Putting on Christ as our Clothing by Living out Christ to Magnify Him in our Living

Before we can work for God as priests we need to take care of our living; Christ is everything to us for our living as priests. Christ is our food – He is the reality of all the offerings in a specific and detailed way, and He is the bread of the presence to nourish […]

We are Called by God through the Gospel to Obtain the Glory of our Lord Jesus Christ

God has called us through His gospel unto the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ (see 2 Thes. 2:14). Paul didn’t say that through the gospel God wants to save us, deliver us from hell, and bring us to heaven; rather, just as through sin we come short of the glory of […]

we are now one with Christ and part of the corporate Servant of Jehovah(as typified by Israel)

As we saw previously, in the book of Isaiah there are at least three persons that typify Christ and also typify us – Cyrus the king, Isaiah the prophet, and the people of Israel. Even though Cyrus was a Gentile king, God chose Him, formed him, prepared him, and strengthened him to do His will […]