When we’re in the mingled spirit, we experience Christ’s death and resurrection to be produced as pearls, gates into the New Jerusalem. For us to become a pearl as an entrance into the New Jerusalem, we need to exercise our spirit to enjoy the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, so that we […]
Regeneration is our Entrance into the New Jerusalem, for God is our Triune Entrance
March 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Each gate into the New Jerusalem was a pearl, signifying that regeneration through the death-overcoming and life-secreting Christ is our entrance into the New Jerusalem, and our entrance is a Triune entrance, signified by three entrances on each of the four sides. The New Jerusalem is full of significance, and all the features and characteristics […]
Protecting the Interests of God and Entering the New Jerusalem by Faith in Christ
February 28, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The wall of the New Jerusalem is great and high for separation and protection for protecting the interests of God, and the law (typified by the twelve tribes of Israel) watches and observes that all who enter meets its requirements, while the angels observe and cheer us on. This scene of the New Jerusalem is […]
Israel’s Encamping and the New Jerusalem: God’s Purpose is to be Mingled with man!
February 27, 2019 by Leave a Comment
If we look at the picture in Numbers 2 with the glasses of God’s economy on, we will realise that the children of Israel encamping in array typifies God’s redeemed people being consummated as the New Jerusalem. The more we consider this picture the more we adore God for His plan, for His sovereignty, and […]
God is Mingled with Man to form a Fighting Unit of Eternal and Perfect Government
February 26, 2019 by Leave a Comment
It is quite wonderful to see that, according to the book of Numbers, in the Israelites encamping in array, their formation shows us that God is mingled with the created man, forming a unit of eternal and perfect government. In the first chapter of Numbers we see the formation of the army to fight for […]
Being Encamped in Array in God’s Sovereignty with Christ and the Church as our Center
February 25, 2019 by Leave a Comment
In Numbers two we see how the children of Israel were encamped in array as an army, each tribe by its own standard, all facing the center. After the numbering in ch. 1, the children of Israel were put in an array around the tabernacle – this is God’s first step of formation of the […]
The Reality of the Body of Christ is the Reality in Jesus lived out Corporately
January 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The reality of the Body of Christ is the reality in Jesus (Eph. 4:21); the way that the Lord Jesus lived on earth is the way that the members of the Body of Christ should live today – a life according to the reality in Jesus. What is reality? How can we have reality? We […]
