CHAPTER FIVE

“THE SPIRIT HIMSELF WITH OUR SPIRIT” THE KEY TO OPEN THE EIGHT SECTIONS OF THE ORGANIC SALVATION OF GOD

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OUTLINE

7. To open the seventh section of conformation:
   1. Conformation is the consummation of transformation. Transformation is a gradual work to transform us into the glorious image of Christ (2 Cor. 3:18) that needs a consummation and this consummation is the conformation to conform the transformed believers to the image of the firstborn Son of God-the first God-man-Rom. 8:29.
   2. Such a conformation is the full growth of the processed Triune God-the Father embodied in the Son and the Son realized as the Spirit-as the divine life in Christ (Col. 1:28) that grows in the believers unto maturity.
   3. It is also the full-grown man at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ-Eph. 4:13.
8. To open the eighth section of glorification:
   1. Glorification is the final step of God’s organic salvation in Christ which brings the conformed believers into God’s glory-Rom. 8:18, 21; Heb. 2:10; 1 Pet. 5:10.
   2. Such a glorification is the saturating of God’s glory from within the believers like the inking of the sealing which the believers received at their salvation-Eph. 1:13; 4:30.
   3. Such a glorification is to transfigure our body of humiliation to be conformed to the body of His glory (Phil. 3:21). Hence, it is called the redemption of the believers‘ body-Eph. 4:30; Rom. 8:23.
   4. Such a glorification, the redemption of our body, is the full enjoyment of our sonship-Rom. 8:23.
9. To open the additional section of the sevenfold intensified organic salvation of God:
   Note-The three sections of Christ’s ministry:
   1. The first section of His earthly ministry, accomplished by Him, judicially in the physical realm, as the Christ in the flesh from His incarnation to His death within His human age of thirty-three and a half years.
   2. The second section of His heavenly ministry, carried out by Him, organically in the mystical realm, as the Christ as the life-giving Spirit from His resurrection to the end of the millennium within the age of the church and the age of the kingdom.
   3. The third section of His sevenfold intensified heavenly ministry, carried out by Him, sevenfold intensified organically in the mystical realm, as the Christ as the sevenfold intensified life-giving Spirit from the degradation of the church to the coming of the new heaven and new earth.
1. To:
   1. Save the believers in the church in Ephesus from the formal church life, which has lost the first love to the Lord, the shining capacity of the lampstand, and the enjoyment of Christ as life, to become overcomers so that they will be rewarded to eat of the tree of life in the Paradise of God-the New Jerusalem in the kingdom age-Rev. 2:1-7.
   2. Strengthen the suffering believers in the church in Smyrna to overcome the persecution by being martyred so that they will be rewarded not to taste the second death during the kingdom age-Rev. 2:8-11.
   3. Sanctify the believers in the church in Pergamos from the union with the world and from the teachings of Balaam and the Nicolaitans to be the overcomers so that they may be rewarded to eat the hidden manna and to have a white stone upon which a new name will be written in the kingdom age-Rev. 2:12-17.
   4. Rescue the believers in the church in Thyatira from idol worship, fornication, demonic teachings, and the deep things of Satan to be the overcomers so that they may be rewarded with the authority over the nations in the kingdom age-Rev. 2:18-29.
   5. Revive the believers in the church in Sardis from their dead and dying condition to be the overcomers so that they may be rewarded with walking with the Lord in white and with not having their names erased from the book of life but confessed by the Lord before the Father and His angels in the kingdom age-Rev. 3:1-6.
   6. Encourage the believers in the church in Philadelphia to hold fast what they have that no one take their crown to be the overcomers so that they may be rewarded to be a pillar in the temple of God with the name of God and the name of the New Jerusalem and the new name of the Lord written upon them in the kingdom age-Rev. 3:7-13.
   7. Awake the believers in the church in Laodicea from their lukewarm and Christless condition, exhorting them to pay the price for the refined gold, white garments, and eyesalve and to open their door to the knocking Lord to be the overcomers so that they may be rewarded to sit on the throne of the Lord in the kingdom age-Rev. 3:14-22.
2. By:
   1. The speaking of the unlimited, life-releasing, sevenfold intensified pneumatic Christ (the Lamb with the seven Spirits as His eyes-Rev. 5:6) to the seven churches at the beginning of each epistle respectively becoming the speaking of the sevenfold intensified, all-inclusive, life-giving Spirit to all the seven churches at the end of each epistle universally-Rev. 2:1, 7, 8, 11, 12, 17, 18, 29; 3:1, 6, 7, 13, 14, 22.
   2. The participation of the overcoming saints who are living in their spirit-Rev. 1:10; 4:2; 17:3; 21:10.
3. For:
   1. The complete preparation of the Bride for Christ the Bridegroom to have His triumphant wedding in the millennium for His satisfaction according to His good pleasure-Rev. 19:7-9.
   2. The formation of the bridal army for Christ to defeat and destroy His top enemies in humanity, the Antichrist and his false prophet-Rev. 19:11-21; 17:14.
   3. The binding of Satan and the casting of him into the abyss for one thousand years-Rev. 20:1-3.
   4. The bringing in of the kingdom of Christ and of God, which will be the millennium-Rev. 20:4-6.
   5. The initial consummation of the New Jerusalem in the millennium (Rev. 2:7) and its full consummation in the new heaven and new earth (Rev. 21:2).
4. The final outcome-the ultimately consummated Spirit as the consummation of the processed Triune God becomes the Bridegroom and the aggregate of the overcoming saints becomes the bride of the universal romance between the redeeming God and His redeemed man as the conclusion of the entire Scriptures-Rev. 22:17.