Memory gem: "Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle" (Exodus 40:34).
Thought for today:
In the holy tabernacle made by Moses at the command of God and carried by Israel through the desert wanderings, we have a perfect picture of the cross. Notice the arrangement of the altar of sacrifice, the laver, the golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant in a straight line from east to west. Then the table of shewbread, the altar of incense, and the golden candlestick, running at right angles to this in another straight line from north to south, formed the arms of the cross. This made a perfect cross, which was displayed wherever the sanctuary was set up.
And the teachings of the sanctuary with its sacrifices of slain lambs and ascending incense pictured, beforehand, the redemptive work of Christ our Sacrifice, offered before God for us.
If we have exalted views of Christ's atoning work, we must study the New Testament and have some knowledge of its deep bloodstained foundation in the Old Testament gospels of Moses and the prophets. In every sacrifice Christ's death was shown.
A visitor said to a wounded soldier of World War II, who lay dying in a hospital, "What church are you of?"
"I'm of Christ's church," he replied
"I mean, of what persuasion are you?"
"Persuasion?" said the poor dying boy, as he looked heavenward beaming with the love of His Saviour. "I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38, 39).
Is that your persuasion, friend? Do you believe it?
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Difficult or obscure words:
Exodus 38:8. "Looking glasses"--better mirrors. They were highly polished bronze plates.
Thought for today:
In the holy tabernacle made by Moses at the command of God and carried by Israel through the desert wanderings, we have a perfect picture of the cross. Notice the arrangement of the altar of sacrifice, the laver, the golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant in a straight line from east to west. Then the table of shewbread, the altar of incense, and the golden candlestick, running at right angles to this in another straight line from north to south, formed the arms of the cross. This made a perfect cross, which was displayed wherever the sanctuary was set up.
And the teachings of the sanctuary with its sacrifices of slain lambs and ascending incense pictured, beforehand, the redemptive work of Christ our Sacrifice, offered before God for us.
If we have exalted views of Christ's atoning work, we must study the New Testament and have some knowledge of its deep bloodstained foundation in the Old Testament gospels of Moses and the prophets. In every sacrifice Christ's death was shown.
A visitor said to a wounded soldier of World War II, who lay dying in a hospital, "What church are you of?"
"I'm of Christ's church," he replied
"I mean, of what persuasion are you?"
"Persuasion?" said the poor dying boy, as he looked heavenward beaming with the love of His Saviour. "I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38, 39).
Is that your persuasion, friend? Do you believe it?
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Difficult or obscure words:
Exodus 38:8. "Looking glasses"--better mirrors. They were highly polished bronze plates.
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