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Enjoying Christ as the Good Land in the Sphere of His Death and in His Resurrection

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On the north side of the good land, there is no river as a border; instead, there is Mount Hermon, a high mountain, which signifies the heavens, from which the dew of God’s grace descends on the mountains of Zion, typifying the local churches (Psa. 133); the elevated good land with Mount Hermon signifies the resurrected Christ, who has ascended to the heavens. Crystallization-Study of Ezekiel (2), outline 11

The borders of the good land as seen in Ezek. 47 are the Mediterranean Sea on the west, the Dead Sea and the Jordan river on the east, and Mount Hermon on the north. The good land is surrounded by waters of death, signifying that, as we enjoy … [Continue reading]

The Church is the issue of the Enjoyment of the Riches of Christ as the Good Land

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By enjoying the riches of the land, the children of Israel were able to build up the temple to be God’s habitation on earth and the city of Jerusalem to establish God’s kingdom on earth; likewise, by enjoying the unsearchable riches of Christ, the believers in Christ are built up to be Christ’s Body, the church, which is Christ’s fullness, His expression (Eph. 1:22-23), and which is also the habitation of God (2:21-22; 1 Tim. 3:15) and the kingdom of God (Matt. 16:18-19; Rom. 14:17). The sanctuary, the temple, is God’s house for His rest, and the city is God’s kingdom for His authority; both typify the church as God’s house and God’s kingdom, which will consummate in the New Jerusalem in eternity for the fulfillment of God’s eternal economy - Ezek. 48:8, 15; 1 Tim. 3:15; Rom. 14:17; Rev. 21:22-3, 22; 22:1, 3, 5. Crystallization-Study of Ezekiel (2), outline 11

The holy temple and the holy city were built on and were the issue of the holy land, showing that the church is the issue of the enjoyment of the riches of Christ. The last two chapters of Ezekiel speak a lot concerning the holy land - not merely of … [Continue reading]

Ministers of Life are Begetters, Feeders, and Builders for the Building of the Church

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1 Cor. 4:15 ...In Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

If we truly and genuinely drink the flow of living water and are in the flow of the river of water of life, we are ministers of life as sowers, planters, waterers, begetters, feeders, and builders with the ministry of life for God's building. Our … [Continue reading]

Ministers of Life are Sowers, Planters, and Waterers for Christ to Grow in Others

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1 Cor. 3:6-7 I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth. So then neither is he who plants anything nor he who waters, but God who causes the growth.

The result and issue of our enjoyment of Christ as the flow of life - the life-giving Spirit - is that we become sowers, planters, waterers, begetters, feeders, and builders with the ministry of life for the building up of the church. If we … [Continue reading]

Being Absolute for the Lord and for the Church Life to have a Rich Flow of Life

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If you are in the Lord’s recovery, be in the recovery absolutely, not halfway. Come back all the way from Babylon to Jerusalem. If you stop halfway, you will become a marsh, and you will not have any flow, not even a trickle. Rather, you will have just enough water to make you “muddy.” You will be a marsh, and a marsh cannot be healed. Throughout all my years in the Lord’s recovery, I have never seen a marsh that was healed. Witness Lee, Life-study of Ezekiel, msg. 26

The river of water flowing from the house of God heals and brings life wherever it goes, but it cannot heal the swamps and marshes; we need to be absolute for the Lord and for His recovery to enjoy the healing and life imparting of the river of … [Continue reading]

Everything shall live, Death is Healed, and Life Grows where the River of life Flows

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Ezek. 47:8-9 This water flows out toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah and goes to the sea; when it flows into the sea, the water of the sea is healed. And every living creature which swarms in every place where the river goes shall live, and there will be very many fish, when this water comes there. And the water of the sea shall be healed, and everything shall live wherever the river comes.

Praise the Lord, everything shall live where the river of life flows from the house of God! This river produces trees with fruits, a lot of fish, and cattle, and this river waters and heals for the producing of life. As long as we have this river, … [Continue reading]

Being Willing to be Measured by the Lord for the Deepening and Increase of the Flow of Life

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If the saints in a local church are willing to be measured again and again and again and again, four times to one hundred percent, there will be a river to water the parched desert, to heal the dead sea, to grow the trees and produce the fish, and to produce the kids and the calves. What we need is to be measured for the Lord’s move. We need to be tested, examined, taken over, and possessed by the Lord. Witness Lee

In order that the flow of life would increase in us and even become a river to swim in, we need to be willing to be measured by the Lord as the Man of bronze. In Ezek. 47 we see the river flowing from the house of God, and as the man measured one … [Continue reading]