Living a Life of the Altar and the Tent in the Church Life to Bear God’s Testimony

Living a Life of the Altar and the Tent to Bear God's Testimony in the Church Life. Gen. 13:18 And Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to Jehovah

After God appeared to Abraham, without God telling him to do anything like this, Abraham built an altar. The result and the issue of God appearing to us is that we build an altar and offer everything we have and are to the Lord for His purpose. When … [Continue reading]

Experiencing God at Shechem (knowing God), Bethel (house of God), and Hebron (fellowship)

Gen. 12:8 And he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to Jehovah and called upon the name of Jehovah.

God appeared to Abraham and called him out of his land and out of his house to a land that He would give to him and to his seed after him. If we read the record in the book of Genesis, we see that Abraham sojourned in the land of Canaan, having God's … [Continue reading]

God’s Appearing Issues in our Consecration: our Life is for God and God is our Life

God's Appearing Issues in our Consecration: our Life is for God and God is our Life. Gen. 12:7 And Jehovah appeared to Abram and said, To your seed I will give this land. And there he built an altar to Jehovah who had appeared to him

Abraham was a man just like us, not necessarily seeking God or being for God, until God appeared to him. When God appeared to Abraham, something changed in him: he left his homeland and his family, and he followed God's instructions to go into the … [Continue reading]

Walking in the Steps of Abraham’s Faith by Having God’s Appearing Again and Again

Heb. 11:8 By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

As believers in Christ, we have Abraham as our spiritual father, and we need to walk in the steps of his faith. If we would walk in the steps of Abraham's faith, we need to be those who live the life of the altar and the tent, taking Christ as our … [Continue reading]

Crossing the River to Enter into a New Land and be Useful to God for His Expression

Crossing the River to Enter into a New Land and be Useful to God for His Expression

God called Abraham out of the land in which he was in to go into a new land, the land of Canaan, where he would be useful to God for His expression. Even though Abraham didn't react right away to cooperate with the Lord, God had a way to bring him … [Continue reading]

The Believers in Christ are the Corporate Seed of Abraham, those Living by Faith

Gal. 3:14 In order that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

As believers in Christ, we are sons of Abraham, and we need to live a life by faith - we need to be today's "river crossers" to live the life of the altar and the tent. Abraham's life and experience of God is being repeated in our life and experience … [Continue reading]

The Israel of God is the Church in the Triune God, the Church in the Processed God

The Israel of God is the Church in the Triune God

The issue of knowing and experiencing God as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob is the Israel of God, the church in the Triune God (1 Thes. 1:1; Matt. 28:19). The issue of our experience of God as our source and Father (the … [Continue reading]