God cares more for what we are than for what we can do for Him; thus, God cares very much for what we eat because what we eat determines what we live by and what we become. When God created Adam, He didn’t give him a to-do list but put him in front of the […]
Eating Nothing but Christ to be Reconstituted with Him and Build up the Church
Having a Change of Diet to Eating Christ as the Real Manna in our Christian Life
The deep truth in Exodus 16 and in the whole book of Exodus is that God wanted to change the diet of His people from the Egyptian food to the heavenly food, the heavenly manna. Even though the people of Israel were positionally no longer in Egypt but in the wilderness, in their constitution they […]
Eating, Digesting, and Assimilating Christ into our Being to Live because of Him
In John 6 the Lord Jesus showed us how He is the bread of life, and just as He lives because of the Father so we who eat Him as the bread of life shall live because of Him (John 6:57-58). In order for us to live Christ and express God from within, we need […]
Our Real Need is to Eat Christ as the Bread of Life – He is our Daily Food Supply
After being delivered by God with a strong arm from the usurpation of Pharaoh in Egypt, the people of Israel began their journey through the wilderness toward the good land, the land flowing with milk and honey. One of the most crucial things to realize in the book of Exodus is the change of diet: […]
Living in Resurrection after Being Separated from the World through our Baptism
After the people of Israel had such a great exodus from Egypt, experienced Jehovah’s mighty hand to deliver them from Pharaoh and his usurpation, crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, and saw Pharaoh’s armies being swallowed by the waters of the sea, they were ecstatic, singing the song of Moses. Then, they moved […]
Breaking Away from the World and Plundering it, being Watchful, and Enjoying Christ
The picture of the exodus of the people of Israel in the Old Testament matched with its interpretation and spiritual significance recorded in the New Testament give us a clear view of the significance of the exodus from Egypt. In Exodus 12:29-42 and 51 there are a number of details regarding Israel’s exodus from Egypt, […]
Being Delivered from the World by the Power of our Saving God and by Eating Christ
God’s deliverance of His people Israel from Egypt was through the Passover, the exodus, and the crossing the Red Sea. The Passover is foundational, basic, and critical for the sake of our exiting the world (typified by the exodus from Egypt) and going through baptism (typified by crossing the Red Sea), making it clear that […]