17然而,……整座新耶路撒冷城也是蒙神救赎者活的组成。一面,神就是整座城;另一面,这城是蒙救赎者活的组成。你若觉得用你天然的心思很难理解这事,那么让我问你这问题:我们不是说今天的召会就是基督,我们不也是说召会是所有信徒的组成么?一面,召会是所有信徒的组成;另一面,基督是头也是身体。所以我们就有“身体基督”这个辞。林前十二章十二节指明,基督不仅是头,也是身体。……召会和新耶路撒冷的原则是一样的。
17However,... the whole city of New Jerusalem is also a living composition of all God’s redeemed ones. On the one hand, God is the entire city; on the other hand, the city is a living composition of the redeemed. If you find this difficult to grasp with your natural mind, let me ask you this question: Do we not say that the church today is Christ, and do we not also say that it is a composition of all the believers? On the one hand, the church is a composition of all the believers; on the other hand, Christ is both the Head and the Body. Hence, we have the term, the Body-Christ. First Corinthians 12:12 indicates that Christ is not only the Head, but also the Body... The principle in both the church and New Jerusalem is the same.