An Overview of the Central Burden and Present Truth
of the Lord’s Recovery before His Appearing
Message Three
God Building Himself in Christ into Our Being
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
2 Sam. 7:12-14 When your days are fulfilled and you sleep with your fathers, I will raise up your seed after you, which will come forth from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. It is he who will build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his Father, and he will be My son…
16-17 That He would grant you…to be strengthened with power through His Spirit into the inner man, that Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith…
Word of Appetizer
What does 2 Samuel 7:12-14a show us by the unveiling of a prophecy through typology?
It shows us that we need God to build up Christ into our intrinsic constitution so that our entire being will be reconstituted with Christ. This organic building up of the church as the Body of Christ through the process of spiritual metabolism is actually what Jehovah prophesied to David in the way of typology in 2 Samuel 7:12-14a. It is only through this process that human beings can be transformed into sons of God. It is only through this process that something human—the human seed—can become divine—the sons of God.
Spiritual Burden
The apostle’s prayer in Ephesians 3 reveals that for the fulfillment of God’s eternal economy, we need the Father, according to the riches of His glory, to strengthen us with power through His Spirit into the inner man, that Christ may build Himself into our hearts, occupying our entire being, that we might be filled unto all the fullness of God.
If we realize that God desires to work Himself into His chosen people, then the goal of our work will be to minister the building and builded God into others so that the Triune God may build Himself into their being.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
Second Samuel 7:12-14a is the unveiling of a prophecy through typology showing us that we need God to build up Christ into our intrinsic constitution so that our entire being will be reconstituted with Christ.
The believers, who have been regenerated in Christ with God’s life, are God’s cultivated land, a farm in God’s new creation to grow Christ that precious materials may be produced for God’s building.
The apostle’s prayer in Ephesians 3 reveals that for the fulfillment of God’s eternal economy, we need the Father, according to the riches of His glory, to strengthen us with power through His Spirit into the inner man, that Christ may build Himself into our hearts, occupying our entire being, that we might be filled unto all the fullness of God.
Eventually, the Triune God and redeemed humanity will be mingled, blended, and built up as one entity—the New Jerusalem.
The Experience of Life
When we enjoy the “now” Christ by eating, drinking, and breathing Him, a metabolic process takes place within us, and Christ is constituted into our being.
If we remain in our soul, in our natural man, there will not be any utrients for the growth of the divine seed, but if we are strengthened into our inner man and if we pay attention to our spirit and exercise our spirit, the nutrients will be supplied, and Christ will make His home in our hearts.
Practice and Application
In order for God’s building to take place, we need to receive, digest, and assimilate the organic, pneumatic Christ, who is the life-giving Spirit, as our spiritual food, drink, and breath.
We need to practice one thing—to minister the processed and consummated Triune God into others so that He may build Himself into their inner man; we need to pray that the Lord will teach us to work in this way.
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
Day 1
T1 Chapter 7 simply indicates that God does not need us to build anything for Him (2 Sam. 7:12-14)
(2 Samuel 7 is the unveiling of a prophecy through typology. What does it show us?）
T2 God’s building Himself into our being is altogether an organic matter (John 6:57; 7:37; 20:22)
(Please illustrate that transformation is a metabolic process that changes us by adding some new element into our being and discharging the old element.)
Day 2
T1 Not building the church with our natural makeup (1 Cor. 3:9, 12)
(Please illustrate that the more we grow, the more we will become gold, silver, and precious stones for God’s building.）
T2 In order to grow, the seed must be sown into good soil (Matt. 13:23)
(Please illustrate with the parable of the sower in Matthew 13 that God’s building Himself in Christ into us has very much to do with what we are.)
Day 3
T1 We are rooted in Christ so that He may make His home in our hearts (Eph. 3:16-19)
(Please illustrate that Christ is not only in us but that He is also making His home downward in our heart.）
T2 Christ has the desire to occupy every room of our heart and every corner of every room (Eph. 3:16-19)
(Please illustrate that our heart is like a house that has four rooms, and these rooms are the mind, the emotion, the will, and the conscience.)
Day 4
T1 It is not adequate to be according to God’s heart, we must have God wrought into us (2 Sam. 7:12; Eph. 3:7)
(Please illustrate that the fall of David illustrates the fact that even if we are a person according to God, if we do not have God wrought into us, we are no better than others.）
T2 Our work in the recovery today is to minister God to people (Matt. 16:18; Eph. 2:21-22)
(Please illustrate that the God whom we minister is not just the building God—He is also the builded God.)
Day 5
T1 A seed of man, that is, a son of a man, can become the Son of God (2 Sam. 7:14; Rom. 1:3-4)
(Please illustrate that this implies that God’s intention is to make Himself man in order to make man God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead.）
T2 Christ, a descendant of David, has been designated the Son of God (2 Sam. 7:14; Rom. 1:3-4)
(Please illustrate that what is revealed in 2 Samuel 7 is expounded by Paul in Romans 1:3-4.)
Day 6
T1 The conclusion of the divine revelation in the Bible is a building, the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:2, 18-19)
(Please illustrate that this building is a blending and mingling of divinity with humanity. This is proved by the description of the New Jerusalem in Revelation 21.）
T2 The New Jerusalem adorned with pure gold, pearls, and precious stones, that is, with the Triune God as the elements (Rev. 21:2, 18-19)
(What are the three aspects of God’s divine building?)
