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The next time we shall discuss the furnitures in the outter court (the copper altar, the copper laver) and the daily sacrifices in the detail.
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Please!! Continue! If I speak for those watching, and studying, then it has been a great help!
Thanks for all your efforts and keep it up its excellent!
God Bless
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Thanks,
I'm glad you enjoyed it.Let me back track again...some important detail I forgot about the organization of Israel around the tabernacle.
We saw from the picture, the 12 tribes of Israel encamped around the tabernacle. They had to stay at least 2000 cubits away from it.
No one (except the priests) can approach the sanctuary unless he brings an blood offering with him.
This reveals a great truth that only way to approach God is by the merit of Christ's sacrifice: the path to the throne is blood marked.
An interesting side note is the story of David and Uzzah in 2 Sam 6 where David and Uzzah transported the Ark of Covenant by a cattle cart. When the cattle shook, the Ark was about to fall off. Uzzah laid his hand on it to sturdy it. He was instantly stuck dead.
Many point to this story and said God is a severe God killed people who had good intentions.
First of all, only Levites can carry the Ark on their shoulders with the staff. And then the ordinary people had to stay 2000 cubits away from the Ark. Apparently David and Uzzah knew very well but didn't care what God required. Uzzah was stuck dead because of his wilfull sin.
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02 Brazen Altar
"The tabernacle was so constructed that it could be taken apart and borne with the Israelites in all their journeyings. Yet it was a magnificent structure. The wood employed for the building and its furniture was that of the acacia tree, which was less subject to decay than any other to be obtained at Sinai. The walls consisted of upright boards, set in silver sockets, and held firm by pillars and connecting bars, and all were overlaid with gold, giving to the building the appearance of solid gold. The roof was formed of four sets of curtains, the innermost of 'finetwined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim of cunning work,' the other three respectively were of goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, so arranged as to afford complete protection" "Patriarchs and Prophets," p347.
"Chosen men were especially endowed by God with skill and wisdom for the construction of the sacred building. God Himself gave to Moses the plan of that structure, with particular directions as to its size and form, the materials to be employed, and every article of furniture which it was to contain." Patriarchs and Prophets, p 343.
"The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass." (Exodus 27:18)
- Ancient Altars
Noah showed his appreciation for the Lord's deliverance from the flood by erecting an altar at the earliest opportunity, and presenting a burnt-offering of rededication for himself and his family (Gen 8:20: PP 105-106). While this is the initial altar recorded in Scripture, Adam actually built "the first altar at the gate of Eden" (DA 52) at which he, and then his sons worshiped (PP 83-84). Later Cain and Abel each raised his own, (DA 52; PP 71).
Wherever Abraham pitched his tent he made an altar of undressed stones. After he left to continue his pilgrimage, the roving Canaanites came across these reminders of the stranger who had lived in their midst, and saw the God Whom he worshiped (Gen 12:7, 8; 13:18; PP 128; Ed 187). On mount Moriah the patriarch erected the most dramatic altar in Old Testament history for the sacrifice of his son. He was the first Biblical character to give a name to an altar, Jehovah Jireh, meaning, "The Lord will provide" (Gen 22:1, 2, 9; PP 152, 153). Josephus called this site "the mountain Moriah" (Antiquities, I:xiii:1). At this exact location, eight centuries later Solomon constructed the most magnificent temple ever built in honor of the LORD (2 Chron 3:1).
At the foot of Mt. Sinai Moses built an altar out of twelve uncut stones, each stone for each tribes of Israel, to express the gratitude of all Israel for God's deliverance from Egypt (Ex 24:4, 5). This number called attention to the all-embracing nature of the Lord's atonement, for each sept was personally remembered redemptively in the altar of sacrifice, as each was recorded by name on the twelve precious stones of the high priest's breastplate of intercessory care (Ex 28:29)
- God commanded Moses to build an altar.
And he made the altar of burnt offering of [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]tim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. And he made for the altar a brazen grate of network under the compass thereof
beneath unto the midst of it. And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. And he made the staves of [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]tim wood, and overlaid them with brass. And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
(Exodus 38:1-7)
- Names:
In Ezekiel's description of his vision of the Temple he often uses this common word (Ezek 43:13-27).
But then the prophet introduced two rare terms, harel, or "the Mount of God" (Ezek 43:15, margin), and ariel, "The Lion of God" (Ezek 43:15, 16). Isaiah had earlier used Ariel to describe Mt. Zion (Isa 29:1, 2, margin) "because the altar of God was there".
Altar of burnt offering Ex 30:28. haolah. holocaust: ascending smoke rises up to God.
Christ ascended to God after His sacrifice.
"The brazen altar that was before the Lord," or Yahweh, provided satisfaction to the eternal Judge (2 Kings 16:14),
while "the altar of God," or Elohim, reminded the worshipers of the grace which flowed from the unchanging Covenant Keeper (Ps 43:4).
The expressions "the table that is before the Lord" (Ezek 41:22), "My table" (Ezek 44:16). and "the table of the Lord" (Mal 1:7, 8), picture its offerings as sacrificial "food." Its different from the Table of Shewbread.
They were part of the covenant meal which satisfies God (Lev 3:11, 16). By consuming what is placed upon it He depicts Himself as ratifying the contract by which He binds Himself in everlasting fellowship with His people. Since God regarded the altar as "most holy" (Ex 29:37), whatever it touched was made holy (Hag 2:11-13; Matt 23:18, 19). Another note: this is different from the actual Most Holy Place.
If you draw out the Sanctuary in its dimension, you will see it a 2x1 rectangle. In another word, its made of two perfect squares. The square on the left with HP and MHP in it represents the heavenly side. The square on the right represents the earthly side of salvation. The altar was placed at the center of the outer court. It signifies that cross is the center of the salvation for the earthly side.
Looking ahead, respectively, the MHP or more specifically the Ark of Covenant is the center of the heavenly side. We shall see this become apparent as we continue.
- Wood for burning
Again, God did not forsake them in their sins. God instructed them to cover themselves in animal skins which died in type to cover their sins.
Walnut trees were also used to fuel the fire. But the olive and vine trees were forbidden to be used. They were symbols of Jesus Christ.
Wood was the inner material. Its a symbol of humanity.
Wood suggests material that is perishable (1 Cor 3:12-15)
David compared a righteous person with "a tree planted by the rivers of waters" (Ps 1:1-3)
Israel likened to a (fig) tree.
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- Brass covering Ex 27:2, 6; 38:2; 39:39
Brass represents strength and power.
Mountain of brass, Zech 6:1. Feet of brass Rev 1:15. Strong bone of brass, Job 40:18. The green oxidation of brass is a symbol the color green that reminds us of Christ's gift of faith which engenders hope (EW 81)
Brass plates covered the altar as if there were fish scales. These were the brass censors of 250 rebellious princes of Israel. Num 16:36-40. They were flattened to cover the altar to remind us the perpetual sacrifice as the result of our rebellion.
- The Horns
We saw in the prophetic visions, horn represents power. The symbolism is consistent here in the sanctuary.
Horns symbolize deliverance and power. Ps 89:24. Hannah would acknowledge that her deliverance had come from God" (ST, 27 Oct, 1881)
David extolled the LORD as "the horn of salvation" (Ps 18:2)
Horn was refuge of desperate men grasping onto them. Amos 3:14; Jer 17:1; 1 Kings 1:50-55
Unrepentant sinner sought this refuge in vain.
When the murderer Joab fled there, God directed, "Thou shalt take him from My altar, that he may die" (1 Kings 2:28-34)
- The Circuit
The altar was 3 cubit high. Thats 5.4 feet. A ledge was necessary to build a walkway half way up the altar for the priests to be able to perform altar related tasks, such as: adding logs, arranging the animal on top.
- Air holes
- The Ramp
The steps were forbidden lest man's nakedness be exposed, Ex 20:26. No human work may raise him to the altar.
I will wash my hands in innocency [at the laver:] so will I compass thine altar, O Lord" (Ps 26:6).
- Fire on the Altar
At Eden's gate "fire flashed from heaven and consumed the sacrifice" (PP 71; cf. Gen 4:4) to approve Abel's offering.
In like manner, God responded to Noah's post-flood burnt-offering to consecrate his family (Gen 8:20. 21),
Solomon's oblation at the dedication of the Temple (2 Chron 7:1), and to Elijah's sacrifice on the reestablished altar of Jehovah on Mt. Carmel (1 Kings 18:38).
During the march in the desert the priests kept the embers alight in a censer by constantly adding incense (Signs 24 June l880).
Without daily addition of incense, symbolizing Christ's righteousness and our prayers, it will go out. (prov 26:20)
Fire is an emblem of that aspect of God's character which accepts and purges (Deut 4:24; 9:3; Heb 12:29
- No strange fire
"If one has not a vital connection with God," the Spirit warns, "his own spirit and sentiments will prevail. These may be well represented as strange fire offered in place of the sacred. Man has woven into the work of God his own defects of character, devices that are human and earthly, delusions ensnaring to himself and to all who accept them" (TM 371). "Let there be no departure from the Lord's methods of working. Use no common fire, but the sacred fire of the Lord's kindling" (7T 267). In fact, "those who bear responsibilities in our institutions should daily seek the way of the Lord. They should not feel qualified to choose their own way, for in so doing they will walk in the light of the sparks of their own kindling" (8T 140, 141)
- Animals bound to the altar
"Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar" (Ps 118:26, 27; cf. Matt 21:9; 23:39)
As a "living sacrifice" (Rom 12:1, 2) the Christian should keep himself continually bound by the cords of love to God's altar, the cross of Calvary. "Bind property and friends on the altar of God" (5T 297), the Spirit recommends. "The members of the church should individually hold themselves and all their possessions upon the altar of God" (5T 465).
By the fullness of His dedication to His Father, Jesus in effect repeated the vow of the devoted slave: "I love My Master [God], I love My wife [the church], I love My children [believers individually; cf. Heb 2:13]; I will not go free" (cf. Ex 21:5; Ps 40:6, margin; Heb 10:5
When Joseph and Mary brought the Baby Jesus to the Temple, the priest "took the Child in his arms, and held it up before the altar" (DA 52), to signify His dedication as "a living sacrifice" (Rom 12:1, 2). And from that moment "His earthly life was a preparation for the altar. Christ points us to the key of all His suffering and humiliation--the love of God" (RH 17 July 1900).
Upon the altar, the animal was wholly consumed. "Holiness is wholeness for God" (DA 556). Jesus gave up Himself freely and completely.
- Ashes
Ashes from the Altar piled on the east of the Altar. Lev 6:10, 11
Hebrew word "accept" means "turned to ashes" (Ps 20:3)
Ashes (burning cinders) were taken out side the camp Lev 6:11. This signifies the end of the sacrifice.
Jesus was taken to the outside of the city to die. This also signifies Jesus did not die for the Hebrews alone, but for whole mankind. 4T p121.
- Utensils and implements at the altar
Knives, hooks, vessel, rakes and shovels, censers (fire pan), pans.
- Sacrificial services
David sang, "The sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even Thine altar, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God" (Ps 84:3), And Jesus reassured us we are of much more value than many sparrows (Matt 10:31, Luke 12:7)
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I only watched the last one. It was much more of a glimpse of the sanctuary. And the figures he showed on the screen had a few errors.
The inspiration has told us we need to understand it as exactly it was built.
Please follow this thread. The sanctuary study explains in-depth every biblical doctrines. In fact the entire bible is written in Sanctuary language.
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03 LAVER AND ITS FOOT
All My Filth Is Christ's
All My Filth Is Christ's
Placed between the porch and the altar, to the south.
The laver was a large copper water basin located in the court, between the altar of burnt-offering and the veil to the holy place. The Rabbis remember that "the laver stood between the porch and the altar, toward the south" (Middoth 3:6; cf. Ex 30:18; 38:8; 40:30)
This position is true also of Solomon's brazen "sea," the counterpart of the Mosaic laver (1 Kings 7:39). Facing the worshipers gathered to observe the ceremonies, its position was "between the altar and the congregation" (PP 347, 348; 2T 611).
A common misconception is to place the laver in the center of median line. This is a fallacy. It implies that the sanctuary is a picture of cross. As we go on in the study, we will clearly see the cross is important but not the only provision man needs. The cross is the only of beginning of our walk with Christ, but the end.
Opposite the laver, north of the median line, was the place of slaughter (Lev 1:11) where stakes, or in Solomon's temple bronze rings, were fixed in the ground. The victims were tethered to these prior to their slaughter to provide the blood needed in many rituals.
Symbols of Cleansing and Sacrifice
The laver is a symbol of cleansing.
Its name: a wash bowl (1 Kings 7:30),
a cooking pot (1 Sam 2:14)
a fire-pot (Zech 12:6).
It was derived from a root meaning to dig or bore or make round with a hammer as does a tin-smith, which might indicate that it was beaten work. This root meaning is noted by the Psalmist (Ps 22:16) when he predicted Christ's description of the crucifixion: "They pierced [digged, hammered, bored] My hands and feet." On Calvary the hammer and nails made a "laver" of Christ's hands and feet from which the cleansing streams of salvation flowed.
The Mosaic laver was most probably round. The scripture refers it as without ‘sides’. This is supported by the shape of the "brazen sea" of Solomon's Temple, the permanent counterpart of the Mosaic laver (1 Kings 7:23-26, 39). As we have noted, another clue is its Hebrew name which designated a round wash-basin, bowl, pan or utensil, made in a semi-spherical shape by hammering. The word has been used once to describe the round platform, or stage of bronze, on which Solomon stood and knelt while dedicating the temple (2 Chron 6:13).
The Laver and its Foot
The laver is frequently mentioned with its "foot" (Ex 30:17-21, 28; 31:9; 35:16; 40:7,11, 30; Lev 8:11), looked "like a lily flower" (see Unger's Bible Dictionary), or lotus blossom (cf. 2 Chron 4:2-5; 1 Kings 7:23-26).
Nothing was ever washed in the laver or in its "foot." These were strictly reservoirs, from which the ministrants ladled the necessary water.
Every priest who wished to minister at the altar, or in the holy place, was required first to purify himself by the water ritual at the laver (Ex 30:17-21).
The laver rested on the desert sand during the wilderness wanderings. This sings the gospel song of Heaven's condescension in reaching down to where the pilgrims walk to the Promised Land, to provide cleansing water for their needs.
Jesus reminded Nicodemus that the new birth, which consisted of forgiveness, cleansing, justification and regeneration, concerned "earthly things" (John 3:12). His expression is also descriptive of plants which creep along the ground, and points to what takes place in our world. Our Lord thus pictured the need for His disciples to be "washed . . . sanctified . . . justified" (1 Cor 6:11) while still on the earth, and trudging toward Paradise. This is vitally important. As the priest cleans all his filth before entering into the Holy Place in type, we must cleanse all our sins with the ever living water before we can enter into the kingdom of God. This service of spiritual cleansing with water the laver and its foot typically provided in the Tabernacle court.
The Laver Made of Bronze Mirrors
The laver was made out of the polished brass or copper "looking glasses" lovingly donated by the Israelite women worshipers (Ex 38:8; 30:17-21). Many such metallic mirrors have been unearthed by archaeologists in Bible lands. In Scriptural sign language a mirror illustrates one function of the law (James 1:23-25; cf. 2 Cor 3:17, 18), the revealer of sin.
Women gave the gift of mirror to make the laver. The laver was made from hammering, digging and piercing(think of Christ being nailed to the cross). Mary to give the gift of cleansing. Rev 12, woman ‘true church’ gave birth to the gift of cleansing.
The Mirror is a Symbol of God's Law
As the sinner meditates on His Saviour's life, the Spirit helps him to sense his own unworthiness, and he is ready to acknowledge himself "shapen in iniquity" (Ps 51:5). The Scriptures are replete with examples of persons to whom heaven has granted such insights, and who then recognized in themselves "only wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores" (Isa 1:6) extending from the tops of their heads (their thoughts) to the soles of their feet (their daily walk). Through this self-knowledge even "perfect" Job was led to lament, "I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes" (Job 42:5, 6), while the innocent Isaiah wailed, "I am a man of unclean lips" (Isa 6:5), and even Daniel, although "greatly beloved" of Heaven, acknowledged, "My comeliness was turned in me into corruption" (Dan 10:8).
After he has looked into the divine mirror and been convicted of sin, the Spirit creates in the heart of the penitent a longing for change and cleansing. Then, as he again gazes into the "mirror" with his changed perspective, what had previously seemed to him a "law of bondage," he discovers to be the perfect "law of liberty" (James 2:12). He longs for cleansing
But the law is impotent to cleanse and release him. Its usefulness lies only in exposing his sinful heart (Rom 3:20; 7:7-13), and his need for forgiveness. Question: can we apply the mirror to our face after we saw the filth on it? No. Therefore can (keeping) the law save us?
The Cleansing Water from the Smitten Rock
The water for the laver came from the riven rock (Ex 17:5, 6). the water from the laver was considered ceremonially clean and set apart for sacred purposes.
The Rock is Christ (1 Cor 10:4; PP 411), broken open by vindictive hands, but in God's providence providing cascades of the "water and blood" desperately needed to remove man's sin and uncleanness (Zech 12:1).
For Israel's ritual in the Temple at Jerusalem, water for the laver was drawn from the Pool of Shiloh. Named "Peace," this spring was a symbol of the Prince of Peace or Emmanuel (Gen 49:10). Siloam was another name applied to this pool, and meant "the Sent of God" (John 9:7).
The Laver's Two-fold Ministry
"In order to gain a knowledge of ourselves, it is necessary to look into the mirror, and there discovering our own defects, avail ourselves of the blood of Christ, the fountain opened for sin and uncleanness, in which we may wash our robes of character and remove the stains of sin. But many refuse to see their errors and correct them; they do not want a true knowledge of themselves" (4T 58-59).
At the altar of perpetual atonement the sacrifice procured the forgiveness and justification of the sinner by its bloody sacrifice. This was a one-time act, the work of a moment. Then by continually washing at the laver, the waters of which represent cleansing grace, the born again sinner was enabled to maintain his state of cleanliness.
God Requires Complete Cleansing
See Nicodemus John 3
Twin Streams of Water and Blood
When John saw the water and blood came out of Jesus when the soldier pierced into His side, John 19: 34, 35 Psalm 22:14. He understood and testified the true record.
We see the blood was the cleansing of all our committed sins. This was the justifying cleansing.
The water was the cleansing of our sinful nature. This is the sanctifying cleansing.
The two kinds of cleansing together washed away our sinful acts and purifies our tendency to sin continuously.
The New Covenant Laver Ministry
Paul wrote "His mercy [that] saved us" as individuals. He then reminded Titus that this saving ministry was made effectual "by the washing [laver] of regeneration, and [viz.] the renewing of the Holy Ghost" (Titus 3:3-7, margin). "regeneration" of sinners, called justification by faith, is brought about in every case through the Spirit's "refreshing." This function was long pictured in the Sanctuary by laver washing.
The apostle explained to the Ephesians, in his second use of laver, that Jesus cleanses His church by "the washing [laver] of water by the word" (Eph 5:26). Sanctification.
By combining these two Pauline insights we discover that the Spirit's regenerating or justifying ministry, as well as His sanctifying power.
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The Laver was Dedicated with Blood and Oil
Blood and oil were successively sprinkled upon both (Ex 30:26-29; 40:11; Lev 8:10, 11). The LORD was setting the laver apart for His glory, and alerted His saints against using it for secular ends.
The Septuagint adds to the Masoretic text instructions for the portage of the laver. "And they shall take a purple cloth, and cover the laver and his foot, and they shall put it into a blue-[black cover of skin, and put it on bars" (Num 4:14, LXX), to protect it during its transportation. As with the other parts of the Sanctuary, the Lord was teaching His people that wherever they might travel His provision for their purification went along with them.
The Laver a Type of Christian Baptism
Read Romans 6. It’s the dying and resurrect with Christ that we are born again. The old (sinful) man is dead. This speaks dying to self to rid our sinful nature. And if Jesus lives in us, He will take control of us. Thus the bible says if we are God’s, it’s impossible to sin. And whosoever sins, he’s of the devil. Question: what excuse do we have for sinning?
"If we consent, He will so identify Himself with our thoughts and aims, so blend out hearts and minds into conformity to His will, that when obeying Him we shall be but carrying out our own impulses" (DA 668).
Paul perceived that the billows of the Red Sea formed a protective wall for the escaping "baptized" Israelites (1 Cor 10:1, 2). To the Corinthians the apostle explained further that the shadow of God's cloud comfortably leading His surrendered and obedient people through the parched wilderness also amounted to their "baptism" (1 Cor 10:1, 2).
Laver Cleansing Must be Continually Repeated
The law required every priest to cleanse his hands and feet prior to entering upon any of his duties in the Sanctuary. "Particles of dust might cleave to them, which would desecrate the holy place; wherefore the priests were required to leave their shoes in the court before entering the sanctuary. In the court, beside the door of the Tabernacle, stood a brazen laver, wherein the priests washed their hands and their feet before entering the Tabernacle, that all impurity might be removed. All who officiated in the Sanctuary were required of God to make special preparation before entering the place where His glory was revealed" (4T 159).
The attitudes exhibited by the priests were to serve as examples to Israel, for if they "showed great reverence for God by being very careful and very particular as they came into His presence, it gave the people an exalted idea of God and His requirements. It showed them that God was holy, that His work was sacred, and that everything in connection with His work must be holy; that it must be free from everything like impurity and uncleanness" (2T 612).
Hands and Feet Washed at the Laver
The priests washed their hands and feet each time they carried the blood of the sacrificial victims to the altar or into the holy place (Ex 40:32). The laver's reiterated message from the court as expressed by the gospel prophet, "Be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord" (Isa 52:11),
The laver's ministry applied only to those who were born to the Aaronic priesthood. We, as members of Christ's "royal priests," may enter His service through the "new birth."
A note here is that the water was drawn out of the laver. It was prohibited to wash in the laver and its foot to prevent the defilement of the holy water.
Priestly Consecration Required Laver Water
Laver water was used during the rites connected with the consecration of the high priest. As God's appointed representative (Ex 4:16; 7:1; 18:19) Moses immersed Aaron (Lev 8:6; Ex 29:4) in water drawn from the laver, (where we are not told), to signal his complete cleansing. To call attention to this stage in the experience of our High Priest, Christ once asked James and John, "Are ye able to be baptized with the baptism with which I am being baptized?" (Matt 20:22; cf. Luke 12:50). Question: how does this apply in our lives?
Various other rituals were performed at the laver. Parts of the sacrificial victims were washed prior to being placed on the altar by the priest (Lev 1:9, 13). The rabbis remember that in seeking to identify the suspected adulteress (Num 5:11-31) "the priest used to bring an earthenware bowl and put in it half a log of water from the laver" (Sotah 2:2). With dust from the holy place sprinkled on its surface, this water was then used to wash off the ink lettering from the scroll on which her husband's accusations had been recorded. This potion consisting of water, dust and the ink tracings was drunk by the accused woman. To the innocent this act spelled vindication, she simply absorbed the charges made against her!
Water Ceremonies During the Feast of Tabernacles
Before entering the most holy place on the Day of Atonement, the high priest five times immersed himself, and then during the ceremonies performed during the day often washed his hands and feet, with water dipped in a golden jug from the laver (Yoma 4:5). These lustrations underline our need to remain clean in all the activities we carry out for the Lord by means of the Fountain for sin and uncleanness.
"He that is washed [bathed] needeth not save to wash feet but is clean every whit" (John 13:10). The priests were urged to persevere in their rites of purification, "that they die not" (Ex 30:17-21). With this truth in mind, our Lord's warning, "If I wash thee not thou hast no part with Me" (John 13:8),
The Laver and the Sea of Glass
This apocalyptic scene harks back to the dedication of the temple built by Solomon. During the ceremony the king took his position upon a special "sea" or platform, to address the people, and then to pray to Jehovah (2 Chron 6:13; cf. 1 Kings 8:22 ff). This Hebrew word "sea" has also been rendered laver (2 Chron 4:2). For centuries the mirrors forming the laver had revealed Israel's need for purification, and contained the water by which they were made clean. In John's vision the Israel of God, finally gathered from every land and every age, are exhibited standing upon the "sea."
This symbol of baptismal regeneration has finally become the ultimate base upon which the redeemed take their position before God. The law, which the mirrors of the laver represented, and the cleansing waters provided by the Lord, have become the foundation of their lives and characters. "Death" and "burial," condemnation and defilement, no longer have power over them. The laver has become their sign of triumph, and forms the pedestal upon which they stand victorious before the universe. They have overcome the "sea" whose water, which is now aglow with purifying fire, forms their crystal platform. Like Peter, they walk upon this "sea," safe and unafraid, because they have kept their eyes fixed upon the Lamb wherever He has led them.
Blood and oil were successively sprinkled upon both (Ex 30:26-29; 40:11; Lev 8:10, 11). The LORD was setting the laver apart for His glory, and alerted His saints against using it for secular ends.
The Septuagint adds to the Masoretic text instructions for the portage of the laver. "And they shall take a purple cloth, and cover the laver and his foot, and they shall put it into a blue-[black cover of skin, and put it on bars" (Num 4:14, LXX), to protect it during its transportation. As with the other parts of the Sanctuary, the Lord was teaching His people that wherever they might travel His provision for their purification went along with them.
The Laver a Type of Christian Baptism
Read Romans 6. It’s the dying and resurrect with Christ that we are born again. The old (sinful) man is dead. This speaks dying to self to rid our sinful nature. And if Jesus lives in us, He will take control of us. Thus the bible says if we are God’s, it’s impossible to sin. And whosoever sins, he’s of the devil. Question: what excuse do we have for sinning?
"If we consent, He will so identify Himself with our thoughts and aims, so blend out hearts and minds into conformity to His will, that when obeying Him we shall be but carrying out our own impulses" (DA 668).
Paul perceived that the billows of the Red Sea formed a protective wall for the escaping "baptized" Israelites (1 Cor 10:1, 2). To the Corinthians the apostle explained further that the shadow of God's cloud comfortably leading His surrendered and obedient people through the parched wilderness also amounted to their "baptism" (1 Cor 10:1, 2).
Laver Cleansing Must be Continually Repeated
The law required every priest to cleanse his hands and feet prior to entering upon any of his duties in the Sanctuary. "Particles of dust might cleave to them, which would desecrate the holy place; wherefore the priests were required to leave their shoes in the court before entering the sanctuary. In the court, beside the door of the Tabernacle, stood a brazen laver, wherein the priests washed their hands and their feet before entering the Tabernacle, that all impurity might be removed. All who officiated in the Sanctuary were required of God to make special preparation before entering the place where His glory was revealed" (4T 159).
The attitudes exhibited by the priests were to serve as examples to Israel, for if they "showed great reverence for God by being very careful and very particular as they came into His presence, it gave the people an exalted idea of God and His requirements. It showed them that God was holy, that His work was sacred, and that everything in connection with His work must be holy; that it must be free from everything like impurity and uncleanness" (2T 612).
Hands and Feet Washed at the Laver
The priests washed their hands and feet each time they carried the blood of the sacrificial victims to the altar or into the holy place (Ex 40:32). The laver's reiterated message from the court as expressed by the gospel prophet, "Be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord" (Isa 52:11),
The laver's ministry applied only to those who were born to the Aaronic priesthood. We, as members of Christ's "royal priests," may enter His service through the "new birth."
A note here is that the water was drawn out of the laver. It was prohibited to wash in the laver and its foot to prevent the defilement of the holy water.
Priestly Consecration Required Laver Water
Laver water was used during the rites connected with the consecration of the high priest. As God's appointed representative (Ex 4:16; 7:1; 18:19) Moses immersed Aaron (Lev 8:6; Ex 29:4) in water drawn from the laver, (where we are not told), to signal his complete cleansing. To call attention to this stage in the experience of our High Priest, Christ once asked James and John, "Are ye able to be baptized with the baptism with which I am being baptized?" (Matt 20:22; cf. Luke 12:50). Question: how does this apply in our lives?
Various other rituals were performed at the laver. Parts of the sacrificial victims were washed prior to being placed on the altar by the priest (Lev 1:9, 13). The rabbis remember that in seeking to identify the suspected adulteress (Num 5:11-31) "the priest used to bring an earthenware bowl and put in it half a log of water from the laver" (Sotah 2:2). With dust from the holy place sprinkled on its surface, this water was then used to wash off the ink lettering from the scroll on which her husband's accusations had been recorded. This potion consisting of water, dust and the ink tracings was drunk by the accused woman. To the innocent this act spelled vindication, she simply absorbed the charges made against her!
Water Ceremonies During the Feast of Tabernacles
Before entering the most holy place on the Day of Atonement, the high priest five times immersed himself, and then during the ceremonies performed during the day often washed his hands and feet, with water dipped in a golden jug from the laver (Yoma 4:5). These lustrations underline our need to remain clean in all the activities we carry out for the Lord by means of the Fountain for sin and uncleanness.
"He that is washed [bathed] needeth not save to wash feet but is clean every whit" (John 13:10). The priests were urged to persevere in their rites of purification, "that they die not" (Ex 30:17-21). With this truth in mind, our Lord's warning, "If I wash thee not thou hast no part with Me" (John 13:8),
The Laver and the Sea of Glass
This apocalyptic scene harks back to the dedication of the temple built by Solomon. During the ceremony the king took his position upon a special "sea" or platform, to address the people, and then to pray to Jehovah (2 Chron 6:13; cf. 1 Kings 8:22 ff). This Hebrew word "sea" has also been rendered laver (2 Chron 4:2). For centuries the mirrors forming the laver had revealed Israel's need for purification, and contained the water by which they were made clean. In John's vision the Israel of God, finally gathered from every land and every age, are exhibited standing upon the "sea."
This symbol of baptismal regeneration has finally become the ultimate base upon which the redeemed take their position before God. The law, which the mirrors of the laver represented, and the cleansing waters provided by the Lord, have become the foundation of their lives and characters. "Death" and "burial," condemnation and defilement, no longer have power over them. The laver has become their sign of triumph, and forms the pedestal upon which they stand victorious before the universe. They have overcome the "sea" whose water, which is now aglow with purifying fire, forms their crystal platform. Like Peter, they walk upon this "sea," safe and unafraid, because they have kept their eyes fixed upon the Lamb wherever He has led them.
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Two quick pictures:
Altar of Sacrifice:
the dimension is 5x5 cubit square, 3 cubit high. 4 horns on the 4 corners. Wood overlaid with copper/brass. There is a ledge in the middle for the priests to walk on since 3 cubit is about 5.4 feet high.
On the south side, there is earth ramp.
There are air holes on the sides of the altar I didn't draw.
Altar of Sacrifice:
the dimension is 5x5 cubit square, 3 cubit high. 4 horns on the 4 corners. Wood overlaid with copper/brass. There is a ledge in the middle for the priests to walk on since 3 cubit is about 5.4 feet high.
On the south side, there is earth ramp.
There are air holes on the sides of the altar I didn't draw.
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We have posted the resources for the sanctuary. Hope everyone uses them. Here is a question for them who has been following this study:
Where and when did justification take place, at the altar or at the laver? What about the sanctification? Please prove your conclusion with scriptural reference and quotes of Spirit of Prophecy in the light of the sanctuary.
Now onto the daily services thats in connection with the court
The Hebrew word 'daily' is tamid. It appears about 50 times to describe the sanctuary services.
Daily service overwrote all Sabbath and festival services. What is the significance of this truth? Christs daily intercession is continuously available to the sinners. It never ceases to provide the atoning sacrifice for those who seek it. All of Gods provision depends Christs sacrifice.
The daily refers to these specific services that took place in the court and the holy place.
1. the daily morning and evening burnt-offering presented on behalf of the covenant people as a whole (Ex 29:38, 42; Num 28:3-8);
2. the regular meal-offering, which included the grape juice libation which accompanied all burnt-offerings (Num 4:16);
3. the breastplate on the high priest's heart (Ex 28:29, 30);
4. the menorah (Ex 27:20);
5. the shewbread (Ex 25:30);
6. the incense on the golden altar (Ex 30:8);
7. the fire upon the altar in the court (Lev 6:13);
8. the music which accompanied the services of the Tabernacle (1 Chron 16:6, 16).
So to summarize, the 'daily' service contained the two parts: one in the court: sacrifice of a lamb in morning for the people as a whole, a sacrifice of another lamb in the evening and the one in the holy place: collecting ashes from the altar of incense, replacing with new incense, placing fresh shewbread and grape juice on the table, replenish the oil for candlestick, placing new wicks and trimming old wicks...
This represented/pointed to the never ceasing ministry of Jesus who ever lives to make intercession for us" (Heb 7:25). This daily service went on every day of the year without cessation even on weekly Sabbath and the annual feasts.
"Every morning and evening a lamb of a year old was burned upon the altar, with its appropriate meat-offering, thus symbolizing the daily consecration of the nation to Jehovah, and their constant dependence upon the atoning blood of Christ" (Patriarch and Prophet 352)
These rituals prefigured the blessings available to sinners through the "daily" or continual ministry of Jesus on Calvary and in the holy place of the heavenly sanctuary (Rom 5:17, 18; Heb 7:25-27; 9:11-15; 10:1-14).
"what was done in type in the ministration of the earthly Sanctuary is done in reality in the ministration of the heavenly Sanctuary" (GC p420).
As the daily ritual laid the foundation of Israel's worship, the tamid in the heavenly Sanctuary is the heart of Jesus' heavenly ministry. It is not surprising, therefore, that the "daily" should be the target of satanic attack (Dan 8:11, 12). Should the devil succeed in taking from the hearts of God's people the significance of the never-ceasing ministry of the great Priest and High Priest in their day by day struggles against sin, and turning them away from the "place" (Dan 8:11) of His Sanctuary in heaven (Jer 17:12), his plan to lead them into apostasy would speedily succeed.
Morning sacrifice applied to all mankind. Lamb slaughtered, blood taken into HP, sprinkled, the animal taken outside of the city to burn.
Holy place service: candlesticks, golden altar, table.
Evening sacrifice.
Individual sacrifice: Lev 4 & 5.
- freewill offering (to consecrate), blood sprinkled on the altar, pour out at the base of the altar, fat burned on the altar, priest partake a piece of flesh. Jesus himself the sacrifice, himself the priest. The rest of the animal belong to the priest.
- meal and drink offering. Offered with a burnt offering.
- peace offering/success offering. Invite the less fortunate to feast. Offer sacrifice and feast.
- sin offering. Lev 4. Guilt transferred to the tabernacle.
- trespass offering. Deliberate sin when restitution was possible.
Hebrews 10:26 no sacrifice for willful sin. David proclaimed 'he should have died' to declare this truth that there is no sacrifice to cover willful sins. By this conviction, he was spared by God of his own sins. And by this grace, we are to learn from this lesson that we must turn from and forsake our sins.
Guilt of sin was removed at the altar. The penitent was free to go after he slaid the victim. The record of sin was removed at the Day of Atonement when the final atonement was made.
We must understand atonement means not just to paid the debt, but to restore the original relationship, original condition. This happens when sin is forever eradicated and His people finally vindicated.
Where and when did justification take place, at the altar or at the laver? What about the sanctification? Please prove your conclusion with scriptural reference and quotes of Spirit of Prophecy in the light of the sanctuary.
Now onto the daily services thats in connection with the court
04 The Daily
The Hebrew word 'daily' is tamid. It appears about 50 times to describe the sanctuary services.
Daily service overwrote all Sabbath and festival services. What is the significance of this truth? Christs daily intercession is continuously available to the sinners. It never ceases to provide the atoning sacrifice for those who seek it. All of Gods provision depends Christs sacrifice.
The daily refers to these specific services that took place in the court and the holy place.
1. the daily morning and evening burnt-offering presented on behalf of the covenant people as a whole (Ex 29:38, 42; Num 28:3-8);
2. the regular meal-offering, which included the grape juice libation which accompanied all burnt-offerings (Num 4:16);
3. the breastplate on the high priest's heart (Ex 28:29, 30);
4. the menorah (Ex 27:20);
5. the shewbread (Ex 25:30);
6. the incense on the golden altar (Ex 30:8);
7. the fire upon the altar in the court (Lev 6:13);
8. the music which accompanied the services of the Tabernacle (1 Chron 16:6, 16).
So to summarize, the 'daily' service contained the two parts: one in the court: sacrifice of a lamb in morning for the people as a whole, a sacrifice of another lamb in the evening and the one in the holy place: collecting ashes from the altar of incense, replacing with new incense, placing fresh shewbread and grape juice on the table, replenish the oil for candlestick, placing new wicks and trimming old wicks...
This represented/pointed to the never ceasing ministry of Jesus who ever lives to make intercession for us" (Heb 7:25). This daily service went on every day of the year without cessation even on weekly Sabbath and the annual feasts.
"Every morning and evening a lamb of a year old was burned upon the altar, with its appropriate meat-offering, thus symbolizing the daily consecration of the nation to Jehovah, and their constant dependence upon the atoning blood of Christ" (Patriarch and Prophet 352)
These rituals prefigured the blessings available to sinners through the "daily" or continual ministry of Jesus on Calvary and in the holy place of the heavenly sanctuary (Rom 5:17, 18; Heb 7:25-27; 9:11-15; 10:1-14).
"what was done in type in the ministration of the earthly Sanctuary is done in reality in the ministration of the heavenly Sanctuary" (GC p420).
As the daily ritual laid the foundation of Israel's worship, the tamid in the heavenly Sanctuary is the heart of Jesus' heavenly ministry. It is not surprising, therefore, that the "daily" should be the target of satanic attack (Dan 8:11, 12). Should the devil succeed in taking from the hearts of God's people the significance of the never-ceasing ministry of the great Priest and High Priest in their day by day struggles against sin, and turning them away from the "place" (Dan 8:11) of His Sanctuary in heaven (Jer 17:12), his plan to lead them into apostasy would speedily succeed.
Morning sacrifice applied to all mankind. Lamb slaughtered, blood taken into HP, sprinkled, the animal taken outside of the city to burn.
Holy place service: candlesticks, golden altar, table.
Evening sacrifice.
Individual sacrifice: Lev 4 & 5.
- freewill offering (to consecrate), blood sprinkled on the altar, pour out at the base of the altar, fat burned on the altar, priest partake a piece of flesh. Jesus himself the sacrifice, himself the priest. The rest of the animal belong to the priest.
- meal and drink offering. Offered with a burnt offering.
- peace offering/success offering. Invite the less fortunate to feast. Offer sacrifice and feast.
- sin offering. Lev 4. Guilt transferred to the tabernacle.
- trespass offering. Deliberate sin when restitution was possible.
Hebrews 10:26 no sacrifice for willful sin. David proclaimed 'he should have died' to declare this truth that there is no sacrifice to cover willful sins. By this conviction, he was spared by God of his own sins. And by this grace, we are to learn from this lesson that we must turn from and forsake our sins.
Guilt of sin was removed at the altar. The penitent was free to go after he slaid the victim. The record of sin was removed at the Day of Atonement when the final atonement was made.
We must understand atonement means not just to paid the debt, but to restore the original relationship, original condition. This happens when sin is forever eradicated and His people finally vindicated.
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We are almost done with the outer court. Before we enter into the holy place by faith, here's a heads up of what's coming up, a belated content outline if you will...
- Organization of Israel about the tabernacle, the general layout
- The outer court: altar, laver and daily service
- Holy Place: the veil, Table, altar of incense & candlestick
- Most Holy Place: Ark, hidden manna, the judgment...
- Priesthood, priest garment
- Feast days: new moon, Passover, unleavened bread, Pentecost, Trumpet, Yom Kippur, Feast of Tabernacle, Eighth day of Assembly, the great jubilee
- Cleansing services: leprosy, contact with the dead, atonement cleansing/2300 days...
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Now that we are done with the outter court, here are some more questions to test your understanding of the bible. If you have been following the thread and have been using the resources, you should be able to answer them with confidence.
- After creating Adam and Eve, how did God communicate with them?
- How close was the cooperation between Adam and God in the garden?
- As a consequence of disobedience, how did Adam and Eve respond to the presence of God and why?
- Why could only one equal with God make atonement for transgression of divine law?
- What meaning did the declaration of Genesis 3:15 have for Satan? For Adam and Eve?
- Why was a period of probation granted?
- What were the purposes of the system of sacrifices?
- For what reasons was the first sacrifice by Adam a “painful ceremony”?
- Where did Adam and Eve set up their first altars? Is this significant?
- What were the “first requisites” for preparing the sanctuary in the wilderness?
- What formed the basis for the plan for this sanctuary? How was it obtained?
- To whom did the gifts and sacrifices offered in the wilderness or earthly sanctuary point?
- What dramatic event signalled the termination of the sanctuary services here on earth?
- Where does this continual ministry of Christ now take place?
- When an individual sinned unintentionally and the sacrificial victim was offered for the sin, was the blood always sprinkled in the sanctuary?
- What dramatic events will signal the termination of the proceedings in the temple in heaven?
- In the earth made new, will there be a temple constructed to facilitate the worship of the redeemed?
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When the Bible speaks of doing away with the daily in Dan8:11-12 is it not specifically speaking of the apostate practice of confessing sin before man and not the Christ? What specific text in the Bible says the heavenly sanctuarial ceremonies would be conducted as the earthly ones were. IOW, is there direct Biblical support that Christ entered the most Holy at the end of the 2300 day prophecy? Thanks in advance for any comments.
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Jim Larmore
God bless
Jim Larmore
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Hi,
About your original question in the other thread... yes, Jesus made an atoning sacrifice at the cross. However the process of atonement is not finished at the cross.
Atonement means at one ment. It means to restore back the original condition. So when we look at it from that sense, the cross did not complete that. Or the cross is not the end of the our christian walk, but the beginning of it, if you will.
The cross provides the possible beginning of justification. We will still need to go through the sanctification (make holy) process. And finally after the glorification (final judgment), all the redeemed are vindicated and atoned. Then the original face-to-face relationship which was severed by sin will forever be restored.
I hope this makes sense and I believe towards the end of the sanctuary study, it will make this point abundantly clear.
The hebrew word daily in Daniel 8, is tamid. We touched on it earlier in this thread. It refers to the daily service that took place in the sanctuary: in the court: the continue sacrifice for the forgiveness of the confessed sins, the continue washing away of sins; in the holy place: the daily partaking of the bread (the word of God), centered around the continue prayers and finally the believers become that solid gold and the light of the world.
This is happening today in the heavenly sanctuary but in the spiritual aspect.
We know the little horn of Daniel 7, 8 is the Roman Catholism. Yes, by confessing sins to men rather than to God, by removing the bible, by putting the church above the Word of God, by taking the perogatives of God, and by having a mediation in the place of Jesus. Jesus Christ was replaced. In that sense, the papacy is the anti-christ (substitute). The daily was taken away by the RC system.
We will see in this thread (we have also discussed it in the IJ thread), the high priest entered into the Most Holy Place once a year on the day of atonement (right after the harvest) to make the final atonement for the congregation of Israel. This is recorded in Lev 16.
The earthly sanctuary was a copy of the heavenly not only in proportion but also in functionality because it was a visual illustration of the plan of redemption.
Hope this helps, it will make more sense after we discuss the HP, MHP and annual feasts.
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I like this explanation a lot and I believe it's absolutely on target with the truth. I have also heard that in some sense God gets a little dirty in the process of forgiving sins in that sin is transferred to the heavenly sanctuary.
This answers the question I was bringing up earlier. I had originally thought in Daniel where it spoke of the little horn doing away with the daily sacrifice that it stopped the earthly ceremonies and instituted the new covenant way of getting forgiveness for sins. This version of yours and the one I suspected makes so much more sense knowing how the RCC operates and demands confession of sins before a mere man and not Christ in heaven.
Those former Adventists that are opposed to the IJ take exception to this statement and challenge it's validity based on Biblical support. I completely agree with you on this 100% and I think the Bible supports it with texts like Dan 8:14, Heb 9:23-24. One of the issues they bring up in Heb 9:26 is where it says He went in ONCE . They say that He did this right after He ascended to heaven, not 1800 years later. What do you think about that part?
BTW, thanks so much for you input on this.
God Bless
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Not to stir things up (OntheDL I think your study is excellent and keep up the good work!), but I don't think the 'daily' in Daniel 8 refers to Christ's heavenly ministry in the sanctuary.
The Hebrew text does not support that the daily was 'removed' from the Prince of the Host; it literally reads
"Even unto the Prince of the Host, he exalted himself; and from him the daily was lifted up....' - it is from pagan rome that the 'daily' was lifted up and not from the Prince of Hosts.
The 'daily' in Daniel is used as a cultic term which is the counterfeit of the daily services of the Israelites; it is essentially 'the continual' form of paganism manifesting itself in each of the four beasts.
I think we have spoken on this before but what do you still think about this?
I should ask before I go on is it ok if I post questions in this thread or would you prefer if I started up another one for this?
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The Hebrew text does not support that the daily was 'removed' from the Prince of the Host; it literally reads
"Even unto the Prince of the Host, he exalted himself; and from him the daily was lifted up....' - it is from pagan rome that the 'daily' was lifted up and not from the Prince of Hosts.
The 'daily' in Daniel is used as a cultic term which is the counterfeit of the daily services of the Israelites; it is essentially 'the continual' form of paganism manifesting itself in each of the four beasts.
I think we have spoken on this before but what do you still think about this?
I should ask before I go on is it ok if I post questions in this thread or would you prefer if I started up another one for this?
Jon
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Hey Jim,
Hebrews translates that He went in 'once' into Holy Places (ie the sanctuary) - NOT into the Most Holy Place. Hebrews is very much in harmony with the Sanctuary message.
I personally believe that Hebrews supports that Christ inaugurated the whole of the Sanctuary (including the MHP) upon His ascension (Hebrews 10:20, 9:18-21), as just as Moses inaugurated the tabernacle before its priestly work could begin, (see Exodus 40:1-15) Christ also must inaugurate 'both the tabernacle and all its vessels' with His blood. This is also supported by Daniel 9:24.
Anything to add OntheDL?
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Yeah I thought about that interpretation of daily. But it didn't really make sense to me initially. I'll have to look into it more. Thanks for bringing it up again.
Sure you can post questions and post comments. Just make sure it stays with the general topic.
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