By dwelling eternally in a tabernacle that is material in outer form the invisible God is given Substance. He then can be seen by humans, by angels, by all His creatures. His holy, fiery Glory can be observed in material form.

The Lord Jesus Christ is the chief Cornerstone of the eternal Temple of God. The members of the Body of Christ, the Wife of the Lamb, are living stones in the Temple of God. In this form God can dwell among the people whom He has created and wipe away their tears.

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. (Revelation 21:3)

God dwelling in Christ in the saints can govern and bless other people, having fellowship with them. God loves all His children but there is a great gap between Him and them. That gap can be bridged only by a person who has met God's standards, in whom God is dwelling.

The Lord Jesus Christ is that great Bridge, Jacob's ladder that reaches from earth to Heaven. The ladder always is "set up on the earth" and the angels of God ascend and descend on it.

The members of the Body of Christ are being created "Jacob's ladder." The entire Body is born of humanity and also of Divinity so God in Christ in us can rule, bless, and have fellowship with His creatures. This is the Kingdom of God and it is an eternal kingdom.

The marriage of the Lamb is the eternal union of the saints with the Lord Jesus and God in Him. Perhaps it would not have been possible for such a union, such a kingdom, to be accomplished in the spirit realm only. In any case, Christ was born as a Human.

Each of us is born as a human. It is in this realm, the material realm, that Christ and we are pounded, pounded, pounded together until we are one new creation in Christ in God. The new creation is the indissoluble union of Christ and the saint. The new creation is both human and Divine. The new creation is the Kingdom of God.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God,.... (II Corinthians 5:17,18)

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life that I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)

For in Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature [creation]. (Galatians 6:15)

The deepest mystery of all is that God is multiplying Himself and is bringing Himself into a new dimension. There is a Man seated on the highest throne of Heaven; not an angel, or a cherub, but a Human Being. That Man still is clothed in the body that walked along the shores of Galilee, for the cave of Joseph of Arimathea is empty. Those who have seen Him say that the marks of the nails can be seen in His hands and His feet.

To be continued.