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
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
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
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 […]
The Spirit of Reality Constituted into our being brings us in the Reality of the Body
If we would be in the reality of the Body of Christ today we need to have the Spirit of reality constituted into our being, so that we may intrinsically and organically be in the reality of the Body. The secret to our Christian life is the Spirit with our spirit, and the secret to […]
Living in Spirit to touch the Spirit of Reality as the Reality of the Body of Christ
The reality of the Body of Christ is the Spirit of reality who is mingled with our spirit, and whenever we turn to our spirit and live in spirit, we live out the Body life in reality. Everything related to God, Christ, and the spiritual and divine things are in the Spirit, for the Spirit […]
The Spirit of Reality Transmits the Reality of the Triune God to us in the Body
The Spirit of reality is the reality of the Triune God, making God real to us in our experience, and He is also the essence and reality of the Body of Christ; the Spirit of reality transmits the reality of the Triune God to us in the Body of Christ. God’s intention has to do […]