Zion was the city of David, the centre of the city of Jerusalem, where the temple as God’s dwelling place was built; the overcomers as Zion are the reality of the Body of Christ and consummate the building up of the Body in the local churches – within the church life today there must […]
Christ is the Effulgence of God as the Father of Glory Infusing us and Glorifying us!
Concerning the Triune God, the Bible tells us of the Father of glory, the Son being in glory and being glorified by the Father, and the Spirit of the glory and of God; our Triune God is a God of glory and we’re children of our Father being brought into glory! Hallelujah! The Triune […]
Growing into a Temple in the Lord and being Built as a Dwelling Place of God in Spirit
As believers in Christ and members of the Body of Christ, we are being built together into a dwelling place of God in spirit to be the holy temple in the Lord, the temple of God; we are His dwelling place and He is our dwelling place. There are many aspects of the church […]
We are Saved, Enlivened, and have Access to God for the Building up of the Church
Our being saved by grace, being raised up together with Christ and seated together with Him in the heavenlies and having access to the Father are for the building up of the church, His Body, through growing into a holy temple in the Lord. Amen! This week we come to the third week in […]
Living Stones are Worked on Outwardly and Living Inwardly to be Suitable for God’s Building
The stones of the temple signify Christ’s humanity in transformation, the transformed Christ – He’s the One suitable for God’s building! He as the living stone is making us living stones through the inward work of regeneration and outward work of cutting and dealing, just as the stones were cut and dealt with before […]
Abide in the Lord and produce Soothing Oil and Invigorating Wine to Comfort and Cheer
As believers in Christ, we have been grafted into Him; we simply need to abide in the Lord and produce soothing oil and invigorating wine to comfort and cheer God and man. In order for us to partake of Christ with His riches, we need to be cut off from our old background, history, […]
Exercise our spirit to Absorb the Riches of Christ into whom we’re Grafted Contrary to Nature
As believers in Christ, we are branches of Christ, those grafted into Him as the cultivated olive tree to enjoy Him as the life-giving Spirit by denying the self to absorb the riches of Christ. Hallelujah! The types and figures in the Old Testament show us a picture of what we the New Testament […]