God desires that all His people be Nazarites, those who are sanctified and separated absolutely and ultimately to God; these are for nothing other than God, and they abstain from earthly enjoyment or pleasure because they are for God’s satisfaction. Who can be such a one? Who can be absolutely for God, seeking nothing else […]
The Lord Jesus is the Unique Nazarite who enjoyed the Richest Grace and Sweetest Love
God’s desire is for all His people to be Nazarites, and the Lord Jesus is the unique Nazarite living in our spirit today! A Nazarite is a type of Christ in His living absolutely for God in His humanity by enjoying God as the richest grace and sweetest love to choose the good and reject […]
In God’s light we see that God is Jealous over us to Love Him Supremely as His Wife
The dealing with a wife over whom her husband is jealous in Num. 5:11-31 typifies Christ’s jealousy over His believers and the church; we have a jealous God, and God is jealous whenever we love anything or anyone in place of Him. This portion in Num. 5 is very particular, and if such a procedure […]
A Built-up Church is both Lovely to the Lord and a Warring Church to Defeat Satan
As believers in Christ, we are members of the Body of Christ, the church, and we are both the loving bride of Christ and the warring church, the church who fights the battle against the enemy to defeat him and stand in the victory of Christ. The church as the bride of Christ must be […]
As the Counterpart of Christ, we need to be Romantic Christians Loving the Lord
The relationship that God wants to have with man is of love, and the Bible is a book of romance, for God created us not only to be in His image and with His likeness but that we would become the counterpart of Christ. In the Old Testament in particular we see that God came […]
As Priests and Levites we Enjoy God and Minister Christ while doing Practical Things
In the New Testament all believers are both priests and Levites, and all our service should be under the supervision of the inward, spiritual view of the New Testament priesthood. In the Old Testament those who served God were of two classes – Levites (who did more practical things, serving the tabernacle and the priesthood, […]
Fighting as a Corporate Warrior for God’s People to enjoy the All-inclusive Christ
The church is a corporate warrior fighting for all of God’s people to enjoy Christ as the all-inclusive good land. The good land of Canaan has two aspects: on one hand it is a type of the all-inclusive Christ with His unsearchable riches for us to enjoy, and on the other, it signifies the aerial […]