In the beginning of Genesis we see that God created man in His image and according to His likeness, and He intended that man would express Him and represent Him (Gen. 1:26-28). Then, at the end of Genesis, we see Jacob who expressed God in His image and, through Joseph, represented God with His dominion […]
We were Created for the Purpose of Expressing God and Exercising His Dominion
In concluding our crystallization-study of Genesis we need to see what this book is about in its entirety. The book of Genesis begins and ends with image and dominion: in the beginning, we see God creating man in His image and giving him dominion over all things, and at the end we see Jacob who […]
Like Jacob, We have been Called for God’s Purpose and Our God is the God of Dealings
In the story of Jacob as recorded in Genesis we see how God chose him, selected him, and then called him. Even though he started out by struggling, fighting, and supplanting, by the end of his life, Jacob became Israel, a prince of God, one who was expressing God and representing Him on earth. Jacob […]
The Church is the Real Israel of God: We are the Sons of God and the Israel of God!
What is the issue of our experience of the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? Is it merely to become “more spiritual” people with many more spiritual experiences of God? Is it to make us “spiritual giants” or “faith titans”? The issue of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob was the […]
The Church as the Testimony of Jesus is the Firstfruits and the Harvest in Rev. 14
In the book of Revelation we see the consummation of all that God has been doing throughout the ages, and in it we see a revelation of Jesus Christ (the Word of God) and the church (the testimony of Jesus). The church as the testimony of Jesus is first revealed as being the seven golden […]
God’s Intention is that Man would Reign in Life with Christ over All Things
God had a specific purpose in His creation of man. He created man in His own image and with His likeness so that man may express God and represent God (see Gen. 1:26). This means that God has a twofold desire in His creation of man – He wants man to possess His image and […]
Man’s Importance in God’s Purpose: Man is the Means for God’s Glory and God’s Move!
In order for God to fulfill His purpose, He needs a full-grown corporate man through which He can be expressed and represented. Based on the book, The Experience of Life (by Witness Lee) and the ministry of the age, for the next nine weeks we will be getting into a new topic called, Entering into […]