«　WEEK 4　DAY 2　»

　　Psa. 45:13-14 The king’s daughter is all glorious within the royal abode; her garment is a woven work in-wrought with gold. She will be led to the King in embroidered clothing…

　　Rev. 19:7-8 …The marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready. And it was given to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints.

　　The righteousness we received for our salvation is objective and enables us to meet the requirement of the righteous God, whereas…the righteousnesses of the overcoming saints are subjective (Phil. 3:9) and enable them to meet the requirement of the overcoming Christ. In Psalm 45:13-14 the queen has two garments: one corresponds with the objective righteousness, which is for our salvation, and the other with the subjective righteousnesses, which are for our victory. (Rev. 19:8, footnote 2)

　　All spiritual experiences come first from believing what Christ has accomplished and then by obeying the Spirit’s leading. Christ’s accomplishments cause us to gain the position; the Spirit’s leading causes us to gain the experiences.

　　At the time of Christ’s second coming, there will be the Lamb of God on the objective side. There will also be the bride of the Lamb, “clothed in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints” (Rev. 19:8). This is the subjective aspect. (CWWN, vol. 10, pp. 561-562)

　　The passover in the Old Testament shows us that God’s salvation has the redeeming aspect and the saving aspect. The redeeming aspect, signified by the blood of the lamb, is according to God’s judicial requirement; the saving aspect, signified by the flesh of the lamb, is according to God’s organic provision of life.

　　Once a week we come to the Lord’s table, and on the table the bread and the cup are displayed. The cup, signifying the blood that the Lord shed for our sins, is for meeting the need of redemption; hence, it is related to the judicial aspect of God’s salvation. The bread, signifying the Lord as the bread of life, is related to the organic aspect of God’s salvation…. In the type of the passover in the Old Testament, the children of Israel sprinkled the blood of the lamb and ate the flesh of the lamb. However, in the fulfillment of the passover in the New Testament, we drink the Lord’s blood and eat the Lord’s flesh. To drink the blood is judicial for redemption; to eat the flesh is organic for the move after receiving redemption. When the Lord established His table before His death, He used the bread and the cup as symbols (Matt. 26:26-28). When we eat the bread and drink the cup, this signifies that we eat the Lord’s flesh and drink the Lord’s blood. The total result of these two items is that we receive God as our eternal life…(cf. John 6:54). Therefore, we eat and drink the Lord in order that we may have Him as our eternal life. Only by the drinking of the blood, which is judicial, and by the eating of the flesh, which is organic, can the goal of God’s salvation be accomplished. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 3, “The Organic Aspect of God’s Salvation,” pp. 387-388)

　　God’s full salvation revealed in Romans consists of two sections:…the redemption accomplished for us by Christ’s death, and…the saving afforded us by Christ’s life…. Redemption, justification, and reconciliation, which are accomplished outside of us by the death of Christ, redeem us objectively; sanctification, transformation, and conformation, which are accomplished within us by the working of Christ’s life, save us subjectively. Objective redemption redeems us positionally from condemnation and eternal punishment; subjective salvation saves us dispositionally from our old man, our self, and our natural life. (Rom. 5:10, footnote 2)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 3, “The Organic Aspect of God’s Salvation,” chs. 1-2