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, […]
The Church is a Corporate Thornbush Burning with the Triune God of Resurrection
The God who called Moses and the God who calls us is the Triune God of resurrection. This means that the church today is the corporate thornbush burning with the Triune God of resurrection. The God who called Moses was the God of his fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the […]
The Church is Glorious: it is a Corporate Thornbush Indwelt by the Triune God!
In God’s eyes and in Moses’ understanding, the people of Israel were a corporate thornbush as the dwelling place of God as the divine fire burning within and upon them. God redeemed them (Exo. 13:14-16), sanctified them (Exo. 13:2), transformed them, and built them up to become the reality of the tabernacle, the dwelling place […]
The Divine Economy: the Church is the Triune God Burning within Redeemed Humanity!
God’s desire is to obtain a dwelling place; the heavens are His throne, the earth is His footstool, but where is the man in which He is pleased to dwell? God dwells in man – His dwelling place is in our mingled spirit today (Eph. 1:21-22). The thornbush in Exo. 3 and the tabernacle later […]
The Thornbush is Gradually Sanctified and Transformed to Become God’s Dwelling Place
Throughout the Bible from Genesis to Revelation we see that God’s goal ultimately is to obtain a dwelling place; what He is focused on today is building up His habitation. From Jacob’s dream in Genesis to Revelation 22 what God desires is to gain a dwelling place in man, a mutual habitation with man, where […]
Individually and Corporately we are a Thornbush Burning with the Triune God as Fire
This week we are having a closer look at the matter of the burning thornbush in Exodus; there is much more than meets the eye concerning the matter of the burning bush in Exo. 3, since even at the end of his life, Moses still recalls God as the One who dwells in the burning […]
God Called us in the Fellowship of Christ, into His Sufferings, and unto His Glory
The New Testament reveals many aspects of God’s calling. In the Gospels, the Epistles, and in the book of Revelation we can see a clear picture of God calling us. First, God called us according to His predestination, His foreknowledge and choosing in eternity past. God called us according to His purpose and His grace. […]