As believers in Christ we are priests to God and our full-time job is to handle Christ (as the priests handled the items of the tabernacle) and the church, and to minister Christ in all His rich aspects to people. The book of Numbers is a book of service, and this service is a holy […]
Our Holy Service in the Church is Based on Life under the Divine Administration
This week in our deeper study of the book of Numbers we come to the matter of the Service of the Priests and the Levites for God’s move, a crystal in this book which is mainly based on Numbers 3; in the church life today we have a holy service. There are three main sections […]
In Spirit we Experience Christ’s Death and Resurrection to be Produced as Pearls
When we’re in the mingled spirit, we experience Christ’s death and resurrection to be produced as pearls, gates into the New Jerusalem. For us to become a pearl as an entrance into the New Jerusalem, we need to exercise our spirit to enjoy the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, so that we […]
Regeneration is our Entrance into the New Jerusalem, for God is our Triune Entrance
Each gate into the New Jerusalem was a pearl, signifying that regeneration through the death-overcoming and life-secreting Christ is our entrance into the New Jerusalem, and our entrance is a Triune entrance, signified by three entrances on each of the four sides. The New Jerusalem is full of significance, and all the features and characteristics […]
Protecting the Interests of God and Entering the New Jerusalem by Faith in Christ
The wall of the New Jerusalem is great and high for separation and protection for protecting the interests of God, and the law (typified by the twelve tribes of Israel) watches and observes that all who enter meets its requirements, while the angels observe and cheer us on. This scene of the New Jerusalem is […]
Israel’s Encamping and the New Jerusalem: God’s Purpose is to be Mingled with man!
If we look at the picture in Numbers 2 with the glasses of God’s economy on, we will realise that the children of Israel encamping in array typifies God’s redeemed people being consummated as the New Jerusalem. The more we consider this picture the more we adore God for His plan, for His sovereignty, and […]
God is Mingled with Man to form a Fighting Unit of Eternal and Perfect Government
It is quite wonderful to see that, according to the book of Numbers, in the Israelites encamping in array, their formation shows us that God is mingled with the created man, forming a unit of eternal and perfect government. In the first chapter of Numbers we see the formation of the army to fight for […]