The Lord Jesus is portrayed in the New Jerusalem….First, He is the Lamb (22:1). Even in eternity the Lord Jesus will always be remembered as the Lamb who died for our redemption, who shed His blood for us, and who gave Himself as the very food of life to satisfy us. Second, this Lamb is also the lamp, in whom God is the light (21:23; 22:5). The lamp is the vessel of God, containing God and expressing God….Third, this very Christ is the tree of life (v. 2), the source of all life supply. In the church life we must have Christ as the Lamb, the lamp, and the tree of life. Fourth, Christ is even the temple of the city (21:22).*
1: “He showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street.”
2: “The glory of God illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb.”
3: “On this side and on that side of the river was the tree of life.”
4: “I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.”
Revelation 22:1; 21:23; 22:2; 21:22
Not only in New Jerusalem, but also today the Lord Jesus is our redeeming Lamb. “We have redemption through His blood” (Eph. 1:7). He is our light of life. “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men” and “I am the light of the world” (John 1:4; 8:12).
Also today, as well as in New Jerusalem, He is the tree of life, our life nourishment. “I am the bread of life” (John 6:48). Fourth, we are in Him (Phil. 3:9; 4:13). The Lord Jesus will be fully manifested in New Jerusalem; He should also be manifested in our present living.
* Excerpt from The Vision of God’s Building by Witness Lee, chapter 19, © LSM.
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