The red heifer, the principal component of the water for impurity, signifies the redeeming Christ, for He is the reality of all the offerings and in particular as the redeeming One He can remove the defilement of death. The context of Numbers 19, where the red heifer is mentioned as part of the water for […]
The Water for Impurity Cleanses us from the Effect of Death resulting from Rebellion
This week in our deeper study, our Crystallization-study, of the book of Numbers we come to Num. 19, a record concerning the water for impurity, which was not for sin but for dealing with the impurity of death. Num. 19 is a chapter that is not familiar to many Christians, and most Bible readers emphasize […]
Spending Time with the Lord to do the Digging by Prayer According to His Leading
In order for the divine life to have a free and full flow within us and through us, we need to do the work of digging by prayer; we need to dig away the dirt in our mind, emotion, and will, and we need to do this simply by spending much personal time with the […]
Dig away and Deal with the things Condemned by the Lord in our Heart and Conscience
For us to have the flow of the divine life out of our innermost being, we must dig away the many things condemned by the Lord in our heart and also deal with our conscience to have it purified. As believers in Christ, we have drank of the smitten rock – which is Christ, and […]
We need to Dig the Dirt in our Heart so that the Spirit may Spring up and Flow Freely
The rock in Exo 17 and Num. 20 is a type of Christ who was smitten for us on the cross to flow out the divine life, and the well in Num. 21 is a type of Christ within us flowing out as we cooperate to dig the dirt, dig away all the barriers. The […]
Drinking the Spirit by being Identified with the Crucified Christ and Speaking to Him
Christ as the spiritual rock that follows us all the days of our Christian life has been smitten, and we simply need to drink the Spirit, for drinking the Spirit solves most of our problems, makes us the Body of Christ, and prepares us to be the bride of Christ. It is so wonderful to […]
The Christ we Eat as Manna makes us His Overcomers and becomes an Eternal Memorial
When we eat the open manna (the manna that is available for us openly every day), we gain the hidden manna (the manna that we have eaten, digested, and assimilated) and are being produced as the overcomers of today; the Christ we enjoy and assimilate becomes an eternal memorial before God. The matter of manna […]