The Lord Jesus Becoming Flesh VS Christ Becoming the Life-giving Spirit VS The Triune God Becoming the New Jerusalem
John 1:14 The Word became flesh and pitched his tabernacle among us, full of grace and reality. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father.
1 Corinthians 15:45 So it is written: “The first man, Adam, became a living soul; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.”
Matthew 16:18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome her.
Ephesians 3:17 That Christ might make his home in you through faith, that you might be rooted and established in love.
Revelation 21:2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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Item |
The Lord Jesus Becoming Flesh |
Christ Becoming the Life-giving Spirit |
The Triune God Becoming the New Jerusalem |
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Theme |
God entering into humanity |
The processed Christ becoming experiential |
The processed and consummated Triune God as corporate expression |
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Meaning |
God put on humanity to begin His process |
Christ became the Spirit to give life |
God and redeemed humanity built together as one |
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Reason |
God desired to be united with man |
God desired to dispense Himself into believers |
God desired an eternal dwelling and expression |
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Illustration |
God tabernacling in the flesh |
Breath, air, life supply |
God expanded into a city |
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Function |
To accomplish redemption |
To impart divine life |
To produce eternal building |
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Explanation |
Incarnation includes human living and crucifixion |
In resurrection Christ became the Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45) |
The Triune God wrought into His redeemed people |
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Result |
Redemption accomplished; resurrection entered |
The church produced; believers enlivened |
The New Jerusalem as ultimate consummation |
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Relationship |
The beginning of the divine process |
The consummation of the process |
The corporate issue of the consummation |
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Examples |
Manger, human living, the cross |
Breathing, outpouring, indwelling |
City, precious stones, river of life |
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Application |
Receive Christ as Emmanuel |
Live by the Spirit, enjoy life supply |
Participate in God’s building |
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Burden |
Not mere doctrine of incarnation |
Not objective teaching, but subjective experience |
Not future only, but present building |
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Prophesying Guidance |
Proclaim: God has entered man |
Proclaim: Christ as the Spirit lives in me |
Proclaim: I am being built into God’s dwelling |
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Conclusion |
Incarnation initiates God’s economy |
The life-giving Spirit is the key of God’s economy |
The New Jerusalem is the consummation of God’s economy |
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Scriptures |
John 1:14; Matt. 1:23; Heb. 2:14 |
1 Cor. 15:45; 2 Cor. 3:17; John 7:39 |
Rev. 21:2, 10–11, 18–21; 22:17 |
Spiritual Summary (One Sentence):
Incarnation enables God to enter into man; the life-giving Spirit enables God to be dispensed into man; the New Jerusalem is God and man built together for eternal expression.
Divine Economy Flow
Incarnation:
→ Human living & crucifixion
→ Resurrection
→ Life-giving Spirit
→ Baptized into the Triune God
→ Organic union & life dispensing
→ Building of the
church
→ New Jerusalem (ultimate
consummation)
Key Spiritual Reminders:
- Baptism is not a ritual, but an entrance into the processed and consummated Triune God.
- The Spirit is the totality and aggregate of all that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are.
- The New Jerusalem is not a physical place, but the built-up Triune God mingled with His redeemed people.
*Please refer to the 2025 Thanksgiving International Conference on the Synthesis of Christ, the All-Inclusive Christ Revealed in the Gospel of Matthew, Part Four: Christ as the Center of the Processed Triune God.
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