2019 July Training Message Twelve – Prophesying Reference

Crystallization-Study of Numbers (2)

Opening Word of the Prophesying Meeting

Message Twelve　
The Necessity of Spiritual Warfare and God’s People Formed into an Army Ready for Battle

Reading the verses in each day.

Reading the main points in the outlines.

Pray-reading the verses:

Eph. 6:11-12 Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil, For our wrestling is not against blood and flesh but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies.

Word of Appetizer

Why do we need spiritual warfare?

The fighting of the children of Israel against the Canaanites that they might possess and enjoy the good land portrays the invisible spiritual warfare that is taking place behind the visible scene on earth, and it typifies the spiritual warfare of the church against “the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies”; God wants us to gain Christ as our good land, but between us and the good land, there is a layer of devilish, demonic forces; there is an exceedingly real spiritual warfare in which we must engage; thus, the church must be a corporate warrior fighting the battle to gain the all-inclusive Christ and for the establishing and spreading of the kingdom of God so that Christ may come back to inherit the earth.

Spiritual Burden

In the Lord’s recovery we are on a battlefield engaging in spiritual warfare; we need to see that the formation of the children of Israel into an army to fight for God typifies the New Testament believers’ being built up into the organic Body of Christ to fight for God and with God for the carrying out of His economy.

Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting

The Revelation of the Truth

We need to realize the necessity of spiritual warfare; the Lord Jesus has already won the battle, and the work of the church on earth is to maintain Christ’s victory.

At the end of Numbers 27, God’s people, the Israelites, had been formed into an army ready for battle; the formation of the children of Israel into an army to fight for God typifies the New Testament believers’ being built up into the organic Body of Christ to fight for God and with God for the carrying out of His economy.

The Experience of Life

After being formed, constituted, disciplined, trained, and qualified, God’s people had come to the plains of Moab, where they were waiting to enter into the good land, to take it, and to possess it.

What the older ones experienced was effective in building up the younger ones; probably the older generation spoke to the younger generation about all that they experienced, enjoyed, and suffered.

Practice and Application

We need to see that Christ has already overcome; the church is on earth to perpetuate and manifest Christ’s victory over Satan. In order to engage in spiritual warfare, we need to know the Body, know the ascension, and reign in life.

In order to be in one accord, we need to have one heart and one way; ; for the Lord’s move, all the churches need to be in one accord; we should all voice the same thing, trumpet the same thing, teach the same thing, and be the same in practice.

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

Key Verses (1)

Matt. 6:10 Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth.

12:28 But if I, by the Spirit of God, cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Num. 21:33-34 …and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, for battle at Edrei. And Jehovah said to Moses, Do not fear him, for I have given him and all his people and his land into your hand; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon the king of the Amorites, who was dwelling at Heshbon.

I. We need to realize the necessity of spiritual warfare (a)

Spiritual warfare has its source in the conflict between the satanic will and the divine will; this is a warfare between the kingdom of Satan and the kingdom of God.
In the Lord’s recovery we are on a battlefield; in order to possess Christ as the good land for the fulfillment of God’s purpose, we must fight against and defeat the satanic forces.
The army of God defeated the king of Arad, Sihon the king of the Amorites, and Og the king of Bashan:
- The kings of Arad (v. 1), of the Amorites (v. 21), and of Bashan (v. 33) were the “gate guards” on the east of Jordan, guarding the land of Canaan, the kingdom of darkness, for Satan.
- In order to gain the unsearchable riches of Christ, we must crush the spiritual enemies signified by the king of Arad, Sihon the king of the Amorites, and Og the king of Bashan and take over their territory.

Key Verses (2)

Eph. 6:11-12 Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil, For our wrestling is not against blood and flesh but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies.

Heb. 2:14 …He also Himself in like manner partook of the same, that through death He might destroy him who has the might of death, that is, the devil.

Col. 2:15 Stripping off the rulers and the authorities, He made a display of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

I. We need to realize the necessity of spiritual warfare (b)

The fighting of the children of Israel against the Canaanites that they might possess and enjoy the good land portrays the invisible spiritual warfare that is taking place behind the visible scene on earth, and it typifies the spiritual warfare of the church against “the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies”.
The Lord Jesus has already won the battle, and the work of the church on earth is to maintain Christ’s victory.
In order to engage in spiritual warfare, we need to know the Body, know the ascension, and reign in life.

Key Verses (3)

Deut. 1:35-39 Not one of these men, this evil generation, shall by any means see the good land which I have sworn to give to your fathers, Except Caleb the son of Jephunneh;…[and] Joshua the son of Nun,…Moreover your little ones, who you said would be prey, and your children, … they shall enter there. And to them I will give it, and they will possess it.

Eph. 4:3-4 Being diligent to keep the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace: One Body and one Spirit…

Rom. 15:6 That with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

II. At the end of Numbers 27, God’s people, the Israelites, had been formed into an army ready for battle

The children of Israel had become a new people formed into a new army with a new theocracy.
After being formed, constituted, disciplined, trained, and qualified, God’s people had come to the plains of Moab, where they were waiting to enter into the good land, to take it, and to possess it.
The formation of the children of Israel into an army to fight for God typifies the New Testament believers’ being built up into the organic Body of Christ to fight for God and with God for the carrying out of His economy.
With the exception of Joshua and Caleb, those who were qualified and ready to take possession of the good land were the younger ones.
In Numbers 31:13-54 we see a beautiful picture of the one accord among God’s people who had been formed into an army ready for battle.
God’s army was prepared and ready to take the good land under the blessing of God in His Divine Trinity and also under the blessing of Moses, the man of God.

Prophesying Topics—Twelve Topics per Week

TI Knowing that in the universe there are three wills (Matt. 6:10; Isa. 14:13-14)

(Please illustrate that the important of the human will.)

T2 Knowing the necessity of spiritual warfare (Matt. 12:26, 28; Isa. 14:13-14)

(Please illustrate that spiritual warfare has its source in the conflict between the satanic will and the divine will.)

TI [In Daniel 10] we see something regarding the spiritual struggle in the air (Dan. 10:10-21)

(Please illustrate that there is the spiritual warfare in an invisible scene, a struggle not seen with physical eyes according to verses 10 through 17.)

T2 The fighting of the children of Israel against the Canaanites typifies the spiritual warfare of the church (Deut. 8:7-10; Eph. 2:2)

(Please illustrate that in the typology of the Old Testament, Canaan has two aspects.)

TI The work of the church on earth is to maintain Christ’s victory (Heb. 2:14; Col. 2:15; 1 John 3:8)

(Please illustrate that the Lord has already won the battle, and the church is here to maintain His victory with Bible verses.)

T2 In order to engage in spiritual warfare, we need to know the Body, know the ascension, and reign in life (Eph. 1:22-23; 2:6)

(Please illustrate that spiritual warfare is not an individual matter but a Body matter.)

TI The New Testament believers’ being built up into the organic Body of Christ to fight for God and with God for the carrying out of His economy (Eph. 4:16; 6:12)

(Please illustrate that at the end of chapter 27 of Numbers we see a new people, a new army, and a new theocracy.)

T2 The real enemy is the evil forces behind the people (Eph. 6:11-12)

(Please illustrate that the way to fight the evil forces is not by the flesh but by the Spirit, in the Spirit, and by prayer with experiences.)

TI The lessons learned by the first generation surely became part of the heritage passed on to the second generation (Deut. 1:35-39)

(Please illustrate that Moses himself was not allowed to enter into the good land, but he contributed many constructive factors to God’s people.)

T2 What the older ones experienced actually was very effective in building up the younger ones (Deut. 1:35-39)

(Please illustrate that the second generation did not pass through as much as the first generation did, but they received the benefit of what the first generation experienced.)

TI The genuine one accord in the church is the practice of the oneness of the Body, which is the oneness of the Spirit (Eph. 4:3-6)

(What is one accord?)

T2 For the Lord’s move, all the churches need to be in one accord (Acts 2:42; 4:24; 1 Cor. 4:17; 1 Tim. 1:3)

(Please illustrate that we should all voice the same thing, trumpet the same thing, teach the same thing, and be the same in practice.)