In our Christian experience today, the Feast of Tabernacles signifies the rich, full, and ultimate enjoyment of all that Christ is; God wants us to have a full and ultimate enjoyment of Christ in the church life today and in the millennium. The Feast of Tabernacles – the last feast of the year – signifies […]
The Spirit was Outpoured on the Day of Pentecost for the Formation of the Church
On the day of Pentecost the Holy Spirit, which is actually Christ Himself, was poured out on the members of Christ, His disciples, for the formation of the church. The church was produced in Christ’s resurrection, but it was formed on the day of Pentecost with the outpouring of the Spirit. The Feast of Pentecost […]
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 […]
Not Living in the Vanity of our Mind but Learning Christ as the Reality is in Jesus
Before we were saved we lived in the vanity of our mind, but through faith in Christ and baptism in Him we have learned Christ even as the reality is in Jesus, and now we put on the new man with the new living, the church life. By faith in Christ we have received Him […]
Our Being Renewed in the Spirit of our Mind is the Key to Putting on the New Man
The key to putting off the old man (Eph. 4:22) and putting on the new man (v. 24) is being renewed in the spirit of our mind (v. 23). First, we need to see the vision of the one new man and realize that this is the unique thing that God is after today; then, […]
We were Reconciled in one Body to God through the Cross and have been Brought Near
On the cross in one Body both the Jews and the Gentiles were reconciled to God; we were reconciled in one Body to God, and now we are one with the Lord to preach the gospel of peace. Christ Himself is the peace offering for the Body of Christ as revealed in Ephesians 2:14. He […]