The Four Elements Generated by the All-inclusive Death of the Triune
God
John 20:17 "Jesus said to
her, 'Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, "I am ascending
to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God."'"
Matthew 28:10 "Then Jesus said to them,
'Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they
will see Me.'"
Romans 8:29 "For whom He
foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He
might be the firstborn among many brethren."
Romans 8:29 "For whom He
foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He
might be the firstborn among many brethren."
John 1:12-13 "But as many
as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those
who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the
flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."
2 Corinthians 3:17 "Now
the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
Exodus 30:22-25 The type of the holy anointing oil (olive oil compounded with four spices):
"Moreover the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 'Take
for yourself quality spices—five hundred shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much
sweet-smelling cinnamon (two hundred and fifty shekels), two hundred and fifty
shekels of sweet-smelling cane, five hundred shekels of cassia, according to
the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil. And you shall make from
these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the
perfumer.'"
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Element |
Meaning |
Explanation |
Examples |
Application |
Interrelationship |
Relevant
Scripture References |
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The Resurrection for the Church |
Christ's
resurrection not only raised Him from the dead but also produced the church
as God's corporate expression |
When Christ
resurrected, He called His disciples brothers, indicating a new life
relationship that became the foundation of the church |
Christ
appearing to His disciples after resurrection and calling them brothers |
Believers
express Christ's resurrection power and life in church life |
The church is
the sphere and expression where the other three elements (the Firstborn Son
of God, the many sons of God, and the life-giving Spirit) operate |
1 Peter 1:3 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead" |
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The Firstborn Son of God |
Christ in
resurrection became God's Firstborn Son, the first man fully glorified in
both divinity and humanity |
Christ,
originally the only begotten Son of God, through death and resurrection
became the Firstborn Son, pioneering a new realm—the realm of the God-man |
Christ being
begotten as God's Firstborn Son in resurrection with His humanity |
Believers,
through union with Christ, participate in His status and glory as the
Firstborn |
As the
Firstborn, Christ is the pattern, life source, and elder Brother to the many
sons |
Psalm 2:7 "I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, 'You
are My Son, Today I have begotten You.'" Acts 13:33 "God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He
has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm: 'You are My
Son, Today I have begotten You.'" |
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The Many Sons of God |
Believers,
through Christ's resurrection, become God's many sons, possessing the same
life and nature as Christ |
At Christ's
resurrection, all the chosen ones were regenerated to become children of God,
having the same divine life as Christ |
Believers
become children of God through regeneration, possessing God's life and
nature, but not His Godhead |
Believers
express the life of God's sons in daily living, having the sonship and inheritance
rights |
As God's many
sons, believers are joint heirs with Christ, the Firstborn Son of God |
Hebrews 2:10-12 "For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by
whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of
their salvation perfect through sufferings. For both He who sanctifies and
those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not
ashamed to call them brethren, saying: 'I will declare Your name to My
brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You.'"
1 Corinthians 15:45b
"The last Adam became a life-giving spirit."
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The Life-giving Spirit |
Christ in
resurrection became the life-giving Spirit to impart divine life to believers |
Christ became
the life-giving Spirit in resurrection to enter into believers and impart
divine life to them |
Christ as the
life-giving Spirit dwelling in believers, giving them God's life and nature |
Believers are
transformed into Christ's image by daily contacting, experiencing, and
enjoying this life-giving Spirit |
The life-giving
Spirit is the reality and application of all other aspects of the Triune God,
enabling believers to experience and enjoy the Triune God practically |
Overall
Interrelationship of the Four Elements:
These four aspects—the Resurrection for the
Church, the Firstborn Son of God, the many sons of God, and the life-giving
Spirit—are products of the all-inclusive death of the Triune God, and they have
a close interrelationship:
1. Organic Relationship: Christ
as the Firstborn Son of God is the Head, the many sons of God are the Body,
together constituting the church; while the life-giving Spirit is the reality
and executor of all these.
2. Life Relationship: The
life-giving Spirit imparts the life of Christ, the Firstborn Son, to the many
sons of God, enabling the many sons to live out the life of the Firstborn and
express the Triune God in the church.
3. Economical
Relationship: These four aspects together accomplish God's eternal
economy—to work Himself in Christ into man, making man the same as Him in life
and nature but not in Godhead, thereby obtaining His corporate expression.
4. Process Relationship: Christ,
through death and resurrection, became God's Firstborn Son, enabling believers
to become God's many sons; simultaneously, He became the life-giving Spirit,
dwelling in believers and constituting them as the church.
Conclusion
The four elements generated by the
all-inclusive death of the Triune God—the Resurrection for the Church, the
Firstborn Son of God, the many sons of God, and the life-giving Spirit—reveal
the profound mystery of God's eternal plan and the implementation of His divine
economy.
These elements demonstrate how the Triune
God has undergone a process from eternity to eternity—from divinity into
humanity, through death and resurrection, becoming the compound Spirit dwelling
in believers, and obtaining His corporate expression in the church.
Christ in resurrection became the Firstborn
Son of God, pioneering a new realm of life.
Believers through Christ's resurrection are
regenerated to become the many sons of God, partaking of God's life and nature.
The life-giving Spirit is the processed
Triune God, bearing all the elements of Christ's death and resurrection.
The Church as the expression of all these is
the testimony of the mingling of the Triune God with man.
Together, these four elements unveil the complete
journey of the Triune God—from Godhead into humanity, through death and
resurrection, becoming the compound Spirit to dwell in believers, and gaining
His corporate expression in the church.
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