Today many people are interested in theancient prophecies concerning the end times,and perhaps the object of greatest attention isthe last book of the Bible, Revelation, or theApocalypse. Such interest is warranted becausewe are indeed in the age of Revelation. Manyof the things prophesied in this book have cometo pass, indicating that it is relevant to our times.But most people have an interest in the curiousand supernatural matters in this book and un-fortunately miss the main revelation found in it.The very first words of this book are this: “Therevelation of Jesus Christ,” and these words actas a kind of subject heading for the entire book.The book of Revelation is not so much a catalogof end-time prophecies as it is an unveiling ofJesus Christ, who administrates the universe andconcludes the ages for man’s entry into eternity.

Christ’s universal administration is focusedon man’s salvation. But the salvation that Christoffers is not merely a rescue from the world ofchaos that God’s enemy commands or from theeternal punishment that man’s disobedience in-vites. Rather, man can enjoy a salvation intoeternal life and unto the divine glory of becom-ing sons of God. Christ administrates all thingsin order that we fallen, sinful human beingsmay partake of His divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4) andbecome sons of God as He Himself is the first-born Son of God (Rom. 8:29).

Christ is God, and God is triune. Althoughour limited mentality cannot grasp how this canbe, the God of this universe is one God in threePersons—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit (1 Cor.8:4; Matt. 28:19). Christ the Son became a man, andafter a full and perfect human living, He diedfor our sins and rose from the dead (1 Cor. 15:3-4).

In resurrection His humanity as well was desig-nated the Son of God (Rom. 1:3-4), so that not onlyin His divinity but now also in His humanity Heis God. As such a glorified and uplifted God-man, He administrates the universe to bringman to salvation, that is, to lead many sons intoglory (Heb. 2:10).

While Christ administrates, the Spirit, thethird of the Divine Trinity, accomplishes Christ’sadministration. The Spirit is the reality to manof all that Christ is (John 15:26; 16:13); hence,Christ’s administration to bring about man’sfull salvation is applied to us by the Spirit. In theage of Revelation the Spirit is the practicality ofChrist’s work to save us to the uttermost, to saveus into glory. This can be seen clearly in thesecond and third chapters of the book of Revela-tion, where seven short epistles to seven earlychurches are presented. Each of these epistles isauthored by Christ, as the beginning of eachclearly states; but each ends with the words: “Hewho has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saysto the churches.” Christ is speaking, but thedivine record calls it the Spirit’s speaking, be-cause the Spirit bears Christ the Son and appliesHim to man. The Spirit is the reality of Christ.Hence, it is altogether worthwhile to considerthe Spirit’s function in the age of Revelation. Acareful reading of the book of Revelation yieldstwo tremendous aspects of the Spirit: the seven-fold intensified Spirit and the consummatedSpirit.

The Sevenfold Intensified Spirit

In the first few verses of Revelation, theTriune God is referred to in a full and expressiveway: “Grace to you and peace from Him who is

and who was and who is coming [that is, theFather], and from the seven Spirits who are be-fore His throne [that is, the Spirit], and fromJesus Christ, the faithful Witness, the Firstbornof the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of theearth [that is, the Son]” (1:4-5). The Spirit in Reve-lation is not merely the Spirit of God in the OldTestament nor the Spirit of Jesus Christ in theearlier portions of the New Testament; rather,He is the seven Spirits, that is, the sevenfold in-tensified Spirit. Later, these seven Spirits appearagain: “And there were seven lamps of fire burn-ing before the throne, which are the seven Spir-its of God” (4:5). These seven lamps of fire, whichare the seven Spirits of God, signify the enlight-ening and searching of the sevenfold intensifiedSpirit. The age of Revelation is an age of dark-ness in which the condition of man degradesseverely and God’s enemy runs rampant. Theburning and searching of the sevenfold intensi-fied Spirit is needed for Christ to accomplishman’s full salvation. In fact, in the vision ofChrist in Revelation 5, we read that Christ theLamb has “seven eyes, which are the seven Spir-its of God sent forth into all the earth” (v. 6).Putting all these mysterious views together, wesee Christ as the Lamb of God who redeems usto God by His death, and we see the sevenfoldintensified Spirit as the burning and searchingof Christ, as His very eyes, sent into all the earthto accomplish God’s universal administration,which focuses on man’s full salvation. We hu-man beings are under the burning and search-ing view of the sevenfold intensified Spirit. Hecomes to find us; and finding us, He brings usto God and brings Christ our Savior to us. He isthe “eyes” of Christ, bearing Christ to us and

bearing us to God. As you read this pamphlet,you are under His searing view; He searches tobring God into you and you into God.

The Consummated Spirit

Christ’s administration for man’s full salva-tion will succeed. He is God and thus possessesall power and authority in the universe (Matt.28:18; Rev. 12:10); He is also the uplifted and glo-rified man and thus is able to save us to theuttermost (Heb. 7:25). The sevenfold intensifiedSpirit as the reality of this administrating Christmoves in intimate contact with man, applyingGod’s salvation to man and assuring the successof Christ’s administration. Ultimately, God willhave a group of people who receive His fullsalvation and enter into glory with Him. At thevery end of the Bible, at the end of the age ofRevelation, God and man are wondrously inter-twined, so that God is fully expressed throughman and man is fully glorified in God. In Reve-lation 22:17 God and man utter a single cry—“The Spirit and the bride say, Come!”—indicat-ing that God’s chosen, redeemed, regenerated,and transformed people have experienced theSpirit to such an extent that they are fully onewith Him.

The terms the Spirit and the bride refer to twoconsummations, one for God and one for man.The Triune God—the Father, the Son, and theSpirit—has been fully involved with man’s salva-tion. The Father planned this salvation, chose Hisredeemed people, and dispenses His divine lifeto regenerate them as His sons. The Son becamea man, accomplished the redemption of God’schosen people, and brings them into sonship withHim. The Spirit applies Christ’s redemption and

salvation, gives the Father’s divine life to the be-lievers to make them sons, and transforms themin the Son into God’s many glorified sons. Hence,the Spirit is the Triune God reaching man withGod’s salvation; the Spirit is the consummationof the Triune God.

The bride is man’s consummation after God’ssalvation. God created man to express and rep-resent Him (Gen. 1:26). God’s salvation is simplythe accomplishment of this purpose. When thissalvation is fully realized, man will fully ex-press God. God and man will be joined as one,in much the same way that man and wife areone. Thus, the goal of God’s salvation is to makeman the bride of Christ. Hence, in Revelation22:17 the chosen, redeemed, regenerated, andtransformed people of God are called, quitesimply, the bride.

At the end of God’s work among His creation,these two consummated persons—the Spirit andthe bride—will form a universal couple for eter-nity. By such a marriage God will be fully blendedwith man and expressed by man, and man willbe fully uplifted and glorified in God. This is thework being accomplished today by the Spirit inthe age of Revelation.

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