The Divine Trinity is revealed in the separation of the Nazarite in Num. 6, for it is only when we enjoy the divine dispensing of the Divine Trinity can we be a genuine Nazarite to God, the Nazarites of today.
We have to see that the book of Numbers is not only a record of numbering of God’s people and their journey in the wilderness, but it is a record structured with the Divine Trinity.
Actually, the entire Bible is structured with the Divine Trinity, because all that God has, is, has done, and has accomplished can be enjoyed and experienced by us as His people by means of His Divine Trinity.
Only by enjoying the divine dispensing of the Divine Trinity can we be a proper Christian, live the Christian life, serve God, be a Nazarite set aside for His purpose, and build up the church.
When we read the Bible and see the mentioning of the Triune God, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit, we need to realise that the Triune God is not for our doctrinal understanding or debate but for the divine dispensing.
Even in the first chapter of Numbers we see the incarnation of the Triune God, which is implied in the matter of Moses having fellowship with God in the Tent of Meeting, the tabernacle with the Ark.
Moses didn’t fellowship with God in his own tent or outside the camp but in the Tent of Meeting, the Tabernacle of the Testimony containing the Ark of the Testimony.
God’s presence is with the Ark, which is a type of Christ as the incarnation of the Triune God. Christ came to embody God, express God, and explain God, and when we come to Christ, we see God in all His aspects and riches.
And this Christ is not only the Ark but also the tabernacle – the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us, full of grace and reality (John 1:14). Christ as God’s embodiment has been expanded and enlarged to become the entrable God as the tabernacle of God.
So now God who dwells in unapproachable light not only has an expression on earth in Jesus Christ, but He has been enlarged for man to enter into God.
Hallelujah, our God is entrable, and we as His people can enter into God by means of Jesus Christ through the exercise of our spirit mingled with the divine Spirit. When the divine Spirit came into our spirit, our spirit became a mingled spirit, the Holy of Holies; in this mingled spirit we can now enjoy God, receive His divine dispensing, and partake of all the riches of the Triune God.
Now in Christ we can enter into God, and He becomes the meaning of our life and the center of our life, and we become His expression and testimony on the earth. Hallelujah!
Being the Nazarites of Today who are Voluntary Consecrated Ones to Satisfy God
When we speak of the principle of the Nazarite and how the Nazarites were separated unto God for His purpose, we need to realise the difference between the priests and the Nazarites.
In the Old Testament God ordained that the descendants of Aaron would be the priests; so if you are born in the family of Aaron and you were a male, you were a priest.
As believers in Christ, we all are priests; we were chosen by God (Eph. 1:4), and we are a royal priesthood, a holy priesthood, to serve God in spirit and be those who express Him on earth.
Hallelujah, we are priests by being born of God, and our divine birth gives us the right to be priests to God, those who contact God, enjoy God, spend time to be infused with God, and bring God to man and man to God!
However, in the people of Israel not all could be priests, but if you wanted to serve God, there was a provision made – being a Nazarite.
Anyone in the people of Israel could serve God by separating themselves unto God as a Nazarite; they had to offer some offerings and fulfill some conditions, and they could act as a priest by being voluntarily consecrated ones.
Those who were not born into the priesthood had a provision to serve God if they had a heart for Him; they could volunteer as Nazarites. Samuel was like this; he was not born in the priesthood, but he became a Nazarite, and he eventually acted and served as a priest (see 1 Sam. 1-3).
The Aaronic priesthood were chosen by God, but the Nazarites volunteered themselves. We also can volunteer to God to serve Him for the fulfillment of His purpose.
On one hand we were chosen by God to be His priests, and on the other hand we need to consecrate ourselves to the Lord, offering our body as a living sacrifice for His good pleasure (Rom. 12:1-2).
We may know that we were chosen by God to be priests, even a royal priesthood, but we also have to consecrate ourselves to Him for His purpose. We may not have much consciousness or feeling of being chosen, but we can voluntarily consecrate ourselves to the Lord for His purpose.
We need to voluntarily separate ourselves from the world unto God, offer Christ as all the sacrifices for God’s good pleasure, and give ourselves to Him for His purpose.
If we look at the offerings of the priest for their consecration and the offerings that the Nazarites had to offer, we will notice that the Nazarites had to also offer the drink offering.
This indicates that the Nazarites satisfy God and make Him happy. Yes, God chose us to be priests, but when we volunteer to Him and become the voluntarily consecrated ones, we satisfy Him and make Him happy.
Lord Jesus, we give ourselves to You to be the Nazarites of today, the voluntarily consecrated ones who satisfy You and are one with You for Your purpose. Thank You for choosing us to be Your priests; what a high honor and privilege to be a priest to God, part of a royal and holy priesthood. Lord, we consecrate ourselves to You for what You want to do in us, with us, and through us. We offer Christ as the reality of all the offerings, and we separate ourselves unto You for Your purpose, for You to be satisfied and made happy.
Enjoying the Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity to be the Nazarites of Today
We may be very much impressed with the fact that God needs Nazarites, the voluntarily consecrated ones, but we also need to realise that the Divine Trinity is revealed and involved in our separating ourselves to the Lord to be the Nazarites of today (see Num. 6:13-16).
The fact that the Divine Trinity is involved with the separation of the Nazarites is indicated by the offerings which the Nazarites had to offer at the time of their consecration – the burnt offering, the sin offering, the peace offering, and the meal offering (vv. 11-12, 14-17).
This is the law of the Nazarite; he shall be brought to the Tent of Meeting, and there he shall present his offerings.
The Tent of Meeting is a type of Christ as the embodiment of God and as the meeting place of God and man; for our consecration to God as the Nazarites of today we need to come to Christ, the embodiment of God.
All these offerings refer to Christ; He is our real burnt offering as the One who is perfect and absolutely for God; He is the unique sin offering taking away our sin, He is our true peace offering making peace between us and God, and He is also our meal offering to be the real satisfaction to God.
Furthermore, He cheers God and man up by being the real drink offering. Being a Nazarite has high requirements and characteristics, and we cannot fulfill these by ourselves; we need to come to Christ as the embodiment of God (the reality of the Tent of Meeting) and offer Christ as the reality of all the offerings.
The Tent of Meeting refers to Christ as the dwelling place of God and the meeting place of His people; as the Tent of Meeting, Christ is the ground and the sphere for our enjoyment of the Divine Trinity. When the Nazarite offered the sacrifices, he offered them to Jehovah – not to God but to Jehovah.
The divine title, Jehovah, denotes God’s relationship with man, and it denotes the Divine Trinity (Exo. 3:14).
On one hand the title Jehovah is the name used by God when He has a relationship with man, and on the other, it refers to the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Jehovah is a name involving God’s Trinity.
The separation of the Nazarite was so that he might participate in the divine dispensing of the Divine Trinity in type.
The only way we can be the Nazarites of today, those voluntarily consecrated ones, is by participating in the divine dispensing of the Divine Trinity.
It is not just by making up our mind to fulfill all the conditions for being a Nazarite that we become the Nazarites of today, but it is by coming to Christ as the embodiment of God and by enjoying and offering Him as the reality of all the offerings to God for His satisfaction.
It is through the divine dispensing of the Divine Trinity that we can become genuine Nazarites, those who fulfill all the requirements and conditions of being a Nazarite, and we can be for God’s satisfaction and purpose on the earth today.
If we serve God based only on His selection, we may satisfy God, but if we volunteer to serve God, we give Him pleasure, for we participate in the divine dispensing of the Divine Trinity, and we are poured out as a drink offering for His pleasure and enjoyment.
The type of the separation of the Nazarite in Num. 6 shows us that the Divine Trinity is fully involved in our consecration.
Lord Jesus, we come to You as the embodiment of God, the dwelling place of God, and the meeting place of God and man. We offer You as the reality of all the offerings, for You are absolute for God, You bore our sins and took away our sin, You satisfy God, You made peace and are peace, and You please God and make Him happy. We lay our hands on You, Lord, and we offer ourselves to You to be the voluntarily consecrated ones, the Nazarites of today. Keep us enjoying the divine dispensing of the Divine Trinity today so that we may be the Nazarites of today!
References and Hymns on this Topic
- Inspiration: the Word of God, my enjoyment in the ministry, the message by James Lee for this week, and portions from, Life-study of Numbers, msgs. 49-50 (by Witness Lee), as quoted in the Holy Word for Morning Revival on, Crystallisation-Study of Numbers (1), week 6, The Divine Trinity as Revealed in Numbers.
- Hymns on this topic:
# Lord, Thou art our consecration, / Thou the consecrated One; / Thou hast satisfied the Father— / Consecration thus was done. / When on earth Thou hadst no pleasure, / Save to do the Father’s will; / Now Thou livest here within us, / Consecration to fulfill. (Hymns #1138)
# Sanctify me absolutely, / Take my life and have Your way. / Overcome in me, give me victory / Through Your life and end this age. / I need You, but You need me too, / To do what You want to do. / Rekindle all of my love for You, / To be a voluntarily consecrated one. (Song on, Consecrated One)
# When God wants to move, / He must gain an instrument; / Overcomers separated from the current age. / They have joined themselves / Through His word to His desire. / Overcomers constituted with the Holy Word. / Raise up some to meet Your need, some Nazarites, / Voluntary consecrated ones, / Who through Your word are joined to Your desire; / Your living testimony on the earth. (Song on, In this godless age)
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