Proverbs
77:13: Thy way, O God, is in the
sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
We have been talking about God's way in the
sanctuary. It is such an exciting study,
and it offers us so much healing as we understand the big picture. Let's look at other ways that the principle of
each emblem is represented in the layout of the New Testament.
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John: These tell the story of the altar of sacrifice/the Lamb.
Acts: The story in Acts is about the baptism of the Spirit and the repeated
experiences of baptism by the Spirit. This is the laver.
Romans through Jude: Holy Place (table of shewbread, menorah, and altar
of incense) representing Bile study and prayer and
relationship with God and man.
Revelation: Most Holy
Place
The Old Testament is all about the devil trying to
destroy God's people because he did not want the beautiful Lamb to come and
work out God's pathway to Heaven. Having
this understanding of God's pathway makes it all make so much more sense.
Another way to see this is in reverse. Start with the ark of the covenant...the
throne room of God. Jesus left the
Heavenly places to come to earth.
On earth, He took upon Himself the role of intercessor/mediator
(altar of incense), the Light of the world (menorah), and the Bread of Life
(table of shewbread). This was His
ministry on earth.
In the Garden
of Gethsemane
On the cross, He was the sacrificial Lamb. This is the altar of sacrifice.
This was His path.
The reverse of it, He offers to us.
He has made a way for us to return to throne room of God...be in His
presence in the sanctification process as well as the literal heavenly throne
room when time is fulfilled.
Does this not make your heart rejoice? Sometimes, when we read the Bible, it just seems
like random stories. There is meaning to
it all. It is God's rescue of us. God is love.
Put everything into that context.
It changes everything.
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