First5 app if you don’t have it please get it. The everyday reading is awesome, but my
favorite part is the weekend wrap-up. The
writers go back through the major moments of the scripture for the week.
This week the weekend wrap-up revisited the building of the
tabernacle in Exodus. Below I have
listed the parts of the tabernacle and what they foreshadowed.
·
Gate- Jesus
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Brazen Altar- Cross (Sanctification)
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Laver (Basin)- Cleansing (Jesus is the word in
which washes us clean
·
Menorah (Lampstand)- Light (Jesus is the light
of the world)
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Bread- Strength (Jesus is the bread of life)
·
Altar of incense- Jesus is the great high priest,
He intercedes for us
·
Veil- Barrier (when Jesus took His last breath
the veil dropped
·
Ark- Covenant (we go to Christ for mercy and
grace)
Each piece of the Tabernacle was of great importance. As I listened intently the foreshadowing
intrigued me, but it was when they stated that we must be in the Old Testament
to understand the New Testament that I had an ahha moment.
What was the ahha moment?
I look at my life dissecting each piece of the old and I can
now understand how they all fit together to make the new. The old had to happen to make me the new
creation that only Christ could develop.
He used every piece of my old self to make my new self-work for
Him. He filled the old with the Holy
Spirit to create the new creation that shines the light He wants it to
shine.
If you are reading this today and you think that you can’t
become new think again. Just like the
butterfly ventures through the miraculous stages of metamorphosis you can be
miraculously created new. If you think
you are too far-gone, think again God can and does resurrect. You may be harboring feelings of resentment
or bitterness. The devil may be working
on you trying to terrorize you by distracting you, discouraging you or
disabling you. The devil may be leading
you to look in the rearview mirror of your past and taunting you with past mistakes.
DON’T GO THERE!
BECOME NEW!
Because of God, because of the tabernacle, because of Jesus
salvation is given. Grace and mercy
reign over you. You are Christ’s
tabernacle. Let His light shine through
you.
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