Growing up Into Him in All Things
God the Father desires that all of the believers, as His children, would not remain babes but would grow in Christ to match Him in life, nature, expression, and function (John 1:12-13; Eph. 4:14; 1 Pet. 2:2). The issue of this growth is that the believers corporately arrive at a “full-grown man, at the measure […]
The Faith that Justifies
In Romans 3, Paul discusses justification by faith, and in chapter 4 he presents Abraham as an example of one having such faith. Paul’s presentation concerning Abraham’s faith in Romans 4 is based on Genesis 15:6, which says, “He believed Jehovah, and He accounted it to him as righteousness.” Although the simple act of believing […]
Experiencing Christ as the Meal Offering (Part 1)
In previous posts we saw that Christ is the reality of the burnt offering (see Part 1 and Part 2). In this post we will progress to see Christ as the reality of the meal offering. Leviticus 2:1 says “When anyone presents an offering of a meal offering to Jehovah, his offering shall be of fine […]
A Tamarisk Tree and the Eternal God
“And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and there he called on the name of Jehovah, the Eternal God.” (Genesis 21:33) After the conception of Isaac, the promised seed of God, Abraham sojourned in Beer-sheba, living by a well he dug and redeemed back from Abimelech, the king of Gerar. The account in Chapter 21 indicates that Isaac grew […]
The Good Land as a Type of the All-Inclusive Christ
Genesis 12:1 and 7 say, “Now Jehovah said to Abram, Go from your land and from your relatives and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you…And Jehovah appeared to Abram and said, To your seed I will give this land.” The land that God promised to Abraham and his seed […]
The Glory of God (1): Concealed in the Shell of Christ’s Humanity
Our God is the God of glory, and He has called us by His glory (Acts 7:2; 2 Pet. 1:3). “Glory is God expressed” (Matthew 5:16, note 2 in the Holy Bible Recovery Version). Whereas the creation testifies concerning God’s eternal power and divine characteristics, it is only in Christ and the church that God’s […]
Christ Growing in Our Heart (4): The Significance of Speaking in the Experience of Jacob and Joseph
In the first chapter of the book of Genesis, we see that God made man in His own image and gave him His dominion to have authority (Gen. 1:26). In the last section of Genesis, the fulfillment of these matters of image and dominion is seen in the experience of Jacob and Joseph. With Jacob, […]
Experiencing Christ as the Burnt Offering (Part 2)
In a previous post, we saw that Christ is the reality of the burnt offering revealed in Leviticus 1. Through prayer we can experience Christ as the One who is absolute for God’s interest. In this post we would like to see more regarding the position of the burnt offering in relation to the other four […]
Freed to be Joined to Christ as our Husband
From eternity past God’s intention has been that we the believers would be joined to Christ as our Husband, as typified by Eve being joined to Adam (Rom. 5:14; Gen. 2:18, 21-23; Isa. 54:5; Eph. 5:25-27). God created man to be dependent on Him and to live in union with Him, taking God as his […]