We are so privileged to live in the New Testament age, the age of grace, where God’s history is IN man, in union with man. In the Old Testament God’s history with man was mainly outwardly, WITH man. You can even say that God’s history with man in the Old Testament was indirect, and was […]
God’s history in eternity past is His preparation to be in union with us
September 18, 2012 by 1 Comment
In the Bible we can see the divine history within the human history in many details. Actually, God’s history is our history because He is in union with us. Within the shell of the outward human history there is the divine history. Our living, purposeful, active, and acting God has a history, a biography, and […]
Christ’s accomplishments in His all-transcending ascension (cords of a man)
September 7, 2012 by 6 Comments
All the processes the Lord Jesus as the first God-man passed through are the cords of a man that God used to draw us in His bands of love. He became a man, lived a perfect human life, died an all-terminating death on the cross, and entered into an all-conquering resurrection. Today we were appreciating […]
Cords of a Man: the Amazing Accomplishments of Christ in His Resurrection
September 6, 2012 by 1 Comment
God’s everlasting love toward us is so strong, and His divine bands of love are expressed and reach us through cords of a man. The first segment of these cords / the first cord is His wonderful incarnation, then His bountiful human living, and then His all-terminating death on the cross. Today I was filled […]
cords of a man: seeing Christ in His incarnation, human living, and death
September 5, 2012 by 1 Comment
God drew us with cords of a man and with bands of love by firstly becoming a man in His incarnation, by living a perfect human on earth, by dying an all-inclusive all-terminating death on the cross, by entering into a life-imparting resurrection, and by being in an all-transcending ascension. Through all these segments of […]
being drawn with cords of a man and bands of love to be in the divine romance
September 4, 2012 by 1 Comment
There is a very precious portion of a verse 4 in Hosea 11 which says, “I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love”. Even though we are evil, unchaste, unfaithful, and in apostasy, God drew us with cords of man and with bands of love. He loves us with His divine […]
being transformed in life by God’s everlasting and unchanging love for us
September 1, 2012 by 1 Comment
In the Minor Prophets and in the whole Bible we see a universal principle – the principle of restoration. On the one hand, God wants to restore the fallen and corrupted universe back to Himself, and He wants to recover the earth including His people Israel. On the other hand, God wants to have a […]
