Hymns by Witness Lee and Watchman Nee

 

Hymn 980  

SUBJECT: ULTIMATE MANIFESTATION-THE BRIDE AND THE TABERNACLE
METER: 8.8.8.8.
AUTHOR: Witness Lee
COMPOSER: Francis Duckworth

1Throughout the whole of Holy Writ
 The saints in type are manifest
 As like a bride, God’s heart to please,
 And as a building for His rest.
2The types and figures of the Church
 In the Old Testament are these:
 A building meet for life and rule,
 A bride the man to match and please.
3God’s people in the ancient times
 Were called by God His very spouse;
 Among them and with them were built
 God’s ruling city and God’s house.
4Incarnate God, the God-man, Christ,
 As Bridegroom for the Bride has come;
 With His own life He quickened her,
 That she His counterpart become.
5In resurrection Christ doth now,
 As David’s Son, God’s temple build,
 That God may have a resting place
 And there accomplish all He willed.
6The Church is thus the Bride of Christ,
 In whom His full delight doth rest;
 It is a dwelling place to God
 Where He may live and be expressed.
7The new Jerusalem will be
 The full perfection ultimate
 Of all the types of house and bride,
 Th’ eternal plan to consummate.
8It is the Bride which matches Christ,
 Thru whom He may Himself express;
 It is God’s tabernacle too
 In which our God can rule and rest.
9The ultimate completion ‘tis
 Of God’s work in humanity,
 His full expression glorious
 Thru His redeemed eternally.

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