ITS TEMPLE

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2evelation )&:)) says, Cnd * saw no temple in it, for the Lord God thelmighty and the Lamb are its temple.D 1e need to consider why thetemple is considered a furnishing of the holy city and not part of thestructure itself. !he structure itself is called the tabernacle of God 3v.6. !he writer of 2evelation tells us that he did not see the temple.9ecause he was used to the temple, he was looking for it, but he sawno temple. *nstead, he saw that the temple was the redeeming God. !hus, the redeeming God is not only the basic factor for the structureof the #ew $erusalem but also the very central furnishing. 1e humanbeings created by God need a temple. >ur temple is the redeemingGod as a part of the furnishings of the #ew $erusalem.

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ctually, the temple here refers to the 'oly of 'olies. !his is evidencedby the measurement of the #ew $erusalem, which is the same in threedimensions8length, breadth, and height 3a cube8)&:&K68like the'oly of 'olies in the >ld !estament temple, which is the samemeasurement in three dimensions 3& Fings K:)56. !he 'oly of 'olies is

actually God 'imself.

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!he temple is for Gods people to worship 'im, to serve 'im 32ev.)):b6.



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!he holy city as the tabernacle of God is for God to dwell in, and the

redeeming God as the temple is for the redeemed saints to dwell in. *nthe new heaven and new earth, the #ew $erusalem will be a mutualdwelling place for God and man for eternity.

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!he temple is the house 3palace6 of God the Aather, who is the Fing ofkings, and of 'is household, 'is many sons, 'is royal family, who are

the co/kings with the Aather, to be its reign 3)):b6. !hese co/kings arealso the priests who serve God 3v. b6+ hence, they are the royalpriesthood, the kingly priesthood 3& Pet. ):46.9ecause the <weller and 'is children will be kings, this templebecomes a palace. Solomon built a temple for God and also a palacefor himself separately. !hese two were divided, separated. 9ut now inthe #ew $erusalem our temple and our palace are one. Gods temple isour palace. ll the folks of the same divine family live in that temple,where they worship God and live as kings, making that living place apalace. !he Aather is the Aather/Fing, and the children are the children/kings. !his is the reigning, ruling family, the royal family. !heir dwellingplace is the place not only for them to serve God but also for them tolive as kings+ it is a palace. !here has never been such a family on this earth. !he $apanese havetheir emperors, the 9ritish have their kings, but there has never been asituation where the whole family are kings. 1e believers in -hrist, whoare washed by the blood and regenerated by the Spirit, are thechildren of God who will eventually become kings. >ur Aather/Fing isthe uni=ue Aather, but 'e will have millions of successors because wewill all be 'is co/kings. 2omans :& says that by the abounding gracewe can reign in life as a king today. !he entire 9ible tells us that we,the children of God, eventually will be the children/kings in the Fingshouse. !he reign in the holy city will be not only God 'imself as theAather/Fing, but also 'is children as the co/kings with their Aather.

III% ITS LIGHT



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1e cannot live in darkness. 1e can live only in the light. !he #ew $erusalem will have a particular kind of light8the redeeming andshining God 32ev. )&:)6. !he redeeming God shines as the shiningGod. !he illuminating glory of God is the light within -hrist, and theredeeming -hrist is the lamp containing the light. God is alwayscontained in -hrist. -hrist is the uni=ue container of God. Gods glory isthe light of the city, and God is contained by -hrist as the content,shining out through -hrist.lso, the entire city of the #ew $erusalem is the diOuser, diOusing thedivine light over the nations outside the city 3v. )0a6. 1e are thediOusers to spread the light. God has spent at least si% thousand years

to build up a city, and this city needs the light. 1ithout the light, thecity is in darkness. !he illuminating light is God 'imself in 'is glorycontained in -hrist as the lamp. !his lamp is in a diOuser. !oday thisdiOuser to spread the divine light is the 9ody of -hrist. Bventually, theentire #ew $erusalem will be the diOuser of the divine light. ll thenations around the city will be under this diOusing with God as the lightof glory and -hrist as the containing lamp.

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!he light of the holy city is the uni=ue eternal divine light in which theredeemed elect live and move within the city, needing not the naturallight, the sun and the moon, created by God, nor the arti(cial lightmade by man 32ev. )&:), )+ )):a6. *n the whole universe there areonly three kinds of light. Airst, there is the natural light, the sun and themoon, created by God. !hen there is the arti(cial light made by man. !hird, there is the real light, the genuine light, which is God 'imself.2evelation tells us that in the #ew $erusalem we do not need thenatural light of the moon and the sun or the arti(cial light. !his isbecause we have the (rst/class light, which is the source of all thelight. !his light is God, shining within -hrist, diOused over all the

nations.

THE APPLICATION OF THE FURNISHINGS

!he three furnishings of the #ew $erusalem are the throne as thecenter, the temple as the palace to hold the many kings who will bethe reign in the new heaven and new earth, and the lamp with God as



the shining light in which all can live and move. #ow let us considerhow to apply these furnishings. Airst, we have to apply the throne ofGod with its administration to our daily life. Bvery day you have toreali7e that you are a person who is under the divine throne and who isalso in the divine administration. $ust remember this one thing. !his is

to apply the throne and the administration. *f you can remember thatyou are a person under the divine throne and in the divineadministration, this will change your daily life. 1ith this reali7ation youcannot be loose and uncontrolled. <ear saints, every morning you haveto apply this. You should remember: C* am a God/man under the throneof God and in the administration of God. * cannot be free. * am fullyruled, governed, by the Lord.Dlso, you have to remember that you are a member of the royal family. You are one of many kings of the kingly family. Bven when you are at arestaurant, you should remember that you are a king eating there. Youare not "ust an merican. You are a heavenly/born king. You should

never sell your royal status. *f you consider that you are a king, youwould not act lightly, talk loosely, or behave meanly. You can evenpreach the gospel with this in view. You may tell someone that you arenot merely an merican but a king. !hen you can start your preachingof the gospel by saying, C!he 9ible tells me that as a child of God * ama king.D !here are many ways to preach the gospel. 1e need this kindof vital preaching of the gospel.1e also have God in -hrist as our light. >ur natural knowledge, ournatural ability in understanding and reali7ing things, is like the light ofthe sun and the moon. Aurthermore, we have received many ClampsDfrom the teachers in high schools and universities. !hese are the

arti(cial Clamps.D *n the church life, we do not need our understandingby our natural ability or our school/taught knowledge. *nstead, we haveour God shining within us through 'is word.Psalm &&4:&5 says that the entrance of Gods word gives light. <ayafter day we have to enter into the holy word+ then we will see light.1e will not be in darkness but in the light which is God 'imself through'is word. !herefore, we should not reali7e or do anything according toour natural ability or according to all of the education we havereceived. !he more degrees we have, the more arti(cial light we have.'ere in the church life, we do not need this. 1e have God as ouruni=ue light to apply to our life.

!odays -hristians are divided by many kinds of natural and arti(ciallight. 1e must be controlled by the uni=ue, genuine, top, (rst/classlight. !his light is our redeeming and shining God. 1e must apply thislight to our daily walk. Eany of the saints e%ercise their natural abilitytoo much, even in the church life. !his is why there are murmuringsand reasonings in the church life. 1e do not need the natural and thearti(cial light. Aor the building up of the 9ody of -hrist, we walk and



live under the divine, redeeming, and shining light through the word ofGod.

THE APPLICATION OF THEINTERPRETATION OF THE NEW JERUSALEM TO THE SEEKINGBELIEVERS

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1. Its suppl' is the pr#cessed and c#nsummated Triune $#d—22:1!2:

1. Signified (' the river #f water #f life *the Spirit+ and the thr#ne #f $#d

*the <ather+ and #f the am( *the S#n+.

2. r#ceeding #ut #f the thr#ne #f $#d—the administrati#n #f the divineauth#rit'.

). ased #n the nature #f $#d, signified (' g#ld as the (ase #f $#d/s thr#ne.

-. In the middle #f its street—in its fell#wship *signified (' the street+ fr#mthe thr#ne t# the twelve gates.

;. Its main element f#r the life suppl' t# n#urish the entire cit' is the tree #f

life *signif'ing hrist+.=. In the Spirit, signified (' the river #f water #f life as the (everage suppl'

t# 4uench the thirst #f the h#l' cit'.

2. The n#urishment and the (everage #f its suppl' are f#r the see3ing (elievers/gr#wth in the divine life f#r their (uilding up t# (e the #rganic c#nstituti#n #f the

pr#cessed Triune $#d mingled with %is regenerated, transf#rmed, and gl#rifiedtripartite elect.

Prayer: Lord, we praise You for Your victory in the past messages. 1ebelieve You will shame the enemy. You will win the war. You will gainthe victory again. Strengthen us. 9e our boldness. men.*n the #ew $erusalem the number three is very striking. s we haveseen, the main structure of the city is of three factors: gold as the



base, pearls as the gates, and precious stones as the wall. !here arealso three furnishings in the holy city. !he throne refers to God theAather. !he temple refers to -hrist. *n the #ew !estament, -hrist iscalled the temple of God 32ev. )&:))+ $ohn ):&4/)&6. 1e serving onesare all dwelling in -hrist as Gods temple. 1e dwell here as the many

sons with the (rstborn Son. !he Aather is the Fing, and all the sons arethe co/kings. !he temple is the palace. lso, God the Son is the lampwith the Aather in 'im as the shining light. !his lamp is not anelectrical lamp but an oil lamp. !he oil signi(es the Spirit, so thehidden >ne of the !rinity here is the Spirit. God is the shining light,-hrist is the container of God as the lamp, and within the lamp is theoil, the Spirit. !he three factors of the structure and the three furnishings of the citysignify the !riune God. #ow we come to the third group of threesignifying the !riune God. !his group is concerning the supply of thecity. !he street as the base signi(es the Aather, the river owing with

the water of life signi(es the Spirit, and the tree of life signi(es theSon, -hrist. !hus, the basic structure of the holy city is the <ivine !rinity, its furnishings are the <ivine !rinity, and its supply is the <ivine !rinity.*n every chapter of the book of Bphesians we can see the three of the<ivine !rinity. Aor instance, in chapter one there are the Aathersblessing, -hrists blessing, and the Spirits blessing 3vv. /&06. !hen inchapter four there are the Spirit, the Lord, and the Aather as theintrinsic essence of the 9ody 3vv. 0/K6. !he three of the <ivine !rinityare the very intrinsic essence for the constitution of the 9ody of -hrist. !he entire divine revelation in the holy 1ord shows how God in 'is

<ivine !rinity dispenses 'imself into 'is chosen people. *n this last andgreatest sign in the Scriptures, the sign of the #ew $erusalem, itsstructure, furnishings, and supply are the !riune God.

I% ITS SUPPL> BEING THE PROCESSED ANDCONSUMMATED TRIUNE GOD

!he supply of the holy city is the processed and consummated !riuneGod 32ev. )):&/)6. >ur God is not a CrawD God. Some teach a God who

is raw, Cuncooked,D that is, not processed and not consummated. 9utthe very God we preach and teach is the >ne who, according to thedivine revelation, has been processed and consummated. *t is theprocessed and consummated God who can be our supply. !he !riune God passed through incarnation, human living, and an all/inclusive and all/problems/solving death. !hen 'e entered into an all/surpassing resurrection for the dispensing of life and an all/transcending ascension to e%ecute through 'is heavenly ministry what



'e accomplished in 'is earthly ministry. Bven God the Aather has beenprocessed. *n whatever the Son passed through, the Aather was with'im. !he Son told us 'e was never alone but that the Aather who sent'im was always with 'im 3$ohn ?:)4+ &K:)6. !his is the revelationconcerning the !riune God given by the Lord to the recovery. #o other

-hristians teach and preach the processed and consummated !riuneGod. *t was only within the last forty years that we began to use theterms processed and consummated to describe the !riune God.*f -hrist had not been processed, how could 'e have become a man todie on the cross to take away all our sins; *f -hrist had not beenprocessed through resurrection, how could 'e have become the life/giving Spirit; !hrough the process of incarnation God became a man, $esus. $esus was a genuine man, but through 'is death and in 'isresurrection, another two steps of 'is process, 'e became the life/giving Spirit. *f God had not become a man to take away sin, how could'e be our 2edeemer; *f 'e had not become the life/giving Spirit, how

could 'e have entered into us to be our life and our life supply; !hesupply of the city is the processed and consummated !riune God.

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!he !hird of the <ivine !rinity is signi(ed by a river. !he Aather is in theSon, and the Son is reali7ed as the Spirit, so the Spirit is the ow. !he !riune God has been consummated into one life/giving Spirit, and thisSpirit is the ow signi(ed by the river of water of life. !he supply of thecity is the Aather as the source, the Spirit as the ow, and -hrist as thecontent, typi(ed by the tree of life.

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!his river proceeds out of the throne of God. !his source is the divine

administration and the divine authority.

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1e have seen that everything we are and do in our move and work forGod needs to be based upon the golden nature of God. Bven the ow



of the <ivine !rinity is based on the golden nature. !he river is owingin the street, and the street is the base.

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!he river of water of life ows in the middle of the street, and thestreet signi(es the fellowship. !he one tree of life growing on the twosides of the river signi(es that the tree of life is a vine that spreads andproceeds along the ow of the water of life for Gods people to receiveand en"oy. !he tree of life is not a pine tree shooting up into the sky buta vine tree creeping on the earth. !his vine, the tree of life, growswithin the middle of the street and along it. !hus, in the middle of thefellowship is the tree of life.

!he street begins from the mountaintop, God, to reach all the twelvegates of the city. *n the middle of this street is the river of water of lifeto ow out the riches of God to be our supply. !his street with the riveris a two/way tra@c, coming and going, proceeding down and spiralingup. !his coming and going is the fellowship. ll who enter into the citythrough the pearl gates participate in the same fellowship. !hisfellowship begins from God as the source to reach all the twelve gates. !hat means it reaches all the ones who have entered into the city tobring them back to God.

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*ts main element for the life supply to nourish the entire city is the treeof life, signifying -hrist. t the beginning of the 9ible in the secondchapter of Genesis, the tree of life is seen as the center. 9ecause ofmans fall the way to touch that tree was closed by Gods glory,holiness, and righteousness. Later, -hrists death on the cross ful(lledall the re=uirements of Gods glory, holiness, and righteousness to

reopen the closed way to the tree of life. -hrist is our way to enter intothe city, so 'e is signi(ed by the pearl gates, which include the realityof 'is death and 'is resurrection.



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'uman beings need food as the supply to nourish them, but withoutwater they cannot survive. 1e need water as our beverage to matchthe food that we eat. ll these things are signi(ed in this great sign.

II% THE NOURISHMENT AND THEBEVERAGE OF ITS SUPPL> BEING FORTHE SEEKING BELIEVERS: GROWTH INTHE DIVINE LIFE FOR THEIR BUILDINGUP TO BE THE ORGANIC CONSTITUTIONOF THE PROCESSED TRIUNE GODMINGLED WITH HIS REGENERATED*TRANSFORMED* AND GLORIFIEDTRIPARTITE ELECT

!he tree of life is for our nourishment, and the river of water of life isfor our beverage. !he supply -hrist aOords is for our nourishment and

the water the Spirit brings to us is for our supply to satisfy us and=uench our thirst. 9ut to nourish and to satisfy are not the (nal goal.-hrist nourishes us and the Spirit =uenches our thirst for our growth inthe divine life, and the growth of the divine life is for the building up ofthe city as the organic constitution of the processed !riune Godmingled with 'is regenerated, transformed, and glori(ed tripartiteelect.-hrists nourishment and the Spirits beverage are for us to grow, andthe growth by these two supplies is for the building up of the #ew $erusalem. Bven today the #ew $erusalem is still under construction. *fwe look at todays outward situation, we can see the lack of the

building up of the 9ody of -hrist which consummates the #ew $erusalem. !his is why the Lord has charged me to release the highpeaks of 'is divine revelation. Airst, we need to release the truth thatGod became a man so that man may become God in life and in naturebut not in the Godhead. !hen we need to release the truth concerningthe #ew $erusalem. Ey burden is to release these two great truths.Since the Lord has released these high peaks of 'is truths, we have tolearn the new language to speak them. Paul and the co/workers around



him were diOerent because of what they ministered. !oday in therecovery all the co/workers must be diOerent. !hey must learn to speakthese high truths concerning Gods economy8that God became a manthat man may become God, with the #ew $erusalem as the ultimateconsummation. !his is a great miracle and a deep mystery.

!he #ew $erusalem is constructed with the !riune God as the mainfactors. *t is furnished with the !riune God as the throne, as the temple3the palace6, and as the lamp. lso, #ew $erusalem is a city supplied bythe !riune God8the Aather as the source and the base, the Spirit as theow, the river, and the Son as the main supply to nourish the entirecity. !hrough this nourishment and divine beverage we members of thenew city grow in the divine life and are built together.Arom now on we must consider that our work is a building work by thegrowth of the saints in the divine life. !he divine life is the <ivine !rinity, who is the structure, the furnishings, and the supply of the holycity. s we grow in the divine life and minister the !riune God to others

for their growth in the divine life, we are building up the 9ody of -hrist,which will consummate the #ew $erusalem. 1e need to e%perience andspeak these things. !he more we speak, the more we will have tospeak. !he more we speak, the more we will be nourished andsatis(ed. Arom now on the co/workers and the elders must know howto speak these things.

A CONCLUDING NOTE

* do e%pect that after the study, a study with a seeking heart and withan enlightened spirit, of these (ve messages, a crystalli7ation/study ofthe (nal part of the 'oly Scriptures, we all have seen clearly andevidently that the #ew $erusalem is an organic constitution of theprocessed and consummated !riune God with 'is regenerated,transformed, and glori(ed elect. *t has a threefold stress with the<ivine !rinity in the three main aspects of this organic constitution:&.!he (rst main aspect in its structure with its base signi(ed by thegold as the Aathers nature, its gates signi(ed by the pearls as theissue of the Sons redeeming death and life/dispensing resurrection,and its wall signi(ed by the precious stones as the consummation ofthe Spirits transforming work.).!he second main aspect in its furnishings with the reigning center ofthe Aather signi(ed by the throne, the abiding place of the Sonsigni(ed by the temple, and the enlightening and shining light of theSpirit signi(ed by the oil in the lamp..!he third main aspect in its supply being the ow of the <ivine !rinity+ its base and source for the ow is the Aather signi(ed by thestreet, its ow is the Spirit signi(ed by the river of the water of life, andthe element of its ow is the Son sign(ed by the tree of life.



!he entire constitution of the #ew $erusalem is the processed andconsummated !riune God built with 'is regenerated, transformed, andglori(ed elect in 'is <ivine !rinity in a threefold way. *t is impossible forsuch a constitution to be anything physical+ it has to be the <ivine !rinity in 'is threefold blending with 'is redeemed elect. Eay we

receive the eternal mercy and the su@cient grace of the unlimited-hrist that we could live a life as a foretaste of such an organicconstitution in this age for its full taste in eternity.


!he supply of the holy city is the processed and consummated !riuneGod 32ev. )):&/)6. >ur God is not a CrawD God. Some teach a God who

is raw, Cuncooked,D that is, not processed and not consummated. 9utthe very God we preach and teach is the >ne who, according to thedivine revelation, has been processed and consummated. *t is theprocessed and consummated God who can be our supply. !he !riune God passed through incarnation, human living, and an all/inclusive and all/problems/solving death. !hen 'e entered into an all/surpassing resurrection for the dispensing of life and an all/transcending ascension to e%ecute through 'is heavenly ministry what'e accomplished in 'is earthly ministry. Bven God the Aather has beenprocessed. *n whatever the Son passed through, the Aather was with'im. !he Son told us 'e was never alone but that the Aather who sent

'im was always with 'im 3$ohn ?:)4+ &K:)6. !his is the revelationconcerning the !riune God given by the Lord to the recovery. #o other-hristians teach and preach the processed and consummated !riuneGod. *t was only within the last forty years that we began to use theterms processed and consummated to describe the !riune God.*f -hrist had not been processed, how could 'e have become a man todie on the cross to take away all our sins; *f -hrist had not beenprocessed through resurrection, how could 'e have become the life/giving Spirit; !hrough the process of incarnation God became a man, $esus. $esus was a genuine man, but through 'is death and in 'isresurrection, another two steps of 'is process, 'e became the life/

giving Spirit. *f God had not become a man to take away sin, how could'e be our 2edeemer; *f 'e had not become the life/giving Spirit, howcould 'e have entered into us to be our life and our life supply; !hesupply of the city is the processed and consummated !riune God.





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Aut07rit6 !his river proceeds out of the throne of God. !his source is the divineadministration and the divine authority.


1e have seen that everything we are and do in our move and work forGod needs to be based upon the golden nature of God. Bven the ow

of the <ivine !rinity is based on the golden nature. !he river is owingin the street, and the street is the base.

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!he river of water of life ows in the middle of the street, and thestreet signi(es the fellowship. !he one tree of life growing on the twosides of the river signi(es that the tree of life is a vine that spreads andproceeds along the ow of the water of life for Gods people to receiveand en"oy. !he tree of life is not a pine tree shooting up into the sky buta vine tree creeping on the earth. !his vine, the tree of life, growswithin the middle of the street and along it. !hus, in the middle of thefellowship is the tree of life. !he street begins from the mountaintop, God, to reach all the twelvegates of the city. *n the middle of this street is the river of water of life



to ow out the riches of God to be our supply. !his street with the riveris a two/way tra@c, coming and going, proceeding down and spiralingup. !his coming and going is the fellowship. ll who enter into the citythrough the pearl gates participate in the same fellowship. !hisfellowship begins from God as the source to reach all the twelve gates.

!hat means it reaches all the ones who have entered into the city tobring them back to God.


*ts main element for the life supply to nourish the entire city is the treeof life, signifying -hrist. t the beginning of the 9ible in the secondchapter of Genesis, the tree of life is seen as the center. 9ecause of

mans fall the way to touch that tree was closed by Gods glory,holiness, and righteousness. Later, -hrists death on the cross ful(lledall the re=uirements of Gods glory, holiness, and righteousness toreopen the closed way to the tree of life. -hrist is our way to enter intothe city, so 'e is signi(ed by the pearl gates, which include the realityof 'is death and 'is resurrection.

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1. Its suppl' is the pr#cessed and c#nsummated Triune $#d—22:1!2:

1. Signified (' the river #f water #f life *the Spirit+ and the thr#ne #f $#d

*the <ather+ and #f the am( *the S#n+.2. r#ceeding #ut #f the thr#ne #f $#d—the administrati#n #f the divine

auth#rit'.

). ased #n the nature #f $#d, signified (' g#ld as the (ase #f $#d/s thr#ne.

-. In the middle #f its street—in its fell#wship *signified (' the street+ fr#mthe thr#ne t# the twelve gates.

;. Its main element f#r the life suppl' t# n#urish the entire cit' is the tree #flife *signif'ing hrist+.

=. In the Spirit, signified (' the river #f water #f life as the (everage suppl'

t# 4uench the thirst #f the h#l' cit'.

2. The n#urishment and the (everage #f its suppl' are f#r the see3ing (elievers/gr#wth in the divine life f#r their (uilding up t# (e the #rganic c#nstituti#n #f the

pr#cessed Triune $#d mingled with %is regenerated, transf#rmed, and gl#rified

tripartite elect.

Prayer: Lord, we praise You for Your victory in the past messages. 1ebelieve You will shame the enemy. You will win the war. You will gain

the victory again. Strengthen us. 9e our boldness. men.*n the #ew $erusalem the number three is very striking. s we haveseen, the main structure of the city is of three factors: gold as thebase, pearls as the gates, and precious stones as the wall. !here arealso three furnishings in the holy city. !he throne refers to God theAather. !he temple refers to -hrist. *n the #ew !estament, -hrist iscalled the temple of God 32ev. )&:))+ $ohn ):&4/)&6. 1e serving onesare all dwelling in -hrist as Gods temple. 1e dwell here as the manysons with the (rstborn Son. !he Aather is the Fing, and all the sons arethe co/kings. !he temple is the palace. lso, God the Son is the lampwith the Aather in 'im as the shining light. !his lamp is not an

electrical lamp but an oil lamp. !he oil signi(es the Spirit, so thehidden >ne of the !rinity here is the Spirit. God is the shining light,-hrist is the container of God as the lamp, and within the lamp is theoil, the Spirit. !he three factors of the structure and the three furnishings of the citysignify the !riune God. #ow we come to the third group of threesignifying the !riune God. !his group is concerning the supply of thecity. !he street as the base signi(es the Aather, the river owing with



the water of life signi(es the Spirit, and the tree of life signi(es theSon, -hrist. !hus, the basic structure of the holy city is the <ivine !rinity, its furnishings are the <ivine !rinity, and its supply is the <ivine !rinity.*n every chapter of the book of Bphesians we can see the three of the

<ivine !rinity. Aor instance, in chapter one there are the Aathersblessing, -hrists blessing, and the Spirits blessing 3vv. /&06. !hen inchapter four there are the Spirit, the Lord, and the Aather as theintrinsic essence of the 9ody 3vv. 0/K6. !he three of the <ivine !rinityare the very intrinsic essence for the constitution of the 9ody of -hrist. !he entire divine revelation in the holy 1ord shows how God in 'is<ivine !rinity dispenses 'imself into 'is chosen people. *n this last andgreatest sign in the Scriptures, the sign of the #ew $erusalem, itsstructure, furnishings, and supply are the !riune God.


!he supply of the holy city is the processed and consummated !riuneGod 32ev. )):&/)6. >ur God is not a CrawD God. Some teach a God whois raw, Cuncooked,D that is, not processed and not consummated. 9utthe very God we preach and teach is the >ne who, according to thedivine revelation, has been processed and consummated. *t is theprocessed and consummated God who can be our supply.

!he !riune God passed through incarnation, human living, and an all/inclusive and all/problems/solving death. !hen 'e entered into an all/surpassing resurrection for the dispensing of life and an all/transcending ascension to e%ecute through 'is heavenly ministry what'e accomplished in 'is earthly ministry. Bven God the Aather has beenprocessed. *n whatever the Son passed through, the Aather was with'im. !he Son told us 'e was never alone but that the Aather who sent'im was always with 'im 3$ohn ?:)4+ &K:)6. !his is the revelationconcerning the !riune God given by the Lord to the recovery. #o other-hristians teach and preach the processed and consummated !riuneGod. *t was only within the last forty years that we began to use the

terms processed and consummated to describe the !riune God.*f -hrist had not been processed, how could 'e have become a man todie on the cross to take away all our sins; *f -hrist had not beenprocessed through resurrection, how could 'e have become the life/giving Spirit; !hrough the process of incarnation God became a man, $esus. $esus was a genuine man, but through 'is death and in 'isresurrection, another two steps of 'is process, 'e became the life/giving Spirit. *f God had not become a man to take away sin, how could



'e be our 2edeemer; *f 'e had not become the life/giving Spirit, howcould 'e have entered into us to be our life and our life supply; !hesupply of the city is the processed and consummated !riune God.




!his river proceeds out of the throne of God. !his source is the divineadministration and the divine authority.

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!he river of water of life ows in the middle of the street, and thestreet signi(es the fellowship. !he one tree of life growing on the twosides of the river signi(es that the tree of life is a vine that spreads andproceeds along the ow of the water of life for Gods people to receiveand en"oy. !he tree of life is not a pine tree shooting up into the sky buta vine tree creeping on the earth. !his vine, the tree of life, grows



within the middle of the street and along it. !hus, in the middle of thefellowship is the tree of life. !he street begins from the mountaintop, God, to reach all the twelvegates of the city. *n the middle of this street is the river of water of lifeto ow out the riches of God to be our supply. !his street with the river

is a two/way tra@c, coming and going, proceeding down and spiralingup. !his coming and going is the fellowship. ll who enter into the citythrough the pearl gates participate in the same fellowship. !hisfellowship begins from God as the source to reach all the twelve gates. !hat means it reaches all the ones who have entered into the city tobring them back to God.


*ts main element for the life supply to nourish the entire city is the treeof life, signifying -hrist. t the beginning of the 9ible in the secondchapter of Genesis, the tree of life is seen as the center. 9ecause ofmans fall the way to touch that tree was closed by Gods glory,holiness, and righteousness. Later, -hrists death on the cross ful(lledall the re=uirements of Gods glory, holiness, and righteousness toreopen the closed way to the tree of life. -hrist is our way to enter intothe city, so 'e is signi(ed by the pearl gates, which include the realityof 'is death and 'is resurrection.

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OF THE PROCESSED TRIUNE GODMINGLED WITH HIS REGENERATED*TRANSFORMED* AND GLORIFIED

TRIPARTITE ELECT !he tree of life is for our nourishment, and the river of water of life isfor our beverage. !he supply -hrist aOords is for our nourishment andthe water the Spirit brings to us is for our supply to satisfy us and=uench our thirst. 9ut to nourish and to satisfy are not the (nal goal.-hrist nourishes us and the Spirit =uenches our thirst for our growth inthe divine life, and the growth of the divine life is for the building up ofthe city as the organic constitution of the processed !riune Godmingled with 'is regenerated, transformed, and glori(ed tripartiteelect.

-hrists nourishment and the Spirits beverage are for us to grow, andthe growth by these two supplies is for the building up of the #ew $erusalem. Bven today the #ew $erusalem is still under construction. *fwe look at todays outward situation, we can see the lack of thebuilding up of the 9ody of -hrist which consummates the #ew $erusalem. !his is why the Lord has charged me to release the highpeaks of 'is divine revelation. Airst, we need to release the truth thatGod became a man so that man may become God in life and in naturebut not in the Godhead. !hen we need to release the truth concerningthe #ew $erusalem. Ey burden is to release these two great truths.Since the Lord has released these high peaks of 'is truths, we have to

learn the new language to speak them. Paul and the co/workers aroundhim were diOerent because of what they ministered. !oday in therecovery all the co/workers must be diOerent. !hey must learn to speakthese high truths concerning Gods economy8that God became a manthat man may become God, with the #ew $erusalem as the ultimateconsummation. !his is a great miracle and a deep mystery. !he #ew $erusalem is constructed with the !riune God as the mainfactors. *t is furnished with the !riune God as the throne, as the temple3the palace6, and as the lamp. lso, #ew $erusalem is a city supplied bythe !riune God8the Aather as the source and the base, the Spirit as theow, the river, and the Son as the main supply to nourish the entire

city. !hrough this nourishment and divine beverage we members of thenew city grow in the divine life and are built together.Arom now on we must consider that our work is a building work by thegrowth of the saints in the divine life. !he divine life is the <ivine !rinity, who is the structure, the furnishings, and the supply of the holycity. s we grow in the divine life and minister the !riune God to othersfor their growth in the divine life, we are building up the 9ody of -hrist,which will consummate the #ew $erusalem. 1e need to e%perience and



speak these things. !he more we speak, the more we will have tospeak. !he more we speak, the more we will be nourished andsatis(ed. Arom now on the co/workers and the elders must know howto speak these things.

A CONCLUDING NOTE* do e%pect that after the study, a study with a seeking heart and withan enlightened spirit, of these (ve messages, a crystalli7ation/study ofthe (nal part of the 'oly Scriptures, we all have seen clearly andevidently that the #ew $erusalem is an organic constitution of theprocessed and consummated !riune God with 'is regenerated,transformed, and glori(ed elect. *t has a threefold stress with the<ivine !rinity in the three main aspects of this organic constitution:&.!he (rst main aspect in its structure with its base signi(ed by thegold as the Aathers nature, its gates signi(ed by the pearls as the

issue of the Sons redeeming death and life/dispensing resurrection,and its wall signi(ed by the precious stones as the consummation ofthe Spirits transforming work.).!he second main aspect in its furnishings with the reigning center ofthe Aather signi(ed by the throne, the abiding place of the Sonsigni(ed by the temple, and the enlightening and shining light of theSpirit signi(ed by the oil in the lamp..!he third main aspect in its supply being the ow of the <ivine !rinity+ its base and source for the ow is the Aather signi(ed by thestreet, its ow is the Spirit signi(ed by the river of the water of life, andthe element of its ow is the Son sign(ed by the tree of life. !he entire constitution of the #ew $erusalem is the processed andconsummated !riune God built with 'is regenerated, transformed, andglori(ed elect in 'is <ivine !rinity in a threefold way. *t is impossible forsuch a constitution to be anything physical+ it has to be the <ivine !rinity in 'is threefold blending with 'is redeemed elect. Eay wereceive the eternal mercy and the su@cient grace of the unlimited-hrist that we could live a life as a foretaste of such an organicconstitution in this age for its full taste in eternity.


!he supply of the holy city is the processed and consummated !riuneGod 32ev. )):&/)6. >ur God is not a CrawD God. Some teach a God whois raw, Cuncooked,D that is, not processed and not consummated. 9utthe very God we preach and teach is the >ne who, according to the



divine revelation, has been processed and consummated. *t is theprocessed and consummated God who can be our supply. !he !riune God passed through incarnation, human living, and an all/inclusive and all/problems/solving death. !hen 'e entered into an all/surpassing resurrection for the dispensing of life and an all/

transcending ascension to e%ecute through 'is heavenly ministry what'e accomplished in 'is earthly ministry. Bven God the Aather has beenprocessed. *n whatever the Son passed through, the Aather was with'im. !he Son told us 'e was never alone but that the Aather who sent'im was always with 'im 3$ohn ?:)4+ &K:)6. !his is the revelationconcerning the !riune God given by the Lord to the recovery. #o other-hristians teach and preach the processed and consummated !riuneGod. *t was only within the last forty years that we began to use theterms processed and consummated to describe the !riune God.*f -hrist had not been processed, how could 'e have become a man todie on the cross to take away all our sins; *f -hrist had not been

processed through resurrection, how could 'e have become the life/giving Spirit; !hrough the process of incarnation God became a man, $esus. $esus was a genuine man, but through 'is death and in 'isresurrection, another two steps of 'is process, 'e became the life/giving Spirit. *f God had not become a man to take away sin, how could'e be our 2edeemer; *f 'e had not become the life/giving Spirit, howcould 'e have entered into us to be our life and our life supply; !hesupply of the city is the processed and consummated !riune God.

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!his river proceeds out of the throne of God. !his source is the divineadministration and the divine authority.




1e have seen that everything we are and do in our move and work for

God needs to be based upon the golden nature of God. Bven the owof the <ivine !rinity is based on the golden nature. !he river is owingin the street, and the street is the base.


!he river of water of life ows in the middle of the street, and thestreet signi(es the fellowship. !he one tree of life growing on the two

sides of the river signi(es that the tree of life is a vine that spreads andproceeds along the ow of the water of life for Gods people to receiveand en"oy. !he tree of life is not a pine tree shooting up into the sky buta vine tree creeping on the earth. !his vine, the tree of life, growswithin the middle of the street and along it. !hus, in the middle of thefellowship is the tree of life. !he street begins from the mountaintop, God, to reach all the twelvegates of the city. *n the middle of this street is the river of water of lifeto ow out the riches of God to be our supply. !his street with the riveris a two/way tra@c, coming and going, proceeding down and spiralingup. !his coming and going is the fellowship. ll who enter into the citythrough the pearl gates participate in the same fellowship. !hisfellowship begins from God as the source to reach all the twelve gates. !hat means it reaches all the ones who have entered into the city tobring them back to God.


*ts main element for the life supply to nourish the entire city is the treeof life, signifying -hrist. t the beginning of the 9ible in the secondchapter of Genesis, the tree of life is seen as the center. 9ecause ofmans fall the way to touch that tree was closed by Gods glory,holiness, and righteousness. Later, -hrists death on the cross ful(lledall the re=uirements of Gods glory, holiness, and righteousness toreopen the closed way to the tree of life. -hrist is our way to enter into



the city, so 'e is signi(ed by the pearl gates, which include the realityof 'is death and 'is resurrection.

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II% THE NOURISHMENT AND THEBEVERAGE OF ITS SUPPL> BEING FORTHE SEEKING BELIEVERS: GROWTH INTHE DIVINE LIFE FOR THEIR BUILDINGUP TO BE THE ORGANIC CONSTITUTIONOF THE PROCESSED TRIUNE GODMINGLED WITH HIS REGENERATED*TRANSFORMED* AND GLORIFIEDTRIPARTITE ELECT

!he tree of life is for our nourishment, and the river of water of life isfor our beverage. !he supply -hrist aOords is for our nourishment andthe water the Spirit brings to us is for our supply to satisfy us and=uench our thirst. 9ut to nourish and to satisfy are not the (nal goal.-hrist nourishes us and the Spirit =uenches our thirst for our growth inthe divine life, and the growth of the divine life is for the building up ofthe city as the organic constitution of the processed !riune Godmingled with 'is regenerated, transformed, and glori(ed tripartiteelect.-hrists nourishment and the Spirits beverage are for us to grow, and

the growth by these two supplies is for the building up of the #ew $erusalem. Bven today the #ew $erusalem is still under construction. *fwe look at todays outward situation, we can see the lack of thebuilding up of the 9ody of -hrist which consummates the #ew $erusalem. !his is why the Lord has charged me to release the highpeaks of 'is divine revelation. Airst, we need to release the truth thatGod became a man so that man may become God in life and in nature



but not in the Godhead. !hen we need to release the truth concerningthe #ew $erusalem. Ey burden is to release these two great truths.Since the Lord has released these high peaks of 'is truths, we have tolearn the new language to speak them. Paul and the co/workers aroundhim were diOerent because of what they ministered. !oday in the

recovery all the co/workers must be diOerent. !hey must learn to speakthese high truths concerning Gods economy8that God became a manthat man may become God, with the #ew $erusalem as the ultimateconsummation. !his is a great miracle and a deep mystery. !he #ew $erusalem is constructed with the !riune God as the mainfactors. *t is furnished with the !riune God as the throne, as the temple3the palace6, and as the lamp. lso, #ew $erusalem is a city supplied bythe !riune God8the Aather as the source and the base, the Spirit as theow, the river, and the Son as the main supply to nourish the entirecity. !hrough this nourishment and divine beverage we members of thenew city grow in the divine life and are built together.

Arom now on we must consider that our work is a building work by thegrowth of the saints in the divine life. !he divine life is the <ivine !rinity, who is the structure, the furnishings, and the supply of the holycity. s we grow in the divine life and minister the !riune God to othersfor their growth in the divine life, we are building up the 9ody of -hrist,which will consummate the #ew $erusalem. 1e need to e%perience andspeak these things. !he more we speak, the more we will have tospeak. !he more we speak, the more we will be nourished andsatis(ed. Arom now on the co/workers and the elders must know howto speak these things.

A CONCLUDING NOTE

* do e%pect that after the study, a study with a seeking heart and withan enlightened spirit, of these (ve messages, a crystalli7ation/study ofthe (nal part of the 'oly Scriptures, we all have seen clearly andevidently that the #ew $erusalem is an organic constitution of theprocessed and consummated !riune God with 'is regenerated,transformed, and glori(ed elect. *t has a threefold stress with the<ivine !rinity in the three main aspects of this organic constitution:&.!he (rst main aspect in its structure with its base signi(ed by thegold as the Aathers nature, its gates signi(ed by the pearls as theissue of the Sons redeeming death and life/dispensing resurrection,and its wall signi(ed by the precious stones as the consummation ofthe Spirits transforming work.).!he second main aspect in its furnishings with the reigning center ofthe Aather signi(ed by the throne, the abiding place of the Sonsigni(ed by the temple, and the enlightening and shining light of theSpirit signi(ed by the oil in the lamp.



.!he third main aspect in its supply being the ow of the <ivine !rinity+ its base and source for the ow is the Aather signi(ed by thestreet, its ow is the Spirit signi(ed by the river of the water of life, andthe element of its ow is the Son sign(ed by the tree of life. !he entire constitution of the #ew $erusalem is the processed and

consummated !riune God built with 'is regenerated, transformed, andglori(ed elect in 'is <ivine !rinity in a threefold way. *t is impossible forsuch a constitution to be anything physical+ it has to be the <ivine !rinity in 'is threefold blending with 'is redeemed elect. Eay wereceive the eternal mercy and the su@cient grace of the unlimited-hrist that we could live a life as a foretaste of such an organicconstitution in this age for its full taste in eternity.

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