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head, and it ran down upon the beard, upon Aaron’s beard. It
speaks of Christ in His dignity—the Head of the assembly—
and the oil ran down to the hem of his garment. It is the
blessed, gracious, fragrant incense of Christ. God’s Anointed,
permeating the whole system right down to the uttermost
extremity, “as
the dew of Hermon that descendeth on the mountains of Zion”.
It is there in such a place, in such a locality, where brethren
are dwelling together in unity—‘ there hath Jehovah
commanded the blessing, life for evermore’. How urgent then
that we seek to promote these conditions of brethren dwelling
together, for there God commands His blessing. You say, Can
He not command it anywhere? Well, in His sovereignty He can
take up a drunkard in the street and bless him, but there are
conditions which call forth His blessing, and may we all
contribute to them.
In the scripture in Matthew we find someone who touched the
hem of His garment. This poor woman’s life was ebbing out,
and she had been in that problem for twelve years. She came
behind and touched the hem of His garment, “for she said
within herself, if I should only touch his garment I shall be
healed. But Jesus turning and seeing her, said, Be of good
courage, daughter; thy faith has healed thee. And the woman
was healed from that hour”. It suggests the powerful effect of
the headship of Christ operating through His body. She did not
touch Christ directly, she touched the hem of His garment, and
a clear application of that is that where things are right and
normal there is power in contacting the people of God.
Through them you will experience the fulness which flows from
Christ. A wonderful system of help and blessing and healing is
therefore available to us as we come among the people of
God. There is much outwardly that is so humbling, but I would
ask you this question—Has the order of things that has been
set up by Christ on earth, and is maintained by the Spirit,
failed; has it terminated? There is only one answer to that—It