12神显明的最后阶段是在新耶路撒冷,这是在新造里终结团体的彰显。启示录二十一章一至三节说,“我又看见一个新天新地;……我又看见圣城新耶路撒冷由神那里从天而降,预备好了,就如新妇妆饰整齐,等候丈夫。我听见有大声音从宝座出来,说,看哪,神的帐幕与人同在,祂要与人同住。”在已过的永远里,神就定意要得着一个团体的彰显,使祂得着完满的彰显和荣耀(弗三9~11,一9~12);为此祂创造了诸天、地和人类。 12The final stage of God’s manifestation will be in the New Jerusalem as the consummated corporate expression in the new creation. Revelation 21:1-3 says, “I saw a new heaven and a new earth…And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice out of the throne, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will tabernacle with them.” In eternity past God purposed to have a corporate expression so that He might be fully expressed and glorified (Eph. 3:9-11; 1:9-11). For this, He created the heavens, the earth, and mankind.