The Necessity of Spiritual Warfare for us to Enter into the Enjoyment of Christ

Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth. Matt. 6:10

We need to realize the necessity of spiritual warfare for us as God's people to possess Christ as the good land for the fulfillment of God's purpose. This week we come to the last great crystal in the book of Numbers, The Necessity of Spiritual … [Continue reading]

God Considers His People in a Positive Way: they are Heavenly People living on Earth

The mystery of the seven stars which you saw upon My right hand and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. Rev. 1:20

In His view, God always considers His people in a positive way; He sees them chosen, redeemed, saved, enjoying Christ, being built up with the Triune God, formed into an army, and prepared by God to possess Christ as the good land. … [Continue reading]

Praise the Lord for the Saints being Full of Life and Light and Participate in Life

As for the saints who are on the earth, they are the excellent; all my delight is in them. Psa. 16:3

According to God's view, His people are sheaves full of life and heavenly bodies full of light; if we praise the Lord for His saints being full of life and light, we will be the first to participate in life. Praise the Lord for the saints! We need … [Continue reading]

God’s People are Sheaves full of Life and the Church is Resurrectionly and Heavenly

If we see the heavenly dream, then we see that in God's view all His people are sheaves full of life to produce food for the meal offering to satisfy God and man.

We need to have the dreams that Joseph had so that we may realize that in God's view all His people are sheaves full of life to produce food for the meal offering to satisfy God and man. When we see the church and the saints the way that God sees … [Continue reading]

Praising God and Speaking Well of the Church Life to be under God’s Blessing today

…Blessed is everyone who blesses you, and cursed is everyone who curses you. Num. 24:9

We want to be those praising God and speaking well of the church so that we may be under God's blessing today. Throughout the centuries, those who have blessed Israel and who spoke well of the church have been blessed, and those who spoke evil of … [Continue reading]

In God’s Eyes the Church is Sanctified, Perfect, and Beautiful for it is Full of Christ

How fair are your tents, O Jacob, your tabernacles, O Israel! Num. 24:5

Praise the Lord, in the eyes of God the church is sanctified, perfect, and beautiful, for the church is full of Christ! Balaam's parables in Num. 23-24 portray Israel as being holy, perfect, and fair; in its standing the church is holy, in the sight … [Continue reading]

Seeing a Vision of the All-Sufficient One and having a Divine View of God’s People

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired for a possession… 1 Pet. 2:9

Like Balaam - a Gentile prophet who was brought into a vision - we also need to see the vision of the All-sufficient One and have a divine view of God's people, having God's view of things and of His people. This week in our crystallization-study of … [Continue reading]