HWMR-CAPTIVES OF CHRIST 05.06.23-8AM

Week 6—Outline 2022 December Semiannual Training — Holy Word Morning Revival 110/244 need the work of the cross to purge us and to purify us—Rev. 1:11, 20. Day 6 VI. The city of New Jerusalem is pure gold, like clear glass, and the street of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass—Rev. 21:18b, 21b: A. Gold signifies the nature of God; the city's being pure gold indicates that the city is of the divine nature and takes the divine nature as its element—v. 18b. B. The pure gold of the street and the city is like clear glass, signifying that the entire city is transparent and not in the least opaque—v. 21b: 1. If we take God's nature as our unique way, we will be pure, without any mixture, and transparent, without any opaqueness. 2. If we are infused and saturated with the life-giving Spirit, our inner being will become transparent and crystal clear—2 Cor. 3:8-9, 18. C. If we want to have the real church life, the church herself must be pure gold, that is, altogether of the divine nature; here we D. The difference between apostate Christendom and the genuine church is that one is a mixture and the other is pure; the local churches, like the New Jerusalem, should be crystal clear, without any mixture—22:1. MM