Sickle of Truth

The Tabernacle, “Now and Then” The Courtyard of the Tabernacle represents a condition which is not yet complete or perfected at the present time. Presently it only represents the condition of those approaching God, that is to say, “Whoever is coming near to God by believing in the work of Jesus, and who trusts in the precious sacrifice, these are in a tentatively justified position, but (reckoned as actually) justified only after they have made a full consecration to the…

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The Parable of the Wedding Feast illustrates from another standpoint the imputation of the merit of Christ. It was the custom at weddings that all the guests, as they entered the house, should be handed a wedding garment. The acceptance of this implied that they would put it on and wear it. (Matt 22:1-13) Coming to the door, desiring to enter in, would imply faith in respect to the marriage. The “door” as you may have guessed is in reference…

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A square, because all four of its angles and four sides are equal, is the symbol for “perfection.” Jehovah, in giving instructions to Moses with regard to the Tabernacle, told him that the altars for burnt-offering and for incense were to be “foursquare.” (Exod 27:1; 30:2) So also was it to be with the “breastplate of judgment” which, when folded (doubled), was to be “foursquare.” (Exod 28:6) And, of course, the basic measurement of the “Most Holy” was also to…

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“Wolves” in the Courtyard In our previous post we discussed the “Brazen Altar” and the “Laver”, the first representing the great ransom sacrifice of Christ and the latter the means by which we cleanse ourselves from the defilements of the world through the washing of the word in preparation to entering the dwelling place of the Almighty as pictured in the Tabernacle, however what we felled to mention is how few there be who make it this far most unfortunately…

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The “Brazen Altar” “Build an altar of acacia (shittim) wood three cubits high; it is to be square, five cubits long and five cubits wide. Make horns at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece and overlay the altar with copper (in Hebrew nechosheth, mistranslated as bronze or brass) … make a grating for it, a copper network, and make a copper ring at each of the four corners of the…

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