The book of Numbers records how God’s chosen and redeemed people were formed into an army – a priestly army – to journey with God and fight with God for His interest on earth (see Num. 1:1-4:49; 9:15-10:36; 12:16; 20:1-21:35; 31:1-54; 33:1-49). In ch. 1 of Numbers there’s a numbering of the people for the […]
Christ is the Testimony of God and the Center, Leader, Way, and Goal of God’s People
As the One who is the meaning of the life of God’s people, Christ the testimony of God, and He is the center of God’s people, the Leader, the way, and the goal. In order for us to be formed as an army to fight for God’s interest on earth we need to take Christ […]
The Meaning of our Life is for God to Enter into us and be Expressed Through us
The central thought of the book of Numbers is that Christ is the meaning of life, the testimony, the center of God’s people, and the Leader, the way, and the goal of their journey and fighting. Hallelujah, Christ is the meaning of life for God’s people! Before we go on to see the need for […]
Numbers is a Book of Victory and Glory: God is Forming an Army to Fight for His Interest
This week we come to the first part of the Crystallisation-Study of Numbers, and the title is simply, Being Formed into an Army to Fight with God for His Interest on Earth. Today we want to see that the book of Numbers doesn’t speak merely of the wanderings and repeated failures of the children of Israel, […]
Experiencing Christ to become the Pearls and the Jasper Wall in the New Jerusalem
For us to live out and work out the New Jerusalem to build up Zion as the reality of the Body of Christ, we must experience Christ in His death and resurrection (to become the pearls – the gates), the Spirit in His transforming work (the jasper wall with its foundations), and be involved in […]
We Partake of the Divine Nature by Exercising our Spirit in Fellowship with the Lord
For us to live out and work out the New Jerusalem to build up Zion as the reality of the Body of Christ, we must partake of God the Father in His divine nature, as typified by the gold as the base of the holy city (2 Pet. 1:4; Rev. 21:21b). Whatever is ascribed to […]
Four Principles to Live out and Work out the New Jerusalem as the Reality of the Body
In order for us to live out and work out the New Jerusalem to build up Zion as the reality of the Body of Christ, we need to keep certain principles and have particular experiences as seen and typified in the New Jerusalem. Whatever is ascribed to the New Jerusalem should be both our personal […]