The Pratice and Guidance of Priesthood.
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1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.
2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him—
5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”
7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
8 and, “A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.
9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Priesthood - HOOD !!
Priest - Understanding of caltolic . terms. We cannot limit to caltitimsm God said you are a Priest Hood!! that goes from a single person . When we asemble we come as collective priest . not Just a church we are Priesthood !!
We dont have much conentalization of what a priest his so we don’t value ourself as a priest and our role in the bigger scheme of God .
We need to go from only recipient of grace ( bless me bless me , what is in it for me ) to become the one who stand in Between , an intersors .
A Priest . One who minister to God on behave of the people , and minister to people on behave of God .
In between Person. To be a priest is to have a duality of responsibiltiy .
I go behind the veil i go to represent pple before God and when I come out I came to represent God to the people .
We have a generation that only do things only they can benefit them
They are not taught to Serve , put only thaught to received .
you never train them to serve .
The only know the act of of receiveing not given , the act of taking not serving .
But the Bible Say we are a priest hood , we have a funstion to call to service , we have a Job to do .
A priest Serves - there where no chairs in the tabernacles , their is no place to sit, the praise must to go up contuinaly , the service must to go up contunially and perpectually . But we are in the time that all we do is sit . and it hard to
SIT and Serves at the same time.
Our Fisrt Glims of Priest is God himself
7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”
10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
21 Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.
21 And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.
23 And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;
24 for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.
22 And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.
He broke his sabbath to save his servant .
The Voice of the Lord Walk through the Garden .. the sound has legs.
God moving just been a God to be a priest , So we have a God that go to man because man cannot come to him. it gives us the firs t pattern of priesthood assignement.
Adam did not pray, or sort God but .
God is the one walking and looking for HIM.
Song - No shadow you won’t light us coming after me ..
The Sitting God stood so he can find the falling man, to reach out to us even in our lowest point.
The Divine Priest in God .. he did not send angel . He went HIMSELF .
Angel could not redeemed
21 Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.
God is swowing , God is Created , God walked , God Slay , God Skinned , God Saved . God fixed the whole problem by himeself
God reconsigned man to himselfs ..
The redemeptive power of holy Spirit .
so the priesthood was handed over to us , to generation to generation .
His First Priest in Genesis and the Last Priest in Revelation.
He fromeverlasting to Everlasting
He ever stop to make interssion for us ,and everlasting priest.
His the fisrt and the last
I am god i change not
i am God i am everlasting .
He is Priest ALL by himself and save you by himself .
He save you becuase is was Holy , God , mercy . he save us by himselfs .
You are choosen in the beloved .
He pick you our of the crown, He choose you and santificed you .
The only things that make you survival is that he covered your not that you have not sins. He stiched you back . so no one can see your nakedness.
The First Priest is God HIMSELF
There's no shadow You won't light up
Mountain You won't climb up
Coming after me
There's no wall You won't kick down
Lie You won't tear down
Coming after me
The 2nd Priest hood is Patriarchal Priesthood .
Patriarchal Priesthood , has fall among men and we have able to imitate and replicate what God has done.
Illusatration
1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the Lord.”
2 Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
3 And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord.
4 Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord respected Abel and his offering,
5 but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
6 So the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?
7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”
4 By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.
8 Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
10 And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
Gen 4.. Abel & Cain
Seth .. Men beging to call on the name of the lord
25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, “For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.”
26 And as for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on the name of the Lord.
Seth Created an order of communion !!!
Satan was trying to kill the priest . but God said is hear the blood of abel speak.
Thou his dead his still crying out. the God who is voice walk can hear the blood . Ican hear the blood
Cain kill abel cause he was a priest , Cain hate him cos he his a priest and God accepted his sacrifice ,
their pple that will hate,simply cos you minister unto God , nothing you did , they hate youcos your serve God ,you sing , you have relationshipwith God ,hate you cos of what you did cos you are priest .
They hate cos you love God , cos you serve God , they hate you cos you got releationsip with God .
Cain Kill abel cos the priesthood has falling among men and anytime that happen the kingdom of Devil fight .
You must understand the fight the church Face .
18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
You must understand why the church fight !!!
Satan Hates you cos he lost the Job you now have PRIEST !!!.
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,
15 Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.
You got to say it.
If you have to minister to the Lord you got to open your mouth , the blood speaks even in Death ...
Song .. I will not be silience ..
The Spirit binging to sound within you it is a SOUND..Priest hood Sound!!!
The First Praictice of a PRIEST is SOUND, SPEAKING , SHOUTING . We are a speaking church , we speak the WORD BOLDLY .
19 and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,
20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation Is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
Noan.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
9 This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
1 Then the Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.
2 You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female;
You need to understand covering , the only reason why his family was saved was cos they are under covering ..
The where saved from the flood cosof their releationship with a priest. many christian are not relationship , they are only transational , what is their for me . their something that will come cos you are relational .
Everyhting that was saved cos of relationship…How is your realtionship with GOD .
Preisthood is about RELATIONSHIP
Not only did he builth the Ark , as soon as he landed and the water dry up, before he built his house he built and altar and gave a sacrifice ,bec he was a priest .
Do you know why is hard for a lot of christian to gave sacrifice ,is cos they don’t know they are priest . TO BE AN ALTAR or SACRIFICE !!!
If you are only a receiver and not a giver their is no reciprocity and you breal the circle and the .. SEED and HARVERT .
20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.
22 “While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease.”
is not just about money ..About EVERYTHING
It is the CYCLE of PRIESTHOOD.
Rain is A CYCLE !!!!
Abraham
1 Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
2 Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
3 So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off.
5 And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.”
6 So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together.
7 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
8 And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.
9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
Go younder to worship !!!.. means to offer up a sacrifice , a burnt offering .
Abraham got his son to offer him a burn offering and HE CALLED IT WORSHIP !!
Incase you think worship is just about slow music .. let tall about Isaac and Abraham .
cos it must have been a custom was familair . he knew what it tooks to offer a sacrififce .
Thier is a custom of sacrififce . is thier a custom in your life and your house .is their a custom your children can see .
The father set the TONE !!!.
if the father doesnot set the tone how can a son replicate. The best way to teach our generation is to do . Your expectation you have over your family !!!
All of your cludding will not do what his father correction will do.
Abraham model Sacrifice infront of his SON .. the son knows what is missing .
Melcezedec is NEXT .
He is the Priest and King of Salem, the roll collied . The ROYAL PRIEST + HOOD
17 After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High,
19 and he blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.
His Royal Preist !!! and bring bread and wine . no wonder we serve communion , we have passover , cos we are immetating Melchizedek , Jesus start serving bread and wine cos his setting up a ROYAL Priest hood !!!
You are both KING and PRIEST ..
He was a king of SALEM that become JERUSALEM !! the city of Peace .what Mel did in Genensis , Jesus Did in Matt , Luke and John .
the night he was to be killed . This is my body body broken for you . this is new covenant in my blood , he is saying this has been done before .
Heb . said Jesus is high priest after the order of Mel ..not
Jesus the High Priest !
9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.
10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.
11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.
12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
1 For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
2 He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to weakness.
3 Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins.
4 And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was.
5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: “You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.”
6 As He also says in another place: “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek”;
7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear,
8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.
9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
10 called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,”
HIS both King and Priest… His calling you Mel ..
A good man knows how to be a King and a Priest . You know how to hold your head up .
You need to know how to be ROYAL PRIESHOOD. I know how to lead and Serve
18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High.
Moses !!! Jethro. Moses father Inlaw
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. And they came and drew water, and they filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
Moses has learned how to be King under Pharoh and Priestly under Jethro. God will send the right pple in your life at the time you need it .
Royal + Prieshood is a conflicting statement ..
8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
Jesus humbe himself under the
Strong and sensitive
Powerful and Percive
Leader and Servant
Both things depending on the time !!!. You have many gear .
Aronical & Levitical Prieshood ..
very little different .
He call him and his SON !! to minister unto him .. FIVE people one name .HIM.
4 And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf. Then they said, “This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!”
5 So when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord.”
6 Then they rose early on the next day, offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
7 And the Lord said to Moses, “Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.
8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ‘This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ ”
The sin of Aron family .. Offering to IDOL GOD!!. The battle of Priest hood . the replacement of worshiping of GOD !!!.IDOL .
25 Now when Moses saw that the people were unrestrained (for Aaron had not restrained them, to their shame among their enemies),
26 then Moses stood in the entrance of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on the Lord’s side—come to me!” And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.
27 And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Let every man put his sword on his side, and go in and out from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and let every man kill his brother, every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’ ”
Moses had to redifine the order of Priesthood Who is on the LORD SIDE .
Levit .. said i am on the lord side . He took a stand . I am on the lord side .
WHO HIS ON THE LORD SIDE !!!.
You have to take a stand !!!,where do you belong , I am on the lord SIDE. I am on THE LORD SIDE !!!.
Your have to affirim you stand !!!! the devil will only ask .. but we are on the LORD SIDE .
Jesus had to shut his mouth for the DEVIL to take HIM !!!. Don’t keep quite .
14 Then afterward they prepared portions for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the sons of Aaron, were busy in offering burnt offerings and fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared portions for themselves and for the priests, the sons of Aaron.
The Praictice of the Presit is forever. We sing all days …
And this other contuine into SOLOMON !!!. . ….
Because you are a PRIEST ..
RID yourself of ALL this .
1 SO BE done with every trace of wickedness (depravity, malignity) and all deceit and insincerity (pretense, hypocrisy) and grudges (envy, jealousy) and slander and evil speaking of every kind.
I will not allow you to carry hostiliy , deceits, . You cannot see all this . SEEN SIN but what about UNSEEN SIN .
You can slander and no body says anything !!!.What get you out of your priest hood.
The Altar Burnt UP!!
The Priiest who is responsible until for everyone are not allow to Go to the holy place until they stopped at the LAVER place .
The Brainsing altar is where the lamb was slain for the ACT of SIN , the altar burn off completed .
The priest who is responsible ..until they stop by the laver . because at the altar we go the act of SIN , but at laver we go the altitutde of SIN . at the laver he has to wash his hand.
Let me was my hand !!!. the priest still has to wash their hand cos der is none righthouse !!!. Altituted .
You get your action straingtng at the brasing but altitude need checking at the laver .
Is that that you lied , you just don’tell the truth . that is what deciitfully means . it does not me you told a lie , it does mean you don’t tell the truth , so you allow pple to believe somethingthat wasnt true , because you are decitful .
Hypocrisy — You talk about other pple
Envy — You critice pple that has more .
I need to clean my spriit .
…Let us cleans oursleves of the fuutinless of the flesh & Spirt …
Beacuse you have precious promises. ALTITUDE !!!
God Judges the HEART.
You cannot be a complete PRIESTHOOD !!! until you cleans you spirit ,your altitude ..
Leave on the ALTAR cos you are ROYAL PRIESTHOOD .
Every Priest must Stop at the LAVER , before he move to the Outer veil, and Inner Vail.
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive blessing from the Lord, And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
12 “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?
You must deal with unseen sin . wash your hands.
You must be ready to Give it UP. !!!
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The Furniture
The Furniture
The tabernacle and its furnishings are described in Exodus 25:1-40 and Exodus 37:1-28. The bronze altar was designed for animal sacrifices and the laver was for washing. They were located in the outer courtyard (Ex. 40:6-7). The courtyard surrounded the tabernacle (Ex. 40:8). The gold lampstand, the table of showbread, and the gold altar of incense were located inside the Holy Place. The lampstand was on the southside and the table of showbread was on the northside. The gold altar of incense stood just before the veil leading into the Holy of Holies where the ark and the mercy seat stood (Ex. 40:5, 21, 22-24, 26). The images in this document are provided by permission of Kregel Publications.[1]
Pictures of Salvation
Pictures of Salvation
The tabernacle is a wonderful picture of Jesus. The courtyard including the altar, laver and the posts that held the linen “fence” were made of bronze but the only metal inside the tabernacle was gold. The bronze symbolizes sin and the gold symbolizes God.
Bronze Altar- FORGIVNESS OF THE SIN
Bronze Altar- FORGIVNESS OF THE SIN
The bronze altar was the place of sacrifice. Bronze speaks of sin and the perpetual fire (Lev. 1:5-7) on the altar symbolizes God’s judgment against sin. Jesus died on an altar; it was called the cross. He died for our sins on that cross. He suffered pain for our sins.
1 “You shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide—the altar shall be square—and its height shall be three cubits.
2 You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it. And you shall overlay it with bronze.
6 And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.
7 The poles shall be put in the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar to bear it.
JESUS!!!
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
22 And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.
11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.’
“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” 1 Corinthians 5:21
11 But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.
12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh,
14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Bronze Laver- The Place of Priesthood Assignment.
Bronze Laver- The Place of Priesthood Assignment.
17 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
18 “You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base also of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. And you shall put water in it,
19 for Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in water from it.
20 When they go into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the Lord, they shall wash with water, lest they die.
21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die. And it shall be a statute forever to them—to him and his descendants throughout their generations.”
22 Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
23 “Also take for yourself quality spices—five hundred shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon (two hundred and fifty shekels), two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cane,
24 five hundred shekels of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.
25 And you shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer. It shall be a holy anointing oil.
26 With it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony;
27 the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense;
28 the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base.
29 You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them must be holy.
30 And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me as priests.
31 “And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.
32 It shall not be poured on man’s flesh; nor shall you make any other like it, according to its composition. It is holy, and it shall be holy to you.
The Duites of Priesthood.
The bronze laver was filled with water, and its base was made from the women’s mirrors of highly polished bronze (Ex. 38:8). This is a great picture of a person who trusts Jesus for the forgiveness of sins. The laver symbolizes our cleansing from sin – our holiness. Once we are forgiven of our sins, God starts changing us to make us truly holy as He is holy (Phil. 2:12-13; 1 Pet. 1:16). Water is symbolic of two concepts in scripture: 1) the Holy Spirit Who comes into our life, convicts us of sin (John 16:8) and starts living in us to change us (John 7:37-39); and 2) the Word of God which reveals to us our sin (John 15:3) and is useful for reproof, conviction, and instruction in righteousness (2 Tim. 3:16-17). While the mirror at the bottom reminds us that we will still see our true sinful self (Rom. 7:24), it is also comforting because the symbolism reminds us that God knows we are not yet perfect in this life. We have not lost our salvation; we are just not yet free from sin in this life.
Golden Lampstand-
Golden Lampstand-
31 “You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and flowers shall be of one piece.
32 And six branches shall come out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side.
37 You shall make seven lamps for it, and they shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it.
38 And its wick-trimmers and their trays shall be of pure gold.
39 It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.
40 And see to it that you make them according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.
The lampstand, table of showbread and altar of incense are all made of gold. While bronze symbolizes sin, gold speaks of deity. The Holy Place is alive with symbolism about Jesus. The gold lampstand speaks of the One who revealed the Father to us – Jesus the light giver (Matt. 11:27). He is the light of men. The light was to burn perpetually. Today, Jesus is not here in body but His Word is. By reading and studying it we receive spiritual light.
In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. John 1:4
He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light. There was the true light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. John 1:8-9
Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world; he who follows Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.” (NASB) John 8:12
Table of Showbread
Table of Showbread
The table of showbread was made of acacia wood and overlaid with gold. The wood speaks of Jesus’ humanity and the gold of His deity – Jesus the God-man. The bread that was placed on the table represents God’s presence in our lives.
And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times. (NASB) Exodus 25:30
So often we focus on the table or call the bread “consecrated bread,” but did you notice it is called the “bread of the Presence?” The actual Hebrew wording is the “bread of the Face.” It symbolizes Jesus’ presence. – His life. We live because He lives. And Jesus said,
I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever; and the bread also which I shall give for the life of the world is My flesh. (NASB) John 6:51
The table with the bread symbolizes spiritual life in Jesus.
Altar of Incense- Prayer of the Priest contuinal before him
Altar of Incense- Prayer of the Priest contuinal before him
The gold altar of incense represents the intercession and the memorial of Jesus. While the golden lampstand was to burn perpetually, the bread of the Presence was to be replaced every Sabbath. The incense was to be burned every morning and evening. Blood was applied to this altar on the Day of Atonement. Jesus is our mediator according to 1 Timothy and Hebrews.
For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus . . . (NASB) 1 Timothy 2:5
Veil
Veil
The second veil, the one separating the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies represents the flesh of Jesus’ body.
Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. (NKJV) Heb. 10:19-22
Jesus’ flesh was torn and cut just like the veil was torn from the top to the bottom (Matt. 27:51). It is because of His death that we can come boldly to God.
Ark and the Mercy Seat
Ark and the Mercy Seat
The ark with the mercy seat is where God meets with men. It represents our meeting place in this life and the place of our eternal salvation.
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Two Stone
Conclusion:
Conclusion:
The bronze altar symbolizes the cross where Jesus died. The laver represents the forgiveness and cleansing of all our past, present, and future sins – Jesus declares it to be holy. The lampstand, table, altar of incense and veil represent the truth spoken by Jesus and His life giving power.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me. (NASB) John 14:6
The bronze pieces also emphasize Christ’s ministry to us and the golden pieces emphasize Who He is. They also represent our spiritual growth in Jesus: the ministry of the Spirit in our life, the Word, prayer, and communion. Finally, the Holy of Holies represents heaven – eternal life with God.