Proper Prayer (burning the incense) issues out of God’s Light from Reading the Word

Proper prayer is prayer that issues out of the light from reading the Word; the light from the Word will enlighten us to have the right words to pray.

Lighting the lamps in the Holy Place goes together with burning the incense; when the priests were dressing the lamps in the morning, they had to burn the incense on the altar, and when they set up the lamps at twilight, they also burned the incense … [Continue reading]

Coming into God’s Light and Walking in it to have God as Light Shining in our Meeting

The light in the Holy Place is neither a natural light nor an artificial light — it is a divine light, a holy light, the real light, which is God Himself.

The service of the priests was to offer sacrifices on behalf of the people, to take care of the tabernacle with all its furnishings, to light the lamps in the Holy Place, and to burn the incense. Many Bible commentaries on the matter of lighting the … [Continue reading]

We Need to be Holy Persons Filled with God to Light the Holy Lamps in the Holy Place

Matt. 5:15-16 Nor do men light a lamp and place it under the bushel, but on the lampstand; and it shines to all who are in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

One of the functions of the priests in the Old Testament was the lighting of the lamps in the Holy Place; God ordained that the light has to be on all day and throughout the night, and it was the priests' responsibility to make sure this happens. The … [Continue reading]

Lighting the Lamps in the Sanctuary signifies the Proper Way to Meet as Christians

The proper way to meet is to light the lamps, that is, to give off light (Luke 11:33). Everything we do in the meetings — praying, singing, praising, and prophesying—should cause the holy light to ascend.

The priests in the Old Testament did three main things: they offered the sacrifices (in the outer court), they light the lamps (in the Holy Place), and they burn the incense (in the Holy of Holies). Offering the sacrifices in the outer court was on … [Continue reading]

Being Filled and Saturated with Christ to Express Him and become God’s Dwelling Place

Every moment we must be found enjoying Christ so that an expression of Him may emanate from within us; Christ expressed from within us all is the church, the holy priesthood as God’s spiritual house, the mutual dwelling place of God and man. Witness Lee

The Lord today desires to recover the universal priesthood of all the believers in Christ for God's building. He wants that all believers would be restored to a normal situation according to the divine standard from a condition of failure, … [Continue reading]

Christ and the New Man as our Clothing is also our Dwelling Place as Priests to God

The church is just the expression of Christ from within so many saints....If we do not have this expression of Christ, we do not have the church. In a sense we may rightly say that we are the church, but the real church life is the expression of Christ. (Witness Lee)

As believers in Christ, we are all priests to God, and Christ is our food, our clothing, and our dwelling. The priests were a particular kind of people who were set aside for God; they spent time with God, served God, and were infused with God to be … [Continue reading]

The Significance of the Priestly Garments and their Application in our Christian Life

2 Cor. 10:17 But he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.

All believers in Christ are priests to God, and as such we need to have a certain kind of diet (Christ as the reality of all the offerings and as the bread of the presence) and we need to have a particular kind of clothing, something that will set us … [Continue reading]