New Jerusalem, a Mingling of Divinity & Humanity
Revelation 21:3, “the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will tabernacle with them.”
Revelation 21:22b, “the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are [New Jerusalem’s] temple.”
Revelation 21:23b, “the glory of God illumined [New Jerusalem], and its lamp is the Lamb.”
Our Triune God is our lamp, our light, and our temple in whom we serve. We dwell in Him, and He shines within us. We are His tabernacle in whom He dwells, and He is our temple in whom we dwell. He is also our lamp and our light who shines from within us through the lamp. He is in us, and we are in Him. This is a mingling of the divine Spirit with our human spirit. In our human spirit He dwells in us, the tabernacle, and we dwell in Him, the divine Spirit reaching us, the temple.*
The mingling of the divine Spirit with our human spirit is 1 Corinthians 6:17, “he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.” This mingling began when we were born again; “that which is born of the [divine] Spirit is [our human] spirit” (John 3:6). As a result, “The Spirit Himself witnesses with our spirit that we are children of God” (Rom. 8:16).
This mingling grows through our Christian life and into the coming ages with a consummation as New Jerusalem. The growth includes the renewing in the spirit of our mind by the renewing Spirit within us (Eph. 4:23; Titus 3:5).
Even today the Spirit imparts life into our mortal bodies (Rom. 8:11), which will be fully transfigured when the Lord Jesus returns in glory (Phil. 3:21). In New Jerusalem our entire being will be mingled with the Spirit; without any trace of mortality!
* From chapter 37, Witness Lee, God’s New Testament Economy, published by Living Stream Ministry, © Witness Lee, 1986.
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Posted by Don on May 17, 2023
