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The Alter:

I. Exodus 27:1-8

A. Its position

B. Its importance Lev 1:9; Heb 9:12; Eph 5:2

C. Its purpose II Cor 5:20-21; Heb 9:26-28

D. Its accomplishment for us Rev 1:5; John 1:29; John 14:16, 18, 26

The Laver:

I. Exodus 30:17-21

A. What was made of -- mirrors of the women-- shined brass

B. Its position in relation to other parts.

C. Its symbolic type of the written word. James 1:23-25

D. Are we washed in the Word of God?

Because this is the meaning here. Eph 5:25-26

E. Cleansing word applied. John 15:3

F. Washing of the laver. Titus 3:5

G. Jesus and Nicodemus. John 3

H. Wash that they die not. Ex 30:21

A washed and confessed Christian Psalms 24:3-4; I John 1:7-10.

A Christian must take a bath everyday in the Word of God or die.

The table of shewbread:

The table of Shewbread occupied the north side of Holy Place.

1. Constructed of shittim wood--indestructible humanity.

2. Overlaid with gold---deity.

3. On top we see 12 loaves of bread-

-6 in a row Christ--sufficient for all.

4. Bread was to be renewed every Sabbath.

Eating by the priests in the Holy Place.

We, as Christians, are kings and priests to God, and feed on Christ.

The table and bread are consider as one unit.

5. The table within the tabernacle

was the center of union between the priestly family.

A. We are spiritual priests. 1 Peter 2:5

B. As spiritual priests there is only one common union between us--Christ

C. The table was the center of nourishment for the priestly family.

The shewbread their divinely appointed food. Lev 24:9

D. The loves set forth Christ as the bread of life.

Those who eat will never die.

EAT--Appropriate to one's self.

E. When we are saved we do not stop eating.

We do not stop until death.

He is our strength and might.

F. How do we get the bread?

Made of flour that is ground between the upper and nether mill stone.

Upper--the hand of God

Lower--the hand of man.

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