The Bible is a book of romance, and both the Old Testament and the New Testament are written as espousal covenants. God loves man and courts man, and He desires to have man espoused to Him to be His counterpart. We can see this in every book of the Bible, especially in the prophets and […]
Christ needs to become the centrality and universality of our life and work
August 21, 2012 by 3 Comments
Christ is the centrality (the center) and the universality (the circumference) in God’s economy. We may understand this, like this, and even say this, but has this become a vision to us that affects our being to the extent that to us, in our experience, Christ is our center and our everything? We need to […]
the direction of the Lord’s move today is to bring in the kingdom of God
August 17, 2012 by 3 Comments
We have seen that the direction of the Lord’s move today is to build up the Body of Christ and to prepare the Bride of Christ. This morning we were enjoying the third aspect of the direction of the Lord’s move today – to bring in the kingdom of God as the spreading of the […]
we are becoming the beautiful bride of Christ for Him to be satisfied!
August 16, 2012 by 4 Comments
The more we know the direction of the Lord’s move today the more we will see that there’s a connection between salvation in life and the preparation of the Bride. The direction of the Lord’s move is to build up the Body for the preparation of the Bride that He may bring in His kingdom. […]
the believers are being made one in the divine glory for God’s expression
July 14, 2012 by 7 Comments
The third level of oneness in John 17 is the believers’ oneness in the divine glory for the corporate expression of the Triune God. The glory which the Father gave to the Son, this glory the Son gave to the believers that they may be one even as the Triune God is one. This is […]
the fulfillment of the Lord’s prayer concerning glorification in John 17
July 10, 2012 by 1 Comment
The Lord’s prayer in John 17 is the highest and the deepest prayer in the Bible, and it is also very mysterious. He prayed for the Father to glorify Him that He may glorify the Father, and then later He prayed a lot about oneness – the oneness of the Triune God to be enlarged […]
working with the Lord by giving Him our first love and doing the first works
July 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The work that the Lord considers precious and good is the work that comes out of our first love for the Lord. The seeker in the Song of Songs has passed through many processes and was transformed until she arrived to the stage where she tells her Beloved, Let us rise up early for the […]
