The Body lifeTo be transformed is to be metabolically changed in our natural life, to be mature is to be filled with the divine life that changes us, and blessing is the overflow of life: As Jacob was about to bless the two sons of Joseph, he spoke of the Triune God in his experience: The God […]
According to spiritual experience, Jacob and Joseph are one person; Joseph represents the reigning aspect of the mature Israel, the constitution of Christ in Jacob’s mature nature; as a mature saint constituted of Christ, the perfect One, Jacob reigned through Joseph: The reigning aspect typified by Joseph is Christ constituted into our being. The reigning […]
Joseph’s life was a copy of the life of Christ in the following aspects: In his being a shepherd. In his being his father’s beloved. In his being sent by his father to minister to his brothers according to his father’s will. In his being hated, persecuted, and betrayed (sold) by his brothers. In his […]
Genesis 37—45 is a record of the process of Jacob’s maturity: In Genesis 27 we see a supplanter; in chapter 37, a transformed man; and at the end of chapter 45, a mature person. To be transformed is to be metabolically changed in our natural life, whereas to be matured is to be filled with […]
