Seeing God’s Economy in 1 and 2 Kings
“And to enlighten all that they may see what the economy of the mystery is, which throughout the ages has been hidden in God, who created all things.” (Eph. 3:9)
The Bible is a book of God’s economy. God’s economy, the key to the Bible, is the Triune God with His plan and arrangement to dispense Himself in His Divine Trinity into His chosen, redeemed, and regenerated people as their life, their life supply, and their everything to make them His corporate expression, initially as the Body of Christ and ultimately as the New Jerusalem. If we see that God’s economy is the key to the Bible, we will use this key in our study of every book of the Bible. If we see this key and use it, the Bible will become to us what it is to God—the revelation of the divine economy.
Apparently, the books of 1 and 2 Kings are the history of the kings of Israel. Actually, 1 and 2 Kings were written in the inspiration of the Holy Spirit in the way of being related to God’s eternal economy, which is unveiled and conveyed through typology and carried out by His elect on the earth. (Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings, msg. 1, I, C-C.2; Key Statement 1)
Let us pray that all the saints would see a fresh vision of God’s economy as the key to study every book of the Bible, particularly 1 and 2 Kings.
International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones
The International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones will take place this weekend, October 7 to 9, both in-person in Anaheim and by video around the globe. The general subject is “Loving the Lord and Loving One Another for the Organic Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ.”
Please pray for the release of the Lord’s word and burden this weekend. Pray that all the elders and responsible brothers throughout the Lord’s recovery will receive and enter into the burden of this training and cooperate with the Lord for His will to be done on earth and for His eternal purpose to be fulfilled.
UCLA
Thank you for all your prayers for UCLA over these last three weeks. We have clearly sensed the Lord’s blessing because of the prayer of all the saints! So far, more than 25 new ones have joined us for further welcome events, including some who are very new to the Lord. We enjoyed a word from Colossians 1:23 that this quarter the students would “continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast and not being moved away from the hope of the gospel.”
As the UCLA students begin their second full week of classes, please continue to pray for the Lord to shepherd each of these sheep in the coming weeks and connect them fully with His flock! Pray especially that these ones would have a way to be connected with more saints in the church through small groups and visitation to be gained for His testimony!
Bibles for America
At the end of September, we received a shipment of 118,000 copies of the NT Recovery Version in English at our distribution center in Anaheim. An additional 100,000 Bibles are scheduled to be delivered in January of 2023. We thank the Lord for the 2 million Bibles that we’ve been able to give away thus far, and we look to Him that we’ll be able to give away another 3 million Bibles in the next 10 years.
Please pray that the Lord would be our wisdom to reach more people with the free offer of a NT Recovery Version through various types of advertising and promotion. Pray also that all those who receive these Bibles would be enlightened and nourished by the interpreted Word of God.
India
Pray for the distribution of the NT Recovery Version in the Indian languages of Malayalam, Mizo, Tamil and Telugu, and for the readers of these Bibles to be brought into the full knowledge of the truth.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the second largest country by area in Africa (after Algeria). With close to 90 million people, it is the fourth most populous country in Africa (after Nigeria, Ethiopia and Egypt) and the most populous French-speaking country in the world.
Over 600 saints are enjoying the Lord in 12 localities. There has been increased fellowship among the saints in major cities, including the capital of Kinshasa. The Lord has accomplished this through contacts by a Congolese brother living in Brazil. Praise the Lord for the joints of rich supply in the Body! We pray that there can be more such fellowship with saints in the Body.
To read more about the church life in Central Africa, including Cameroon, see the September issue of the Lord’s Move to Africa newsletter:
http://www.lmafrica.org/images/LMAfrica_Newsletter_September_2022_English.pdf (English)
http://www.lmafrica.org/images/LMAfrica_Newsletter_September_2022_Chin_Simplified.pdf (Chinese)
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 1 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: NO MEETING this Wednesday, October 5. The live broadcast will resume at 7:25 pm on October 12. Past messages may be found at http://www.lsmwebcast.com.
- Benson Phillips Memorial Meeting: A memorial meeting will be held this Lord’s Day, October 9 at 2:30 pm at the MCC in Anaheim. It will also be live-streamed at http://www.memorial-meeting.org.
- LA Joint Meeting: Lord’s Day morning, October 23 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
- North American Korean-speaking Conference: October 29 to 30 on Zoom.
- Thanksgiving Conference: Saints from LA planning to attend the in-person sessions November 24 to 27 in Washington, DC are asked to RSVP by October 31 at http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla (adults) and http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingchildrenla (children). All conference and hotel information is posted at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- December Semiannual Training: December 26 to 31, conducted live in Anaheim and by video via Zoom. Registration for LA saints starts this Lord’s Day and will remain open until October 30 (live) and December 11 (video). To read the September issue of LSM’s newsletter, which contains helpful fellowship on the purpose of training donations, maintaining the standard of video trainings, and praying for the semiannual trainings, go to http://newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
- SoCal Labor Day Conference: Recordings are available at http://churchinanaheim.org/laborday.
- Ways to Give: Information about the church’s online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.