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Crystallization-Study of Exodus (3)

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.

25:10~11.

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. 9:3~4.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Using Key Verses to Have a Bird’s-Eye

View over the Whole Outlines

Message One


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. 25:10~11. 1

Key Verses (2)

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.

25:12~14.

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Key Verses (3)

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. 9:3~4.

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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.

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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

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

Prophesying Topics—Twelve Topics per Week

Crystallization-study of Exodus (3)

Message One


D1T1 The Ark is the center of the tabernacle (Col. 2:9)

(Please narrate that as the center of the tabernacle, the Ark typifies Christ as the

embodiment of God.)

T2 The ark was called the ark of the testimony (Exo. 25:22)

(Why was the Ark called “the ark of the testimony”? Why was the tabernacle called

“the tabernacle of the testimony”?)

D2T1 Acacia wood signifies Christ's humanity, strong in character and high in standard.

(Exo. 25:10)

(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; 8:20; 9:12-13; 11:29; 12:19-20; 17:27; 20:28; 27:12, 14)

T2 The acacia wood is overlaid with gold both inside and outside (Exo. 25:11; 2 Pet.1:4)

(Please narrate that the acacia wood overlaid with gold signifies the mingling of

divinity with humanity of Christ.)

D3T1 The application of the four rings of gold and the two poles (Exo. 25:12-14; 1 Thes.

2:9)

(How to apply the four rings of gold and the two poles in the church life?)

T2 Using the proper means to carry the Lord’s testimony (Acts 1:8, 2 Cor.4:10-12)

(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. 2:17; Exo.

16:31)

(Please explain the different points between the hidden manna and the open manna.)

T2 How to experience and enjoy the hidden manna (Rev. 2:17)

(Please narrate how you experience and enjoy the hidden manna.)

D5T1 Resurrection is an eternal principle in our service to God (2 Cor. 1:9)

(Please explain that resurrection is an eternal principle in our service to God.)

T2 The experience of the budding rod of Aaron (2 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.)

T2 The subjective experience of the law of life (Rom. 8:2)

(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




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. 25:20~22.

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.

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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

3:25 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.

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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.

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Meeting


Message Two

The expiation cover, the propitiation place,

was the sin-covering lid on the Ark; Romans

3:25 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


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.

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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.

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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. 3:25.

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Key Verses (2)

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. 25:18~21. 3

Key Verses (3)

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. 25:22.

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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). 2

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

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.

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Message Two

The Expiation Cover—the Propitiation Place

D1T1 The function of the expiation cover (Exo. 25:21; Rom. 3:25, footnote 2; Outline I)

(Please describe the function of the expiation cover according to Rom. 3:25.)

T2 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)

D2T1 Christ is the One who propitiates (Heb. 2:16; 1 John 2:2; Heb. 9:5)

(Please explain Christ is the One who propitiates, He is the propitiatory sacrifice, and He

is the propitiatory cover.)

T2 The differences between the blood sprinkled on the altar and the blood sprinkled on the

expatiation cover (Exo. 29:11-12, Lev. 16:14-15)

(Please explain the differences between the blood sprinkled on the altar and the blood

sprinkled on the expatiation cover)

D3T1 The type of the cherubim (Heb. 9:5)

(What do the cherubim signify?)

T2 The throne of grace is in our spirit (Heb. 4:16; Phil. 4:23)

(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. 25:22)

(What does that God met with His people and spoke to them from above the expiation

cover and between the cherubim signify?)

T2 Experience meeting with God and speaking to God (cf. 2 Cor. 3:18)

(Please narrate your experience of meeting with God and speaking to God in your daily

life.)

D5T1 The form, size, or weight of the cherubim (Exo. 25:22; cf. 3:24)

(The form, size, and weight of the cherubim are not given in Exo. 25. What does this

indicate?)

T2 The experience of the expatiation cover with cherubim (Exo. 25:22)

(Please narrate you experience of the expatiation cover with cherubim.)

D6T1 The types of the blood sprinkled on the expatiation cover and cherubim (Lev. 16:14-15;

Exo. 25:20)

(Please explain what the blood sprinkled on the expatiation cover and cherubim each

signify)

T2 To be a Christian who receives God's infusion is to be a Christian in the most wonderful

sense of all (Phil. 1:19-21a; 2 Cor. 3:18)

(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”?)



Message Three

The Table of the Bread of the Presence




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 6:57.

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. 25:23~24.

And you shall set the bread of the Presence upon

the table before Me always — Exo. 25:30.

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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.

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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.

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Meeting


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.

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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. 5


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.

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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 6:57.

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Key Verses (2)

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. 25:23~24.

3

Key Verses (3)

And you shall set the bread of the

Presence upon the table before Me

always—Exo. 25:30.

Jehovah make His face shine upon

you and be gracious to you —Num.

6:25.

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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. 2

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

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.

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Message Three

The Table of the Bread of the Presence

D1T1 The Lord's recovery is the recovery of the eating (John 6:51; 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.)

T2 The experience of eating Christ as spiritual food (Jer. 15:16)

(Please narrate your experience of eating Christ and enjoying Him as spiritual food.)

D2T1 The type of the table of the bread of the Presence (Exo. 25:23-30; Psa. 23:5; Outline II)

(Please explain the type of the table of the bread of the Presence.)

T2 Experiencing the Ark and the table of the bread of the Presence (John 1:18; 6:57)

(In the view of our experience, what is the relationship between the Ark and the table of

the bread of the Presence?)

D3T1 Our enjoyment of Christ must match the standard of God's testimony (Exo.25:10, 23)

(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? )

T2 The Ark becomes the table of the bread of the Presence (John 1:14)

(Please try to narrate that the Ark becomes the table of the bread of the Presence in our

experience of Christ.)

D4T1 The table of the bread of the Presence was set up in the Holy Place within the tabernacle

(Exo.40:22)

(Please explain the spiritual significance of the table of the bread of the Presence set up

in the Holy Place within the tabernacle.)

T2 Enjoying Christ as the table to nourish us (John 6:35)

(In the church life, how can you experience and enjoy Christ as the table to nourish

you?)

D5T1 The significance of the table of the bread of the Presence overlaid with gold (Exo. 25:34)

(What is the significance of the table of the bread of the Presence overlaid with gold?)

T2 Experiencing the significance of being from the altar to the table of the bread of the

Presence (Col. 1:20; Titus 3:5; John 6:35)

(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. 25:30; Num. 6:25)

(The bread of the Presence is also called the face-bread, what is its significance?)

T2 Then experience of displaying Christ as the bread of the Presence (Exo. 25:30)

(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




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. 25:31.

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.1:12~13. 1

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. 2

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.

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Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting


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.

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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.

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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

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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.

25:31.

1

Key Verses (2)

Their calyxes and their branches shall

be of one piece with it; all of it one

beaten work of pure gold—Exo.

25:36.

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. 25:38~39.

3

Key Verses (3)

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. 1:12~13.

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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 25 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,

the reproduction, of this Spirit-Christ.

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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

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



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. 25:31; Col. 1:15; Rev. 4:5;

Outlines I, II)

(Please explain the intrinsic significance that the golden lampstand signifies.)

T2 Experiencing the detailed aspects of the golden lampstand (2 Pet. 1:4; Gal. 4:19; 2

Cor. 3:18; Prov. 20:27)

(How can we experience the detailed aspects of the golden lampstand?)

D2T1 The church is the reproduction of Christ (Exo.25:31)

(Please explain that the lampstand in Exodus 25:31 signifies the church as the

reproduction of Christ.)

T2 The church is the reprint of the Spirit (Zech.4:2)

(Please explain the lampstand in Zechariah 4:2 signifies the church as the reprint of

the Spirit.)

D3T1 Four aspects of the lampstand (Exo. 25:39; Zech.4:2; Rev. 1:11-12)

(Please explain the four aspects of the lampstand according to Exo. 25, Zech. 3, 4,

and Revelation.)

T2 Experiencing the four aspects of the lampstand (Exo. 25:39; Rev. 21:23; Col. 1:24)

(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. 25:31-36)

(Please describe the lampstand as a growing tree.)

T2 We are a part of this wonderful tree (2 Pet. 1:4; 1 John 5:13)

(As those who believe in Christ, how can we assure that we are a part of this

wonderful tree?)

D5T1 The purpose of tongs and firepans (Exo. 25:38-39)

(Please explain the purpose of the pure gold tongs and firepans on the lampstand

and their types)

T2 Experiencing the observing, shining, trimming, and cleansing of the two spirits.

(John 4:24; Prov. 20:27)

(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. 1:13a; Outline IV. B)

(Please describe how Christ takes care of the churches in His humanity.)

T2 Christ takes care of the churches in His divinity (Rev. 1:13b, 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.)



Message Five

The Golden Incense Altar




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. 30:6~7.

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. 8:3~4.

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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.

2

Spiritual Burden



execution of His government on earth; the

executing of God's administration is motivated

by the prayers offered to Him from the incense

altar.

3



Meeting


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


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.

5


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

5


Using Key Verses to Have a Bird’s-Eye View over

the Whole Outlines

Message Five


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. 8:3~4.

1

Key Verses (2)

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. 8:26~27.

3

Key Verses (3)

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.

30:8~9.

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.

5

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.



execution of His government on earth.

2

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

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.

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Prophesying Topics—Twelve Topics per week


Message Five


D1T1 The significance of the golden incense altar (Heb. 7:25; Rom. 8:34)

(What does the golden incense altar signify?)

T2 The experience of how the prayer life motivates you (Rom. 8:26)

(Please narrate how the prayer life motivates you to experience the altar of burnt

offering, the laver, the table, the lampstand, and the Ark.)

D2T1 The golden incense altar is the center of God's administration in the universe (Rev. 8:3)

(According to Revelation 8, please describe how the golden incense altar is the center of

God's administration in the universe.)

T2 Experiencing the proper prayer life (Rom. 8:26-27; 1 Tim. 2:1)

(The proper prayer life is a life of praying for others, of interceding for them. How can

you experience it?)

D3T1 Cooperating with Christ in His ministry of intercession. (Rom. 8:26-27; 1 Tim. 2:1)

(How can we cooperate with Christ in His ministry of intercession?)

T2 The kind of prayer we have depends on the kind of person we are (Luke 9:54-55; 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; 53- 56; Rev. 3-4)

(If we would intercede with Christ at the incense altar, what are the three crucial matters

that we need to see?)

T2 The experience of praying in the tabernacle (Exo. 30:6-7)

(Please narrate your experience that you pray in God and God pray in you

simultaneously.)

D5T1 The significance of “strange fire” and “strange incense” (Lev. 10:1; Exo. 30: 9a)

(What is the “strange fire”? what is the “strange incense?)

T2 To pray without offering the strange incense by the strange fire (Lev. 10:1, Exo. 30:

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. 6:13; 1 Cor. 1:28b; 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.)

T2 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?)



Message Six

The Altar of Burnt Offering




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. 27:1~2.

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. 27:4

We have an altar from which they who are

serving the tabernacle have no right to eat —

Heb. 13:10. 1

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.

2

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.

3



Meeting


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


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.

5


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.

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Using Key Verses to Have a Bird’s-Eye View

over the Whole Outlines

Message Six


Key Verses (1)

We have an altar from which they who are

serving the tabernacle have no right to

eat—Heb. 13:10.

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. 27:1~2. 1

Key Verses (2)

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. 27:4.

3

Key Verses (3)

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. 27:6~7.

5

5

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.

2

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

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



Message Six


D1T1 The two altars are for the carrying out of God's economy (Exo. 27:1-8; 30: 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.)

T2 The two altars are related to God's complete salvation (Rom. 5:10; Outline I, B)

(Please use the book of Romans to explain that the two altars are related to God's complete

salvation.)

D2T1 The cross is the center of God's operation in His economy (Exo. 40:29; Heb. 13:10, Outline

II)

(How does the altar of burnt offering signify the cross of Christ as the center of God's

operation in His economy?)

T2 All spiritual experience begins from the cross (1 Cor. 2:2)

(Please narrate that all your spiritual experiences begin from the cross.)

D3T1 The spiritual significance of the altar of burnt offering overlaid with bronze (Exo. 27:1-2)

(Please explain the spiritual significances of the Ark overlaid with gold and the altar of burnt

offering overlaid with bronze.)

T2 (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.27:4 and footnote 1; Psa. 22:14)

(Please narrate how the bronze grating depicts the mystery of Christ's redemption.)

T2 The saving element is not in the cross as a thing but in a person, in the One who was crucified

for us (Gal. 2:20)

(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”)

D5T1 The efficacy of Christ's redemption depends upon the eternal Spirit (Heb. 9:12, 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)

T2 Using the Spirit to make Christ's redemption efficacious (Heb. 9:14)

(How should we exercise to make Christ's redemption effective as we preach the gospel?)

D6T1 The contents of the altar of burnt offering reveal the entire New Testament (John 1:29; Acts

1:8; 1 Cor. 12:12-13; 2 Cor. 4:5, 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?)

T2 Applying the principle of “its poles shall be put into the rings” (Exo. 27:6-7)

(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?)

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