“And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl.” (Revelation 21:21, NASB)

“Pearls, unlike other jewels, are drawn from the animate creation. They are produced by life – a life which has reacted to and overcome the working of death. It is when the oyster is wounded that secretly, in the depths, its produces its pearl. It was through the wounding of Jesus for our transgressions that His life was released to us His members. By divine miracle “a glorious Church” was thereby brought into being, bearing throughout, in faultless integrity, the moral character of Christ. Matthew 13 suggests to us how infinitely precious to the Father is that most goodly pearl.”

(from A Table in the Wilderness by Watchman Nee, October 22nd)

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.”
(Matthew 13:45-46, NASB)

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