Avoiding the Influence of Judaism in the Church Today (1) – The Temple
As believers in Christ, we face many challenges in our walk with Him. One of these challenges is the tendency to drift away from the living person of Christ into the old things of religion. In particular we tend to be unconsciously influenced by elements of Judaism, which is based on things given by God […]
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 […]
Life-Study of Genesis: Message 120
In message 120 we come to the final message in the Life-study of Genesis and thus the final message on the reigning aspect of the matured Israel. As such, we come to the final aspect of Joseph being a type of Christ – His reigning. Joseph is a type of Christ during His reigning in […]
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 […]
Life-Study of Genesis: Messages 117-119
This week we come to messages 117-119 in the Life-Study of Genesis. MESSAGE 117: BEING MATURED THE REIGNING ASPECT OF THE MATURED ISRAEL (5) (i) The Children of Israel Further Forced to Turn to Christ (j) Still Being Ignorant of Christ (k) Christ Showing More Love to Them (l) Still Being Ignorant of Christ’s Love […]
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 […]
Life-Study of Genesis: Messages 108-110
In message 108 brother Witness Lee brings us to the conclusion of the life-study of chapter 49 of Genesis and brings us to see the ultimate consummation of God’s operation in the Bible. This ultimate consummation involves the universal blessing and eternal dwelling as typified at the end of chapter 49. This universal blessing is […]