Gain Gold and Be Golden

The tabernacle in the book of Exodus is a type of oneness of the Body of Christ. As I entered into the ministry of the Word on "oneness" with the "tabernacle" as a picture, the Lord touched me and reminded me of my urgent need for three important items:

1. The Golden Ring : A ring is for beautification and discernment. To be beautified by the Spirit of God and discerning with the Spirit of God. This golden ring signified by the initial spirit received at the time of regeneration, bringing into us the diving life and the divine nature, thereby beautifying us with God as the golden ring! And with these life and nature of God we begin to have discernment of what is of God and  what is not of God. This is the first prerequisite towards genuine oneness.
2. The Overlaying of Gold: The standing board made of acacia wood were overlaid with gold. This signifies our transformed humanity needs to be overlaid with gold. Only with the overlaying of gold, the forty eight boards have the appearance of one. The overlaying gold make them one. Nothing of the board could be seen, every part is covered with gold. The thicker the gold, the better. The gold should be thick to such an extent that there should be no possibility, no chance, no opportunity for the wood to manifest any of its features--good or bad. This brings in the oneness, the oneness is in the gold! More gold, more oneness; more God, more oneness. Not just that the gold be in us, much more that we be in the gold.
3. The Crossing Bars: Just the initial Spirit bringing us the divine life and nature is not enough, nor with the overlaying of gold. There is a need to inwardly strengthen the standing board by joining them one to one. This needs the crossing bars, to cross through each board and knitting them to be one. This refers to our being dealt with by the Lord through the cross; being able to receive the Lord's supply from other members and also being able to supply other members. Mutuality and coordination is brought in here. For this to happen, we need to love the Lord and one another, pray to Him for one another, open to Him and to one another, get into the Word and into the ministry,....

With these three things, there is the shining and testimony of God expressed through the tabernacle.

Lord this is my need today. Fill me with more of gold and overlay me with more of gold.
That I may gain more of gold, and thus be golden with other saints for the testimony and expression of God!