A Summary of the Revelation in the Bible (1)
Bible Verses
Eph 1:5 Predestinating us unto sonship through Jesus Christ to
Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, (9)
Making known to us the mystery of His will according to His
good pleasure, which He purposed in Himself, (10) Unto the
economy of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in
Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth,
in Him;
Words of Ministry [Part 1 of 2]
The Bible reveals that God had an eternal plan and that this
plan eventually became His economy. God's plan is to have a
group of human beings who are regenerated with the divine life
become His sons and the members of Christ so that the Triune
God in Christ may have a Body through which to express Himself.
God's plan is accomplished through Christ's incarnation, human
living, and all-inclusive death to terminate everything of the
old creation so that He may germinate His chosen people in
resurrection. In His resurrection Christ became the life-
giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45) so that He may propagate Himself
as the processed Triune God to produce the Body. After His
resurrection Christ ascended to the heavens, and there He was
made the Lord and Christ (Acts 2:36). In His resurrection the
Lord had already breathed Himself as the Spirit into His
chosen people essentially (John 20:22). Then in His ascension
He poured out Himself as the all-inclusive consummated Spirit
upon them economically.
Therefore, everything has been fulfilled and accomplished:
incarnation, human living, the all-inclusive death, the life-
giving and propagating resurrection, the breathing of the
life-giving Spirit essentially, the ascension, and the pouring
out of the consummated Spirit economically. Because all this
has been accomplished, the church has been produced.
[Continued tomorrow]
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from
Witness Lee, Life-study of Acts, p. 503. Both are
Published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim. (Repeat 6/14/01)
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