New Jerusalem Comes Forth from the Maturity of God’s Life in His People

New Jerusalem is heavenly but eventually it will come out of heaven and be on earth. Because New Jerusalem is heavenly, we should not try to understand it with earthly concepts based on our outward environment.

Colossians 3:2 instructs us, “Set your mind on the things which are above, not on the things which are on the earth.” To set our mind on the things above includes to set our mind on God’s word. Many portions of His word give us a preview of New Jerusalem.

One preview is the Body of Christ, a living organism brought forth in resurrection. The Body of Christ is portrayed in figure by our human body which is wholly constituted by life and grows by a supply of life. Today “we who are many are one Body in Christ” (Rom. 12:5).

New Jerusalem is the consummation of the Body of Christ. It is a living city composed of God in Christ who has lived and grown to fullness in all the believers and continues to live in them eternally. View New Jerusalem as the full-grown realization of the Body of Christ, not as a physical, material city.

Bible verses quoted in these posts are from The Holy Bible, Recovery Version, published and © by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim CA, 2003. The text of this Bible is at text.recoveryversion.bible; this too is © by LSM.

Posted by Don on February 2, 2024

https://newjerusalem12.wordpress.com/2024/02/02/new-jerusalem-comes-forth-from-the-maturity-of-gods-life-in-his-people/

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