The Tabernacle Page 13
Seven points concerning the candlestick:
1. Both light and light bearer--gave light, held up light.
2. Perfect symbol of Christ. John 1.9
3. Moral and spiritual light. God--man
4. Only light in the tabernacle. Priests walked, ate, worked, served in and by this
light.
5. A constant testimony to the priest that they must not walk by natural light;
rather only in light provided by God.
6. In order to escape the light priest had to leave the Tabernacle.
7. The more preist walked in natural sunlight the less they could see inside
the Tabernacle. The more they walked in the Tabernacle by his light the less
they were able to stand the dazzling of the sunshine of the world.
(The brighter the light of Jesus grows in us, the dimmer must grow the lights
of this world)
Notice the seven branches and their joining together.
Before a church can be successful it must be joined to Christ.
The Alter of Incense:
Size: Four square (2 cubits high, 1 cubit wide, 1 cubit long)
Materials: Incorruptible shittim wood overlaid with gold
Design: One horn in each corner
Crown of gold
Ring of gold in each corner
Two staves, placed directly in front of the veil
Tallest piece of furniture in Tabernacle
Held burning coals
Sweet incense burnt morning and evening
Symbol and prayer Psalm 141.2; Revelation 5.8
Prayer and worship is the activity of a redeemed people.
Prayer and worship is the action of the new nature.
The true expression of prayer in Christ.
