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The Daily Word of Righteousness
One in Christ in God, #9
Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted to thee, the forces of the Gentiles [nations] shall come unto thee. (Isaiah 60:5)
The rising of the Lord on His people and the putting of His Glory on them causes them to "flow together."
When the disciples are in one accord and the Glory of God is abiding on them, believers by the multitudes are added to the Church (Acts 2:1,2, 43-47).
The Glory of God in Christ is the life-giving water that pours out from under the threshold of Ezekiel's temple. The extent to which the Holy Spirit flows to the world is related to the degree of unity that God has created among the believers and to the amount of Glory that God has given them.
As true unity in Christ increases, the Glory of God increases. As the Glory of God increases, true unity in Christ increases. An increase in one brings an increase in the other.
As the unity and the glory increase, the Son of God, Christ, is revealed to the world, and God is glorified in Him. God has glorified His Son in order that His Son may glorify God.
God has glorified His name once in Christ and He will glorify it again (John 12:28; 17:1). The first glorification was in Christ, the Head. The second glorification will take place as the authority and power of the Head are revealed in the Body. The best is yet to come. He has kept the good wine until now. The greater works are at hand.
The new Jerusalem is described in Revelation, Chapters 21 and 22. Chapter 22, verse 1, tells of the River of Life. The perfected Church descends from Heaven, having the Glory of God (Revelation 21:11). At this point the city of Jerusalem has become the Lamb's Wife, the dwelling place of God among people (Revelation 21:2,3).
There is no temple in the new Jerusalem because the city itself is the eternal Tabernacle of God. God has taken up His abode in and with His saints, and they will be in Him and with Him, and He in them, to the ages of ages.
From the viewpoint of the rest of the world, the new Jerusalem is the place where God lives and where the nations can come and pay tribute to God Almighty (Revelation 21:24).
God's Temple forever is Christ—Head and Body. The victorious saints are pillars in that temple and will never again depart from the fullness of His Glory—never, never again!
The entire area is "holiness to the Lord" (Joel 3:17; Zechariah 8:3). Mount Zion has been established in the earth, and God and His Christ have come to live here eternally (Ezekiel 37:26-28). The River of Life, which always is "full of water," is now available to all who will drink. The Tree of Life, which is Christ, and those who are part of Him, provides food and healing for the nations of the earth.
To be continued.