The Breastplate is Central Point of the Priesthood: God’s Leading is in the Church

The breastplate being borne upon Aaron’s heart for a memorial before Jehovah signifies the entire church as one built-up entity being borne upon Christ’s loving heart for a memorial, a pleasing remembrance, before God (Exo. 28:29). Witness Lee

This week in our crystallization-study of Exodus we come to the matter of the breastplate - the central and ultimate point of the priesthood. In Exodus 28, when the priesthood is introduced, there's a great emphasis on the garments the priest … [Continue reading]

Being Priests Expressing Christ in our Living to Light the Lamps in the Meetings

The purpose of the gathering of the believers is to have the sanctuary of God with the lighting of the lamps by qualified priests so that we may have a vision of the different aspects of Christ and see the way to enter into the depths of Christ within God. Witness Lee

As believers in Christ, we are priests of God and members of the Body of Christ, and we meet with other believers in the church; our responsibility and privilege as we meet is that we light the lamps, that is, cause the divine light to ascend. Our … [Continue reading]

Lighting the Lamps involves every Aspect of our Experience in the Christian Life

Phil. 3:10 To know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.

As believers in Christ we need to daily come to the Lord in our Christian life and be shined on by Him, and we need to walk in His light. However, there's a great danger that we would "make our own light" and walk in our own light, which leads to … [Continue reading]

Elements involved when we Experience the Lighting of the Lamps in the Church Meetings

The light in the sanctuary of God issues from the lampstand, which signifies the embodiment of the Triune God (Exo. 37:17). Witness Lee

In the meetings of the church - the Holy Place - all the saints must exercise their spirit and cause the lighting of the lamps; the light comes of their enjoyment of Christ as the embodiment of the Triune God, the divine nature, the humanity of … [Continue reading]

We see the Divine Light when we are in our Spirit and in the Church, God’s Sanctuary

God’s way is hidden in the sea, and His paths in the great waters, with His footsteps, are not known to men (Psa. 77:19), but His way is revealed in His sanctuary, that is, in our spirit and in the church (Eph. 2:22; 1 Tim. 3:15). When we exercise our spirit and live in the church, God’s way becomes clear to us. (Psa. 77:13, footnote 1)

As believers in Christ we are priests of God, and it is our function as priests to light the lamps in the Holy Place, that is, walk in the light and cause the divine light to ascend as we meet with the saints. We need to realize that we are a holy … [Continue reading]

Being Saturated and Possessed by God to Light the Lamps in the Meetings of the Church

The one who lights the lamps is a person who is possessed by God, who is saturated with God, and who lives absolutely for God. Whatever such a person says and does in the sanctuary of God is the lighting of the lamps; all his actions are the lighting of the lamps. When the holy priests speak in the church meetings, the light ascends, and the sanctuary is full of light (Exo. 27:20; 1 Cor. 14:19; Matt. 5:14-16; Mark 4:21). Witness Lee

As believers in Christ, we are holy priests lighting the holy lamps in the holy place, the meetings of the church. Hallelujah, our God is light, and in Him there's no darkness at all, and we are children of light who are daily learning to walk in the … [Continue reading]

We are Children of Light Walking in the Light and Lighting the Lamps as we Meet

Matt. 18:20 For where there are two or three gathered into My name, there am I in their midst.

This week we are enjoying a particular wonderful matter in Exodus which is lighting the lamps in the sanctuary of God, which is done by those serving as priests clothed with the glorious garments (typifying the expression of Christ). After God … [Continue reading]