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.
|
Item |
The Lord Jesus Becoming Flesh |
Christ Becoming the Life-giving
Spirit |
The Triune God Becoming the New
Jerusalem |
|
Theme |
God entering
into humanity |
The processed
Christ becoming experiential |
The processed and consummated Triune God as corporate
expression |
|
Meaning |
God put on
humanity to begin His process |
Christ became
the Spirit to give life |
God and
redeemed humanity built together as one |
|
Reason |
God desired to
be united with man |
God desired to
dispense Himself into believers |
God desired an
eternal dwelling and expression |
|
Illustration |
God
tabernacling in the flesh |
Breath, air,
life supply |
God expanded
into a city |
|
Function |
To accomplish
redemption |
To impart
divine life |
To produce
eternal building |
|
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 |
|
Result |
Redemption
accomplished; resurrection entered |
The church
produced; believers enlivened |
The New
Jerusalem as ultimate consummation |
|
Relationship |
The beginning
of the divine process |
The
consummation of the process |
The corporate
issue of the consummation |
|
Examples |
Manger, human
living, the cross |
Breathing,
outpouring, indwelling |
City, precious
stones, river of life |
|
Application |
Receive Christ as
Emmanuel |
Live by the
Spirit, enjoy life supply |
Participate in
God’s building |
|
Burden |
Not mere doctrine of incarnation |
Not objective teaching, but subjective experience |
Not future only, but present building |
|
Prophesying Guidance |
Proclaim: God has entered man |
Proclaim: Christ as the Spirit lives in me |
Proclaim: I am being built into God’s dwelling |
|
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 |
|
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.