Scripture Reading: Lev. 7:30, 34; 8:27, 29; 9:21; 10:14-15; 14:24; 23:10-12, 17, 20; John 11:25; Rev. 1:18; 2:8; Eph. 2:5-6; Phil. 3:10-11; 2 Cor. 1:9
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The wave offering typifies Christ as the resurrected, living One—Lev. 7:30; 23:10-11; Rev. 1:18; 2:8:
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A portion of the peace offering was "waved as a wave offering before Jehovah"—Lev. 7:30:
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The words waved and wave indicate movement, typifying Christ moving in His resurrection.
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The resurrected Christ is "waving"; that is, He is living.
B
Christ was the first One raised from among the dead, becoming the firstfruits of resurrection typified by the firstfruits waved before Jehovah—1 Cor. 15:20, 23; Lev. 23:10-11; Matt. 28:1, 6:
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Christ as the firstfruits of resurrection is the Firstborn from among the dead that He might be the Head of the Body—Col. 1:18; Eph. 1:20-23.
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Since Christ, the Head of the Body, has been resurrected, we, the Body, also will be resurrected—2:5-6; 1 Cor. 15:52; 2 Cor. 4:14; 1 Thes. 4:16.
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We need to understand the aspects of Christ's resurrection—John 10:18; 2:19; Matt. 16:21; 17:23; Acts 2:32; 3:15; Rom. 6:4:
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Christ's resurrection was God's justification and vindication of Christ's life and work—Acts 3:15; Rom. 4:25.
B
Christ's resurrection was a sign of the success of His achievement—Acts 4:10.
C
Christ's resurrection was His victory over Satan, death, Hades, and the tomb—John 20:5-7; 2 Tim. 1:10; Heb. 2:14; Acts 2:24; Rev. 1:18; 2:8.
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Christ's resurrection was His glorification—Luke 24:26; Acts 3:13a, 15a.
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Christ's resurrection was His birth as the firstborn Son of God—13:33.
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Christ's resurrection was His transfiguration into the life-giving Spirit—1 Cor. 15:45b; 2 Cor. 3:17a.
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Christ's resurrection germinated the new creation—1 Pet. 1:3; 2 Cor. 5:17.
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Christ's resurrection produced the church as His Body, His reproduction—John 12:24; 1 Cor. 10:17; Eph. 1:20-23.
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As members of the Body of Christ, we need to experience Christ in His resurrection and be brought into resurrection—Eph. 2:5-6; Phil. 3:10-11:
A
God is working through the cross to terminate us, to bring us to an end, so that we will no longer trust in ourselves but in the God of resurrection—2 Cor. 1:9.
B
We should aspire to "attain to the out-resurrection from the dead"—Phil. 3:11:
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To arrive at the out-resurrection indicates that our entire being—spirit, soul, and body—has been gradually and continually resurrected.
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To be in the out-resurrection is to leave everything of the old creation and to be brought into God—2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15.
C
Our natural ability must be brought into resurrection so that it may become useful to the Lord—Phil. 3:3-11:
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Natural ability is selfish, and its schemes and devices are for the sake of self; resurrected ability has been broken and is not for self and has no element of self.
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Natural ability is mixed with the elements of flesh and temper; resurrected ability is devoid of the flesh.
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Natural ability involves craftiness and maneuvering; resurrected ability does not scheme.
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Natural ability contains pride and makes oneself feel capable, thereby resulting in boasting and self-glorification; resurrected ability is not proud and does not boast in itself.
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Natural ability is not under the control of the Holy Spirit and is extremely daring in doing anything; resurrected ability is controlled by the Spirit and does not dare act according to one's wishes.
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Natural ability has no regard for the will of God, acting entirely according to self-will; resurrected ability is for the will of God.
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Natural ability does not rely upon God but relies wholly upon self; resurrected ability relies upon God and does not dare act according to self.
D
The budding rod signifies our experience of Christ in His resurrection as our acceptance by God for authority in the God-given ministry—Heb. 9:4; Num. 17:1-10:
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The budding, blossoming, fruit-yielding rod signifies the resurrection life of Christ with its authority—v. 8; John 11:25.
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A ministry attested to and recognized by God is marked by death and resurrection—2 Cor. 4:1, 10-12, 14.
E
As we experience Christ in His resurrection, we are transferred mysteriously into the tribe of "Naphtali" and become spiritual "Naphtalites"—2 Chron. 2:14; 1 Kings 7:14; Gen. 49:21; Psa. 22 (title):
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A portion of the personal history of every Christian should be mysterious, and in this mysterious portion we are transferred into the tribe of Naphtali to live by the resurrected Christ for God's building.
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"Naphtali is a hind let loose; / He gives beautiful words"—Gen. 49:21:
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A hind signifies a person who trusts in God in a desperate situation, who walks upon high places, and who lives in resurrection for the church life—Hab. 3:17-19; Psa. 22:22; Heb. 2:12.
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When we experience Christ as the resurrected One, we become "Naphtalites," filled and bubbling over with beautiful and pleasant words of life—Gen. 49:21; Acts 5:20.