We may agree with God to put to death the ugly and evil aspects of our flesh, but we may treasure the good aspects of our flesh and spare them, not wanting to destroy them, but God wants to utterly destroy the flesh; even our doing good according to our own will is an […]
Seeing that our Flesh is an Enemy of God’s Authority and is in Rebellion against God
With Amalek there is a hand against the throne of the Lord; the flesh is an enemy of God’s authority, trying to overthrow the throne of God, and is versus the kingship, so the flesh needs to be thoroughly dealt with before the kingdom of God can come in. Wow! In each one of […]
As the Totality of our Fallen old man, the Flesh is Enmity against God and Cannot Please God
In the eyes of God and according to the Bible, the flesh denotes the totality of the fallen old man, our entire fallen being; it is the living out and expression of the old man, and the flesh is enmity against God, not being subject to God’s law nor being able to please God. […]
The need for the full Recovery of the Church Life with Christ as the Center and Content
God’s desire is for Christ to be the center and content of the church so that Christ would be expressed fully in the church; the history of the Ark and the tabernacle in 1 and 2 Samuel is a type of the church history until the recovery of the church life, where God can […]
Not Usurping God but Living and Praying for His Economy and having a Normal Church
May we be those who are not usurping God; rather, may we be those who live and pray for God’s economy and are according to His heart, having a normal church with Christ as the center and content. The move of the Ark in the Old Testament was a picture of God’s move on […]
Enjoy the Mingling of Divinity with Humanity as we Come forward to God in Christ
The spiritual interpretation and application of the Ark of the Testimony is deep and profound, for the acacia wood overlaid with God signifies the mingling of divinity with humanity which is strong in character and high in standard, and the lid of the ark signifies Christ as the meeting place of God and His […]
The Church is the Tabernacle of God and Christ is the Center and Content of the Church
Just as the Ark was the center and content of the tabernacle, so Christ is the center and content of the church; for us to enter into the reality of the Body of Christ, we must see the intrinsic significance of the Ark. This week in our HWMR on the Crystallization-study of 1 & […]