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Laboring on the good land, laboring in the morning,
Laboring through the noontime to the early eve,
Laboring for a harvest, reaping all the produce,
Coming to the meeting, bringing in the sheaves.
Laboring through the noontime to the early eve,
Laboring for a harvest, reaping all the produce,
Coming to the meeting, bringing in the sheaves.
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
Here we are rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves!
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
Here we are rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves!
Here we are rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves!
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
Here we are rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves!
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Reaping wheat and barley, death and resurrection,
Though the loss sustained our old man often grieves;
But in life abundant, life in resurrection,
Coming to the meeting, bringing in the sheaves.
Though the loss sustained our old man often grieves;
But in life abundant, life in resurrection,
Coming to the meeting, bringing in the sheaves.
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Grain and wine and oil—bringing in the surplus
Of the wheat and barley, vine and olive trees:
Wine to cause rejoicing, oil to give anointing,
Bringing in the top tenth, bringing in the sheaves.
Of the wheat and barley, vine and olive trees:
Wine to cause rejoicing, oil to give anointing,
Bringing in the top tenth, bringing in the sheaves.
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THE LAND,
THE SEED,
AND THE PRODUCE
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What they produced from laboring on the good land was of two kingdoms: the vegetable kingdom and the animal kingdom. In the vegetable kingdom there were mainly three things: wheat to produce the flour, olive trees to produce the olive oil, and grapevines to produce the wine. The second kingdom was the animal kingdom that produces oxen and sheep (Deut. 14:22-23). All these things are very, very meaningful. The good land is Christ. God has given Him to us as the good land. The seed is also Christ. Both the land and the seed are Christ. Now God charges us to labor on Christ with Christ. Daily we have to labor on Christ with Christ. Then we will have the produce. Every day we will have the produce. We live by this produce, which is also Christ. The land is Christ, the seed is Christ, and the produce is Christ. The land is Christ not yet labored on; the seed is Christ not yet sown into the land; the produce is Christ labored on, sown, and reaped. Once there is the reaping, we need to eat for our living. We live by the very Christ whom we labor on and whom we have sown into the good land and who now becomes our produce.
Then we bring the top portion, the top tenth, of this Christ whom we have labored on, whom we have sown, whom we have reaped, and whom we have enjoyed to the meeting to present Him to God as food and to have a feast for all the saints to eat together with God.
Experiencing Christ
as the Offerings
for the Church Meetings
Chapter 5 CWWL, 1982, vol. 1
(LSM)
Flushing, NY, United States
The Lord is using this hymn to remind us we need to labor on the word so we can go out to sow may also reap !
Naivasha, Nakuru, Kenya
Amen. Bringing The Christ that we have laboured
Germany
Beaudiful