God’s desire is to make Himself the same as man is so that man may become the same as God is in life, nature, expression, and function, but not in the Godhead. This means that God wants man to rule with Him and through Him over all things. We need to see that our position […]
God’s Complete Salvation is for Us to Reign in Life by Receiving the Abundance of Grace
In His complete salvation, God intends not only to redeem us from the eternal perdition through His judicial redemption but also that He may fully save us in His life through His organic salvation. In the book of Romans we see this so clearly: God’s complete salvation has two aspects, the judicial aspect (His redemption) […]
God’s Intention is that Man would Reign in Life with Christ over All Things
God had a specific purpose in His creation of man. He created man in His own image and with His likeness so that man may express God and represent God (see Gen. 1:26). This means that God has a twofold desire in His creation of man – He wants man to possess His image and […]
Christ as Our High Priest Cares for Us and Makes Sure we Enjoy All God’s Blessings
In His ascension, the Lord Jesus Christ is our High Priest doing so many things. He is offering the incense at the golden altar (Rev. 8:3), He is bearing us on His shoulders and on His breast before God (Exo. 28:9-29), He cares for God’s need, and He is the Mediator and Executor of a […]
In His Ascension Christ was Made the Head of the Church and the High Priest
Christ’s accomplishments and attainments in His ascension are very high and awesome, and we will spend eternity enjoying all that He is and has done. Our achievements may be enjoyed only by us or our family or workmates, but Christ’s achievements in His resurrection and ascension are in the Spirit with our spirit for us […]
God is Heading Up All Things in Christ as We Constantly Receive His Divine Dispensing
Christ in ascension is continually dispensing and transmitting all that He is and has accomplished into every member of His Body, the church. The great goal of this divine transmission is none other than the heading up of all things in Christ (see Eph. 1:10). God’s desire is to head up all things in Christ […]
Experiencing the Continual Transmission of the Ascended Christ by Being Open to Him
In spiritual things in our Christian life first of all we need to see – we need to have a vision, something from the Lord that impresses us – and then we can enter into the experience of what we have seen. Paul first saw the divine light and a vision of Christ and His […]