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Life-Study of Hebrews

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A Foreword _{msg. 1}

I. The background
A. The receivers were Hebrew believers
B. Believing in the Lord and still wanting to hold on to their Jewish religion
C. Persecuted by the high priest, the Sadducees, and the Pharisees
D. This book being written to confirm to them the Christian faith and to warn them not to deviate from it, but to forsake their Jewish religion
II. The contents
A. The heavenly Christ, the present Christ, the Christ now, the Christ today
B. With all the heavenly items
III. The sections

God Has Spoken _{msg. 2}

I. To the fathers
II. To us
A. At the last of these days
B. In the Son
1. Being the Word
2. Declaring God the Father
3. Conveying life
4. Revealing reality through the Spirit
C. In the Son as the Spirit
1. Speaking to the churches
2. Speaking with the church

The Son _{msg. 3}

I. His person
A. The effulgence of God’s glory
B. The express image of God’s substance
C. God Himself
D. The Lord
II. His work
A. In creation
1. Creating the universe in the past
2. Upholding all things in the present
3. Inheriting all things in the future
B. In redemption
1. Having Purified sins in the past
2. Sitting at the right hand of God in the present
3. Waiting for the subduing of the enemies in the future

Christ as the Son of God — as God Superior to the Angels _{msg. 4}

I. The Son — a more excellent name
II. In resurrection
III. In ascension
IV. In the second coming
V. In the kingdom
VI. In eternity

Heirs of Salvation _{msg. 5}

I. The firstborn Son being the appointed Heir
II. The many sons being saved to be the joint-heirs
III. The joint-heirs being the partners of the appointed Heir
IV. The many Sons composing the house of God — Bethel
V. The firstborn Son being the heavenly ladder at Bethel
VI. The house of God being the gate of heaven
VII. The angels ministering to the heirs of salvation

So Great a Salvation _{msg. 6}
Jesus as the Son of Man — as Man Superior to the Angels _{msg. 7}

I. The coming inhabited earth
A. In the coming age of the kingdom
B. For Christ to take possession of the earth
II. The man Jesus
A. The man in creation
1. To express God with His image
2. To represent God with His dominion
3. Having failed God in His purpose
B. The Man in Prophecy
1. A little inferior to the angels
2. Having been crowned with glory and honor
3. Being set over the works of God
C. The man in fulfillment
1. Made a little inferior to the angels because of the suffering of death
2. Crowned with glory and honor
a. Being made both Lord and Christ
b. Being exalted to be a Leader and a Savior

Jesus in Incarnation, Crucifixion, Resurrection, Glorification, and Exaltation _{msg. 8}

I. In incarnation
A. Sharing in the children’s blood and flesh
B. Being made like His brothers in all things
II. In crucifixion
A. Tasting death on behalf of everything
B. Making propitiation for the sins of God’s people
C. Destroying the devil
D. Releasing us from the slavery under the fear of death
III. In resurrection
A. To bring forth many brothers
B. To declare the Father’s name to His brothers
C. To praise the Father in the church
IV. In glorification
A. Entering into glory
B. Crowned with glory and honor
V. In exaltation
A. To have dominion over all creatures
B. To be over all things

The Captain of Salvation (1) _{msg. 9}

I. God leading many sons into glory
A. All things for God
B. All things through God
C. Many sons among all things
D. Into glory
II. Making Jesus perfect through sufferings
III. The Pioneer, the Leader, and the Captain
IV. Salvation

The Captain of Salvation (2) _{msg. 10}

Glory — God expressed
The corporate expression of God
The need to cross the river
The goal in crossing the river
The meaning of crossing the river
The Lord Jesus as the typical example
Within the veil
Christ as the glory in us
The eternal weight of glory
Christ’s coming from without and from within

The Sanctifier and the Sanctified _{msg. 11}

I. The sanctifier
A. The Son of God incarnated
B. The Son of Man crucified, resurrected, glorified, and exalted
C. The firstborn Son of God produced
II. The sanctified
A. The sinners with God propitiated
B. The death-victims released
C. The many sons of God brought forth
III. Sanctification
A. To separate the many sons unto God
B. To transform them in their being
C. To conform them to the image of the firstborn Son
D. To glorify them with God’s glory
IV. The sanctifier and the sanctified being all out of one

The Many Sons, the Many Brothers, the Church _{msg. 12}

I. The many sons
A. Predestinated unto sonship
B. Born of God
C. Born of the Spirit
D. Having received the spirit of sonship
E. Waiting for the full sonship — the redemption of our body
II. The many brothers
A. Brought forth in resurrection
B. Having the firstborn Son of God as the elder Brother
C. Having the same life and nature as the firstborn Son of God
III. The church
A. Composed of the many brothers in resurrection
B. The firstborn Son of God declaring the Father’s name to His brothers
C. The firstborn Son of God singing hymns of praise unto the Father in the midst of the church

A Merciful and Faithful High Priest _{msg. 13}

I. As the Son of God with the divine nature
II. As the Son of Man with the human nature
III. Being incarnated to be like us
IV. Being tried
V. Having suffered death
VI. Having made propitiation for our sins
VII. Having destroyed the Devil
VIII. Having released us from the slavery of death
IX. In resurrection bringing forth many brothers to form the church
X. In exaltation being crowned with glory and honor
XI. Being the Captain of our salvation
XII. Rendering help to succor us

Holy Brothers and Partakers of the Heavenly Calling _{msg. 14}

I. Holy brothers
A. Heirs of salvation
B. Partners of the appointed Heir
C. Followers of the Captain
D. Brothers of the firstborn Son of God
E. The church in resurrection
F. Sanctified by and with the Son of God and the Son of Man
G. Partakers of the divine holiness
H. Pursuing holiness
I. On the way to glory
II. Partakers of the heavenly calling
A. To the heavenly Christ
B. With the heavenly enrollment
C. To taste the heavenly gift
D. To have the heavenly worship
E. To come to the heavenly Jerusalem
F. To go to the heavenly country
G. Partakers of the Holy Spirit
H. Partakers of the divine discipline

Christ as the Apostle Superior to Moses _{msg. 15}

I. Moses
A. A part of God’s house
B. Faithful in God’s house
C. For a testimony of the coming things
II. Christ
A. The builder of God’s house, God Himself
B. Over us, the house of God
C. Faithful to God who constituted Him
D. Counted worthy of more glory and honor than Moses

Partners of Christ _{msg. 16}

I. Christ, God’s appointed
A. To accomplish God’s plan
B. Anointed by God
II. The Captain of salvation
A. He, as the Forerunner, the Pioneer, having entered into rest and glory
B. We, as His partners, sharing with Him in what He has attained and obtained
III. Today’s Joshua and Caleb

The Good Land for the Fulfillment of God's Purpose _{msg. 17}

The proper people of God
A figure of Christ
A type of the chosen ones of God
The land, Christ, and humanity
God’s eternal purpose
The relationship between man and the earth
An elevated land
The ultimate consummation of entering into the good land
A foretaste of the New Jerusalem

The Remaining Sabbath Rest (1) _{msg. 18}

I. The first mention of the Sabbath rest
II. The loss of the Sabbath rest
III. The good land as the Sabbath rest
IV. Christ as the Sabbath rest in three stages
V. A mutual rest for God and man
VI. A prophecy of the remaining Sabbath rest
VII. The church life as God’s Sabbath
VIII. The church life as the high gospel

The Remaining Sabbath Rest (2) _{msg. 19}

IX. The Sabbath rest in various ages
A. Israel as God’s Sabbath rest
B. Jesus as God’s Sabbath rest
C. The church, the enlargement of Christ, as God’s Sabbath rest
1. Because the church is the new man
2. Because God rests in the church
3. Because the church is the kingdom of God today
X. The house of God as the remaining Sabbath Rest in Hebrews
XI. A warning about dissenting and giving up the Sabbath rest

The Remaining Sabbath Rest (3) _{msg. 20}

XII. The progressive development of the Sabbath rest
XIII. The growing Sabbath and the Sabbath of maturity
XIV. A reward for proper growth

The Remaining Sabbath Rest (4) _{msg. 21}

XV. The ultimate Sabbath
XVI. Our need to mature
XVII. The two major schools of doctrine
XVIII. The matter of prize or punishment

The Remaining Sabbath Rest (5) _{msg. 22}

XIX. The three periods of the universe
XX. The accomplishment of God’s purpose
XXI. Chastisement in the coming age
XXII. Reward in the Gospel of Matthew
A. The secret rapture of the mature ones
B. The parable of the ten virgins
XXIII. The coming age still needed for the Lord to deal with His believers

The Remaining Sabbath Rest (6) _{msg. 23}

XXIV. The judgment at the house of God
XXV. Growing in life for the fulfillment of God’s purpose
XXVI. The life and work needed for entering into the millennial kingdom
A. Talents given according to ability
B. A warning about being slothful
C. Grace and responsibility
D. Maturity and kingship
E. The punishment of the slothful servant — the discipline in the coming kingdom age
F. The need to pay the price

The Remaining Sabbath Rest (7) _{msg. 24}

XXVII. The five warnings in Hebrews
XXVIII. A warning about sinning willfully
XXIX. The father’s discipline
XXX. A warning about giving up the birthright
XXXI. Resting in the proper church life
XXXII. The church life as our refuge

An Evil Heart of Unbelief Deserting the Living God and the Living Word of God and the Parts of Man _{msg. 25}

An evil heart of unbelief deserting the living God
I. The living God
II. The evil heart
III. Unbelief
IV. While today
The living word of God
I. The outflow of the living God
II. Living
III. Operative
IV. Sharper than the two-edged sword
The parts of man
I. Body
II. Soul
III. Spirit
IV. Heart
V. Man’s three parts corresponding to the three sections of God’s temple

The Three Stages of Salvation _{msg. 26}

I. With the Israelites
A. Salvation from Egypt
B. Salvation through the wilderness
C. Salvation into Canaan
II. With the New Testament believers
A. Salvation from the world
B. Salvation through the soul
C. Salvation into the spirit
III. Corresponding to the experiences in the tabernacle (temple)
A. Experiences in the outer court
B. Experiences in the Holy Place
C. Experiences in the Holy of Holies
IV. The situation of the Hebrew believers

A Great High Priest and the Throne of Grace _{msg. 27}

A great High Priest
I. Great
A. In His person
B. In His work
C. In His attainment
II. Having passed through the heavens
III. Having been tried in all respects
IV. Sympathizing with our weaknesses
The throne of grace
I. The throne of God, signified by the propitiation cover
II. The throne of God and the Lamb
III. God’s habitation in our spirit
IV. Receiving mercy and finding grace

The High Priest According to the Order of Melchisedec and the Cause of Eternal Salvation _{msg. 28}

The High Priest according to the order of Melchisedec
I. Superior to Aaron
II. Glorified by God
A. Through resurrection
B. In ascension
C. According to the order of Melchisedec
D. Forever
III. A priest like Melchisedec
The cause of eternal salvation
I. The eternal salvation
II. The cause
A. The Person of Christ as the High Priest being the cause
B. The experience of Christ in His sufferings for His perfection

The Word of Righteousness and the Word of the Beginning of Christ _{msg. 29}

I. The word of God being our nourishment
II. Milk
III. Solid food
IV. The discriminating of the senses
The word of the beginning of Christ
I. The foundation of christian life
II. The first pair
III. The second pair
IV. The third pair

To Be Brought on to Maturity and Fleeing Into the Refuge with the Anchor and the Forerunner _{msg. 30}

To be brought on to maturity
I. Leaving the word of the beginning of Christ
II. Not laying again the foundation
A. The foundation being laid already and there being no need to lay it again
B. Being impossible to renew again to repentance
C. Crucifying again the Son of God, putting Him to open shame
D. Being not right to lay the foundation again
III. Being brought on to maturity
A. Sharing with Christ in His attainments
B. Being diligent to enter into the remaining sabbath rest
C. Coming forward to the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace
D. Feeding on the solid food to enjoy Christ as our High Priest according to the order of Melchisedec
Fleeing into the refuge with the anchor and the forerunner
I. The refuge
II. The anchor
III. The Forerunner

The Heavenly Ministry of the Heavenly Christ _{msg. 31}

I. A turn in the book of Hebrews
A. From the outer court on earth to the Holy of Holies in heaven
B. From the altar for sin in the outer court to the propitiation-cover for grace (the throne of grace) in the Holy of Holies
C. From the Christ on earth to the Christ in heaven
D. From the suffering Jesus on the pathway of the cross to the glorified Christ on the throne of God
II. The two aspects of Christ’s priesthood
A. Typified by Aaron on earth
B. According to the order of Melchisedec in heaven
III. The two sections of Christ’s ministry
A. The section on earth
1. Having offered Himself to God for our sins
2. Having made propitiation for our sins
3. Having made purification for our sins
4. Having sanctified us through His offering with His blood
5. Having perfected us through His offering
6. Having consummated a new covenant for us with His blood
7. Having bequeathed to us the new testament
8. Having suffered death for everything
9. Having destroyed the Devil on the cross
10. Having released us from the slavery under fear of death
11. Having cut the pathway of the cross
B. The section in heaven
1. Having opened a new and living way into the Holy of Holies
2. Having purified the heavens and the things in the heavens with His blood
3. Having confirmed the new covenant and found eternal redemption
4. Having obtained a more excellent ministry
5. As the surety and Mediator of the new covenant, enforcing the covenant
6. As the Executor of the New Testament, executing the testament
7. As the High Priest, interceding for us and saving us to the uttermost
8. As the heavenly Minister, ministering heaven, life, and power into us
9. As the Sanctifier, sanctifying us with His holy nature and life
10. As the Perfecter of faith, perfecting us in faith for our life
11. As the Captain of our salvation, leading us into glory

A Kingly High Priest, Perpetual and Great _{msg. 32}

I. A kingly High Priest
A. The king of righteousness
B. The king of peace
C. From a kingly tribe
D. Combining the kingship together with the priesthood
II. Perpetual
III. Great
A. Having tithed Abraham
B. Having blessed Abraham
C. Being ancient before Abraham

A Divine High Priest, Living and Able to Save _{msg. 33}

I. A divine High Priest
A. A transfer of priesthood
1. From the order of Aaron to the order of Melchisedec
2. From the priestly tribe of Levi to the kingly tribe of Judah
3. From men to the Son of God
4. A transfer of law needed
a. From the law of letters to the law of life
b. From the weak and unprofitable commandment to a better hope
B. The only begotten Son as well as the Firstborn Son of God becoming the High Priest
1. Constituted according to the power of an indestructible life
2. With the taking of an oath by God
3. Perfected forever
4. Becoming the Surety of a better covenant
II. Living
A. Continuing forever without the preventing of death
B. Unalterable
III. Able to save
A. To the uttermost
B. By interceding for us
C. Befitting us
1. Holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners
2. Higher than the heavens
3. Having offered up Himself for our sins once for all

The Indestructible Life _{msg. 34}

I. The life of God
II. The eternal life
III. The uncreated life
IV. The life which is Christ Himself
V. The life which has been tested in Christ’s human living
VI. The life which has passed through death
VII. The life which death cannot hold
VIII. The resurrection life
IX. The life of which the Spirit is
X. The saving life of Christ
XI. The reigning life
XII. The life of the tree of life
XIII. The life which is with incorruption
XIV. The life which is indissoluble, indestructible

A Heavenly Minister with a More Excellent Ministry _{msg. 35}

I. A Heavenly Minister
A. A High Priest sitting on the throne of the Majesty in the heavens
B. Ministering in the true tabernacle in heaven joined to our spirit
II. A more excellent ministry
A. As the Mediator of a better covenant enacted upon better promises
1. The Mediator
2. A better covenant
3. Better promises
B. To carry out the better covenant
1. Making the facts in the new covenant effective
2. Executing the bequests in the New Testament

The New Covenant _{msg. 36}

I. The old covenant
A. Having fault
B. Becoming old and growing decrepit
II. The new covenant
A. A better covenant
B. Enacted upon better promises
C. Replacing the old covenant
D. The contents
1. Imparting of the law of life
a. One law becoming many laws
b. Imparted into our inward parts
c. Inscribed on our hearts
2. The blessing of having God and of being His people
3. Inward ability of knowing the Lord
4. Propitiation for our unrighteousnesses and forgiveness of our sins

The Law of Life _{msg. 37}

I. The origin of the law of life
II. The definition of the law of life
III. The location of the law of life
IV. The function of the law of life
V. The power of the law of life
VI. The issue of the law of life
VII. God’s desire in the law of life

The Working of the Law of Life _{msg. 38}

I. The standard model — the Firstborn Son of God
II. The production of the many sons of God
III. The working of the law of life
IV. The inner sense of life
V. The corporate reproduction of the standard model

The Type of the Old Covenant and the Reality of the New Covenant _{msg. 39}

I. The first tabernacle — the holy place, signifying the old covenant as a type
A. Of this world
B. With ordinances of flesh
C. Unable to perfect the worshippers
D. A parable, a type of the new covenant
E. The way of the Holy of Holies, of the new covenant, not yet manifested until the time of reformation
II. The second tabernacle — the Holy of Holies, signifying the new covenant as a reality
A. The greater and more perfect tabernacle — the better covenant
B. Not of this creation, not made by man’s hand
C. A reformation, the reality of the old covenant, setting things right
1. Christ having come a High Priest of the good things that have come
2. Christ having entered once for all into the Holy of Holies and found an eternal redemption, consummating the new covenant
a. Christ having offered Himself to God through the eternal Spirit
b. His blood purifying our conscience from dead works to serve the living God
3. Christ being the Mediator of the new covenant, the Executor of the new testament
a. To enforce the new covenant and execute the new testament
b. That the called saints might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance

The Experiences of Christ Portrayed by the Arrangement of the Furniture of the Tabernacle _{msg. 40}

I. In the outer court — in an outward way
A. At the brass altar
B. At the brass laver
II. In the Holy Place — in an inner way
A. At the showbread table
B. At the lampstand
C. At the incense altar
III. In the Holy of Holies — in the innermost way
A. At the Ark of testimony
B. In the Ark of testimony
1. Enjoying Christ as the hidden manna
2. Enjoying Christ as the budding rod
3. Enjoying Christ as the tables of the covenant

The New Covenant and the New Testament _{msg. 41}

I. The new covenant
A. A better covenant
B. Enacted upon better promises
C. Consummated with better sacrifices and the blood that speaks better things
D. Having a High Priest with a more excellent ministry
II. The new testament
A. God’s promise
B. God’s covenant
C. The Lord’s new testament

The Two Manifestations of Christ _{msg. 42}

I. The first manifestation of Christ
A. For the putting away of sin by offering Himself to God as the sacrifice for sins
B. For the accomplishment of an eternal redemption
C. For the consummation of the new covenant
D. For the bequest of the new testament
II. In the interval
A. Entering into the Holy of Holies in the heavens
B. Appearing before God
C. Ministering in the true tabernacle as the High Priest
D. Executing the new testament
III. The second manifestation of Christ
A. Apart from sin
B. Unto salvation
1. For the redemption, the transfiguration of our body
2. For the deliverance from the vanity and slavery
3. For our glorification
4. For the full sonship
5. For the full taste of God

Christ's Sacrifices Replacing and Terminating Those of the Old Covenant _{msg. 43}

I. The law having a shadow of the coming good things
II. The law, by its continual and yearly sacrifices, never being able to perfect the worshipper
III. The law’s sacrifices reminding of sins year by year
IV. It being impossible for animal blood to take away sins
V. Christ coming with a body to replace the sacrifices of the law
VI. Christ having sanctified us through the offering of His body once for all
VII. The priests of the law standing daily to offer the same sacrifices which can never take away sins
VIII. Christ sitting down forever on the right hand of God, after having offered one sacrifice for sin
IX. By one offering Christ having perfected forever us who are being sanctified
X. The Holy Spirit testifying that our sins and lawlessnesses are forgiven
XI. No longer any offering for sin

Come Forward to the Holy of Holies and Do Not Shrink Back to Judaism _{msg. 44}

I. The first tabernacle, the Holy Place, being a figure
II. The second tabernacle, the Holy of Holies, being realized by the new covenant dispensation
III. The old covenant age being terminated and the new covenant dispensation having been inaugurated
IV. The way to enter the Holy of Holies having been cut
V. Having boldness to enter the Holy of Holies through the better sacrifices of Christ
VI. Having a great Priest over the house of God
VII. Coming forward to the Holy of Holies
VIII. Holding fast the confession of our hope unwavering
IX. Considering one another for inciting to love and good works
X. Not forsaking the church to sin willfully
A. Trampling under foot the Son of God
B. Regarding the sanctifying blood of the covenant a common thing
C. Insulting the Spirit of grace
XI. Do not shrink back to Judaism

Not Eternal Perdition, but Dispensational Punishment _{msg. 45}

I. The security of God’s eternal salvation for the believer
A. By the will of God
B. By the selection and calling of God
C. By the love and grace of God
D. By the righteousness of God
E. By the covenant of God
F. By the power of God
G. By the life of God
H. By God Himself
I. By the redemption of Christ
J. By the power of Christ
K. By the promise of Christ
II. The eternal perdition for the unbelievers
III. The dispensational punishment for the failures of the believers
A. God’s discipline or chastening
B. Some in this age
C. Some in the next age

The Kingdom Reward and the Gaining of the Soul _{msg. 46}
The Unique Way of Faith and Faith's Definition _{msg. 47}

I. The unique way of faith
A. To receive the word of the gospel by faith
B. To take God by faith
C. To enter into the rest by faith
D. To inherit the promise by faith
E. To hold fast the beginning of the assurance firm to the end
F. To come forward to the Holy of Holies and to God’s new covenant dispensation in full assurance of faith
G. To hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering
H. To live by faith in suffering for the promise of reward
I. To gain the soul by faith
J. The warning concerning an evil heart of unbelief
II. Faith’s definition
A. Faith as the substantiating of things hoped for
1. The believer’s life being a life of things hoped for
2. Faith substantiating the things which we are hoping for
B. Faith as the conviction of things not seen

The History of Faith and Its Witnesses _{msg. 48}

I. In understanding the framing of the universe by the word of God
II. In Abel, offering a more excellent sacrifice
III. In Enoch, being translated from seeing death
IV. In Noah, preparing an ark for salvation
V. In Abraham
VI. In Sarah, conceiving seed
VII. In Isaac, blessing Jacob and Esau
VIII. In Jacob
IX. In Joseph
X. In Moses
XI. In the sons of Israel
XII. In Rahab, having received the spies and not perishing
XIII. In Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, doing many marvelous things
XIV. To be perfected by the believers of the new covenant
A. The two dispensations of God’s economy
B. The saints in the shadows of the old covenant expecting to see the realities of the new covenant
C. The believers in the realities of the new covenant being greater than the saints in the shadows of the old covenant
XV. A cloud of witnesses

The Author and Perfecter of Faith _{msg. 49}

I. The saints of the old covenant only being witnesses of faith
II. Only Jesus being the author and perfecter of faith
A. The author of faith
B. The perfecter of faith
III. The transfusion of faith
A. We having no believing ability naturally
B. The saving faith being not of ourselves
C. Having Christ as the believing element transfused into us

Run the Race _{msg. 50}

I. The Christian life being a race
II. All the believers of the new covenant must run this race
A. By putting off every encumbrance, weight, burden, and impediment
B. By putting off the entangling sin
C. With endurance
D. By looking away from all things
E. By looking unto Jesus who is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God in the heavens
F. By considering Jesus who has endured contradiction from sinners against Himself
G. By resisting unto blood, struggling against sin
III. The apostle Paul being an example of running the race

Discipline for Holiness _{msg. 51}

I. God wanting the Hebrew believers to be holy, to be separated absolutely unto Him
II. The persecution suffered by the Hebrew believers being a discipline
III. Discipline being the father’s dealing with his sons that the sons may partake of the father’s holy nature
IV. Discipline being for holiness, resulting in righteousness
V. The wearied and paralyzed Hebrew believers needing to make straight paths that the lamed members may not be put out of joint but rather may be healed
VI. The proper Christian life being a balance between peace and holiness

Do Not Fall Away from Grace _{msg. 52}

I. The grace of God
II. To fall away from grace being to fall away from Christ
A. For the Hebrew believers to fall away from the grace of God being to give up the enjoyment of Christ in the new covenant way and to return to their old religion
B. The Hebrew believers remaining in the new covenant way by having grace, being confirmed by grace, and standing in grace
III. The cause of falling away from the grace of God
A. The root of bitterness — the Judaizer
B. The fornicator
C. The profane person

A Contrast Between the Sight of the Old Covenant and the Scene of the New Covenant _{msg. 53}

I. The sight of the old covenant on the side of the law
A. Comprising six items
1. The mountain being touchable and set on fire
2. Darkness
3. Gloom
4. Whirlwind
5. The sound of a trumpet
6. The terrifying voice of words
B. All items being temporal
II. The scene of the new covenant on the side of grace
A. Comprising eight items in four pairs
1. The first pair
2. The second pair
3. The third pair
4. The fourth pair
B. All items being eternal

An Unshakable Kingdom _{msg. 54}

I. For the old covenant, the earth being shaken as a warning upon earth
II. For the new covenant, not only the earth but also the heaven to be shaken as a warning from heaven
III. Only the Lord and the things coming out of Him remaining forever
IV. The kingdom, coming out of the Lord, being unshakable
A. We having repented for the kingdom
B. We having been reborn into the kingdom
C. We having been translated into the kingdom
D. The church life being the kingdom of God today
V. The reality and manifestation of the kingdom
A. The reality of the kingdom being an exercise and discipline in the church today
B. The manifestation of the kingdom being a reward and an enjoyment in the millennial kingdom in the coming age
C. Taking the Spirit’s exercise and God’s discipline today and receiving the Lord’s reward and entering into the Sabbath rest in the coming age
D. Missing the coming kingdom and losing our birthright in the coming age meaning that we shall lose the reward
E. The warnings in hebrews referring to the suffering of the loss of the kingdom reward and to being punished by God

Ten Practical Virtues for the Church Life _{msg. 55}

I. Brotherly love
II. Hospitality
III. Remembering the suffering members
IV. Holding marriage in honor
V. Without love of money
VI. Remembering the ministers of the word of God
VII. Doing good
VIII. Sharing with others
IX. Obeying the leading ones and submitting to them
X. Praying for the apostles

The Experiences of Christ for the Church Life _{msg. 56}

I. Christ being unchangeable, remaining the same forever
II. Holding on to the unchangeable Christ for a true and steadfast church life
III. Being confirmed by grace to remain in the new covenant to enjoy Christ as grace
IV. The cross being our altar on which Christ offered Himself as the sin offering
V. Christ’s body suffering the death of the cross outside the gate and his blood being brought into the Holy of Holies for our sanctification
VI. Going forth to Him “outside the camp” bearing His reproach to follow Him in the sanctifying pathway of the cross
VII. Having here no permanent city, no organized realm, but seeking the coming one, God’s holy city, the New Jerusalem
VIII. In the Holy of Holies, offering up through Him the sacrifice of praise to God

Enter Within the Veil and Go Outside the Camp _{msg. 57}

I. The heavenly Christ within the veil
II. The believers encouraged to enter within the veil
III. The believers charged to go outside the camp to follow the Lord
A. Moses moving outside the camp where the Lord’s seekers went to meet with him
B. Religion, being a camp given up by the Lord
C. Going forth unto Jesus outside religion, bearing His reproach
D. The Holy of Holies enabling us to take the pathway of the cross and the pathway of the cross ushering us into the kingdom
IV. To enter within the veil is to get into our spirit
V. Being equipped in every good work by entering within the veil and going outside the camp

Eating and Manna _{msg. 58}

Eating, a basic matter in the Bible
Eating for the supply of life and for redemption
Eating the Lord’s flesh and drinking His blood
The need to keep eating
Eating in the book of Hebrews
The meaning of manna
The various aspects of manna
Coming with the dew
Small
Round
Like the frost
White
Eaten as bread, cakes, and wafers
Like a coriander seed
With the taste of honey
As the taste of fresh oil
With the appearance of bdellium
Not legal

The Manna in the Golden Pot _{msg. 59}

God’s commandment regarding the manna
The tithe of the produce of the land
The hidden manna being God’s portion
Hidden beneath several layers
Three stages of eating in the tabernacle
The heave offering
Hidden in the divine nature

Enjoying the Hidden Manna in the Presence of God _{msg. 60}

The distance between us and the Lord
The hidden manna promised to the overcomers
Ministering to the Lord in His presence

The Budding Rod (1) _{msg. 61}

Three symbols of experiences
The focus of the divine revelation
The need of leadership for the building up of God’s people
The priesthood and the kingship
The building up of the leadership
The rebellion in the wilderness
No loss of temper
The vindication of the proper leadership
Ambition for leadership
The rebellion of the soul against the spirit
The ambition and rebellion within us
Judgment and vindication
Every member, like the leader, being a serving one

The Budding Rod (2) _{msg. 62}

The budding rod and the building up of God’s people
The ambition for position
God’s judgment on rebellion
Two signs
No competition in the church service
The budding rod being God’s vindication
The way to have the budding rod

The Law — the Testimony of God _{msg. 63}

The law being God’s testimony
The two aspects of every law
The law as a type of Christ
The ultimate and central item in the tabernacle
The law of life being in Christ
Letting Christ live out of us
The way to have Christ as the reality of the law

The Law of Life Spreading in Our Inward Parts _{msg. 64}

The basic concept of the divine revelation in the Bible
The Son of God coming into us as life
The Firstborn Son and the many sons
The need for Christ to spread into our mind, emotion, and will
The meaning of the law of life
No need for teachings
The one law becoming many laws
The way to be transformed and conformed to the image of the Firstborn Son
The way to have Christ spread in us

Being Conformed to the Image of the Firstborn Son by the Working of the Law of Life _{msg. 65}

The Firstborn Son being the prototype
The impossibility of imitating Christ
The spreading of the prototype into our being
The Only Begotten Son becoming the Firstborn Son
A matter of inward saturation
Sonship and conformation
Sonship and the witness of the spirit
The way to be conformed to the image of the Firstborn
Walking by the inner sense of life

Living According to the Law of Life and Moving According to the Anointing _{msg. 66}

The mystery of the resurrected and indwelling Christ
The two natures of the indwelling Christ
Religion missing the mark
The wonderful nature of Christ
The function of the life nature being the working of the law of life
Christ coming into us to be a Person
The moving of the Person of Christ being the anointing
The normal living of the wonderful One

The Completion of Sonship _{msg. 67}

Predestinated unto sonship
The process of sanctification, transformation, and conformation
The law and the prophets
The law of life and the anointing versus regulations and organization
The living revealed in the New Testament
The need to be rescued from religion
God’s way of leading the many sons into glory
Glorification — the completion of sonship

Living According to the Nature of God _{msg. 68}

The significance of sonship
The sons of God having the divine nature
The law of life being the working of the nature of life
The only begotten son becoming the prototype
The mass production of the prototype
The difference between the law of life and the anointing
The presence of God and the nature of God
The need to be delivered from work to life
The function of the anointing
Being recovered to the law of life
God’s concern
The consummation of God’s work

The Function of the Law of Life _{msg. 69}

The need to touch Christ Himself
The divine birth
The shaping function of the law of life
A word of conclusion

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