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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“From the information available, it seems reasonable to conclude that the construction of the court included silver rods (fillets) connecting the wooden posts, the question, nevertheless is what their primary purpose was. (The following was taken from an article entitled, “Fillets of the Tabernacle”) “We will approach this question from two standpoints: the practical purpose in the type; and the lesson for us in the antitype. The court of the tabernacle was surrounded by a series of posts or pillars…

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Within the Walls of Justice After having admitted that we are sinners, and that our course in this world was heading in the wrong direction away from God we made the determination to turn ourselves around and to adjust our course in the right direction. Henceforth we determined to dedicate ourselves to living righteously to the best of our ability. Now through faith in Christ as represented in the entrance curtain, we take the “first step”, and pass into the…

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The Courtyard As was stated in our previous post the Priest and the Levites associated with the work of the tabernacle were the only ones permitted within the tabernacle enclosure, the people themselves being separated from all the holy things not only by distance, but likewise by way of the linen curtain which hindered their view and access to the holy things within. From their view point all they could see was the top of the Tabernacle which stood twice…

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“Our Journey Begins” In most studies involving the tabernacle the author tends to begin with an explanation of the courtyard leaving out “the camp”, and that which resides “outside the camp”, yet for us this is a very important part of our study of the Tabernacle seeing as we all started our journey from one point or other. What is the camp and what lies outside the camp? In the typical tabernacle picture the camp consisted of the various tribes…

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Having in our previous study (Which please see if you have not already) entitled Tabernacle Insights, Dimensions of the Tabernacle Courtyard, we would now like to examine this issue a bit further (as well as the rest of the Tabernacle), howbeit here we will be focusing more specifically upon the spiritual significance of the Tabernacle, The Tabernacle itself as well as its courtyard and the various items found there. Here then is a point which is often overlooked and/or totally…

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