Going Forward in God’s Glorious Goal to Enjoy Christ with all the Saints in the Body

The story in Num. 32 needs to be a warning to us, for if we care too much about ourselves and our enjoyment but not for God’s people, not being willing to go forward, we will not be able to fulfill God’s will and plan or reach God’s glorious goal. Outwardly what the two and […]

Not Exercising our Choice but going through Death and Resurrection to Enjoy Christ

The book of Numbers reveals the pre-arrangement of the distribution of the good land, which typifies the enjoyment of the rich Christ according to God’s choice; in particular, we want to see that we shouldn’t exercise our choice in this. God gave the land to Israel; He promised it to their forefathers, and He brought […]