Jacob had one dream – the dream of Bethel, the house of God – but Joseph had two dreams – the dream of sheaves of wheat full of life and with the heavenly bodies full of light. In order for the dream of Bethel to be accomplished in reality today we need to have the two […]
Joseph’s Life was a Copy of the Life of Christ (and how this Applies to us) Part 2
It is so amazing to see how the life of Joseph is a copy of the life of Christ! So many things that Joseph went through together with his attitude toward these things typify Christ’s living on earth, the processes He went through, and His attitude toward these things. There’s no other single person in the […]
Joseph’s Life was a Copy of the Life of Christ (and how this Applies to us) Part 1
The life of Joseph as seen in Genesis is a copy of the life of Christ, and Joseph is the only person in the entire Bible who is perfect and without any blame, typifying Christ in a full way. When we read from Genesis 37 to the end of the book, the history of Joseph […]
Presenting Every Man Mature in Christ by Ministering Christ to them for the New Man
We need to grow unto maturity to become a part of the corporate full-grown man that fulfills God’s eternal purpose (Gen. 1:26). The goal of Paul’s ministry was to present every man full-grown in Christ for the one new man (see Col. 1:28-29). For this, he struggled, strived, and even travailed so that Christ would […]
Being Brought on to Maturity by Being Brought into the Word of Righteousness
In the book of Hebrews we see how Paul is burdened to bring the Hebrew believers out of the initial stage of salvation and on to maturity (see Heb. 5:11-6:5). The Hebrew believers were in a “kindergarten stage” in their growth in life, focusing mainly on the Lord’s earthly ministry, and they needed to be […]
Being Diligent to Develop the Virtues of the Divine Nature to Grow unto Maturity
Being brought on to maturity is a lifelong process that requires our daily cooperation with the Lord to experience the development of the divine life and the divine nature contained in the divine seed that has been sown into us so that we may have a rich entrance into the eternal kingdom of our God […]
Becoming the Same as Christ and Reaching Maturity by Having our Will Subdued
The deepest longing in the Lord’s heart is to have a counterpart that would match Him in every way. In the Song of Songs we see how we, sinners and strangers from the promises of God, pass through a process of transformation and maturity to become the duplication of Christ, “the Shulammite”, to match Him […]