The Bible is a book of eating. It is not a book of doctrines but a book of eating and enjoyment.

"With enjoyment there is rejoicing, and the best eating is a joyful eating, an eating with rejoicing."

The Bible begins with eating in Genesis 2 and ends with eating in Revelation 22. In the Old Testament four categories of eating are revealed, and throughout the New Testament, we see the matter of eating the Lord Jesus, partaking of Christ, and enjoying the riches of Christ. As we enjoy the riches of Christ, we grow, and this growth is for the building up of the Body of Christ. The church is the Body of Christ, the fullness of the One who fills all in all. The fullness of Christ comes from our eating and enjoying the riches of Christ. The unique way for the riches of Christ to issue in the built-up Body of Christ is by our partaking of, that is, eating, these riches. Today what Christ needs is not a group of people who hold to various doctrines and practices but a Body that feeds on Him, grows with Him, and is transformed by Him to eventually become His fullness. The Lord’s intention is to gain such a Body, and this is what He is working to accomplish.