The breastplate that the high priest had to wear on top of the ephod had twelve precious stones on which the names of the twelve tribes of Israel were engraved; this signifies that we as God’s redeemed and transformed people are being built together to become one entity. The high priest wore the building of […]
The Breastplate is Central Point of the Priesthood: God’s Leading is in the Church
This week in our crystallization-study of Exodus we come to the matter of the breastplate – the central and ultimate point of the priesthood. In Exodus 28, when the priesthood is introduced, there’s a great emphasis on the garments the priest wore; these garments signify our living as priests to God – our living must […]
Being Priests Expressing Christ in our Living to Light the Lamps in the Meetings
As believers in Christ, we are priests of God and members of the Body of Christ, and we meet with other believers in the church; our responsibility and privilege as we meet is that we light the lamps, that is, cause the divine light to ascend. Our God is light, and we as believers in […]
We see the Divine Light when we are in our Spirit and in the Church, God’s Sanctuary
As believers in Christ we are priests of God, and it is our function as priests to light the lamps in the Holy Place, that is, walk in the light and cause the divine light to ascend as we meet with the saints. We need to realize that we are a holy people, we have […]
We are Children of Light Walking in the Light and Lighting the Lamps as we Meet
This week we are enjoying a particular wonderful matter in Exodus which is lighting the lamps in the sanctuary of God, which is done by those serving as priests clothed with the glorious garments (typifying the expression of Christ). After God finished speaking concerning the tabernacle and the furniture, and just before the introduction of […]
Being Further Reconciled to God by the Application of the Cross to our Natural Life
This week I am really impressed how much God desires to reconcile us with Himself; He became a man and died for us – the Righteous for the unrighteous, so that we may be fully reconciled to God. Christ died for our sins, putting all our sins on Himself, so that by believing into Him […]
Christ was made Sin for us so that We might Become the Righteousness of God in Him
In 2 Cor. 5:19-20 Paul speaks of two steps of reconciliation; the first step is to reconcile sinners to God from sin (Christ died for our sins for us to be reconciled to God), and the second step is to reconcile believers living in the natural life to God from the flesh (Christ was made sin […]