As Levites we Handle Christ and as Priests we Minister Him with His Riches to Others

Eph. 3:8 To me, less than the least of all saints, was this grace given to announce to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ as the gospel.

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 … [Continue reading]

Our Holy Service in the Church is Based on Life under the Divine Administration

Num. 3:6-7 Bring the tribe of Levi near and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. And they shall keep his charge and the charge of the whole assembly before the Tent of Meeting to do the service of the tabernacle.

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 … [Continue reading]

In Spirit we Experience Christ’s Death and Resurrection to be Produced as Pearls

Phil. 3:10 To know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.

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 … [Continue reading]

Regeneration is our Entrance into the New Jerusalem, for God is our Triune Entrance

Rev. 21:21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was, respectively, of one pearl...

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 … [Continue reading]

Protecting the Interests of God and Entering the New Jerusalem by Faith in Christ

Luke 15:10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.

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 … [Continue reading]

Israel’s Encamping and the New Jerusalem: God’s Purpose is to be Mingled with man!

The children of Israel encamping in array typifies God’s redeemed people being consummated as the New Jerusalem.

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 … [Continue reading]

God is Mingled with Man to form a Fighting Unit of Eternal and Perfect Government

Num. 2:3, 9 And those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their companies; and the leader of the children of Judah...All who were numbered of the camp of Judah: one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their companies. They shall set out first.

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 … [Continue reading]