As Priests and Levites we Enjoy God and Minister Christ while doing Practical Things

In the New Testament all believers are both priests and Levites, and all our service should be under the supervision of the inward, spiritual view of the New Testament priesthood. In the Old Testament those who served God were of two classes – Levites (who did more practical things, serving the tabernacle and the priesthood, […]

We need to Match God in His Move on Earth today by Serving Him and Ministering Christ

The holy service portrayed in Numbers was for a God who is very active and moving; our priesthood and service is not for Christ who is inactive but for a Christ who is very active, and we must match God in His move. On one hand as believers in Christ we are a holy and […]

As Levites we Handle Christ and as Priests we Minister Him with His Riches to Others

As believers in Christ we are priests to God and our full-time job is to handle Christ (as the priests handled the items of the tabernacle) and the church, and to minister Christ in all His rich aspects to people. The book of Numbers is a book of service, and this service is a holy […]

Our Holy Service in the Church is Based on Life under the Divine Administration

This week in our deeper study of the book of Numbers we come to the matter of the Service of the Priests and the Levites for God’s move, a crystal in this book which is mainly based on Numbers 3; in the church life today we have a holy service. There are three main sections […]

Protecting the Interests of God and Entering the New Jerusalem by Faith in Christ

The wall of the New Jerusalem is great and high for separation and protection for protecting the interests of God, and the law (typified by the twelve tribes of Israel) watches and observes that all who enter meets its requirements, while the angels observe and cheer us on. This scene of the New Jerusalem is […]

God is Mingled with Man to form a Fighting Unit of Eternal and Perfect Government

It is quite wonderful to see that, according to the book of Numbers, in the Israelites encamping in array, their formation shows us that God is mingled with the created man, forming a unit of eternal and perfect government. In the first chapter of Numbers we see the formation of the army to fight for […]

Fighting as a Corporate Warrior for God’s People to enjoy the All-inclusive Christ

The church is a corporate warrior fighting for all of God’s people to enjoy Christ as the all-inclusive good land. The good land of Canaan has two aspects: on one hand it is a type of the all-inclusive Christ with His unsearchable riches for us to enjoy, and on the other, it signifies the aerial […]