MOSIAC SHADOW LAWS FROM THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT AND THE SANCTUARY
PART 4
3. SANCTUARY; THE MOST HOLY PLACE
The MOST HOLY PLACE is the most sacred place of the earthyl Sanctuary. This is where the
presence of God resides. In the MOST HOLY PLACE is where the ARK of the COVENANT is held which conatains the two tables of stone where Gods wrote the 10 Commandments. Above the 10 Commandments was the mercy seat that holds the presence of God.
Beside the ARK of the covenant was the MOSAIC BOOK of the Covenant of laws and ORDINANCES, Aarons budded rod, the Golden censor and the pot of manna.
HEBREWS 9:1-5 [1], Then truly the
first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. [2], For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the show bread; which is called the sanctuary. [3], And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the
Holiest of all; [4], Which had the
golden censer, and
the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold,
wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; [5], And over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy seat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
Matthew Poole's Commentary
Which had the
golden censer; in the holy of holiest was reserved the golden censer, on which
the high priest put the incense when annually he entered there, {see
Leviticus 16:12,13} that the cloud of it might cover the mercy-seat, and so was kept for that service in it: see Joseph. Antiq. lib. 3. 7. Many would refer this to the golden altar of incense that stood before the veil in the holy place,
Exodus 30:6-8; and so they read it, having the golden altar of incense before it for its service, and not within it; signifying the Godhead, by which Christ maketh his intercession, sanctifying and perfuming his own, and all offerings made in his name.
And the
ark of the covenant; it was a coffer or chest of [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]tim wood, plated all over with gold,
Exodus 25:10-22 37:1,6 40:20,21. This chest had for its cover a mercy-seat, listed or verged with a crown of gold round it; and is called
the ark of the covenant, because the tables of testimony were laid up in it,
Exodus 25:16 40:20; those two stone tables wrought by Moses, and carried up into the mount, (after he had on the idolatry of Israel broken those of God’s own making, and on which God had written the ten laws, the terms of his covenant with them), on which God wrote afresh his laws, and renewed his covenant with them,
Exodus 34:1,2,28,29; compare
Exodus 31:18. This ark was a type of Christ interposing between God and us, who had broken the covenant of his laws.
{added} Nothing was in the Ark of the Covenant except the 10 Commandments (1 Kings 8:9)
Wherein was the
golden pot that had manna; en h,
wherein, refers not to the ark mentioned just before, for in it was nothing pnt but the two tables of the covenant; but the tabernacle, called the holy of holiest, in which was reserved the golden censer, pot of manna, provided by God’s charge before the giving of the law, and laid up afterwards in that archive by God’s order,
Exodus 16:32-34. This manna was the bread God fed Israel in his church with forty years in the wilderness, and is called angels’ food,
Psalm 78:25; a type of Christ the true bread, that God gave from heaven to his church,
John 6:31-58.
And
Aaron’s rod that budded; which was by God’s order put before the testimony in the holy of holiest, and not into the ark, for it was to be in view there as a token of the true priesthood, the type of Christ’s, against all after-murmurers and usurpers: see
Numbers 17:1-11.
And the tables of the covenant; and as these, the urn of manna and rod of Aaron, were in the holy of holiest; so especially the two tables of the covenant were there too, but laid up in the ark which was in that place: see
1 Kings 8:9 2 Chronicles 5:10. Others think the preposition en is to be read, by which, or about, near which ark, as it is used of Christ’s sitting en dezia,
Hebrews 1:3; and so notes, as to the pot of manna and Aaron’s rod, an apposition of them to or by the ark, when the tables of the covenant were undeniably put into it.
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EARTHLY SANCTUARY SHADOWS OF THE MOST HOLY PLACE: GOLDEN CENSOR
The golden censor from the most holy place of the earthly sanctuary was only used by the Great high Priest once a year on the great day of atonement when the making atonement for all of God's people (Leviticus 16:11-31). At this time the people of God were to afflict their souls in repentance seeking God's for forgiveness. Those that did not were cut off from God's people...
LEVITICUS 23:27-30 [27], Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a
day of atonement: it shall be an
holy convocation to you; and
you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.
[28], And you shall do no work in that same day:
for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. [29], For
whatever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. [30], And whatever soul it be that does any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
The golden censor was to represent the prayers of God's people in affliction for sin as the High Priest entered the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary as he stood in the presence of God before the ARK of the COVENANT which contained God's 10 Commandments...
HEBREWS 9:4 [4], Which had the
golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
REVELATION 8:3 [3], And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a
golden censer; and there was given to him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints on the golden altar which was before the throne.
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CONCLUSION; The GOLDEN CENSOR (separate from the Alter of Incense) represents the prayers of God's people in the great day of atonement and cleasing of sin
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EARTHLY SANCTUARY SHADOWS OF THE MOST HOLY PLACE: POT OF MANNA
EXODUS 16:33 [33], And Moses said unto Aaron,
Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna in it, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.
HEBREWS 9:4 [4], Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, in which was the
golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.
JOHN 6:33 [33], For the
bread of God is he who comes down from heaven, and gives life unto the world.
JOHN 6:35 [35], And
Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger; and he that
believes on me shall never thirst.
JOHN 6:51 [51],
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
JOHN 6:57-58 [57], As the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father: so
he that eats me, even he shall live by me.[58],
This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he
that eats of this bread shall live forever. (the WORD of God; John 1:1-3; 14)
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CONCLUSION; The pot of manna represents Jesus who is the true bread of heaven. Those who eat of it (Believe the Word of God) will have everlasting life
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EARTHLY SANCTUARY SHADOWS OF THE MOST HOLY PLACE: Aaron's Budded Rod
Aaron's Rod was used by Moses and Aaron to introduce the plagues of Egypt
EXODUS 7:12 [10], And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and
Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. [11], Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. [12], For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents:
but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
God made Aarons rod which was a dead piece of would come back to life..
NUMBERS 17:7 [7], And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness. [8], And it came to pass, that the next day Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and,
behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was sprouted, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. [9], And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
It was a sign to God's people and to be kept before the Ark of the Covenant
NUMBERS 17:10 [10] And the LORD said unto Moses,
Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a sign against the rebels; and you shall put away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
HEBREWS 9:4 [4], Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, in which was the golden pot that had manna, and
Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.
God made alive a branch from a tree (Rod) that was dead.
EPHESIANS 2:1 [1], And
you has he made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins
COLOSSIANS 2:13 [13],
And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh,
has he made alive together with him,
having forgiven you all trespasses
The rod (tree branch) produced almonds (fruit)...
MARK 8:24 [24], And he looked up, and said,
I see men as trees, walking.
LUKE 6:43 [43], 43, For a good tree brings not forth corrupt fruit; neither does a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
MATTHEW 7:17-20 [17], Even so
every good tree brings forth good fruit;
but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. [18], A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. [19], Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. [20],
Therefore by their fruits you shall know them.
MATTHEW 15:4-10 [4], Abide in me, and I in you.
As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can you, except you abide in me. [5],
I am the vine, you are the branches: He that abides in me, and I in him, the same
brings forth much fruit: for
without me you can do nothing. [6], If a man abides not in me, he is cast forth
as a branch,
and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. [7], If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you. [8], In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; so shall you be my disciples. [9], As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you: continue you in my love. [10],
If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
ROMANS 11:15-21 [15], For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but
life from the dead? [16], For if the firstfruit are holy, the lump is also holy: and
if the root is holy, so are the branches. [17], And if some of
the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them
partake of the root and fatness of the olive tree; [18], Boast not against
the branches. But if you boast, you bear not the root, but the root you. [19], You will say then,
The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in. [20], Well;
because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Be not arrogant, but fear: [21], For if God spared not the
natural branches, take heed lest he also not spare you.
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CONCLUSION; God brings to life that which is dead. We were dead in trespasses and sin. Jesus brings us life through faith in his WORD as long as we abide in him he will produce the fruit of OBEDIENCE to God's WORD. Jesus is the root we are the branches without Jesus we can do nothing.
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Running out of room here next we will look at the most important section in the most holy place which is the ARK of the COVENANT...
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