The Processed Triune God vs. the Consummated Triune God

 

The Processed Triune God vs. the Consummated Triune God

John 7:39 Jesus spoke of the Spirit who would receive those who believe in him, but at that time the Spirit did not yet exist, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Romans 8:9 …If the Spirit of God dwells in you, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit. However, if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. 

Item	The Processed Triune God	The Consummated Triune God
Meaning	The Triune God who entered time and history and passed through incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension for the fulfillment of His economy	The Triune God who, after completing all the processes, has become “the Spirit” as the ultimate, experiential, and enterable form
Reason	To solve the problems of sin, death, Satan, and fallen humanity, and to make it possible for God to enter into man	To enable believers to be baptized into the Triune God and to enjoy all His riches in the New Testament economy
Illustration	A seed passing through growth and maturation	A fully ripened fruit ready to be eaten and supply life
Function	To accomplish redemption and prepare the way for the mingling of God and man	To be life, life supply, and building for God’s dispensing into man
Explanation	God originally had only divinity; through incarnation He took on humanity, and through death and resurrection He brought humanity into glory	In resurrection Christ became the life-giving Spirit, including all that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are and have accomplished
Result	All the objective steps of God’s work were completed	The Triune God became the all-inclusive, consummated Spirit who can be received and experienced
Mutual Relationship	The necessary process and prerequisite	The issue and totality of the process; the two are inseparable
Examples	Jesus in incarnation, Christ on the cross, the resurrected Lord	The Spirit, the river of life, God in the New Jerusalem
Application	To know Christ’s historical and redemptive work	To live in the Spirit and enjoy the riches of the Triune God daily
Burden	Not merely objective knowledge of Christ	Subjective experience of the consummated Triune God as life and building
Prophesying Guidance	Proclaim: Christ has passed through every process for me	Proclaim: I have been baptized into the consummated Triune God
Conclusion	The processed Triune God is God’s way to reach man	The consummated Triune God is God entering into man for eternal expression
Related Scriptures	Matt. 1:23; John 1:14; Phil. 2:6–8; Heb. 2:14; John 19:30; 1 Cor. 15:3–4	Matt. 28:19; 1 Cor. 15:45; 2 Cor. 3:17; 2 Cor. 13:14; Gal. 3:27; Rev. 22:17

 

Spiritual Summary:

The Triune God is not merely objective and historical. Through incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension, He has been processed and ultimately consummated as the Spirit, into whom believers are baptized to enjoy the divine dispensing and to be built together as the New Jerusalem for God’s eternal expression.

 

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