The highest purpose of God for the church is that all things would be headed up in Christ through the church (Eph. 1:10). God’s purpose for the church is threefold: to have the divine sonship for God’s corporate expression, to subdue God’s enemy by being the display of God’s multifarious wisdom, and to cooperate with […]
The Rainbow around God’s Throne Signifies that Christ Became Wisdom to us from God
December 4, 2014 by 2 Comments
Through the church God’s multifarious wisdom is being manifested and displayed to the enemy and to the whole universe, and for this Christ became wisdom to us from God, both righteousness and sanctification and redemption (1 Cor. 1:30). It is a fact that all the believers in Christ can enjoy the continual transmission of Christ […]
Christ Became Wisdom to us from God as Righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption
December 2, 2014 by 2 Comments
God’s purpose for the church is to subdue His enemy by displaying His multifarious wisdom through the church. The church is God’s masterpiece, His work of art, His amazing handiwork to be displayed for all to see God’s multifarious wisdom. Through the church God’s wisdom is being expressed in its multi-faceted way, in its many […]
Being Sanctified by the Spirit unto Sonship and Growing in the Life of Christ
November 27, 2014 by 1 Comment
As God’s chosen ones, all the believers in Christ are made the sons of God in full by His sanctifying Spirit. First, the Spirit sanctifies us positionally by working in our environment to bring us to salvation, and then He operates in us in a dispositional way to sanctify us dispositionally so that we may […]
Benjamin: the Dwelling Place of the Triune God with Man Consummating in New Jerusalem
November 16, 2014 by 1 Comment
When Jacob was at the zenith, the culmination of his life, he was shining like a sun: he prophesied with blessing in a specific way concerning each of his twelve sons. His prophecy was first fulfilled in the history of the people of Israel with the twelve tribes, and today Jacob’s prophecy with blessing applies to […]
We’re Enjoying the Universal Blessing of the Triune God as Joint Heirs with Christ
November 14, 2014 by 7 Comments
Because he was separated from his brothers in the principle of a Nazarite, Joseph was blessed above his brothers by his father Jacob (see Gen. 49:22-26). In his prophesying with blessing concerning each of his twelve sons, Jacob uttered a great prophecy with blessing concerning Jacob, which is actually the universal blessing of the Triune God […]
Experience the Resurrected Christ and Speak Beautiful Words until We Possess the Earth
November 13, 2014 by 2 Comments
I never thought that this one chapter in the Bible – Genesis 49 – is full of such a rich blessing and is so meaningful to our Christian life and church life, when viewed from the perspective of God’s eternal economy. In this chapter we see Jacob who, at the end of his life, prophesies […]
