Eat Christ as the Hidden Manna to Overcome the World to Become the building of God

By living in our spirit and eating Christ as the hidden manna, we can overcome the world to become the building of God consummating in the New Jerusalem. Amen!

As believers in Christ, we have been regenerated with the divine, eternal, incorruptible life of God, and today we need to live by this divine life.

We have a different life in us; besides our natural human life, we also have the divine life.

And we need to grow in life unto maturity and be built up in this life with our fellow brothers and sisters for and in the building of God.

As we live in the world today, one of our greatest needs is to be in the word of God; the world defiles us, corrupts our way of thinking and of living, and infuses the element of Satan into us.

But the word of God contains the element of God and, as we come to the Lord in His word, we are sanctified and made holy.

We are becoming the holy city of God, the city that is fully constituted with the element of God to be as holy as God is holy.

Right now, however, we are not that holy; we are in the process of being sanctified, and we need to remain in this process day by day.

If we are faithful to be in the pure word of God, saying Amen to the Lord’s speaking in His word, we will love the Lord more, the element of the world will be removed from us, and we will be sanctified to be part of the holy city of God.

When we are around other people and they speak concerning this or that, we have an inner feeling about whether we should remain there to be part of their conversation or whether we should leave.

Our spirit gives us a sense concerning things other people say, conversations that others try to engage us in, and situations that we may get ourselves into.

And our spirit is fed, strengthened, and made more real to us by the holy word of God. Amen!

The way that we can keep our way pure is by guarding it according to God’s word (Psa. 119:9).

We should not rely on our own understanding, our view of the world, and our background and knowledge when we live our daily life; rather, we should simply come to the Lord in His word and be sanctified, and we should daily allow the Lord’s word to speak to us and regulate us from within.

If we remain open to the Lord in His word and we actively place ourselves under the hearing of the faith, something wonderful will happen in our being: we will be purified, sanctified, and separated, and the Lord will have a way to be expressed through us.

Amen, may we remain open to the Lord and abide in His word, allowing His words to abide in us, speak to us, and regulate our daily living from within!

May we say Amen to the Lord’s living word and apply this word by faith and prayer so that it may become the applied word in our daily living!

Seeing the Idolatrous World with the Wickedness of Commerce and living a Life without the Love of Money

Zechariah was a prophet that lived at the same time as Ezra, Haggai, and Nehemiah, and his prophecy was given at the same time that Ezra carried out his ministry, Haggai prophesied, and Nehemiah exercised his proper and adequate leadership.

Haggai mainly spoke to expose the situation in God’s people and encourage them to return to the work of building the house of God, but Zechariah spoke concerning many other things.

One prophecy that Zechariah spoke in Zech. 5:5-11 is regarding the ephah vessel, a type of commerce and business and trade in the world today.

He lifted his eyes and saw the ephah vessel (a unit of measuring grain), and the lead cover was lifted up, and there was a woman sitting within it; her name was Wickedness.

And there was a lead weight put over its opening, then two women went forth, the wind was in their wings (which were like the wings of a stork), and they took the ephah vessel to the land of Shinar to stay there.

The ephah vessel is a measuring vessel, a container able to hold one ephah; it was used for purchasing and selling in business.

However, as revealed in this vision, it signifies the wickedness of business or commerce on earth.

Today a large percentage of the world’s population is engaged in business or commerce; whether working for a large corporation that sells and buys things or having your own business, everyone sells and buys.

The appearance of business is not that bad, but actually, it is totally wicked within.

The seller loves money and tries to get more money out of the buyer’s pocket, and the buyer also loves money and tries to obtain the things he wants at a lower price, thus saving money.

Business is an adulterous woman desirous of making money.

However, the Lord is restricting commerce today, otherwise wickedness will be unrestrained. If commerce, especially international trade, could be restricted, the whole earth would be holy.

In this vision, the Lord sends the wickedness of commerce and business back to the land of Shinar, Babylon, where it belongs.

The vision here corresponds to that of Babylon the Great in Rev. 18, revealing that in the sight of God, the wickedness contained in commerce is a form of idolatry.

The wickedness contained in business is covetousness, deceit, and the love of mammon.

In Timothy, the Lord spoke through Paul warning about the love of money, a root of all evil.

We may think that we don’t love money, especially since we don’t have or earn that much money; however, deep in our being, we all love money.

Sometimes we feel we lack money or that we don’t have enough money, and we may feel that money is flying away.

As Haggai says, we may put money into pockets with holes, and the Lord stirs things in the environment to just spend the things that we have saved.

Then there’s anxiety; we become anxious because we don’t have enough money to buy this or to go there.

We need to be fully separated from the idolatrous world of Babylon, which is characterized by the wickedness of business, or commerce, involving covetousness, deceit, and the love of money; our Christian life should be without the love of money, and our Christian work should not be a money-making trade (Zech. 5:5-11; 1 Tim. 3:3, 8; 6:5-10; Acts 11:29-30; 20:33-34; 2 Tim. 3:2-4; Heb. 13:5; 2 Cor. 2:17; 12:15; cf. 2 Kings 5:15-27).

Our Christian life needs to be without the love of money.

Our Christian work should not be a money-making trade. Satan is a businessman, a merchant; his thought is always according to his commercial principle, which is versus God’s purpose in creating man (Ezek. 28:16, 18; Job 1:9; cf. Phil. 3:7-8; Gen. 1:26).

Of the cargo sold by Babylon, the first item is gold and the last is the souls of men; souls of men refers to men who sell themselves for employment (Rev. 18:12-13; cf. 2 Pet. 2:3, 15).

We may start a job with the good intention of working to support ourselves and our family, and we may desire to know and learn and improve; what our job ends up being is something that consumes our time, our energy, and our whole being.

We may take care of many legitimate matters, but this consumes our time, and we don’t have time for the Lord and for the church life.

In today’s world people sell their soul, their life, that is, themselves, to their occupation, neglecting God and their eternal destiny (Luke 12:13-21).

It’s not only the CEOs and the CFOs that do this, but many of us may do this also; we need to be fully separated from the idolatrous world of Babylon with the wickedness of business and commerce.

May we be before the Lord concerning this matter so that He would shine and expose our love of money, and may we give ourselves to Him to be delivered from the love of money and commerce so that we may be separated and sanctified unto Him for His building!

Lord Jesus, shine on us and expose our love of money and of business. We want to be fully separated from the idolatrous world of Babylon. We want to be lovers of God, not lovers of self, of money, or of the world. We choose to love You, Lord. May our Christian life be a life without the love of money. May our Christian work not be a money-making trade but a work in spirit for the Lord to gain all the glory! Amen, Lord, we are here on earth for You. We give You our job, our business, and the things we do to support ourselves and our family. We refuse to be usurped by the god of this age. We refuse to sell our soul to the enemy for money. We are here for Christ and the church. We want to live Christ and enjoy Christ, and we want to live the church life and enjoy Christ with all the saints!

By Living in our Spirit and eating Christ as the Hidden Manna we Overcome the World to become God’s Building

How can we overcome the world to become the building of God?

The whole world is going the way of being enslaved to money, commerce, trade, and business, but we can overcome the world simply by living in our mingled spirit and by eating Christ as the hidden manna.

The Lord is our supply inwardly for us to enjoy, partake of, and live by. He does not require that we do this or that for Him; He simply comes to us to be enjoyed by us.

He is the open manna for His people to eat and live by in their daily living.

Also, the Lord is a special portion of supply reserved for His overcoming seekers for them to enjoy so that they overcome the world and become the building of God (Rev. 2:17).

Manna is a type of Christ as the heavenly food that supplies the people of God and enable them to go His way.

A portion of the open manna was collected and put in the golden pot to be preserved and concealed in the Ark (Exo. 16:32-34; Heb. 9:4).

On one hand, we need to daily enjoy the Lord in His word, for He is the open manna ready for us collect, prepare, and eat every morning.

We need to eat Christ in the word of God, exercising our spirit to partake of His riches so that we may be inwardly supplied and live the Christian life.

On the other hand, however, Christ is a special portion reserved for His overcoming seekers, those who overcome the degradation of the worldly church.

As the church goes the way of the world and so many believers live, behave, work, and do things as the world to, being married to the world, the Lord is calling for the overcomers.

He is calling for those who live in their spirit and eat Christ as the hidden manna to overcome the world to become the building of God.

May we hear what the Spirit is speaking to the churches and choose to be the Lord’s overcomers.

To those who overcome the world and the worldliness in the church, the Lord will give of the hidden manna, and to him, He will give a white stone, and upon the stone, a name is written, which no one knows except him who receives it.

The church in general may go the way of the world, but the overcomers come forward to abide in the Lord’s presence in the Holy of Holies.

Here, in the presence of God in their spirit, they enjoy the hidden Christ as a special portion for their daily supply.

This promise of the hidden manna is being fulfilled today in the proper church life and will be fulfilled in full in the coming kingdom.

As those who love the Lord and the church, we need to seek the Lord and overcome the degradation of the worldly church.

And we do this by enjoying a special portion of the Lord today, the hidden manna.

If we enjoy Christ as the hidden manna today, the special portion that is hidden and before God for our overcoming the world, we will be rewarded by Him with the hidden manna in the coming kingdom.

But if we miss the Lord as our special portion today in the church life, we will surely lose the enjoyment of Him as a reward in the coming kingdom.

We have been begotten of God, and our spirit overcomes the world, for our spirit is joined to the Lord in faith (1 John 5:4).

Our spirit cannot sin. Our spirit keeps itself, and the evil one does not touch it (1 John 5:18); we need to live in our spirit today so that the world would not touch us and so that we overcome the world.

We know that we’re of God and that the whole world lies in the evil one (v. 19).

May we remain in our mingled spirit today, and may we partake of Christ as the hidden manna so that we may overcome the world to become God’s building today.

May we take heed to our spirit and eat Christ as the hidden manna to overcome the world.

May we treasure our time with the Lord, for it is in our intimate, personal, private contact with Him that we can gain something of Him and we can eat the hidden manna.

Lord Jesus, we want to take heed to our spirit and live in the mingled spirit to overcome the world and become God’s building. Hallelujah, our spirit has been begotten of God, and our spirit overcomes the world! We choose to turn to our spirit and remain in our spirit, taking heed to our spirit and paying attention to the feeling in our spirit. Lord, we come to You in spirit to eat You, partake of You, and enjoy You as the hidden manna. We come forward to abide in the presence of God in the Holy of Holies to enjoy the hidden Christ as a special portion for our daily supply. Amen, Lord, grant us to enjoy a special portion of Christ today so that we may overcome the world to become the building of God. May we not miss the special portion of Christ today in spirit so that we would not lose the enjoyment of Christ as a reward in the coming kingdom!

References and Hymns on this Topic

• Inspiration for this article/sharing comes from the Word of God, the enjoyment in the ministry, a sharing by Ricky Acosta in the message for this week, and portions from, Life-study of Zechariah (pp. 35-37) by Witness Lee, as quoted in the Holy Word for Morning Revival on, Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther (2022 winter training), week 11, entitled, The Intrinsic Significance of Ezra’s Ministry and Nehemiah’s Leadership – to Build up the Church as the House of God and the Kingdom of God by Living out and Working out the New Jerusalem.
• Further reading on this topic:
  – 6 Ways to Abide in God – First, eat Christ as the hidden manna. Article at, Holding to Truth.
  – Overcome to Inherit God’s Blessings, article via, New Jerusalem.
  – Loving The Father vs. Loving The World, article via, Living to Him.
  – To overcome worldliness, a portion from, The Overcomers, Chapter 3, by Witness Lee.
  – Overcoming the degradation of the church by eating the hidden manna to be transformed into white stones for God’s building, article by David Yoon via, Affirmation and Yoon.
  – Eating the hidden manna, the budding rod and the building up of God’s people, a portion from, Life-Study of Hebrews, Chapter 62.
• Hymns on this topic:
  – Will you be an overcomer? / Testimony bear! / Keep away from false religion, / ”Hidden manna” share. / Will you be an overcomer, / Simple, real, and pure? / Overcome all evil mixture, / Ruling pow’r secure. (Hymns #894 stanzas 4-5)
  – Touching deeply, richly I / Of Himself experience, / Thus the law of life I touch / And His clear anointing sense. / In my spirit deeper still / I would touch the Lord I love, / Touch Him in His hidden depth / And His hidden manna prove. (Hymns #769 stanzas 6-7)
  – Lo, the kingdom of the world is now the kingdom of the Lord! / O what joy to all the saints does His eternal reign afford! / Let us swell the mighty chorus of His praise in one accord— / The victory is won! / Vict’ry, vict’ry, Hallelujah! / Vict’ry, vict’ry, Hallelujah! / Vict’ry, vict’ry, Hallelujah! / The victory is won! (Hymns #1101 stanza 1 and chorus)