DAY 43 Read Numbers 7.
Today's reading describes in detail the initiation of services in the newly completed and dedicated tabernacle.
Memory gem: "Thy way, O God, is the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?" (Psalm 77:13).
Thought for today:
In the ancient sanctuary services the believer looked forward to the Redeemer who was to come. We look back to the Redeemer who actually has come and is now in heaven pleading our cause before the heavenly Father. He is our High Priest in the heavenly temple, there appearing before the justice and love of God for us.
In the plan of God, He was "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Revelation 13:8). God's plan of redemption is revealed in the Man of redemption, even the Lord Jesus Christ, who was both the Lamb of God who died, and the High Priest who offered the sacrifice. So the ancient tabernacle was a type of the way and fellowship of salvation.
Let us look for a moment at some of the wonderful pictures flashed before us from the temple and its services, the type of Christ and His salvation. By faith we are justified from the guilt and power of sin--so teaches the altar of burnt offerings. We are to be sanctified by the washing of His Word (see Ephesians 5:26). There at the tabernacle was the laver of purification. We are to shine as light-brearers, a testimony of the Lord's goodness--the lampstand (see Revelation 1:12). We are to pray. Our prayers are symbolized in the ancient sanctuary by the golden altar of incense which stood in the holy place. Here, the mingling of incense with the ascending prayers typified Christ's merits and intercession, which alone makes man's worship acceptable to God (see Revelation 8:3). We are strengthened by the Bread of Life (see John 6:48), pictured by the shewbread. And we are to look forward, hastening to appear before the very throne of God Himself, as portrayed in the earthly sanctuary by the ark of the covenant.
Our hope is certain; God's promise is sure. My friend, all this wonderful teaching of the sanctuary is for you. Do you not see in Christ, the Lamb of God, the One who has died for you--your hope and your blessing and your salvation? Have you responded to His love?
Today's reading describes in detail the initiation of services in the newly completed and dedicated tabernacle.
Memory gem: "Thy way, O God, is the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?" (Psalm 77:13).
Thought for today:
In the ancient sanctuary services the believer looked forward to the Redeemer who was to come. We look back to the Redeemer who actually has come and is now in heaven pleading our cause before the heavenly Father. He is our High Priest in the heavenly temple, there appearing before the justice and love of God for us.
In the plan of God, He was "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Revelation 13:8). God's plan of redemption is revealed in the Man of redemption, even the Lord Jesus Christ, who was both the Lamb of God who died, and the High Priest who offered the sacrifice. So the ancient tabernacle was a type of the way and fellowship of salvation.
Let us look for a moment at some of the wonderful pictures flashed before us from the temple and its services, the type of Christ and His salvation. By faith we are justified from the guilt and power of sin--so teaches the altar of burnt offerings. We are to be sanctified by the washing of His Word (see Ephesians 5:26). There at the tabernacle was the laver of purification. We are to shine as light-brearers, a testimony of the Lord's goodness--the lampstand (see Revelation 1:12). We are to pray. Our prayers are symbolized in the ancient sanctuary by the golden altar of incense which stood in the holy place. Here, the mingling of incense with the ascending prayers typified Christ's merits and intercession, which alone makes man's worship acceptable to God (see Revelation 8:3). We are strengthened by the Bread of Life (see John 6:48), pictured by the shewbread. And we are to look forward, hastening to appear before the very throne of God Himself, as portrayed in the earthly sanctuary by the ark of the covenant.
Our hope is certain; God's promise is sure. My friend, all this wonderful teaching of the sanctuary is for you. Do you not see in Christ, the Lamb of God, the One who has died for you--your hope and your blessing and your salvation? Have you responded to His love?
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