A METAPHORICAL DEPICTION OF YOUR GRAVE
02-07-21 This message may be viewed live
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Commentary: God uses symbols we can
understand to communicate with us.
WORDS SYMBOLIZE THOUGHTS, WORDS ARE SYMBOLS
OF
COMMUNICATION
(Exo 25:1-7) And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak
unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering
[Heb:
a present, espec. in sacrifice or as tribute: gift]: of every
man that
giveth it willingly [Heb: to volunteer (as a soldier):
offer
self] with his heart [Heb: understanding, wisdom]
ye
shall take my offering. And this is the offering which ye shall
take of
them; gold, and silver, and brass, And blue, and purple, and scarlet,
and fine
linen, and goats' hair, And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins,
and
shittim wood, Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for
sweet
incense, Onyx stones, and stones [the Urim and Thummim]
to
be set in the ephod [vest], and in the
breastplate.
1.
(Exo
28:30) And thou shalt
put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim [Heb:
flames:
lights] and the Thummim [Heb: perfections]
[compare the
nine gifts of the Holy Spirit: 1 Cor 12:7-11]; and they shall be upon
Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall
bear the
judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD
continually.
THE ARK OF THE YOUR TESTIMONY HAS BEEN FOUND, IT IS YOU
(Exo
25:8,9) And let them [accept those freewill offering
symbols
and] make me a sanctuary [1]; that I may dwell
among them. According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern
[2] of the tabernacle [3], and the
pattern of all the
instruments [4] thereof, even so shall ye make it. [5]
1.
sanctuary = Heb: a consecrated thing
or place, espec. a palace: chapel, holy place.
2.
pattern = Heb: structure; by
implic. a model, resemblance: figure, form, likeness, similitude.
3.
tabernacle = Heb: a residence (including
a shepherd’s hut, the lair of animals,
fig. the
grave): dwelling, habitation, tent. [328x] [the grave
(tabernacle) and
the coffin (ark)]
4.
instruments = Heb: something prepared,
any apparatus (implements): furniture, tools.
5.
(Rev
21:1-4) And I saw a new
heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were
passed
away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new
Jerusalem,
coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her
husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them,
and
they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be
their God.
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be
no more
death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more
pain: for
the former things are passed away.
THE CONSTRUCTION (9 months to birth)
(Exo
25:10-15) And they shall make an ark [1] of
shittim
[2] wood: two cubits and a half [3]
[60
inches] shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half [36
inches] the breadth [width] thereof, and a cubit
and a
half [36 inches] the height thereof. And thou shalt overlay
[cover] it with pure gold [Heb: to
shimmer] [the
Shekinah Glory], within and without [Heb: inside
and
outside] shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a
crown
of gold round about. And thou shalt cast four rings of gold
for it,
and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in
the one
side [Heb: rib(s)] of it, and two rings in the
other side
[Heb: rib(s)] of it. And thou shalt make staves [Heb:
separated; by implic. a part of the body, branch of a tree] [i.e.,
priests,
ministers, pastors] of shittim wood, and overlay them
with gold.
And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of
the ark, that
the ark may be borne with them. The staves shall be in the rings of
the
ark: they shall not be taken from it [ever].
1.
ark = Heb: (in the sense of
gathering); a box: [treasure] chest, coffin /// to
pluck: gather.
2.
shittim
= Heb: sticks of wood; the
acacia tree (from its scourging thorns).
3.
cubit
= commentary: an indefinite
measure in the Bible approximating the distance from the elbow to the
finger
tip, estimated by some scholars to be between 18 and 28 inches.
Indefinite
biblical measures are frequently indicative of the Holy Spirit. For
conceptual
convenience, let us take a modest 24 inches to equal one cubit, thus,
2.5
cubits = 60 inches or 5 feet.
DID GOD PUT THESE THINGS INTO THE ARK
(treasure chest/coffin) OF YOUR
TESTIMONY?
(Exo
25:16) And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony [the
two
tables of the ten commandments] which I shall give thee.
1.
Commentary:
Upon completion
of the building of the tabernacle (9 months), God put into the ark of
testimony
(covenant) the testimony of the two tables of the ten commandments
which
represent God the Father, and He put in the golden
pot of
manna representing God the Son Jesus Christ, and Aaron’s
rod that miraculously budded representing God the Holy Spirit.
As
the New Testament has it:
2.
(Heb
9:1-5) Then verily
the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly
sanctuary. For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the
candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the
sanctuary.
And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest
of all;
Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant
overlaid round
about with gold, wherein [inside] was the
golden pot
that had manna [representing Jesus Christ], and
Aaron's
rod that [miraculously] budded
[representing
the Holy Spirit], and the [two] tables
of the
covenant [the ten commandments representing God];
And over it
the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now
speak
particularly.
THE MERCY SEAT (throne of God)
(Exo
25:17-22) And thou shalt make a mercy seat [1]
of pure
gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a
cubit and a
half the breadth thereof [exactly covering the ark]. And
thou
shalt make two cherubims [angelic beings] of
gold, of
beaten work [Heb: moulded by hammering: beaten (out of one
piece,
work)] shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy
seat.
And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on
the other
end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the
two ends
thereof. And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings
on high, covering
the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to
another;
toward the mercy seat [toward the testimony (witness)
covenant]
shall the faces of the cherubims be. And thou shalt put the mercy seat above
upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the
testimony [Heb:
witness] that I shall give thee. And there I will
meet with
thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy
seat,
from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the
testimony, of all things which I will give thee in
commandment
unto the children of Israel.
1.
mercy
seat = Heb: a lid /// to
cover; to
expiate or condone, to placate or cancel: appease, make atonement,
cleanse,
disannul, forgive, be merciful, pardon, purge (away),
reconcile.
a.
expiate
= Dict: to make satisfaction
or atonement 1. to make amends or reparation for (wrongdoing or guilt);
atone
for. 2. to pay the penalty of.
TESTIFY
(Mark
16:15) And he [Jesus] said unto them [His
disciples
(learners, pupils, students)], Go ye into all the world [Gk:
kosmos; “cosmos” (universe)], and preach the gospel [of
Love] to every creature.
Amen