The Lord Jesus as the Son of Man was lifted up in the form of the serpent on the cross to bear the judgment for the serpent-poisoned people; if we repent of our serpentine nature and believe into Him, He becomes our Substitute and we enjoy eternal life. Hallelujah! This story in Num. 21:4-9 is […]
When we Repent for being Serpentine we are Qualified to Enjoy Christ as Eternal Life
Christ came as the reality of the Bronze Serpent and Destroyed Satan on the Cross
Christ came as the reality of the bronze serpent; He was lifted up on the cross, and we – the serpent-bitten men, those who became serpentine in nature – can look at Him and not die but live! Hallelujah! This week in our deeper study of the book of Numbers we come to ch. 21 […]
Fighting for God’s Interest and Bearing the Testimony of God in the Church Life
As the people of God today, we have Christ as our Leader in our Christian life, we are formed into His army to fight for His interests, we journey with God, we are bearing the testimony of God, and we are prepared by God to possess the all-inclusive Christ. Our history as believers in Christ […]
In the Church Life we’re Being Formed into a Holy Army to Fight together with God
The book of Numbers as a whole reveals the need for God’s chosen people to be formed into a holy army to carry out the holy war; for this, they go through many stations and experience many things, so that God would gain His holy army. We have seen that in the book of Exodus […]
A Revelation of God’s People being built up with the Triune God to be His Dwelling Place
We need to see a revelation of God’s people being built up with the Triune God to be His dwelling place on earth, as revealed in the pictures and types in the tabernacle. First, as God’s people we need to see a revelation of God Himself so that we may see who He is, what […]
Christ is the Living Portrait of God; we Keep the Law by Living God to Express Him
The law is a picture of God, a portrait of God, the testimony of God; Christ is the reality of the law as the testimony of God, and for us to keep the law in reality is to live a God-man life, a life which is God’s testimony. In our deeper study of the vital […]
We Need to receive the Revelation concerning God and God’s Economy for God’s Building
Even though the word economy is not used in the Old Testament books, yet the typology of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers unveils God’s economy; we need to receive the revelation concerning God and God’s economy. In these books we see the economy of God in pictures, while in the New Testament we see it in […]