God’s Complete Salvation

A Diagram of God’s complete salvation

The preceding diagram depicting God's complete salvation in a snapshot was inspired by a chapter from Watchman Nee's book, The Glorious Church. Here is a portion of Nee's enlightening chapter:

“Redemption is comparable to the valley between two peaks. As one descends from one peak and proceeds to ascend the other, he encounters redemption at the lowest part of the valley. To redeem simply means to prevent man from falling any further and to uplift him. On the one hand, God's will is eternal and straightforward, without any dip…. On the other hand…man has fallen, and man has departed from God. The distance between him and God's eternal purpose has become farther and farther apart. God's will from eternity to eternity is a straight line, but ever since his fall, man has not been able to attain to it. Thank God, there is a remedy called redemption. When redemption came, man did not need to go down anymore. After redemption man is changed and begins to ascend. As man continues to rise the day will come when he will again touch the one straight line. The day that line is reached is the day the kingdom will come…. Praise God, redemption has caused us to return to God's eternal purpose.” (19-20)

What God does in the judicial aspect of His complete salvation can be seen as the procedure to reach His goal, and what He does in the organic aspect is His actual goal, His purpose. In other words, the judicial aspect of God's work qualifies and positions sinners to enter into the grace of God in order to enjoy His organic salvation, carried out through the life of God, for the fulfillment of His eternal purpose.