Section 5
and a house. These are the basic necessities in man's living.
The New Testament indicates that God is our real land. To His chosen people, the children of Israel, God gave a good land, a land flowing with milk and honey. For what purpose did He give them the land? God gave the land to His people so that they would have food for eating. This good land is a type of God in Christ to be the supply for our eating. Eating is a spiritual neces sity, and Christ is the supply to meet this need.
In Psalm 90:1 we see that God is also our dwelling place: "Lord, thou hast been our dwell ing place in all generations." Have you ever real ized that God is your dwelling place? Even in the Old Testament we are told that God was the dwelling place of His chosen people. Therefore, God is our land and also our house, our dwell ing place.
Psalm 16:5 says, "The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup." Here we see that the Lord is our portion for our inheritance and for our cup. He is our portion in two ways— as food for our eating and as a house for our dwelling. According to Psalm 90:1 and Psalm 16:5, God intends to be man's possession, to be man's land and lodging.