Scripture Reading: John 1:1, 14; 3:3, 5, 13; 7:39; 14:1, 10-11; 16:33
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The Gospel of John is a mystical book, and the entire record in John is a mystical record of the divine and mystical life, revealing the divine and mystical realm—1:1, 14; 3:3, 5, 13; 14:1; 16:33:
A
The Gospel of John is a divine and mystical book written by a divine and mys- tical person to present a vision of the divine and mystical realm of the Triune God and of the consummated Spirit.
B
Because John is a mystical book, we need to understand it in a mystical way when we read it.
C
All the saints in the Lord's recovery need to have a clear view concerning the physical realm and the divine and mystical realm—Eph. 1:17-23.
D
We need to enter into a realm that is much higher than the physical realm; this higher realm is the divine and mystical realm.
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The Triune God Himself is a divine and mystical realm; the three of the Divine Trinity are self-existing, ever-existing, coexisting, and coinhering, and as such, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are a divine and mystical realm—John 14:10-11; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14.
Ⅲ
We need to live in the divine and mystical realm of the consummated Spirit—John 7:39; Gal. 3:14; Rom. 8:9; 2 Cor. 3:17-18:
A
The divine and mystical realm into which we may enter is the divine and mys- tical realm of the consummated Spirit—a realm that has a number of “compli- cations,” all of which are blessings for us to experience and enjoy—Phil. 1:19; Rom. 8:9; 2 Cor. 3:17-18; Gal. 3:14.
B
The consummated Spirit typified by the compound Spirit is the divine and mys- tical realm, and we should learn to live in this realm—Exo. 30:22-33; 1 John 2:20, 27.
C
In the divine and mystical realm of the consummated Spirit, we receive the Spirit as the unique, all-inclusive blessing—Gal. 3:14, 2, 5.
D
In the divine and mystical realm of the consummated Spirit, we receive the trans- mission of the ascended Christ and the supply of His heavenly ministry—Eph. 1:22; Heb. 8:1-2.
E
In the divine and mystical realm of the consummated Spirit, we experience God's organic salvation—Rom. 5:10.
F
In the divine and mystical realm of the consummated Spirit, we live a spontane- ous and effortless Christian life according to the automatic function of the law of life—8:2.
G
In the divine and mystical realm of the consummated Spirit, we become divine and mystical persons, living simultaneously in the physical realm and in the divine and mystical realm—John 3:13; Heb. 4:16; 13:13.
H
In the divine and mystical realm of the consummated Spirit, we live a life of truthfulness as the expression of the revealed divine reality—2 John 1; 3 John 3; John 4:23-24.
I
In the divine and mystical realm of the consummated Spirit, we live in the king- dom of God as the realm of the divine species—3:3, 5.
J
In the divine and mystical realm of the consummated Spirit, we live in divine fellowship; this is the reality of living in the Body of Christ—1 John 1:3, 7; Acts 2:42; Rom. 12:5.
K
In the divine and mystical realm of the consummated Spirit, we are mingled with the Triune God for the keeping of the oneness—John 17:21; Eph. 4:3-6:
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The genuine oneness is in the Triune God—John 17:21:
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The oneness of the believers is actually the oneness of the Triune God.
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It is only in the Triune God that we can be perfected into one—v. 23.
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The genuine oneness is the mingling of the believers with the Triune God— Eph. 3:14—4:6:
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To have this oneness, we must be in the Triune God as the divine and mystical realm.
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The believers are one with the Triune God in the divine and mystical realm of the consummated Spirit—Gal. 3:14; Rom. 8:9; 2 Cor. 3:17-18.
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In our experience we actually become part of the divine and mystical realm—John 14:2-3; 15:1, 4; Eph. 4:4-6:
A
We become part of the divine and mystical realm through regeneration, by which we were born into the divine and mystical realm—John 3:5-6.
B
We become part of the divine and mystical realm by participating in God's life (v. 15; Col. 3:4), nature (Eph. 1:4; 2 Pet. 1:4), mind (Eph. 4:23; Phil. 2:5), being (2 Cor. 3:18b; Eph. 3:8), image (2 Cor. 3:18a; Rom. 8:29), glory (v. 30; Heb. 2:10), sonship (Eph. 1:5; Rom. 8:23), manifestation (v. 19), and likeness (1 John 3:2).
C
We become part of the divine and mystical realm by being built up in the Body of Christ, which consummates the New Jerusalem—Eph. 4:16; Rev. 21:2, 10-11:
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The Body of Christ is the divine and mystical realm, and the more we are in the reality of the Body of Christ, the more we are in the divine and mystical realm—Rom. 12:4-5; 1 Cor. 12:12-13, 27; Eph. 1:22-23; 4:16.
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The Body of Christ consummates the New Jerusalem as the divine and mys- tical realm in the new heaven and new earth for eternity—Rev. 21:1-2, 10-11.
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In order to live in and become part of the divine and mystical realm of the consummated Spirit, we need to experience the dividing of the soul from the spirit—Heb. 4:12.