A Life in Resurrection, Now and New Jerusalem
Revelation 21:17 tells us, “He [an angel] measured its [New Jerusalem’s] wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits, a measure of a man, that is, of an angel.”
It is in resurrection that man will be like the angels (Matt. 22:30). Hence, “a measure of a man, that is, of an angel” signifies that the wall of the city is not natural but in resurrection. The principle of resurrection is that the natural life is killed and the divine life rises up in its place. This is resurrection. The wall of the city is not only measured according to the divine nature [a golden reed in 21:15] but is also according to resurrection.*
Resurrection has two sides: the natural life eliminated and the divine life as the replacement. This is Galatians 2:20, “I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.”
My natural life is “crucified with Christ” and I no longer live the natural life, but I live by Christ living in me. This living is for now and will continue fully into New Jerusalem.
* Life-Study of the New Testament, Conclusion Messages: The Church, the Kingdom, and the New Jerusalem, message 261, p. 2722, by Witness Lee. Published 1998 and © by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, California.
Posted by Don on January 17, 2025
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