Today we have a foretaste of what God wants to accomplish fully in the next age – the restoration of life, the restoration of all things to Himself, and the restoration of Israel to God. Through the restoration of Israel, Christ will become a banner to the peoples and a standard to the nations! When […]
we are now light in the Lord, so therefore let us walk as children of light, bearing the fruit of the light
It is so easy to “miss it” when you come to a verse that you have read so many times, and it is quoted by others so often. This morning I enjoyed these two simple verses in Ephesians 5:8-9, For you were once darkness but are now light in the Lord; walk as children of […]
The Will of God – One Person (the all-inclusive, extensive Christ), One Way (the cross), and One Goal (the Body of Christ)
This weekend I was so impressed with the will of God, as expounded in the conference I recently attended. Here is some enjoyment from this conference. The will of God is God’s will – it is about God, His heart’s desire from eternity – to have Christ expressed through many people as His Body. God’s […]
Christ is the Fruit of the Earth for the multiplication and reproduction of the divine life in humanity
On the one hand, in His divinity, Christ is the Shoot of Jehovah, the sprouting of God into man – a new development of the Triune God into humanity. On the other hand, in His humanity, Christ is the fruit of the earth: He was born of a human virgin, lived a human life on […]
Christ is the Shoot of Jehovah, a new development of Jehovah God into humanity: God became a man!
This morning I really enjoyed the verse in Isaiah 4:2 which says, In that day the Shoot of Jehovah will be beauty and glory, and the fruit of the earth, excellence and splendor, to those of Israel who have escaped. Christ is the Shoot of Jehovah (in His divinity) and the fruit of the earth […]
In this universe there is a battle for worship; we worship God and we give Him all the glory!
Some people are “frightened” when they read the book of Revelation, especially when they see that there will be a time when Satan will get all the worship – through Antichrist, when he calls himself “God” (1 Thes. 2:4). In this universe there is a great battle for worship – when the Lord was on […]
What kind of lover are you? What do you love? “Lord, make us lovers of God, rich towards You!”
In message 11 of the Crystallization-Study of Isaiah, entitled, The Example of Hezekiah’s Person and Failure, we see a person who sought God and did many good things for God – a godly man, but not a God-man. Hezekiah was a good man, but he sought God eventually for his own interest. O, Lord Jesus…. […]