The fifth kind of righteousness is found when the last traces of the adamic nature are removed from us and we are living by the Life of Jesus Christ. To attain to such righteousness is an accomplishment so superior to anything else available to the human being that comparison is not possible.

To have the very Life of Christ as our life, in both our inward nature and our body, is to dwell in the land of promise, in the rest of God. All joy has become ours. We forever are an integral part of the new Jerusalem and bring the holy city wherever we go. Paradise follows us and is maintained by us just as eternally is true of the Lord Jesus.

The fifth kind of righteousness is accomplished as we enter the spiritual fulfillment of the Jewish feast of Tabernacles. The spiritual fulfillment of Tabernacles, which, as we have said, is equivalent to the fifth kind of righteousness, is set forth in the twelfth chapter of the Book of Isaiah:

In that day you will say: "I will praise you, O LORD. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me. Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation." With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. In that day you will say: "Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted. Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world. Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you." (Isaiah 12:1-6—NIV)

At this point your life has become so filled with Christ there is nothing left of your old nature. This is the mark, the heavenly calling toward which we are to press at all times. Old things have passed away. All things have become new and are of God.

God Himself has become our strength, our joy, our song, and our righteousness. As soon as such fullness is true of us, and our physical body has been made alive and then clothed with our house from Heaven, our salvation is complete.

We have made some pretty strong statements in the above essay. Would you like to go to the Lord Jesus and see if what we are saying is really coming from Him?

Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear. (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints.) (Revelation 19:7,8—NIV)

Truthfulness.

Covenant keeping.

Sincerity.

Purity of personality and behavior.

Gentleness.

Kindness.

Mercy.

A forgiving nature.

Honesty.

Justice and fairness of behavior.

Being slow to anger.

Being a peacemaker.

A wholesome fear of God.

Obedience to God.

Faithfulness.

Courage.

Avoiding spiritism and the occult.

Patience.

Endurance, Humility, Self-control, “Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints.” (from Five Kinds of Righteousness).