The resurrected Christ is the holy and faithful things of David given to us as a gift for us to enjoy, experience, and participate in, and for us also to preach and give to others as the gospel. In Acts 13 Paul preaches the gospel of the firstborn Son of God, the only begotten Son […]
Christ became the Firstborn Son of God for the Propagation of the Divine Life
In resurrection Christ became the firstborn Son of God and the divine life was dispensed into all His believers to bring forth the propagation of the divine life that is embodied in Him. God made a promise to the fathers that He will bring forth a seed out of David that will be the Son […]
The Feast of Pentecost signifies our Enjoyment of the Outpoured Spirit of Christ
The Feast of Pentecost, which came fifty days after the feast of Firstfruits, signifies the New Testament believers enjoyment of the outpoured Spirit as the aggregate of the rich produce of the resurrected Christ for the producing and existence of the church as the Body of Christ. The first group of four feasts were the […]
Enjoying the Resurrected Christ as the Firstfruits and becoming the Firstfruits in Him
After the resurrected Christ is offered to God for His satisfaction, He is to be eaten and enjoyed by us, His people; Christ is to be dispensed into us with all the riches of His resurrection for our enjoyment. This is what the type of the Feast of Firstfruits shows us. First, it is the […]
The Feast of Firstfruits signifies the Resurrected Christ for our Enjoyment as a Feast
When Christ resurrected, He fulfilled the type of the Feast of Firstfruits, for the resurrected Christ is the Firstfruits for our enjoyment as a feast in His resurrection. This week we come to the second set of three main feasts ordained by God in Leviticus – the feast of Firstfruits, the Feast of Pentecost, and […]
Enjoying Christ as the Good Land in the Sphere of His Death and in His Resurrection
The borders of the good land as seen in Ezek. 47 are the Mediterranean Sea on the west, the Dead Sea and the Jordan river on the east, and Mount Hermon on the north. The good land is surrounded by waters of death, signifying that, as we enjoy Christ as the good land and allow […]
We are Witnesses of the Resurrected Christ in our Word, our Life, and our Action
The apostles were witnesses of the resurrected Christ – they witnessed not only in word but also by their life and action, especially bearing witness of His resurrection; we as witnesses of Christ need to testify of His resurrection in our speaking and our life and action. Many believers think that the way the kingdom […]