The book of Numbers as a whole reveals the need for God’s chosen people to be formed into a holy army to carry out the holy war; for this, they go through many stations and experience many things, so that God would gain His holy army. We have seen that in the book of Exodus […]
A Revelation of God’s People being built up with the Triune God to be His Dwelling Place
We need to see a revelation of God’s people being built up with the Triune God to be His dwelling place on earth, as revealed in the pictures and types in the tabernacle. First, as God’s people we need to see a revelation of God Himself so that we may see who He is, what […]
Christ is the Living Portrait of God; we Keep the Law by Living God to Express Him
The law is a picture of God, a portrait of God, the testimony of God; Christ is the reality of the law as the testimony of God, and for us to keep the law in reality is to live a God-man life, a life which is God’s testimony. In our deeper study of the vital […]
We Need to receive the Revelation concerning God and God’s Economy for God’s Building
Even though the word economy is not used in the Old Testament books, yet the typology of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers unveils God’s economy; we need to receive the revelation concerning God and God’s economy. In these books we see the economy of God in pictures, while in the New Testament we see it in […]
Having an Experiential Knowledge of Christ and Paying the Price to Gain Christ
For us to have the excellency of the knowledge of Christ is by revelation, but for us to know Christ is by experience – we need to have an experiential knowledge of Christ, that is, know and enjoy Christ in an experiential way. Like Paul, we need to desire to live in the righteousness of […]
Being Enlightened by God to Truly have no Trust in our Natural Ability or Heritage
As believers in Christ, we should be those who have no confidence in the flesh, and have no trust in our natural ability or heritage; it is only when we are enlightened by the Lord that we can be able to do this. We may think that the flesh is the negative and evil aspects […]
Switch on the Law of the Spirit of Life and be in the Lord’s Constant and Instant Word
We abide in Christ and Christ abides in us by switching on the law of the Spirit of life in our spirit by always rejoicing, unceasingly praying, and always giving thanks; also, it is by dealing with the constant word in the Scriptures and the present word as the Spirit. This whole week we saw […]