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#For we all with unveiled face reflecting as in a mirror full

Ephesians 2:7 speaks of the manifestation in the coming age, that God “might display in the ages to come the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.” God is manifested through created, redeemed, and regenerated man.

#For we all with unveiled face reflecting as in a mirror full

We turn our heart from everything else to the Lord that we “beholding and reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord” my express the glory of New Jerusalem to others now.įirst Peter 2:8 says, “”you exult with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory.” This exulting is our current manifestation of Jesus Christ with the glory that characterizes New Jerusalem. This is accomplished by the participation of all the members. This manifestation was individual by the Lord Jesus in the gospels and is corporate today by the church and will be much greater with New Jerusalem.įirst Corinthians 14 speaks about the manifestation of God in proper church meetings.

The expression of God is “God manifested in the flesh” (1 Tim. “That they all may be one even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us that the world may believe that You have sent Me” (v. The Lord Jesus prayed for this in John 17. 1:11).Īnother attribute of God to be expressed today and in New Jerusalem is oneness. For God’s expression today, we can be “filled with the fruit of righteousness, which is through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God” (Phil. Man was created with God’s image to be able to express God’s many attributes. For His manifestation today, Revelation 1 presents “seven golden lampstands.” New Jerusalem is God’s eternal golden lampstand. Ephesians 3:10 tells us that “ now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenlies the multifarious wisdom of God might be made known through the church.” Verse 11 says this is according to God’s eternal purpose. God’s ultimate manifestation will be New Jerusalem. The consummate fulfillment will be New Jerusalem, radiating the glory of God. These present examples, now and at the Lord’s return, of the fulfillment of God’s purpose in creating man. Here is one nugget from each post in this group, with a key verse and a link to the post. Genesis 1:26: “ God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness.” Man was created to be able to receive God as His life and, by living that life, to express God in man’s humanity. * From chapter 34, Witness Lee, God’s New Testament Economy, published by Living Stream Ministry, © Witness Lee, 1986. We are being transformed from the natural image of the fallen Adamic race to the glory of the Lord! This is the work of the Spirit in us in response to our cooperation in turning to the Lord and beholding His glory. The turning to the Lord, unveiling, freedom, beholding and reflecting the Lord, and transformation all bring us onward toward New Jerusalem, the city of glory. While we are looking at the Lord, we are being transformed.* The more we look at the Lord, the more He secretes the resurrected life over our being. Now with an unveiled face we look at the Lord. This means that our heart has turned to the Lord so that the veil has been taken away, and the Lord as the Spirit has freed us from the bondage, the veiling, of the law, so that there is no more insulation between us and the Lord. Originally, our face was veiled, but many of us today have unveiled faces. Verse 18 indicates that we need to behold the Lord with an unveiled face. We behold His glory by turning our heart to the Lord and exercising our regenerated human spirit. Until the Lord returns, His glory is not physically manifest. Second Corinthians 3:16-18, “Whenever their heart turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. And the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. But we all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.”