Opening Word of the Prophesying Meeting Message One The Ark of the Testimony Reading the verses in each day. Reading the main points in the outlines. Pray-reading the verses: And they shall make an ark of acacia wood: two and a half cubits shall be its length; and one and a half cubits, its width; and one and a half cubits, its height. And you shall overlay it with pure gold; inside and outside you shall overlay it; and you shall make a rim of gold upon it all around Exo. :10~11. And after the second veil, a tabernacle, which is called the Holy of Holies, having a golden altar and the ark of the covenant covered about everywhere with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna and Aaron's rod that budded and the tablets of the covenant Heb. 9:~4. 1 Crystallization-Study of Exodus () Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting The Revelation of the Truth Message One The Ark typifies Christ as the embodiment of God; it also signifies Christ as the presence of the Triune God with His people for the carrying out of His economy to establish His kingdom on earth. The four rings of gold and the two poles on the sides of the Ark signify the move on earth of Christ as God's testimony. 4 Word of Appetizer What is the first item of the furniture of the tabernacle? What does it typify? The first item of the furniture of the tabernacle is the Ark of the Testimony. As a type of Christ, the ark typifies Christ as the embodiment of God s testimony. The Ark also signifies the contents of the church as the house of God. The Experience of Life The tablets of the covenant, which are the tablets of the law, signify the law of the divine life: The law, this divine capacity, of life can do everything in us for the carrying out of God's economy. While the divine life grows in us, the law of life functions to shape us, to conform us, to the image of Christ as the firstborn Son of God. Spiritual Burden The Ark of acacia wood overlaid with gold signifies the pneumatic Christ as the embodiment of God and as the mingling of divinity with humanity, the building of God with man, dwelling in our spirit for us to contact God and enjoy God. Practice and Application When there is no distance between us and the Lord, we enjoy Christ in the most intimate and hidden way; this is the enjoyment of the hidden manna; we need to separate ourselves from the general practice of today's Christianity and to remain in the presence of God ministering directly to Him, not to anything else. 6
Using Key Verses to Have a Bird s-eye View over the Whole Outlines Message One The Ark of the Testimony Key Verses (1) And they shall make an ark of acacia wood: two and a half cubits shall be its length; and one and a half cubits, its width; and one and a half cubits, its height. And you shall overlay it with pure gold; inside and outside you shall overlay it; and you shall make a rim of gold upon it all around Exo. :10~11. 1 Acacia Wood, Pure Gold, the Rim of Gold II. The Ark of acacia wood overlaid with gold signifies the pneumatic Christ as the embodiment of God and as the mingling of divinity with humanity, the building of God with man: Acacia wood signifies Christ's humanity, strong in character and high in standard. Pure gold signifies Christ's eternal and unchanging divinity. The size of the Ark signifies that it is a testimony. The rim of gold signifies the glory of the divine nature as the divine keeping power and holding strength. Key Verses () And you shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them on its four feet; and two rings shall be on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. And you shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark with them Exo. :1~14. The Four Rings of Gold, the Two Poles III. The four rings of gold and the two poles on the sides of the Ark signify the move on earth of Christ as God's testimony: The casting of the four rings of gold signifies that the eternal life-giving Spirit with the divine nature of Christ becomes the linking factor and power through the experience of the cross. The two poles for carrying the Ark signify the move of Christ as God's testimony. 4 Key Verses () And after the second veil, a tabernacle, which is called the Holy of Holies, having a golden altar and the ark of the covenant covered about everywhere with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna and Aaron's rod that budded and the tablets of the covenant Heb. 9:~4. IV. The Hidden Manna, the Budding Rod, the Tablets of the Covenant The hidden manna is the portion of Christ that we enjoy in the presence of God when there is no distance between us and Him. The budding rod signifies that Christ, the resurrected One, should be our life, our living, and the resurrection life within us and that this life should bud, blossom, and bear fruit to maturity The tablets of the covenant, which are the tablets of the law, signify the law of the divine life, which is the spontaneous power, automatic function, innate ability, and divine capacity of the divine life. 6 1
Prophesying Topics Twelve Topics per Week Crystallization-study of Exodus () Message One The Ark of the Testimony D1T1 The Ark is the center of the tabernacle (Col. :9) (Please narrate that as the center of the tabernacle, the Ark typifies Christ as the embodiment of God.) The ark was called the ark of the testimony (Exo. :) (Why was the Ark called the ark of the testimony? Why was the tabernacle called the tabernacle of the testimony?) DT1 DT1 Acacia wood signifies Christ's humanity, strong in character and high in standard. (Exo. :10) (According to the following verses in Matthew, please explain Christ's humanity, strong in character and high in standard signified by acacia wood) (Matt. 4:4; 8:0; 9:1-1; 11:9; 1:19-0; 17:7; 0:8; 7:1, 14) The acacia wood is overlaid with gold both inside and outside (Exo. :11; Pet.1:4) (Please narrate that the acacia wood overlaid with gold signifies the mingling of divinity with humanity of Christ.) The application of the four rings of gold and the two poles (Exo. :1-14; 1 Thes. :9) (How to apply the four rings of gold and the two poles in the church life?) Using the proper means to carry the Lord s testimony (Acts 1:8, Cor.4:10-1) (How should we use the proper means to carry the Lord s testimony?) D4T1 The different points between the hidden manna and the open manna (Rev. :17; Exo. 16:1) (Please explain the different points between the hidden manna and the open manna.) How to experience and enjoy the hidden manna (Rev. :17) (Please narrate how you experience and enjoy the hidden manna.) DT1 Resurrection is an eternal principle in our service to God ( Cor. 1:9) (Please explain that resurrection is an eternal principle in our service to God.) The experience of the budding rod of Aaron ( Cor. 4:7) (Please narrate your experience of the budding rod of Aaron) D6T1 The law of life can carry out God's economy in us (Heb. 8:10) (Please narrate that the law, this divine capacity, of life can do everything in us for the carrying out of God's economy.) The subjective experience of the law of life (Rom. 8:) (Please narrate your subjective experience of the law of inner life.)
Opening Word of the Prophesying Meeting Message Two The Expiation Cover the Propitiation Place Reading the verses in each day. Reading the main points in the outlines. Pray-reading the verses: And the cherubim shall spread out their wings above the cover, covering the expiation cover with their wings, with their faces toward one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the expiation cover And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the expiation cover, from between the two cherubim which are upon the Ark of the Testimony, of everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel Exo. :0~. Let us therefore come forward with boldness to the throne of grace that we may receive mercy and find grace for timely help Heb. 4:16. 1 Crystallization-Study of Exodus () Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting The Revelation of the Truth Message Two The expiation cover, the propitiation place, was the sin-covering lid on the Ark; Romans : says that Christ is our propitiation place. And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work you shall make them, at the two ends of the expiation cover. And make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end; of one piece with the expiation cover you shall make the cherubim on its two ends. And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the expiation cover, from between the two cherubim which are upon the Ark of the Testimony, of everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel. 4 Word of Appetizer The most crucial part of the ark of the testimony was its cover; what does it mean? The expiation cover, the propitiation place, was the sin-covering lid on the Ark; Romans : says that Christ is our propitiation place. Christ made propitiation for our sins, and He has also become the place, where we enjoy propitiation before God. The Experience of Life Upon the expiatory cover and in the midst of the shining of His glory, we can hear God's voice and learn the desire of His heart; thereby we are infused with God as grace and receiving vision, revelation, and instruction from Him to control their daily life. Spiritual Burden The expiation cover, the place of propitiation, is also the place where God speaks to His redeemed people in grace; hence, the place of propitiation equals God's throne of grace; this throne of grace, the place where God gives us grace, is actually the shepherding Christ Himself who is enthroned between the cherubim and dwells in our spirit. Practice and Application The more time we spend with the Lord, having the realization of His precious blood and shining glory, the more He infuses Himself into us; to be a Christian who receives God's infusion in the Holy of Holies and walks according to it is to be a Christian in the most wonderful sense of all. 6
Using Key Verses to Have a Bird s-eye View over the Whole Outlines Message Two The Expiation Cover the Propitiation Place Key Verses (1) Whom God set forth as a propitiation place through faith in His blood, for the demonstrating of His righteousness, in that in His forbearance God passed over the sins that had previously occurred Rom. :. 1 The Expiation Cover, the Propitiation Place I. The expiation cover, the propitiation place, was the sin-covering lid on the Ark; Christ is our propitiation place: By the lid of the Ark, with the propitiating blood sprinkled on it on the Day of Expiation, the entire situation on the sinner's side was fully covered. The Hebrew word for the lid of the Ark is kapporeth, from a root meaning "to cover"; hilasterion, which means "the place of propitiation" (implying to forgive and to give mercy). Key Verses () And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work you shall make them, at the two ends of the expiation cover. And make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end; of one piece with the expiation cover you shall make the cherubim on its two ends. And the cherubim shall spread out their wings above the cover, covering the expiation cover with their wings, with their faces toward one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the expiation cover. And you shall put the expiation cover on top of the Ark, and into the Ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you Exo. :18~1. III. IV. V. The Two Cherubim The cherubim signify God's glory. That the two cherubim were one piece with the expiation cover indicates that God's glory shines out from Christ and upon Christ as the expiation cover to be a testimony. The faces of the cherubim were toward each other and toward the cover, signifying that God's glory watches over and observes what Christ has done. That the cherubim and the expiation cover were made of pure gold signifies that the shining of Christ as the effulgence of God's glory is divine. 4 Key Verses () Let us therefore come forward with boldness to the throne of grace that we may receive mercy and find grace for timely help Heb. 4:16. And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the expiation cover, from between the two cherubim which are upon the Ark of the Testimony, of everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel Exo. :. The Throne of Grace, Meeting with Us, Speaking to Us II. The place of propitiation, signifies Christ as the cover of God's righteous law and also the place where God speaks to His redeemed people in grace; hence, the place of propitiation equals God's throne of grace. VII. And there I will meet with you: God met with His people and spoke to them from above the expiation cover and between the cherubim. 6
Prophesying Topics Twelve Topics per Week Crystallization-study of Exodus () Message Two The Expiation Cover the Propitiation Place D1T1 The function of the expiation cover (Exo. :1; Rom. :, footnote ; Outline I) (Please describe the function of the expiation cover according to Rom. :.) The place of propitiation equals God's throne of grace (Heb. 4:16; Psa. 80:1; Outline II) (Please narrate that the expiation cover, the place of propitiation equals God's throne of grace) DT1 Christ is the One who propitiates (Heb. :16; 1 John :; Heb. 9:) (Please explain Christ is the One who propitiates, He is the propitiatory sacrifice, and He is the propitiatory cover.) The differences between the blood sprinkled on the altar and the blood sprinkled on the expatiation cover (Exo. 9:11-1, Lev. 16:14-1) (Please explain the differences between the blood sprinkled on the altar and the blood sprinkled on the expatiation cover) DT1 The type of the cherubim (Heb. 9:) (What do the cherubim signify?) The throne of grace is in our spirit (Heb. 4:16; Phil. 4:) (Please explain according to our experience that the expiation cover, the place of propitiation is the throne of grace, which is now in our spirit.) D4T1 God met with His people and spoke to them (Exo. :) (What does that God met with His people and spoke to them from above the expiation cover and between the cherubim signify?) Experience meeting with God and speaking to God (cf. Cor. :18) (Please narrate your experience of meeting with God and speaking to God in your daily life.) DT1 The form, size, or weight of the cherubim (Exo. :; cf. :4) (The form, size, and weight of the cherubim are not given in Exo.. What does this indicate?) The experience of the expatiation cover with cherubim (Exo. :) (Please narrate you experience of the expatiation cover with cherubim.) D6T1 The types of the blood sprinkled on the expatiation cover and cherubim (Lev. 16:14-1; Exo. :0) (Please explain what the blood sprinkled on the expatiation cover and cherubim each signify) To be a Christian who receives God's infusion is to be a Christian in the most wonderful sense of all (Phil. 1:19-1a; Cor. :18) (How can we experience to be a Christian who receives God's infusion in the Holy of Holies and walks according to it is to be a Christian in the most wonderful sense of all?)
Opening Word of the Prophesying Meeting Message Three The Table of the Bread of the Presence Reading the verses in each day. Reading the main points in the outlines. Pray-reading the verses: As the living Father has sent Me and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me John 6:7. And you shall make a table of acacia wood: two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its width, and one and a half cubits its height. And you shall overlay it with pure gold and make a rim of gold around it Exo. :~4. And you shall set the bread of the Presence upon the table before Me always Exo. :0. 1 Crystallization-Study of Exodus () Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting The Revelation of the Truth Message Three The table of the bread of the Presence signifies Christ as the food, the nourishing feast, for the believers as God's priests. In the sequence of God's revelation, the table of the bread of the Presence comes after the Ark, implying that the table is connected to the Ark. The table of the bread of the Presence was set up in the Holy Place within the tabernacle. The table of the bread of the Presence was made of acacia wood overlaid with gold; the bread on the table in the Holy Place is called the bread of the Presence. 4 Word of Appetizer What are the differences between the bread of the Presence on the table in the Holy Place and the manna in the wilderness? Manna typifies Christ as the daily life supply, but the table signifies Christ as our weekly supply. The daily supply of the manna enables us to live; the weekly supply from the table enables us not only to live, but also to serve the Lord. The Experience of Life When we meet with God upon Christ as the propitiatory cover, enjoying fellowship with God and hearing words from His mouth, the Ark becomes a table where we enjoy a nourishing feast. As we eat, digest, and assimilate Christ, we are constituted with Him, being made the same as He is in life, nature, and expression for the building up of the church as the Body of Christ. Spiritual Burden "The Lord's recovery is the recovery of the eating of Jesus for the building up of the church." As New Testament priests, we should learn how to display Christ as the bread of the Presence to all of God's worshippers, helping the believers by showing them how to enter into the Holy Place to experience and enjoy Christ as their life supply. Practice and Application We all need to learn to feed on Christ, to take Him in, and to enjoy Him as our spiritual food. We must be those believers who are built up together as God's present dwelling place in an actual and practical way; then within this building there will be the table of the bread of the Presence for our nourishment and enjoyment. 6
Using Key Verses to Have a Bird s-eye View over the Whole Outlines Message Three The Table of the Bread of the Presence Key Verses (1) As the living Father has sent Me and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me John 6:7. 1 The Eating of Jesus, the Table A Feast for Priests I. We all need to learn to feed on Christ, to take Him in, and to enjoy Him as our spiritual food. God's economy is that we eat Christ and be constituted with Him in order to become His corporate expression. The Lord's recovery is the recovery of the eating of Jesus for the building up of the church. II. The table of the bread of the Presence signifies Christ as the food, the feast. Key Verses () And you shall make a table of acacia wood: two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its width, and one and a half cubits its height. And you shall overlay it with pure gold and make a rim of gold around it Exo. :~4. The Table Was Set Up in the Holy Place within the Tabernacle, Acacia Wood Overlaid with Gold III. In the sequence of God's revelation, the table of the bread of the Presence comes after the Ark, implying that the table is connected to the Ark. The height of both the Ark and the table is the same one and a half cubits; this reveals that our enjoyment of Christ must match the standard of God's testimony. IV. The table of the bread of the Presence was set up in the Holy Place within the tabernacle. V. The table of the bread of the Presence was made of acacia wood overlaid with gold: Acacia wood here signifies that Christ's humanity is the basic element for Him to be our feast. The table was overlaid with gold signifies the expression of God. 4 Key Verses () And you shall set the bread of the Presence upon the table before Me always Exo. :0. Jehovah make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you Num. 6:. The Bread of the Presence, the Bread of Arrangement VI. The bread on the table in the Holy Place is called the bread of the Presence. The table was set before God that is, in God's presence not far from the Ark. The Hebrew word translated "presence" actually means "face". The bread of the Presence was also called the bread of arrangement. 6
Prophesying Topics Twelve Topics per Week Crystallization-study of Exodus () Message Three The Table of the Bread of the Presence D1T1 The Lord's recovery is the recovery of the eating (John 6:1; Matt. 16:18) (Please present that the Lord's recovery is the recovery of the eating of Jesus for the building up of the church.) The experience of eating Christ as spiritual food (Jer. 1:16) DT1 (Please narrate your experience of eating Christ and enjoying Him as spiritual food.) The type of the table of the bread of the Presence (Exo. :-0; Psa. :; Outline II) (Please explain the type of the table of the bread of the Presence.) Experiencing the Ark and the table of the bread of the Presence (John 1:18; 6:7) (In the view of our experience, what is the relationship between the Ark and the table of the bread of the Presence?) DT1 Our enjoyment of Christ must match the standard of God's testimony (Exo.:10, ) (The height of both the Ark and the table is the same one and a half cubits; this reveals that our enjoyment of Christ must match the standard of God's testimony. How can we apply and experience this in the church life? ) The Ark becomes the table of the bread of the Presence (John 1:14) D4T1 (Please try to narrate that the Ark becomes the table of the bread of the Presence in our experience of Christ.) The table of the bread of the Presence was set up in the Holy Place within the tabernacle (Exo.40:) (Please explain the spiritual significance of the table of the bread of the Presence set up in the Holy Place within the tabernacle.) Enjoying Christ as the table to nourish us (John 6:) (In the church life, how can you experience and enjoy Christ as the table to nourish you?) DT1 The significance of the table of the bread of the Presence overlaid with gold (Exo. :4) (What is the significance of the table of the bread of the Presence overlaid with gold?) Experiencing the significance of being from the altar to the table of the bread of the Presence (Col. 1:0; Titus :; John 6:) (With regard to our experience, please explain the spiritual significance of being from the altar to the table of the bread of the Presence through the laver) D6T1 The bread of the Presence is also called the face-bread (Exo. :0; Num. 6:) (The bread of the Presence is also called the face-bread, what is its significance?) Then experience of displaying Christ as the bread of the Presence (Exo. :0) (How can we display Christ as the bread of the Presence to all of God's worshippers?)
Opening Word of the Prophesying Meeting Message Four The Intrinsic Significance, Subjective Experience, and Organic Maintenance of the Golden Lampstand for a New Revival Reading the verses in each day. Reading the main points in the outlines. Pray-reading the verses: And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand with its base and its shaft shall be made of beaten work; its cups, its calyxes, and its blossom buds shall be of one piece with it Exo. :1. And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me; and when I turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, And in the midst of the lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment reaching to the feet, and girded about at the breasts with a golden girdle Rev.1:1~1. 1 Crystallization-Study of Exodus () Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting The Revelation of the Truth Message Four We need a spirit of wisdom and revelation to understand the intrinsic significance of the golden lampstand (the highest peak of the divine revelation), which was designed by God Himself and portrays the goal of His eternal economy. We need to subjectively experience the detailed aspects of the golden lampstand (the God-man living) so that we can become the reproduction of the lampstand, the expression of the Triune God. The organic maintenance of the golden lampstand is Christ's heavenly ministry to cherish the churches in His humanity and nourish the churches in His divinity to produce the overcomers through His organic shepherding. 4 Word of Appetizer What are the intrinsic significance and subjective experience of the golden lampstand? We need a spirit of wisdom and revelation to understand the intrinsic significance of the golden lampstand (the highest peak of the divine revelation); we need to subjectively experience the detailed aspects of the golden lampstand (the God-man living) so that we can become the reproduction of the lampstand, the expression of the Triune God. The Experience of Life Christ as the resurrection life is growing, branching, budding, and blossoming in us, by us, and with us to shine the light. Christ takes care of the churches in His humanity as the Son of Man to cherish them; He dresses the lamps of the lampstands to make them proper, cherishing us that we may be happy, pleasant, and comfortable. Spiritual Burden In order to enter into a new revival, we need to see the supereminent Christ according to the highest peak of the divine revelation, know the all-inclusive Christ for a God-man living, and minister the unsearchably rich Christ to others in shepherding them for the building up of the Body of Christ to consummate the city of God, the wife of the Lamb. Practice and Application We need to pay the price to gain more gold, more of God in His divine nature. In order for us to be transformed, we must fully open to the Lord in prayer to allow the lamp of the Lord with the seven lamps of fire to search all the chambers of our soul, shining on and enlightening our inward parts to supply them with life. To participate in His move and enjoy His care, we must be in the churches. 6
Using Key Verses to Have a Bird s-eye View over the Whole Outlines Message Four The Intrinsic Significance, Subjective Experience, and Organic Maintenance of the Golden Lampstand for a New Revival Key Verses (1) And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand with its base and its shaft shall be made of beaten work; its cups, its calyxes, and its blossom buds shall be of one piece with it Exo. II. The Intrinsic Significance of the Golden Lampstand (The Highest Peak of the Divine Revelation) The golden lampstand signifies the Triune God. The golden lampstands signify the local churches as the reproduction of Christ and the reprint of the Spirit. The lampstand in Exodus signifies Christ as the embodiment of God. The lampstand in Zechariah 4 signifies the sevenfold intensified life-giving Spirit as the reality of Christ. The lampstands in Revelation 1 are the reprint, :1. 1 the reproduction, of this Spirit-Christ. Key Verses () Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it; all of it one beaten work of pure gold Exo. :6. And its tongs and its firepans shall be of pure gold. It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils Exo. :8~9. III. Subjectively Experiencing the Detailed Aspects of the Golden Lampstand (The God-man Living) The lampstand is of pure gold, signifying the eternal, incorruptible, divine nature of God. The lampstand is of beaten work, signifying sufferings. The lampstand being without measurement signifies that the divinity of Christ and the light He shines are immeasurable. The lampstand's having cups shaped like almond blossoms with calyxes and blossom buds signifies that the Triune God is a living, golden tree, growing, budding, and blossoming in resurrection. The seven lamps of the lampstand are the seven Spirits of God as the seven eyes of Jehovah, the seven eyes of the redeeming Lamb, and the seven eyes of the building stone for the full expression of the Triune God. 4 Key Verses () And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me; and when I turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment reaching to the feet, and girded about at the breasts with a golden girdle Rev. 1:1~1. IV. The Organic Maintenance of the Golden Lampstand Is Christ's Heavenly Ministry Christ's heavenly ministry is to cherish the churches in His humanity and nourish the churches in His divinity to produce the overcomers through His organic shepherding. Christ as the Son of Man is in His humanity, the golden girdle signifies His divinity, and the breasts are a sign of love. 6 4
Prophesying Topics Twelve Topics per Week Crystallization-study of Exodus () Message Four The Intrinsic Significance, Subjective Experience, and Organic Maintenance of the Golden Lampstand for a New Revival D1T1 The intrinsic significance of the golden lampstand (Exo. :1; Col. 1:1; Rev. 4:; Outlines I, II) (Please explain the intrinsic significance that the golden lampstand signifies.) Experiencing the detailed aspects of the golden lampstand ( Pet. 1:4; Gal. 4:19; Cor. :18; Prov. 0:7) (How can we experience the detailed aspects of the golden lampstand?) DT1 The church is the reproduction of Christ (Exo.:1) (Please explain that the lampstand in Exodus :1 signifies the church as the reproduction of Christ.) The church is the reprint of the Spirit (Zech.4:) (Please explain the lampstand in Zechariah 4: signifies the church as the reprint of the Spirit.) DT1 Four aspects of the lampstand (Exo. :9; Zech.4:; Rev. 1:11-1) (Please explain the four aspects of the lampstand according to Exo., Zech., 4, and Revelation.) Experiencing the four aspects of the lampstand (Exo. :9; Rev. 1:; Col. 1:4) (How can we experience the four aspects of the lampstand the element, the form, the expression, and the reproduction?) D4T1 The lampstand is a growing tree (Exo. :1-6) (Please describe the lampstand as a growing tree.) We are a part of this wonderful tree ( Pet. 1:4; 1 John :1) (As those who believe in Christ, how can we assure that we are a part of this wonderful tree?) DT1 The purpose of tongs and firepans (Exo. :8-9) (Please explain the purpose of the pure gold tongs and firepans on the lampstand and their types) Experiencing the observing, shining, trimming, and cleansing of the two spirits. (John 4:4; Prov. 0:7) (How can you experience God s Spirit and our human spirit observing, shining, trimming, and cleansing within you?) D6T1 Christ takes care of the churches in His humanity (Rev. 1:1a; Outline IV. B) (Please describe how Christ takes care of the churches in His humanity.) Christ takes care of the churches in His divinity (Rev. 1:1b, Outline IV. C) (Please narrate your subjective experience of the law of life.) (Please describe how Christ takes care of the churches in His divinity.)
Opening Word of the Prophesying Meeting Message Five The Golden Incense Altar Reading the verses in each day. Reading the main points in the outlines. Pray-reading the verses: And you shall put it before the veil that is over the Ark of the Testimony, before the expiation cover that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you. And Aaron shall burn on it fragrant incense; every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it Exo. 0:6~7. And another Angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and much incense was given to Him to offer with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense went up with the prayers of the saints out of the hand of the Angel before God Exo. 8:~4. 1 Crystallization-Study of Exodus () Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting The Revelation of the Truth Message Five We need to see a vision of the golden incense altar: The incense altar signifies Christ as the Intercessor to maintain the relationship between God and His people. The incense altar is the place from which the activities at all the other places in the tabernacle and the outer court are motivated. We need to experience the golden incense altar: participating in Christ's interceding life, having no strange fire in our prayer, being burned to ashes. 4 Word of Appetizer The book of Revelation is a book of God's administration, this book reveals the throne of God and the administration of God throughout the universe. Why is the executing center the incense altar in Revelation 8 instead of the throne? Christ's interceding life, His prayer life, is the center of the divine administration and of the execution of His government on earth; the executing of God's administration is motivated by the prayers offered to Him from the incense altar. The Experience of Life When we are about to pray, we should first be satisfied by eating holy food; that is, we should pray with God within us as our energizing supply. If we would pray in the tabernacle at the incense altar, we need to be burned to ashes, reduced to nothing. Spiritual Burden Christ's interceding life, His prayer life, is the center of the divine administration and of the execution of His government on earth; the executing of God's administration is motivated by the prayers offered to Him from the incense altar. Practice and Application We need to participate in Christ's interceding life; we cooperate with Christ in His ministry of intercession, carrying out His intercession in our prayers of intercession. At the incense altar we pray for God's economy, for God's dispensing, for God's move, and for God's recovery. 6
Using Key Verses to Have a Bird s-eye View over the Whole Outlines Message Five The Golden Incense Altar Key Verses (1) And another Angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and much incense was given to Him to offer with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense went up with the prayers of the saints out of the hand of the Angel before God Rev. 8:~4. 1 I. Seeing a Vision of the Golden Incense Altar the Center of the Divine Administration The incense altar signifies Christ as the Intercessor to maintain the relationship between God and His people. The incense altar is the place from which the activities at all the other places in the tabernacle and the outer court are motivated. The executing center of God's administration in the universe is the incense altar in Revelation 8. Christ's interceding life, His prayer life, is the center of the divine administration and of the execution of His government on earth. Key Verses () Moreover, in like manner the Spirit also joins in to help us in our weakness, for we do not know for what we should pray as is fitting, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. But He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to God Rom. 8:6~7. II. Experiencing the Golden Incense Altar Participating in Christ's Interceding Life If we would intercede with Christ at the incense altar, we need to see three Key matters: When we pray, we should be in the tabernacle be in God. When we are about to pray, we should first be satisfied by eating holy food pray with God within us as our energizing supply. When we pray, we should offer incense to God pray with Christ as the incense. 4 Key Verses () And when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations. You shall not offer any strange incense on it Exo. 0:8~9. And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put fire in them and laid incense on it, and they presented strange fire before Jehovah, which He had not commanded them Lev. 10:1. II. Experiencing the Golden Incense Altar Having No Strange Fire, and Being Burned to Ashes When we pray at the incense altar, there will be neither strange fire nor strange incense in our prayer. If we would pray in the tabernacle at the incense altar, we need to be burned to ashes, reduced to nothing. Self is not involved, at the incense altar we pray for God's economy, for God's dispensing, for God's move, and for God's recovery. 6
Prophesying Topics Twelve Topics per week Crystallization-study of Exodus () Message Five The Golden Incense Altar D1T1 The significance of the golden incense altar (Heb. 7:; Rom. 8:4) (What does the golden incense altar signify?) The experience of how the prayer life motivates you (Rom. 8:6) (Please narrate how the prayer life motivates you to experience the altar of burnt offering, the laver, the table, the lampstand, and the Ark.) DT1 The golden incense altar is the center of God's administration in the universe (Rev. 8:) (According to Revelation 8, please describe how the golden incense altar is the center of God's administration in the universe.) Experiencing the proper prayer life (Rom. 8:6-7; 1 Tim. :1) (The proper prayer life is a life of praying for others, of interceding for them. How can you experience it?) DT1 Cooperating with Christ in His ministry of intercession. (Rom. 8:6-7; 1 Tim. :1) (How can we cooperate with Christ in His ministry of intercession?) The kind of prayer we have depends on the kind of person we are (Luke 9:4-; Eph. 6:18) (The kind of prayer we have depends on the kind of person we are. How does this narration encourage you to advance in your experience of the golden incense altar? ) D4T1 Interceding with Christ at the incense altar (John 1:14; - 6; Rev. -4) (If we would intercede with Christ at the incense altar, what are the three crucial matters that we need to see?) The experience of praying in the tabernacle (Exo. 0:6-7) (Please narrate your experience that you pray in God and God pray in you simultaneously.) DT1 The significance of strange fire and strange incense (Lev. 10:1; Exo. 0: 9a) (What is the strange fire? what is the strange incense?) To pray without offering the strange incense by the strange fire (Lev. 10:1, Exo. 0: 8-9a) (How can we pray without offering the strange incense by the strange fire?) D6T1 The spiritual significance of being burnt to ashes (Lev. 6:1; 1 Cor. 1:8b; Outline II. E) (Please explain the spiritual significance if we would pray in the tabernacle at the incense altar, we need to be burned to ashes, reduced to nothing.) The differences between the prayer at the altar of burnt offering and the prayer at the golden incense altar (What are the differences between the prayer at the altar of burnt offering in the outer court and the prayer at the golden incense altar in the tablenacle?)
Opening Word of the Prophesying Meeting Message Six The Altar of Burnt Offering Reading the verses in each day. Reading the main points in the outlines. Pray-reading the verses: And you shall make the altar of acacia wood, a length of five cubits and a width of five cubits; the altar shall be square; and three cubits, its height. And you shall make its horns upon its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze Exo. 7:1~. And you shall make a grating, a network of bronze for it; and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four ends Exo. 7:4 We have an altar from which they who are serving the tabernacle have no right to eat Heb. 1:10. 1 Crystallization-Study of Exodus () Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting The Revelation of the Truth Message Six The two altars the altar of burnt offering and the golden incense altar are for the carrying out of God's economy. The altar of burnt offering was made of acacia wood overlaid with bronze. The grating is the most important part of the altar, for it depicts the mystery of Christ's redemption. The four rings of bronze at the four ends of the grating typify the eternal Spirit. The poles upon the two sides of the altar signify the move of the cross by the coordination of the believers as a testimony. With the altar of burnt offering, we have a picture of the entire New Testament the redeeming Christ, the Spirit, and the church. 4 Word of Appetizer With the altar of burnt offering, what can we have a picture of the entire New Testament? The picture of the altar portrays the redeeming Christ, the all-inclusive Spirit, and the church. According to the New Testament, in this Spirit, the church, the Body, bears Christ and His cross. The Experience of Life In His economy God gives us one person Christ and one way the cross; the acacia wood overlaid with bronze signifies that Christ became a man to die on the cross to bear the judgment of God for us; God's judgment upon Christ as our Substitute was not merely outward but reached the inward parts of Christ. Spiritual Burden With the altar of burnt offering, we have a picture of the entire New Testament the redeeming Christ, the Spirit, and the church; the Body of Christ bears the testimony of Jesus throughout the earth by the all-inclusive Spirit; this is the revelation of the New Testament. Practice and Application If we are living persons preaching the cross by bearing a testimony in coordination, we will be qualified to carry the altar in its journey on earth; the Body of Christ bears the testimony of Jesus throughout the earth by the all-inclusive Spirit. 6
Using Key Verses to Have a Bird s-eye View over the Whole Outlines Message Six The Altar of Burnt Offering Key Verses (1) We have an altar from which they who are serving the tabernacle have no right to eat Heb. 1:10. And you shall make the altar of acacia wood, a length of five cubits and a width of five cubits; the altar shall be square; and three cubits, its height. And you shall make its horns upon its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze Exo. 7:1~. 1 The Two Altars, the Altar of Burnt Offering, Acacia Wood Overlaid with Bronze I. The two altars the altar of burnt offering and the golden incense altar are for the carrying out of God's economy the altar of burnt offering is related to God's judicial redemption; the golden altar of incense is related to God's organic salvation. II. The altar of burnt offering typifies the cross of Christ; the cross is the center of God's operation in His economy. III. The altar of burnt offering was made of acacia wood overlaid with bronze; the acacia wood overlaid with bronze signifies that Christ became a man to die on the cross to bear the judgment of God for us. Key Verses () And you shall make a grating, a network of bronze for it; and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four ends Exo. 7:4. The Bronze Grating, the Rings of Bronze IV. The grating is the most important part of the altar, for it depicts the mystery of Christ's redemption: The grating signifies Christ the Redeemer in His redemptive work. That the grating was within the altar signifies that God's judgment (bronze) upon Christ as our Substitute was not merely outward but reached the inward parts of Christ. V. The four rings of bronze at the four ends of the grating typify the eternal Spirit: The all-inclusive Christ died an all-inclusive death through the eternal Spirit. The rings forming one piece with the grating indicates that the redeeming Christ issues in the Spirit. 4 Key Verses () And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. And its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar when it is carried Exo. 7:6~7. The Poles upon the Two Sides of the Altar, a Picture of the Altar of Burnt Offering VI. The poles upon the two sides of the altar signify the move of the cross by the coordination of the believers as a testimony. VII. With the altar of burnt offering, we have a picture of the entire New Testament the redeeming Christ, the Spirit, and the church. The Body of Christ carries the redeeming Christ throughout the earth by the all-inclusive Spirit. 6 6
Prophesying Topics Twelve Topics per Week Crystallization-study of Exodus () Message Six The Altar of Burnt Offering D1T1 The two altars are for the carrying out of God's economy (Exo. 7:1-8; 0: 1-10; Outline I) (Please try to narrate that the two altars the altar of burnt offering and the golden incense altar are for the carrying out of God's economy.) The two altars are related to God's complete salvation (Rom. :10; Outline I, B) DT1 (Please use the book of Romans to explain that the two altars are related to God's complete salvation.) The cross is the center of God's operation in His economy (Exo. 40:9; Heb. 1:10, Outline II) (How does the altar of burnt offering signify the cross of Christ as the center of God's operation in His economy?) All spiritual experience begins from the cross (1 Cor. :) (Please narrate that all your spiritual experiences begin from the cross.) DT1 The spiritual significance of the altar of burnt offering overlaid with bronze (Exo. 7:1-) (Please explain the spiritual significances of the Ark overlaid with gold and the altar of burnt offering overlaid with bronze.) (What should be our knowledge and attitude concerning that in His economy God gives us one person Christ and one way the cross?) D4T1 The significance that the bronze grating signifies (Exo.7:4 and footnote 1; Psa. :14) (Please narrate how the bronze grating depicts the mystery of Christ's redemption.) The saving element is not in the cross as a thing but in a person, in the One who was crucified for us (Gal. :0) (Please narrate your knowledge and experience of this word: The saving element is not in the cross as a thing but in a person, in the One who was crucified for us ) DT1 The efficacy of Christ's redemption depends upon the eternal Spirit (Heb. 9:1, 14) (As what the four rings of bronze at the four ends of the grating typify, please explain that the efficacy of Christ's redemption depends upon the eternal Spirit) Using the Spirit to make Christ's redemption efficacious (Heb. 9:14) D6T1 (How should we exercise to make Christ's redemption effective as we preach the gospel?) The contents of the altar of burnt offering reveal the entire New Testament (John 1:9; Acts 1:8; 1 Cor. 1:1-1; Cor. 4:, 7; Outline VII) (How do the contents of the altar of burnt offering the grating, rings, poles reveal the entire New Testament redeeming Christ, the Spirit, and the church?) Applying the principle of its poles shall be put into the rings (Exo. 7:6-7) (How can we apply the principle of its poles shall be put into the rings that we may have a proper experience as we preach the redeeming Christ?)