The final organic aspect and the consummation of God’s work in and with man is the wife, the counterpart. The final step of God’s procedure to obtain His goal is to work Himself into man to make man His counterpart and complement. God desires to have a wife, a counterpart, to match Him in every […]
women in the Old Testament typifying the church as Christ’s counterpart
In our love relationship with the Lord we are the wife, the female, and He is the Husband, the male. In the Old Testament there are several women that can be considered as a type of the church due to their marriage to certain men who were types of Christ. Paul himself expounded on people […]
the New Jerusalem is the Reflection and Consummation of the type in the Garden of Eden
The consummation of God’s salvation and the conclusion of the entire revelation in the Scriptures is the New Jerusalem! This week we are enjoying two particular aspects of the New Jerusalem – the Reflection & Fulfillment of the Divine Revelation concerning the Garden of Eden AND the Unique Goal of the Christian Work. The New […]
the church comes out of Christ and the church is Christ! (young people’s conference in Poland)
The young people’s conference in Lipowiec (Poland) was really encouraging. God revealed Himself to each one of us. What made a great impression upon me was Gen 2:21-24, which says, 21. And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs and closed up […]
God’s eternal purpose as revealed in the seven figures in Genesis 2
While reading and enjoying Genesis chapter 2, with the help of the Life-Study and the footnotes in the Recovery Version, I was impressed with the seven figures presented in Genesis 2. Actually, this picture has been drawn by God Himself in His Word and reveals to us what is in His mind and what He […]
A Fundamental Practice as a Christian: Confessing Our Sins
How many times do we confess our sins a week? I have to admit myself, that as a Christian, I never forget to participate in the positive aspects: singing, praying, reading the Word, and enjoying the Lord; but many times, reject some of the most fundamental matters of a Christian. We see the first case […]