At the end of Ezekiel and at the end of Revelation God gains a holy temple and a holy city in which He can rest, dwell, be satisfied, and rule among man. In the holy city God can rule and reign with His authority, and in the holy temple He can dwell with His people […]
Having a Foretaste of the City with Twelve Gates – New Jerusalem – in the Church Life
November 2, 2017 by 8 Comments
Both Ezekiel and Revelation end with a city with twelve gates, which is Jerusalem (in Ezekiel) and the New Jerusalem (in Revelation). The result and consummation of what God has been doing with and in His people is a city with twelve gates – the city of Jerusalem, a type of the kingdom of God. […]
We need to Draw Near to God to be the Priests and Kings Ministering to Him Today
November 1, 2017 by 10 Comments
The more we draw near to God to be closer to Him as priests and kings to God, the more important we are to Him, and the more He can fulfil His purpose through us. The picture portrayed by the allotment of the land in Ezek. 48:1-35 shows that, in the restoration from Dan in […]
Enjoying Christ as the Good Land in the Sphere of His Death and in His Resurrection
October 31, 2017 by 8 Comments
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 Christ as the good land and allow […]
The Church is the issue of the Enjoyment of the Riches of Christ as the Good Land
October 30, 2017 by 13 Comments
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 the holy city or the […]
Ministers of Life are Begetters, Feeders, and Builders for the Building of the Church
October 28, 2017 by 1 Comment
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 enjoyment of Christ as the flow of life is for […]
Ministers of Life are Sowers, Planters, and Waterers for Christ to Grow in Others
October 27, 2017 by 4 Comments
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 cooperate with the Lord and allow Him to measure us according […]
