Behold My Servant!, Study Guide

BEHOLD MY SERVANT!, STUDY GUIDE

Christ
Planting the Heavens
Laying the Foundations of the Earth
Saying to Zion: “You Are My People”
The Creation of the Servant of the Lord
The Promise to Abraham
The Threefold Glorifying of the Servant
Building the Body of the Servant
The Election of the Servant
Divine Declarations Concerning the Servant of the Lord
God Upholds His Servant
God Delights in His Servant
God’s Spirit Is Upon His Servant
God’s Servant Is Blind and Deaf
God’s Servant Is His Witness
God’s Servant Must Not Strive
God’s Servant Shall Be Successful
God’s Servant Is Created in the Church
The Work of the Servant of the Lord
God’s Servant Brings Deliverance to Israel
God’s Servant Brings Justice to the Nations
God’s Servant Strengthens the Bruised Reed
God’s Servant Establishes the Law of God
God’s Servant Installs the Kingdom of God
God’s Servant Executes the Judgment of God
God’s Servant Rules the Creation of God
The Servant Fulfills the Purposes of God
God’s Servant Is in the Image of God
God’s Servant Fills the Universe With the Image of Christ
God’s Servant Is the Temple of God
God’s Servant Is the Light of the World
God’s Servant Is Messiah Who Is To Come

Answers

Christ
Planting the Heavens
Laying the Foundations of the Earth
Saying to Zion: “You Are My People
The Creation of the Servant of the Lord
The Promise to Abraham
The Threefold Glorifying of the Servant
Building the Body of the Servant
The Election of the Servant
Divine Declarations Concerning the Servant of the Lord
God Upholds His Servant
God Delights in His Servant
God’s Spirit Is Upon His Servant
God’s Servant Is Blind and Deaf
God’s Servant Is His Witness
God’s Servant Must Not Strive
God’s Servant Shall Be Successful
God’s Servant Is Created In His Church
The Work of the Servant of the Lord
God’s Servant Brings Deliverance to Israel
God’s Servant Brings Justice to the Nations
God’s Servant Strengthens the Bruised Reed
God’s Servant Establishes the Law of God
God’s Servant Installs the Kingdom of God
God’s Servant Executes the Judgment of God
God’s Servant Rules the Creation of God
The Servant Fulfills the Purposes of God
God’s Servant Is in the Image of God
God’s Servant Fills the Universe With the Image of Christ
God’s Servant Is the Temple of God
God’s Servant Is the Light of the World
God’s Servant Is Messiah Who Is To Come

QUESTIONS

CHRIST

1. Name the three commissions of Christ (Isaiah 51:16).

2. With what has Christ been commissioned to plant the heavens?

3. What is the one true foundation of the earth?

4. What does Divine election signify?

5. Who compose true Zion?

6. What is the Lord Jesus adding to Himself?

7. What will be given to the nations of the earth through the Seed of Abraham?

8. What is Christ always saying to God’s people?

9. What is difficult for Christians and Jews to accept?

10. What causes much suffering on the part of both Christians and Jews?

Planting the Heavens

11. What are two means by which God perfects the spiritual nature of the members of the Body of Christ?

12. Of what does the spiritual Zion consist?

13. What has been lost to the Christian churches?

Laying the Foundations of the Earth

14. For what period of time is imputed (ascribed) (assigned) righteousness intended to serve?

15. When do Christians have fellowship with God?

16. What is the Christian salvation?

17. Why is it that the Christians, in many instances, are not serving as the light of the world?

18. What is the Kingdom of God?

19. What will happen to the nation of Israel in the future?

20. What will take place when the Light of God arises on all of God’s elect?

21. Who will share the inheritance with Christ?

22. When has the work of salvation been accomplished in us?

Saying to Zion: “You Are My People”

23. What does the term “Zion” include?

24. On what basis was Abraham called out of Ur of the Chaldees?

25. What are two considerations related to the promise of God?

26. Who is the Seed of Abraham?

27. Who were the first Christians?

28. When will it be time for God to turn once again to the physical descendants of Abraham?

29. What must a Jew do in order to become a Christian?

30. What should we Gentiles be saying to the Jews?

31. Where will deliverance be available during the great tribulation?

32. Where is our reborn spiritual nature now?

33. For what purpose shall we return to the earth with Christ?

34. What is the Lord Jesus saying to His Bride today?

THE CREATION OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD

1. Read Isaiah 42:1.

2. What is true of the terms Christ and Messiah?

3. What is one of the destructive errors that pervade Christian thinking today?

4. Of whom is the Servant of the Lord, Christ, composed?

5. What spirit was speaking in Isaiah?

6. To whom is the Spirit of Christ speaking?

7. Name four stages in the development and ministry of the Servant of the Lord.

8. What was the first step in setting up the Kingdom of God on the earth?

9. What was the second step in setting up the Kingdom of God on the earth?

10. What has been the purpose of the ministries and gifts given to people?

11. What will be the third step in setting up the Kingdom of God on the earth?

12. What will be true of the saints during the Kingdom Age?

13. What will be the fourth step in setting up the Kingdom of God on the earth?

14. What will be true after billions of eons have passed?

15. To whom is the Spirit of Christ referring when He invites us to “Behold my servant”?

The Promise to Abraham

16. Read Genesis 22:17,18.

17. Who created all of the universe and its inhabitants?

18. What is one way in which Christ remains unique?

19. Name three edicts concerning Christ.

20. What is true concerning everything God proclaims?

21. Read Galatians 3:16.

22. Who is the only true Heir of the promises of God?

23. Read Galatians 3:29.

24. How do we become an heir of the promises of God?

25. Read Romans 9:7,8.

26. How can the Seed be both singular and plural?

27. Read John 17:21; Ephesians 5:30-32.

28. Into what has each true saint been grafted?

29. When will the blessing of faith in Christ be extended to the rest of the world?

30. What is included in the work of the Servant of the Lord?

The Threefold Glorifying of the Servant

31. In what way will the Lord God glorify Christ?

32. What will happen to the Jerusalem in Heaven in the age to come?

33. What is God’s choice for the capital city of the world?

34. What will take place when the inhabitants of the heavenly Jerusalem have been perfected?

35. What will take place when the Lord Jesus comes from Heaven and sets up His government in Jerusalem?

36. When will peace come to the nations?

37. What is the task of Christ concerning each person who has been called to be a saint?

38. How long will the process continue of instilling in God’s elect the concept that they belong to God in a unique way?

39. Along what three dimensions is the enlarging of Christ taking place?

40. When will Christ give the Kingdom to His Father?

41. Where in the Scriptures is the total glorifying of Christ described?

Building the Body of the Servant

42. What is true concerning the present and future Substance, responsibility, and inheritance of the Lord Jesus Christ?

43. How is the Body of Christ, the completion, the fullness of the Servant of the Lord, created and formed?

44. Read Ephesians 4:11,12.

45. What are all the ministries and gifts of the Spirit?

46. What is the purpose of the Christian ministry?

47. Read Ephesians 4:13.

48. What is the standard of excellence for the final result of the travail of the ministries of the Church?

49. What will bring about such an incredible attainment?

50. What is the concept, the expression, of God?

51. What has God declared?

52. To what end is everything in the universe contributing?

53. How long will each saint retain his unique identity?

54. What is the nature of the Word that proceeds from the Father?

55. What is the Word of God doing today?

56. What can prevent the fulfillment of the Word of almighty God?

57. Who shall remain after the heavens and the earth to which we are accustomed have been tossed aside as a soiled garment?

58. Read Ephesians 4:14.

59. What is true of many Christian people?

60. What will be true when the Lord has finished building up the saints?

61. Read Ephesians 4:15.

62. How do we mature in the Head?

63. Read Ephesians 4:16.

64. Why has the work of building up the Body of Christ not progressed rapidly?

65. What are we to do now?

66. What is our part?

67. What will the Servant of the Lord accomplish?

68. What is our responsibility in the Kingdom of God?

69. What is God’ responsibility?

The Election of the Servant

70. Read Isaiah 42:1.

71. What is true of the Servant of the Lord?

72. What is directing the course of history?

73. Of what is Abraham an example?

74. On what basis did God call out Abraham and his family and assign such significance to them?

75. On what basis does Divine grace operate?

76. On what basis does election operate?

77. How do we make certain of our calling?

78. Of what are the Scriptures a record?

79. Read II Timothy 1:9.

80. Read Acts 2:47; 13:48; 16:6,7; 18:10.

81. How does God view the Servant of the Lord?

82. In what tense is the glorification of the saints?

83. Read John 15:16; I Corinthians 1:26.

84. What are we to grasp?

85. What is true of every aspect of our redemption?

86. What two choices does each believer have?

87. What are the conquerors always doing?

88. What two great dynamics are involved in the formation of the Servant of the Lord?

89. What is true of a double-minded person?

90. What is the “good” for which all things are working together?

91. For what purpose is God using Christ?

92. What will take place in the personality of the believer if he does not remove himself from the Divine program?

93. What shall be true of the brothers of Christ?

94. To whom has the promise of total redemption been given?

95. Read Romans 8:30.

96. What will remain true of the believer who is unwilling to absorb into his consciousness the sovereignty of God in building the Kingdom of God?

97. At whom does God laugh in derision?

98. On what does our arrival at the state of glorification depend?

99. What will happen to each believer who chooses to live in the wisdom and appetites of the flesh?

100. What will happen to each believer who chooses to live and behave each day in the Spirit of God?

101. Into what three deaths will the Holy Spirit lead the saint?

102. For what will the saint be eligible, who is willing to follow the Holy Spirit through the three deaths?

DIVINE DECLARATIONS CONCERNING THE SERVANT OF THE LORD

God Upholds His Servant

1. How does the transition from our grip to God’s grip occur?

2. What power enables us to make headway in the Kingdom of God?

3. What must be true if we are to be part of the Servant of the Lord?

4. Read Isaiah 42:5,6.

5. What does God always create first?

6. What happens when a member of the Body of Christ binds a matter on the earth?

7. Who owns the earth?

8. Who owns earth’s peoples?

9. Read Matthew 28:18.

10. Who now possesses all authority in Heaven and on the earth?

11. Read Isaiah 42:6.

12. According to what kind of behavior is the saint called?

13. What two kinds of righteousness does the saint receive from the Lord?

14. In terms of what characteristics and behaviors are the battles of the Lord fought?

15. What, or who, is the covenant God has made with the nations of the earth?

16. Where will the nations of the earth behold the Person, will, and ways of God?

17. Read II Corinthians 3:3; 4:6; Isaiah 43:1; II Timothy 1:9; Ephesians 1:4; I Peter 2:9.

18. What is holiness in its purest sense?

19. Read Isaiah 43:2.

20. What does the Lord promise His Servant?

21. Over what is the Servant of the Lord able to gain victory?

22. What will the Servant of the Lord become during the closing days of the present age?

23. Read Isaiah 12:2. 24. What happens to the saint as he presses forward in Christ?

25. What grows stronger as we draw closer to God?

26. What is difficult for us to do?

27. What is the mark of the mature Christian?

28. What begins to be formed in the saint who perseveres?

29. What has the mature Christian been created?

30. Read Galatians 2:20; Philippians 3:9.

31. What kind of righteousness was Paul seeking to the end of his life?

32. How is the expression “the righteous shall live by faith” being employed today?

33. What requires considerable experience as a saint?

34. Read Philippians 3:10.

35. What must be true of us if we are to live by the resurrection life of Christ?

36. What increases in us as we make our way toward the fullness of Christ?

37. What do John 14:233 and 17:21-23 reveal to us?

38. Of what is the Lord making us aware?

39. How do trouble and affliction help us?

40. What must we learn to do?

41. What must we do if the Spirit of God uncovers sin in our life?

42. When will God be content with His work of redemption?

43. When will God be upholding us fully?

44. What exchange is made by the member of the Body of Christ?

45. Read II Corinthians 4:10,11.

God Delights in His Servant

46. What is God’s attitude toward His Servant?

47. When did God call us to be His Servant?

48. Read Isaiah 43:1; Acts 15:18

49. What is the task of the believer?

50. How does God “see” His saints?

51. Name one of Satan’s devices.

God’s Spirit Is Upon His Servant

52. Why are Christians given the Holy Spirit?

53. Into what does the Holy Spirit baptize us?

54. What is the Holy Spirit doing during the present age?

55. Read Psalms 96:13; Isaiah 42:4; I Corinthians 12:12.

56. What is true of Christ?

57. What does God have in mind concerning Christ?

58. What will be true when the process of reconciliation has been completed?

59. What is God’s motive in making us one with Himself?

60. Read I Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 4:16; Isaiah 11:2.

61. What is necessary if the Church is to know what to think, say, and do as it encounters the dilemmas, confusion, and catastrophes of our time?

62. What is true of the minister of the Gospel who is not living a crucified life?

63. What is required if we are to have a clear sense of the mind of God in all areas of endeavor?

64. What is in great demand today?

65. When may counseling be ineffective?

66. What is true of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God?

67. What may happen in our day if the Lord gives a believer a gift of power?

68. What will be true of the anointed saints of the latter-rain outpouring?

69. What is more important than the believer’s ministry?

70. Read I Thessalonians 5:4; Amos 3:7; Isaiah 42:9.

71. Why must we have the Spirit of the fear of the Lord?

God’s Servant Is Blind and Deaf

72. Read Isaiah 42:19.

73. What does the Holy Spirit teach each believer?

74. Why must the saint become “blind and deaf”?

75. Read Isaiah 11:3; 42:20.

76. What does the Servant of the Lord “see” in the world?

77. What is God bringing into existence?

78. Read Revelation 21:5. 79. Why was the Lord Jesus always able to make righteous judgments?

80. Read John 5:30.

81. How is the believer to perceive everything about him?

82. To what place does the Lord Jesus bring the maturing saint?

83. Read Isaiah 50:10,11.

84. What are we to do when we come into a dark place in the Lord?

85. What are we to avoid?

86. Read Revelation 2:10

87. What may be true before we hear the gentle voice of the Spirit of God?

88. What is one of the main lessons we learn in our Christian walk?

89. Read John 9:39-41; Revelation 3:18.

90. How do we remain sensitive to the Lord’ will?

91. What else is necessary if we are to know God’s will for our life and have fellowship with Him?

God’s Servant Is His Witness

92. Read Isaiah 43:10,11.

93. When God puts His Spirit on His Servant, what does the Servant become?

94. Read Acts 1:8.

95. How does the power of the Holy Spirit enable the Christian people to be the Lord’s witnesses?

96. Where is the Divine witness first developed?

97. What happens as we grow in the personal knowledge of the Lord?

98. To what extent can the saint bear witness?

99. Who is represented by the Lampstand of the Tabernacle of the Congregation?

100. Who is represented by the oil of the Lampstand?

101. What was the purpose of the six side-branches?

102. Who is portrayed by the central shaft of the Lampstand?

103. Who is symbolized by the six side-branches?

104. Who were the original children of promise?

105. How do members of the Body of Christ come into being?

106. What will happen after the full number of foreordained Gentiles have been added to the Lampstand of God?

107. Who creates in us the witness of Christ?

108. What is the Holy Spirit continually doing with regard to each saint?

109. When does the knowledge of God come to us?

God’s Servant Must Not Strive

110. Read Isaiah 42:2.

111. What is the concept of not striving and crying?

112. How is the work of the Kingdom of God accomplished?

113. Read II Timothy 2:24-26.

114. What is our task as Christians?

115. What is true of the achievements of fleshly endeavor?

116. Read Psalms 127:1; I Corinthians 3:13. 117. What lesson must we learn?

118. Toward what are our efforts to be directed?

119. What do the Lord’s ambassadors do?

God’s Servant Shall Be Successful

120. Read Isaiah 42:4.

121. What helps us serve the Lord more effectively?

122. What balance is difficult to maintain?

123. What must we call to mind when we become discouraged?

124. Is God’s plan for the creation being carried out?

125. Why does God allow sin and anguish to continue?

126. How can we ensure that we will be successful in laying hold on the inheritance to which the Lord God has called us?

127. How can we be certain there will be no failures in the life and ministry of the Servant of the Lord?

128. Read Isaiah 42:5-7.

129. Why do we not have to rush about in panic and distraction?

130. Read Hebrews 10:35,36.

God’s Servant Is Created in the Church

131. Read Isaiah 44:2; Revelation 12:1,2.

132. Where is the true Church located in the present hour?

133. Who help us remain in the righteous ways of the Lord?

134. What is the Church laboring to bring forth?

135. Read Galatians 4:19; Revelation 12:3.

136. What are the two wonders in Heaven?

137. Who will cast the dragon out of Heaven?

138. Read Ephesians 6:12; Revelation 12:4.

139. Of whom is Satan terrified?

140. Read Revelation 12:5.

141. Why is the “man child” (male Son) singular in number, in the twelfth chapter of Revelation?

142. Who alone is the Conqueror?

143. Why are the saints able to conquer Satan, the world, and their own flesh and self-will?

144. What are two principal ways in which we can err concerning the truth of our identification with the Glory of Christ?

145. With what may the fervent believer become preoccupied, to his detriment?

146. How can we overcome the deceptions of the last days?

147. What happens as soon as Christ is formed in us?

148. Read Ephesians 2:6; 1:21.

149. Where is the Servant of the Lord today?

150. Who will be performing the work of judgment and redemption in the Day of the Lord?

151. Read Colossians 3:3,4.

THE WORK OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD

God’s Servant Brings Deliverance to Israel

1. What is the meaning of Zion ?

2. What is God always asking His elect?

3. Who are the Lord’s elect?

4. Will the Lord awaken any part of the nation of Israel before He returns?

5. Who compose the Seed of Abraham?

6. Where will the Lord Jesus reveal Himself to the elect Jews?

7. Why would it not be wise for Jesus to reveal Himself to the nation of Israel in the present hour?

8. What is the truth concerning the concept of there being a Gentile Church in Heaven and a Jewish kingdom on the earth?

9. Who are the “remnant”?

10. What is one of the tasks of the Servant of the Lord?

11. What do we mean by the term Israel ?

12. Read Isaiah 61:1,2.

13. To whom is Isaiah, Chapter Sixty-one addressed?

14. To whom are the good tidings sent?

15. Whom is God always seeking?

16. What is the first sign to follow the believers in Christ?

17. What power abides on Christ—Head and Body?

18. What may be true during the Kingdom Age?

19. When is the “acceptable year of the Lord”?

20. What must we do in order to gain the Divine blessings?

21. When is the Servant of the Lord pleased?

22. What may be the significance of the fact that the Lord did not read “and the day of vengeance of our God”?

23. When Christ builds up Zion, what is He building up?

24. What are believers to do when they grow strong in the Lord?

25. What results from sin and ignorance?

26. What breaks the yoke of oppression?

27. Why did God save us?

28. Why did God call us out of the world?

29. What happens when the “branches” do not bear the fruit of righteous and holy behavior?

30. What is the only source where people can obtain the Life of Christ, the living water?

31. What happens to those who reject the Presence of Christ in the Church?

God’s Servant Brings Justice to the Nations

32. Where must the healing, uplifting ministry of the Servant of the Lord be directed first?

33. What is one of the greatest detriments to Christian understanding?

34. With whom is the new covenant always made?

35. What is the meaning of the term church ?

36. Why is God creating the Church, the Body of Christ?

37. Why is God not able to communicate His love and delivering power to His creatures?

38. What is God’s solution to the separation between Himself and His creatures?

39. Read Genesis 22:18

40. When will the Kingdom of God come to the earth?

41. What is at hand today?

42. Of what are the two witnesses, of Revelation, Eleven a symbol?

43. What is the created universe awaiting?

44. Read Romans 8:19.

45. What happened to Adam and Eve the moment they sinned?

46. What is the only true life?

47. How will spiritual life be restored to the creation?

48. What will be true of the world of nature in the Day of the Lord?

49. Read Romans 8:21.

50. When will the whole world believe that God has sent Christ?

51. Read Isaiah 61:9; John 17:21.

52. When will God be able to wipe away the tears of the peoples of the earth?

53. Read Revelation 21:3,4

54. What is the emphasis of the Church Age?

God’s Servant Strengthens the Bruised Reed

55. Read Isaiah 42:3.

56. What are the bruised reeds and dimly-burning wicks?

57. What is the attitude of God in Christ toward the weak and oppressed?

58. What is the responsibility of those who receive much Divine grace?

59. Does God respond in anger toward those who willfully disobey His Word?

60. Read II Timothy 2:24-26.

61. What will Christ do with the “little sisters”?

62. Who will be with the Lord when He appears in His Glory?

63. What will be true of God’s people when the Lord Jesus returns?

64. Read Malachi 4:2; Hebrews 9:28.

God’s Servant Establishes the Law of God

65. Read Isaiah 42:6,21.

66. What is God’s law?

67. What are we lacking when we do not have God’s law?

68. What guides us until the Divine law comes?

69. Why do the Ten Commandments bring death to us instead of eternal life?

70. What is Christ in terms of the Law?

71. What do we mean when we state that the Servant of the Lord is the new covenant?

72. What two acts are necessary if Christ is to create righteousness in mankind?

73. What is the highest expression of God’s law?

74. What can the nations of the earth learn from the new Jerusalem?

75. What concept has been brought about by a deceiving spirit that has entered Christian believers?

76. What is the true concept of the Christian salvation?

77. What is the nature of the struggle set forth in the Scriptures?

78. Why has revival power left the Christian churches?

79. Read II Corinthians 3:3.

80. Where can the new covenant be written?

81. What power is transforming us?

82. Read II Corinthians 3:18; Isaiah 28:10.

83. What process is taking place continually in the saint?

84. Read Hebrews 8:10.

85. What are the credentials of the apostles and teachers?

86. In what way are the saints the light of the world?

87. How does the Servant of the Lord make the law of God practical and workable for people?

88. What is true of Christian teaching that is not accompanied by the power of deliverance and the grace for righteous and holy conduct?

89. What is true of deliverance in Jesus’ name that is not accompanied by teaching?

90. What does the power of the Word of God accomplish?

91. What is the legal basis for all the work of the Kingdom?

92. What will happen to the believer who is lazy and indifferent concerning the work of the Holy Spirit in forming Christ in him?

93. How does the Body of Christ cause God’s will to be done in earth?

94. When will the fullness of the new covenant be in effect?

95. What will take place during the thousand-year Kingdom-age known as the Millennium?

96. Why should each Christian take heart and walk before the Lord in love, joy, and confidence?

97. Read Psalms 96:9-13.

98. What do the highly-ornamented foundations of the wall of the holy city signify?

God’s Servant Installs the Kingdom of God

99. Read Isaiah 42:13,14.

100. What is God laboring to bring forth?

101. What is the commission of the Servant of the Lord?

102. What has remained unexecuted for countless ages?

103. Why has God the Father permitted such a long period of time to pass before putting an end to sin?

104. Read Romans 16:20.

105. For what is Christ waiting patiently?

106. Read I Corinthians 6:2,3.

107. Who will ride with Christ in the Day of the Lord?

108. What right have the true disciples relinquished?

109. What power will overthrow the rule of wickedness in the earth?

110. Why will the saints possess the authority and power to command righteousness in the earth?

111. Read Psalms 2:10-12.

112. How can we hasten the return of our Lord Jesus Christ?

113. Read Micah 5:3,8,9.

114. In what attitude will Christ appear to sinful and rebellious people in the Day of the Lord?

115. Read Joel 3:16

God’s Servant Executes the Judgment of God

116. Read Joel 2:11; Jude 14,15

117. Where did sin originate?

118. What will happen to sin and rebellion under the rule of the Servant of the Lord?

119. Read Deuteronomy 7:23,24.

120. Against whom are we struggling in the present hour?

121. Read Revelation 12:9.

122. What three qualities must be true of the saints before they can exercise the judgment of the Lord?

123. When will the necessary Divine power be forthcoming?

124. How is the authority of the blood in spiritual warfare demonstrated?

125. How are righteousness and holiness of thought and conduct created in us?

126. What is true of us when we are walking in the darkness of sin?

127. What is the fine linen in which the armies of Heaven are clothed?

128. What is the “word of our testimony”?

129. How is obedience prepared in us?

130. What finally will bring the Church to the level of spiritual strength at which the kingdom of darkness can be destroyed?

131. When will the entire structure of sin and rebellion be crushed by the authority and power of Christ?

132. Read Revelation 17:14; Romans 5:19.

133. What does obedience to God bring to us?

134. When is God extremely pleased?

135. What brought imputed (ascribed) (assigned) righteousness to Abraham?

136. What brought holiness to Abraham?

137. What brought the fullness of fruitfulness and rulership to Abraham?

138. What is true of the moral law?

139. What is the difference between the old covenant and the new covenant?

140. Into what moral image are the saints being changed?

141. What does the Body of Christ possess, through the Holy Spirit?

142. Who is responsible for the driving of Satan from the earth?

143. Why has God given Christ to man?

144. Read Daniel 7:22.

145. Where is the wall against sin and rebellion being constructed now?

146. Through what instrument will the Day of the Lord be executed?

God’s Servant Rules the Creation of God

147. Read Isaiah 51:16; Matthew 28:18; Ephesians 1:10.

148. Who is seated on the highest throne of all?

149. Who are the “heirs” of salvation?

150. What is the destiny of “man”?

151. With what has man been crowned?

152. How much of the creation has been placed in subjection to Christ-filled man?

153. Of what does a considerable portion of our Christian experience consist?

154. Read I Corinthians 3:21-23; Hebrews 2:9,10.

155. Why did God bring Jesus along the pathway of suffering?

156. What is necessary if we are to attain our inheritance?

157. Where does each saint learn obedience to God?

158. What does the saint receive in himself when he obeys God in the unpleasant trials as well as in the more joyous experiences?

159. What are perfected in the wilderness of testing and waiting?

160. What will happen if we force ourselves out of the prison in which God has placed us?

161. Why is Christ not ashamed to call us brothers?

162. What are we Christians being made?

163. Read Isaiah 40:10.

THE SERVANT FULFILLS THE PURPOSES OF GOD

1. Read Isaiah 43:21.

2. When do we gain a true perspective concerning all God is accomplishing through Christ?

3. What impression are today’s believers left with?

4. What takes place in us every day when we are abiding in Jesus?

5. When are we truly born again in the mature sense?

6. What may be one of the greatest errors of our time?

7. What is true of ministers who do not stress the severity of God?

8. Where, in the Scriptures, can we observe the concept of a remnant of Israel bringing victory to the remainder of the nation?

9. Why may our own day be especially significant in terms of the nobility of the Kingdom of God?

10. What distinction is made in the second and third chapters of the Book of Revelation?

11. What does the Lord seek to do to each saint?

12. Name six of the principal purposes of God that will be fulfilled through the Servant of the Lord.

God’s Servant Is in the Image of God

13. Read Genesis 1:26,27; Romans 8:29.

14. What is the complete image of God?

15. What does the Word of God contain within itself?

16. What is governing every fact of history?

17. How does God view each Christian?

18. Into what are we to strive to enter?

19. What aspects of our inheritance depend on our being in the image of God?

20. What does it mean to be in the image of God?

21. Why does the Lamb long for His bride with such intensity?

22. Read I Corinthians 6:17.

23. What is true of the individual who is joined to the Lord?

24. Read II Corinthians 7:1.

25. What is the soul of man?

26. Read Leviticus 26:11,15.

27. What was true of the soul of Adam?

28. Who was the first man on the earth to be perfectly and completely in the image of God?

29. Read Ezekiel 1:26-28.

30. What is true of our temporary attributes?

31. What is true of Christ’s mortal body now?

32. Will the Lord discard our present body or will He transform it?

33. What is taking place in our spirit, in the present hour?

34. What is taking place in our soul?

35. In what does the new covenant result?

36. What will be true of our physical body when our spirit and soul have been filled with life and power?

37. What will be true of our new body?

38. Of what are the Lamb and His Wife the complete fulfillment?

God’s Servant Fills the Universe with the Image of Christ

39. Read Genesis 22:17,18.

40. Who is Christ?

41. What is God’s determination?

42. What is the only creature that can be transformed into the image of Christ?

43. Read Colossians 1:15-18.

44. What method will God use to fill the universe with the image of Christ?

45. Read Romans 8:29; Philippians 1:20

46. What is the Church?

47. What is the destiny of God’s Israel?

48. How will the member of the Body of Christ be readily identifiable to the peoples of the earth?

49. What are the saints to portray in themselves?

50. Read Ephesians 1:22,23.

51. Who is bringing about the total destruction of the adversary and all of his forces?

God’s Servant Is the Temple of God

52. Read Isaiah 66:1; Acts 7:48,49.

53. What is the eternal House of God, the place of God’s rest?

54. Read Hebrews 12:22,23; Psalms 68:16.

55. What is the “hill” in which God will dwell forever?

56. What is true as the Body of Christ grows toward maturity and unity?

57. Read Ephesians 2:20-22; 3:16-19.

58. What must take place in a believer before he can be filled with “all the fulness of God”?

59. Where is the only place God will dwell?

60. Read John 14:10,23.

61. What must we do in order to become the eternal abode of God in Christ?

62. Read John 17:21-23.

63. What is the holy city, the new Jerusalem?

64. Read Revelation 21:2,3.

65. Why does God dwell in Christ in the Church?

66. What is God’s purpose in the Servant of the Lord?

67. What are we Christians coming to recognize?

68. Read Revelation 21:22.

69. How will the peoples of the earth view the new Jerusalem?

70. Read Hebrews 8:11.

71. What does the absence of a temple signify?

72. Read Exodus 19:5,6; I Peter 2:9.

73. What is every member of the Seed of Abraham destined to be?

74. Read Isaiah 60:22.

75. Why will God move His throne from Heaven to the earth?

76. What will be true of God’s sons when His work has been brought to completion?

77. What will be true of Christ when the entire creation has been brought totally under His power?

God’s Servant Is the Light of the World

78. Read Isaiah 60:1-3.

79. How do we know that the “light” of Genesis 1:3 was more than physical light?

80. What was the “light” of Genesis 1:3?

81. Of what does a great part of the Christian life consist?

82. From what source did the material creation come into existence?

83. What is the “light” that is going to arise upon the Servant of the Lord?

84. Read I John 1:4-9.

85. What is the Light of men?

86. What is one of the greatest of the problems found among the Christian churches?

87. Who always is involved in any testimony that has eternal significance?

88. What is one important means of revealing the Light of God?

89. Read John 5:36; Hebrews 2:4.

90. What is a second means of revealing the true Light of God?

91. Read I Corinthians 12:11.

92. What are the gifts of the Spirit?

93. What is being used today to take the place of the manifestation of the Spirit of God?

94. What is a third means of bearing witness of Christ?

95. Read II Corinthians 3:6.

96. Who or what is the only source of eternal life?

97. When are the Scriptures a true witness of Christ?

98. What is formed in our hearts as we follow the Lord faithfully and consistently?

99. What was the sin of the Pharisees?

100. What is a fourth means of bearing witness of Christ?

101. Read Acts 22:15; Matthew 5:16.

102. What is the clearest revelation of all, to men and angels, of the truth concerning God Almighty?

103. Why is a minister of the Gospel, although he may be gifted with an extraordinary ability to present the Word of God, a liability rather than an asset to the Kingdom of God if he is walking in self-centeredness and sin?

104. How is godly behavior a means to the end?

105. How is godly behavior the end itself?

106. What happens as more and more of our personality is filled with Christ?

107. What is another manner in which the saints become the Light itself?

108. Read Isaiah 60:2.

109. What do we possess at the present time?

110. Read Romans 8:23; Joel 2:23; Haggai 2:9.

111. What is the new covenant fulfillment of the old covenant feast of Tabernacles?

112. What is the third way in which the saints themselves become the light of the world?

113. Read Galatians 2:20; II Corinthians 4:11.

114. What is true of every person on the earth who does not possess Christ?

115. Read I John 1:1,2.

116. Who will see God?

117. Of what does the new covenant consist?

118. What happens when the Spirit of God reveals to us the glory of Jesus Christ?

119. Read II Corinthians 3:18; 4:6.

120. What does increasing freedom from sin bring to us?

121. Who is the map, the road, and the destination?

122. What will be true of us if we endure patiently until our course has been completed?

123. Read Revelation 21:10,11.

124. Where is the virtue of the holy city being formed now?

125. What is the beauty of the new Jerusalem?

126. Read Revelation 21:23,24; 22:5.

God’s Servant Is Messiah Who Is To Come

127. Read Isaiah 49:6.

128. What is one reason why the Lord Jesus did not set up the Kingdom of God on the earth at His first coming?

129. Read Genesis 15:16.

130. What is a second reason for the delay?

131. Read II Peter 3:9.

132. What is a third reason for the delay?

133. What is necessary for accomplishing God’s eternal purposes?

134. Read Micah 5:2,3.

135. Who are “the remnant of His brothers”?

136. Read Micah 5:4; John 17:23; Ephesians 1:22,23.

137. To whom does the burden of prophecy always apply?

138. Read I Peter 1:12; Galatians 3:19.

139. Which of the utterances of the prophets apply to physical Israel?

140. Who is the only true Israel of God?

141. What may be the clearest prophetic picture of Christ to be found in the entire Scriptures?

142. Who is the Head of Christ?

143. What does the Lid of Atonement reveal to us?

144. What do the two covering cherubim portray?

145. What three items were inside the Ark of the Covenant?

146. What does the Altar of Incense symbolize?

147. What is represented by the golden Lampstand?

148. What is typified by the Table of Showbread?

149. Who, or what, is the Tree of Life?

150. Read Revelation 22:2.

151. Of whom, or what, is the new Jerusalem itself a portrayal?

152. What is the meaning of the bronze Laver?

153. What form the basis for fruitfulness and dominion?

154. What are portrayed by the bronze Altar of Burnt Offering?

155. What still binds mankind and nature?

156. What did Christ’s death on the cross remove from Satan?

157. In what manner is the ministry of Christ continuing?

158. When will full deliverance for the earth be possible?

159. What will take place as a result of the Glory that is to be revealed in the sons of God?

160. What do the members of the Body of Christ show in themselves each day?

161. What much each saint grasp?

162. What will be true of us if we remain steadfast in our hope in Christ?

ANSWERS

CHRIST

1. Name the three commissions of Christ (Isaiah 51:16).

To plant the heavens.

To lay the foundations of the earth.

To say to Zion: “You are my people.”

2. With what has Christ been commissioned to plant the heavens?

The righteousness that is in and of His own Person.

3. What is the one true foundation of the earth?

Christ.

4. What does Divine election signify?

God, according to His own counsel and purposes, has called from the creation of the world certain members of mankind. They have been predestined to be changed into the image of God’s Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

5. Who compose true Zion?

The Jews and the Gentiles who have been called by the Lord and who have responded to their calling by giving themselves to Christ.

6. What is the Lord Jesus adding to Himself?

A body, a fullness.

7. What will be given to the nations of the earth through the Seed of Abraham?

Eternal life.

8. What is Christ always saying to God’s people?

“You are God’s people.”

9. What is difficult for Christians and Jews to accept?

We have been called to be a part of God in a unique way.

10. What causes much suffering on the part of both Christians and Jews?

Unwillingness to be a holy nation, a royal priesthood, a people separate from the remainder of mankind.

Planting the Heavens

11. What are two means by which God perfects the spiritual nature of the members of the Body of Christ?

The various ministries and gifts given by the Holy Spirit, and fiery trials.

12. Of what does the spiritual Zion consist?

The spirits of righteous people made perfect.

13. What has been lost to the Christian churches?

The vision of the Kingdom of God announced by the Hebrew Prophets, the Kingdom preached by John the Baptist, by the Lord Jesus, and by the Apostles of the Lamb.

Laying the Foundations of the Earth

14. For what period of time is imputed (ascribed) righteousness intended to serve?

While Christ is breaking the yoke of sin and rebellion in us.

15. When do Christians have fellowship with God?

When they are walking in the light of His will.

16. What is the Christian salvation?

Deliverance from Satan, our personal transformation, and complete, restful union with God through Christ.

17. Why is it that the Christians, in many instances, are not serving as the light of the world?

Many Christians are limiting God’s grace to an imputed (ascribed) righteousness and are not growing in actual righteous conduct.

18. What is the Kingdom of God?

God in Christ in the holy people (the saints).

19. What will happen to the nation of Israel in the future?

The nation of Israel will be delivered from its enemies, both spiritual and physical. Israel will be forgiven its sins and will be born again of God’s Spirit by a sovereign act of Christ.

20. What will take place when the Light of God arises on all of God’s elect?

The nations of the earth will come to that light.

21. Who will share the inheritance with Christ?

Those who, through His grace, were able to conquer the world, Satan, and their own lusts and self-will.

22. When has the work of salvation been accomplished in us?

When we have been redeemed totally from the authority, power, and effects of sin and have been brought into the image of Christ and into perfect union with God through Christ.

Saying to Zion: “You Are My People”

23. What does the term “Zion” include?

God’s kings and priests, His holy nation—those whom He has called out of the world, as He did Abraham, on the basis of foreknowledge and predestination.

24. On what basis was Abraham called out of Ur of the Chaldees?

God’s own choice, His foreknowledge and election.

25. What are two considerations related to the promise of God?

The physical offspring of Jacob, and the Messianic anointing.

26. Who is the Seed of Abraham?

Christ.

27. Who were the first Christians?

The elect of the Jews.

28. When will it be time for God to turn once again to the physical descendants of Abraham?

When the full number of Gentile branches has been grafted on the good olive tree.

29. What must a Jew do in order to become a Christian?

Repent of his sins, turn in faith toward his own God, and embrace Jesus, His own Christ. He then is to be baptized in water, not as a sign he has left Judaism but in order to represent his identification with the crucifixion and resurrection of his Christ.

30. What should we Gentiles be saying to the Jews?

“You are God’s people.”

31. Where will deliverance be available during the great tribulation?

In the remnant of saints whom the Lord shall call.

32. Where is our reborn spiritual nature now?

In Christ in Heaven at the right hand of God.

33. For what purpose shall we return to the earth with Christ?

In order that the will of God, now being done in Heaven, may be performed in the earth.

34. What is the Lord Jesus saying to His Bride today, both the elect Jews and Gentiles?

“You belong to Me. Come away My beloved. Follow Me wherever I go. Receive My body and blood that you may become an eternal part of Me and forever be with Me where I am.”

THE CREATION OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD

1. Read Isaiah 42:1.

“Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles [nations]. (Isaiah 42:1)

2. What is true of the terms Christ and Messiah?call

Christ and Messiah are synonyms.

3. What is one of the destructive errors that pervade Christian thinking today?

The concept that there exists a Gentile Church destined for Heaven and a Jewish Kingdom that will reign on the earth.

4. Of whom is the Servant of the Lord, Christ, composed?

The Servant of the Lord, Christ, consists not only of the exalted Head, the Lord Jesus, but also of a Body.

5. What spirit was speaking in Isaiah?

The Spirit of Christ.

6. To whom is the Spirit of Christ speaking?

Christians.

7. Name four stages in the development and ministry of the Servant of the Lord.

The appearing of the Head of the Servant of the Lord.
The birth and building up of the Body of the Servant of the Lord.
The appearing and ministry of the Servant of the Lord.
The eternal reign, under God, of the Servant of the Lord.

8. What was the first step in setting up the Kingdom of God on the earth?

The coming to earth of our Lord, Christ.

9. What was the second step in setting up the Kingdom of God on the earth?

The birth and building up of the Body of Christ, the Body of the Servant of the Lord.

10. What has been the purpose of the ministries and gifts given to people?

To bring the saints to “the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ,” that is, to the completion of the fullness of the Servant of the Lord.

11. What will be the third step in setting up the Kingdom of God on the earth?

The appearing, ministry, and perfecting of the Servant of the Lord; in particular, the perfecting of the Body.

12. What will be true of the saints during the Kingdom Age?

The saints will rule with Christ, ministering to all the Lord’s people and also to the nations of the earth. The saints will become perfectly united with Christ, which is the marriage of the Lamb, and also will be embellished marvelously and adorned with the Glory of God.

13. What will be the fourth step in setting up the Kingdom of God on the earth?

The eternal reign of the Lamb and His Wife over the creation of God.

14. What will be true after billions of eons have passed?

Each saint still will be standing in the very Presence of the holy Father, continually being perfected in His image.

15. To whom is the Spirit of Christ referring when He invites us to “Behold my servant”?

The completed Man, the Lord Jesus and His Church.

The Promise to Abraham

16. Read Genesis 22:17,18.

“blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
“In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” (Genesis 22:17,18)

17. Who created all of the universe and its inhabitants?

The Lord Jesus Christ.

18. What is one way in which Christ remains unique?

He was before all things and by Him all things were created and maintain their existence.

19. Name three edicts concerning Christ.

In multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand that is on the sea shore.

Your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.

In your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.

20. What is true concerning everything God proclaims?

Everything God proclaims shall be fulfilled completely.

21. Read Galatians 3:16.

Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Christ. (Galatians 3:16)

22. Who is the only true Heir of the promises of God?

Christ.

23. Read Galatians 3:29.

And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. (Galatians 3:29)

24. How do we become an heir of the promises of God?

By becoming part of Christ.

25. Read Romans 9:7,8.

nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, “In Isaac your seed shall be called.”
That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed. (Romans 9:7,8)

26. How can the Seed be both singular and plural?

When we are joined to Christ there no longer are two persons, there only is the one Person. That Person is Christ and we in Him.

27. Read John 17:21; Ephesians 5:30-32.

“that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that you sent Me. (John 17:21)
For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. (Ephesians 5:30-32)

28. On what has each true saint been grafted?

The one true Vine.

29. When will the blessing of faith in Christ be extended to the rest of the world?

When the saints become one in Christ in God.

30. What is included in the work of the Servant of the Lord?

Bringing forth justice to the peoples of the earth.

The Threefold Glorifying of the Servant

31. In what way will the Lord God glorify Christ?

All the saved persons, creatures, and things of the heavens and the earth will one day be part of Christ. They all will be a reflection of His Person, His will, and His way.

32. What will happen to the Jerusalem in Heaven in the age to come?

The Jerusalem in Heaven that is being perfected now will come down from Heaven and be installed for eternity on the new earth.

33. What is God’s choice for the capital city of the world?

Jerusalem.

34. What will take place when the inhabitants of the heavenly Jerusalem have been perfected?

They will descend to abide forever on the new earth.

35. What will take place when the Lord Jesus comes from Heaven and sets up His government in Jerusalem?

The Word of God will flow forth from Him to the farthest reaches of the earth.

36. When will peace come to the nations?

Peace will come to the nations as they accept the Person and Word of Christ.

37. What is the task of Christ concerning each person who has been called to be a saint?

To exhort and comfort him or her continually.

38. How long will the process continue of instilling in God’s elect the concept that they belong to God in a unique way?

It will continue without letup until every member of true Israel knows the Lord and loves the Lord above everyone and everything else of his being and existence.

39. Along what three dimensions is the enlarging of Christ taking place?

The populating of the spiritual Jerusalem that is in the heaven with the spirits of righteous people who have been perfected in obedience to God through the things they have suffered in Jesus’ name.

The establishing of the peoples of the earth and their environment on the foundations of the Person and Word of Christ.

The reconciling (marrying) of God’s chosen people to God’s Lamb so that all of them are one in Christ in the Father as Christ and the Father are One.

40. When will Christ give the Kingdom to His Father?

When all persons and things have been brought into subjection to Christ, and each saved person and thing has found his or its place in Christ.

41. Where in the Scriptures is the total glorifying of Christ described?

The last two chapters of the Book of Revelation.

Building the Body of the Servant

42. What is true concerning the present and future Substance, responsibility, and inheritance of the Lord Jesus Christ?

The members of His Body are coheirs in every sense of the word.

43. How is the Body of Christ, the completion, the fullness of the Servant of the Lord, created and formed?

Through the working together, in the Spirit, of the members of the Body. The Body builds itself up through the grace given to it by the Head through the Holy Spirit of God.

44. Read Ephesians 4:11,12.

And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, (Ephesians 4:11,12)

45. What are all the ministries and gifts of the Spirit?

Extensions of the authority, power, wisdom, and virtue of the ascended Christ.

46. What is the purpose of the Christian ministry?

To produce perfect maturity and perfect unity in the Body of Christ, the Body of the Servant of the Lord.

47. Read Ephesians 4:13.

till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of [maturity as measured by] the stature of the fullness of Christ; (Ephesians 4:13)

48. What is the standard of excellence for the final result of the travail of the ministries of the Church?

Christ Himself.

49. What will bring about such an incredible attainment?

The Word of God.

50. What is the concept, the expression, of God?

Christ.

51. What has God declared?

There will be many brothers of Christ, many persons who are to be changed into the image of His beloved Son.

52. To what end is everything in the universe contributing?

That those whom God did foreknow and predestine be changed into the image of His Son, Jesus Christ.

53. How long will each saint retain his unique identity?

Throughout eternity.

54. What is the nature of the Word that proceeds from the Father?

Creative Power and Substance that contain within themselves everything necessary for the fulfillment of that which the Word proclaims and describes.

55. What is the Word of God doing today?

It is bringing into being a church, a wife for the Lamb, a body for Christ, that will be of the Substance and in the image of Christ.

56. What can prevent the fulfillment of the Word of almighty God?

No person, no spirit, no authority or power of any kind can prevent the perfect, complete fulfillment of the Word of almighty God.

57. Who shall remain after the heavens and the earth to which we are accustomed have been tossed aside as a soiled garment?

Christ—the Word of God, and all who do the will of God.

58. Read Ephesians 4:14.

that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, (Ephesians 4:14)

59. What is true of many Christian people?

They are immature in the ways of God.

60. What will be true when the Lord has finished building up the saints?

They will be perfect in the exercise of judgment, excelling in the knowledge of the ways of the Lord.

61. Read Ephesians 4:15.

but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— (Ephesians 4:15)

62. How do we mature in the Head?

By continuing to announce the Word of God in a spirit of love and gentleness.

63. Read Ephesians 4:16.

from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. (Ephesians 4:16)

64. Why has the work of building up the Body of Christ not progressed rapidly?

Because the majority of the believers have not been participating according to the scriptural pattern in the work of building the Body.

65. What are we to do now?

Now is the time for each of us to make his or her individual contribution to the unifying and maturing of the Servant of the Lord, and to arise and build the wall of defense against sin, the wall of the new Jerusalem.

66. What is our part?

To present our body each day a living sacrifice in order that we may prove the will of God for the particular day.

67. What will the Servant of the Lord accomplish?

He will bring the kingdom of darkness to total defeat.

68. What is our responsibility in the Kingdom of God?

To be obedient and faithful to what is presented to us each day.

69. What is God’ responsibility?

To bring to pass His eternal Word.

The Election of the Servant

70. Read Isaiah 42:1.

“Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles [nations]. (Isaiah 42:1)

71. What is true of the Servant of the Lord?

He is a called Man, a chosen vessel.

72. What is directing the course of history?

God’s purpose.

73. Of what is Abraham an example?

What it means to be saved by grace and not by works.

74. On what basis did God call out Abraham and his family and assign such significance to them?

The sovereign working of the Lord God among His creatures.

75. On what basis does Divine grace operate?

Election.

76. On what basis does election operate?

God’s desires, will, and foreknowledge.

77. How do we make certain of our calling?

By following after Christ with singleness of heart and purpose.

78. Of what are the Scriptures a record?

Almighty God reaching down from Heaven and calling out people according to His own purpose and grace.

79. Read II Timothy 1:9.

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began, (II Timothy 1:9)

80. Read Acts 2:47; 13:48; 16:6,7; 18:10.

praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved. (Acts 2:47)
Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed. (Acts 13:48)
Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia.
After they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them. (Acts 16:6,7)
“for I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you; for I have many people in this city.” (Acts 18:10)

81. How does God view the Servant of the Lord?

Perfect and glorified.

82. In what tense is the glorification of the saints?

The past tense.

83. Read John 15:16; I Corinthians 1:26.

“You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. (John 15:16)
For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. (I Corinthians 1:26)

84. What are we to grasp?

That for which we have been grasped by Christ.

85. What is true of every aspect of our redemption?

It is an opportunity.

86. What two choices does each believer have?

To lose his life in Christ or to save it in the world.

87. What are the conquerors always doing?

Pressing on! Pressing on! Pressing on!

88. What two great dynamics are involved in the formation of the Servant of the Lord?

The power and wisdom of God who reaches down and calls the individual into God’s plan for his or her life.

The will of the believer as he keeps on choosing to grasp Christ, or else as he wanders in the wilderness of this world without being able to make any clear, stable decision with respect to the drawing of the Holy Spirit toward the holiness of God.

89. What is true of a double-minded person?

He is unstable in all his ways.

90. What is the “good” for which all things are working together?

The fulfillment of the Divine promises concerning the Seed of Abraham. The promises include the fullness of fruitfulness, the fullness of dominion over the enemies of Christ, and the fullness of blessing for the nations of the earth, as well as conformity to the image of Christ.

91. For what purpose is God using Christ?

The goal, the pattern, the standard of excellence for the sons of God.

92. What will take place in the personality of the believer if he does not remove himself from the Divine program?

The Word of God will work until there has occurred a perfect, complete transformation into the image of Christ.

93. What shall be true of the brothers of Christ?

Christ’s brothers shall be in His image, of His Substance.

94. To whom has the promise of total redemption been given?

To whoever is willing to respond.

95. Read Romans 8:30.

Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified [declared righteous]; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. (Romans 8:30)

96. What will remain true of the believer who is unwilling to absorb into his consciousness the sovereignty of God in building the Kingdom of God?

He cannot find the rest of abiding in Christ.

97. At whom does God laugh in derision?

The rebellious kings and rulers of the earth, both the human rulers and the angelic rulers.

98. On what does our arrival at the state of glorification depend?

On our willingness to follow the Lord Jesus patiently in cross-carrying obedience and to cooperate with the Spirit of God as He produces holiness in us.

99. What will happen to each believer who chooses to live in the wisdom and appetites of the flesh?

He will die spiritually.

100. What will happen to each believer who chooses to live and behave each day in the Spirit of God?

He will reap eternal life.

101. Into what three deaths will the Holy Spirit lead the saint?

Death to the love of the world.

Death to the appetites and lusts of the fleshly nature.

Death to self-love, self-will, self-centeredness, self-seeking.

102. For what will the saint be eligible, who is willing to follow the Holy Spirit through the three deaths?

The fullness of the inheritance promised to the Seed of Abraham.

DIVINE DECLARATIONS CONCERNING THE SERVANT OF THE LORD

God Upholds His Servant

1. How does the transition from our grip to God’s grip occur?

As we continually are being brought down to death because of the circumstances through which the Spirit of God leads us.

2. What power enables us to make headway in the Kingdom of God?

The Holy Spirit, working through the Word of God and the blood of the cross.

3. What must be true if we are to be part of the Servant of the Lord?

God must do the upholding.

4. Read Isaiah 42:5,6.

Thus says God the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk on it:
“I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, as a light to the Gentiles, (Isaiah 42:5,6)

5. What does God always create first?

The heavens.

6. What happens when a member of the Body of Christ binds a matter on the earth?

It is bound in Heaven.

7. Who owns the earth?

God.

8. Who owns earth’s peoples?

God.

9. Read Matthew 28:18.

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. (Matthew 28:18)

10. Who now possesses all authority in Heaven and on the earth?

The Lord Jesus Christ.

11. Read Isaiah 42:6.

“I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, as a light to the Gentiles, (Isaiah 42:6)

12. According to what kind of behavior is the saint called?

Righteousness.

13. What two kinds of righteousness does the saint receive from the Lord?

Imputed (ascribed) righteousness and then an actual, observable righteousness of behavior.

14. In terms of what characteristics and behaviors are the battles of the Lord fought?

Righteousness, holiness, and obedience to God.

15. What, or who, is the covenant God has made with the nations of the earth?

The Servant of the Lord—Head and Body.

16. Where will the nations of the earth behold the Person, will, and ways of God?

In the Servant of the Lord.

17. Read II Corinthians 3:3; 4:6; Isaiah 43:1; II Timothy 1:9; Ephesians 1:4; I Peter 2:9.

clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart. (II Corinthians 3:3)
For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (II Corinthians 4:6)
But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine. (Isaiah 43:1)
who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began, (II Timothy 1:9)
just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, (Ephesians 1:4)
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; (I Peter 2:9)

18. What is holiness in its purest sense?

The Presence of God.

19. Read Isaiah 43:2.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you. (Isaiah 43:2)

20. What does the Lord promise His Servant?

None of the judgments, pressures, perplexities, dangers, plagues, distresses, confusions, overwhelming catastrophes, or accidents or pitfalls that are a part of life on the earth will be able to destroy Christ or any member of Christ’s Body.

21. Over what is the Servant of the Lord able to gain victory?

All fear.

22. What will the Servant of the Lord become during the closing days of the present age?

A giant in the earth, a strong man who rejoices to run the race of righteousness.

23. Read Isaiah 12:2.

Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For YAH, the LORD, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.’” (Isaiah 12:2)

24. What happens to the saint as he presses forward in Christ?

His position changes from that of conducting his own program of redemption by his own wisdom, his own strength, his own faith, into that of trusting Christ.

25. What grows stronger as we draw closer to God?

Our love for God.

26. What is difficult for us to do?

To let go of our things, our circumstances, our relationships with people.

27. What is the mark of the mature Christian?

Perfect trust in the goodness and faithfulness of God.

28. What begins to be formed in the saint who perseveres?

The new man, the Lord from Heaven.

29. What has the mature Christian been created?

The expression of the Word, the way, the Person, the will, the Divine purpose, of God Almighty.

30. Read Galatians 2:20; Philippians 3:9.

“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)
and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; (Philippians 3:9)

31. What kind of righteousness was Paul seeking to the end of his life?

The righteousness that comes only as we live in the crucifixion and resurrection of the Lord Jesus.

32. How is the expression “the righteous shall live by faith” being employed today?

To mean that if we profess a correct theological position our sins will not be held against us. Righteousness is thought to be correct belief about the Lord Jesus, His atoning death and victorious resurrection.

33. What requires considerable experience as a saint?

To be able to dwell in God’s rest without being seduced into sin, without lapsing into spiritual carelessness and inactivity, or without going back and picking up some burden we had committed to God previously.

34. Read Philippians 3:10.

that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, (Philippians 3:10)

35. What must be true of us if we are to live by the resurrection life of Christ?

Consistent, earnest walking in the Spirit of God, continual meditation in the Word of God, daily victory over the lusts of the flesh and eyes and the pride of life, and total obedience to the will of God.

36. What increases in us as we make our way toward the fullness of Christ?

Resurrection life.

37. What do John 14:233 and 17:21-23 reveal to us?

The perfect oneness, the complete reconciliation to God, that is to be ours through the Lord Jesus Christ.

38. Of what is the Lord making us aware?

Our total dependence on Himself.

39. How do trouble and affliction help us?

These may call to our attention the areas of our life that have not as yet been brought wholly into oneness with God through Christ.

40. What must we learn to do?

To think, speak, and act in the Spirit of God.

41. What must we do if the Spirit of God uncovers sin in our life?

The particular sin must be confessed and then resisted in the Lord.

42. When will God be content with His work of redemption?

When He has brought His elect, and finally every member of the nations of the saved, into perfect oneness with Himself.

43. When will God be upholding us fully?

When He Himself is dwelling in us and is our eternal Life.

44. What exchange is made by the member of the Body of Christ?

His own wisdom and strength for the Divine wisdom and strength of the Lord Jesus.

45. Read II Corinthians 4:10,11.

always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.
For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. (II Corinthians 4:10,11)

God Delights in His Servant

46. What is God’s attitude toward His Servant?

God delights in His Servant.

47. When did God call us to be His Servant?

Before the creation of the world.

48. Read Isaiah 43:1; Acts 15:18.

But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine. (Isaiah 43:1)
“Known to God from eternity are all His works. (Acts 15:18)

49. What is the task of the believer?

To enter the rest of God through the means God has provided for us.

50. How does God “see” His saints?

As being in the image of His Son.

51. Name one of Satan’s devices.

Persuading Christians they are worthless, that God does not love them, that they are failures, that they cannot succeed as a Christian.

God’s Spirit Is Upon His Servant

52. Why are Christians given the Holy Spirit?

That they may be created the Body of Christ, the fullness of the Servant of the Lord.

53. Into what does the Holy Spirit baptize us?

Into the Body of the Anointed One, into the Servant of the Lord.

54. What is the Holy Spirit doing during the present age?

Recruiting members for, and building up spiritually, the Body of Christ, of the Anointed Deliverer.

55. Read Psalms 96:13; Isaiah 42:4; I Corinthians 12:12.

before the LORD. For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with His truth. (Psalms 96:13)
He will not fail nor be discouraged, till He has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands shall wait for His law.” (Isaiah 42:4)
For as the [human] body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. (I Corinthians 12:12)

56. What is true of Christ?

He is composed of a great number of contributing members.

57. What does God have in mind concerning Christ?

To enlarge Him.

58. What will be true when the process of reconciliation has been completed?

All that the Father and the Son are the saint will be, except in realms of authority and greatness; and all that the saint will be, the Father and the Son are.

59. What is God’s motive in making us one with Himself?

Love.

60. Read I Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 4:16; Isaiah 11:2.

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. (I Corinthians 12:13)
from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. (Ephesians 4:16)
The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. (Isaiah 11:2)

61. What is necessary if the Church is to know what to think, say, and do as it encounters the dilemmas, confusion, and catastrophes of our time?

The Spirit of wisdom.

62. What is true of the minister of the Gospel who is not living a crucified life?

He is in danger of becoming part of the False Prophet.

63. What is required if we are to have a clear sense of the mind of God in all areas of endeavor?

The Spirit of understanding.

64. What is in great demand today?

The Spirit of counsel.

65. When may counseling be ineffective?

When Satan has gained a foothold in the individual’s life.

66. What is true of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God?

Until the signs and wonders are following the Gospel we have only half a Gospel.

67. What may happen in our day if the Lord gives a believer a gift of power?

It may be perverted into a tool to exalt the recipient.

68. What will be true of the anointed saints of the latter-rain outpouring?

They will be “clothed in sackcloth.” They will have been purged of self-seeking and self-aggrandizement. They will reveal in themselves the Glory of the Lord.

69. What is more important than the believer’s ministry?

His character.

70. Read I Thessalonians 5:4; Amos 3:7; Isaiah 42:9.

But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. (I Thessalonians 5:4)
Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. (Amos 3:7)
Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.” (Isaiah 42:9)

71. Why must we have the Spirit of the fear of the Lord?

Apart from the fear of the Lord there is no way in which we can gain and keep a correct perspective on life. The plan of redemption cannot be understood, and the Kingdom of God cannot gain ground in the earth, apart from an awe of, a respect and reverence for, a genuine fear of, the Lord of Armies.

God’s Servant Is Blind and Deaf

72. Read Isaiah 42:19.

Who is blind but My servant, or deaf as My messenger whom I send? Who is blind as he who is perfect, and blind as the LORD’s servant? (Isaiah 42:19)

73. What does the Holy Spirit teach each believer?

To be blind and deaf.

74. Why must the saint become “blind and deaf”?

He must become blind so he may see God’s Glory in the earth. He must become deaf so he may hear the voice of God.

75. Read Isaiah 11:3; 42:20.

His delight is in the fear of the LORD, and He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, nor decide by the hearing of His ears; (Isaiah 11:3)
Seeing many things, but you do not observe; Opening the ears, but he does not hear.” (Isaiah 42:20)

76. What does the Servant of the Lord “see” in the world?

The Glory of the Lord.

77. What is God bringing into existence?

Commencing with the Church of Christ, the entire creation of God is to be re-created in Christ. No creature, thing, or situation is excepted.

78. Read Revelation 21:5.

Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.” (Revelation 21:5)

Why was the Lord Jesus always able to make righteous judgments?

Jesus did not pay too much attention to what He was seeing and hearing in the world; He was listening to the voice of the Spirit of God.

80. Read John 5:30.

“I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me. (John 5:30)

81. How is the believer to perceive everything about him?

Through the eyes of the Lord.

82. To what place does the Lord Jesus bring the maturing saint?

To the place where he is willing to sit in darkness until God reveals His will to him.

83. Read Isaiah 50:10,11.

“Who among you fears the LORD? Who obeys the voice of His Servant? Who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD and rely upon his God.
Look, all you who kindle a fire, who encircle yourselves with sparks: Walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks you have kindled—This you shall have from My hand: You shall lie down in torment. (Isaiah 50:10,11)

84. What are we to do when we come into a dark place in the Lord?

We must trust in the name of the Lord and wait for God to make the pathway clear to us. Meanwhile we are to diligently do what is at hand.

85. What are we to avoid?

Breaking out of the tunnel God has put us in by working out solutions of our own.

86. Read Revelation 2:10.

“Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. (Revelation 2:10)

87. What may be true before we hear the gentle voice of the Spirit of God?

There may be confusion and uproar.

88. What is one of the main lessons we learn in our Christian walk?

To follow the leading of the Lord and to be “blind and deaf” to everyone and everything else.

89. Read John 9:39-41; Revelation 3:18.

And Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”
Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, “Are we blind also?”
Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains. (John 9:39-41)
“I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. (Revelation 3:18)

90. How do we remain sensitive to the Lord’ will?

By setting aside time for prayer, Scripture reading, and Christian fellowship.

91. What else is necessary if we are to know God’s will for our life and have fellowship with Him?

We must be sternly obedient to the Spirit of God.

God’s Servant Is His Witness

92. Read Isaiah 43:10,11.

“You are My witnesses,” says the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no god formed, nor shall there be after Me.
I, even I, am the LORD, and besides Me there is no savior. (Isaiah 43:10,11)

93. When God puts His Spirit on His Servant, what does the Servant become?

The witness of the Person, the ways, the will, and the eternal purpose of God Almighty.

94. Read Acts 1:8.

“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)

95. How does the power of the Holy Spirit enable the Christian people to be the Lord’s witnesses?

By means of mighty signs and wonders, by the fruit of moral character grown in the Christians, and by what the Christians testify with regard to that which they have seen and experienced in Christ.

96. Where is the Divine witness first developed?

Between us and God.

97. What happens as we grow in the personal knowledge of the Lord?

We grow in the power of our testimony.

98. To what extent can the saint bear witness?

Only to the extent that he knows and believes God.

99. Who is represented by the Lampstand of the Tabernacle of the Congregation?

Christ, the Servant of the Lord.

100. Who is represented by the oil of the Lampstand?

The Holy Spirit.

101. What was the purpose of the six side-branches?

To shine on the central shaft.

102. Who is portrayed by the central shaft of the Lampstand?

Christ.

103. Who is symbolized by the six side-branches?

The true Israel of God, according to the promise made to Abraham.

104. Who were the original children of promise?

The physical descendants of Jacob.

105. How do members of the Body of Christ come into being?

By the Divine promise.

106. What will happen after the full number of foreordained Gentiles have been added to the Lampstand of God?

The Spirit of God will open the heart of the nation of Israel to Christ. Then the elect Jews will be added to the Lampstand. The nation of Israel once again will assume its original role as the Israel of God.

107. Who creates in us the witness of Christ?

The Holy Spirit.

108. What is the Holy Spirit continually doing with regard to each saint?

Bringing him or her to a fuller revelation of Christ.

109. When does the knowledge of God come to us?

When He draws us to Himself.

God’s Servant Must Not Strive

110. Read Isaiah 42:2.

He will not cry out, nor raise His voice, nor cause His voice to be heard in the street. (Isaiah 42:2)

111. What is the concept of not striving or crying?

The concept of not striving and crying has to do with the gentle, kindly ways of the Servant of the Lord and with the enormous authority and power of the Word of God spoken by the Servant. The power of the Holy Spirit performs the work if we are in the will of God and are announcing the Word of God that the Spirit of God is directing toward the specific occasion.

112. How is the work of the Kingdom of God accomplished?

By means of the wisdom and power of the Spirit of God.

113. Read II Timothy 2:24-26.

And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,
in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,
and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will. (II Timothy 2:24-26)

114. What is our task as Christians?

To gently teach all people, waiting patiently for them to cease opposing themselves so God may enable them to recover themselves from the snare of the devil.

115. What is true of the achievements of fleshly endeavor?

Nothing built by the flesh will endure in the Kingdom of God.

116. Read Psalms 127:1; I Corinthians 3:13.

Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. (Psalms 127:1)
each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. (I Corinthians 3:13)

117. What lesson must we learn?

The Servant of the Lord is not to strive.

118. Toward what are our efforts to be directed?

Serving the Lord to the best of our ability.

119. What do the Lord’s ambassadors do?

They go before Him announcing His coming, as He directs and empowers them to do so.

God’s Servant Shall Be Successful

120. Read Isaiah 42:4.

He will not fail nor be discouraged, till He has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands shall wait for His law.” (Isaiah 42:4)

121. What helps us serve the Lord more effectively?

An understanding of the sovereignty and extraordinary wisdom and power of the Lord God Almighty.

122. What balance is difficult to maintain?

The balance between our efforts and the sovereignty of God.

123. What must we call to mind when we become discouraged?

The awesome majesty of the Lord.

124. Is God’s plan for the creation being carried out?

Every person, every event, every circumstance, every thing, is moving along according to the knowledge and will of the Most High God.

125. Why does God allow sin and anguish to continue?

Out of the human travail of the centuries God will bring forth innumerable relationships, creatures, and things of incomprehensible value and glory.

126. How can we ensure that we will be successful in laying hold on the inheritance to which the Lord God has called us?

We must match God’s calling with a corresponding zeal if we expect to attain fully the inheritance to which we have been called in Christ.

127. How can we be certain there will be no failures in the life and ministry of the Servant of the Lord?

We are confident of all these things because of who God is and what God has stated.

128. Read Isaiah 42:5-7.

Thus says God the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk on it:
“I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, as a light to the Gentiles,
To open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the prison, those who sit in darkness from the prison house. (Isaiah 42:5-7)

129. Why do we not have to rush about in panic and distraction?

If we are in Christ we are in the Conqueror. We are in the one true Vine. We are abiding in Him who possesses all the authority, all the power, all the promises, all of the Word and will of God Almighty.

130. Read Hebrews 10:35,36.

Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.
For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: (Hebrews 10:35,36)

God’s Servant Is Created in the Church

131. Read Isaiah 44:2; Revelation 12:1,2.

Thus says the LORD who made you and formed you from the womb, who will help you: ‘Fear not, O Jacob My servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. (Isaiah 44:2)
Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.
Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth. (Revelation 12:1,2)

132. Where is the true Church located in the present hour?

The life of each believer in Christ is now at the right hand of God, far above every other authority and power.

133. Who help us remain in the righteous ways of the Lord?

God’s stars.

134. What is the Church laboring to bring forth?

Christ.

135. Read Galatians 4:19; Revelation 12:3.

My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you, (Galatians 4:19)
And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. (Revelation 12:3)

136. What are the two wonders in the heaven?

The Church of Christ, and the great red dragon.

137. Who will cast the dragon out of the heaven?

Christ.

138. Read Ephesians 6:12; Revelation 12:4.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 6:12)
His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born. (Revelation 12:4)

139. Of whom is Satan terrified?

Satan is terrified of Christ, of the Holy Spirit, of God the Father.

140. Read Revelation 12:5.

She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne. (Revelation 12:5)

141. Why is the “man child” (male Son) singular in number, in the twelfth chapter of Revelation?

The male Heir is singular because this chapter is emphasizing the formation of Christ, the Seed of Abraham, in the Church.

142. Who alone is the Conqueror?

Christ.

143. Why are the saints able to conquer Satan, the world, and their own flesh and self-will?

We overcome because of the Overcomer who is in us. We conquer because of the Conqueror who is in us. We emerge victorious because the Victor is in us.

144. What are two principal ways in which we can err concerning the truth of our identification with the Glory of Christ?

We can lean too heavily on the identification or we can lean too lightly on it.

145. With what may the fervent believer become preoccupied, to his detriment?

His own death, his own resurrection, his own spiritual power, his own victories.

146. How can we overcome the deceptions of the last days?

By seeking union with Christ.

147. What happens as soon as Christ is formed in us?

He is caught up to the Throne of God Almighty.

148. Read Ephesians 2:6; 1:21.

and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, (Ephesians 2:6)
far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. (Ephesians 1:21)

149. Where is the Servant of the Lord today?

In Heaven at the right hand of God.

150. Who will be performing the work of judgment and redemption in the Day of the Lord?

It will be the Lord Himself working through Christ—Head and Body. The Lord God will be performing the work of judgment and redemption.

151. Read Colossians 3:3,4.

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. (Colossians 3:3,4)

THE WORK OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD

God’s Servant Brings Deliverance to Israel

1. What is the meaning of Zion ?

Zion refers to God’s elect, His chosen, the Seed of promise, whether Jewish or Gentile by physical birth.

2. What is God always asking His elect?

Do you love Me?

3. Who are the Lord’s elect?

The members of true Israel whether they are Jewish or Gentile by natural birth.

4. Will the Lord awaken any part of the nation of Israel before He returns?

Before the coming of the Lord there will be a reconciliation to Christ of a chosen remnant of the Jews.

5. Who compose the Seed of Abraham?

All who are part of Christ whether they are Jewish or Gentile by race.

6. Where will the Lord Jesus reveal Himself to the elect Jews?

In the place of trouble and judgment.

7. Why would it not be wise for Jesus to reveal Himself to the nation of Israel in the present hour?

Because the rabbis, being weakened by the knowledge that they have resisted God’s Christ throughout the centuries, would fall prey to the great whore—organized Christianity, both Catholic and Protestant.

8. What is the truth concerning the concept of there being a Gentile Church in Heaven and a Jewish kingdom on the earth?

The concept that there will be a Gentile church in Heaven and a Jewish kingdom on the earth is an error made commonly by Christians.

9. Who are the “remnant”?

The saints of the Lord, Jewish and Gentile, who will give themselves wholly to Christ.

10. What is one of the tasks of the Servant of the Lord?

The building up of Israel—the people chosen by the Lord to be His special treasure in the earth.

11. What do we mean by the term Israel ?

All the elect of God whether Jewish or Gentile by physical birth.

12. Read Isaiah 61:1,2.

“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn, (Isaiah 61:1,2)

13. To whom is Isaiah, Chapter 61 addressed?

Zion, that is, the Lord’s elect.

14. To whom are the good tidings sent?

The “meek.”

15. Whom is God always seeking?

Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness.

16. What is the first sign to follow the believers in Christ?

The casting out of devils.

17. What power abides on Christ—Head and Body?

The power of the anointing of the Spirit of God.

18. What may be true during the Kingdom Age?

Further opportunities for building up Israel may be assigned to those who in this life have faithfully nourished God’s children.

19. When is the “acceptable year of the Lord”?

Now.

20. What must we do in order to gain the Divine blessings?

We must overcome the resistance of the enemy.

21. When is the Servant of the Lord pleased?

When both righteousness and iniquity are well-defined and mature.

22. What may be the significance of the fact that the Lord did not read “and the day of vengeance of our God”?

The Lord has waited until now to cast out Satan from His Church. Today we are experiencing the beginning of the Day of Vengeance.

23. When Christ builds up Zion what is He building up?

His own Body.

24. What are believers to do when they grow strong in the Lord?

They are to assist the weaker members.

25. What results from sin and ignorance?

The people of the Lord find themselves in miserable circumstances, their joy gone, being oppressed, guilt-ridden, and in various kinds of trouble.

26. What breaks the yoke of oppression?

The anointing of the Spirit.

27. Why did God save us?

So we may demonstrate a holy and righteous life in our deeds, our words, and our thoughts.

28. Why did God call us out of the world?

In order that we may reveal His righteousness and praise; that we may be the light of Christ in the darkness of this world; that we may show in ourselves the holiness and power of the Person and will of God Almighty.

29. What happens when the “branches” do not bear the fruit of righteous and holy behavior?

They are cut off from the Vine, from Christ.

30. What is the only source where people can obtain the Life of Christ, the living water?

The Israel of God.

31. What happens to those who reject the Presence of Christ in the Church?

They deprive themselves of eternal life.

God’s Servant Brings Justice to the Nations

32. Where must the healing, uplifting ministry of the Servant of the Lord be directed first?

To the people of the Lord, to God’s elect.

33. What is one of the greatest detriments to Christian understanding?

The forcing of a division between Israel of the old covenant and the so-called “Gentile Church” of the new covenant.

34. With whom is the new covenant always made?

The house of Israel.

35. What is the meaning of the term church ?

“Called-out.”

36. Why is God creating the Church, the Body of Christ?

In order that salvation may be brought to the ends of the earth.

37. Why is God not able to communicate His love and delivering power to His creatures?

His Presence would destroy them.

38. What is God’s solution to the separation between Himself and His creatures?

The creation of a witness, a living temple, a body, a servant who knows God and who also can communicate with human beings.

39. Read Genesis 22:18.

“In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” (Genesis 22:18)

40. When will the Kingdom of God come to the earth?

As soon as Christ has been formed in the saints.

41. What is at hand today?

The fullness of the latter rain.

42. Of what are the two witnesses, of Revelation, Chapter 11 a symbol?

The latter-rain outpouring of the Spirit of God.

43. What is the created universe awaiting?

The unveiling of the sons of God.

44. Read Romans 8:19.

For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. (Romans 8:19)

45. What happened to Adam and Eve the moment they sinned?

They died.

46. What is the only true life?

The Presence of God in Christ.

47. How will spiritual life be restored to the creation?

When Jesus returns with His saints, the entire Christ of God—Head and Body—will go throughout the earth judging and executing the vengeance of God against sin (Revelation 19:11.) As lawlessness and disobedience are being destroyed out of the heavens and the earth, spiritual life will return to the creation.

48. What will be true of the world of nature in the Day of the Lord?

All the peoples left on the earth, and the entire realm of nature as well, will be touched by the Person of Christ dwelling in His saints. Paradise will return to the earth. Eden will be restored. The trees of the field will clap their hands and the hills will skip for joy. The nature of the fiercest of animals will be made harmless and innocent.

49. Read Romans 8:21.

because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. (Romans 8:21)

50. When will the whole world believe that God has sent Christ?

As soon as the Church has been made one in the Father through the Son.

51. Read Isaiah 61:9; John 17:21.

Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people. All who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the posterity whom the LORD has blessed.” (Isaiah 61:9)
“that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that you sent Me. (John 17:21)

52. When will God be able to wipe away the tears of the peoples of the earth?

When the Servant of the Lord has been brought to the fullness of maturity and unity in Christ.

53. Read Revelation 21:3,4.

And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God [the Church] is with men [the saved nations], and He will dwell with them, and they [the nations] shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.
“And God will wipe away every tear from their [the nations] eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things [sufferings] have passed away.” (Revelation 21:3,4)

54. What is the emphasis of the Church Age?

Bringing the members of the Body of Christ to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

God’s Servant Strengthens the Bruised Reed

55. Read Isaiah 42:3.

A bruised reed He will not break, and smoking flax He will not quench; He will bring forth justice for truth. (Isaiah 42:3)

56. What are the bruised reeds and dimly-burning wicks?

Human beings who are so battered by life they are unable to receive God’s love in Christ.

57. What is the attitude of God in Christ toward the weak and oppressed?

The Servant of the Lord keeps on looking for ways to bring strength to the weak and the oil of the Holy Spirit to those whose light is going out.

58. What is the responsibility of those who receive much Divine grace?

To assist their brothers and sisters in the Lord.

59. Does God respond in anger toward those who willfully disobey His Word?

Yes.

60. Read II Timothy 2:24-26.

And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,
in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,
and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will. (II Timothy 2:24-26)

61. What will Christ do with the “little sisters”?

He will deliver them and nourish them, and make of them a structure of eternal value, beauty, and glory in the Kingdom of God.

62. Who will be with the Lord when He appears in His Glory?

His officers, His “mighty men.”

63. What will be true of God’s people when the Lord Jesus returns?

God’s people will grow up as “calves of the stall.”

64. Read Malachi 4:2; Hebrews 9:28.

But to you who fear My name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings; and you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves. (Malachi 4:2)
so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. (Hebrews 9:28)

God’s Servant Establishes the Law of God

65. Read Isaiah 42:6,21.

“I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, as a light to the Gentiles,
The LORD is well pleased for His righteousness’ sake; He will exalt the law and make it honorable. (Isaiah 42:6,21)

66. What is God’s law?

His revelation concerning what He considers to be good or evil, pure or impure, clean or unclean, righteous or unrighteous, holy or unholy, acceptable to Him or unacceptable to Him.

67. What are we lacking when we do not have God’s law?

The knowledge of good and evil, of right and wrong, of what brings life and what brings death.

68. What guides us until the Divine law comes?

Conscience.

69. Why do the Ten Commandments bring death to us instead of eternal life?

Because our fleshly nature is opposed to the law of God.

70. What is Christ in terms of the Law?

The law of God Personified.

71. What do we mean when we state that the Servant of the Lord is the new covenant?

The fullness of the law of God, the light of God, shone in Christ. Christ is the Word, the Covenant, the law magnified and made honorable. Christ is the law of God Personified.

Jesus not only gives us the law, He Himself is the Law of God. Christ is the new Covenant. He is eternal Life. He is the Pleasure of God. He is the Light of God, the perfect revelation of that which is good, right, life-giving, clean, pure, righteous, holy.

The new covenant is the writing of the law of God in the human heart and mind. Since Christ is the Law of God, the new covenant is the forming of Christ in the heart and in the mind of the members of the Body of Christ. When Christ comes to maturity in us we will act, speak, and think according to the law of God. Thus we ourselves become the new covenant that the Lord has made with mankind.

The Servant of the Lord Is the new Covenant. The Servant of the Lord magnifies and makes honorable the law of God by personifying the law and by bringing the power and wisdom that enable all men to serve God acceptably. On many occasions mankind behaves as though the law of God is not honorable; as though the law of God is an antiquated moral standard that is repugnant to decent people.

72. What two acts are necessary if Christ is to create righteousness in mankind?

It is necessary for Christ to destroy the works of the devil in order to create righteousness in mankind. It is necessary also for Him to impart to people His Divine Nature and the power of eternal, incorruptible resurrection life and glory if they are to become pleasing to God.

73. What is the highest expression of God’s law?

The holy city, the new Jerusalem.

74. What can the nations of the earth learn from the new Jerusalem?

How to conduct themselves in the manner accepted of God Almighty.

75. What concept has been brought about by a deceiving spirit that has entered Christian believers?

A concept of the Christian redemption as being a special gift of God to bring Gentiles to Heaven on the basis of their doctrinal faith.

76. What is the true concept of the Christian salvation?

The development of a standard of righteous behavior in the members of the Body of Christ, a radiant righteousness and holiness that will make the law of God great and glorious in the eyes of the nations of the earth.

77. What is the nature of the struggle set forth in the Scriptures?

The struggle between sin and righteousness, between good and evil, between obedience to God and disobedience to God.

78. Why has revival power left the Christian churches?

Because of the prevailing sin and disobedience to God.

79. Read II Corinthians 3:3.

clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart. (II Corinthians 3:3)

80. Where can the new covenant be written?

Only on the human mind and heart.

81. What power is transforming us?

The Glory of God.

82. Read II Corinthians 3:18; Isaiah 28:10.

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. (II Corinthians 3:18)
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.” (Isaiah 28:10)

83. What process is taking place continually in the saint?

We continually are being brought down into death to our old nature so the Life of Christ may take its place.

84. Read Hebrews 8:10.

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. (Hebrews 8:10)

85. What are the credentials of the apostles and teachers?

We righteous behavior of us who are Christians.

86. In what way are the saints the light of the world?

The Person, will, and ways of the Lord are being revealed through our deeds, our words, and our motives.

87. How does the Servant of the Lord make the law of God practical and workable for people?

By delivering them from Satan, by setting an example for them, by teaching them the laws of the Kingdom of God, and by empowering them to practice what they have been taught.

88. What is true of Christian teaching that is not accompanied by the power of deliverance and the grace for righteous and holy conduct?

It brings people to the knowledge of God’s will but does not enable them to put into practice what they have learned.

89. What is true of deliverance in Jesus’ name that is not accompanied by teaching?

Deliverance without teaching sets people free from spiritual bondage but does not point out to them the necessity for righteous, holy, and obedient conduct.

90. What does the power of the Word of God accomplish?

It creates us in the personality of Christ.

91. What is the legal basis for all the work of the Kingdom?

The blood of the Lamb—Christ.

92. What will happen to the believer who is lazy and indifferent concerning the work of the Holy Spirit in forming Christ in him?

He will reap corruption rather than eternal life in the Day of the Lord.

93. How does the Body of Christ cause God’s will to be done in earth?

By casting out devils, healing the sick, pointing to the Redeemer on the cross, witnessing of Christ’s resurrection, and by teaching the ways of righteousness, holiness, and obedience to all men in preparation for the return of the King and His Kingdom.

94. When will the fullness of the new covenant be in effect?

When “they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest” (Hebrews 8:11).

95. What will take place during the thousand-year Kingdom Age known as the Millennium?

Great progress toward the maturing of the new covenant.

96. Why should each Christian take heart and walk before the Lord in love, joy, and confidence?

The Lord is coming and He is bringing the reward for our patient endurance and faithful service. Our blessings and responsibilities will be great in that Day. Our fruitfulness and dominion in Christ will fill the heavens and the earth.

97. Read Psalms 96:9-13.

Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth.
Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns; the world also is firmly established, it shall not be moved; He shall judge the peoples righteously.”
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and all its fullness;
Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice
before the LORD. For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with His truth. (Psalms 96:9-13)

98. What do the highly-ornamented foundations of the wall of the holy city signify?

No form of sin, uncleanness, or rebellion ever again will defile the Divine creation. The jewels in the foundations are the marks of character of those who have overcome sin and rebellion through Christ.

God’s Servant Installs the Kingdom of God

99. Read Isaiah 42:13,14.

The LORD shall go forth like a mighty man; He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war. He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud; He shall prevail against His enemies.
“I have held My peace a long time, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry like a woman in labor, I will pant and gasp at once. (Isaiah 42:13,14)

100. What is God laboring to bring forth?

The Life and image of His Son, Christ, in the heavens and on the earth.

101. What is the commission of the Servant of the Lord?

To bring the Kingdom of God to the earth.

102. What has remained unexecuted for countless ages?

God’s sentence on the devil and the evil angels.

103. Why has God the Father permitted such a long period of time to pass before putting an end to sin?

Because the Servant of the Lord is being created.

104. Read Romans 16:20.

And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. (Romans 16:20)

105. For what is Christ waiting patiently?

For the Father to make Christ’s enemies His footstool.

106. Read I Corinthians 6:2,3.

Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life? (I Corinthians 6:2,3)

107. Who will ride with Christ in the Day of the Lord?

Those who are called, chosen, and faithful.

108. What right have the true disciples relinquished?

Their right to justice in this world.

109. What power will overthrow the rule of wickedness in the earth?

The force of the Holy Spirit acting on the basis of the blood of Calvary.

110. Why will the saints possess the authority and power to command righteousness in the earth?

Because of their oneness with Christ.

111. Read Psalms 2:10-12.

Now therefore, be wise, O kings; be instructed, you judges of the earth.
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish in the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him. (Psalms 2:10-12)

112. How can we hasten the return of our Lord Jesus Christ?

By growing personally in all godliness and holy behavior.

113. Read Micah 5:3,8,9.

Therefore He shall give them [Jews] up, until the time that she who is in labor [Church] has given birth [to Christ in them]; then the remnant of His brethren [sons of God] shall return to the children of Israel. (Micah 5:3)
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, who, if he passes through, both treads down and tears in pieces, and none can deliver.
Your hand shall be lifted against your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off. (Micah 5:8,9)

114. In what attitude will Christ appear to sinful and rebellious people in the Day of the Lord?

Christ will appear in such frightful wrath that the strongest of men will cry out for the mountains and rocks to fall on them in order to hide them from His furious Countenance.

115. Read Joel 3:16.

The LORD also will roar from Zion [body of Christ], and utter His voice from Jerusalem; the heavens and earth will shake; but the LORD will be a shelter for His people, and the strength of the children of Israel. (Joel 3:16)

God’s Servant Executes the Judgment of God

116. Read Joel 2:11; Jude 14,15.

The LORD gives voice before His army, for His camp is very great; for strong is the One who executes His word. For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; who can endure it? (Joel 2:11)
Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men [“Christian” sinners] also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints,
“to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” (Jude 1:14,15)

117. Where did sin originate?

In the heavenlies—in the spirit realm, in the very Presence of the Father.

118. What will happen to sin and rebellion under the rule of the Servant of the Lord?

Even the memory of sin and rebellion will be blotted out of the heavens and the earth.

119. Read Deuteronomy 7:23,24.

“But the LORD your God will deliver them over to you, and will inflict defeat upon them until they are destroyed.
“And He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you will destroy their name from under heaven; no one shall be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them. (Deuteronomy 7:23,24)

120. Against whom are we struggling in the present hour?

The lords of darkness, who rule the earth from their thrones of power in the heavenlies.

121. Read Revelation 12:9.

So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. (Revelation 12:9)

122. What three qualities must be true of the saints before they can exercise the judgment of the Lord?

Guiltlessness (justification), righteousness and holiness of behavior (sanctification), and joyful, strict obedience to the Lord (consecration).

123. When will the necessary Divine power be forthcoming?

When we are eligible to receive it.

124. How is the authority of the blood in spiritual warfare demonstrated?

By the fact that the armies of Heaven follow the Commander in Chief whose robe is dipped in blood.

125. How are righteousness and holiness of thought and conduct created in us?

Through the Word of God, through the Life that is in the body and blood of Christ, and through the resurrection Life of the Holy Spirit who is working in us.

126. What is true of us when we are walking in the darkness of sin?

We are spiritually weak. We go down in defeat. We are deceived and led astray. We are distracted, double-minded, weak from guilt and fear. When we are walking in darkness we cannot possibly fight victoriously against the darkness.

127. What is the fine linen in which the armies of Heaven are clothed?

The righteous conduct of the saints.

128. What is the “word of our testimony”?

That which our personality is declaring to be true of the God of Heaven and of Christ His Son. A pure life plus spiritual power are the two horns of the testimony. A holy life and works of power both come from the Holy Spirit, not from the adamic nature.

129. How is obedience prepared in us?

As God requires distasteful duty of us and we remain faithful.

130. What finally will bring the Church to the level of spiritual strength at which the kingdom of darkness can be destroyed?

The quality of strict obedience to the Father.

131. When will the entire structure of sin and rebellion be crushed by the authority and power of Christ?

When the true Church, the refined remnant, learns to bow in obedience before Christ, dying to its own ambitions and self-aggrandizement.

132. Read Revelation 17:14; Romans 5:19.

“These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.” (Revelation 17:14)
For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous. (Romans 5:19)

133. What does obedience to God bring to us?

The Lord becomes increasingly able to destroy the kingdom of darkness in us and in those to whom we are ministering.

134. When is God extremely pleased?

When we are obedient under painful, difficult conditions.

135. What brought imputed (ascribed) righteousness to Abraham?

Believing what God said to him concerning children yet unborn.

136. What brought holiness to Abraham?

Walking before God and becoming perfect in behavior.

137. What brought the fullness of fruitfulness and rulership to Abraham?

Obeying God throughout an agonizingly painful trial of his faith.

138. What is true of the moral law?

The moral law remains eternally the same because its principles are based on spiritual realities, not on temporary covenants, circumstances, or environments.

139. What is the difference between the old covenant and the new covenant?

Under the new covenant we receive more help (grace) from God so we can attain righteous, holy, and obedient conduct of living.

140. Into what moral image are the saints being changed?

The moral image of the Lord Jesus Christ.

141. What does the Body of Christ possess, through the Holy Spirit?

The keys of the Kingdom of God, the key of David: the authority and power under Christ to loose and to bind, to remit sin and to bind over to judgment.

142. Who is responsible for the driving of Satan from the earth?

Mankind.

143. What is possible to man because of Christ?

Through Christ man can regain his inheritance.

144. Read Daniel 7:22.

“until the Ancient of Days came, and a judgment was made in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for the saints to possess the kingdom. (Daniel 7:22)

145. Where is the wall against sin and rebellion being constructed now?

The wall is Christ being formed in the personalities of the victorious saints.

146. Through what instrument will the Day of the Lord be executed?

The saints.

God’s Servant Rules the Creation of God

147. Read Isaiah 51:16; Matthew 28:18; Ephesians 1:10.

And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, that I may plant the heavens, lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’” (Isaiah 51:16)
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. (Matthew 28:18)
that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. (Ephesians 1:10)

148. Who is seated on the highest throne of all?

Jesus Christ.

149. Who are the “heirs” of salvation?

The saints.

150. What is the destiny of “man”?

To rule the creation of God.

151. With what has man been crowned?

Glory and honor.

152. How much of the creation has been placed in subjection to Christ-filled man?

All.

153. Of what does a considerable portion of our Christian experience consist?

God gently but firmly removing our bondages and giving us dominion in Christ over things, relationships, and circumstances.

154. Read I Corinthians 3:21-23; Hebrews 2:9,10.

Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours:
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come—all are yours.
And you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s. (I Corinthians 3:21-23)
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. (Hebrews 2:9,10)

155. Why did God bring Jesus along the pathway of suffering?

Because to Jesus has been assigned the rule, under God, of the entire creation in accordance with that which God has promised concerning man.

156. What is necessary if we are to attain our inheritance?

Much suffering.

157. Where does each saint learn obedience to God?

In the school of suffering.

158. What does the saint receive in himself when he obeys God in the unpleasant trials as well as in the more joyous experiences?

The power of instinctive obedience.

159. What are perfected in the wilderness of testing and waiting?

Our faith and obedience.

160. What may happen if we force ourselves out of the prison in which God has placed us?

We may be captured and given a longer sentence.

161. Why is Christ not ashamed to call us brothers?

Christ and the members of His Church are all of God, having been born of the one Father in Heaven.

162. What are we Christians being made?

The new covenant, the Word of God, the Arm of the Lord.

163. Read Isaiah 40:10.

Behold, the Lord GOD shall come with a strong hand, and His arm shall rule for Him; Behold, His reward is with Him, and His work before Him. (Isaiah 40:10)

THE SERVANT FULFILLS THE PURPOSES OF GOD

1. Read Isaiah 43:21.

This people I have formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise. (Isaiah 43:21)

2. When do we gain a true perspective concerning all God is accomplishing through Christ?

When we begin to grasp the fact that God has goals toward which He is working in terms of His own desires.

3. What impression are today’s believers left with?

All the promises of the Scriptures belong to them by the mere fact that they have read them and assented to them as being Divinely given.

4. What takes place in us every day when we are abiding in Jesus?

Part of our adamic personality is brought down to death and in its place is given part of the Divine Life of Christ.

5. When are we truly born again in the mature sense?

When Christ is fully formed in us.

6. What may be one of the greatest errors of our time?

The idea that one cannot lose what is given at the time of accepting Christ.

7. What is true of ministers who do not stress the severity of God?

They are misrepresenting God.

8. Where, in the Scriptures, can we observe the concept of a remnant of Israel bringing victory to the remainder of the nation?

In Gideon’s 300, in the victory of David over Goliath, and in the mighty men of David who were more capable in battle than was true of the rest of the nation.

9. Why may our own day be especially significant in terms of the nobility of the Kingdom of God?

It is time to “take” the Kingdom, and many of those who are willing to follow Jesus in the face of Antichrist and the lawlessness of the last days will be first in the Kingdom.

10. What distinction is made in the second and third chapters of the Book of Revelation?

Between those who overcome and those who do not overcome.

11. What does the Lord seek to do to each saint?

The Lord seeks to “slay” him just as He sought to “slay” Moses.

12. Name six of the principal purposes of God that will be fulfilled through the Servant of the Lord.

To bring forth sons of God, brothers of Christ, a wife for the Lamb, saints—each of whom is in the very image of the Lord Jesus.

To establish a godly, creative, beneficial, and joyous rulership over the creation of God.

To fill every creature and thing in the heavens and on the earth with the Person of Christ, filling all with Him and centering all on Him.

To create a living temple for God that eternally will be the visible expression of the invisible God.

To execute the judgment of God until all unrighteousness has been destroyed out of the universe.

To display the heavenly Lampstand—Christ and His Body, the shining of the radiantly beautiful Light of God so that every corner of the creation is illuminated with the knowledge of the Person, way, and will of the Lord.

God’s Servant Is in the Image of God

13. Read Genesis 1:26,27; Romans 8:29.

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. (Genesis 1:26,27)

14. What is the complete image of God?

Male and female.

15. What does the Word of God contain within itself?

All the authority, all the power, all the wisdom, all the resources necessary to bring into being the totality of that which has been spoken by the Lord.

16. What is governing every fact of history?

The original proclamation concerning mankind.

17. How does God view each Christian?

Perfect in Christ and as possessing extraordinary fruitfulness and dominion.

18. Into what are we to strive to enter?

Into that rest, into that completed work of God that has been finished in God’s mind from the creation of the world.

19. What aspects of our inheritance depend on our being in the image of God?

We must be in the image of God in order to come into the fullness of our inheritance as sons.

We must be in the image of God in order to be the brothers of Christ.

We must be in the image of God in order to be part of the Wife of the Lamb.

We must be in the image of God if we are to be given dominion over the works of God’s hands and are to be able to govern the creation properly.

We must be in the image of God if we are to accomplish the filling of the heavens and the earth with the image of Christ.

We must be in the image of God in order to be the Temple of God.

We must be in the image of God if we are to be able to execute the judgment of God upon all unrighteousness.

We must be in the image of God in order to be the light of the world, the holy Jerusalem.

20. What does it mean to be in the image of God?

It means to be like Christ in spirit, in soul, and in body.

21. Why does the Lamb long for His bride with such intensity?

She is an integral part of Himself, being created from His body and blood. She is His very Being.

22. Read I Corinthians 6:17.

But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. (I Corinthians 6:17)

23. What is true of the individual who is joined to the Lord?

He is one Spirit with the Lord.

24. Read II Corinthians 7:1.

Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. (II Corinthians 7:1)

25. What is the soul of man?

His will, his power of judgment, his self, the basis of his unique personality.

26. Read Leviticus 26:11,15.

I will set My tabernacle among you, and My soul shall not abhor you.
and if you despise My statutes, or if your soul abhors My judgments, so that you do not perform all My commandments, but break My covenant, (Leviticus 26:11,15)

27. What was true of the soul of Adam?

It was blank—a slate on which no one had written.

28. Who was the first man on the earth to be perfectly and completely in the image of God?

The Lord Jesus Christ.

29. Read Ezekiel 1:26-28.

And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it.
Also from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around.
Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking. (Ezekiel 1:26-28)

30. What is true of our temporary attributes?

They are shadowy forms of God’s eternal attributes and powers.

31. What is true of Christ’s mortal body now?

It no longer is bound by the limitations of human physiological processes. Also, His body has been glorified—invested with majesty and capabilities of Divine power and glory.

32. Will the Lord discard our present body or will He transform it?

Transform it.

33. What is taking place in our spirit in the present hour?

Our spirit is being made holy.

Our spirit is receiving the Life of the Holy Spirit and is increasing daily in the knowledge of the Glory of the Lord.

We are being created in the image of God in our spirit.

All uncleanness is being removed from our spirit as we wash our robes and make them white in the blood of the Lamb.

34. What is taking place in our soul?

Our soul is being transformed completely, something like that of a caterpillar being changed into a butterfly.

The Substance of Christ has been born in our soul.

Through the Word of God, the body and blood of Christ, and the Holy Spirit, our soul is being broken and re-created into the moral character of Christ.

35. In what does the new covenant result?

The total transformation of our spirit and soul into the image of the Glory of the Lord.

36. What will be true of our physical body when our spirit and soul have been filled with life and power?

Our physical body with its appetites and limitations no longer will be a suitable covering and vehicle for our spirit and soul.

37. What will be true of our new body?

The new body will be perfectly suited to our transformed spirit and soul.

38. Of what are the Lamb and His Wife the complete fulfillment?

The Lamb and His Wife are the complete fulfillment of the Word of God concerning “man.”

God’s Servant Fills the Universe with the Image of Christ

39. Read Genesis 22:17,18.

“blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
“In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” (Genesis 22:17,18)

40. Who is Christ?

The beloved Son in whom God is well pleased. Christ is the Word of God from the beginning, the express image of God’s Person, God’s Being, God’s will, God’s way, God’s holiness, God’s love.

41. What is God’s determination?

To fill the creation with the image of Christ and to center everything in Him.

42. What is the only creature that can be transformed into the image of Christ?

A human being.

43. Read Colossians 1:15-18.

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. (Colossians 1:15-18)

44. What method will God use to fill the universe with the image of Christ?

The creation of a company of brothers, of holy ones who themselves are the image of Christ.

45. Read Romans 8:29; Philippians 1:20.

For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. (Romans 8:29)
according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. (Philippians 1:20)

46. What is the Church?

The enlargement, the magnification of the image of Christ. The Church is the fullness, the completion of Christ. The Church is the Body of Christ, the Body of the Servant of the Lord.

47. What is the destiny of God’s Israel?

To “blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.”

48. How will the member of the Body of Christ be readily identifiable to the peoples of the earth?

The people will see in blazing light upon him the name of God, the name of the holy city of God, and the new name of Christ.

49. What are the saints to portray in themselves?

The supreme lordship of Jesus.

50. Read Ephesians 1:22,23.

And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. (Ephesians 1:22,23)

51. Who is bringing about the total destruction of the adversary and all of his forces?

The Holy Spirit of God in the saints.

God’s Servant Is the Temple of God

52. Read Isaiah 66:1; Acts 7:48,49.

Thus says the LORD: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest? (Isaiah 66:1)
“However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:
‘Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What house will you build for Me? says the LORD, or what is the place of My rest? (Acts 7:48,49)

53. What is the eternal House of God, the place of God’s rest?

The Lord Jesus Christ and His Body.

54. Read Hebrews 12:22,23; Psalms 68:16.

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just [righteous] men made perfect, (Hebrews 12:22,23)
Why do you fume with envy, you mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain [Zion, the Body of Christ] which God desires to dwell in; Yes, the LORD will dwell in it forever. (Psalms 68:16)

55. What is the “hill” in which God will dwell forever?

Zion, the Body of Christ.

56. What is true as the Body of Christ grows toward maturity and unity?

The Lord God increasingly is able to settle down to rest in the Church.

57. Read Ephesians 2:20-22; 3:16-19.

having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,
in whom the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. (Ephesians 2:20-22)
that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man [transformation],
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—
to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:16-19)

58. What must take place in a believer before he can be filled with “all the fulness of God”?

He must be “strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man.”

59. Where is the only place God will dwell?

In Christ.

60. Read John 14:10,23.

“Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.
Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make Our home with him. (John 14:10,23)

61. What must we do in order to become the eternal abode of God in Christ?

We must continue to abide in Christ and walk in His Word.

62. Read John 17:21-23.

“that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that you sent Me.
“And the glory which you gave Me I have given them [His body], that they may be one just as we are one:
“I in them, and you in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that you have sent Me, and have loved them as you have loved Me. (John 17:21-23)

63. What is the holy city, the new Jerusalem?

The fullness of all God has purposed in Christ, in the Church, in the Servant of the Lord.

64. Read Revelation 21:2,3.

Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God [the Church] is with men [the saved nations], and He will dwell with them, and they [the nations] shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. (Revelation 21:2,3)

65. Why does God dwell in Christ in the Church?

In order that He may be present with the nations of saved peoples of the earth.

66. What is God’s purpose in the Servant of the Lord?

To bring justice and truth to the nations.

67. What are we Christians beginning to recognize?

We can do nothing of ourselves.

68. Read Revelation 21:22.

But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. (Revelation 21:22)

69. How will the peoples of the earth view the new Jerusalem?

As the tabernacle of God, the walled area within which the Creator dwells.

70. Read Hebrews 8:11.

“None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. (Hebrews 8:11)

71. What does the absence of a temple signify?

The absence of a temple signifies that God is present in open revelation before the adoring eyes of His saints.

72. Read Exodus 19:5,6; I Peter 2:9.

‘Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.
‘And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.” (Exodus 19:5,6)
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; (I Peter 2:9)

73. What is every member of the Seed of Abraham destined to be?

A priest, a holy person, a prophet, a witness of God’s Person and eternal purpose.

74. Read Isaiah 60:22.

A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation. I, the LORD, will hasten it in its time.” (Isaiah 60:22)

75. Why will God move His throne from Heaven to the earth?

In order to demonstrate fully that all authority has passed from the heavens to the earth; that to man has been given, in accordance with the Scriptures, rulership over all the works of God’s hands.

76. What will be true of God’s sons when His work has been brought to completion?

They will be in His image and will be crowned with glory and honor; their fruitfulness and dominion will be great and will fill the entire creation.

77. What will be true of Christ when the entire creation has been brought totally under His power?

Christ Himself will be subject to the Father.

God’s Servant Is the Light of the World

78. Read Isaiah 60:1-3.

Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you.
For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but the LORD will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you.
The Gentiles [nations] shall come to your [God’s elect] light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. (Isaiah 60:1-3)

79. How do we know that the “light” of Genesis 1:3 was more than physical light?

The light was “divided” from the darkness; and there was no physical source, apparently, from which the light originated.

80. What was the “light” of Genesis 1:3?

The Word of God—Christ.

81. Of what does a great part of the Christian life consist?

Our cooperating with the Holy Spirit as He separates the light from the darkness in us so we can identify clearly the point of origin of our deeds, our words, and our thoughts.

82. From what source did the material creation come into existence?

The Word of God.

83. What is the “light” that is going to arise upon the Servant of the Lord?

The Glory of Christ—the Light that God separated from the darkness in the beginning.

84. Read I John 1:4-9.

And these things we write to you that your joy may be full.
This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.
If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another [with God], and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (I John 1:4-9)

85. What is the Light of men?

The eternal Life that is in Christ.

86. What is one of the greatest of the problems found among the Christian churches?

We tell about the Light but do not reveal the Light Himself.

87. Who always is involved in any testimony that has eternal significance?

The Holy Spirit.

88. What is one important means of revealing the Light of God?

Mighty signs and wonders.

89. Read John 5:36; Hebrews 2:4.

“But I have a greater witness than John’s; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very works that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me. (John 5:36)
God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will? (Hebrews 2:4)

90. What is a second means of revealing the true Light of God?

The gifts and ministries distributed by the Holy Spirit.

91. Read I Corinthians 12:11.

But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills. (I Corinthians 12:11)

92. What are the gifts of the Spirit?

They are the abilities given by the resurrected and ascended Christ and brought to us through the Spirit of God.

93. What is being used today to take the place of the manifestation of the Spirit of God?

Music.

94. What is a third means of bearing witness of Christ?

Teaching, living by, and holding fast to the words of the Scriptures, both of the Old Testament and the New Testament.

95. Read II Corinthians 3:6.

who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. (II Corinthians 3:6)

96. Who or what is the only source of eternal life?

Christ.

97. When are the Scriptures a true witness of Christ?

Only when the Spirit of God employs them, investing them with the Life they describe.

98. What is formed in our hearts as we follow the Lord faithfully and consistently?

The Day Star—Christ.

99. What was the sin of the Pharisees?

Worshiping the Scriptures instead of Christ.

100. What is a fourth means of bearing witness of Christ?

Telling others of our personal experiences with Christ.

101. Read Acts 22:15; Matthew 5:16.

‘For you will be His witness to all men of what you have seen and heard. (Acts 22:15)
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5:16)

102. What is the clearest revelation of all, to men and angels, of the truth concerning God Almighty?

A godly, upright life, having been created so by the Virtue of God.

The effect of the other means we have mentioned of bearing witness to the Light is greatly weakened and sometimes destroyed altogether when unclean behavior is practiced by a believer in Christ.

104. How is godly behavior a means to the end?

It is a means to the end in that if we keep the commandments of the Lord and His Apostles, Christ will come to us and make His abode with us.

105. How is godly behavior the end itself?

It is the end itself in that the image of Christ is godly personality and behavior, and we have been predestined to be changed into the image of Christ.

106. What happens as more and more of our personality is filled with Christ?

We become part of the Light itself, the Light of the new Jerusalem.

107. What is another manner in which the saints become the Light itself?

In the last days the fullness of the anointing of the Spirit will come upon Israel, upon the saints of the Lord.

108. Read Isaiah 60:2.

For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but the LORD will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you. (Isaiah 60:2)

109. What do we possess at the present time?

A firstfruits of the Holy Spirit.

110. Read Romans 8:23; Joel 2:23; Haggai 2:9.

Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. (Romans 8:23)
Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God; for He has given you the former rain faithfully, and He will cause the rain to come down for you—the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. (Joel 2:23)
‘The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,’ says the LORD of hosts. ‘And in this place I will give peace,’ says the LORD of hosts.” (Haggai 2:9)

111. What is the new covenant fulfillment of the old covenant feast of Tabernacles?

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit dwelling in the members of the Church.

112. What is the third way in which the saints themselves become the light of the world?

As they die and the resurrection Life of the Lord Jesus shines from them.

113. Read Galatians 2:20; II Corinthians 4:11.

“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)
For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. (II Corinthians 4:11)

114. What is true of every person on the earth who does not possess Christ?

He is abiding in darkness and death.

115. Read I John 1:1,2.

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life—
the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us— (I John 1:1,2)

116. Who will see God?

Only the pure in heart.

117. Of what does the new covenant consist?

People in whose mind and heart has been written the Word, the Torah, of God.

118. What happens when the Spirit of God reveals to us the glory of Jesus Christ?

We are changed into the same image.

119. Read II Corinthians 3:18; 4:6.

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. (II Corinthians 3:18)
For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (II Corinthians 4:6)

120. What does increasing freedom from sin bring to us?

Increasing ability to receive resurrection life in our spirit, in our soul, and—when Jesus returns—in our mortal body.

121. Who is the map, the road, and the destination?

The Lord Jesus Christ.

122. What will be true of us if we endure patiently until our course has been completed?

We will be ready for the fullness of resurrection life when Jesus returns.

123. Read Revelation 21:10,11.

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. (Revelation 21:10,11)

124. Where is the virtue of the holy city being formed now?

In the hearts of the saints.

125. What is the beauty of the new Jerusalem?

The beauty of holiness.

126. Read Revelation 21:23,24; 22:5.

The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.
And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. (Revelation 21:23,24)
There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever. (Revelation 22:5)

God’s Servant Is Messiah Who Is To Come

127. Read Isaiah 49:6.

Indeed He says, ‘It is too small a thing that you should be My Servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also give you as a light to the Gentiles, that you should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.’” (Isaiah 49:6)

128. What is one reason why the Lord Jesus did not set up the Kingdom of God on the earth at His first coming?

God is waiting for sin to come to maturity.

129. Read Genesis 15:16.

“But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.” (Genesis 15:16)

130. What is a second reason for the delay?

God desires that all people come to repentance.

131. Read II Peter 3:9.

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. (II Peter 3:9)

132. What is a third reason for the delay?

The Body of Christ, the fullness of the Anointed One, was not in existence when Christ first came to the earth.

133. What is necessary for accomplishing God’s eternal purposes?

Offenses must come.

134. Read Micah 5:2,3.

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.”
Therefore He shall give them [Jews] up, until the time that she who is in labor [Church] has given birth [to Christ in them]; then the remnant of His brethren [sons of God] shall return to the children of Israel. (Micah 5:2,3)

135. Who are “the remnant of His brothers”?

The members of Christ’s Body, the victorious saints of the last days.

136. Read Micah 5:4; John 17:23; Ephesians 1:22,23.

And He shall stand and feed [or shepherd] His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD His God; and they shall abide, for now He [Christ] shall be great to the ends of the earth; (Micah 5:4)
“I in them, and you in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that you have sent Me, and have loved them as you have loved Me. (John 17:23)
And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. (Ephesians 1:22,23)

137. To whom does the burden of prophecy always apply?

The Babe of Bethlehem and those who belong to Him.

138. Read I Peter 1:12; Galatians 3:19.

To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things which angels desire to look into. (I Peter 1:12)
What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator. (Galatians 3:19)

139. Which of the utterances of the prophets apply to physical Israel?

Those dealing with the flesh and blood issues of their own day or with some physical characteristic of their future history.

140. Who is the only true Israel of God?

Those who are part of Christ.

141. What may be the clearest prophetic picture of Christ to be found in the entire Scriptures?

The Tabernacle of the Congregation.

142. Who is the Head of Christ?

God Himself, the Mercy Seat, representing Christ’s Head.

143. What does the Lid of Atonement reveal to us?

The desire of God to reconcile to Himself the fallen race of man.

144. What do the two covering cherubim portray?

God’s fiery holiness and God’s abundant love.

145. What three items were inside the Ark of the Covenant?

The Ten Commandments (the law of God written in the mind and heart).

The memorial jar of manna (representing continual reliance on every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God).

Aaron’s rod that budded (the power of endless, incorruptible life that abides in and upon every priest whom God has chosen to stand before Himself).

146. What does the Altar of Incense symbolize?

The voice of Christ continually offering to God worship, supplication, and intercession.

147. What is represented by the golden Lampstand?

The fullness of the seven Spirits of God who dwell without measure in and upon Christ.

148. What is typified by the Table of Showbread?

The body and blood of Christ, the Divine Substance that is the Bread of God “which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

149. Who, or what, is the Tree of Life?

The Lord Jesus the Christ.

150. Read Revelation 22:2.

In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. (Revelation 22:2)

151. Of whom, or of what, is the new Jerusalem itself a portrayal?

Of Jesus Christ; of each saint who has come to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; and of God in Jesus in all the true saints.

152. What is the meaning of the bronze Laver?

The hip area of the Servant of the Lord; the Laver speaks of the righteousness, holiness, and obedience produced by the “washing of water by the word.”

153. What form the basis for fruitfulness and dominion?

Righteousness, holiness, and obedience to God.

154. What are portrayed by the bronze Altar of Burnt Offering?

The feet of the Servant of the Lord.

155. What still binds mankind and nature?

The original curse.

156. What did Christ’s death on the cross remove from Satan?

All legal right to the creation of God.

157. In what manner is the ministry of Christ continuing?

The Substance of the resurrected Christ has been sown, and yet is being sown, in millions of devout believers. A stupendously great harvest of Christ is appearing on the horizon.

158. When will full deliverance for the earth be possible?

When the Church is walking in Kingdom righteousness and power.

159. What will take place as a result of the Glory that is to be revealed in the sons of God?

The entire creation will be released into the liberty that always results from the Divine Glory.

160. What do the members of the Body of Christ show in themselves each day?

The death and resurrection of Christ.

161. What much each saint grasp?

That for which he has been grasped by the Lord.

162. What will be true of us if we remain steadfast in our hope in Christ?

We will serve God as an integral part of the eternal Servant of the Lord.

(“A Study Guide For ‘Behold My Servant!’”, 3647-1)