Scripture Reading: Ezek. 1:4; Rev. 4:3; 22:1; 21:23; 2 Cor. 4:6-7; Rev. 21:10-11
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The issue of the blowing of the wind, the covering of the cloud, and the burning of the fire is the glowing electrum—the radiant expression of the redeeming God—Ezek. 1:4:
A
Electrum is an alloy of gold and silver; gold signifies the nature of God, and silver signifies redemption:
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Our God is not merely the divine Being signified by the gold; He is also the redeeming God signified by the silver—cf. Rev. 4:3.
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According to the book of Revelation, the One on the throne is not just God and not just the Lamb but the Lamb-God, the redeeming God—22:1:
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There is one throne for both God and the Lamb; this indicates that God and the Lamb are one—the Lamb-God, the redeeming God, God the Redeemer.
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God as the light is in the Lamb as the lamp—21:23:
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Without the Lamb as the lamp, God's shining over us would kill us—1 Tim. 6:16; Psa. 104:1-2a; 1 John 1:5.
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The Lamb as the lamp expresses God as light in a very pleasant and approachable way.
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Because the divine light shines through the Redeemer, the light is lovable, and we even walk in this light—v. 7.
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As the electrum, the Lord Jesus is the One who has redeemed us and who is everything to us—Col. 1:14; 2:9-10; 3:4, 11b.
B
The issue of the spiritual transactions involving the blowing wind, the covering cloud, and the purifying fire is the radiant expression of the redeeming God—Ezek. 1:4:
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The electrum appears from the midst of the fire; this indicates that the burning of the fire is for the manifestation of the electrum.
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After we have experienced the wind, the cloud, and the fire, the only thing that remains is the glowing electrum, the redeeming God.
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The more we pass through God's wind, cloud, and fire, the more the Lord is manifested in us in a dignified and glorious way, and we sense that He alone is precious, lovely, bright, and majestic—Matt. 17:1-8; 2 Pet. 1:16-17.
C
The One signified by the glowing electrum, the Lamb-God, dwells within us as a priceless treasure—2 Cor. 4:7:
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The experience of the wind, the cloud, and the fire has made it possible for us to have Him, the redeeming God, within us as the glowing electrum.
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As the electrum within us, the Lord is the treasure of incomparable worth—a treasure that is wonderful, marvelous, precious, and glorious.
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God's shining (dispensing) in our hearts brings into us a treasure, the Christ of glory, who is the embodiment of the Triune God to be our life and our everything—v. 6.
D
The more we experience the blowing wind, the covering cloud, and the consuming fire, the more the electrum is constituted into our being, making us a people who are filled with the Triune God and who manifest His glory—Eph. 3:16-21.
Ⅱ
The spiritual history of every Christian should be a story of the wind, the cloud, the fire, and the electrum—Ezek. 1:4:
A
Every time we are graced by the Lord, we have spiritual transactions with Him involving the wind, the cloud, the fire, and the electrum.
B
Throughout our Christian life, our spiritual experiences should be a continual cycle involving the wind, the cloud, the fire, and the electrum; every time this cycle is repeated, more electrum is brought forth.
Ⅲ
As we experience the blowing wind, the overshadowing cloud, the burning fire, and the glowing electrum, we become the vision of the glory of God—vv. 1, 28b; Rev. 21:10-11:
A
If in our personal spiritual experience we have the wind, the cloud, the fire, and the electrum, then whenever we gather together we will be the vision of the electrum, having a precious treasure in us that is shining and glowing.
B
"Whatever we experience, enjoy, and realize of our Lord Jesus Christ is also our experience, enjoyment, and realization of the Triune God. He is revealed to such a great extent, and we must experience and enjoy Him to such an extent. Our enjoyment then becomes His testimony, and this living testimony is the present revelation of Jesus Christ. Firstly He is revealed, then we enjoy Him and become His testimony, and eventually our testimony becomes His present revelation" (God's New Testament Economy, pp. 235-236).