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 […]
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 […]
Regeneration is our Entrance into the New Jerusalem, for God is our Triune Entrance
Each gate into the New Jerusalem was a pearl, signifying that regeneration through the death-overcoming and life-secreting Christ is our entrance into the New Jerusalem, and our entrance is a Triune entrance, signified by three entrances on each of the four sides. The New Jerusalem is full of significance, and all the features and characteristics […]
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 […]
Israel’s Encamping and the New Jerusalem: God’s Purpose is to be Mingled with man!
If we look at the picture in Numbers 2 with the glasses of God’s economy on, we will realise that the children of Israel encamping in array typifies God’s redeemed people being consummated as the New Jerusalem. The more we consider this picture the more we adore God for His plan, for His sovereignty, and […]
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 […]