It Is A Precious Thing

VI. The true knowledge of Jesus Christ is very precious; to know Him as He was before Abraham was (John 8:58), and to know the knowledge of Him after the flesh passes away. Such know Him to be the tree of life, which grows in the midst of the garden of God (Genesis 2:8-9), and they sit under His shadow with great delight, and His fruit is sweet to their taste (Song of Solomon 2:3). They that eat thereof know that food which the world is ignorant of, and is beyond words (Revelation 2:7). Fruit and eating are more than words. Such are come to witness the gospel promises fulfilled, and they need no man to teach them; no man need to say to his neighbor, know the Lord; for the knowledge of Him abounds in their hearts (Jeremiah 31:33-34).

That which makes the meetings of the righteous to differ from all other meetings in the world, is to feel Jesus, the Savior, in the midst of them, and to feel their hearts and minds in unity and fellowship with Him. This feeling and knowing, transcends all words and professions; for, for a time Christ’s very disciples did not so know Him, while He was with them in that prepared body (Hebrews 10:5); therefore a remnant can call that day blessed, wherein their minds were turned from darkness within, to the Light within, which reveals and makes Christ manifest again (2 Corinthians 4:10-11), as He was with the Father before the world began, and as He was before Abraham was.

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Here is another picture of worship. God’s people are sitting under the shadow of the tree of life, which is Jesus Christ, and are eating the tree’s sweet fruit. This tree of life is found in the garden of God at the beginning (Genesis 2:8-9) and is also found in the New Jerusalem at the end of all things (Revelation 22:2).

True worship happens when Jesus, the tree of life, is in the midst. It is not just a feeling, but it is also a “knowing.” Jesus was present with his disciples in the body that had been prepared for him, but we know him even better, because we are able to know him as he was before the world began.

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