be the totality of the overcomers; this building up by the overcomers in
WEEK 2 — OUTLINE
The Building of the Bride
Scripture Reading: Gen. 1:26; 2:7-10, 18-25; Rev. 19:7-9; 21:9-11
Day 1 ›› I. The building of God is the central matter in the entire Bible; the bride of
Christ is the building of the Triune God—"Jehovah God built the rib, which He had taken from the man, into a woman and brought her to the man"—Gen. 2:22: A. The entire Bible may be likened to a building manual; the revelation
concerning the garden of Eden, as the beginning of the divine revelation in the Holy Scriptures, and the revelation concerning the New Jerusalem, as the ending of the divine revelation in the Holy Scriptures, reflect each other. B. What is revealed in these two parts of the Scriptures is the central thought of
God, the central line of the divine revelation, and a controlling principle of the interpreting and understanding of the Holy Scriptures:
1. Genesis 1 and 2 are the blueprint of God's organic architectural plan to have His divine building (Heb. 11:10); God's desire is to build Christ into our intrinsic constitution so that our entire being will be reconstituted with Christ; in this way God may gain a corporate man to express Him in His image and to represent Him with His authority (Gen. 1:26; 1 Cor. 3:9; Matt. 16:18; 2 Sam. 7:12-14a). 2. Revelation 21 and 22 are the photograph of the finished building, the corporate expression of the Triune God; the New Jerusalem is the reflection and fulfillment of the divine revelation concerning the garden of Eden. 3. Christ will come back as the Bridegroom to marry His bride, who will be the totality of the overcomers; this building up by the overcomers in this age is for the initial consummation of the New Jerusalem in the kingdom age (19:7-9) and eventually for the full consummation of the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and new earth (21:2).
‹‹ Day 2 ›› 4. By the continual working of the Holy Spirit through all the centuries, this goal will be attained at the end of this age; then the bride, the