God ordained that His people would inherit the birthright; He wants them to enjoy their allotted portion of the good land and to be priests and kings for God to be His kingdom on earth. But unfortunately many of God’s people have lost their land and even themselves due to poverty, and they had to sell themselves into slavery. […]
Enjoying and Proclaiming the Jubilee to Bring Others to Enjoy their Birthright
God Shines in our Hearts that We may Shine on Others with the Gospel of the Glory of Christ
As the New Jerusalem is being developed, worked out, and built up through our experience of all the aspects of the New Jerusalem, we need to cooperate with the Lord and be one with Him to preach the gospel of the glory of Christ so that many would become parts of the New Jerusalem. The […]
Abraham Believed Jehovah, and He accounted it to him as Righteousness (Gen. 15:6)
Have you ever wondered why did God account Abraham’s believing as righteousness (Gen. 15:6)? What does it mean to be “accounted to him as righteousness”? What is righteousness? First of all, what is most interesting about this verse is that Abraham didn’t believe God “in a general way”, that God would protect him and be […]
The Mending Ministry is of Life: Christ is our Life Personally and Intimately!
John the Apostle had a mending ministry of life – the way he mended the church and the situation among the believers was by presenting Christ as life to them. What we need in order to be mended by the Lord for His building is not outward correction or self-improvement but life, the divine life. […]
As Frail and Mortal Men We can Call on the Name of the Lord to Enjoy His Riches
Many times when we read the Bible we take things for granted and so we miss a lot of important things that God wants to speak to us. In Gen. 4:26 for instance we see an important landmark in human history – at the time of Enosh, mankind started to call on the name of Jehovah. […]
Seeing how Religion was Invented, What Religion Does, and the Result of Religion
I have always been puzzled by the record in Genesis 4 concerning Cain and Abel bringing an offering to God – how come Cain took the lead to do it, he worked really hard to present something to God, and he was all-in-all “a good person”, but God rejected his offering? On the other hand, […]
Abel Believed the Gospel and Offered a Sacrifice to God for His Satisfaction
Abel, Enosh, and Enoch show us a practical way for us as believers to experience and enjoy Christ as our life and live an overcoming life. Specifically in Abel we see how he enjoyed Christ as his offerings for him to have a solid foundation to his living – today we need to wash our […]