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LESSON V, THIRD QUARTER, ^
TERNaTIONAL SERIES, JULY 29
Test of the Lennon, Ex. xl. I-IO Commit
Vernon. I 3 tJoldeu I ext, liev ixi, 3.
Co in me. Diary by Rev. U 111. Stearns.
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L “And tht Lord S)>ake unto Moses." flow
Often we read this sentence and bow little we
are apt to trunk of the meaning of it or of
the “Thus naitn the Lord’ of the' prophets.
or the “i say unto you” of Jesus Himself,
who was the Lord (Tod of the prophets We
cannot give too much heed to the word of
God. nor need it too reverently ; and unless
we really dear God speaking to us iu His
word it will not profit us.
8. **Ou the first day of the first mouth.”
It was the second year • verse 17) and just a
year since the great passnver night on which
they left the land of bondage <xii, 3; xiii, 4).
That month was ever to be a memorable
month to them because of the great deliver
on lie. Although it was the seventh month of
their civil year, they were henceforth to
count it the lirst mouth, for it was the first
month of the first year of their history as a
redeemed people. Every Christian has two
birthdays, the day of his birth into this
■world and the day of bis birth aa a child of
God. of meeting.”
“The tabernacle of the tent
(R V.i God has delivered t^e nation from
the bondage of Egypt and brought them
unto Himself that they might be unto Him a
peculiar treasure above all people, a king
doffiof priests, a holy nation (xix, 5, 6), to
make him a name (il Sam. vii, 23), and now
lie will dwell among them by a visible pres¬
ence in this tabernacle specially prepared for
Him ixxv, 8.» The tabernacle after some
500 years gave place to the Temple of Solo¬
mon, which, with some rebuilding, continued
until Christ came the true tat>ernacle (lieb.
viii, 2), but He, being rejected by tho nation,
rejected them also for a time, and their tem¬
ple and city and land became a ruin and des¬
olate because of their rejection of their king.
When He shall return in power and glory to
sit on David’s throne and reign over the
house of Jacob forever (Luke i, 32, 33), and
to restore all things of which the prophets
have spoken (Acts iii, 19-21 1 , then there shall
a uew temple according to Ezek. xl to
•..viii. and Jerusalem shall be a city of truth
and peace and righteousness, and to it the
nations shall go up from year to year to
worship the K.ing, the Lord of Hosts. (Zech
viii and xiv, lfi.i Meantime, between the
scattering and regathering of Israel, God is
adding to the seed of Abraham from all the
nations of the earth and building a temple of
living stones <Eph. ii,19-22,1 Pet. ii,5; Gai.iii,
J£9l, which,according to our golden text and the
chapter in which it is found, will come down
from God out of heaven, be a light to all the
nations of earth, and the dwelling place of
Christ and His saints in connection with this
earth when the kingdom comes.
a. “The ark of the testimony.” The dimen¬
sions of all the vessels except the candlestick
and taper are given in previous chapters; 1
can-only briefly refer to the material, situa¬
tion and significance of each. The ark, table
and altar of incense were each made of shit
tim or acacia wood, covered with gold, re
minding us of the incorruptible humanity
and divinity of Christ. The ark was the
only vessel in the Holy of Holies, a room ten
cubits long and wide and high, three sides of
which were boards covered with gold;
the fourth was the veii, a type of
the body of Christ (Heb. x, 20 ); the
ceiling was the beautiful curtains, and
the floor was the earth. The cover
of the ark, called the mercy seat or
propitiatory (Heb. ix, 5, R. V., margin),
was of pure gold, and out of ifc was beaten at
each end a cherub overshadowing it. Over
the mercy seat, between the cherubim, in this
Holy of Holies, was the place of the manifest
presence of God. (Ex. xxv, 17-22.) The ark
was made to contain the tables of testimony,
and there they were kept. The people could
not keep that holy law, but Christ, the true
art, kept it perfectly, and of Him it is writ
ten. “A body bas thou prepared for me.”
4. “The table, on which was placed every
week—every Sabbati. day-twelve cakes of
bread in two rows, with frankincense upon
each row. djev. sxiv, 5-9.) The table and the
tread and the incense all speak of Him.
“The candlestick” was made of a talent
of pure gold (xxv, 39i, and would therefore
be worth about $25,000 It was more like
a lampstand than what we understand by a
candl.istirk. Each of its seven branches held
a lamp which every day bad to be trimmed
and tided with oil so as to burn continually
bt-f .re the Lord. Christ is the light of the
world, the true light, and lie is pleased to
say to ns “ Ye are the light of the world.”
5 '‘'The altar of incense." On this the
priest wai to tn::*n incense every morning
and evening while he trimmed the lamps
ixxx, 7. Si, teaching us that although noth
Ins that we do can be acceptable in it
self because of our sinfulness, yet whatever
Is heartily done m His name with u sincere
desire for His glory is made acceptable by
the incense of His merits, which is ever a
sweet perfume to Goii.
These three vessels, the table, the candle¬
stick and the altar of incense, were in the
holy place or tirst room into which tiie high
priest went every day, but into the holy of
holies he went only once a year.
0. 7. “The altar of burnt offering and the
Inver.” These were the only two vessels iu
the outer court of the tabernacle; tho first
was made of wood covered with brass, and
was just inside the gate of the court; it
•peaks tc us of the God-man, our sacrifice
for sin, and tells us that if we are unwalling
to accept the blood of the l^amb as our ran¬
som, there is no possibility of our coming to
God The laver was made out of the brazen
mirrors of the women (xxxviii, 8), and
contained water with which tho priests
washed their hands and feet, reminding us
tauat he that is washed (in the blood) needeth
not, save to wash his feet iwitb the water of
the wordi, but is dean every whit.
8. “The court and gate.” Curtains of fine
linen hanging upon sixty wooden pillars
standing in brass sockets, and kept upright
by cords fastened tc brass tent pins, formed
a fence five cubits high around the court,
which was 100 cubits long by 50 broad
(xxvii, .10 IS). The linen fence, the court
gate, the pillars with their brass sock¬
ets, silver chapiters and books, tho cords
and pins, all speak to us of the righteousness,
atonement and power of our Lord Jesus, and
bow we may become partakers thereof.
9-11, “The tabernacle and all its vessels
anointed.” A full tiescriptiou of the holy
anointment oil is found in xxx, 22-33,
and speaks to us of the varied graces of the
Holy Spirit found in divine fullness in Christ.
13-15. “Aaron and his sons anointed.” First
washed, then clothed and then anointed; our
sins forgiven, then clothed with the gar¬
ments of salvation, and then anointed with
power to minister unto Him. If we realized
our need of this {x>wer and waited upon Him
more earnestly for this anointing we would
t>e holiei and happier people and more used
by Him. Whatever we may uow enjoy of
is service is, however, but a foretaste of the
more glorious service when our golden text
sUaii l*t tuiiiiled.
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