Why did God create man? Why is man so special, among all other creatures and animals? Why does the Bible say that man has God’s image and likeness? There must be a purpose in God for which He created man. Was it just because “God is lonely and wants someone to fellowship with Him”? Or […]
God is Working on Us to Bring us to the Throne – We are Destined to Rule with God!
God desires to have a man on the throne with Him, ruling and reigning over the universe. For this, God Himself became a man: He brought God into man, lived a perfect human life, died on the cross, resurrected, ascended, and brought man into God! Now on the throne in the glory there is a […]
Enjoying the Ten Main Aspects of the Kingdom of God as Seen in the New Testament
The entire New Testament speaks of and introduces the kingdom of God. John the Baptist announced the gospel saying, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens is near! When the Lord Jesus preached, He always spoke of the kingdom of God. Before the New Testament, the kingdom of God on earth was one people, the […]
Seeing a Shadow of the Kingdom with Noah and His Family – God has a Deputy Authority!
With Noah and his family after their coming out of the ark we see both a seed of the church life and a shadow of the kingdom. Before Genesis 9, man was under God’s direct rule and under the rule of his conscience. But starting from the time after Noah and his family got out […]
A Picture of the Wonderful Church Life of the Saints, the Covenanted People of God
The church life as a mysterious God-man living of the resurrected people is seen in a seed form in Genesis 8 after Noah and his family got out of the ark, and is also seen in picture in the gospel of John. In chapters 2 and 12 we see that in the church life Christ […]
As Resurrected People, We Now Live the Church Life Through Death and Resurrection
The living of Noah and his family after they came out of the ark was a seed of the church life. The first thing that Noah did was to set up an altar and to offer sacrifices to God (see Gen. 8:20). The first thing we do when we come into the church life is […]
In Our Organic Union with Him, Christ’s Experience is Our Experience for the Church
All the genuine believers in Christ are organically joined to the Triune God in their spirit. Through believing into Christ we have been joined to Him in spirit, and now we are one spirit with the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17). Through baptism we have been cut off from the world, the past, and anything of […]