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Second Corinthians 3:18 says, “We all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit”; Romans 12:2a speaks of our being transformed by the renewing of the mind.
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Philippians 2:15 speaks of our being blameless and guileless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom we shine as luminaries in the world.
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The Lord Jesus Christ will transfigure the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of His glory, according to His operation by which He is able even to subject all things to Himself—3:21.
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When Christ is manifested, we will be like Him wholly, perfectly, and absolutely, because we will see Him even as He is—1 John 3:2b.
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All this will consummate in the New Jerusalem; Revelation 4:3 says, “He [God] who was sitting was like a jasper stone”; the appearance of God, the One sitting on the throne, is like jasper.
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According to Revelation 21, the New Jerusalem’s light is like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone (v. 11b); the building work of its wall is jasper, and the first foundation of the wall is also jasper (vv. 18a, 19):
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Eventually, God and man, man and God, all have the appearance of jasper; thus, the conclusion and consummation of the Bible is the New Jerusalem—divinity mingled with humanity; divinity becomes the dwelling place of humanity, and humanity becomes the home of divinity.
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In this city the glory of God is manifested in man, brightly and splendidly; now we are in the process of being deified to become the New Jerusalem and to bear the same appearance of God—jasper—vv. 11, 23.
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At the end of this age, we are teaching and preaching the truth that God became a man in order to make man God, the same as He is in life and in nature but not in the Godhead; it is a great blessing to hear this truth.
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Eventually, the God-men will be the victors, the overcomers, the Zion within Jerusalem; having a God-man living in all the details of our daily life will bring in a new revival that has never been seen in history, and this will end this age—read Psalm 48:2 and footnote 1.
Morning Nourishment
1 John 3:2 …We know that if He is manifested, we will be like Him because we will see Him even as He is.Rev. 4:3 And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance…
21:11 Having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, as clear as crystal.
Second Corinthians 3:18 says, “We all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.” Romans 12:2a speaks of our being transformed by the renewing of the mind. He as God has done a lot to make Himself in the form and likeness of man. Now He intends to transform us into the same image and conform us to the image of the Son of God.
Philippians 2:15 speaks of our being blameless and guileless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom we shine as luminaries in the world. (Life-study of 1 & 2 Chronicles, p. 88)
Today’s Reading
We know that if Christ is manifested, we will be like Him wholly, perfectly, and absolutely because we will see Him even as He is (1 John 3:2b)….All this will consummate in the New Jerusalem. Revelation 4:3 says, “He [God] who was sitting was like a jasper stone.” This tells us that the appearance of God, the One sitting on the throne, is like jasper.According to Revelation 21 the New Jerusalem’s light is like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone (v. lib). The building work of its wall is jasper, and the first foundation of the wall is also jasper (vv. 18a, 19). The wall is jasper, the first foundation of the wall is jasper, the light of the city is jasper, and God on the throne is like jasper. Eventually God and man, man and God, all have the appearance of jasper. This is the conclusion of the Bible. The consummation of the Bible is the New Jerusalem— divinity mingled with humanity. Divinity becomes the dwelling place of humanity, and humanity becomes the home of divinity. In this city the glory of God is manifested in man, brightly and splendidly. We will be there, and we are on the way. We are in the process of being made “a piece of God,” to look the same as God—jasper.
When we think of ourselves as God-men, this thinking, this realization, revolutionizes us in our daily experience. For example, a brother may be unhappy with his wife. But he remembers that he is a God-man, and immediately his attitude is changed. Then he will desire to be a God-man husband. In God’s view mankind is a negative term referring to fallen man. As believers in Christ and children of God, we are not mankind—we are God-man kind….This is the highest point of God’s gospel.
According to this gospel, we were fallen, yet Christ died for us. If we believe in Him and receive Him, we will have the eternal life to be the sons of God. Christians today admit that all the believers in Christ are the sons of God or the children of God, but they do not dare admit that the believers in Christ are God. At the end of this age, we are teaching and preaching the truth that God became a man in order to make man God, the same as He is in life and in nature but not in the Godhead. It is a great blessing to hear this truth. After hearing that God wants a group of God-men, how can you be content to be anything else? What do you want to be? Do you want to be a typical Chinese or a typical American? Do you want to be merely a Christian or a believer in Christ? We should all declare that we want to live the life of a God-man. Eventually, the God-men will be the victors, the overcomers, the Zion within Jerusalem. This will bring in a new revival which has never been seen in history, and this will end this age. (Life-study of 1 & 2 Chronicles, pp. 88-89, 27-28)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 1, “The Central Line of the Divine Revelation,” ch. 5