“Christ Girded at the Breast with a Golden Girdle” vs. “Christ Girded at the Waist with a Golden Girdle”

 

“Christ Girded at the Breast with a Golden Girdle” vs. “Christ Girded at the Waist with a Golden Girdle”

Revelation 1:13 In the middle of the lampstands appeared a man who looked like a son of man, dressed in a long robe that reached to his feet, with a golden belt around his breast.

Dan 10:5 And looking up he saw a man dressed in fine linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphas around his waist.

Exodus 28:4 These garments shall be made for you: breastplate, ephod, outer robe, woven inner robe, crown, and belt; these garments shall be made for your brother Aaron and for his sons, that they may serve me as priests. 

Item	Christ Girded at the Breast with a Golden Girdle (Rev. 1:13)	Christ Girded at the Waist with a Golden Girdle (Dan. 10:5; Exo. 28:4)
Meaning	Christ uses divine power in love to care for and nourish the churches	Christ uses divine power to carry out God’s work
Reason	His work of producing the churches is completed; now He shepherds and cares for them	He is still carrying out God’s administrative and redemptive work
Metaphor	Breast = love; golden girdle = divine power motivated by love	Waist = strength and action; golden girdle = divine power for work
Function	To cherish and nourish the churches	To accomplish God’s work and mission
Explanation	Divine power is exercised through love for shepherding	Divine power is exercised through action for working
Result	The churches are comforted, healed, and supplied	God’s purpose and work are fulfilled
Mutual Relationship	The stage after the work is completed	The stage during the execution of the work
Example	Trimming the lampstand and caring for it (Rev. 1; Exo. 25; 30)	Christ appearing in glory and judgment (Dan. 10:5–6)
Application	Serve in love and care for people in humanity	Serve with divine power to fulfill God’s commission
Burden	The Lord’s recovery needs Christ girded at the breast	Not merely work, but shepherd life
Prophesying Direction	Declare Christ nourishing the churches in love	Declare Christ accomplishing God’s work by divine power
Conclusion	Divine power is governed and directed by love	Divine power is governed by work and mission
Related Verses	Rev. 1:13; Eph. 5:29; Heb. 4:15; Exo. 30:7	Dan. 10:5; Exo. 28:4; Rev. 15:6

 

🔹 Inner Difference (Key Integration)

Breast-girded Christ (Rev. 1:13)

• Focus: divine power in love
• Divine power is no longer mainly for working,
  but for cherishing and nourishing the churches.

Waist-girded Christ (Dan. 10:5)

• Focus: divine power in action
• Divine power is mainly for carrying out God’s work.

🔹 Spiritual Progression between the Two

Waist-girded → Breast-girded
=
Working → Shepherding
Executing → Caring
Power → Power in love

Not contradiction, but progression:

• Waist: for producing the churches
• Breast: for caring for the churches

🔹 Application to the Church and to Us

• In the church life:
  not only doing works, but caring for life.
• In service:
  divine power must be motivated and governed by love.
• In shepherding:
  first cherish people, then nourish them.

🔹 One Prophesying Summary Sentence

Today Christ is no longer girded at the waist to work,
but girded at the breast, using divine power in love
to cherish and nourish the churches.

🔹 Ultimate Conclusion

Waist-girded Christ → Christ for God’s work
Breast-girded Christ → Christ for the church’s care

Divine power without love becomes administration;
divine power with love becomes nourishment.

*Please refer to the 2025 Winter Training: Experience, Enjoy, and Manifest Christ (Part 4), Week 3: Christ is the Son of Man walking among the golden lampstands.