The principle of the Sabbath is that God first wants us to rest and enjoy God, and then we can work together with Him. This principle applies both in creation and in redemption. When God created us, we didn’t have to work first but rest and enjoy God, and then we could work with Him. […]
We keep the Sabbath when we Rest and Enjoy God in a Solemn Way for His Satisfaction
Feasting with the Lord by Entering into His Rest and Enjoying Him with the Saints
God desires that His people feast with the Lord, that is, that we as His people would be joyful and at rest with Him as we are feasting with the Lord and with the saints. The feasts and the matter of feasting is of great significance in the Bible, for as soon as God gained […]
Christ Obtained an Eternal Redemption and Opened the Way into the Holy of Holies
Christ entered into the heavenly Holy of Holies and obtained an eternal redemption, and He initiated a new and living way for us to come forward to God in the Holy of Holies. Hallelujah for our wonderful, all-inclusive Christ typified in Leviticus and revealed in Hebrews to be our eternal portion (Heb. 13:8)! This week […]
Christ is our Great High Priest, our Forerunner, our Guarantee, and our Minister
Hallelujah for our wonderful Christ as typified in Leviticus and revealed in the book of Hebrews! He is our merciful, faithful, and great High Priest, our Forerunner, the Surety of a better covenant, the High Priest who is able to save us to the uttermost, and the Minister in the heavens. What a Christ! In […]
Christ is the Captain of our Salvation and the Apostle and Builder of God’s House
What a wonderful Christ we have! In Hebrews we see that He’s the Creator, Upholder, and Heir of God’s creation, He destroyed the devil, He’s the Captain of our salvation into glory, and He is the Apostle and Builder of God’s house. Hallelujah for our wonderful Christ! He is the word of God to be […]
Christ is God’s Speaking, the Effulgence of God’s Glory and the Impress of His Substance
The book of Hebrews as an exposition of Leviticus starts by saying that Christ is the speaking of God, the image of the invisible God, the effulgence of God’s glory and the impress of God’s substance (see Heb. 1:1-3). Our Christ is all-inclusive, and in the book of Leviticus we see many types, figures, and […]
Hebrews shows how the All-Inclusive Christ came to Replace the Offerings with Himself
Christ came to replace the offerings with Himself as the real sacrifice and living offering, and He as the all-inclusive One is everything to God and to God’s people. It is quite impressive to see how Paul in Hebrews expounds on the book of Leviticus, without mentioning it per say, and how he shows us […]