The New Jerusalem is the consummation of God’s eternal purpose and should be our experience and enjoyment today. The features and characteristics of the New Jerusalem should be our experience today in our Christian life and church life. The first thing we see concerning the New Jerusalem is the throne of God and of the […]
Seeing, Living out, and working out the New Jerusalem – God Put Eternity in our Heart!
The New Jerusalem is not a distant city that only some will attain to or be worthy to be there. Rather, the New Jerusalem is something we are becoming and working out daily. We need to open to the Lord that He may unveil us, unload us, and cause us to see a fresh new […]
Walking in the Lord’s Presence, Having His Smile, and Having God with us (Emmanuel)
Abraham was a person living in the presence of God, walking before the Lord; he didn’t need to “fast and pray” to seek the will of God concerning his son’s marriage but simply sent his oldest servant to find a wife for Isaac, being assured that God is with him and He will provide (see […]
Having a Practical Living in Oneness with the Lord for the Fulfilling of God’s Purpose
Genesis 24 is a long chapter with many details concerning Abraham sending his most trustworthy servant to find a wife for his son Isaac from among Abraham’s relatives. In the spiritual application of this type we see Christ marrying the church – the great mystery, Christ and the church. However, the primary point in Genesis […]
In our Spiritual Experience Mount Moriah Becomes Mount Zion, the Reality of the Body
The God of Abraham is our God, and Abraham’s experience of God needs to become our experience of God also. One of the deepest and highest experiences Abraham had of God was at Mount Moriah, where God instructed him to go and bring his son, Isaac, as a burnt offering to Him. God tested Abraham […]
By being Offered Back to God by Abraham, Isaac was Multiplied to Become the New Jerusalem
Many people who read the Bible know that God required Abraham to offer up Isaac as a burnt offering, but they don’t know what happened after God provided a ram (a type of Christ) to replace Isaac as the burnt offering. We need to dig deeper into the word of God to see what it […]
After Isaac was Offered to God, he was Returned in Resurrection for God’s Purpose
Many Christians tend to trivialize the story of Abraham offering up Isaac to God as a burnt offering, saying that “God tested him to see if he can give up his own son, and Abraham passed the test!” But what the Bible reveals is a much deeper and sweeter reality than this. Why did God […]