the purpose of God (Gen. 1:26); first, the New Jerusalem will be the full
overcoming believers, will be ready, and the kingdom of God will come —Matt. 26:29; 13:43. 5. The corporate bride, the New Jerusalem, will fulfill the two aspects of the purpose of God (Gen. 1:26); first, the New Jerusalem will be the full expression of God in God's full image for His glory (Rev. 21:11; cf. 4:3); second, this New Jerusalem will subdue the enemy, conquer the earth, and exercise God's authority with His dominion over the entire universe (Gen. 1:26; Rev. 22:5; cf. 20:10, 14-15). C. When we as God's people enter into a love relationship with God, we
receive His life, just as Eve received the life of Adam; it is this life that enables us to become one with God and makes Him one with us—Gen. 2:2122. ‹‹ Day 3 ›› II. For God and His people to be one, there must be a mutual love between them;
the love between God and His people unfolded in the Bible is primarily like the affectionate love between a man and a woman—John 14:21, 23; Jer. 2:2; 31:3: A. As God's people love God and spend time to fellowship with Him in His
word, God infuses them with His divine element, making them one with Him as His spouse, the same as He is in life, nature, and expression—Psa. 119:140, 15-16. B. God first loved us in that He infused us with His love and generated within us
the love with which we love Him and the brothers—1 John 4:19-21. C. The life which we have received from God is a life of love; Christ lived in
this world a life of God as love, and He is now our life so that we may live the same life of love in this world and be the same as He is—3:14; 5:1; 2:56; 4:17. D. Our natural love must be put on the cross; one difference between God's love
and our natural love is that it is very easy for our natural love to be offended. E. We must be persons who are flooded with and carried away by the love of
Christ; the divine love should be like the rushing tide of great waters toward us, impelling us to live to Him beyond our own control—2 Cor. 5:14. F. The commandment regarding brotherly love is both old and new: old, because
the believers have had it from the beginning of their Christian life; new, because in their Christian walk it dawns with new light and shines with new