弗三9～11　 并将那历世历代隐藏在创造万有之神里的奥秘有何等的经纶，向众人照明，为要借着召会，使诸天界里执政的、掌权的，现今得知神万般的智慧，这是照着祂在我们的主基督耶稣里，所立的永远定旨。

　　Eph. 3:9-11 And to enlighten all that they may see what the economy of the mystery is, which throughout the ages has been hidden in God, who created all things, in order that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenlies the multifarious wisdom of God might be made known through the church, according to the eternal purpose which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

　　神在历世历代只作一件事，就是要把祂自己作到人里面去。…神为何造宇宙？为何造人类？祂为何造你？神要成就什么事？这个乃是大问题。假如神要作一件事，你不知道，那么你作基督徒，就作得没有意思。或者你想神的心意，乃是要你得到喜乐平安，这些不错，但这不是神的中心。神不光要给你平安、祝福、赦罪、永生等等，神中心的思想乃是要把祂自己作到人里面。神在旧造和新造里最终的目的是什么？乃是要把祂自己作到人里面。这是神的目的，神的救赎乃是为着这个目的。祂造天地宇宙，让人住在其中；祂得着人的目的，乃是要把祂自己作到人里面（倪柝声恢复职事过程中信息记录上册，一○一至一○二页）。

　　Throughout the ages, God has only one work, and that is to work Himself into man…. Why did God create the universe? Why did He create man? Why did He create you? What is God trying to accomplish? This is an important question. If God wants to do something, and you do not know about it, your Christian life is meaningless. You may think that God's intention is for you to have joy and peace. It is true that God wants you to have joy and peace, but these things are not God's center. God is not merely giving you peace, blessings, forgiveness, eternal life, and so forth; His central thought is to work Himself into man. What is the ultimate goal of God in the old creation as well as in the new? It is to work Himself into man. This is God's goal. God's redemption is for this goal. He created the universe in order to put man in it, and the purpose for Him to have man is to work Himself into him. (Messages Given During the Resumption of Watchman Nee's Ministry, volume 1, pp 101-102)

　　神新约的经纶是祂的计划，要在祂的三一里将自己分赐到祂所拣选的人里面。神怎样在祂的三一里将自己分赐到祂的子民里面？这分赐有三个步骤。首先，这是出于父神。父是源头，起源。其次，这分赐是借着子神，祂是流道。第三，神的分赐是在灵神里，祂是凭借和范围。经过出于父神、借着子神、并在灵神里这些步骤，神就将自己分赐到祂所拣选的人里面。

　　God's New Testament economy to dispense Himself into His chosen people is for the producing of the church (Eph. 3:10). This dispensing brings forth the church for the manifestation of the multifarious wisdom of God according to His eternal purpose made in Christ (Eph. 3:9-11). This means that through the dispensing of God in His trinity the church is produced to exhibit God's manifold wisdom.

　　The church today is the kingdom of God.... 1 Corinthians 4:17 and 20 show that the kingdom is the church life today. In verse 17 Paul refers to his ways “which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church.” Then in verse 20 he says, “The kingdom of God is not in speech, but in power.” These verses show that the kingdom of God is the church everywhere, and the church everywhere is the kingdom.

　　The church as the kingdom of God will have a consummation, and this consummation will be the New Jerusalem for the eternal expression of the Triune God. Revelation 21:2 says, “I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.” The New Jerusalem is a living composition of all the saints redeemed by God throughout all generations. It is the bride of Christ as His counterpart (John 3:29) and the holy city of God as His habitation. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, Volume 1, pp 20-21)