We need to see a vision of the two olive trees on the two sides of the lampstand in Zech. 4:11-14. Because God’s testimony among His people on earth was waning and declining, there was the need for two olive trees, two sons of oil, who would pour out oil into the lampstand and strengthen […]
Being the Church as the Golden Lampstand in Reality by Drinking the Spirit
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Most of the major truths in the Bible are recorded in a seed form in the first 5 books of the Old Testament, they develop and grow throughout the Bible, and they consummate in the book of Revelation at the end of the Bible. Matters such as the tree of life, the river of water […]
Seeing a Vision of the Golden Lampstand, a Type of the Triune God and the Church
In the Bible there is a very comprehensive picture which shows us that God is our life, that we are God’s living out, that God lives in us, and that for us to live is God. This picture is the golden lampstand, firstly revealed in Exodus 25, then mentioned in 1 Kings (in the temple), […]
Christ as the Stone with Seven Eyes Infuses us with Himself for God’s Building
The Bible is so amazing, and as you study it in a prayerful way, with an exercised spirit and a clear mind, having a vision of God’s economy, you will realize that all things in the Bible are connected and make sense! From Genesis to Revelation, God’s speaking is one, is full of meaning, and […]
Enjoying and Experiencing Christ as the Lamb-Stone-Savior with Seven Eyes
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In Zech. 3:9 we see that Christ is the stone with seven eyes, engraved by God, for God’s building (the temple of God). The stone which was set before Joshua is not merely a type of Zerubabel (the leader of the Jews then) but a type of Christ, the stone for God’s building. In the […]
The All-Inclusive Christ is Everything to Us for the Building of the Church
In the first part of Zechariah (the first eight chapters) we see eight visions with many aspects of Christ related to the recovery of God’s building. In the second part of Zechariah (the last six chapters), there are some prophecies concerning Christ in the future, after the recovery of the temple. In Zechariah we see […]
“That the World may Believe that You Have Sent Me” implies “Incorporation”
In the first six chapters of Zechariah we see eight mysterious revelations of Christ, beginning with Christ as a Man riding on a red horse among the myrtle trees. Throughout the book of Zechariah we see many aspects of Christ and many prophecies concerning His life and work. When God’s people see Christ in all […]