15神和羔羊既是殿,祂就不能住在殿内,殿也不是祂们的居所。反之,殿乃是所有蒙救赎之圣徒的居所,他们凭着住在三一神里面,而事奉三一神。一面,新耶路撒冷由所有蒙救赎的圣徒所组成,作神的居所,乃是帐幕;另一面,新耶路撒冷由经过过程之三一神所构成,作所有蒙救赎之圣徒的居所,乃是殿。因此,新耶路撒冷是救赎之神与祂的赎民相互的居所。她是帐幕也是殿。帐幕是蒙救赎的人,殿是救赎的神。这强有力地指明,这位救赎的神,借着祂所经过的过程并蒙祂救赎的人所有分的步骤,就与这些蒙救赎的人相调和,好叫祂得着永远的彰显。
15Since God and the Lamb are the temple, They cannot dwell in it, and it is not Their dwelling place. Rather, it is the dwelling place of all the redeemed saints, who serve the Triune God by dwelling in Him. On the one hand, the New Jerusalem, which is composed of all the redeemed saints, as the habitation of God, is the tabernacle; on the other hand, the New Jerusalem, which is constituted of the processed Triune God, as the dwelling place of all the redeemed saints, is the temple. Therefore, the New Jerusalem is the mutual dwelling of both the redeeming God and His redeemed. It is both the tabernacle and the temple. The tabernacle is the redeemed, and the temple is the redeeming God. This indicates strongly that the redeeming God is mingled with His redeemed, through the processes through which He has passed and the procedures in which they have shared, for His eternal expression.