The Executing Center of God’s Administration in the Universe is the Incense Altar

When we study the incense altar, we are studying the greatest matter in the universe. There is nothing more central than this. Although we are not politicians, we surely are heavenly statesmen. Furthermore, we are studying universal “politics,” that is, God’s politics. The Ark in the Holy of Holies is the central government, our heavenly Washington, D.C. The incense altar may be regarded as our heavenly White House. This means that everything is executed, motivated, and carried out from this divine center. The intercession of Christ is God’s White House. Christ’s interceding life, His prayer life, is the center of God’s administration. Witness Lee, Life-study of Exodus

We need to not only know the significance of the golden altar in the tabernacle and but we need to see a vision of this altar and apply it to our daily living in the church life. The incense altar signifies not only prayer but Christ as the … [Continue reading]

Seeing a Vision of the Golden Incense Altar: Christ Praying, Christ Interceding

The incense altar is the place from which the activities at all the other places in the tabernacle and the outer court are motivated; Christ’s interceding life motivates us to experience the altar, the laver, the table, the lampstand, and the Ark. Witness Lee

After seeing a colossal, unprecedented, and astounding revelation concerning the three elements of the new revival portrayed in the golden lampstand, this week we come to the golden incense altar. The type of the golden incense altar in the Old … [Continue reading]

Christ takes care of the Local Churches by Cherishing them and Nourishing them

Christ takes care of the churches in His divinity with His divine love, signified by the golden girdle on His breasts, to nourish the churches. As the walking Christ, He gets to know the condition of each church, and as the speaking Spirit, He trims and fills the lampstands with fresh oil, the supply of the Spirit. #ExoCS3 msg. 4

The golden lampstand in the tabernacle is a mysterious sign of the mysterious Triune God in His expression: the gold shows how God the Father is the nature and element, the form shows how God the Son is the expression of God the Father, and the seven … [Continue reading]

Being Fully Open to the Lord for Him Shine on us, Expose us, and Infuse us with Life

In order for us to be transformed, we must fully open to the Lord in prayer to allow the lamp of the Lord with the seven lamps of fire to search all the chambers of our soul, shining on and enlightening our inward parts to supply them with life. Witness Lee

The golden lampstand in the tabernacle, the house of God, was a piece of furniture designed by God Himself: only God can design such a lamp which bears light and yet looks like a tree, with cups, calyxes, and almond blossoms! The type of the … [Continue reading]

The Triune God as a Living Golden Tree is Growing and Blossoming in us and with us

John 3:34 For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for He gives the Spirit not by measure.

As believers in Christ we need to enjoy and experience Christ in many aspects and in many ways for the building up of the church as the Body of Christ. The tabernacle in Exodus with all its furnishings is a type of our experience of Christ in a … [Continue reading]

Paying the Price to Gain More God in His Divine Nature and being Blended Together

I never thought that the golden lampstand is related to the new revival the Lord wants to gain, but this week as we get into the crystallization-study of Exodus it is made clear to me that this is the case. The intrinsic significance of the golden … [Continue reading]

The Local Churches are the Reproduction of Christ and the Reprint of the Spirit

Rom. 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of His Son...

The golden lampstand in Exodus 25 was designed by God Himself, and we need a spirit of wisdom and revelation to understand the intrinsic significance of the golden lampstand so that we may realize that it portrays the goal of God's eternal … [Continue reading]