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Modern people live a convenient life. Everything is ready. Most of us don’t need to fight to live or eat, and even our cooking, cleaning and travel are made easy by modern technology and infrastructure. But when you are out in the wilderness, life is very raw.

Paul writes that God has made us “sufficient as ministers of a new covenant.” But what does serving or ministering in the ministry of this new covenant look like, and what is the end goal for our serving? In 2 Corinthians 3 and 4, Paul refers to this ministry as not of the letter, but of life through the Spirit.

Today, there are many people who can read the Bible. There are also many ways to read the Bible. Scholars may study the Bible, and good Christians may look to the Bible for guidance. But when we touch the word, how often do we truly receive nutrients from the Lord’s words?

According to the Bible, the church era is confined in time and space, bounded by two dispensational signs: the Lord’s first coming and the Lord’s second coming. We find ourselves in this very scenario — sojourning in the wilderness, awaiting His return, surviving through gathering and eating manna.

Today, the church is sojourning in the wilderness. How do we make our way through this journey? Those who have a life relationship with God see the signposts that lead us station by station toward the good land.

Read part 1 here. Read part 2 here. Read part 3 here. Throughout the entire Bible until today, God is only after this one thing: gaining His people — His overcomers — unto the fulfillment...

After Saul’s exposure at Gilgal and his removal from the kingship, Saul’s life fell into a steep decline. We see that “the Spirit of Jehovah departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Jehovah terrorized him” (1 Sam. 16:14). This Spirit of Jehovah was the Spirit that once rushed After Saul’s exposure at Gilgal and his removal from the kingship, Saul’s life fell into a steep decline.

Gilgal is a milestone in every true believer’s walk. While Gilgal was the place where Saul was made king before Jehovah in a glorious beginning, it was also where he was exposed by Samuel’s judgment, and where he was rejected by God from the kingship. Gilgal, furthermore, was also the place where Samuel hewed Agag, king of the Amalekites, to pieces — slaying the flesh completely (11:15; 15:33).

Why, today, are we not reigning in the church life? What keeps us from entering into the reality of the kingship, and from living out this victorious and reigning kingdom life among us today? The church life today is all about the birthright, and the birthright is given to those through whom God can move the dispensation.