The chaos in government, worship, and morality recorded in the book of Judges portrays the satanic chaos in the old creation; we can conquer the satanic chaos in the divine economy by seeing a vision of God’s economy and by enjoying the all-sufficient grace with our spirit.
The book of Judges presents a dark and corrupt part of the history of the people of Israel, and the conclusion is that everyone did what was right in their own eyes, for there was no king in Israel in those days.
If we look around us in society, in the world, and even in Christianity, we see that everyone does what is right in his own eyes, and there’s no submission to God as the King.
Even in Christianity, we see that so many Christian workers do what is right in their own eyes, according to what they understand in the Word of God and based on how they feel before God.
Hence, there are so many divisions, denominations, free Christian groups, and independent groups, all of which are based on certain preferred doctrines or teachings, and many of which are led by certain persons who do what they think is right in their eyes.
But who on earth cares for what is in God’s heart? Who seeks the will of the Father and who does the will of the Father?
The Lord Jesus, the very God incarnated to be a man, did not come to do a great work; rather, He came to do the will of the Father, and this culminated with Him drinking the cup of death, even the death of the cross.
Therefore, the Father highly exalted Him, for Christ learned obedience through the things He suffered, and He created obedience to God through the things He experienced.
Such a One is now in us, in all the believers in Christ; He wants to live the same kind of life in us, a life of submission to God and doing the will of the Father.
He told us to pray, Your kingdom come, Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth.
Our prayer and yearning should be that the will of God would be done on earth, and we should seek the will of God.
It is not what we can do for God but what He wants to do, what He desires to do, and what He intends to do; we need to be open to Him, enquire of Him, and wait on Him to know what He wants to do right now in us and with us.
May we be saved from being workers of lawlessness in God’s eyes on that day.
May we be saved from not being acknowledged or approved by the Lord on that day.
May we seek to know God, enjoy God, abide in Christ, and not do our own will or what is right in our own eyes but seek the will of God, say Amen to His perfect will, and cooperate with God for Him to carry out what is in His heart.
Seeing that the Satanic Chaos always goes along with the Divine Economy and actually Helps God’s Economy
In the book of Judges, we see much satanic chaos among the people of Israel – there’s chaos in government, in the worship of God, and in morality.
Today we are surrounded by the satanic chaos; the Lord will not pluck us out – this will happen at the moment of our rapture, but until then, we are in it, we are surrounded by it, and we need to learn how to conquer it both personally and corporately.
The entire universe is in a state of chaos, and this chaos is the source of suffering in the world today; as long as there’s chaos in creation, there will be sufferings in the world (Rom. 8:18-22).
The entire creation groans together and travails together in pain until they are released from the slavery of vanity at the time of the revelation of the sons of God.
The history of the universe is a history of God’s economy and Satan’s chaos (see Gen. 1:1-2, 26; Rev. 20:10-21:4).
Both the history of the universe and our personal history is filled with these two things: the divine economy and the satanic chaos.
We may pursue the Lord and enjoy Him, receiving so much light as we get into His word, and then, suddenly, by no fault or doing of our own, the satanic chaos comes in.
Where did it come from? We don’t know, and we may not have an explanation, but it is a fact.
So we may pray that the Lord would take us away or remove the chaos, but the Lord’s answer is that He doesn’t take us out but rather, He is training us to overcome it.
This will glorify Him – when we triumph in the divine economy over the satanic chaos. We all are in training, we are being perfected, to overcome the satanic chaos.
Satan, the devil, is the source and element of the evil chaos (Matt. 16:23; Rev. 2:9-10; 2 Cor. 2:11; 1 Pet. 5:8).
God Himself, however, is the divine economy, and He has come into us as an administration, arrangement, and plan to put everything in order (Eph. 1:10; 3:10).
Satan is the source of the satanic chaos, but God is the source of the divine economy, and God has come into us as an arrangement, an administration, to put everything in order.
When God in Christ came into us, the divine economy came into us; the divine economy is a person – Christ Himself.
In the Bible and in our experience, the satanic chaos always goes along with the divine economy and actually helps God’s economy (v. 9). This is God’s wisdom.
In His wisdom, even the things that Satan does, are used by God to advance His eternal purpose.
We may not understand it now, for what we see outwardly is the satanic chaos, but one day we will understand. We see the chaos, but we believe into the Lord and the divine economy comes in.
We believe in the victorious Christ and we do not necessarily desire to be extricated, that is, pulled out from it, but we want to cooperate with the Lord to triumph over the satanic chaos in the divine economy!
And sometimes we may even declare this to the enemy, telling him that the man Jesus destroyed him on the cross, and He is coming soon to bring the kingdom to the earth.
Satan will be destroyed under the feet of the church, the overcomers overcome him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they love not their soul-life even unto death. Hallelujah!
Though all we see around us is the satanic chaos, we stand one with the Lord in His divine economy and we declare His victory, knowing that our destiny is to be living a happy marriage with our redeeming God forever while the enemy is in the lake of fire!
Lord Jesus, we love You and we join ourselves to You in Your divine economy. We do not look at the satanic chaos around us but we stand one with You in Your victory! Hallelujah, Christ has destroyed the devil on the cross, and we as the church proclaim and stand in His victory! Amen, Lord, we open to You to be trained, prepared, and qualified to be Your overcomers, those who triumph over the satanic chaos in the divine economy! Hallelujah, the divine economy has come into us, and even the satanic chaos around us helps the advance and carrying out of the divine economy! Praise the Lord, Jesus is victor, our destiny is to live a happy married life with the Lord, and the enemy will be in the lake of fire!
Having a Clear Vision of God’s Economy and Living by the All-Sufficient Grace in our Spirit to Triumph in the Divine Economy over the Satanic Chaos
As believers in Christ, we clearly see the chaos, rebellion, and lawlessness around us, but we need to be governed by a clear vision of God’s economy (Psa. 2:1-6; Prov. 29:18a; Eph. 3:9).
As those who are living in the midst of chaos, rebellion, and lawlessness, we need to see and be governed by a clear vision of the economy of God.
Our daily life and work need to be governed, controlled, and directed by this vision (Acts 26:19).
He who sees endures; just like Joseph in the Old Testament who endured because of the dream the Lord gave him and which governed him, so we will endure in the satanic chaos by being governed by the vision of God’s economy.
We must be strong and unshakable in the vision of God’s economy, God’s eternal will (Eph. 1:10; 3:9; Rev. 4:11; 1 Cor. 15:58; Heb. 12:28).
Such a vision is unshakable, and when we are governed by this vision, we are unshakable. We have an unshakable kingdom.
The unshakable Jng is in our spirit, and the unshakable kingdom is being formed in our hearts.
The enemy will find out that, even though he creates such satanic chaos and causes this and that attack, pain, suffering, and heartache, he will be put to shame because we are unshakable!
Hallelujah, we are unshakable because the unshakable God is the constituent of our being, and the unshakable Christ is our King!
And we are built up with our fellow believers in this unshakable kingdom in the midst of the chaos.
The enemy will be defeated, and out of the satanic chaos, the kingdom of god will rise, for the Lord is gaining a group of people who live under His throne! Amen!
The overcomers conquer the satanic chaos in the old creation and carry out the divine economy for the new creation (1 Tim. 1:4; Eph. 1:10; 3:9-10; 2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15); the way they do it is by being governed by the vision of God’s economy and by living by the all-sufficient grace with their spirit.
The overcomers are not delivered out of the satanic chaos; instead, they cooperate with the Lord to conquer the destructive satanic chaos and triumph in the constructive divine economy. Amen!
Yes, there is chaos outwardly, and the chaos may not be removed, but the overcomers are empowered in the grace which is in Christ Jesus (2 Tim. 2:1) and are able to stand for and live out the divine economy (1:10-15; 3:14-17; 4:2, 5, 7, 18).
We can conquer the satanic chaos by the processed and consummated Triune God as the all-sufficient grace which is with our spirit (1 Cor. 15:10; 2 Cor. 12:9; 2 Tim. 4:22).
The grace of the Lord is with us – the grace of the Lord Jesus is with our spirit, for the Lord is with our spirit.
God in Christ as the Spirit is the all-sufficient grace with our spirit, and by this grace, we can conquer all the satanic chaos and carry out the unique divine economy.
It is only by Christ as our all-sufficient grace that we can conquer the satanic chaos and triumph in the divine economy.
We conquer the satanic chaos and carry out the divine economy according to the truth; the church, the manifestation of God in the flesh, is the pillar and base of the truth (1 Tim. 3:15-16).
When we love the Lord with the first love, taking Him as our Husband, Head, King, and Lord, we triumph in the divine economy and conquer the satanic chaos.
May we be such ones, those governed by the vision of God’s economy, love the Lord with the first love, eat Him as the tree of life, be shining as a lampstand, and live by the all-sufficient grace of God with our spirit!
Lord Jesus, we give ourselves to You to be one with You to conquer all the satanic chaos and carry out the unique divine economy. Amen, Lord, may a clear, controlling vision of God’s economy direct our heart and govern us. May we be those who enjoy the processed and consummated Triune God as the all-sufficient grace with our spirit. Amen, Lord Jesus, keep us enjoying You as the tree of life and loving You with the first and best love so that all satanic chaos may be conquered and the divine economy would triumph! Make us Your overcomers today, those who live by grace and do everything by the grace of God under the vision of God’s economy!
References and Hymns on this Topic
- Sources of inspiration: the Word of God, my enjoyment in the ministry, the message by bro. Ron Kangas for this week, and portions from, The Satanic Chaos in the Old Creation and the Divine Economy for the New Creation (chs. 1-3) by Witness Lee, as quoted in the Holy Word for Morning Revival on, Crystallization-study of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth (2021 summer training), week 9, The Children of Israel not having a King and Everyone doing what was Right in His Own Eyes.
- Hymns on this topic:
– This grace, which is the living Christ Himself, / Is what we need and must experience; / Lord, may we know this grace and by it live, / Thyself increasingly as grace to sense. (Hymns #497)
– Oh, may a clear, controlling vision of / The Lord’s economy direct my heart, / And burn in me until my spirit’s wholly set afire! / With spirit strong and active we’ll press on / To consummate God’s goal— / New Jerusalem, Hallelujah! (Song on, God has called us for His purpose)
– He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater, / He sendeth more strength when the labors increase, / To added affliction He addeth His mercy, / To multiplied trials, His multiplied peace. (Hymns #723)
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