Genuine oneness is not mere unity – oneness is a matter of sinking deeply into the Triune God until we are fully overlaid with Him as gold; our problem is that we are short of God, and our need is to gain more God as gold so that we may be perfected into one for […]
Being Overlaid with God as Gold to Practically Keep the Oneness of the Spirit
September 27, 2016 by 3 Comments
The Lord Jesus prayed for the oneness in John 17, and in Exodus 26 with the tabernacle, we can see a picture, a type of this oneness, in the standing boards of the tabernacle which were overlaid with gold; we need to be overlaid with God as gold, for us to be one practically and […]
The Oneness of the Body of Christ is the Enlarged Oneness of the Divine Trinity
September 26, 2016 by 7 Comments
There are many wonderful aspects of the tabernacle in Exodus that are types of our Christian experience, and one of these is that the tabernacle typifies the oneness in the Triune God. Oneness in this universe is God Himself; only God is one, and the oneness in the Triune God is the unique and most […]
The Emphasis in the Bible is on God’s Building; our Unique Need is to be Built Up
September 23, 2016 by 7 Comments
Christ today is building up His church; God’s goal is His building, and our unique need is for us to be built up. The entire Bible speaks of life and building: God is life, He gives Himself to man as life in the form of food (the tree of life) and drink (the living water) […]
Only when we are Built and Coordinated into the Building can we Serve the Lord
September 22, 2016 by 6 Comments
As believers in Christ we are both living stones being built up into a spiritual house and a priesthood that is built up and coordinated into the building of God. In Exodus we see that the goal of God delivering His people from Egypt, bringing them across the Red Sea, giving them heavenly food and drink in […]
The Church is Composed of God’s Redeemed People as a Spiritual House and a Priesthood
September 20, 2016 by 4 Comments
After seeing that the entire Bible speaks mainly of life and building, we today come to the matter of the tabernacle and the priesthood: the tabernacle is the priesthood, and the church is both a spiritual house and the priesthood. The basic and central revelation of the Bible are life and building; from Gen. 2 all […]
Seeing that Life and Building are the Basic and Central Revelation of the Bible
September 19, 2016 by 8 Comments
The entire Bible speaks of life and building, and when we look at the priesthood in the book of Exodus we realize that it is inseparable from the building of God. As one of the hymns says, holy priests are living stones (see Hymns #849). The building in the type of the tabernacle and the […]
