The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity for the Divine Economy
Message Two
Experiencing the Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity by Living
in the Divine Romance
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
John 3:29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom…
Rev. 19:7 Let us rejoice and exult, and let us give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.
S. S. 6:4 You are as beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as terrible as an army with banners.
Word of Appetizer
How can we experience the divine dispensing of the Divine Trinity by living in the divine romance?
In Song of Songs we see the relationship between the experience of the divine dispensing and living in the divine romance; because the seeking one in Song of Songs loves her beloved so much, she experiences the divine dispensing, and there is a continual change in her growth in life. Whatever one loves, his whole heart, even his whole being, is set on and occupied and possessed by; that is, to let our entire being be occupied by Him and lost in Him, so that He becomes everything to us and we are one with Him practically in our daily life.
Spiritual Burden
In the maturity of Christ’s life, the lover of Christ becomes the Shulammite, signifying that she has become the reproduction and duplication of Christ to match Him for their marriage.
When we consider how to arrive at the high peak of the divine revelation—God becoming man to make man God in life and nature—we should not trust in ourselves but depend on the Lord as love, power, and mercy to make us vessels of mercy, honor, and glory.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
The Bible is a romance, in the most pure and the most holy sense, of a universal couple—God in Christ as
the Bridegroom and God’s redeemed people as the bride.
In Song of Songs we see the relationship between the experience of the divine dispensing and living in the divine romance.
Tirzah and Jerusalem signify God’s sanctuary, God’s dwelling place, with God’s holy city surrounding it to be its safeguard.
In the maturity of Christ’s life, the lover of Christ becomes the Shulammite, signifying that she has become the reproduction and duplication of Christ to match Him for their marriage.
The Experience of Life
1 Cor. 2:9 …”Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard and which have not come up in man’s heart; things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
To love God means to set our entire being—spirit, soul, and body, with the heart, soul, mind, and strength (Mark 12:30)—absolutely on Him, that is, to let our entire being be occupied by Him and lost in Him, so that He becomes everything to us and we are one with Him practically in our daily life. In this way we have the closest and most intimate fellowship with God, and we are able to enter into His heart and apprehend all its secrets.
Practice and Application
If we would keep God’s courting word, we need a responsive, affectionate love for Him; if there is no romance between us and the Lord Jesus, then we are religious Christians, not romantic Christians.
We need to arrive at the high peak of the divine revelation—God becoming man to make man God in life and nature—we should not trust in ourselves but depend on the Lord as love, power, and mercy to make us vessels of mercy, honor, and glory. To love the Lord Jesus is to appreciate Him, to direct our being toward Him, to open to Him, to enjoy Him, to give Him the first place, to be one with Him, to live Him, and to become Him.
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
Day 1
T1 The Bible is a romance of a universal couple (John 3:29)
(Please illustrate that the male of this couple is God Himself, the female of this couple is God’s redeemed people, including all the saints of the Old Testament and the New Testament.)
T2 After the record of God’s creation, we find the story of a marriage (Gen. 2:22; Matt. 25:6)
(Please illustrate the typological significance of Adam and Eve. )
Day 2
T1 God created man with the purpose of having a counterpart (Gen. 1:26)
(Please illustrate that there will be a mutual relationship of love between God and mankind, those created to be His counterpart. )
T2 The entire Bible is a divine romance (2 Cor. 11:2)
(Please illustrate that the entire New Testament was written in the way of romance and courtship.)
Day 3
T1 [In the first three chapters of Song of Songs] the Lord used at least eight figures to describe His seeking one (S. S. 2:2, 14, 3:6)
(Please illustrate that the figures indicate the growth in life and the transformation of life.)
T2 The way to enjoy Christ as life is simply to love Him as a wonderful person (S. S. 1:4)
(Please illustrate what is the way to enjoy and experience Christ as life in Song of Songs. )
Day 4
T1 To realize and participate in the deep and hidden things of God requires us to love Him (1 Cor. 2:9)
(Please illustrate that what it means to love God.)
T2 The Shulammite is a figure of us as the reproduction of Christ (2 Cor. 3:18)
(Please illustrate the New Jerusalem is the consummated Shulammite.)
Day 5
T1 After she lived in ascension, the seeker of Christ has reached her highest attainment (S. S. 6:4)
(Please illustrate which four things she became in her attainment as the consummation of her transformation.)
T2 The lover of Christ becomes mature in the riches of the life of Christ so that she becomes not only a garden to Christ but also the sanctuary of God (1 Cor. 3:9)
(Why it is said that ” to be mature in the life of Christ is a great thing? )
Day 6
T1 Spirituality is for the building up of the corporate city (Eph. 4:15-16)
(Please illustrate that all our spirituality must be for the building.)
T2 The lover’s maturity in life is for God’s building (S. S. 6:4)
(Please illustrate the process that the lover goes through to reach maturity in life is for God’s building.)
