The Lord Jesus Becoming Flesh VS Christ Becoming the Life-giving Spirit VS The Triune God Becoming the New Jerusalem

The Lord Jesus Becoming Flesh VS Christ Becoming the Life-giving Spirit VS The Triune God Becoming the New Jerusalem

John 1:14 The Word became flesh and pitched his tabernacle among us, full of grace and reality. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father.

1 Corinthians 15:45 So it is written: “The first man, Adam, became a living soul; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.”

Matthew 16:18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome her.

Ephesians 3:17 That Christ might make his home in you through faith, that you might be rooted and established in love.

Revelation 21:2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

 

Item	The Lord Jesus Becoming Flesh	Christ Becoming the Life-giving Spirit	The Triune God Becoming the New Jerusalem
Theme	God entering into humanity	The processed Christ becoming experiential	The processed and consummated Triune God as corporate expression
Meaning	God put on humanity to begin His process	Christ became the Spirit to give life	God and redeemed humanity built together as one
Reason	God desired to be united with man	God desired to dispense Himself into believers	God desired an eternal dwelling and expression
Illustration	God tabernacling in the flesh	Breath, air, life supply	God expanded into a city
Function	To accomplish redemption	To impart divine life	To produce eternal building
Explanation	Incarnation includes human living and crucifixion	In resurrection Christ became the Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45)	The Triune God wrought into His redeemed people
Result	Redemption accomplished; resurrection entered	The church produced; believers enlivened	The New Jerusalem as ultimate consummation
Relationship	The beginning of the divine process	The consummation of the process	The corporate issue of the consummation
Examples	Manger, human living, the cross	Breathing, outpouring, indwelling	City, precious stones, river of life
Application	Receive Christ as Emmanuel	Live by the Spirit, enjoy life supply	Participate in God’s building
Burden	Not mere doctrine of incarnation	Not objective teaching, but subjective experience	Not future only, but present building
Prophesying Guidance	Proclaim: God has entered man	Proclaim: Christ as the Spirit lives in me	Proclaim: I am being built into God’s dwelling
Conclusion	Incarnation initiates God’s economy	The life-giving Spirit is the key of God’s economy	The New Jerusalem is the consummation of God’s economy
Scriptures	John 1:14; Matt. 1:23; Heb. 2:14	1 Cor. 15:45; 2 Cor. 3:17; John 7:39	Rev. 21:2, 10–11, 18–21; 22:17

 

Spiritual Summary (One Sentence):

Incarnation enables God to enter into man; the life-giving Spirit enables God to be dispensed into man; the New Jerusalem is God and man built together for eternal expression.

Divine Economy Flow

Incarnation:

→ Human living & crucifixion
→ Resurrection
→ Life-giving Spirit
→ Baptized into the Triune God
→ Organic union & life dispensing
→ Building of the church
→ New Jerusalem (ultimate consummation)

Key Spiritual Reminders:

• Baptism is not a ritual, but an entrance into the processed and consummated Triune God.
• The Spirit is the totality and aggregate of all that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are.
• The New Jerusalem is not a physical place, but the built-up Triune God mingled with His redeemed people.

 

*Please refer to the 2025 Thanksgiving International Conference on the Synthesis of Christ, the All-Inclusive Christ Revealed in the Gospel of Matthew, Part Four: Christ as the Center of the Processed Triune God.