Being Fully for God’s House and Coordinated with the Saints to Build up the Church

Exodus 35:34 says that both Bezalel and Oholiab did the work of teaching. But I believe that most of the teaching was done by Oholiab. This indicates that in the building up of the church there is the need of adequate teaching. We need some to be today’s Oholiab to teach the saints concerning God’s building according to the knowledge, understanding, wisdom, and skill received from the master builder. Witness Lee, LS Exodus

The desire of God's heart is to have a dwelling place on earth with man, and we as believers in Christ are God's people who are doing the work of building up God's house - we are co-workers and co-builders with Christ, building the church as the … [Continue reading]

Having the Wisdom, Understanding, and Knowledge of the Spirit to Build up the Church

Only the Spirit of God can build His own dwelling place through us. Zech. 4:6 And he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says Jehovah of hosts.

As believers in Christ we are both the materials for God's building and those who cooperate with the Lord to be co-builders with Him doing the noble work of building up the church with God Himself as our wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and … [Continue reading]

Being in the Shadow of God’s Grace and under His Light, with a Noble and Pure Heart

Exo. 31:2-3 See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom and with understanding and with knowledge and with all kinds of workmanship.

God gave Moses the pattern of the tabernacle with all its details, and He chose someone called Bezalel to be a "master builder" and lead the building up and setting up of the tabernacle. Paul also referred to himself as a "wise master builder" in 1 … [Continue reading]

Becoming Pillars in God’s Building to be an Entrance for others Deeper into God

Rev. 3:12 He who overcomes, him I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall by no means go out anymore, and I will write upon him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which descends out of heaven from My God, and My new name.

In our prayerful study of the tabernacle with its furnishings, we realize that we need to become pillars in the Triune God, as signified by the nine pillars in the tabernacle, so that we may be one with Christ for many to enter into God's building … [Continue reading]

God’s Building is Covered by Christ in His Humanity and Redemption for our Protection

1 Pet. 1:18-19 Knowing that it was not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, that you were redeemed from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers, But with precious blood, as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot, the blood of Christ.

The foundation and base of the church is the redemption of Christ (as typified by the sockets of silver in which the boards of the tabernacle were standing), the materials for the building up of the church is the humanity of Jesus (typified by the … [Continue reading]

Being Joined with others by and in the Holy Spirit with the Holding Power of the Divine Nature

How could the church be built up with so many believers? It could be done only in the divine nature and divine life of Christ by the Spirit of the Triune God. Witness Lee

When we look at how the boards and the uniting bars were made, put together, and functioning, we realize that in the Body of Christ we must be joined with others by the Holy Spirit and in the Holy Spirit with the holding power of the divine … [Continue reading]

Being Completed by being Matched with other Saints for God’s Building and His Move

The doubling of the corner boards (Exo. 26:24) signifies that at each turn in the Lord’s move, there is a need for doubling, strengthening, reinforcing; for example, at Antioch there was a turn to the Gentile world, and Barnabas and Saul were doubled and strengthened to become corner boards for the building of the church (Acts 13:2, 46). #ExoCS4, outline 10

It is very enlightening to look at the pattern of the tabernacle in Exodus and apply it to our Christian experience today; two of the principles we see with the boards of the tabernacle is that we as members of the Body need to be completed for the … [Continue reading]