Being Encamped in Array in God’s Sovereignty with Christ and the Church as our Center

Israel’s Encamping in Array Typifying God’s Redeemed People Being Consummated as the New Jerusalem

In Numbers two we see how the children of Israel were encamped in array as an army, each tribe by its own standard, all facing the center. After the numbering in ch. 1, the children of Israel were put in an array around the tabernacle - this is … [Continue reading]

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

Rev. 11:15 ...The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.

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 … [Continue reading]

In gaining a Fighting Army God wants a Corporate Man to Subdue and Regain the Earth

Eph. 6:10-11 Finally, be empowered in the Lord and in the might of His strength. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil.

In the forming of the house of Israel into a fighting army we see the principle revealed in Gen. 1:26-28, that is, that God desires a corporate man to represent Him in subduing and regaining the earth from the usurping hand of Satan. The book of … [Continue reading]

Being Formed into an Army to Fight for the Protection of God’s Testimony on Earth

The book of Numbers records how God’s chosen and redeemed people were formed into a priestly army to journey with God and to fight With God for His interest on earth.

The book of Numbers records how God's chosen and redeemed people were formed into an army - a priestly army - to journey with God and fight with God for His interest on earth (see Num. 1:1-4:49; 9:15-10:36; 12:16; 20:1-21:35; 31:1-54; 33:1-49). In … [Continue reading]

Christ is the Testimony of God and the Center, Leader, Way, and Goal of God’s People

The central thought of Numbers is that Christ is the meaning of life, the testimony, the center of God’s people, and the Leader, the way, and the goal of their journey and fighting.

As the One who is the meaning of the life of God’s people, Christ the testimony of God, and He is the center of God's people, the Leader, the way, and the goal. In order for us to be formed as an army to fight for God's interest on earth we need to … [Continue reading]

The Meaning of our Life is for God to Enter into us and be Expressed Through us

Col. 1:27 To whom God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

The central thought of the book of Numbers is that Christ is the meaning of life, the testimony, the center of God's people, and the Leader, the way, and the goal of their journey and fighting. Hallelujah, Christ is the meaning of life for God's … [Continue reading]

Numbers is a Book of Victory and Glory: God is Forming an Army to Fight for His Interest

Because God desires a corporate man to represent Him in subduing and regaining the earth from the usurping hand of Satan, God’s chosen and redeemed people need to be formed into an army to journey with God and to fight with God for His interest on earth. Crystallisation-Study of Numbers (1), banner 1

This week we come to the first part of the Crystallisation-Study of Numbers, and the title is simply, Being Formed into an Army to Fight with God for His Interest on Earth. Today we want to see that the book of Numbers doesn't speak merely of the … [Continue reading]